Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse

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Noah smiled triumphantly as he saw his bully, the one that had beaten him almost to death several times converted into a mindless puppet waiting for his orders.

This feeling of superiority and fulfillment was completely superior to simply have killed him with a swipe of his hand.

This made it all worth it, it was as if Noah had found more fulfillment in breaking his mind and making him agonize than actually just killing him.

And now, he could even use to fulfill even more of his plans and advance by leap and bounds in this world!

He had designed a rather simple plan.

Noah first used Bloodline Curse and Blood Contract to curse Fernand's Bloodline with all the curse effects he could muster, which drained his mana a lot, thankfully, he had stockpiled tons of blood from the corpses of the Fire Wyrms and kept drinking blood to regain mana as he kept creating such a powerful and deadly bloodline curse.

At some point, he felt an enormous, overwhelming force…

"This… is this the blood of the S-Rank Hunter that is his brother? So to curse him I… need even more Mana… Fine by me," said Noah, as his eyes blazed with resolve, drinking all the blood he had and constantly pouring more and more mana into the curse.

It was arduous and even challenging, Noah keeps infusing mana and willing for the curse to be created.

Each second felt like an eternity as if Noah were slowly trying to climb a mountain by himself… sometimes he felt the strong, overwhelming presence surpass him, but he was able to catch up to it through raw Mana…

Until finally.

After what seemed like an eternity, he managed to curse the strong Bloodline!

He cursed an S-Rank Hunter!

Noah sighed in relief, gasping for air as he felt his entire soul and body ache a bit… the immense amounts of mana he used were even greater than when he fought against the Blazing Wyrm Emperor!

However, Jon who was residing within his blood quickly began to use Energy Transfer, sharing his mana with Noah.

"Noah-sama, are you okay?" he asked.

"Much better. Well done," said Noah, feeling refreshed, as if he had drunk a very cold cup of water in the middle of a scorching desert.

"Now that I have cursed your damned Bloodline, it is time to set up a contract with you, we don't want you to somehow free yourself from the brainwashing and suddenly turn against me, wouldn't we?" asked Noah, as he used Blood Contract, adding several conditions which seemed all unfair, and then forcing Fernand to accept them nonchalantly as he was now brainwashed and did whatever he asked him to do.

Flash.

Crimson tattoos resembling something like a drop of blood appeared in the middle of Fernand's chest, hidden beneath his clothes.

"Now that we are done with that part of the plan… We can finally proceed with the most important one, my dear friend," said Noah, as he grasped Fernand's head with his hand, moving him to his side in an instant, as it was revealed his tender neck.

Noah's fangs grew bigger and monstrous, as he seeped them deeply into Fernand's neck in a mere second, drinking the river of blood coming out of it as Fernand began to groan in pain, although it did not seem to resist.

After five seconds, Noah pulled back his hand and let Fernand transform.

Indeed, he was turning him into a Dhampir…

But why?

Why would Noah turn Fernand into an ally such as a Dhampir of all things?

It was all part of his elaborate yet simple plan.

"Fernand, you will tell your brother that you finally found the Blood Core and activated it. The Blood Core fused with you and it turned you into an entity named Dhampir through the power of the item, giving you outstanding abilities that you are developing now. Because this was the fault of your brother and because you are a spoiled brat, he will most likely accept it pretty fast… This way, he will stop pestering you about it and you can easily serve us while telling him more about your abilities and us as if we were your servants instead, so he could easily lower his guard with us and never see us as a threat but as your little slaves… Sounds good, isn't it? You might even be praised for it! Rejoice, Fernand, your entire life will now turn upside down!" laughed Noah.

Noah glanced at Fernand transform, as his skin turned pale white and his eyes crimson red.

Fernand's spiky red-orange hair turned completely white, and the spikiness disappeared, giving him a very average look.

Seeing his transformation end, Noah glanced at Fernand's status, seeing that his Stats had increased but were yet to become D-Rank and that he had gained the basic Skills that the Dhampir could get.

The Skill he was born with had also awakened forcefully, and it had given him the ability to produce cold and purple flames that could provoke curses instead of the usual burning fire.

"I might as well give you the Blood Core as well," said Noah, using the Blood Core Creation Skill and helping Fernand form a Blood Core in the middle of his chest.

Feeling satisfied, Noah nodded, he seemed to be finally done.

"Did you hear what I said previously?" asked Noah.

"Yes, Master," said Fernand with a mechanical voice.

"Do as I said as soon as possible, pretend to be the same you have always been as well. Do not mess things up and be cautious how you word things out. Do not mention me in all of this, NEVER. Did you hear me?" asked Noah.

"Yes, Master. I shall do as you please," said Fernand with an expressionless face.

"Good. However, I shall leave a little parting gift," said Noah, leaving a Blood Servant Fire Wyrm inside of Fernand's Soul that would communicate with him and update Noah about Fernand's doings.

Noah deactivated the Crimson Aegis Barrier he created around inside the room as he suddenly heard the knocking of the door.

Knock, knock.

"Hey, Fernand, we brought you the snacks you wanted!"

"Open the door! Are you sleeping?"

"It seems that your loyal friends are back… hm, I might as well do the same for them, like insurance," said Noah, as he turned into mist and let them in, watching as Fernand pretended to be the same as ever.

"Damn you took a lot of time, I was starving here," sighed Fernand, who had gone back to his human appearance right before his friends entered.

"Sorry," sighed the two "friends" who were more like slaves as they did whatever he asked them to do due to his authority.

Seeing that they had lowered their guard enough, Noah quickly generated another Crimson Aegis barrier, surprising the two!

"Eh?! What is going on?!"

"What is that… red light?"

Suddenly, Fernand grasped one of his friends with enormous strength!

"Agh! Aaaghhh! F-Fernand?! What are you doing?!"

"This is all for Master…" said Fernand.

The other lackey was quickly taken by Noah's tentacle, as he struggled and tried to use his Skills desperately, but similarly to Fernand, after feeling Noah's overwhelming presence, he felt overtaken by a feeling of despair and dread!

After their screams of confusion and pain, Noah quickly brainwashed the two and then did Bloodline Curses and Blood Pacts with them, and then let Fernand turn them into Ghouls, so he could later show the "upgrade" he did to his subordinates.

Similarly to this, through the S-Rank Hunter of his brother, Noah planned to make Vampires officially known without people even suspecting that he could be one himself!

Like this, he would be able to see the reaction of people and if it could even be considered for him to keep hiding his abilities or not.

However, for now, he decided to keep hiding them and growing stronger in the shadows, so even if their reactions were bad, he would be so strong that no one would be able to oppose him or call him a subhuman!

…And talking about subhumans, Noah's next target was many of such people, mostly those that roamed the poor districts in the outskirts of Sector D…

"For now, you two also act as normal and do everything Fernand tells you to do. I will contact you later, Fernand, when you finally explain to your brother what happened according to the words I told you to," said Noah.

"Yes, Master," said Fernand.

Noah smiled complacently as he turned into mist and flew away from the military school… this was the last time he would ever step again in such an accursed place.

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