Chapter 6

'ugg when did I start bleeding and why does it feel so weird

[note, new skill available, Basic Blood control magic Lv 1]

'wait what'

Suddenly Arthur felt a connection with the blood on his hands

'what.... Is this

"Ah Arthur, better not let your mum see this"

Jack said as he started to wrap Arthurs hands with bandages, snapping out of his daze.

After they entered the house again Arthur immediately fell asleep out of exhaustion.

"Did you two have fun today?" molly asked as she looked at her sleeping child.

"Yeah, little guys got energy for days, non-stop, can last way longer than the other kids"

Later that night Arthur awoke to the sounds of his father snoring, he recalled what had happened earlier.

'Ummm Mr system thingy, what was that earlier?'

[is host referring back to the unlocking of the skill 'basic blood control lv1]

'I guess'

[basic blood control, a skill that allows the user to manipulate one's blood, the amount the user can control depends on the level of the skill]

Arthur thought to himself for a moment as his curious nature took over.

'fuck it, might as well'

Arthur started to unwrap the bandages on his hand, the small wound and already scabbed over but Arthur just simply picked it off and blood started to flow out of it.

He concentrated and started to feel a connection to his blood again and tried to move it.

The next thing he knew the blood on his hand started to wiggle around.

'Hey that's actually pretty cool'

[note, host has lost 1 hp]

Arthur suddenly started to feel light-headed, he looked at his hand and noticed how much blood was starting to come out and started to panic.

[note, host has lost 1 hp]

Arthur tried to control his blood again, mostly trying to stop it from flowing out of him.

'SYSTEM WHAT DO I DO'

[Note, host should use blood control to stop the blood around the exit point]

Arthur concentrated stopped the blood flow around the 'exit point' and it began to scab over once again.

[note, Basic Blood control has levelled up]

[Note, new quest available, bring blood control to level 10,

rewards

?????]

Before Arthur had a chance to comprehend what the system he passed out due to how light-headed he felt.

Weeks passed and Arthurs schedule was about the same every day, he practices with his sword with his father and sometimes Mollys Friend and her son Toby whold come over.

"Hello Arthur" a 3-year-old boy approached the one half-year-old who was reading a book way above his level

"Hi Toby"

"what u reading?

"Magic Beast book"

"what about?" Toby asked

Arthur knew he wouldn't be able to explain it properly to toby

"There monsters"

Arthur then chose to ignore the boy and continued to read the book

'Magic beasts can be broken down into 8 levels, and each stage can be broken down into 3 stages, huh that's interesting I guess'

Weeks turned to months and months turned to years and Arthur was slowly approaching 8 years of old.

Arthur and his father were practising in the backyard.

The sounds of wooden swords hitting each other at high speeds

'he's really improved over the years, I feel like I'm fighting someone way older than he is, can't let him get one up on his old man'

'Formless style, blind strike'

Suddenly Jack's sword disappeared from view and was suddenly coming from below

'Shit' Arthur thought to himself as he quickly scrambled to defend himself from the surprise attack.

'Blood Magic, Blood knife'

Suddenly a red knife appeared under Arthurs chin his in his hand, successfully blocking the sword.

Over the years Arthur has gotten his blood control skill to level 6 and can manipulate enough blood to form a large knife.

But Arthur wasn't done yet

'Formless style, blind strike'

Suddenly his wooden sword was headed right for his father's knee but

"nice try Arthur"

Arthur didn't even see what happened when he felt a blunt pain in his ribs

"You're 1000 years too early to land a strike on me"

"Can't you take it easy on me, you know, just once" Arthur replied

'system, what is my status like'

[Name: Arthur (no last name)

health: 8/10

species: Pure Blood vampire

Magic type: Holy Blood

Strength: 5

Speed:6

Stamina:9

Skills:

Basic Blood control Lv 6

blood knife: active skill

Blood claws: active skill

Blood fist: active skill

Formless sword style Lv 2

Adaptive nature, passive while in combat

Blind strike, active]

'Not any closer to level 10 or landing a strike on my dad'

Over the years Arthur has learnt little about the system, he noticed that it only really chimes up when he learns something new.

"Hey dad, can we call it early today, me and Toby were ganna head out into town"

Jack thought to himself for a moment

"hmm I guess we have been going at it pretty hard lately, alright sure, be home before dark"

Molly who was watching out the window walked up to her husband

"Jack.... It's almost time"

"I know molly"

"We need to tell Arthur sooner or later"

"I know, we should do it soon or everyone in town could be in danger"

Molly leaned her head on Jack's shoulder as they watched Arthur from a distance