The new form was based off his old current one, so Gary didn’t expect there to be so much change, but the system messages didn’t stop there as it informed him what else came with his new form.
[The transformation will consume all of your available energy. Your energy will be 0 once transformation ends]
Although the Shadow Ash form used a lot of energy, it didn’t consume it all, and Gary could switch back to his regular self.
Because of this effect alone, it really was ...
2025-02-27 14:47:30 +0000 UTC
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When Gary had consumed Harvor, he had unlocked a new form, although technically his system wouldn't let him access it.
With no way to find out how to unlock it, Gary had left it for the time being.
That was until he had transformed into his Shadow Ash Lycan form. Revealing that he now had access to the new form.
Due to the situation with the vampires though, he was unable to use this form, so he had no idea what it could do, or if there would even be any drawbacks.
2025-02-27 14:46:16 +0000 UTC
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Every king had access to absolute blood control, with each succession it was passed on, and using that power they made it unique to their own.
For Lucien, he was a vampire that had a high interest in martial arts. Mainly his fists.
He tried to perfect techniques that would work well with blood aura, and that would build upon his already found power.
Among the vampire societies, there were currently thirteen families in total.
These families each had a leader that t...
2025-02-26 16:06:38 +0000 UTC
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Absolute blood control was one of the marks of those that were the vampire king. Vampires had a close relationship with blood; their own life force was connected to their aura, and when they attacked with the blood aura, it would take part of their blood away.
There were, of course, ways for vampires to replenish this blood, which had led them to the current reputation they had in movies, films, and books. After all, all fairy tales had to start from somewhere, and there was some tr...
2025-02-26 16:05:04 +0000 UTC
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The large amount of energy it would take meant Gary didn’t usually go straight to his strongest form. He liked to figure out everything the opponent could do, especially when there was still a large group of vampires that they possibly had to deal with.
The situation took a turn, and Gary had no choice though. His body had changed into the large Shadow Ash Lycan form, with the smoke constantly flowing out of his body, and the veins lighting up with raw red energy.
The vam...
2025-02-25 14:10:42 +0000 UTC
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Seeing the quest appear certainly wasn’t what Gary wanted to see at this moment. He noticed that the system itself was more relaxed when it came to giving quests. If he was just to fight a random gang member on the street, the system did next to nothing.
He had already reached his max level stats, so when he did get a quest, the reward was something outside of just levels now, and it also meant that the task ahead was also worth that level.
‘This isn’t going to be an easy fi...
2025-02-25 14:09:27 +0000 UTC
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Lucien Scutter was a name that Gary had never heard before. It wasn’t like the Kings he had known of, or the AFC great fighters he had watched on TV. It was a name that he had only learned today, yet he could feel how much weight it carried when spoken.
The words rung through him and the rest, and he felt his body tingle with vibrations. Almost the same feeling when he had seen Harvor transform right in front of his eyes, yet this person had done no such thing.
Gary was now unsu...
2025-02-24 13:34:27 +0000 UTC
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The irritation in Gary’s nose had intensified with the amount of people that were in front of him. He was doing everything in his power to not snarl and bare his teeth to the others. In the middle of trying to control himself, he was listening to the words carefully spoken by the vampires, and he was coming to a realization.
His first thoughts about them were right. Considering the other people who had entered the scene in front of him were claiming to be vampire leaders coming from o...
2025-02-24 13:33:17 +0000 UTC
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The group were discussing in the Wolf’s Pool Club how to handle the particular situation. Especially for the rest of the day. If they should travel together, or maybe make it so they were all staying at one hotel, maybe to even go searching for the vampires to see if they were still in the city.
If there was one thing that they were sure about, it was that the vampires weren’t done with what they needed to do, that there would be more to come. Which was why they felt like they could...
2025-02-23 13:51:48 +0000 UTC
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Inside the busy casino, there was one man who was sitting down at the blackjack table in a white suit. Visible sweat was dripping down from his head, landing on the floor and almost on the table itself.
“Give me another one,” the man asked.
“Wait… but if you do…” the woman spoke before the man angrily waved her off.
“I know what I’m doing, I’m the one who bought you that bag, didn’t I, so just shut up.”
The dealer handed a card, which was a king.<...
2025-02-23 13:50:28 +0000 UTC
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On Kryo's first day, he was instructed to visit the principal's office in the morning. There, he would receive all the necessary information to kickstart his academic journey: his class schedule, textbooks, and much more.
