The System of a Vampire

Draig slept after meeting with Goeki and the others who lead their own faction, as he slept Sylvie watched the entrance to the tent outside while she trained her Blade Dancer skill.

Meanwhile Tina watched his sleeping figure with a cold face but her eyes shone with something akin to obsession, she was unaware of the change she was experiencing herself but her eyes showed there was something else at work.

Draig was unaware of these things going as he slept, his dreams filled with grandeur and grace as he stood atop the defeated masses. Unfortunately morning came to quickly for him as he was awoken by Sylvie who had returned from her training.

"Good morning Sylvie" said Draig opening his eyes with no trace of the sleepiness he had once experienced as a human.

"Sylvie has prepared breakfast Lord" answered Sylvie as Tina brought a bowl of porridge to Draig

Draig nodded his thanks, he felt his sense of self returning a bit after having been able to attack and wound Zarra. As he finished his meal Draig allowed Sylvie and Tina to rest as he called for Goeki and the others to once again come and meet with him.

"How is everyone doing with the Skills" asked Draig

"They have successfully assimilated them, they hard at work now. When do you wish to head forth" asked Goeki reporting obediently surprising those that knew him.

The Flame Knight was haughty and loudmouthed but he had been changing far too rapidly since theinitial attack on Zarra. Those around the table accounted this new personality to the growing respect they all felt towards Draig and thought nothing more of it as the meeting continued.

"We will move after everything is packed, I will send out scouts to see if we can find the Reaper" explained Draig getting nods of acquiesce from the group.

Draig waited until they had left before using the skill Murder of Crows, the interesting thing about this skill it had two main functions. One would allow the user to dissipate into a mass of crows similar to his mist ability while the second would allow him to call forth a number of the birds to perform certain tasks.

Draig was interested in how well this would as it was his first time enacting the skill, it was rather fast as several crows flew up from his shadow and out of tent having been created knowing his intent. He was surprised as he had believed he would be using actual crows to serve his commands but this worked as well.

He waited for a couple of hours in silence waiting for the return of the birds when suddenly saw one fly into his shadow and thus reporting it's findings. The Reaper had indeed been found and from what Draig could tell he was alone heading to the camp.

Wasting no time he ordered Goeki to change plans and that they would remain at their current spot and allow everyone to continue training their sneaking skills.

He had already formed a plan in order to lull the assassin into a false sense of complacency but he realized that his plan was for naught when he entered the tent and found the assassin waiting for him. In his grasp a crows feather.

"Neat little trick you have" came the gravelly voice of Reaper

"I thought it was quite handy" responded Draig as he realized his opponent was no longer in front of him

"It's a shame it will disappear here" stated Reaper as his knife slid across Draig's throat

He had expected to hear the sound of gurgling but what he instead saw was Crows flying out of the wound as Draig disappeared but his voice began to echo.

"Poor assassin, don't you know the proper way to kill a vampire" came the ominous voice of Draig as feather began to cloud Reaper's vision.

Draig had wasted no time and planted his foot directly in the assassin's stomach sending him careening into the center of the camp in front of everyone who was training.

Goeki was the first out of everyone to regain his baring's from the shock of their target appearing before them and attacked as flames encompassed his body and arcs of flames flew from his blade heading for Reaper.

With this as the signal other began to join the fray, Reaper was a bit impressed with the prowess being shown but he was still faster than the Guilders before him.

Something that needed to be understood was Assassin's were not gifted at direct confrontations but made up with their superior specialty skills. Reaper had surpassed many other's of the same class by maxing out his speed but that speed was becoming null when he found himself surrounded.

'A rookie mistake' thought Reaper as he jumped high into the air but found something odd about the situation until a red gleam had shot through the air.

With nowhere to run Reaper could only look death in the eye as he noticed those cold eyes staring at him from the distance, the Rapier Draig had refined out of blood had pierced through the assassin's body and staked him to the ground gaining a round of cheers from those who had surrounded him.

As the crowd gathered Reaper's body began to emit a vapor when suddenly the area was engulfed in a toxic mist poisoning the crowd. Draig narrowed his eyes as he quickly appeared at the scene and found that Reaper's body was intact for the most part save for his stomach.

He called for Sylvie and ordered for her and Tina to use his stockpile of potions to treat those affected by the last ditch attack while Draig dragged the corpse to his tent to enjoy a meal.