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Chapter 247: Last quest on Erok. Part 5. [Scarlet Valentine]

Chapter 247: Last quest on Erok. Part 5. [Scarlet Valentine]

Subconsciously, a grin appeared on Viktor’s face for a split second. Listening to his heavy heartbreaking words, the elven girl fell into despair and started to think about all the maltreatment her family gave her.

Not just her family, but the whole kingdom never felt a hint of hesitation to throw her in front of a monster’s claw to save their life.

Viktor glared deeply at her soul and saw drastic changes after taking his words inside her heart. Even though she was a little child, the trauma made her age increase mentally.

Again, Viktor couldn’t stop his grin so he had to hide his face with his hands. He couldn’t allow his work to get disrupted in the middle of his manual brainwashing process for a smile.

He had to act natural.

"Child, what is your name?" Viktor asked and patted her small head filled with golden locks. His hands caressed her hair but a knot stopped his fingers from reaching its tip.

Her hair was a mess.

"I.. don’t want to be called by that name anymore, my lord. I don’t have a name."

"I see." Viktor paused for a moment and again asked, "What do you want to do? Do you want to die with regrets, without taking any revenge or do you want to live a life by making your kind your enemy? Do you want to slaughter every one of them and bathe in the pool of blood to satisfy your thirst? If you do, come and take my hand. I will help you to fulfil your wish. Bow before me, pledge your loyalty as a slave of the demigod of all living records. Thus, I will grant your wish and give you a godly power that surpasses any mortals on Erok."

Viktor’s words rang inside her ears as her eyes became blurry from the continuous flow of warm tears. She wanted to cry, her heart was throbbing. She wanted to pierce her nails into her chest and crush her heart to get rid of the unbearable pain but her rage, her ambition surpassed all of those overwhelming feelings.

Viktor smiled at her and again touched her head. "Child, what is your last wish?"

The elf girl raised her head and stared at Viktor’s depthless silver eyes. After gulping a mouth full of saliva, she finally answered, "I.. I want to kill everyone who lived in the elven kingdom and then, I want to eat the flesh of my mother, no I want to eat the flesh of that wrench’s flesh while she’s still alive, breathing and screaming. I want her to feel the terror, pain, regret and lastly, I want to crush her heart with my hands. But I am powerless, my lord."

Viktor took a seat in front of her and replied with a smile, "Did you forget what I just said? I am a demigod, and I will grant your wishes if you become my follower."

...

One of the rules of Void, there is a strict rule that everyone should follow without any error.

’One must never force anyone to become one’s follower.’

This means a god or a demigod doesn’t hold the authority to make a non-follower his follower. This breaks the natural flow of the divine qi, making the god or a demigod cripple or temporarily unable to use his divine qi. Which causes the god or the demigod to get a demotion from his divine Qi stage.

This also breaks the soul of the follower because he was forced to pledge. The more time passes, the more crack forms in his soul resulting in that person’s ’soul death’.

Also, there is another rule related to accepting or making a mortal soul into a follower.

’One must never use magic on a soul that manipulates their memories and turns them into followers against their will.’

That’s the sole reason why Viktor didn’t use his godly brainwashing magic on her to make his follower. If he did that, he’d face huge consequences.

So the only way to make her a follower was to use vocal manipulation that never requires any magic.

Humans, elves or any intelligent being have one thing in common. They fear things they can’t understand and fear those they can’t surpass. They feel jealousy and hold the urge of harming others to satisfy their thirst, break others and take advantage of them as they wish.

The urge may vary from person to person but since we are talking about mortals, they are easy to read no matter how complicated they are.

They are easy to control no matter how complicated they are if you strike into their weakness in the slightest.

And, if one stands beside the victim even with a fake hope of light, the victim will believe and again, the victim will be played by another advantageous person without the victim’s awareness of the actual case.

The easiest way to manipulate a person is to take advantage of their weakness. The more vulnerable they are, the easier to control them.

And that’s the way Viktor was following to make her into his follower. He was showing how wrongly the world has treated her where she should’ve received love, how her own family kicked her out when she should’ve lived like other ordinary kids, how she was treated as a sacrifice when the world should banish evil instead of accepting it.

And lastly, Viktor made her feel loved by him as a demigod and promised her to give an overwhelming power to rise against the elven kingdom.

Viktor might’ve brainwashed her but he was 100% sincere about giving her an ability, a broken one at that.

...

Viktor smirked and stood up looking at her small body. "Child, what do you desire...death or revenge?"

The little girl looked at him. Wiping her tears, she clenched her fist and replied, "I want revenge!!!"

She immediately fell on her knees and again yelled, "From today!! I, a nameless elf, pledge my loyalty to the demigod of all living records, Viktor E. North. I, forever will follow my lord and abide by his every word. Even after my death, my soul will forever belong to you."

Viktor wasn’t in his real body. But right after she spoke his name, he felt his divine Qi increase but the amount of it was compared to a drop of water in an ocean.

But it was enough to create a moon made of gold.

Viktor smiled and again patted her small head. "From now on, your name is Scarlet Valentine. And for achieving your dream, I will give you a small gift."

Viktor transferred a memory into her brain that contained a magic spell. It was a magic spell he created but since it was too destructive and pretty much useless to him, he never used it on anyone.

It was a magic ability that had multiple branch abilities. It was called ’Blood Art.’ The more blood the user will consume, the more powerful the user will become.

It will also allow the user to control the flow of blood inside a person’s body at a certain range of distance.

It was a vampire-type power but since vampires don’t exist, Viktor had no interest in the spell(aka ability) he created. But it was perfect for Scarlet who wanted to bathe in the blood of her race so Viktor gave her the ability as a gift and prayed that she’d do a great job at spying and distracting the heroes until he finishes his job.

After her brain finished processing what it received, her mana core changed and adapted to the way of the new ability because it was superior to any bloodline magic. Her core changed her golden eyes to scarlet red. Her hair became bright golden and in just a moment, she grew a pair of fangs. Her nails turned black after her body emerged with the gift she received.

It was the birth of a new race ’Vampire’ from fantasies that Viktor was well aware of.

’A vampire, huh?... without even using my divine qi, I just created a new race out of a high-elf. This is a huge achievement for a mere demigod like me. Heheh...I just created a bloodsucking monster who will live for more than thousands of years. But it’s a good thing that I left a catch... the more they will kill by sucking blood, the lifespan of that dead person will become a curse and cause the vampire to lose the same amount of lifespan as his. By this, the vampire will die soon if he kills a person by sucking the blood of a person who would live a long life. This saves the natural balance of the flow of mortal birth and death.

But I won’t speak about any of the catches. Because you can’t have free things without any cost, my child. Everything in the mortal realm has a bad side and my gift is also one of them. Figure it out on your own, kids.’

The girl looked at her hands and said, "This is... this is my new power? My lord, what am I?"

"You are a vampire from now on. A new race that will rise on the land of Erok which will stand alongside demons. Become friends with demons and co-exist with them, help them to protect what they are protecting for thousands of years and carry your revenge. This is my order that you must follow as the follower of the demigod of all living records. Prioritize your life and have pride as one who’s favoured by me. You are a great creation."

Without showing any hint of hesitation, she knelt before Viktor and maintained her stance. "Thank you, my lord. I will cherish your gift and use it well as long as I live."

"You must, Scarlet Valentine, my little child."

’So, it’s done huh?... My pawn is ready.’