16- Hemonomic Principle 

Solomon learned many things today, and also almost made many mistakes, first of all, his idea of making an army of lesser vampires needs to go to the trash.

Apparently, his transformation was an extremely lucky case, because of his lack of information he was led to believe that anyone with enough potential could become a Dead Apostle, he couldn't be more wrong apparently to become a ghoul is already needed an incredible amount of luck, in normal cases after being bitten by a Dead Apostle the normal reaction is to simply die and become something classified as a Stage-I-(Dead): They are basic puppets, and why the System didn't tell me about them?

The answer is they are not considered a species they are not even "alive" there is no soul in the body they are just remotely controlled corpses, and if the bitten person had a soul and body strong enough, the bite will not "kill" them but will let their souls locked inside their bodies, after years of an agonizing process their souls will adapt to not need a functional brain to hold itself in, but in this stage the soul is not compatible enough with the rotten brain, so they will stay separated from each other until the brain can recover itself, this is Stage-II-(Ghoul) after many years of feasting on others the brain will be recovered enough to host the soul again, just them the soul will reshape itself to the new brain and the person will slowly recover their memories and personality, this is called Stage-III-(Undead): In this stage they will slowly recover their autonomy until they become an "independent organism" again, in what can be considered a "half-vampire" or Stage-IV-(Nightkin): At this stage the person has regained their full personality back, they can finaly start to live their lifes independent from their "parents," at this stage they are weak to sunlight but still will not be "burned" by it, until this stage by magic stantards the person can still be called "human" when someone of this stage manifest a unique ability thanks to their "curse" or inherit some of their "parent" ones they become full fledged "vampire" or Stage-V-(Nightmare) all stages above this one can be considered Dead Apostles but the strengh betwen them can vary imensily from Stage-VI-(Dead Apostle [Inferior]): Those from this stage is considered self-sufficient bloodsuckers, in this stage, they can start making "children" but their children will be forever limited to this stage, I was lucky enough to jump right to this one after I evolved from a (ghoul), the next step is Stage-VII-(Dead Apostle [Superior]): This is the stage I'm right now, they can only be described as a poison that taints the land simply by existing, the Church consider them to be a "living" heresy, at first i couldn't feel, but right now by using my new amplified Campione senses I can feel the world around me being distorted just to acomodate my presence, the next Stages are way more "simbolic" in nature.

Stage-VIII-(Successor) The princes and princess of the "vampire" society, successors are those chosen and trained by an (Ancestor) to inherit their (Idea Blood) in the case of their deaths, and finally the next step in my evolution path.

Stage-IX-(Ancestor) Described as a crimson stain that fell from the moon onto the earth. Kings, and Queens of vampire society but what truly differentiate them from other Dead Apostles is not their strength or age but something called (Idea Blood) or (Hemonomic Principle) is the blood that makes an Ancestor an Ancestor, said to be the call of the "Origin" engraved upon their souls a "Truth" that they have each attained, the worldview that makes up the foundation of their "thirst". It is a Dead Apostle's purpose for living and their undying curse. Just by circulating their blood and using their (Idea Blood) they can change the laws of the world around them making any place they go their "Territory" there are many unique ways of using an (Idea Blood), but why does it matter to me right now? The answer is that now that I almost achieved all the requirements of my evolution I have been wondering what will be my Idea Blood?

The second mistake I made was believing that I could sate my hunger with human blood, how wrong I was, now I'm having to suppress my hunger, to satisfy myself right now I would need to eat at least a hundred average humans a day and that's assuming I don't leave anything left of them, "magical" humans aren't much different I would need at least two dozen of them a day, I asked the system how the Dead Apostles normally handle this problem, the answer is to consume something more nutritious than humans, normally they turn any (Phantasmal Species) they can find into a familiar, so they always have a source of mystery rich blood within reach, but this answer doesn't solve any of my current problems I doubt that I can easily find a mythical creature walking around in the current era, but before I get into more problems I will clarify a doubt that has been bothering me since I came to this tower...

"Laiane do you know why your blood fell a little divine?"

"My lord, I believe this is probably because I'm descendent of a (Divine Ancestor)"

"You talked about those but you didn't enter in many details, Laiane I want you to explain to me all you know about them, now!"

"The most common belief is that when a (Mother Earth Goddess) is defeated by a (God of Steel) or (Campione) using some kind of unknown method they lose the majority of their powers and memories, and from that point on they will start to dedicate their lives to serve their "killers"."

So this is why she achieved the stage-VI right away the divine blood in her veins must have helped her immensely, ignoring the several undertones of brainwashing and possible r@p& that was being indicated by what his new Secretary had said, Solomon, asked.

"Is there another way to force a (Heretic God) into submission without them losing their authority?"

The woman that is now known as Laiane seemed a little uncertain about how to respond.

"Woman I don't have all day talk!"

"Contracts established between Campiones and heretical gods cannot be broken, but forcing either party to an agreement is practically impossible, it is far more practical to just kill them."

Solomon smiled crazily at her answer.

"It is decided! There is no familiar more appropriate to a God-Emperor than a Divine Spirit, right?"

Suddenly Solomon felt a great deal of adrenaline rush through his blood, the hairs on his arms stood up, his face split into a maniacal grin for the first time being a Campione he could feel one of his sworn enemies and he knew he had been felt too...

"You can feel it Laiane? This is my new familiar welcoming its future master!"