Dual Nature

Desire is a thing that makes intelligent lifeforms susceptible to greed, a bottomless pit that cannot be filled, even if a person tries to fill it throughout their whole life.

This is the truth that compels every intelligent lifeform to progress in their life because if someone loses the desire for everything, then greed will never exist inside that person.

However, everything has a limit, and desire, which forms the thing called greed, is no exception. If it crosses the threshold of the limit, a person will burn everything in their possession to fulfill their greed.

After consuming the memories of the Primordial demon Zytharion and vampire lord Armand, Azkar understood that everything in this world has its good side and bad side. It just depends on how a person sees everything and understands the importance of the positive and negative aspects.

This is why Azkar found a way to use greed to his advantage; it can become a very powerful weapon and is easy to use. Azkar now wants to utilize one of his [True blood Pearls] to attract the attention of many noble and powerful vampires. Just because he doesn't like senseless killing doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy acquiring loot.

So, he decided to use [True blood Pearls] to attract attention because these pearls can be used to increase bloodline purity. This is a significant advantage, akin to a cheat item for vampires, as their entire power dynamics and society depend on the purity of their bloodline.

Example: The barren rank vampire cannot do anything in front of a viscount rank vampire because a higher-rank vampire can kill the lower-rank vampire as if they don't matter anymore. Therefore, Azkar's True Blood Pearls will give a chance to purify the bloodline of the vampire, allowing them to become a duke-rank vampire, one rank lower than the king himself, who rules the vampire continent. Imagine if this news spreads throughout the entire capital city and how many vampires will try to kill Azkar.

In simple words, Azkar doesn't like senseless killing, but he is using the True Blood Pearls to attract many vampires who truly want to kill him just because he possesses something they desire for their greed. This is what Azkar wants—many vampires to try to kill him so he can eliminate them without any problems. It's not senseless killing, so it doesn't affect him in the slightest.

Azkar has two forms, each with positive and negative aspects because perfection doesn't exist in this world. Thus, every individual, including humans and other life forms, possesses both positive and negative aspects in their existence. The definition of perfection is subjective, depending on the person you ask. Let's understand how Azkar sees this definition of perfection.

The first form is the human form, which holds Azkar's feelings, humanity, emotions, and moral boundaries. Everything he wants in his life depends on this form because, if he loses any aspect listed, he will lose his individuality, and then his goal will change depending on which aspect he loses in the process of achieving it.

In his human form, Azkar uses his human brain, known as the primary or first brain. This brain contains his individuality and everything that makes him human and uniquely Azkar. From his past to present, every memory is stored inside this brain. When using this human form, he can understand someone, love, have a family, feel the joy of achieving his goal, enjoy victory, have desires, and harbor every sin inside him like Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. These factors make him the person he is; they are a part of him.

In a simpler way to understand, when Azkar uses his [human form], he embodies every aspect that defines his humanity. Importantly, in his human form, he has moral boundaries, and he dislikes senseless killing because he knows that doing so will gradually erode one of the aspects that make him who he is—kindness.

Azkar's second form, known as the [god form], is where he loses everything that makes him human. In this form, he lacks anything that would prevent him from doing whatever he desires. His god form utilizes his second brain, also known as the [Origin Codic Brain], providing him with infinite computing power, along with offering infinite analytical prowess and problem-solving capabilities.

In simple terms, when Azkar uses his [god form], he becomes an emotionless machine capable of anything to fulfill his task, even if it means sacrificing the entire world. There are no moral boundaries, no emotions, and no concept of right or wrong. In this form, he resembles a god, unaffected by anything, allowing him to complete tasks that his human form couldn't achieve. This form represents the diffrent aspects of him, where he can transform into something else to accomplish tasks that are impossible for his human form.

Because no matter how emotionless you become, you cannot kill 1 billion people just to achieve what you want. But the dark truth is, in this god form, Azkar can easily kill this many people to achieve what he wants. So, this side represents godly characteristics, because if a god is omniscient as everyone thinks, then the god knows how many people will die in a natural disaster, but the god lets that happen because, by doing this, the god can achieve what they want to see. This is the characteristic that makes Azkar's god form so terrifying, to the point that nothing can matter to him if he wants to achieve his goal.

So, both of his forms represent different aspects that cannot coexist because their combination would imply perfection. However, Azkar has these two aspects within him, divided into his two forms, ensuring they don't mix. This way, he can experience both states simultaneously—being happy drinking tea and talking to his family or having the power to destroy the entire world without the slightest effect on him. He can be both human and god at the same time.

But in his human form, he doesn't like senseless killing. It doesn't mean he is a good person, though he cannot kill innocents because he doesn't want to lose his humanity. But it doesn't mean he cannot kill someone who wants to kill him. So, he is now trying to use [True Blood Pearl] to attract many enemies and kill them because he loves loot more than anything.

It's still hypocritical to justify his killing this way, but Azkar doesn't find any problem in doing this because this way he is not going to lose his humanity, and that is the most important thing that matters to him.

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Azkar resolved the situation in his room; it was difficult at first, but after talking for a while, he apologized to the crazy girl, and she left the room with the manager who came to resolve the situation. He found that handling the situation by talking was less time-consuming than going on a killing spree, which would turn the entire capital into a river of blood.

Currently, he was in the underground area inside the hotel where the black market exists. He was going to auction one of his [True Blood Pearl]. However, it's not a real True Blood Pearl; it's a normal Blood Pearl capable of purifying any bloodline by 2 or 3 ranks higher. There is a limit to how much a bloodline can be purified, so this self-created [Normal Blood] Pearl can only be used by a person with a lower bloodline rank than a duke.

[Author Note: Ranking of Bloodlines in the Vampire Empire]

"Hey, what do you want, buddy? Come here; I have something very interesting to show you," someone from behind said to him.

Azkar thought this guy must be a broker, so he turned around and saw a person in a hood, hiding his whole body, even altering his voice. But it doesn't matter to him who the person is, as long as he found the auction house for his plan.

"Okay, let me see then," Azkar replied in the same tone as the person spoke to him.

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