Drac knew for a fact that if he kept hanging around the Sumor’s or the Ulaspas’s he would never be able to break through the boring mundane that he had been living. More specifically he would not be able to cultivate and live the life he wanted.

He needed a way out, which is why he decided to ask for his freedom in exchange for Sara using his face to bait the Prince out of his castle. It was a very dangerous move, but he realized that the gamble would be worth it in the end.

But he made sure to squeeze everything out of the Ulaspas in the deal. He made Sara make a knowledge orb of the unknown language that was on the map. And she did it for free when he told her his plan.

By observing the trio, and with late Jina’s help he had long realized that the trio desperately wanted to impress Kaisel. Whether they were doing this out of love or out of necessity, he didnt know. But he knew that he could use it. Yasmine, their leader didnt have to work a lot, but was strong and reliable when she worked. Even Tara had her uses, but most of the time Sara was the one that the other two talked shit about to Kaisel.

And the poor Sara knew what exactly the other thought about her. But she didnt say anything to them to their face because she was a coward. And also because she was weak when compared to both of them.

This is the reason that Sara liked and made the soldiers do crazy things in her sister's room. It was kind of her way of getting revenge.

His plan was simple, he made a plan in such a way that Sara would play a vital role in everything. And Kaisel also gave a green signal to the plan, Sara became very happy to get a chance to prove herself. And this is exactly what he wanted. With that, he just requested her for the knowledge orb, and she just gave it to him with a question…

With his satchel bag around his shoulders, and the cane in his hands he made his way towards the ballroom. As he ventured into the lab, his nose was assaulted by a funky smell.

Argh.. He groaned inwardly, I should have not killed Jina here. Now she is gone, yet her smell is still here.

He had already brought all the rations of the castle here. Now he is going to live here. Now that he finally had some time, he straight away put his satchel and the cane aside and went straight to the cube that was floating on the other side of the room.

I wonder why Jina never touched the thing. If I were in her shoes, I would have surely liked to see what the cube has to offer.

Just like the first time, when he got close to the cube, he felt a pull from the cube. It felt like the cube was like a magnet, and his body was automatically being attracted by it. He stretched his hand grabbed the cube, and pulled it.

He heard some sort of mechanism move, and the pedestal that the cube was floating on, revealed a secret compartment. He saw that there was a small stack of parchment papers in the compartment.

Curious of its content, he put the cube aside and took the letter.

It is a good thing that I absorbed the knowledge orb from Sara last night, He thought as the letter was written the same language as the map.

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To whomever it may concern,

I would like to congratulate you. You have found the inheritance. If someone is reading the letter, then I have of course failed in my attempts to make my subordinates lose track of mine. So if you are from Ulaspas family, Fuck you.

In case you are not from the Ulaspas family, and you have broken into my inheritance without their help, bravo. You have truly outdone yourself because you have managed to penetrate through the magic of an 11th-circle mage. In case you didnt know, this room, along with the cube is my inheritance. This room contains all the magic that I ever learned in my life.

The other pages contain my life story. How I came to be, and why I came to be. I dont pretend that I was a virtuous mage when I was alive. But I figure leaving behind a piece of my life doesn't hurt.

Nosferatu Ulaspas.

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Well, I would be dammed… I didnt know this place was someone’s life’s work, Drac thought, he then put the page aside to read the life story of Nosferatu…

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I was born on Heartgrove Island, a simple and poor place that was ruled by various clans, who were always at war with each other.

Amongst all the clans on the island, the one who was feared the most was the Ulaspas, the clan that doesn't even leave behind the blood of their enemies. It was a clan that was famous for using the bodies of their enemies, to water their garden. Their clan symbol was a Blood Rose, a flower whose petals have the color of blood.

And in such clan I was born. At that time, I went by the name of Jeremy Ula, the bastard son of the leader of the clan.

