Chapter 379: The Vampire Empress
Alexander reviewed the interface in utter frustration. This threw everything right down the drain; he hadn’t expected evolved skills to be incompatible for fusion with their base forms, and unfortunately, he lacked a de-fusion skill in his arsenal. He explored every corner of the translucent screen searching for a workaround, but found nothing useful, leaving him with only one viable course of action.
Alexander grabbed a pitcher of water from the nightstand and splashed it onto the queen’s face to wake her up.
"A-Ah! No more, please, mercy...!" exclaimed the monarch, shielding her face with her arms. "It’s too much..."
"You’ll thank me for this," said Alexander in a flat tone.
Without wasting time, he began returning each stolen skill to her, utilizing the system’s process to increase their rank by one level upon transfer.
The moment [Regeneration] rose to Level 9, the queen’s skin began to glow intensely, taking on a radiant sheen that resembled polished diamond. However, the true shift occurred next: when [Vampire Transformation Lvl 9] ranked up, the numerical level disappeared from the screen, consolidating the interface into a pure-bloodline skill: [Vampire Empress].
Upon feeling the evolution course through her veins, the monarch’s eyes flew open. She stood up in the center of the room as an overwhelming and immeasurable force emanated from her form. Her newly evolved power far exceeded anything Alexander had witnessed so far; for a brief moment, even he felt small beside the queen’s crushing presence.
Alexander watched her in silence, feeling a slight twinge of regret. Had he known that reaching max level unlocked that bloodline transformation, he would have retained the skills within his own body to acquire the title and strength of a true Vampire Emperor.
"Wait... there’s still a way to do it," thought Alexander, narrowing his eyes with cunning.
"Do you believe me now, my queen?" said Alexander, breaking the silence. "I can grant you power as well."
The monarch felt her new nature fill her with overwhelming loftiness and arrogance. Nevertheless, well aware of the source of her ascension and retaining deep gratitude for such a gift, she made no attempt to attack Alexander. Instead, she sat majestically on the edge of the bed, crossing her long, bare legs.
"Thank you for the gift," said the Vampire Empress, looking at him with a haughty yet submissive smile. "I am deeply grateful to you."
"Why don’t you send your female vampires in one by one?" said Alexander, adjusting his clothes with a cunning smirk. "Filling you with power drained me and now I need to recover."
The Vampire Empress stood up, nodding without the slightest hint of doubt.
"Of course, my King. I will do exactly as you ask," said the Empress.
The monarch walked to the entrance and swung open the bedroom doors. Upon seeing her step out, Valerie froze in her tracks; the overwhelming, majestic aura radiating from her mother was so intense it nearly brought her to her knees.
"Mother... what happened in there?" asked Valerie, her eyes wide with shock.
"Send every female vampire in the kingdom to this hall," ordered the Empress in an authoritative, icy voice. "They will enter one by one until young Alexander is completely satisfied."
"But Mother... that’s..." faltered Valerie, taking a step back.
"Silence!" shouted the Empress, cutting her off. "You were the very first to enjoy his cock, and you dare hesitate to share him with your sisters?! You ungrateful bitch!"
SLAP!
The Empress struck her across the face with a loud slap that echoed through the entire corridor. The elite guards present bowed their heads, not daring to utter a word before the monarch’s ferocity, and immediately began mobilizing to bring all the young female vampires of the kingdom.
Listening to the order from inside the room, Alexander smiled to himself as he opened the system interface.
"I just need to raise the level of each skill to its equivalent and fuse them," thought Alexander coldly. "Even if the success rate fails or something goes wrong in the process, with an entire kingdom at my disposal, I doubt I’ll run short of cunts to extract whatever skills I need."
Hours turned into days, and days eventually blurred into months. Time lost all meaning inside the royal chamber. Alexander only paused his momentum to sleep as much as strictly necessary and drink high-lineage blood brought to him continuously in silver goblets as offerings.
"Delicious..." was the thought running through his mind amidst the haze of power.
It became an absolute, uninterrupted cycle of domination and pleasure. Every beautiful female vampire in the kingdom, from the elite royal guards to ancient noble ladies, passed through his lap. The translucent interface flashed endlessly across his field of vision; several skill fusions failed miserably and dissolved the capacities, but many others achieved resounding success.
Time after time, level after level, the density of energy within Alexander’s body multiplied on an astronomical scale.
After several months of continuous cultivation, Alexander stood up in the center of the chamber. His physical form was no longer that of a simple human blessed with nocturnal power. A pair of wings dark as the abyss unfolded violently behind his back, while his gaze glowed with a crimson so thick it resembled liquid blood.
The Vampire Empress, standing a few meters away, felt her knees give out. Her own power, which had once felt unmatchable, was eclipsed. Her aura was suffocated once more by Alexander’s presence, who now towered before her as a true Vampire Emperor: imposing, absolute, and ruthlessly bestial.
Alexander smiled as system notifications covered his field of vision. Weeks of cultivation and constant skill fusions had finally borne their ultimate fruit, granting him a set of capabilities that defied reality itself:
[Skill Evolution Completed!]
― [Vampire King Body] ➔ [Vampiric Emperor Lvl 1]
[Description: Grants the form and majesty of the absolute monarch of all night creatures. The user’s presence imposes an inescapable biological mandate over any lower bloodline or nocturnal being.]
[Skill Evolution Completed!]
― [Shadow Bats Lvl 10] ➔ [Shadow Vampire Summon Lvl 1]
[Description: Allows the user to materialize and summon vampiric warriors forged from pure ancestral shadow, who blindly obey every command and fight with lethal force.]
[Skill Evolution Completed!]
― [Immortal Body Lvl 10] ➔ [Divine Regeneration Lvl 1]
[Description: Elevates physical body recovery to a divine plane. Any physical damage, dismemberment, or cellular destruction reconstructs instantly, rendering the user virtually indestructible.]
Alexander closed the system interface as the crimson glow of his eyes illuminated the chamber’s dim light. His transformation was complete, and the vampire kingdom lay submissive at the feet of its new sovereign.