C29. Vampire Bloodline

"Erg," My face instantly wrinkled up as I quickly spat out a small mouthful of flesh and blood, my hand which previously grabbed onto the vampire's face immediately let go as I tried to rid my mouth from the god awful taste, "What the fuck-?" I managed to let out, as the lingering flavour of what I can only describe as a mixture of rotten fish and spoilt milk persisted on my tongue.

"You bastard!" The vampire screamed, falling back on the ground, his hands gripping onto his shoulder; blood pouring out uncontrollably, his face contorted as his fangs bit into his lips, all in a futile attempt to suppress the unbearable pain.

Letting out one final spit of disgust, I wiped my mouth as I noticed the small notification by my side,

[Bloodline: +5 Vampire]

[Dexterity: +5

Strength: +5

Charisma: +5]

[Level UP]

An eyebrow raised took particular notice to the 'vampire' bloodline. Due to my previous encounter with the Basilisk and receiving the snake bloodline rather than a Basilisk bloodline, I had fully expected to get a 'bat' bloodline or something similar.

"Hey," I turned my attention back to the vampire with intrigue, "Aren't you just a giant mutant bat. What's so special about you creatures?"

The vampire winced as he continued to hold his wound in pain, "Huh?" He frowned, obviously confused on what I was on about,

"A bat. What's your relationship with a bat?" I repeated, with less patience, trying to understand how this system differentiated species,

"What the hell are you talking about. What's a 'bat'?" The vampire spat, emphasising the word 'bat' as he glared at me in annoyance and slight fear.

My eyebrows instantly shot up. Do bats not exist in this world? So that means the system only categories' species by ones that exist in this world. What if I somehow returned to my previous world and slay a bat, would it be identified as an unknown species, or will the system evolve to fit more species? Questions rapidly fill my brain as I continued to ponder.

"Hey, you wolf bastard. Have you finally lost it? Staring into space and asking weird questions," the Vampire's voice snapping me back to reality, "If that's all it takes for you to go all brain-dead, you've got a lot of coming for you," He snickered, the blood already coagulating and the skin regenerating back to normal.

"What's it got to do with you?" I turned my attention back to him with a raised eyebrow, "Are you that excited for me to snap off that head of yours?"

The vampire frowned, as he stood up, his wound gone, not a single scar remaining, "I would like to see you TRY!" He suddenly thrusted his hands out, a pool of blood instantly forming in front of him as his waved his hand, the blood shaping into a sword as he reached his hand to grab it, "We'll see who'll be the one with their head snapped off!"

He charged over, as he clicked his finger, creating a giant blood chain from the ground, binding my legs to the ground, whilst another pair of chains spouted from the back, immediately getting a tight grip around my arms and pulling me back, preventing me from moving.

[Bloodline: +5 Vampire]

[Dexterity: +5

Strength: +5

Charisma: +5]

A notification popped up.

[Bloodline: +5 Vampire]

[Dexterity: +5

Strength: +5

Charisma: +5]

Another one,

[Bloodline: +5 Vampire]

[Dexterity: +5

Strength: +5

Charisma: +5]

[Skill Learnt: Element (Blood)]

[Skill Learnt: Blood Suck]

Skill Learnt: Blood Bind]

and another one.

A laugh suddenly escaped my lips as I laid on the ground with the unexpected side effects of being tied down,

"Have you actually gone crazy?" The vampire hollered with amusement, completely unaware of the spams of messages I was receiving.

My stats rapidly increasing whilst the vampire's sword came into contact with my stomach, piercing right through as 14th notification entered my vision,

[Bloodline: +5 Vampire]

[Dexterity: +5

Strength: +5]

[Level UP]

"How does that feel?" The vampire released the sword, letting it stick into me with a proud expression, "That's for my shoulder, you bastard."

"Gonna be honest, kinda itches," I let out, taking a glance at the sword, then at the binds, "These are in the way,"

I gripped my hand into a fist and silently cast the Blood Bind skill, secretly overriding his.

"It's kind of... annoying," I muttered, pretending to grit my teeth and pull at the restraints with all my strength, breaking the chains and repeating it on all the other binds as well, "That's better,"

I slowly sat up and cracked a knuckle,