Vampire: World of Blood
Chapter 232 - 232: Season Finale V (The Calm Before the Storm)

"Master... what happened to the old man?"

Anastasia's voice cut through the tension like a warm knife through cold air. Her voice was filled with a casual innocence that felt almost absurd in contrast to the blood dripping from Hector's face.

Merciless turned his gaze toward her, still kneeling over Hector's twitching form. His eyes, calm yet sharp, shifted between her and the tray of cookies in her hands. He exhaled slowly.

"I'm transferring my memories to him."

He said flatly, wiping a small trace of Hector's blood off his chin, that he coughed up him.

"He needs to quickly be brought up to speed, and this was the quickest way to do it."

Merciless explained.

Anastasia raised an eyebrow, looking down at Hector's trembling body with a vague hint of amusement, or maybe sympathy...honestly, it was hard to tell with her.

But seeing that he was in no danger or harm, she merely replied by saying.

"I see..

"... I'm sure he will be up in no time."

She said softly, placing the tray on a nearby table.

Merciless, on the other hand gave her a long look, then his eyes dropped to the tray she had just set down. He blinked...once...then twice, and called her out on it, saying.

"…Cookies?"

She shrugged, wiping her hands on the hem of her outfit.

Her reply came as a surprise to Merciless, as she said.

"I was bored.... There is only so much prep I can do before I start climbing the walls."

"You baked?"

"Shrug!!... Yeah, why?!"

Anastasia asked, and Merciless replied.

"Hmmm... Not going to lie, I have seen most of your memories, and I have never seen you do such a thing in your life...that and I didn't take you for the girly type."

Merciless said, as if the concept itself was foreign to him. His head tilted slightly, like a machine analyzing an anomaly.

Anastasia, on the other gave him a dumbfounded and flat look as she sighed, and folded her hands, saying as such.

"Well, excuse me for not being the girly type, but yes, I bake, how I learn to bake well, it's simple, I learned it from Ophelia... When I was trying my Morningstar ability out of curiosity... I teleported some of her memories into mine, although she lost them cause I took them as my own, also this ship somehow has internet... So I teleported information from its server into my head, now I can say without a doubt I can easily be classified as as Michellian class chef."

Hearing this, and seeing her prideful attitude, made Merciless' heart flutter, he began to slow clap his hands, and wiped away a fake tear in a teasing motion as he began to speak.

CLAPP!!

CLAPP!!

CLAPP!!

"Sniff... I feel like a proud father right now... Hell I think I am falling in love all over again... Good job, Space Girl. If I was never right about anything in my life, I can say without a shred of a doubt that you are one of my kilde, Spawn or not, the Morningstar blood flows thickly through you."

Said Merciless with an overjoyed and over-exaggerated prideful look present on his face, as he saw Anastasia casually embracing her Morningstar side.

On that note, however, he continued by saying.

"...Although I won't advice you to rely too much on it, you're not like me, even with your authority, you can never be like me. However, I will say this, that power of yours, it might seem simple and weak, but knowledge is power, to make the most use of ahhh... Hmmm, have you figured out a name for it yet?"

Asked Merciless, as Anastasia looked at him while rubbing her head, as she nodded and said.

"Welllll... I have several, but ultimately I decided to keep the naming sense simple, as such, I decided to call it Memory Well... Given it's a simple power with one function, but the effects of it are multiple, depending on how I use it, of course."

Anastasia replied, causing Merciless to nod, as he said.

"You even have my naming sense... Good, good... "Memory Well," I like it... But that aside, like I was saying before, try to find a compromise between your Memory Well, and your Nexus... Combining the power of memories with other abilities will significantly increase your battle prowess, get good at it, and you can be like me. Hell, these days I fight using both my body and my mind, treating my own flesh as a conduit to give birth to fantasies...bringing the unreal into the real."

Merciless explained.

