Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse

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Jean Firebrand, the older brother of Fernand Firebrand and the S-Rank Hunter known as the "Blazing Sun" was smoking carefreely while resting over his bed.

His body was large and muscular, covered in a few scars, but incredibly well toned.

He was currently resting after having a rather intense night with a bunch of other Hunters that belonged to the Guild he worked on, around five different girls were sleeping around him, his body size compared to theirs was rather large, as they seemed to have around half his height…

As he relaxed and smoke, the thought about his brother arose once more within his mind.

He gritted his teeth as he recalled how he stupidly gave such a valuable item to his brother.

He really gave it for granted that the stupid spoiled brat would do the thing right and use the item right away.

But instead of that, he foolishly tagged along with it and lost it.

Just by thinking about having wasted such a precious item, Jean wanted to hit himself in anger.

Although Fernand was also at fault in all of this, it was, after all, Jean's decision to give such an item to Fernand, so he held responsible for its disappearance just as much as Fernand, if not more…

He sighed, thinking about what to do.

At the end of the day he still loved his little brother, and maybe he would give him a nice beating but afterward, life would keep ongoing.

He wanted to teach him to be a bit more responsible and conscious about his actions…

And well, teach himself that too.

He had begun to reflect a lot about this whole ordeal and had actually become a bit more mature due to that.

"Fuck, maybe I was being a bit too rude with him now… He's my little bro, after all, I can't treat him like shit all the time…" sighed Jean.

Also, Jean could be considered stupid, he still valued his family bonds, and did not want his little brother to get all edgy with him and hate him when he grew up…

Jean picked his phone and was about to call Fernand… however, he just got a call back from it, which made him feel a bit surprised.

"He's calling me? …Maybe he actually found the damn thing?" thought Jean with high spirits, answering the call.

"Yo. So? Did you find it?" he asked directly.

"Brother! Yeah! I actually found the damn Blood Core! A student had it, but we beat him to almost death, and then we threw him into the trash for doing that. Thankfully, the thing was intact…" said Fernand.

"Good, well done. Wait, "was"? Did you actually used it?" asked Jean.

"Yeah… And here is where the problem starts…" said Fernand, as Jean furrowed his eyebrows.

"Problem…?" he asked.

"Yeah, because I used the Blood Core, as you wanted me to," said Fernand.

"And what's the problem with that? Did you got some new Skill from the Monster?" asked Jean.

"…Yeah, it could be said so… But more as I turned into a Dhampir by using it," said Fernand rather boldly.

"…What?" asked Jean.

"It appears in my Status, it says "Bloodline: Dhampir". This Blood Core… I think it changed my race, brother… Is this okay? I think I need to drink blood or something… And my whole body feels stronger… Am I really such a thing as not a human anymore…? I… I am scared…" said Fernand.

Jean heard his brother speak in a weak tone, while also saying that he felt scared and doubtful, that he had changed now into a new race, a ton of information he was not ready to know yet…

He had never heard of anyone changing Races through items, perhaps bloodlines, but not complete race changes such as Fernand…

Jean began to wonder what kind of shit luck he and his brother had…

However, he knew that he couldn't simply tell his brother "you are a subhuman now, you must die"… No, he needed to accept him.

Perhaps if he saw it as a power and not as a race, it could be easily masked.

He began to ponder these things… meanwhile, Fernand smiled eerily at the other side of the phone.

"Brother?" he asked after a few seconds to build up tension.

"Can you turn back into a human appearance?" asked Jean.

"Yeah, I can… But I think I need blood. I drank the blood of my subordinates and they ended becoming Ghouls… I can also even see their status now, so weird…" said Fernand.

"You what?! DAMN… Alright then… At least you are still you, right?" asked Jean.

"Y-Yeah, why would I not be me?" asked Fernand.

"Okay then… Let's do it like this, develop your abilities in secret for now so I can see their full extent whenever we meet. I can send you whatever you need so feel free," said Jean.

"Really?" asked Fernand.

"Yeah, don't worry. I am sure that you will develop this Dhampir Ability or whatever. You can use it to do good things as well, and you are still a human as well. You are part of the Firebrand family, not a filthy subhuman! Your Dhampir race is just a power of your Ability," said Jean.

"Yeah… Yeah, you are right! Alright then! I will train hard and you'll see me soar! In no time I will get into S-Rank!" said Fernand.

"That's the spirit little shit!" said Jean.

"Then I am counting on you for whatever I need? Please also make sure to tell my parents about it!" said Fernand.

"Alright, I'll tell them. And yeah feel free to ask me. I can support you with stuff so you can do it swiftly… Do your Ghoul friends want some more?" asked Jean.

"Yeah, I am going to use them as subordinates for now, after using my ability on them, they became pretty loyal. I am planning on making more subordinates too. This ability is pretty crazy," said Fernand.

"Alright then but keep it quiet for now!" said Jean.

"Sure! See ya!" said Fernand, as he cut off to his brother.

Jean kept glaring at the phone for a moment, as he felt relieved.

"Well, whatever that ability is it's new, that's for sure. I might as well call some researcher in this stuff… and tell mom and dad I guess? Not like they will do much if Fernand is fine. There are way too many weird abilities around, so one that turns a person into a dhampir shouldn't be a surprise anymore…" sighed Jean.

Meanwhile, Fernand and his subordinates celebrated that everything went amazingly well.

"With this, we'll be able to please Noah-sama even more," said Fernand.

Everything seemed to have gone according to Noah's plans, however, Noah's curse was yet to quick in…

Jean sighed once more as he contacted a few people… it seemed that no one had overreacted as long as he called it an "ability" so it seemed that people could be way more open-minded as long as it was related to ability, as there were already people with abilities that could let them become animals… why couldn't one let them become a Vampire from all things? Or a half-vampire, a Dhampir.

As everything was going fine, suddenly, Jean feels something deep within him.

He could not properly explain it.

But it could be said to be something… or feel like something out of this world.

It was as if a giant, the black claw was grasping his soul and not letting it go…

It was terrifying, even for… an S-Rank Hunter such as himself.

This feeling of fear was almost instinctual, something terrifying, truly out of this damn world…

He felt as if his soul and blood were suddenly connected, and that this black claw was grasping them like balloons, about to burst into pieces!

However, this discomfort never stopped, it was always there, always there…

Jean gritted his teeth as he tried to look for clues of whatever this could be.

He felt strange…

Lethargic, even confused…

It felt as if he was also paralyzed and… bleeding?

However, he quickly released his aura over his entire body, trying to find a clue of what this was while trying to suppress this curse!

But even then, it was very hard to cancel out the power of this curse…

Jean began to ponder if someone else cursed him or something.

But he was S-Rank Hunter!

Whatever cursed him was already outside of his league if it was stronger…

Jean could only try to seek a professional for now…

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