Chapter>7.Experiments for Dummies

It seems even in this dimension vampires are still limited by the burn of the sun, To be honest all the mythical stuff about magic and creatures but here i am a living breathing vampire drinking blood and hunting.I stood at the entrance of the home cave with the doors open and the sun peering into and down on the floor. I've been experimenting the limits of my body and now it was the suns turn, A few days ago I decided to jump off the cliffs entrance to see if could survive a fall from this height. That was a not a smart thing to do, I ended up breaking both my legs and was left there in the dark and had to climb up the cliff while my legs healed on the way up which was not comfortable at all..

I stooped there at the edge of the lit hay way and the heat from the sun loomed over my hands,as if a magical ward was on it telling me to be careful and keep away so i pulled back my hand. I kept on looking at the light and remembering a few words Father had first said to me,

[Nothing in this world is free not money, not life, not love… There's always a price to pay]

Looking at the sun made me wonder what price would i have to pay at the end of this, or even if there was and ending what would it cost.I threw my thoughts to the side finding solace in the thought that whatever comes my way regardless friend or foe must be dealt with. And with that i push my hand into the suns and it begun to burn.

It's been a week and a half i haven't feed on anything,I want to see how long i could last without the taste of blood and how it would effect me and i'm happy to say i never want to do something so stupid again, after the forth day i blacked out and woke up missing my jacket and dried blood stains all over my chest and neck but no visible wounds, I knew now that i would have to keep my hunger in check because if i am around anyone i could rip there throats out without blinking a eye.

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The fear of venturing outward from the cliff has kept me in it, to keep myself form madness i turned my attention to the two big enigmas in the cave;The witches and werewolves rooms that where just sitting there untouched.I opted to go in the werewolf's room because the witches looked to have untold dangers around every corner, so i chose the werewolf's and his room was more like and armory. As i walked into it the stench was strong if the beast it's self was still standing in the room, there where all manner of sharpen spears and daggers laying about the floor and a make shift sling shot thrown into the Corner as if saying it's useless, The one thing I've thought threw is that in a fight against anything a vampire has more chance for loosing unless they gain the upper hand in the beginning and keep there momentum going,

Over the last week i replayed what happen between me and the jungle cat and every time i think about it,everything came down to a split second decision which could have gotten me potentially killed before i even started anything.Experimenting with the system, It's seems that because i survived injuries such as breaking my legs my Vitality has gone up some, so I know there must be close combat type vampires but the way i see it if, i'm at a distance and can control whats going to happen i'm going to need a ranged weapon. The half broken slingshot reminded me of the mini revolver i had back when i had to protect my mom from her dealers when they came around to collect.I picked it up and began examine it and the system sounded off..

[Host has acquired a weapon ▸Backbone Slingshot ☆◂]

[Host Assimilation 5/100%]

There goes that hollowed star again i wonder what it means I thought while reading the message,and the system wasted no time with an explanation.

[A hollowed star indicates that a weapon or skill has a process of change to the users will.]

The explanation was straight forward and not cryptic at all i don't know why i thought it would be.I hooked it to my pants and gave the room a once over but there was not much there other than a scratched carving into the wall reading the name Gilliam.

I headed back to my room completely ignoring the witches room i wanted not parts of it, So over the week i began cleaning and shifting things around to make it my space and i even brought clothing and furniture which was littered around the cave as if someone was making them out of thin in and practice. I sat at me desk steering at the slingshot and it's components,looking at it the handle is rigid and made from the length of a creatures spinal column the bands that the wiring which were tattered seemed to be made from the skin or intestine of and animal, the faint smell of blood and feces came off it's wiring. I wanted to make something that would be as affect tive as a gun but the only way to do or even attempt to do something like that i would need to venture out more from the cave and see the type of things i could find,I grabbed the handle and the system sounded off.

[System detects host's will]

[Host wishes to remodel weapon▸Backbone Slingshot ☆◂]

[Requirements Needed for weapons remodel]

➥Backbone of a creature layer 3 or higher

➥Skin of a Creature Layer 5 or higher

➥Bones of a creature Layer 3 or higher

SHIT!!

This is not going to be easy at all, i'm still a Layer 1 vampire how the hell am i going to get my hands on the skin of layer 5 creature, and plus time is still ticking down on when i need to kill that jungle cat, I cant stay locked up in this cave forever anyway.

After hearing the system roll off the requirements it lit something in me, I had to go out and get what i want i couldn't sit there and wait for it to come to me or i would never get anything done.

I stood up and pulled a thicken blood red coat out the draw threw it on and headed for the door off the cliffs side. I watched as the sun went down and the night rose, stepped to the edge and the jumped off activating Nocturnal Shift and flapped over the forest looking down at the beating life forces scurrying through it with LayLine Vision activated.

[Geography Assimilation 10%]

[Geography Assimilation 25%]

[Geography Ass...]

It seem the system was working double time keeping up with me as i flew over everything,I finally stopped flying when i felt the aching of the bones in my little wings so i decide to perch myself onto a branch over looking a stream of running water and by this time the system had assimilated a good 50% of the geography and i couldn't see the peek of the cliff any more.There was a whole in the tree a few branches down and i could feel the heat of the sun coming, there was no turning back now so i flew into in and the sun rose a few minutes after i did..

Chirping of birds woke me up and the sum was at it's highest, i could hear the creature feet running around below the tree and the flap of wings in the sky, I placed my hand at the entrance of the whole and abit of my wing slid out and cut fire which jolted me and i had to slam it against the tree to put it out. I seems i would be stuck here for a few more hours so i bent and in closed my body tightly and watched the sun shift it's position in the sky....