Alex woke up, laying on a pillow, his mana sluggishly drifting through the limb of blood in front of him.
Name: Alexei Romanov
Dove Angeli, Unique grade.
Threat level: Neglegient. -> Tier 0
Unique grade attributes:
Hemophilic, soulbrand, divine marked king, mark of the 3rd đëstrœýeř
Static attributes:
Health: 36/36
Stamina: Average for Species
Mana: 60/180, 120 reserved. (Pseudo Limb)
Evolutions: None
Bonds: Enfer, relational bond.
W-what? Pseudo Limb? Maybe its from my arm of blood mana, forming an actual addition to my form. Suddenly, Enfer began to speak to Alex,
"How are you, Alex? Nice nap? In any case, we have some work to do. You need to learn some proper spellcraft because it isn't sustainable to make constructs. At least, not yet.
"Doing good, doing good. So, how do I make a spell? Or a magic? Do I just... use my mana?"
"Yes. I'll teach you how to cast a spell called "coagulate" first, and then we can learn some bio magic,"
So, it began. Enfer took out a small tome with an icon of a drop of blood on the cover, and the words "blood magic for children". Within, the first spell was "coagulate". The description read "Stop bleeding or start strokes, it doesn't matter to us.", and the instructions were quite simple:
Step one: condense blood mana into a shard or spear with a hollow center
Step two: push the projection into the blood and allow the hollow to be filled by the target's blood within their own body.
Step 3: condense the mana into an orb with the target's blood, and seal the wound.
Alternatively: form the coagulate glyph out of blood mana and launch it at the target. Less precise, less powerful and more expensive. But, you can cast it on someone against their will and cast it much faster.
Enfer had to read the tome to Alex, and as he heard the words he started to recognize some of the letters and phrases. Then a prompt appeared in his vision.
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System recognized language learning.
Alexei has gained the common language: Infernal
Alex gasped, as well as an eye could. Enfer flinched and looked over before Alexei told him what he had learned.
"Good. I was hoping your species had the hidden ability "language learning" because this could've taken forever. Do you want to try the spell?"
"Yeah! Alright, so how do I form the glyph?:
"Hmm... here's an image of the glyph, although I warn you that it might take too much mana. What do you have left, 20 maybe 30?"
Enfer showed Alex the glyph, in the shape of a red blood cell with the organelles mapped out as dense mana pockets.
"I have 20, but I think I can make a small one, or just dissolve my arm. I should probably dissolve it anyway I guess,"
Mana: 180/200 (post usage growth), Limb dissolved
"Nice! My mana pool grew to 200 mana! I have 180, so what can I do now?"
"Just practice forming and dissolving the glyph until I get back. I have to go to class in an hour, so I'll go get ready,"
"Wait! Do we have any food that I can have? It doesn't have to be meat,"
"Yeah. Here's some rice, eat that before you start training the spellform. If you can figure that out I'll take you to class with me tomorrow and maybe you can make some friends,"
Enfer got showered and dressed, then he grabbed mug of tea and walked to his early morning class. Meanwhile, Alex repeatedly tried and failed to cast the spell, eventually giving up. He began to try and pull apart the purple seal on his wing with mana manipulation, but it was now invisible only flashing into visible light when he prodded it with blood mana. Finally, something happened. A voice came from the seal as it glowed purple and was clearly irritated.
"What are you doing, marked one? Do not try to release my power yet, you will certainly be destroyed. Ah, you must be the candidate for 4th destroyer. I am the third divine destroyer, I am death. I am blood. I am the end and beginning of all life. My power is absolute, and I am also Destruction incarnate. Although, 0 may have something to say about that. My true name is gone now, but you may call me 3rd or ouroboros. I think its time to force an evolution on you. Do you want a humanoid body?"
Alex timidly whispered, "N-no at least not yet,"
"I see the sheer volume of divine energy within you is interfering with your blood magic. Then I'll integrate some of this places intense infernal power into the evolution to counterbalance but not reduce your divinity. I'll grant you a massive boost to your physical abilities, but you must make an oath to me. Promise me that you will pursue power until the end, and I'll grant you this evolution,"
"O-ok I promise. Then what happens?"
Suddenly, Alex felt his body change. He flickered out of existence and reappeared as hundreds of forms, changing and shifting. Eventually, his body settled. He was a thick miasmic blood clot with 4 limbs similar to the one he had built before, but they felt more substantial somehow. His eye opened on the front of his body, which in actual shape was sort of like a short crocodile with no head and longer limbs than normal. He was still only about a foot long, but now with shape he could actually walk and move. Then, his wings appeared on his back each one as long as his whole form. He flew into the air, his body retracting and disappearing into his eye.
Ability Gained: Absorption
Name: Alexei Romanov
Dove Angeli, Unique grade.
Threat level: Tier 0 -> Tier 1
Unique grade attributes:
Hemophilic, soulbrand, divine marked king, mark of the 3rd destroyer
Static attributes:
Health: 36/36 -> 100/100
Stamina: Average -> Nigh Endless
Mana: 200/200 -> 200/300
Evolutions: none -> Demonic Dove Angeli of the 3rd Destroyer
Bonds: Enfer, 3rd destroyer