My Vampire System novel Chapter 270

Chapter 270 Obtaining a blood crystal

Leo didn’t need to ask the students twice. They both quickly followed Leo closely behind as the three of them ran out of the town and into the tunnel, not once looking back, but his strange actions were starting to make Quinn think.

It was a first for him, the first time he had ever seen his teacher running away from a confrontation. Up to this point in his eyes, his teacher had always been someone that seemed unreachable. A force too strong to even begin to imagine the real strength of. Even when facing the Dalki, he had never acted like this.

Whatever it was that was frightening him or making him act like this, it had to be strong. But if something was that powerful down here, then why hadn’t Quinn or the others come across it. After thinking about all the possibilities of what could’ve happened, one thing was stuck in his mind.

’No, it can’t be, we looked around the whole tower.’ The tower they had just left form was known as a vampire’s tomb. And judging by the sight of the building and what was left behind, it was a powerful one.

’Didn’t you say a vampire would need the blood of one of its family members? It’s impossible for it to wake up, right?’ Quinn asked the system, but it had chosen to remain silent.

"Answer me!" Quinn snapped in his mind. This time he was insistent and wanted an answer.

"Sorry." The system replied. "I was just thinking about the possibilities, but perhaps there was a chance we really did wake it up."

"But how?" Quinn replied.

"The only thing I can think of is the blood crystal from before. Remember how I said a blood crystal was quite rare, well that’s because a blood crystal is harvested from a vampires body itself. Just like how the beasts contain a crystal inside their bodies, vampires do too.

"Creating weapons form these things became a taboo. It was a practice that quickly became outlawed. The blood crystals themselves weren’t illegal, but intentionally harvesting one form a body was. Of course, we don’t entirely know what is inside the blood crystal, but when using it as a raw material to create a weapon, the first part of the process is melting the crystal down.

"At just the right temperature, the crystal will start to melt and turn into a blood like substance. I’m afraid thier is a chance, that when you inserted the crystal into the podium, it might have started that process and woken up whatever vampire was deep in its sleep."

"Why didn’t you say something earlier than?", Quinn complained.

"I thought the same as you at the time. That the crystal would be used to help you get the weapon. You see when a vampire goes into eternal slumber, it does so out of its own choice. In a way, it is a vampire saying it is done with the current world and is moving on.

"However, their bodies are usually kept at their family, base or castle. This way if they ever needed to call on those desperately in times of need, they could do. When I saw that there were no vampires in this area or even any inside the tower. I assumed that the vampire must have chosen to pass on.

"Some tombs often set trials for their family members, with traps and tasks. Once these were completed, they would pass on their treasures to the next generation. I thought that this person was just doing the same."

The three of them had finally left the town. They had gone through one of the tunnels into an open area with several different pathways. The look on Leo’s face looked a lot better. Once he had travelled through the tunnel, he could no longer sense the strang force that well.

This was because of his ability, it was strong, but he could only see the area he was in. As soon as he entered the town, his view had widened, and he could see anything. There was one thing that was troubling him greatly, though.

The aura that he had sensed was the same colour as both Quinn and Fex. Still, Leo didn’t want to take any chances finding out whether this person was friendly or not. Just because they had the same aura as the two students didn’t mean they were close.

It was easy for Leo to select the path back, as he remembered well which direction he had entered from, and he started to lead the two students out. Finally, they were about to leave the strange city and everything that had been found behind.

While travelling through the tunnel, it started to slightly tilt upward with no end in sight, and they were unsure how long it would take them to get out. While travelling together, Quinn was still trying to digest everything he had been told earlier. About the blood crystals and now he had a few strange questions on his mind.

"If a family member is unable to kill its own member, how would someone obtain a blood crystal in the first place?" Quinn asked.

"That is an excellent question. Even though Vampires and subspecies are unable to go against their creator, that still doesn’t mean they are unable to break the rules. Just like with every family, they had their fair share of trouble makers.

"One could always ask another family to do the job for them, but it would leave a sour taste in the mouth and would often cause grudges between friends and such if this was to happen. As such a special group was created, one outside the thirteen families. These were called the punishers.

"Their duty was strictly to uphold the vampire laws that were created by the 13 vampire leaders and the king. They were separated from the others. They didn’t make friends with any of the thirteen and didn’t interact with them other than to bring down harsh punishments."