Chapter 81: Evening Social Club
[Dracula’s Synchronization]: 202.5%
[Vampire Lord Token Acquired]
Raising Dracula’s Synchronization was easy. All Carter had to do was to drink blood. He had reached 100% Synchronization in the past already. With the blood of the guests, Carter gained the new token.
Carter ignored the Skin System for now. He still had his role to play.
In the ballroom, the guests squirmed on the ground as their body started to change. They became younger, more beautiful, and sublime.
The missing arm of Joe Tennant grew back.
The disease that tormented Paul for years had been vanquished.
Oliver felt more powerful than ever before. His sloppy belly disappeared and a six pack abs replaced it.
Benedict felt the clarity of his youth return, his mind was able to calculate complex formulas once more.
Terry flexed his biceps. The bulge that he once had in his youth had returned. He was a whaler for many years before creating his oil company. He thought he never felt this strong again.
Hannah became young again. She was at her best from decades ago when she first stepped onto the spotlight.
Isabella grabbed her head and swirled. Her transformation was more visceral. Because her human form didn’t come first. Her true form came. Bat wings sprouted from her back. Her body enlarged and her true face was revealed. A predator of the night.
Delilah approached Isabella and watched her new monster form. She lifted Isabella’s chin.
"She is beautiful, isn’t she? Even now." Delilah said.
Carter nodded, "Yes, she is."
"Do you think she is worthy to be your bride?" Delilah said.
"Hmm." Carter approached Isabella and returned to his human form. He caressed Isabella’s monstrous head. "She is a beautiful thing. And she accepted our dark side the first thing.
Welcome to the family, child."
All the other guests exploded into their monster form as well. Each was a fusion of bat wings, snake fangs, wolf teeth, and many terrified attributes.
They bathed in their newfound power and flew around in the ballroom. The vampire servants clapped their hand enthusiastically like they were witnessing some sort of dance.
When they landed back on the ground, the guests turned back to their human form. Because of their transformation, all of their clothes were torn. They stood naked in the ballroom shamelessly.
They weren’t guests no more. From that moment on, they were the First Generations of Vampire. The most powerful one just beneath Dracula.
Isabella stumbled into Dracula’s arm. She didn’t look herself in the mirror yet, but she already knew that those aging wrinkles had disappeared. The youth and strength she felt was unmistakable.
"I am yours, my prince." Isabella said.
"Heh." Carter smirked. He leaned down and kissed her.
Isabella knew what the character wanted. A beautiful obedient bride. So Carter granted her wish. She was, after all, considered to be the most beautiful woman in Luandon.
Carter didn’t agree with that. He just thought that Isabella had something unique about. Just like Delilah. Or Florence. Or Amelia. Each had uniqueness about them.
Carter picked Isabella up.
"From today on, we must operate in secrecy. Do not act out of arrogance. Do not expose our existence to others.
They may know that there is a new type of Undead. But they cannot know about us."
The other First Generations knelt down.
"Yes, Father."
"Our organization will have a new name. It will be called Evening Social Club. Human and other species can join the club as well."
"Yes, Father." They answered in unison.
"Now. I must spend my quality time with my brides."
Carter grew bigger again. He carried Delilah on one hand, while the other hand carried Isabella. They disappeared into the hallway.
The ballroom only had the guests and the Willis left.
"Congratulations." Thomas clapped his hands. "I didn’t think all of you would pass."
"All thanks to you, Thomas. You saved us. You saved me." Paul said.
Thomas raised his index finger, "That is where you’re wrong. We’re family now, Paul. And family will do anything for each other."
Another long night passed. Carter really had to act as a lustful monster as he best could. Fortunately, Acting combined with Performance Skill allowed him to fulfill this role perfectly. He could even control his biological reaction to an extent.
’Ugh... Next time, I should not build a character with this much lust. It’s a fun role but it is taxing on my hips.’
When the two brides had fallen asleep, satisfied from all the exercise they had done, Carter left the bed.
Delilah and Isabella hugged each other. Their smooth skin glimmered in the night. Carter had to turn his head a few times before leaving.
’God Dammit. No wonder why lust is one of the seven sins. An ordinary man would have fallen beneath their charm.’
Carter sneaked out and returned to his own room. He wanted to examine the Dracula Token.
Among his items now lay an ordinary coin with the vampire fangs on it.
’Should I sacrifice it? Or should I make it into a second Dracula?
Dracula could be fused with any skin line. So it didn’t have the limitations of Eldritch Knight. He decided to sacrifice it once he had a suitable skin for it.
’Dracula is the Prince of Blood. A monster in human skin. Maybe I can make a different type of vampire? One that could walk the day...’
Suddenly, a soft hand reached out to him from behind. Then another one.
Delilah and Isabella hugged him from behind. With his 360 degrees vision and Sonar Echolocation, he actually sensed them a few minutes before.
"Can’t sleep, my love?" Delilah blew hot air into Carter’s ears.
Isabella rested her head on his muscular back. She moaned gently. The memory of what just happened still made her weak in the knees.
"I was just thinking how much I would miss you when I leave." Carter said gently. He kissed the foreheads of Isabella and Delilah.
"You’re leaving?" Isabella widened her eyes.
"That’s right, my princess. I’m leaving." Carter smiled gently.
Isabella blushed gently. Even now the handsomeness of Dracula made her heart jump.
"Will you return?" Isabella said.
"Of course, he will, sister. But he is the Prince of Blood. He has many things to do." Delilah said.
"What is the Prince of Blood?" Isabella was confused.
Carter patted Isabella’s head, "Delilah will explain to you later. There are enemies beyond the border of our reality. I’ll be leaving this world for a while.
But believe me when I say I will do my best to return to my beautiful brides."
The pale man picked the girls up and walked back into his bedroom.
The two girls blushed heavily and hid their faces in Carter’s solid chest.
’Ah... My hips are done for.’