Anastasia, on the other hand, just remained silent, as she listened to his advice. She might be stronger than him, but when it comes to prolonged battles, experience of war, and adaptation mid-fight...she is still leagues behind him.

And he has accomplished all this with just his body alone.

Combining immaterial information with his material body to create a realistic lie into reality, in a way, his fighting style was like a miracle; it always managed to break through and be on top of things, when all seems hopeless.

For that reason, when it comes to the proper use of applying memories to other abilities, Merciless was the best person to explain this.

"I see, thanks for the advice, Master, although so far, the only use I have for an ability that can only work on people that have a weaker will than me, or on things without it, is extracting information for my own benefit...so till I master this power, and strengthen my mind more, you will just have to take these cookies for the time being."

Said Anastasia... Merciless, on the other hand, just proceeded to walk up to the counter, where she placed the tray down, and when he looked at it. He noticed the cookies were a chibi version of himself.

Although some were heart-shaped, and star-shaped, with four to five of them each being chibi versions of Substance and herself.

All in all, it was properly decorated.

And they smell good to boot.

"Well go on, Master... Try one...

"Yeah...Yeah... Space Girl... I will... Hmm, I will go with this one then, you taste good in the bed, I wonder how you taste on a tray."

Said Merciless, as he picked up one of the Anastasia-looking cookies, causing Ana to reply with naughty skill, showing her sharp and inhuman-looking teeth.

"...Hmmm... Pervert."

And the moment he did, to took a bite and...

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"In both Heaven, Hell, and Earth... You Anastasia...

Merciless said, finally saying her name for the first time ever, instead of just Space Girl. Causing her to blush at the mere manifestation of it.

"...And you alone are the honored one."

"BY THE ORIGINATORS THESE ARE SO GOOD... I HAVE NEVER TASTED ANYTHING THIS DELICIOUS BEFORE....OOOHOHOHHHH... MY TONGUE... IT'S HAVING AN ORGASM...

Said Merciless, as tears of blood escaped his eyes, a genuine smile appeared on his face, as his head was raised up...savouring the taste like he had never savoured anything else before.

Anastasia on the other hand, began to stumble on her words, as his reaction was unexpected.

She was not expecting him to behave like this.

"y-y-YOU CA-can stop acting so cringe now."

"Cringe... Hmm... Well, maybe you are right, but still, because of you, cookies will never taste the same to me again... If you are this good at pastries, I can't wait to see just how good you are with meat... Ahhh, I need to find a delicious human, so we can season it the night before."

Anastasia, on the other hand, just sighed at Merciless words, then quickly replied back with a defeated but rising smile on her face.

"Then it's a date then?"

She asked, to which Merciless replied while eating another cookie.

"You bet your ass it is."

"...Hmmm.... Then let's go camping...me, you, and Substance after we get back to celebrate our ascension."

Asked Anastasia, and Merciless replied, saying.

"Sure, why not? I am pretty sure when I get back, the Grand Elders will be shocked at my current progression. Honestly, I am really looking forward to seeing the look on their face when they see me again for the second time...ahhh their shock will be absolute cinema. Although for some reason, I have a bad feeling that my current progression will just make it harder for me, for some reason... Hmm, why is that?"

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Meanwhile, in another faze, a single woman floats aimlessly in a white void, as she has just destroyed this alternate world that did not comply with Michelle's demands, Gods, Devils, Dragon's, basically everything was wipe out with a single sword slash.

This was the fifth faze tonight, but everything in this faze was gone, and rightfully so, it was on the small side of infinity. This faze only had up to 11-dimensional spaces, with the highest being...been the 11th dimension itself.

But suddenly, the Celtic warrior released a cute sneeze.

"ACHOOO!!"

She did not say anything externally speaking, but internally sighed as she said to herself.

'...Why do I feel like someone is talking about me?'

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"Ahhh, this is so exciting, I can't wait for our date, then master... Let's hurry beat the protects ass, so we can make plans now."