Alexia

And, of course, I get attacked by other idiots on the way home. Three Class S species to be exact. And each one of them was hell bent on killing me for some reason. Until they realized they couldn’t and ran the hell away, with the exception of one of them which I caught. Which at one point makes me wonder if someone is offering some sort of reward for my head or something.

So, after capturing the third one, I go ahead and interrogate him. And just as I suspected, there is apparently someone going around offering a reward for my head.

Which is a pain.

Especially because of who the idiot is.

I let out a sigh before killing the Class S species, no longer having any use for them and certainly not willing to let them go when they were trying to kill me for a favor from the Lord of Vampires.

It’s a pity, really. I was hoping to be able to avoid major conflict with the strongest ascendants of the System from before the Reset.

Then again, that was a rather unlikely hope in the first place.

Anyways… the Lord of Vampires, eh?

He’s gonna be a pain.

Damien Black is the foremost expert in blood magic in the entire universe before the Reset, and is no doubt still the foremost expert now. He is also the oldest vampire alive and is said to be close to becoming an ancient vampire. A Class S variant of vampire that is only spoken of in rumor but never actually seen before.

But… he’s got some anger issues. The man is known to lose his temper quite frequently and was feared moreso for that than his power.

Lucas is stronger than him by quite a bit, especially since a lot of his blood magic has no effect on Lucas, but people were often still more afraid of Damien than Lucas. Simply because they knew Lucas was less likely to kill them just for standing in front of him.

Guess he didn’t take well to my taking a bunch of the first Legendary Feats.

And the fact that he’s even picking a fight with a Class S species while also making bounty offers to other Class S species most likely means he’s either Class S now or almost Class S. Which is another problem altogether.

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But if I had to guess, he’s probably only nearing Class S. Since he’s not coming at me directly.

I frown as I continue teleporting across Dimensional Block #71 without really paying much attention to my surroundings beyond any potential dangers. And more bounty hunting Class S species.

From what I heard all across the news before the Reset, Damien Black specialized in berserker type magic and skills. He’d basically sacrifice his own blood and body while running around berserk and attacking pretty much anything with blood when he went crazy. And he always went crazy in a battle.

Certainly has a screw loose.

And I’m not particularly fond of the idea that someone like that is after my life. Especially considering that he may very well go after Astrid.

Which isn’t all that likely at the end of the day considering how narrowminded the guy is, what with him most likely not even caring about the fact that I might have people I care about. But that doesn’t change the fact that he could.

So I’m just gonna go home as fast as I can to watch over her while I train my Energy Manipulation.

I continue teleporting from one Dimensional Block to another, crossing each of them without stopping for anyone. And throughout the process, I find myself attacked by two more Class S species, one of which I kill, before finally arriving back at Dimensional Block #108.

To my surprise though, I find the Block no longer being at war. With Dimensional Block #108 actually having won.

Cool. Won’t have to deal with zealous dragonborn at least.

On that note, I continue teleporting through the Block until I finally arrive at The Retreat to find the place having grown quite a bit. To the point that the city now covers a large portion of the front half of the island. With the exception of the large clearing around my home, of course. Which still looks just as natural as before.

Even without my home actually being there, seeing as I have it in my ring.

I begin ‘floating’ in the air high above the city – a process that mostly just involves me repeatedly teleporting in place to stay up, costing very little soul while doing so – as I look around the city. And it’s not just the city’s size that’s grown, but the people as well. Everyone’s a much higher level now.

There are even some council members who are in the low four hundreds in level.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

I continue searching the city with my senses for a little bit in search of Astrid, but then I don’t find her and begin to grow a little worried.

Until I expand my search to Ethan’s island to find her sparring with him.

That’s good. Looks like she’s doing well.

I teleport over Ethan’s island to watch for a bit before tilting my head slightly.

Huh. They look like they’ve gotten closer.

I watch for a little while longer, briefly nodding my head with a faint smile when Astrid smiles at me and gives a brief wave, then I teleport back to my clearing and put my house back down. And without hesitation, I walk inside of the house and head to my bedroom before sitting down on my bed.

It’s nice to see that she’s doing well, but I am kind of curious about their little relationship. Since it genuinely does look like Ethan’s feelings are starting to shift over to Astrid from me.

Not that I’m complaining.

Although I’m also not sure what that says about him that his feelings can be shifted so easily.

Then again, I don’t really care. Not my problem to deal with after all.

Time to work on my Energy Manipulation.