Since he was joining mid-term, it was decided that instead of disrupting an ongoing class, it would be best for him to get oriented this way. The other students had already settled into the routine, after all.
Wandering through the corridors in search of the prin...
2025-02-22 13:15:41 +0000 UTC
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With everything that had happened, instead of giving chase, Gary had sent out a message to the group. One of the messages was directed at all of the Howlers and essentially the rest of the city. To be on the lookout for suspicious individuals dressed in all black, some wearing sunglasses and long trench coats.
Of course, there were people out there whose dress sense was along these lines anyway, but Gary just asked to be on the lookout and cautious because he also added another importan...
2025-02-22 13:11:34 +0000 UTC
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Currently, Kai was heading to the city of Notsburg. It was around a 2-hour drive at this time of night because there was quite a bit of traffic, but he wanted to get rid of the nagging problem he could feel on the back of his mind for some time.
The fact that he wasn’t able to get in direct contact with Midwak. There were Howler members that were in Notsburg that weren’t ex-members of the Scatterburgs or those close to Midwak.
Kai would use the members of the Howlers to keep a...
2025-02-22 13:10:24 +0000 UTC
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When Gary had consumed Harvor after his great effort as well as many others, he had believed that the rewards were lackluster. They were still great, a bigger health, energy pool as well as other smaller details.
Despite all of this, it still felt like there was meant to be something more, and he might have gotten the answer to that question. One of the upgrades he had gotten was something to do with his transformation.
A new type of form, but it was locked. Just like when he ...
2025-02-21 16:10:58 +0000 UTC
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The vampire in front of Gary was clearly no ordinary man. He had strange powers, he was fast, and Gary still didn’t know the full capabilities of the vampires, but the main worry that was flooding his mind was the words that Haylock had used.
That he was the 13th family leader. Although Gary couldn’t be sure, he imagined it meant there were thirteen of these vampires that were at least just as strong as the man in front of him.
With this, he couldn’t waste any time at al...
2025-02-21 08:11:36 +0000 UTC
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In sneaky situations, it was always normal for groups to target the leader. With how things were going, and how he had found the state of his room, Gary assumed this was the case.
The vampires had to be after him. With what was going on, and how strong they had grown, they had now sent one of their powerful allies to get rid of him, but that was it.
The vampires that had been secret this entire time, would they proceed with a full-scale war in secret? It wasn’t really someth...
2025-02-20 05:05:05 +0000 UTC
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The way the person spoke reminded Gary of someone of royalty. Even now when stood in front of him, they had a straight back and good posture and had weirdly introduced themselves.
“13th family, I don’t even know what that means?” Gary mumbled. “Is it the same as Werewolves or something. Is each number like a werewolf pack? If that is the case, then that means there’s at least thirteen of these!”
Just that thought alone was enough to send Gary into a downward spiral...
2025-02-20 00:58:08 +0000 UTC
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A quest update was something that Gary didn’t expect to see because it came from a quest that he never thought he would be able to complete, and that was the quest related to his class upgrade.
When Gary had reached level fifty, he had been told there was a way to increase his class from the Dark Warrior. Based on the benefits he had received the last time he had upgraded his class from the classic warrior, he believed that it would be another large boost in strength and other departm...
2025-02-18 13:35:11 +0000 UTC
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With the vast amount of money the Howlers had, Gary’s apartment wasn’t an ordinary room. The door was slightly reinforced, it was heavy to a regular human, and the lock on the door worked in a particular way.
There was a keypad where one could input a pin number and a fingerprint scan on top of that as well. When both of these things were inputted, there were two major locks. One was the standard lock that would eject out into the door, and the other was a bolt lock that would go fr...
2025-02-18 13:33:54 +0000 UTC
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The group of men in black looked at each other as they noticed two things: a general uptick in the voice of Park as soon as he saw the individual, and the fastening of his heartbeat.
These were signs to them that Park had complete trust in the individual.
“Who’s he, is he on the list?” One of them asked.
“No.” Another sniffed the air. “And he doesn’t seem to be one of them. Just focus on the target.”
One of the vampires quickly knocked two hands awa...
