Blood Awakening: The Strongest Hybrid and His Vampire Bride

Chapter 188: A New Day - The Same Old Sh*t!

Two weeks quickly passed, with Nikolai spending most of his time training, pushing to the twentieth floor of the tower and dating his two fiancees and lover, Risa.

However, he won the fight against Alistair because the Faust family complained after the Tepes and Volkov family accused them of kidnapping the former heiress.

Yet, for Nikolai, he felt a sense of frustration.

ʼWhy did dad vanish again... and take my Aunt Anastasia with him, even Seleneʼs parents left with them and didnʼt tell anyone where they went.ʼ

Because of this, the current situation in S-City has become fragile, with new ghouls and wraiths settling into the eastern and southern areas.

A new strife began growing with the Fenrir and Tepes clans.

Meanwhile, for Nikolai, the focus of his past two weeks was his meeting with the Ancestor Alucard.

The agreement with Alucard became a dark memory for Nikolai. Although he stood to benefit from the deal, there were bitter feelings inside. He rejected the thought of working together with the Nosferatu Ancestor.

However... because he couldnʼt turn his back on Mikaela or his mother.

Nikolai accepted the deal that Alucard offered.

ʼI know it isnʼt a horrible deal and that this is how the world works, but...ʼ

ʼDamn it feels frustrating!ʼ

Thud—!

Nikolaiʼs fists smashed into the metal punching dummy while Alexei observed his growth over the past two weeks.

”Donʼt lose your composure and posture! Focus, lower your wist and spread your legs wider to avoid being knocked down!”

Alexei would give comments and help Nikolai improve—the training for the past two weeks became harder—now, wearing that strange suit had become much worse.

Because Alexei made it five times heavier and limited his combat abilities to below half of his maximum.

ʼDamn... my arms feel like soft noodles.ʼ

ʼItʼs so hard to breathe wearing this suit!ʼ Nikolai felt as if he was drowning underwater while carrying the weight of five grown men. In response, he could only improve his breathing technique to endure.

”Haa...haa....”

He focused on the flow of blood around his brain, muscles, lungs and heart—everything felt easier, and the next moment, his feet flew out. A brutal roundhouse caused the wind to howl before it smashed the metal dummy like a metal bar.

Bang—!

The impact almost lifted the punching dummy off the floor!

”Wow! That was good, Niko!” Alexei was a great trainer for Nikolai, who lacked any basis and training as a superhuman. He would scold him and help change his bad posture and movements, then praise him when he did things perfectly.

ʼAh~ that felt amazing.ʼ

Nikolai began to aim for perfection in everything he did regarding combat. He enjoyed the sensation of a crushing blow—the heavy dummy weighed almost 1000kg, and he lifted it using his physical, untransformed body!

”Though it hurts a little...”

He spoke with a bitter tone while lowering his gaze—narrowing his eyelids, Nikolai sighed. ”Haa...” His eyes noticed the bloody marking where the special metal tore through the suit, which slowly began to restore itself.

The injuries healed at a remarkable pace due to the constant improvements of his Lycan and vampiric blood. However, the feeling of reaching 99% awakening felt stifling. He wanted to awaken his bloodlines completely, which seemed to be something important to adult vampires.

”Oh, youʼre healing much faster, but still not fast enough.”

Alexei entered the room, a low hiss from the hydraulic door closing again. ”It seems youʼve still not fully awakened, though I honestly didnʼt believe you at first when you told me.”

”What that I wasnʼt awakened?”

”Yeah... because most if not all monsters awaken fully by the time they turn ten.”

After speaking, Alexeiʼs eyes widened, and he suddenly opened his mouth before touching his chin, maybe lost in thought. ”I see, is that why?” He muttered to himself while looking at Nikolai with a slight smirk on his lips.

”Donʼt worry about it, Nikolai,” Alexei responded to the confused maleʼs stare. ”So, how does it feel to reach the limit? You should be able to feel it now. Your new power and great flexibility,” he explained with excitement.

”It does feel strange, when fighting in the past, all my body felt separate, like arms, legs and then my thoughts. Yet since practising here, my arms and legs feel like a single unit following my thoughts.”

”So the next step would be. That you can think of everything as one, your arms, legs and mind together.” Alexei theorised after crossing his arms.

”Yeah, but I feel a slight film, like a curtain that stops me breaking my current state.” Nikolai paused for a moment, frowning before responding with uncertainty, ”It felt like this before too when I fought seriously against you.”

”You mean during training?” Alexei spoke out and added, ”When your eyes and hair changed colour?” It was something that surprised him, thinking that he may have found another prodigy within the clan. ”If my theory is right... eventually you wonʼt need to choose brute force or improving your blood arts.”

