An Offer Like No Other
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"You are weak."
'I know.'
"Disgusting... honestly, look at you, Allani, the eldest child of the Goddess of War, the current Orc Queen, and the first bride of our wonderful king. I find it hilarious that you are Sigara's firstborn, and this is all you amount to. To a gathering of lesser goblins, you may be a monster, but to our goblin elites, even our weakest knight can defeat you without even trying. Tsk, calling you my sister. I'd rather die than admit that a failure like yourself is related to me by blood; you disgust me. And with all honesty, our father's blood is just wasted on you, and I guess your mother as well."
'... sorry!'
"Allani, we have no place for the incapable; as of this moment, I am revoking your title as the first princess and reducing you to the status of a commoner. Leave this castle and never return; just looking at you tells me that even I can produce failures that are beyond useless."
'Please, father, no! I can become stronger; please just give me one more chance to prove myse...
"Enough commoner, the king has spoken; remove your presence from the castle grounds immediately; failure to comply with his majesty's order will result in immediate execution."
'Mother... why?'
Don't call me that commoner; you are no child of mine; now LEAVVVE!!!"
"Hehehe, it's about time, father; clean up the mess; then, commoner, I'll see you on the streets, but since I'm feeling generous, I talk to a friend of mine in the red light district." You may not be powerful, but you would make an excellent high-class whore for other noble goblins, don't you think?
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"You can't even talk back, egh. At least you know your place."
'Why do you all hate me so much? I didn't ask to be born; you know that, right? What did I ever do to any of you? I do my best, yet no one notices me. I wasn't born with superhuman strength, intelligence, or a powerful magical nature. I'm not like you, who can shake the very earth with a stomp of your feet, divide the sky with a wave of your palm, and demolish mountains with a single blow from your fist. But I can modify weaponry to some level, cook exceptionally well, am an expert in herbal identification, and I have also inherited my grandmother's spirit summoning magical nature. Even if I can only call upon low-class spirits. And thus far, nothing I have done has satisfied any of you. I am vastly superior to the typical goblin, but inferior to the average elite. Despite all of this, you guys treat me worse than garbage; why do you all hate me? What have I ever done to any of you? Please just tell me why?
Allani asked her sister, who rejected and scorned her for everything she was, but she was cut off before she could respond. What surprised her was her mother's appearance beside her sister, staring down at her with the most disgusting expression possible. And she responds in the same way to her own child, shattering what little heart she had left.
"You really don't get it, do you? I don't hate you because you tried your hardest; I detest you because your best is simply not enough. Let me give you one final piece of advice. Some argue that age is only a number and that love is something that people of all ages should embrace. My response to that is that toilet water is still water, but no one wants to drink it, so why? Well, it's self-explanatory. My point is that for us goblins, we are a race that has been looked down upon by every other race as inferior. To us, power means everything; to prove them incorrect, we become strong, and the sight of a goblin blessing you with the blood of the strongest exemplifies my point about age and water. It may be the same thing, but it is not something we can morally accept or openly drink from. A goblin is a goblin, and an orc is an orc, but you are a pureblooded orc who looks like a low-class goblin. Overall, you are weak, which is considered a sin by the royal family. If you truly want respect, don't demand it; instead, do something deserving of it, and just because toilet water is still water doesn't imply everyone will drink from it."
'Those were my mother's last words to me before she and my father abandoned me; I was left alone with nowhere to go, and in the end, I turned to prostitution to survive. Only proving to my sister, the princess, that all I amounted to was a nice fuck. But I wanted to prove them wrong, to show them that I was more than just a wild goblin out for sex. So I trained in every goblin martial art day and night, but I had already reached my Zennith, and no matter how hard I tried, I was not able to push myself beyond my limits. My power was capped thinly, and I felt truly feeble; I wanted to be strong, stronger than everyone else.'
'My dream was to be loved and recognized, even if only a little. I'm tired of everyone looking down on me. But I guess that was too much to ask for, and maybe Mother was right, maybe I am nothing, so if I die here, no one will care either way, agh, I just want to rest, and yet, even as I was about to be r@pe by these guys who all jump me to satisfy their basic desire for sex, I kill them all, not out of defiance, but out of anger, out of denial, because I didn't want to prove my sister and mother right, even though I know they are right. I am nothing but a miserable failure in the royal family.'
As she closed her eyes, Allani told herself that the room in front of her was as bloody as it could get. This time, she didn't have to stoop as low to survive. No, she killed every male goblin she was currently imprisoned with; of course, being locked up with eight male goblins was no coincidence.
After all, she had vivid memories of the vampires torturing her in numerous ways. Even now, she could feel how they implanted something in her brain and injected her with numerous serums that made her entire body change drastically, but these changes simply brought her closer to death, and as a result, they labeled her a failure in the latest one.
However, the demonic researcher in charge of it all stated that she was no longer fit for the next trial. As a result, they throw her into a cage full of various male goblins in the hopes that she will become pregnant, with the aim of her offspring inheriting her useless powers from the horrific experiments the man subjected her to. So they can also experiment on her children as well, after she dies, of course.
Yes, that scary man! Murphy exploited her in a heinous experiment known as Project Sephiroth, and all she got out of it was the strange power to construct little dimensions no larger than a shoe box, and the world she could build inside them could not even bear, let alone maintain life. At most, it is only good for storing a small amount of food so that it does not decay while still preserving other items as well.
Although the experiment itself had a significant impact on her body since every time she used this power, four years of her life were taken away, it was almost as if her body was trying to compensate for the energy required to use this power. Or so she believes, but it doesn't really matter because she was either dead or on her way to death due to the severity of her wounds.
