The Drogen's Law

Becoming A Full Vampire (Jimmy)

Jimmy opened his eyes, feeling like he was the most useless being in the world. He saw two familiar faces of Edwin and Chris smiling at him. His sour mood turned into a happy one as soon as he saw their smile, forgetting why he was feeling sour in the first place.

“Welcome back to the land of the living, Jimmy,” his brother said.

“I’m glad you are okay, Jimmy,” Chris said right behind his brother.

Jimmy just grinned at them. Edwin's smile suddenly faded. Jimmy knew what that meant, Edwin was going to say something to him that would make him feel very uncomfortable.

“Jimmy, I know you don’t like being confronted, but I really, really need you to answer this one question truthfully.”

Jimmy gulped, gritting his teeth. He clasped his hand together to prevent them from shaking. Even though he was not confident, he wanted to feign confidence in front of Edwin and Chris.

“Who is Eli?” Edwin asked. “I have heard you mention that name many times before. I have always ignored it. But I no longer can.”

Jimmy froze. He did not know how to answer that question. Jimmy himself wasn’t sure who Eli was and why she kept haunting his dreams. The name, Eli, sent a warm feeling coursing through his body. It made him want to weep and cry as if he had lost someone precious. The name sounded like a home, a sister he knew he did not have. His only sibling was his twin brother. Jimmy replied something to his brother. He wasn’t entirely sure what he replied was what he felt about the name.

“I see,” Edwin said and did not press the matter any further.

Jimmy stifled a sigh of relief. He knew he wouldn’t be able to handle the pressure if Edwin pressed him any further. Being confronted by anyone was worse than the ringing in his head that gave him a perpetual headache. He had become so accustomed to it he had occasionally forgotten its presence.

After some breath, his brother confronted him again. This time, however, he did not have the same serious look on his face.

“I have a few more things to discuss with you, Jimmy.” Edwin took a pouch from Chris, who sat beside him and Edwin, her eyes eager.

‘What’s happening?’ Jimmy thought, excitement beginning to fill his blood.

“This is going to make you extremely happy.” Edwin poured the contents of the pouch in front of Jimmy. Six glowing red stones rolled out of the pouch.

“Is that... Is that blood core?”

“Yes,” Chris said. “All of them are for you.”

 “If the system is right, it should heal your soul and turn you into a full vampire,” Edwin said.

“I don’t know what to say.” Tears rolled down Jimmy’s eyes. This was the first time he had cried because he was happy, not because of the pain, not because he was frightened of his father or other nasty emotions.

“You don’t have to say anything,” Chris said. “Just use them.”

Edwin looked at Chris and Edwin, and both of them nodded to him. Jimmy jumped on them, giving them a rib-cracking hug. “I don’t have to live with the pain anymore. Thank you. Thank you…” He could not stop crying.

“It’s alright, Jimmy. You are going to be alright.” Chris brushed his hair in a motherly way.

Edwin gave him a farm yet gentle pat on his shoulder. “You are going to be just fine, Jimmy.”

After who knows how long, Jimmy finally mustered up the courage to pick up his first blood core. As soon as he held it in his hand, a familiar notification sounded in his mind.

[Information: Blood Core detected. Do you want to cultivate it? Yes/No.]

‘Yes,’ Jimmy thought.

A few strings erupted from the core and seeped into the various parts of his body. He could feel foreign energy entering his body, his veins, his own blood core. The blood core took ten minutes to disappear. For some reason, the entire process seemed very similar to him. Jimmy did not know why. He had never seen anyone cultivating a core before.

Once he finished cultivating his first blood core, he had to stop for about an hour. The sudden influx of power in his body gave him a splitting headache. When he completely cultivated three blood cores, multiple notifications sounded in his head.

[Quest 1 Completed: Cultivate 3 ordinary level blood cores to heal the damage to your soul.]

There was a flash of light, and a warm feeling coursed through his body. A few minutes later, Jimmy felt like a weight of a mountain had been lifted from his body. It was a wonderful feeling. However, he realised that ringing in his ears and the headache had still not stopped.

[Information: Damage to your soul has been healed.]

[Information: You have gained 5 stamina points.]

[Information: Quest 2 has been unlocked.]

[Information: You can now collect the rewards from quest 3. Do you want to collect it? Yes/ no.]

Jimmy nearly jumped out of his skin with glee. He chose yes for the last notification. Obviously.

[Information: You have gained 3 health points.]

After the notifications stopped, Jimmy continued cultivating the remaining three blood cores. Another round of notifications chimed in his mind.

[Information: Quest 2 complete. Initiating the full vampire transformation.]

Suddenly, Jimmy felt a pain that was worse than father’s beatings. It was as if some force was squeezing his bones to extract his marrow. He contorted and convulsed in pain. Jimmy could hear worried voices, but he could not make them out.

The pain stopped.

“Jimmy, are you alright? What happened?” Both Chris and Edwin said at the same time.

“I’m fine,” Jimmy said. “It was just the transformation process.”

Jimmy looked at another notification on the screen.

[Information: Drink an ounce of human blood to complete your transformation to become a full vampire.]

Jimmy told Edwin what he needed, and his brother happily complied. After drinking the blood, nothing strange happened aside from another system notification sounding in his head. If you ask him, it was already strange enough.

[Information: Congratulations, you are now a full vampire.]

[Information: You have gained 3 strength points.]

[Information: You have unlocked a new feature, Core Smithing.]

Satisfied and extremely happy, Jimmy opened his profile and stats.

[Name: Jimmy Wright]

[Race: Vampire]

[Spirit: None]

[Spirit Ability: None]

[Greater Realm: Foundation]

[Lesser Realm: Ordinary (Not Advanced)]

[Realm Stage: None]

[Advancement Progress: 0/53 (Cultivate 53 Blood Cores to Advance.)]

[Core: Blood (Red)]

[Core Level: 5 (Max.)]

[HP: 10]

[Strength: 12]

[Agility: 15]

[Stamina: 10]

[Healing Factor: 1HP/Hour (Self)—1HP (Per minute)/1ml Blood]

[Drogen: Not Available (Requirements Not Met)]