26 – Bearing The Name Of Alucard

In a dark room …

In a dark corner …

In the darkness, only a pair of scarlet pupils were s.h.i.+ning.

“They had discovered and neutralized the 7 infected in a flash.”

While sitting on a sofa with his fingers interlocked, Lu Qiu looked at the epaulette on the table in front of him.

“New China Federation’s National Guard is too powerful … its … its just like an army specifically formed to deal with those monsters.”

Lu Qiu was recalling the appearance of those special forces.

Where did those troops come from? Lu Qiu once more flipped through the file lying on the table.

The military of New China Federation was second to none in the world; whether it was in terms of manpower or equipment, it was ranked at the top of the world.

Along with its President, it was the origin of dread for other countries.

In this world with Espers, the ethnic hierarchy was exceptionally strict.

“The water source in this city is also completely sealed off, and can’t be approached. When the Blacklight Virus was released in the subway, it was also swiftly dealt with within a few minutes …”

Fast and clean! Not leaving any traces behind.

It seemed like those strange troops had already helped New China Federation to deal with many unpresentable things.

And now New China Federation had also implemented a ban on production of river water … that is, a ban on potable water originated from rivers.

Lu Qiu didn’t knew how long New China Federation could hold on with their reserves of purified water.

Although using animals like rats or crows to spread the virus was a great choice.

However, Lu Qiu had currently a single concern.

“Humans are really amazing.”

Lu Qiu held a syringe full of amber-colored liquid in his hand.

He had found it on a dead soldier.

Lu Qiu found a few test subjects, and confirmed that the drug contained the properties of a sedative.

Although it was harmless … yet it would strangely suppress the minds of humans, and make them compliant to the orders of others.

Lu Qiu did not know how the drug could trigger such an effect.

But looking at those civilians on the square just now …

New China Federation had been releasing this drug since a few years ago; the civilians had been ingesting the drug via potable water or via other means.

Truly … amazing! Although Lu Qiu knew that New China Federation was a dictators.h.i.+p, yet he hadn’t expected it to be to such a extent.

Controlling the populace through pharmaceuticals?

The president was scarier than what Lu Qiu had imagined; that man …

Moreover, the drug had the effect of suppressing the Blacklight Virus, that is, to temporary suppressing …

Even if it’s just temporary, Lu Qiu still won’t stand for it!

The fact that it was capable of suppression showed that one day it also might be capable of elimination.

Who … who had developed this drug?

Lu Qiu couldn’t allow them to develop an antibody against the Blacklight Virus.

If such a drug were to appear, then it would ruin everything.

“Interesting … things are getting fun.”

That’s right.

Lu Qiu threw the syringe aside.

If humans were to be so easily eroded by the virus, then it would be too boring.

Hunted down … anything capable of ruining my plans will be hunted down and crushed!

A crisp sound reverberated the moment the syringe hit the floor.

Therefore, before discovering the source of everything, lets first let this city enjoy its final Christmas.

“Arthas… go outside and stand guard; don’t come in without my permission!”

“Understood!”

Arthas stood beside Lu Qiu, still wearing the cloak. After receiving the order, she went outside and closed the door.

She couldn’t understand what Lu Qiu wanted to do; or rather, no matter who it was, no one could figure out what a monster was thinking.

“System … what’s the current state of the infected?”

Lu Qiu shut his eyes and started to check the current number of people who had already fallen into despair.

Currently, the Blacklight Virus had already spread along the river basin until the surrounding cities.

Just 2 large cities with populations of more than ten million people were enough to produce more than ten million Zombies within 2 days through chain infection.

This was the Blacklight Virus’ power …

It would be unstoppable once it spread!

“I need more … it’s still not enough …”

A map of the entire world with the sections near the riverbanks sullied with blood was also on the table in front of Lu Qiu.

“I need more … more despair …”

Lu Qiu lifted his hand, and looked at the scarlet hexagram imprint on the back of his hand …

Power!

Only by becoming more powerful, could everything be accomplished.

My bloodline is that of a Vampire … no, it’s that of a Kindred!

In the end, I want to see how terrifying my potential is.

“System … my orders are absolute, right?”

“Very well. Use 10,000,000 Despair Points; promote my bloodline to that of a superior Vampire, and then promote it to that of an intermediate Kindred …”

In the System, the cla.s.sification of Vampires was very odd.

The first 3 ranks corresponded to Vampires, monsters which only knew how to suck blood, the next rank corresponded to Kindred … graceful creatures of the dark, with blood dancing around them.

Between consecutive ranks, there was a tenfold increase in Despair Points; reaching the intermediate rank required 50,000 Despair Points, and reaching superior rank required 500,000 Despair Points … but to reach the Kindred rank, the requirements were lowered; for instance, to reach the inferior rank required 1,000,000 Despair Points, and to reach the intermediate rank required 10,000,000 Despair Points.

