I Became The Vampire Progenitor
Chapter 84: Acquired Taste, Embracing the Elder

After listening to an inspiring speech, the crowd dispersed with excitement in their hearts.

Li De, feeling somewhat helpless, returned to the central district with Harrison and Augustine in tow.

He hadn’t expected that these people would enjoy listening to him speak so much. Every time, he had to feed them some motivational words to satisfy them.

These naive individuals, who hadn’t experienced the explosion of knowledge from another world, didn’t realize that the words which made their blood boil, filled them with warmth, and gave them hope were known as "chicken soup for the soul" in another world—a concept many deeply despised.

However, the benefits were obvious. After several speeches, the goodwill these commoners felt toward Li De had reached a considerable level.

His kindness, his strength, his dominance—all of it inspired deep reverence in these people, a mix of respect and fear.

But this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. It helped them integrate into Dawn City more quickly.

Now that the land had been distributed, Li De could confidently say that these people were firmly rooted here.

As long as they didn’t bring in too many new people at once, these individuals would become the sparks that would help the vampires assimilate incoming humans.

Everyone would become a propaganda officer, actively spreading the great achievements of the vampires and praising his greatness.

By then, he wouldn’t need to work as hard as he did today.

City Hall.

After appointing Harrison and Augustine as the first Speaker and Vice Speaker, Li De didn’t have time to manage them further.

The clever Harrison had transformed an unoccupied estate in the central district into the office for the City Hall.

When the logistics team and security squad changed shifts, they would come to the City Hall to receive new orders.

Thus, the City Hall became the busiest place in Dawn City.

Today was even busier. A dense crowd packed the City Hall, all there to register and claim their land.

Li De naturally didn’t need to worry about such trivial matters. Amidst the respectful gazes of the crowd, he ascended to the third floor.

An office entirely for him.

Even though it was his first visit, the most luxurious and finest office in the City Hall had been reserved for him.

The other vampires withdrew, leaving only Li De, Harrison, and Augustine in the room.

Once seated, Li De asked,

“How’s that blasphemer doing?”

He hadn’t forgotten Emi, the one with the title of Blasphemer; he’d just been busy handling human affairs and had pushed this blasphemer to the back of his mind.

Now that he had time, it was natural to deal with this matter.

“Clan Leader, your captive has stabilized after drinking the Mana-Infused Blood but remains in a deep coma and won’t wake up anytime soon.”

Harrison’s eyes were filled with admiration. Upon hearing that this captured blasphemer was a Level 14 high-level professional, his admiration for Li De almost overflowed.

As for Emi, he was under strict guard.

Never underestimate a spellcaster, even if they’re injured.

Li De’s eyes flickered with contemplation.

“What if we make this Shadow Priest your bloodline descendant?”

Upon hearing this, Harrison pondered for a moment before shaking his head.

“Clan Leader, I’m not suitable. Your bloodline is the strongest among the vampires. If I turned him into a vampire, this blasphemer’s strength might drop to Level 9.”

Li De nodded. The difference between Levels 14 and 9 was vast; they weren’t even on the same plane of existence.

For some reason, all second-generation bloodline descendants were stuck at Level 9. The hurdle at Level 10 severely limited them.

As a result, Li De was currently the only high-level combatant among the vampires.

This undoubtedly didn’t fit the vampires’ status as an upper-tier race.

But he couldn’t figure out the reason for this phenomenon right away, so he buried it in his mind.

Now he held Emi, a Level 14 advanced professional. If he could retain his level after becoming a vampire, it would undoubtedly be a significant boost to the vampires’ high-end power.

There was a reason why vampires were considered an upper-tier race. Captured enemies might become new vampires, and the stronger the enemy, the greater the reward for defeating them.

Dawn City now needed a high-level fighter capable of protecting the vampires when he wasn’t around.

Emi, the boss with the title of Blasphemer, undoubtedly entered Li De’s selection range.

But what troubled him was whether performing the Embrace on an old man would be too extreme?!

When Li De voiced this concern, although Harrison didn’t understand why Li De was asking such basic vampire knowledge, he still explained.

“Clan Leader, the Embrace doesn’t have to be on the neck. You just need to inject the vampire’s bloodline into the other person’s body.

You can perform the Embrace on the wrist of that blasphemer.”

Though puzzled, Harrison harbored no doubts. This was his king, the ruler of the vampires, and unwavering loyalty was no joke.

Upon hearing this explanation, Li De instantly relaxed. Biting an old man’s neck was indeed unpalatable, but swapping it for a young maid like Vina would be different. However, biting the hand posed no psychological burden.

“Augustine, bring me the blasphemer.”

“Yes, Clan Leader.”

The usually silent Augustine, fond of wearing a black trench coat and carrying a long bow, turned and left the room.

In less than half a Sun-hour, the unconscious Emi was carried into the room.

The blasphemer, now unconscious, lacked the previous strong defiance against Li De. His gray hair and small frame revealed the aging brought by the passage of time. The loose linen robe made him appear even smaller.

No one would have thought that this frail, unconscious elder was a boss-level figure with the title of Blasphemer.

Emi Beal

Title: Blasphemer (+30% damage to priests)

Age: 67

Level: 14 (Severely comatose, current level at 12)

Class: Shadow Priest

Introduction: A betrayer of the Knight God, a blasphemer walking in shadows, and the Vice President of the Dark Pact.

Every time Li De looked at Emi’s attribute panel, he could feel a powerful aura washing over him.

Although he couldn’t see specific skills or innate talents, the information in the evaluation alone hinted at what this elder had experienced.

Li De no longer hesitated. Under the watchful eyes of the two, he approached Emi, took the elder’s hand, bared his fangs, and injected the bloodline of the Vampire Progenitor.

It seemed to be a vampire’s instinct. Once Li De decided to develop the other party into a bloodline descendant, his bloodline naturally flowed with a force that merged into the blood.

The specially empowered blood flowed through his fangs into Emi’s body.

The powerful bloodline of the vampires began to mutate upon entering the human body.

Reproduction, consumption, assimilation, recombination—on a microscopic level, the vampire genes directly destroyed the human genes and then rearranged and combined them to form new genes.

Some tenacious fragments of the human genes remained undestroyed and became part of the new genes.

After Li De felt all the power in his bloodline had been injected into Emi’s body, an indescribable sense of emptiness washed over him.

Standing up, his head spun slightly, and his legs felt weak, much like the state after engaging in unspeakable activities.

Just as he was feeling dizzy, the system’s prompt made him open his eyes wide.

“Ding~ Bloodline descendant evolving. Detected that the power of the Bloodline Shackles is hindering the evolution of the bloodline descendant.

You have the following choices:

Retain the original power of the Bloodline Shackles, reducing the evolving bloodline descendant's level from 14 to 9.

Break through the power of the Bloodline Shackles, retaining the bloodline descendant's original level.

Note: Once you choose to break through the power of the Bloodline Shackles, all vampires will automatically break through their Bloodline Shackles, and the process is irreversible.”

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