Chapter 41 – The King of the Blood Empire

“So what do you guys plan to do now?” Ian looked at his old team and asked.

“I think of retiring. It was long overdue.” Barseagle was the first to answer. “I think I have long reached my limit. I would require a tremendous amount of blood to reach Elder if I rely on devouring blood. I would need high-quality blood with the same strength as me.”

“On the other hand, if I rely on aging, I would need to stay alive for six hundred years… I don’t even know if those from higher-ups would allow me to retire peacefully.”

‘Higher-ups? I am now one of them.’ Ian thought. If he even wants to take it further, he could show his strength to the Vampire Council. With his strength, his status would surely become equal to or even above that of Grand Elder.

“Why not ask our commander here for help?” Daniel teasingly said. “With Ian’s status, those old fogs at the council won’t dare to bother you, Captain. But, are you sure you want to retire? Fighting and devouring blood, although dangerous, is still the fastest way to become stronger!”

Kate and Liz rolled their eyes and said. “You know, the captain isn’t someone to ask for help. He’s a stubborn one.”

“Even if he doesn’t ask me. If those Elders dare to touch any finger on any of you guys, I’ll make them regret.” Ian smiled.

Barseagle and the others looked at Ian’s confident expression. This reassured them. Don’t they have a strong backing now?

Not only the commander of the army, but also an Honorary Elder to boot!

“Speaking of which, how strong are you now?” Barseagle could feel a sense of danger just by Ian’s presence.

After spending a long time on the battlefield, Barseagle could vaguely feel the level of danger of anyone he encountered. It was an instinct he had developed facing higher-level creatures than himself.

“Well, Ian managed to fight an Omega for days and nights, right? He could also easily kill Higher Vampires like Captain with his laser, according to the information I’ve heard.”

It was Liz talking this time. She had heard a lot of the feats that Ian did as he led the war to victory against the werewolves. She looked at everyone and continued: “It’s safe to say that Ian had an Elder-level strength!”

Hiss!

Everyone suck a breath. Although they had heard that their friend was even called Laser Demon on the battlefield, which could harvest the lives of Higher Vampires. They’ve witnessed Ian when he was still weak. It was quite a frightening growth rate to become an Elder at such a short time.

“Just how much blood did you devour?” Daniel added.

“You guys… I am not an Elder, okay? Although I had Elder-level strength last year. I do not walk the same path as you. I know you’re aware that I do not only devour blood… But also the flesh and bones, right?” Ian shook his head as he displayed a faint smile. “And that was last year… My current strength? I am not sure either. But I could at least defeat the entire Vampire Council with ease.

“…”

There was a silence.

“Are you bragging?” Kate asked hesitantly.

Daniel and the others also had a look of doubt on their face. It’s only been a year since Ian won the war, right?

“Heh, I knew that it sounds unbelievable, but only time will tell.”

Ian had begun to concoct numerous plans after his breakthrough. He can do a lot more now, and he doesn’t need to act as cautiously as before with his ceiling-level strength.

The unfortunate thing is, higher vampires or higher werewolves barely give him biomass anymore. Now, he requires the flesh of creatures with Elder-level strength and above to gain biomass. Unless he waged war on every dark race of the Curtained Imperium, he wouldn’t be able to gather enough biomass for another breakthrough in strength.

Where should he find so many equivalent Elder-level creatures? Even the Blood Realm only had so few.

At the age of 27, Ian showed his strength to the Vampire Council as he defeated them one by one. They acknowledged his strength and offered him a seat. Ian decided to refuse when suddenly, the Grand Elder came out of his seclusion due to the commotion of the battle between Ian and the various seated elders… Under everyone’s astonishment, Grand Elder kneeled before Ian, telling everyone that he could see with these Rakshaka Eyes that Ian’s energy level far surpasses his.

Ian was also dumbfounded as he was just about to challenge the Grand Elder to a fight. Who wouldn’t have known that the Grand Elder would submit to him without a fight? The seated elders immediately believed as they knew the Grand Elder’s character well. He has a big ego. How could someone with such ego submit to anyone weaker than him?

On the other hand, the Grand Elder explained to Ian that Rakshaka Eyes allowed him to see through truth and falsehoods among others’ abilities. This allowed him to gauge Ian’s strength accurately. Ian was amazed by the Grand Elder’s special eyes.

“So, how strong am I?” Ian looked at the aged figure tightly wrapped in a starry blue robe with receding hairline and but smooth, youthful face. This was the Grand Elder. Someone who looks old and young at the same time.

But he was undoubtedly the one with the highest status and strength in the entire Blood Realm! He who commands at the top behind the scenes!

The Seated Elders on the sidelines watched Ian and the Grand Elder. They just suffered defeat at Ian’s hands. Now that they understood Ian’s strength, they didn’t feel that their defeat was unjustified. They also couldn’t help but complain ‘Why are you hiding such strength!?

Yes, in their opinion, Ian must have hidden his strength right from the start. As for him growing to such a level in a short time? This possibility didn’t cross their mind. After all, that sounds borderline terrifying.

At 28 years old, the Vampire Council and the Grand Elder declared Ian to the as the King of the Blood Empire, shocking every dark race. Ian retired as the Commander of the Army and promoted his retired captain to be the Commander. Barseagle, who had gone into retirement, felt that he was in a dream. As for Kate, Daniel, and Liz? He assigned them to become department heads of important departments. It was also in this year that he upgraded his laser eyes to solar laser eyes and his echolocation to mind’s eye.

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Name: Ian

Age: 28 years old

Race: Lesser Vampire

Height: 7 Feet

-Body Structure

Increased Bone Density. Solar Laser Eyes. Mind’s Eye. Trupeyo Parabus Enhancement 2x. Asura Physique.

External:

Silver Astraenium Retractable Claws + Pyrophoric Metals. Kagune. Exoskeletal Armor (Steel+Tungsten).

Biomass Remaining: 2,023

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