'Agh... I feel numb all over, my eyes are plainly open, but everything is so silent, and my line of vision is all bright, I'm unconscious; I know this, yet I still feel and seem fully awake, What a strange sensation, Is this what dying is like, hehehe... I see, This isn't so bad, I guess.'
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However, as everything fell silent around Allani, a kind voice resonated in her mind.
"Is that truly your desire?" "Do you really want to be weak your whole life?"
'Ha? Who's there?'
Allani questioned the voice, her consciousness oscillating between life and death at this particular moment, and yet she was still alive, albeit to a limited level.
"Child, I asked you a question: What would you do if you had so much power that no goblin, much less an orc, could ever match you again? Be honest with me: What would you do with it? Would you fight for yourself or for love and attention?"
The voice surprised Allani, making her ask herself, "What is this voice, and what does he want?" But, when she thinks about it, if she had far more power than anyone else, she would fight only for herself. As a result, she responded to the voice honestly and said.
"I've learned that fighting for others is pointless." I crave power, and I train every day to show people around me that I am more than just a weak goblin with royal blood. But no matter what I do, my efforts are futile. I am stronger than the typical goblin, but far weaker than an orclin elite, let alone an orc."
"Hmmm, a wonderful response; fighting for the sake of others is a genuinely terrible concept. However, fighting for someone who fights for you is known as loyalty. As such, let me introduce myself. My name is Merciless Minerva Elderblood II, and I am the heir to the Michellian vampire clan. My father is the seventh progenitor, and we are known around the world as the most fearless and battle-oriented clan responsible for the creation of some of history's strongest warriors. I am the monster who has caused your people a great deal of suffering; as a result, you should despise me. To me, you are nothing more than a mere goblin, something we vampires play with every day and abuse simply because we can. you are nothing more than an ant to me. But I believe that if raised and fed properly, even ants can become dragons, so I come to you with an accord."
Merciless spoke to Allani, who was surprised to see the leader of the creatures, who had been tormenting her for months, come before her. Despite this, she couldn't get upset at him. No, it was more appropriate to say that she had nothing left to live for. As a result, her response was direct and concise.
"Is that true?" Well, if you are expecting me to hate you, then I don't hate you. Because, in all honesty, I don't care what happens; my life is pointless either way. Nothing I accomplish matters, and if I die, who will care enough to weep a single tear? But, you stated you came with an accord; what is this accord?"
Allani asked Merciless, to which he responded in kind.
"Simple really, in exchange for your absolute dedication and submission to me, from your body to your strength, knowledge, soul, and even your whole concept of self. I will offer you what no one else will: love as a reward, attention for encouragement, power like no other, beauty that is unmatched, fame to be envied, and, most importantly, a purpose in life. I have two other servants who would die for me without being asked, but I am a greedy and curious man. If you agree to this agreement, I will transform you into a vampire, and not just any ordinary vampire either, but a third-generation vampire from the Michellian clan's royal dynasty. You will have power like no other, among many other things, and all I ask from you is a simple yes. I could turn you without your consent, but I am giving you the option to seize control of your own destiny and future, so what do you say? Forsake your goblin lineage and join mine."
Merciless stated in a highly charismatic voice, and given that Allani was so hungry for power and attention that she had never had, this was an offer she couldn't easily refuse.
'Is he serious? Is he truly willing to offer me everything he claims for the price of my existence? Well, technically I'm already dead. I am not sure what awaits me on the other side, but if I take his hand, I am slightly confident that I will be given everything and more. But, truthfully speaking, would he offer all of that to a simple orc failure like myself? Can I really trust this vampire? What if he's just fooling me? But then again, a superior species of monster like himself doing something like that just seems, well pointless. He stated it himself; either way, as of right now, I'm nothing more than an ant in his eyes, I really have nothing to loose at all at this point.'
With that in mind, Allani decided to respond to this enigmatic vampire with only one word.
"Yes."
"A wise choice, well then, let us hope you don't become a ghoul in the awakening process, now then Substance, turn her into your Kilde."
When he stated this, Allani wanted to question what he meant by "ghoul," but she immediately felt her mind-melting, and before she knew it, she was in a black sea sinking deeper and deeper, surrounded by strange flesh-like boxes. Her body was melting quickly, but she felt a strong connection to one of the boxes. In the distance, or just below her, was a shining box that glowed bright neon blue. When compared to the other boxes, this one appears to be significantly different in some regard when compare to the rest.
She knew she had to obtain the box at whatever cost, so despite melting into absolute nothingness, she dived forward to it. She knocked over the many boxes that stood in her way until she finally reached it. More than nearly half of her body was gone at this point, but she used her teeth to bite open the box, just as Mercy had done previously. And what she discovered inside was a weird glowing blue crystal heart.
And then that when it happen, a voice appeared in her head.
"You don't belong here. Yet you do, *sniff* this fragrance, why does the second blood flow through you, and not just the second, *sniff*sniff* you also smell like the seventh, but you also don't, its almost as if the blood inside you is a flawless counterfeit of the original heir of desires. What exactly is Eos doing? *Sigh* In any case, you are plainly one of mine; at least 2% of you are. Tsk, you're not my ideal type, but you're still more compatible than any Sephiroth who has come here even if your blood is this thin, and despite being of the Elderblood heritage. Good, now I can finally leave this place. Use my power wisely, child; I was once known as the Arbiter of Space and Time before falling to the Witch of Epilogue. Death had claimed me in the Gestalt of THE END, but I refused to die, so in a desperate attempt to survive, I sacrificed my physical form and transformed into an Ichor, hoping that one of my descendants would find me and return me to the physical realm. Now, child, the secret to my power is exploration. Use it as much as possible, and only then will the additional rings be unlocked. For now, goodbye; just chatting like this drains me a lot, I expect great things from you, my heir."