818 A special item (1/2)

Before, they were all maxed out at sixty points each. He had hit the limit of a vampire noble. Thanks to Quinn's system, he was able to gain a stat point from consuming other peoples blood. He had gathered this from the members of the faction. Once again, he had asked Sam to bring him more blood from faction members he had yet to consume, and this was where the problem started.

Increasing a single stat point, now required ten or sometimes even more of the same blood type. The good news was that if consuming ten O types, Quinn would still gain a free stat point, where he could use this however he wished and could place it into any stat, including the blood control.

Eventually, he managed to raise some of his stat points.

[Strength 64]

[Agility 62]

[Stamina 61]

[Charm 60]

[Blood control 14]

Then the real problems started. Consuming so many different blood types in one sitting was making his red aura run wild, a burning sensation going through his body fighting to get out. Quinn had felt this feeling once before. It was blood addiction.

In the past, Quinn was able to mix the blood with his Qi to curb the blood addiction, and from that day forward, he had no problems consuming peoples blood while having to worry about the blood addiction.

The difference was, he never had to consume as much blood in one sitting as he did now, and it looked like the same symptoms were returning. When trying to calm it down like he did with his Qi before, it seemed like his blood powers were now stronger than his Qi powers.

'Was there a balance before? It looks like if I want to get rid of the blood addiction and power through my stats with blood, I might have to find a way to increase my Qi. But is that even possible? Didn't I already reach my limit. The size of Qi I can control hasn't increased for a while now.'

Not being able to improve his Qi, and afraid of consuming too much blood, Quinn needed to focus on another way to increase his stats. Which eventually led him to think about Fex, the only person who currently knew about blood control.

”Ah man, you know I'm terrible at explaining these things. It's just a feeling ya know?” Fex said, pulling his hair back like he usually did. Quinn started to notice when Fex was in tough situations and didn't really know what to do, it was a habit of his.

”I had a feeling you would say that” Quinn replied, remembering last time he had asked Fex to teach him how to fight. ”Why don't you just tell me what you know, or show me what it can do?” Quinn asked.

”Yeah, I can do that,” Fex said, hoping he wouldn't disappoint.

”Blood control is something that all the leaders know, and from what I know not all vampires can even do it.” Fex started to explain. ”Blood is everything to a vampire, and it's how our powers work, and the more control they have over it the more powerful their attacks.”

So far, Fex had said the same thing that the description had already told him, but was wondering if there was more to it.

”My blood control is still weak, but it lets me move the strings even after they have been detached, allowing me to create more points and connections. Usually, I can only make ten, but with my needles and the blood control. It's like fighting against multiple people from the thirteenth family. If I could use it well enough, I could probably control a puppet to do my bidding and fight myself like my father, but I'm not at that point yet.

”There's also Blood hardening, which is also a form of blood control. I'm sure you remember some of the leaders and vampire knights using that. But as I said before, the strength of one's blood control is dependent on the person, unless you're the king of course, they have the best blood control.”

”The king?” Quinn replied. ”I thought the king was voted in, not chosen because he was the one who had the best blood control.”

”You're correct, a king is voted in, but think about it, if a weak king was placed would people listen to him? Especially for those vampires that see strength above all. After the first king went to sleep, he did so, leaving something behind.

”Some say he used his ability to create it. Some said it was an item that belonged long ago. The item is given to the next king and with it are the secrets of how to obtain absolute blood control. Once that king vacates then it gets passed on to the next one.”

When Fex was talking about the first king, he was sure he was talking about Eno and not the original king from where Arthur had gotten his shadow abilities from.

The first king Eno, a person with the ability of equivalent exchange. A mysterious powerful ability where the limits were unknown.

”That would be a nice shortcut huh?” Said Fex with a smile. ”If we could just get that item then you could learn blood control easy.'”

”Yeah, but I would have to be king for that, and I think with those old men at the council, my chances are pretty low.” Not that Quinn ever had the idea of becoming king in the first place.