Draconic Vampire: Curse of the Blood

Sen implemented the revised warrior frame and the blood-qi that was holding him back, freed from the meridians. His faulty implementation was making his blood-qi clog.

After he finished condensing his last joint, his warrior frame repaired the damage that was done and he could instantly feel the surging energy flowing through his body.

"It worked. I really had a faulty implementation." Sen rejoiced as he clenched his fist to feel the surging blood-qi. 

He turned around and looked at Keith with gratitude and respect. Now, he could understand why Garion was so emotional after implementing his warrior frame. From their perspective, it was a miracle. And the one that made this miracle possible was Keith.

So naturally, Garion couldn't let this opportunity go and chose to follow him. It was a mix of gratitude, respect, and hope for the future. Sen had no doubt and his eyes were open completely. He tried and did believe in Garion, but he didn't experience it himself, so there was a dwindling feeling that it might not work. That feeling was completely replaced with unfazed belief. 

"How's your new warrior frame?" Garion asked after sensing Sen's increased blood-qi level.

"I feel a lot stronger now. It was really a great boost in power. Brother Keith, I am sorry for saying all those things to you. I am deeply ashamed of myself." Sen answered Garion's question and bowed his head to Keith.

"That was a misunderstanding, but you did the right thing by listening to Garion, so it's fine. I've already forgiven you." Keith said calmly.

"Let's test it now. I want to see how much you've improved." Garion stepped forward, cracking his fingers.

"I just finished condensing my missing joints. I don't think…"  Sen tried to make an excuse.

"Then you need some warm-up to settle all the excess blood-qi. It needs some stimulation." Garion walked towards Sen with a smirk.

"Wait, that is not a real thing… What stimulation?" Sen staggered back.

"Oh come on! I won't use my full power." Garion activated his warrior frame to its maximum power.

He was really frustrated by getting beaten up by Keith so he wanted to play with Sen. If Keith didn't specifically instruct Sen to not use his warrior frame, Garion would've fought with him yesterday.

Sen couldn't see any way out of the situation. He fixed his stance and activated his warrior frame and put all his blood-qi into it. A sharp aura expanded from his body.

"See, you are adapting to it as well." 

Garion dashed forward with his right arm shooting forward.  Sen tried to dodge but Garion's speed was improved after he implemented the revised warrior frame. With a loud bang, Garion's fist clashed with Sen's both hands crossed together.

"Arghh!" Sen slid back a couple of meters after the impact.

Garion was without a doubt a walking tank and his speed was the only thing that was holding him back. As he caught up at his peak speed, Garion could utilize his momentum to throw such powerful punches, his enemies had no time to block unless they were higher stage vampires than him.

"I am no match for you…" Sen wiped the sweat off his forehead and sighed.

"You blocked my punch. It wasn't my full power, but it was around 70% of my output. So you are doing good. Before this, you couldn't even take a single punch from me without getting blown away." Garion smiled.

"Hmm… You got a point. I feel much stronger. I think I need some time to adapt to the changes." Sen opened and closed his fist.

"Let's go for round two.." Garion declared.

Keith was watching the show from the sidelines with an amusing expression. His plan was taking effect very well. He convinced these two of his special ability to improve the warrior frame. All he needed was to showcase their strength and wait for the other students to come to him. 

This way he could analyze many more warrior frames and copy their technique. It was a great plan that would make him money and help him increase his strength if he could find a complementing technique, which he was sure he would get. 

There were so many students and he needed one warrior frame that was compatible with him. These were the best vampires on the continent. So if he couldn't find what he was looking for here, he won't find it anywhere else.

As the duo was fighting, a lot of eyes were on them. These two took the fight to the center of the training chamber which was visible from all sides. After seeing Sen, holding up against Garion, many students showed great interest. They also wanted to know how he increased his strength, so they keenly observed the fight.

Keith stood there calmly and observed the show. 

Two hours later many students were swarming Garion and Sen, asking about their growth. Garion proudly told them about Keith and how he found the faults in his technique and implementation and helped him fix them. 

Sen did the same and even vouched with his life which further solidified the student's trust. Many students even approached Keith in order to get their warrior frames analyzed. Keith was running late for his blood summoning class so he left the training facility early. However, he did pick some students to analyze their warrior frame later.

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"We have ten more students for the second class, so a total of fifteen students."

Miss Cryel repeated the same and listened to the introductions of the new students. She then briefly explained the blood-qi technique and left the students to implement it. The five students who attended the first class also stayed there.

"Keith, come with me."  She called him out.

Keith obediently followed her and left the room from the back door. He received some envious gazes and a hateful gaze, he was sure was emanating from Deryn.

After he exited from the back door and followed her to a circular room. It was an empty room with no special decoration. The walls looked bland and there was a stone door on the other side.

"What is this place, Miss?" Keith asked.

"This is the place where you will train your summon. I brought your tamed beast here, so you can try to use the blood-qi technique and bond with it." 

The stone door opened and the tiger-like beast that  Keith tamed entered the room. When it saw Keith, it instantly became timid and tried to walk in the opposite direction.

"You tamed him well. I'm sure your technique will work on him. Now, go bring him here." 

Keith's figure flickered and he appeared in front of the beast that was trying to run away. He patted the beast's head and the nervousness of the best went away. He was much calmer now.

He activated the summoning technique and extended a wisp out of his palm and tried to penetrate the beast's body.

Miss Cryel silently observed the scene and didn't utter a sound. She was also curious to see the result.

The beast shook violently after the wisp entered its body and his body's temperature rose. 

"What is happening? Am I doing something wrong?" Keith looked towards Miss Cryel.

Miss Cryel sighed and explained.

"I was curious to see if you could tame the beast in one go. It would've been possible if you learned the technique before but it turns out you were telling the truth. You learned it yesterday. It is even more astonishing." She said while massaging her forehead.

"I told you. I saw the technique for the first time. And it naturally came to me. I didn't learn it before" Keith shrugged.

"Alright, enough with the pretense. I will tell you what you need to do to properly tame and bond with that beast." 

Keith listened to her next words very carefully.

"You are using too much blood-qi for the penetration. For the first attempt, you need to use as little blood-qi possible to safely enter the beast's body. If the amount is too low to enter, increase it bit by bit.

"So always start with the lowest amount of blood-qi and then increase it slowly."

Kieth did use very little blood-qi, but it was not the lowest he could go. He didn't know how much blood-qi was needed to enter the beast's body safely without harming him.

"I understand." Keith lowered his blood-qi output to the lowest level possible and tried to enter the beast's body again.

The wisp made its way through the beast's head and this time it didn't create any side effects. The beast was behaving like normal and the wisp went through easily.

When Keith found the brain of the beast, he looked towards Miss Cryel again.

"You entered the beast with the first try. How much blood-qi did you use?" She asked.

"I used the minimum I could exert. I didn't think it will enter. I arrived near its brain, so what now?"