But it was still too costly …

Yet Lu Qiu was unimpressed.

He was sitting on the sofa, waiting for the System to act.

While carefully observing the scarlet hexagram imprint on the back of his hand.

Lu Qiu had seen this imprint before … it was his family’s crest.

Logically speaking, such a weak Vampire like Lu Qiu who was of the lowest rank among Vampires, akin to a slave, how come he had a n.o.ble family crest?

After all, in the legends, only the true Kindred had their own families …

In other words …

Was it that the power of his bloodline wasn’t that simple, and he just hadn’t discovered it yet?

A large amount of scarlet liquid appeared around Lu Qiu; it gradually started to pour into Lu Qiu’s body, before remodeling it and turning him more powerful.

But then … ‘Denying your own power? As expected, dabblers are dabblers.’

Who? After being distracted for a moment by what he had heard, he promptly decided to stop the strengthening.

“System … stop the strengthening; it doesn’t matter if I loose points, just stop strengthening my body and my power …” At this moment, Lu Qiu’s scarlet pupils suddenly flickered.

“…”

The scarlet liquid surrounding Lu Qiu disappeared.

Is it really true?

Lu Qiu stood up, and once more carefully examined the imprint on the back of his hand.

There was no reaction. Just now, when the System was strengthening his body and soul, there was no reaction … because it had the Lich Monarch’s soul sealed inside, the imprint should be holding a greater power!!

“Oh …” Lu Qiu suddenly thought of something: “The original, is it the original?”

“My name is Lu Qiu F Alucard …”

Lu Qiu, however, was a Vampire with a surname! The name Alucard …

As a Vampire with a surname, there was no way that he was just a Vampire of the lowest rank!

“Hey, System, can you scan my body?”

“Alright.” Lu Qiu grabbed the gla.s.s pendant hanging around his chest, took it off, and looked at the specks of starlight inside it; on the gla.s.s necklace, there was also a very small hexagram imprint.

Although Lu Qiu didn’t want to admit it, but he had to; his sister had been an untold amount of times more powerful than he was!

Therefore, in order to protect this powerless brother of her’s, she ended up being burned at the stake by the Church.

Her power came from her bloodline, a Vampire’s bloodline.

The same blood flowed inside Lu Qiu and his sister; therefore, there was no apparent reason for the gap in their powers.

So … where did the missing power go?

Was it sealed?

Sure enough, there was no way my bloodline was just that of an inferior Vampire!

When was it? Was it just after birth, that my power as a Vampire was sealed?

Making him so weak that he had to live on the brink of death in this world.

Who was it? Lu Qiu held the pendant tightly in his hand.

It didn’t matter who it was; now he had the power to unlock his true bloodline.

Lu Qiu no longer needed to be strengthened by the System, but rather needed to be awakened!

It seemed like his true rank was that of an incredible being.

Otherwise, there was no point to go to such great lengths to seal his bloodline!

“I will sever the shackles which had bound me through my life; I want to know what sort of being a Vampire bearing the name of Alucard is, after all.”

“Even if the Despair Points were to be completely used up, it doesn’t matter; it doesn’t matter how many more human lives are needed! Use everything to severe these f.u.c.king shackles!”

“Let me witness my body, my bloodline, my soul! My true potential!”

The moment after Lu Qiu had said that, there was a sound similar to that of gla.s.s shattering.

His heart suddenly stopped beating … Lu Qiu clutched his chest; his vision started to blur, and an acute pain came from his heart.

‘This is the real you, a monster feared by the whole world.’

During the blur, Lu Qiu seemed to see a pair of scarlet pupils similar to his; but they had instantly disappeared!

“Cough …”

After the acute pain had pa.s.sed, Lu Qiu spat out a large amount of pitch-black blood which seemed to have been sedimenting a long time inside him. Amidst the black blood which Lu Qiu had spat out, a nail forged from an unknown material had fallen onto the floor …

Lu Qiu fell to his knees … while looking at the black blood on the ground, Lu Qiu suddenly chuckled out.

“Oh … hahahahahaha!”

Before covering his forehead, and laughing heartily.

“Intermediate Kindred, senior Kindred, it’s all just a deception! A true Vampire! As long as there is blood, one can evolve endlessly! Such a creature doesn’t adhere to the notion of ranks!”

Lu Qiu extracted the nail from within the pitch-black blood.

“Truly amazing …” He knew the origins of the nail.

It was one of the 3 nails with which Jesus was crucified!

Jesus!

G.o.d!

Yet it was used to seal his bloodline!

“Alucard?” Lu Qiu put away the nail.

“My birth … was really … interesting!”

Behind Lu Qiu, in the darkness, faintly discernible, seemingly straight from h.e.l.l, there seemed to be thousands and tens of thousands of eyes open, watching everything in the world.

Translator’s note: Blood Clan was changed to Kindred, and Akart was changed to Alucard