The two boys had finished their combat classes for the day and decided that they would head to the VR room together. Fex was standing casually outside in the sun and Quinn could see it didn’t affect him at all.
While Quinn had to prepare his trusty umbrella and prop it up before stepping into the sun. It was a strange action but not too strange that it gathered the attention of others. Earth had gotten hotter over the years and there were quite a few people who wished to protect their skin with the use of UV umbrellas and on a hot day like today, no one would bat an eye at what Quinn was doing.
Seeing this Fex looked at Quinn oddly, he had only seen a Vampire use such things in really old books, he couldn’t help but giggle at the thought that Quinn looked like an old man.
"What are you doing with that old thing?" Fex asked. "Do you not have a Ring." He lifted his hand showing the small ring, Quinn was now close enough to see that it really did look like the one in his shop. After using his inspect skill it confirmed the fact that it was the very same ring.
Quinn didn’t know how to reply to Fex, the system had informed him that one of these rings were the basics of vampires and it seemed like if he was to come up with something it would reveal him even sooner.
But while Quinn was trying to come up with a lie, Fex was the one who once again came up with his own explanation.
"Oh I see now..." Fex said. "You really are one of those Vampires raised here on earth aren’t you? Trained to blend in and report back. I guess that’s why you didn’t go through the formal initiation and don’t have one of these."
When Fex said those words something had caught his attention. The fact that Fex said one of the Vampires on earth. Did this mean other Vampires came from another planet? Were Vampires a type of alien too?
"System do you have an answer for this?" Quinn asked.
"I’m afraid I’m just as confused as you are, as far as I know, Vampires have always existed on earth alongside the humans. Although, I’m afraid I don’t know how much time has passed since your family has had the book, so a lot could have changed by then." The system replied.
Looking at Fex, it seemed he was showing off his ring quite proudly and that’s when Quinn remembered the requirements to get the ring. It was to kill 10 Deathbats, an advanced type creature. This brought back memories for Quinn on how hard it was for him to defeat an intermediate creature. He couldn’t imagine how hard an advanced tier creature was and the many more classes above them.
"Was the initiation hard?" Quinn asked.
Fex started to laugh nervously at this question. "Was it hard, of course it was hard! Yet I was one of the youngest vampires to ever complete it." As he said this he lifted his chest up a bit to make himself feel a little bigger.
The Vampire continued, "You see the initiation is getting the materials for the ring itself. A young vampire must go out and slay ten Deathbats. Once you earn this ring you are no longer required to go through regular school training with all the rest, but it seems I just jumped from one training pool into another." Fex finished, a little depressed.
Although Quinn didn’t know why he could tell Fex was slightly nervous when answering the question. It helped that he was the type that were easy to read what they were feeling because they didn’t hide the emotions on their face at all.
However, this conversation reminded Quinn about how he had to be cautious around Fex. Although the two of them seemed to be on friendly terms, he still couldn’t trust him and didn’t know what his goal here at the school was.
The fact that he managed to kill ten advanced tier beast was a big reminder in the difference between the two of their strengths.
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