The people bearing the Ula name were the servants of the Ulaspas, as these people share the blood of the main clan, they were allowed to stay in Rose Valley, but they were treated as servants, as their blood was not pure enough, they would never to able to wield any power of the clan, so they would slave away in service of the main clan for the rest of their life.

From a young age, I served the Clan Leader’s oldest son, Nosferatu. Under that role, I had many perks. I commanded power, I had women and even I had money. But giving a dog a golden bowl to eat in, doesn't change its status. I was the dog on a leash for that son of a bitch. I wanted to run away from such a life. I have nothing tying me to the clan as even my mother was killed a very long time ago.

But knew better than to act on my foolish ambition. Because if were to act, no clan in the world would take me under their roof. Especially when someone would come to know that I am a runaway from the Great Ulaspas Clan.

I knew one day I would be able to break free because I had something that the rest of the clan weren't aware of. I was a mana wielder. It took a lot of effort, but I was able to safeguard the secret even from my lover of the time. The only way I could break the restraint was by getting strong and breaking it by force. But the main family kept a very close eye on the servants. So I had to be discreet.

My chance came when a ship from another continent came to Hearthgrove Island, they were lost and wanted to stock some supplies. Although the Ulaspas family didnt control the port, they still went to meet the outsiders, thinking they would be able to trade with them, and also to check the strength the outside world had.

I also went with them to meet the strangers.

The strongest of the crew was on par with the patriarch of the family at that time. And when Patriarch realized that the strongest of the crew, was actually not that strong in the real world, a new ambition was born in his mind. He decided then and there that his oldest would venture to the continent, learn their ways, become powerful, and then return to the family. And they would unite the entirety of the island under their umbrella.

This was the God-sent blessing that I was looking for. That was my ticket to freedom. When we left the island, I killed the young master and escorts, and on that day, Jeremy took the mantle of Nosferatu Ulaspas, the eldest master of the Ulaspas clan…

Years passed by and I tried my best to improve, and gather as much strength as I could. Soon I became a 4th circle Mage, but then I hit a bottleneck. I was not able to improve any further, but I craved more power. I had to climb higher, and it was then I was introduced to Dark Magic.

It started as a curiosity, which soon turned into a full obsession.

I determined that it was not my fault that I was not strong. It was my body’s. And I was determined to change my body for the better. I started studying the art of body grafting, trying to find some way in which I could increase this body potential.

While studying body grafting, I studied a lot of creatures found in the wild. One of them was the forest nymphs, a monstrous tree that lure its victims to its body, kills them by choking them, and then simply started sucking the blood out of its victims. When I delved deeper into the research, I realized that the forest nymph couldnt get the nutrients that it needs from the victim.

For the forest nymph to have the energy it had, it needs a power source more potent than the blood. The nymph could steal or absorb mana from the victim because as soon as the victim is killed, the mana in their body disperses.

I researched the creature for a long time, only to realize the creature was not simply nutrients out of the victims, it was sucking something else as well. There was a force that lies in every living being, and the creature sucking that force, very slowly, but it was the force that was giving the strength to Nymphs, and I coined the term ‘Soul’ which is made from words ‘So’ and ‘ul’ which means inner force in Hasy, my mother tongue.

The world at that time didnt wasn't familiar with that term, or the force that living beings, and I was the only one at that researching the subject. It was then I started using his research of the soul, to help him ascend to a higher level.

Countless sacrifices, and countless blood spills later, I was able to ascend to 7 rings in my chest. I had an army of undead grafted creatures by my side, and I was the most dangerous mage in the world. I committed so many atrocities, that one could not fathom, but I was still dissatisfied, there were still some people out there, who were stronger them me. And that was just unacceptable to me.

I hit a bottleneck again, and couldnt ascend any further. The world along with the blood mage family created was all out for me, everyone wanting either my magic or life. I didnt know what to do, so I decided to go to a place where no one would be able to find me. A place where I was born. A place, that I used to call home.

Little did I know that my obsession at the time would change my faith in the island forever. I would bring a disaster to the island, by freezing everything on the island…