Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse

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Noah smiled happily as he glanced at the pile of Ability Cores, although he felt a bit guilty to himself to be given such an enormous amount of them after these Vampires did so much effort to get them, and he began to consider that they also deserved them for their own growth.

However, Rodrigo and Lumis already had clarified that they had taken their part alongside the other Vampires, and this pile of Ability Cores was so big due to the sheer number of monkeys they fought.action

They had also stated that there were Treasure Chests everywhere giving large piles of Ability Cores too, so it wasn't anything that Noah needed to worry about, and they were simply blessed with good fortune.

Noah glanced at his Warlock Skill Tree to calculate how many Skill Points he needed to max it out.

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<Skill Trees>

[Warlock] [Innate]: The Skill Tree of a Warlock who had created a pact with an otherworldly entity. Unleash the powers of the entity that has bonded with your soul, bringing to your plane the horrors of the existence of such entity, while feeding its never-ending hunger for destruction.

Complete the Level 1 Skill Tree to unlock further Skill Tree Levels.

[Level: I]

[Bloodshot Eye Apostle (0/2000)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Bloodshot Eye Apostle, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more.

Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed.

Additional Abilities (I): [Fiendish Gate of Horrors (0/2500)], [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown (0/3000)], [Eldritch Soul Embodiment: (0/3500)]

Additional Abilities (II): [Macabre Crimson Tentacles (0/4000)], [Negative Emotion Assimilation (0/4500)], [Outer Plane Walker (0/5000)]

Additional Abilities (III): [Accursed Rotting Blood Downpour: (0/5500)], [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain (0/6000)], [Soul Devourer (0/6500)]

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"I need around 42500 Skill Points to get everything…" thought Noah, glaring at the Ability Cores, and calculating if it was enough, and indeed it was more than enough.

"I wonder if I can max out the next branch that might emerge…" thought Noah, absorbing all the Ability Cores rather greedily.

Ding!

[You gained 76.000 Skill Points!]

"Now…"

Ding!

[You exchanged 2000 Skill Points!]

[You have maxed out the [Bloodshot Eye Apostle] Skill Tree Branch!]

[You have gained a greater connection with your Patron]

[You have gained greater magic comprehension, delving deeper into the cosmic knowledge of creation!]

[Your mind corrupts with insane thoughts!]

[Your mind is already corrupted, corruption effect nullified]

"Eh?"

Noah couldn't say anything else than "eh?" as he saw those System Windows.

The Blood Progenitor's ghost appeared before him, startling Rodrigo and Lumis a bit.

"This is the effects of delving deeper into the secrets of a warlock. The patron you have is offering you knowledge of the unknown, the feeble mind of a normal human would be completely broken and gone insane by merely knowing this. However, your mind is already corrupt, and your soul is grotesque, fragmented, and then stitched together, you're immune to such things… And even if they were to affect you, you have several minds, which means that one might get destroyed, but the others will keep going anyways," said the Blood Progenitor.

"You know a lot about me, don't you? But thanks for the explanation," said Noah, as he realized that he had indeed become even better at the use and manipulation of pure Mana, alongside the conjuration of magic.

After checking that out, he decided to spend the rest of the Skill Points on these new Abilities or Spells, whatever they truly were intrigued Noah, as these abilities seemed to be related with Bloodshot Eye, meaning that they were related to the root of magic, not to the System, yet the System assimilated this and showed them as "skills" intriguing him.

Ding!

[You exchanged 2500 Skill Points!]

[You learned the [Fiendish Gate of Horrors: 1 (A)] Skill!]

Ding!

[You exchanged 3000 Skill Points!]

[You learned the [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown: 1 (A)] Skill!]

Ding!

[You exchanged 3500 Skill Points!]

[You learned the [Eldritch Soul Embodiment: 1 (A)] Skill!]

Ding!

[You exchanged 4000 Skill Points!]

[You learned the [Macabre Crimson Tentacles: 1 (A)] Skill!]

Ding!

[You exchanged 4500 Skill Points!]

[You learned the [Negative Emotion Assimilation: 1 (A)] Skill!]

