Rise of the Blood Sovereign

Chapter 12: The System's Arrival

"System, what the hell is that?" Ilya asked as he looked around him in shock.

"What just happened, why did the mana around me suddenly change, wait, what-what is happening?!" The old mage shouted as he sensed mana around him.

It was increasing.

It was increasing at a visible rate, in mere seconds the amount and quality of mana had almost doubled, and it was still continuing.

[ The system is integrating with the planet, mana will be spiraling out of control for 5 minutes before calming down, attention to the inhabitants of the world, nobody will be able to use mana for the 5 minutes mentioned. ]

Both Lyle and Ilya stared in wonder as they heard the words that echoed in their heads, it wasn't only them, the same thing was happening in the whole world.

A hunter was gathering the little mana he had in order to kill a tiger that he had been hunting, only to lose control over the mana and subsequently get killed.

A mage and knight were having a life-and-death duel, right as the mage was about to block the knight's sword with a spell, he was shocked to find out that he couldn't cast the spell and was penetrated by the sword.

Only the five that had previously been kidnapped and brought in front of the tall man were not surprised, as were the people that were with them.

They had previously explained everything to them and already started taking action.

From what the tall man had told them, monsters would rise in strength and all intelligent life on the planet would be in danger. Many would lose their powers or be weakened after the system integrated itself with the planet, and even they would become weaker than usual.

The dragon king and the lord of the dead sea were partly considered monsters, but they would also become weakened compared to other, wild ones.

In the void outside the planet, many lightyears away, the tall man suddenly stopped and looked back.

"Master?"

"The system has started the integration."

"Those five will definitely be alright, each one is a Tier VII being, and this planet will definitely produce at least one Transcendent." The redheaded man said as both the girl and tall man nodded their heads before continuing on their way.

Back on Corleon.

Lyle stared at the mage before getting up from the ground.

"I don't know what is happening, but you can't use mana, can you?" Ilya stared at Lyle in horror as he realized that the two had switched roles.

Lyle was previously completely at his mercy, but without mana, the old archmage couldn't even use his spatial ring right now and could do nothing to him.

Lyle's daggers turned into the blood while his armor disappeared.

"I see, even this is considered using mana, huh?" Lyle whispered as he glanced at his hands.

Even though he didn't need to use mana to draw in blood, the ability would still draw the mana from the surroundings by itself and the daggers had traces of mana inside of them.

Everything had mana inside of it, no matter how weak and insignificant it was.

"But my transformation is still active, that's good," Lyle said as his nails suddenly grew a bit longer.

As a vampire, he didn't need to use weapons in order to kill somebody. His nails were as sharp as razors, while his fangs could penetrate through steel.

He stared at the old mage as the latter panicked. He was physically weak, even back when he was in his prime, his physical strength was nothing special, but after barely surviving the attack all those years ago, he managed to fake his own death but was gravely injured.

His current appearance was because of those injuries. His body was incredibly frail, but as a mage, his body was something that didn't matter, as long as he could use mana, he could do anything he wanted to do.

"Sorry, no hard feelings, you did try to kill me first," Lyle said as he grabbed the old mage by the neck.

He pulled his right hand back before plunging it deep inside the man's chest and penetrating his heart. His hand didn't stop, however, but it continued until it came out of the old man's back.

"This should be enough, but, just in case," Lyle said before squeezing the mage's neck and breaking it. He let go of the dead body before using his two middle fingers and stabbing them deep inside the eye sockets, penetrating the brain and destroying it.

"One can never be too safe," Lyle said as he looked at the body of the dead mage. This was the most dangerous mission he had ever taken, and the one where he was certain he would die.

He didn't know what happened, and he didn't understand what the system was and how it was integrating with the planet itself, but he did know one thing, it saved him this time.

Without mana suddenly spiraling out of control, he would have never been able to kill Ilya with such ease, hell, he would never have been able to injure the old man, not to mention kill him.

[ The system integrating with the planet will increase the mana it produced, all unintelligent life on the planet will find themselves growing stronger with incredible speed, and some will gain intelligence as well. ]

The words of the system were suddenly heard inside Lyle's head again.

[ To all the intelligent life on the planet, brace yourselves, the increase in mana is both a good and bad thing, most will find their strength becoming lower, but reaching the same level of power will be easier, as will becoming even stronger. ]

[ The system will help you with that, please stay calm and wait until the integration is complete. ]

[ The host 'Lyle' is advised to stay next to the body until the system has finished integrating. ]

A different, gentle voice suddenly said to Lyle whose eyes widened in shock as he looked around him.

"Who is it?"

[ I am the voice of the system, one of many, please stay calm and wait until the integration is finished, the improvement of the host's bloodline is at stake. ]

Lyle stared at the body of Ilya in shock as he heard the voice.

'Improvement of my bloodline, what the hell does that mean?'

[ The system will explain everything after integration is complete. ]

Lyle once again widened his eyes as he heard the voice. Not only could the existence that was called 'the system' speak directly to his mind, but it could hear his thoughts as well.

Lyle was suddenly at an impasse, what should he do, should he wait as the voice had suggested, or should he just run and get the hell out of there?

He thought for a bit before sitting down and leaning against a nearby tree. From what the voice had said, only five minutes were needed for the 'integration', and 3 had already passed, waiting for 2 more minutes was nothing.

After two minutes had passed, the whole world could once again hear the system.

[ Integration is complete, the planet Corleon has been integrated by the system, to all the inhabitants, welcome to the system. ]

[ The system has completed a scan of the host, a powerful bloodline has been found in the body. ]

[ The host can improve the bloodline and has already done all the prerequisites that were needed, the host merely needs to consume the blood of a Tier IV being in order to improve the bloodline. ]

[ Warning, the host's power is currently too weak to handle the power of the improved bloodline, the host will have to sacrifice the current level he is in to improve the bloodline, the bloodline will also be partially sealed until the host reaches Tier VI and can handle to the full power of the bloodline. ]

"I will lose all my powers, and what even is Tier VI, what is a Tier IV being?"

[ The body next to you is a Tier IV being, a previously injured, and now dead Tier IV being, but a Tier IV being nonetheless. ]

"So, I have to consume his blood, are you kidding me, no, I won't do it."

[ The improvement of one's bloodline is extremely hard to come by, the host should reconsider. ]

"I will not drink blood, no blood, especially not human blood!" Lyle shouted in anger as the system was quiet.

[ Improving the bloodline will also allow the host to not only become vastly more powerful in the future but also find the person you are looking for. ]

Lyle suddenly opened his eyes wide in shock as he heard the system's words.

"What, what did you say?"

[ Improving the bloodline will also allow the host to not only become vastly more powerful in the future but also find the person you are looking for. ]

"My bloodline, will improving it really help me track down that man?" Lyle asked himself as he stared at the dead body of Ilya.

[ Correct, once the player reaches a higher Tier, he will be able to find the person. ]

"Dammit!" Lyle shouted as he neared the body.

"Dammit, dammit, dammit, I don't want to, but I have to find him, no matter what," Lyle said as he opened his mouth before biting deep inside the neck of Ilya.