Chapter 12 Dhampir
Today was the last day of training before heading back to the Hakuba Shrine. Zero was sparring with Hikaru today. Zero found sparring with her was more useful for him than Hammer because she fought in a similar manner to him. Her style while similar to his focused equally on offense and defense while his was mainly defensive. He could adapt some of her offensive techniques into his style.
After sparring for 4 hours they decided to end the session. It ended with Zero winning 3 out of the 10 sparring sessions. He was relaxing on the floor trying to catch his breath while Hikaru was standing next to him breathing normally. She didn't even look like she broke a sweat.
"Master I wanted to inform you that I will be out of town for the next two weeks," said Hikaru
"Okay what will you be doing while you're gone?" asked Zero
"There's a yearly world summit of crime bosses that I have to attend," answered Hikaru
"So what do you guys do there," asked Zero
"We mainly make backroom deals and settle territory disputes and such things," answered Hikaru
"Okay, well travel safely and get me a gift while you're away," said Zero
"Thank you for your kind words. Of course, master I will buy you a jet," said Hikaru
"Woah, easy there big sis a simple gift is all I'll need," said Zero with a smile as he told his fake older sister/servant.
After returning to his room and showering Zero was given a lift back to the Hakuba Shrine. Climbing the stairs to the shrine he was greeted with a hug from Mina. She was telling him that she missed him a lot was gone.
"I was only gone for a week and you saw me at school every day," said Zero while laughing
"It's not the same thing," whined Mina
"Mina let him at least come into the house at least before you start all of this," said Yuto her father while he laughed
They had a touching reunion and Zero eventually managed to go in the house. They spent most of the Sunday relaxing and chatting about everything. Zero found out that while he was gone Soma and Mina had gotten close and had confessed their feelings for each other. They were now an official couple. Having spent some time with his fake family he decided it was time to get serious.
He looked to Mina and Yuto and ordered them "I will be in my room and I'm not sure how long I'll be there. If anyone is looking for me I'm sick and they can't see me that includes my teacher. Also, Mina don't let Soma come here until I wake up." His eyes stopped glowing with the purple hue and the two bid him goodnight unaware of the manipulation.
Arriving at his room he set his luggage aside and headed straight for the bed. After laying down he ordered the system with his mind. 'Begin the transformation into Dhampir'
[Confirmed
Skill Dhampir Physiology is being incorporated into the host
Due to foreign physiology, the host will be put to sleep during the transition]
Zero then lost consciousness after hearing the message
[Error
The host's soul is currently that of a human and cannot coexist in a Dhampir body
Solution found
The system will now attempt to mutate the host's Human soul into a Dhampir Soul
Failed
Reattempting
Failed
Reattempting
Failed
Reattempting
Success
The host's human soul has transformed into Dhampir (Chaos Variety)
Now beginning race change
Due to race change from Human to Dhampir (Chaos Variety) some skills have changed
Skill Dhampir Physiology has been consumed and removed
Restriction on skills Power Assimilation and World Travel have loosened due to Soul Rank increase
Attempting to fuse skill Dark Metamorphosis with skill Shapeshifting
Failed
Integrating Chaos Attribute (Sealed) into fusion
Reattempting fusion
Success
Dark Metamorphosis fused with Shapeshifting and upgraded into Chaos Transfiguration due to Chaos Attribute (Sealed)
Attempting to upgrade skill Hypnotic Gaze
Success
Hypnotic gaze has upgraded into Mesmerize
Race change complete]
Zero woke up feeling amazing; he had never felt so much power in his body before. The first thing he did was go to the restroom to check his physical changes. Arriving and looking in the mirror he noticed that not much had changed. His hair was still silver and his luminous amber eyes remained the same. The two things that changed were that his skin became slightly paler and his canines grew a bit.
Zero was truly shocked that he didn't change much he had at least thought that his eyes would turn crimson. "I guess I would have experienced more changes if I turned into a full-blooded vampire but their weaknesses are too terrible for me to consider." Zero headed to take a shower as he felt his skill begin to crawl. As he grabbed the knob to turn on the water it broke off. 'I need time to adjust to my new strength.' Thought Zero as he lamented
Somehow finding a way he managed to take a bath without breaking anything. It was so tedious having to treat everything like glass or an eggshell. 'I now know how Superman must have felt living with humans. Anyways time for the big reveal. Status.' thought Zero
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Name: Zero
Race: Dhampir
Soul: Dhampir (Chaos Variety)
Soul Rank: F+
Attributes: None
STRENGTH: 445
SPEED: 510
MAGIC ENERGY: 9,000
VITALITY: 2,800
Skills: Power Assimilation, World Travel, Mesmerize, Swordsmanship Mastery, Intermediate Marksmanship, Chaos Transfiguration
Null Sword Style: Counter Form, Void Form, Oblivion Form
Power Assimilation: Able to copy any skill from another being and assimilate it perfectly within the host. Due to Perfect Assimilation, some abilities will be changed to better suit the user. Due low low-rank restrictions are placed on the ability.
Restriction 1: The time needed to copy a skill depends on the power of the skill
Restriction 2: Can currently only hold (03/15) skills
World Travel: Ability to travel to any world so long as the user holds some knowledge of the world. Due low low-rank restrictions are placed on the ability
Restriction 1: Only allowed to use the ability once every month
Restriction 2: Unable to work on anyone else besides the user
Mesmerize: Can hypnotize any individual with the same or lower soul rank than you. Able to change memories freely and control individuals. Able to alter the personalities of individuals
Swordsmanship Mastery: Able to learn sword techniques and styles easily
Intermediate Marksmanship: Instinctively improve the ability to aim guns by 25%
Chaos Transfiguration: Through combining dark metamorphosis, shapeshifting, and Chaos Attribute user has gained the ability to shift both the form of the body and soul and pass as any type of creature.
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Zero couldn't believe what he saw not only had his stats grown but his skill had evolved too. The best part was that his power assimilation no longer had a cooldown and the cooldown for world travel was cut in half. He however had some questions about his stats. 'System why did my Dhampir physiology skill disappear?' asked Zero
[Because the host's soul consumed the skill to change itself after it was used to change the host's body.
It has become something akin to a Passive Skill of your current body.]
'Then why did Alucard have it in his status? Shouldn't it be a passive for him too?' asked Zero
[It is. Because it was a skill that the host lacked at the time it was shown to the host.
Passive skills will only appear in an appraised target's status so that the host may copy and integrate the skill into your body.
If the host were to currently reappraise target Genya the skill Dhampir Physiology would not appear as it has already been acquired]
'Okay, I understand. The last thing I want to know is why did the required magic energy disappear from my skills?' asked Zero
[Skill only require magical energy to activate as a restriction in two cases.
The first is when a skill goes against the nature of your Race or Soul such as when the host previously used the skill Hypnotic Gaze while being human.
The host was using magic energy to forcibly activate the skill in a body that could normally not support the ability.
Skills naturally draw mana from the body without the need to forcibly activate it through magic energy.
Because the host is now a Dhampir you no longer require magic energy to use your vampiric skill.
The second is when a skill is too powerful to be used by an individual.
The magic energy is used to alleviate the burden that the skill places on the soul.
In this case, although the skill is used it is used in a diminished capacity.]
'Okay, I understand it now. Why didn't you tell me earlier though?'
[Because you didn't ask before.]
'So I have to ask for everything?'
[That would be preferred.]
'Are you trying to be funny?'
[I lack the ability, so no.]
'System'
[Yes?]
'You suck'
[Noted I will remember that going forward.]