Damon stared at his unbelievable stat screen for a few more minutes, grinning ear to ear like a little kid. He then closed it up and returned to reality, only to realize that there was still one problem. What was he going to do with Varnyx now?
Varnyx, still on one knee, dared to look up. "You carry the breath of an Origin Vampire. No, something even older..." His voice was reverent, trembling. He had been mumbling similar things for a while now.
"I need to wipe his memory." Blood Reign unexpectedly chimed in.
"Not all vampires would be thrilled to hear about an anomaly like this. They might even make sure you do not grow any further. This information absolutely cannot be allowed to spread. It would be one thing if you were the Master of this Blood Hall. Then this vampire would be bound to loyalty to you, but now he is free to relay whatever happened here to whomever he knows."
Damon nodded in agreement. He had already expected this and was about to ask the weapon spirit for help, but the good woman offered it herself.
"Do what is necessary."
Damon couldn’t tell if she actually did anything, but a moment later, Varnyx stood up and looked around in confusion. "What are you doing here, vampire? Move. Get to work. The glorious Blood Hall is being rebuilt. Go do your bidding and contribute as much as you can."
"Yes, sir." Damon smiled and briskly walked away. "Blood Reign, you did a really good job." He mentally probed, but there was no response from the other end. It looked like this time, the weapon spirit was truly weakened.
"I will make it up to you." He once again mentally thanked her and walked over to take a look at the available quests on the mission board. These quests were pretty low-grade, but if he remembered correctly, there were a few quests that were worth doing.
Considering that he needed a shit load of gold coins and blood essence for the next upgrade of the build hall, he had to grab every decently rewarding quest. Otherwise, grinding a million gold coins was going to take some effort.
There were also some other things he had to take care of. Damon scratched his head as he tried to mentally prioritize what to do next, when he suddenly remembered. "Fuck! I need to log out and meet my parents!"
He hurriedly touched his tattoo, and the next second, he reappeared in the same corridor he had teleported from. "Same place, huh? Good to know."
He continued to walk through the corridors until he ran into someone. "Hey, do you know where to find my family?"
"Yes, sir. Please come this way." The attendant thankfully seemed already briefed about his status. Damon followed him, doing his best to keep his expression neutral even as his nerves twitched. Meeting his parents after everything that had just happened? He wasn’t ready.
His mom was going to grill him for sure. His dad was going to give him that same dirty look. Argh. Maybe he could just go back to the game. He did have a lot of important things to take care of.
Damon almost managed to convince himself and even lifted his wrist to take action. However, before he could do anything, a familiar voice yelled through the long, empty corridor. "Don’t you dare do it!"
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