2025-02-18 00:34:02 +0000 UTC
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Due to the large commotion that was caused by a crashing vehicle in the middle of the city, several people were made aware of a potential incident, and if there was one group of people that would arrive as soon as trouble was caused, that would be the Howlers.
Due to Park’s days as working as a squad head, and eventually getting promoted, or moved to a different position as a driver, some might say, many of the gang members noticed him and knew they needed to back him up.
Th...
2025-02-18 00:32:42 +0000 UTC
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In the city of Slough on a dark night, a group of men dressed predominantly in black coats that almost dragged the floor were on top of an apartment complex building.
Although they weren’t in the best of spirits, as most of them were hunched over, in pain. One was even coughing, his hand covering his mouth; when he pulled away, he could see blood on his hands.
“I guess they packed a far bigger punch than you imagined, I told you to be careful.” Out of all of the group, t...
2025-02-16 12:50:19 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 6 The First Day
The days of troubled sleep, something Kyro had thought he'd left behind, were back, as he lay wide-eyed, staring at the dark expanse of his ceiling.
"This is troubling for me," Slith echoed in his mind, a resonant undertone of frustration threading his words. "You see, when you're unable to rest, it affects me too. I'm forced to stay awake as well."
"I'm sorry for causing so much trouble for you, I just…" Kyro's voice faded into the shadowy quiet of...
2025-02-15 14:14:28 +0000 UTC
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A while ago now, both Marie and Olivia had been put in a similar situation. When they were in the woods, they had come across this feeling before. The annoyance, the lingering smell that had them agitated as if they were ready to sneeze at any moment, yet it never did come out.
It was a frustrating feeling to have, and one they wouldn’t forget. Which was why, when the two of them were being followed and the same feeling had returned to them, the memories had resurfaced with wha...
2025-02-15 14:11:16 +0000 UTC
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A few days had passed since the large celebration event had occurred. It was meant to be a peaceful period for the group; they weren’t under any attack, and truthfully, it wasn’t as if they were at war with any of the Kings for a change.
The issue was the constant tension in the air, almost as if anything was going to happen at any second, which kept them on their toes. Gary still hadn’t fully committed to making a decision of joining the Altered Hunters or trying to at...
2025-02-14 13:43:49 +0000 UTC
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Blake and Innu had successfully gotten out of the mall. They didn’t run into any other Werewolves on their way out, despite going down to the bottom floor. Reluctantly, they had also made the choice to leave Roman’s body behind, due to the situation.
Once they had reached the bottom, they went further into the underground where there was a passby that linked the shopping mall to the Botanical Garden. This was the original plan that they were going to use.
“Why are...
2025-02-13 13:27:21 +0000 UTC
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Not all of the Altered Hunters in Ruin City were present in the attacks or with the other squads. Many were on standby throughout the city, trying to watch the movements in the other areas.
A warning if the Lupus Gang seemed to be making any movements. Moving incredibly large forces in the first place was also an invitation for the opponent to do the same, and the Altered Hunters didn’t work best when it came to this aspect.
On the rooftop of one of the buildings, a team had set...
2025-02-13 13:26:11 +0000 UTC
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A lot of the members that were present in the Altered Hunters squad had never seen Edvard directly fight.
They were aware of his position as one of the heads of the Altered Hunters Association, but unlike the other starred Altered Hunters, Edvard was not one of them.
It was quite possible that his actual strength was less than that of the current five-star hunters they were fighting with.
Right now, though, they had just witnessed a small part of Edvard’s strength as he bl...
2025-02-12 13:15:19 +0000 UTC
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“The colors in the sky are quite numerous and various in degrees,” Lupus said as he reached out his hand in the air. He was standing on the outside of his castle wall on the hilltop, overlooking the great and large city that they had built.
Then he looked at the Botanical gardens in the distance. The scents that were noticeable to him were flowing into particular places, and as the winds blew, he could tell the difference between each one.
“It was as you guessed,...
2025-02-12 13:14:10 +0000 UTC
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Ron’s werewolf form, he was a Titan Vanguard. One of the rarest classes that had a powerful defense, and his powers could even be used to enhance the others around him. Due to his own fighting style, though, he hadn’t used his powers to enhance those in the pack that were around him.
When hit badly, though, his body had been quite hurt from Innu. It wasn’t his outside, an open wound or broken bones, nothing like that, but the powerful strikes had hurt his internals.
In order...
2025-02-11 13:10:44 +0000 UTC
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