Ding!

[You exchanged 5000 Skill Points!]

[You learned the [Outer Plane Walker: 1 (A)] Skill!]

Ding!

[You exchanged 5500 Skill Points!]

[You learned the [Accursed Rotting Blood Downpour: 1 (A)] Skill!]

Ding!

[You exchanged 6000 Skill Points!]

[You learned the [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain: 1 (A)] Skill!]

Ding!

[You exchanged 6500 Skill Points!]

[You learned the [Soul Devourer: 1 (A)] Skill!]

[The [Fiendish Gate of Horrors: 1 (A)], [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown: 1 (A)],  [Macabre Crimson Tentacles: 1 (A)], [Negative Emotion Assimilation: 1 (A)], [Outer Plane Walker: 1 (A)], [Accursed Rotting Blood Downpour: 1 (A)], [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain: 1 (A)], and [Soul Devourer: 1 (A)] Skills have merged into the [Abyssal Outer Entity Warlock Accursed Spells: Bloodshot Eye: 1 (S)] Skill!]

After learning all the Skills, Noah saw as all of them automatically merged together into a single one!

"Oh? Is this to concentrate them all into it as spells? Clever, System…" thought Noah, this certainly made for things to be way more convenient, as he decided to check the Skill.

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[Abyssal Outer Entity Warlock Accursed Spells: Bloodshot Eye: 1 (S)]

The Skill that encompasses all learned Spells that you can acquire from your bond with the Outer Plane Entity that delves into the unknown, Bloodshot Eye, a monstrous and vast entity that identifies itself as an eye covered in blood.

The intensity and power of the Spells grow as your connection with your malefic patron does, the Skill can increase in proficiency not through constant repetition but by taking away the lives of the innocent through the use of such Spells in the most malevolent of ways possible, the more they are made to suffer, the better.

[Fiendish Gate of Horrors]: Summon a Gate to the Outer Plane where the mere vision of such a plane immediately warps space and time, causing horrifying hallucinations to any foe that glares at them. Fiendish entities across the gate might emerge temporarily to attack the foe, their power is greatly reduced, and damage is based on your stats.

[Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown]: Open a Gate to the Outer Plane and contact your patron's mere residual essence, manipulating it and shaping it as a large mass of energy and firing it as a ray of unknown properties that warp space and time, dealing large amounts of damage to a foe. Damage increases if the foe is inflicted with [Horror] by 50%. Ignore 20% of Foes Magic Resistance.

[Macabre Crimson Tentacles]: Open a Gate to the Outer Plane and summon crimson-colored slimy and malicious tentacles that attack any foe within their range, entailing them, crushing them, and splattering them all over aggressively dealing damage to the foe's physical defense.

[Negative Emotion Assimilation]: Harness the power of your malicious mind, and gain the power to assimilate negative emotions from your surroundings, which you can use to transmute into Mana. The range in which you can absorb such emotions intensify as the Skill Proficiency increases.

[Outer Plane Walker]: Call upon the power of your patron to give you the ability to walk through the outer plane, based on your ability and mana capacity, you can visit other planes of existence through this outer plane, acting as a bridge to other places.

At your level of power, you can only use this ability to travel around your own world, but after reaching a certain level of knowledge and power, you will be able to use this spell to further lengths.

[Accursed Rotting Blood Downpour]: Open a Gate to the Outer Void and call upon a gigantic downpour of rotting blood filled with poison and disease from unknown origins, splattering it over an unsuspecting foe and lowering their strength and speed while also having a great chance of causing the [Horror] Negative status effect.

[Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain]: Harness the malicious power of a Warlock, targeting your foe's very soul through a powerful spell that causes an intense and agonizing spectral and piercing pain over them, however, it deals no direct damage at all.

[Soul Devourer]: Offer the souls you find to your patron so it can devour them, gaining its favor and enhancing your mana recovery rate by 20% with every Soul sacrificed for 1 hour for a max of 100% increase for 10 hours.

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Noah glanced at the number of abilities with great surprise, their effects were all surprisingly useful, and he had now a new arsenal of abilities he could use.

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