Nikoliaʼs eyes would change between a blue colour and a red colour while fighting. The blue enhanced his body several times, while the red improved his vision, mind and blood arts in the same way.

Yet sometimes, while fighting against Alexei, the vampire with a werewolf mother noticed Nikolaiʼs eyes turning deep purple, a violet shade that enhanced both his blood arts and physical body. ”However, the increase was less than when you focused just on one...”

Alexei brought out a huge brush, dragging it from the ceiling as it covered the window before he began to write with a black pen. The scent of his pen was a little strong while the grey-haired male hummed to himself.

ʼAlexei turned out to be quite intelligent and enjoy maths...ʼ

Nikolai looked at the whiteboard, and his chin dropped because of most of the things he had tried to hide. Large, clear letters displayed all of them, and Alexei noticed them after just two weeks of daily training.

ʼWow...ʼ

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[Blue eyes]

∟ Physical prowess increases by roughly 100 Physical Force

∟ Dynamic vision improves.

∟ Fur Colour: Pure Silver

∟ Aura Colour: Silver

[Red eyes]

∟ Blood arts are enhanced

∟ Mental abilities increase by roughly 100 Mental Force

∟ Self-healing improves several levels.

∟ Fur Colour: White

∟ Aura Colour: Crimson Red

[Purple eyes]

∟ Physical and Mental prowess increase by around 50 Physical and Mental Force

∟ Blood arts and Self-healing improve.

∟ Responses, reactions and dynamic vision improve slightly.

∟ Stamina Drains gradually.

∟ Fur Colour: Silver with White Hair and mane

∟ Aura Colour: Violet

[Black Eyes]

∟ Transformation becomes chaotic

∟ Physical and Mental prowess explode and increase by 200 Points.

∟ Self-healing becomes instantaneous.

∟ Reactions, Blood Arts and divine vision evolve.

∟ Stamina drains rapidly.

∟ Feelings of Mercy, Remorce and Pity fade the longer the form exists.

∟ Fur Colour: Black

∟ Aura Colour: Black

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”Do you see the pattern, and importance of each different for, stance and state of mind with these eyes?”

Alexei didnʼt play around or joke when it came to Nikolai—although he wanted his revenge, the young male became something like a brother to him. They spent close to eight hours a day together, and during these two and a half weeks, all training felt dense and meaningful for both of them.

”I see... the basic forms seem a little useless from this, but the Black eye form as you called it. Seems to be dangerous due to the negatives.”

ʼIf Alexei can see this, couldnʼt the elders and ancestors see it even easier?ʼ

Nikolai frowned while looking at the information. Your journey continues at mvl

The main issue became the Black-eyed form since it removed any sense of remorse or mercy. It felt good for hunting, along with increasing his power so much.

However, he needed to think about the reasons he fought and killed his opponents.

ʼIf I was fighting a human, or someone that I didnʼt want to kill, using the devil form would be a mistake. Maybe I should aim for the Violet form more often. I should also think of a better name for these things.ʼ

”No, the basic forms are your bread and butter, Nikolai.” Alexei looked serious, his eyes shining.

”You look confused.”

”Ah well, they seem lacking...”

”Haa... Nikolai...” Alexei sighed before pointing to the 50-point increase and then continued.

”Although this seems small, the difference between your werewolf, vampire and hybrid form is that they donʼt drain your stamina and you can maintain them forever!”

”But how can I use such lower levels, even though the improvements affect both mind and body?” Nikolai questioned while stretching his thighs out.

”If you donʼt control them and master both blue and red eyes, youʼll find yourself lacking in many ways. But if you can master them and switch between the two during combat.” Alexei explained.

”Then you can essentially dominate most enemies at the same level as you right now.”

ʼI see...ʼ

”For now, forget your Hybrid and Mutant form... that purple hybrid and Mutant black form should be banned for this training. Do not use them while we train together.” Alexei crossed his arms and glared at Nikolai without moving until he agreed.

”I got it! Donʼt look at me like that, okay?!” Nikolai responded quickly to make sure Alexei wouldnʼt turn violent again, remembering their last training session.

ʼI donʼt want to be beaten to a pulp again...ʼ

”Alright, itʼs late tonight. So you can leave. Didnʼt you promise to help your wife in the eastern slums?”

”Sheʼs not my wife yet...”

”Donʼt even lie, that girl will never let you go, and your gaze towards her becomes more obsessive with each day that passes.”

ʼHeʼs right... since Nikitaʼs dad left the Hati clan began to pressure the silver clan once again and pushed down into the south.ʼ

ʼDamn idiots!ʼ