The System of a Vampire

The crowd stared at Zarra unsure of everything that had just been said but the foreboding feeling they got when they looked at the ensemble of men made them think that perhaps the Vampire was warning them for their own safety.

Zarra stood before the crowd with his group with a cruel smile placing a foot on Draig's fallen form and continuing his speech.

"You were all sent here by your Guild masters under my orders, you will be undergoing very specialized training to prepare for a big event coming up and its our job to make sure you can make the cut. Some of you may be wondering what kind of intensive training you will be undergoing so let me explain, your going to be training to survive by any means necessary. The strong will thrive while the weak will learn to be crafty, your only goal in this school is to survive by whatever means necessary. As you can see there is no housing available so you will all be providing your own shelter" to punctuate this part of his speech Zarra pointed his staff at the farm house and destroyed it instantly.

"Your guilds should be bringing their resources shortly, I am going to place them here and there is no limit to what you can take. The challenge is if you have the capability to keep it, survival of the fittest is the name of the game kiddies and oh how I do enjoy this game" said Zarra seeing the reactions of the crowd, some were smirking while others were glancing around nervously.

"Get your foot off me Dark mage" said Draig with a deadly voice

Zarra put a little extra pressure before letting him up.

"Now you are probably wondering about these men behind me" said Zarra allowing the question to hang for a moment

"No I am wondering why you would bring these mortals here" said Draig narrowing his eyes

"Simple leech brat, this is my land and I may have given it to you but as long as I am alive I can do what I want with it and decide who can or cannot come here" said Zarra with a challenging smirk

Draig stared at Zarra for a long while until he begrudgingly accepted it, he couldn't fight this monster of a man and chances were he would end up as the example if he continued.

"Now as I was saying these men behind me are some good friends of mine from back in the day, though some circumstances doomed them to a life of incarceration but still you should still recognize the names. This is The Undead King, Rodolfo." introduced Zarra causing some to shiver in fear.

"Me and my pets look forward to getting to know each and everyone of you" said Rodolfo gruffly and a sickening smile

"Next up is The Blood Knight, Jared" stated Zarra as the hulking man in crimson armor stepped forward with a large sword strapped to his back

"Try not to die" stated Jared before stepping next to Rodolfo and staring at the group with a sinister aura leaking from his being

"And finally The Reaper, Sin" finished Zarra as the cloaked man behind him stepped forward

"Sleep with your eyes open" stated Sin finishing the line up.

Draig stared at this group of men and got a horrible feeling, especially when they chose this moment to meet his gaze.

Rodolfo gave another of his sickening smiles.

"Now that you know your instructors it would be best if you got to know each other, you have until the resources arrive to think of a strategy and form what you believe to be a strong group or if you feel you are enough then feel free to survive on your own" ordered Zarra before turning to his group of maniacs.

Draig started weighing his odds and settled on trying to go at it alone unless someone wished to fall under his command, he also took preparation for when the resources would arrive by emptying his System storage and bonding the anvil while he was at it before shoving them in his bottomless bag reproduction.

He figured this to be the best strategy since with his third advancement came the boost his system storage, he then sat by himself waiting for the resources to arrive while attempting to cast a subtle illusion over the area which gained the attention of Zarra and his associates.

"The brat keeps showing revealing more tricks but a good strategy" said Zarra

"Your right about the kid he's just like" Rodolfo was cut off with a sharp look from Zarra

"Don't say it, he's not ready to know and honestly if he goes on without knowing would be just as well for me" said Zarra mysteriously

"Very well then lets discuss something else, you said he can gain skills without books what did you mean by that" asked Rodolfo while Sin and Jared focused on the conversation.

"All I will say is if you let that mouth of his latch onto you he is making you a pushover" said Zarra

They understood his meaning immediately and noted to watch out for those fangs.

While everyone had been discussing a squadron of runners delivered various bags before bidding farewell.

"Alright brats it seems times up, hope your satisfied with your decisions but hey it's never too late to change your mind in the middle of the training. Now after I empty all these bags feel free to begin" said Zarra as he and his squad proceeded to dump those bags into several enormous piles gaining the greedy looks of the Guilders and Draig alike

'Seems I miscalculated, there won't be enough room in the system storage' thought Draig

Everyone watched as the last bag emptied and gulped silently, they then began to look at each other warily before they were brought from their suspicions when Zarra spoke.

"What are you waiting for the leech brat seems to be the only one reaping the benefits" stated Zarra as he waved his hand over where they thought Draig was only to find it shimmering into nothing.

Seeing this they all grit their teeth before charging forward intent on getting something before all the best items were gone.

Draig had moved quickly using his superior speed and senses to search out specific things, those being Skillbooks, pills, and ingredients. Using the stacking ability granted to small items like pills and vials he managed to grab a large quantity before grabbing a decent set of armor and then used his Wasteland magic to create a bog to slow the Guilders even further shoving as many valuables in his bag as possible even using a bag Zarra had left by the pile to go and scrounge through the other piles but it was impossible to grab the amount of things he had wished too and cut his losses as the Guilders made it through the bog.

He intended to make a dash for it but saw Zarra step in front of him with a smile.

"Where do you think your going leech brat" asked Zarra raising his staff and giving it a twirl

"What do you mean, I grabbed what I could and now I'm leaving" said Draig in a rush

"No I mean where are you going with all of MY belongings" said Zarra as he began walking forward

"What you said we could keep what we got" said Draig as he gained a foreboding feeling

"I also said if you have the strength to keep it" finished Zarra charging forward swinging his staff intent on knocking Draig back into the power struggle for resources.

"You also said the weak will learn to be crafty Dark mage" stated Draig as he turned to mist upon making contact with the staff causing Zarra to gape at the unexpected turn of events before he his eyes flashed angrily.

"That brat was holding out on me" stated Zarra looking for a trace of the mist but finding nothing he decided to take his frustration out on the rest of the brats.

'Well at least he learned how to be crafty' thought Zarra hiding a smile