Chapter 1654: 554. The Shadow Elves who can be wiped out by a group of mice are just too weak_2
The First Embrace requires the servant to have no resistance in both body and soul, which means at the beginning of the First Embrace, the servant must be ready to offer their life and existence to their master.
It seems that Veylanther is indeed ready for this.
The process of Murphy drawing blood was exceedingly smooth; however, he soon noticed that even though Veylanther was drained of blood, she was not weakened to a fatal extent, because a peculiar force enveloped her, protecting her from descending into the realm of the dead.
Considering Veylanther is a priestess of the Lady Spider, this dark power was likely the Divine Power of the Lady Spider.
Ah, those with connections and backing are indeed lucky, encountering even the worst situations in this perilous world with the protection of Divine Spirits, but vampires have nothing; scorned by the Divine Spirits, they have to face everything on their own.
Murphy shook his head to dismiss such thoughts, merging a third of his blood into Veylanther’s bloodstream.
The relationship between him and this Weaver of Destiny is purely cooperative, without any foundation of trust; naturally, he doesn’t need to spend great effort making her an elite model. Besides, she is already a God-chosen leader-level priestess herself.
This template exceeds Murphy’s elite model by one level; hence there is no need for the potential enhancement of Sin’s Blood.
Their connection is merely based on a prophecy, a fact Veylanther has not concealed, so this First Embrace only serves as a foundation of trust.
It leans more towards a ritual.
The fused blood was then returned to Veylanther’s body through a standard First Embrace, in accordance with the rules, and he consumed three large mouthfuls of blood and part of the power as a “blood tax.”
At the instant the First Embrace was completed, a notification popped up on the Vampire Governor’s character card:
[First Embrace Completed! Anu Veylanther Mejeva Lensenbra has returned a large portion of power to you during this process, specific manifestations are:
Strength +2, Agility +2, Intelligence +2.
New Talent [Weaver’s Embrace] acquired, legendary Shadow Elves’ Weaver of Destiny possesses the ability to foresee and prevent death, thus when facing attacks that would lead you to death, the line of destiny will save you.
Note!
This talent requires carrying [Shadow Elves’ Offering: Bottle of Rebirth], consuming 1 bottle each time it activates.
Note!
The activation frequency for this talent is 1 time/10 days.
Due to Veylanther mastering the superior technique of the Mejewa Clan’s secret swordsmanship, ‘Shadow Spider’s Secret Sword,’ via the power feedback of the First Embrace, the elder has also obtained the complete essence of this swordsmanship.
Note!
‘Shadow Spider’s Secret Sword’ is advanced swordsmanship, requiring a fusion of one’s ancient potential to develop one’s unique swordsmanship style during practice, thus you need to quickly enhance your life rank to meet the prerequisite for learning this swordsmanship.
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“So powerful!”
This was Murphy’s first feeling after completing the First Embrace.
Perhaps because Veylanther was once a Golden One, although injured and weakened, her life rank was very high, resulting in a much greater power feedback than the previous three First Embraces, and also gave Murphy a rather impressive ‘death immunity’ passive talent and a set of advanced swordsmanship.
Seeing the blood covenant slot on the character card which has restored to [2/3], Murphy couldn’t help but once again consider bypassing the rules through his clan’s Origin Blood to exploit a “bug.”
In this instance of Veylanther’s First Embrace, this method could indeed work. With an increase of 6 points in attributes in one go, several more times would enable Murphy to break through the average of elite silver rank in absolute strength at the Black Iron Rank.
They say that one must lay a solid foundation to soar high.
However, he himself knows that the situation with Veylanther is truly a rare opportunity. If not for that mysterious “Lady Spider’s Prophecy,” how would a Weaver of Destiny at the Gold Stage come down to be a bootlicker for a Black Iron Rank vampire?
Such good fortune is worth dreaming about, not expecting.
The Vampire Lord thus consoled himself, then looked toward Veylanther, who had reopened her eyes.
Her unique heterochromatic eyes of white and black had been uniformly altered to the vampire’s blood-red eyes, diminishing some of her mystery but adding a touch of the marvelous allure brought by midnight power, drawing the Weaver of Destiny closer to the shadows and midnight.
However, apart from this, the First Embrace didn’t change Veylanther’s appearance.
She had said before that the blessing of the Lady Spider would protect her from completely becoming a vampire despite undergoing the First Embrace.
Though her skin has become paler.
It’s as if this dark-skinned elf has undergone a “skin-whitening surgery,” and while awkwardly moving her teeth, the emergence of a few vampire fangs further confirmed that Veylanther had indeed been infected by Sin’s Blood.
As he watched the Weaver of Destiny move about uncomfortably, Murphy shook his head and retrieved a bag of blood from his satchel, tossing it her way.
The latter is a Shadow Elf imbued with all five poisons, so don’t expect her to have extraordinary willpower. Naturally, she couldn’t resist the allure of bloodthirst, unscrewing the cap and gulping down the entire bag of blood, which was Murphy’s three-month supply!
The vampires’ midnight regeneration immediately took effect, as the blood consumption elicited a deeply satisfying moan from Veylanther, quickly dispelling the weakness that surrounded her.
“Truly delightful! At this rate, I only need to drain the blood of a few dozen more people to restore to my prime. The Midnight Mother indeed favors vampires, granting such a vast cursed life to your kind.