I Became the Progenitor Vampire Chapter 306

Chapter 306: Chapter 308: Holy Object–Thorns Heart (4800 words) Chapter 306: Chapter 308: Holy Object–Thorns Heart (4800 words) P.S. Recently, there's been a mountain of work, and I only start writing after getting off work. Then, I update around 1 a.m. and go to bed at about 1:30 a.m. I have to wake up at 7 a.m. the next day to go to work.

I'm a bit exhausted and can't write anymore today. I'll update more over the weekend.

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Upon hearing Harrison's words, Lide immediately became restless.

“Are you sure?? Have you conducted experiments?”

Let alone the implausibility of possessing plant intelligence, the fact that the fruit borne by this extraordinary plant could induce Bloodline Evolution was nearly beyond belief for Lide.

How difficult was Bloodline Evolution?

He had ascended to Level 15 before undergoing metamorphosis, which couldn't even be considered Evolution, just an awakening of the powers within his Bloodline.

Now, on his attribute panel, the Bloodline category showed only a 10% Evolution Level. If this Magic Fruit were effective… did it mean he could once again welcome an increase in strength?

With this thought, Lide's eyes lit up with irrepressible excitement.

“Indeed, Your Grace, I had the Bloodline personally verify it. After consuming the Magic Fruit, their Bloodlines underwent metamorphosis, and their strength increased by at least 50%.”

“Does the City Hall have a stockpile?”

“Those Magic Fruits are too miraculous. Once plucked, they must be consumed immediately; they can't be preserved.”

Lide didn't waste any more words and rose to his feet to head outside.

“Come, let's make a trip to the Dawn Church.”

The girl Nicole always brought him tremendous surprises.

“Sister, do you think the Kachar City Lord will come to the church later?”

Nicole, wearing a white Priest's robe and exuding an eccentric aura, pouted and eagerly perched by the second-floor window of the church, peering through the clear glass at the direction of the church's gate and the City Hall.

When Castro's massive figure appeared over Dawn City, the sharp-eyed young girl spotted him.

Filled with anticipation, she waited by the window, looking out for the arrival of their master.

But half a Sunshine Hour went by without a glimpse of him.

This unavoidably deflated Nicole, her face seldom revealing a look of dejection.

Nicole couldn't help but feel a mix of amusement and compassion at this sight.

“Don't worry, the Thorns Heart is an extraordinary plant that bears Magic Fruits with unbelievable effects. His Grace will certainly value it highly, you don't need to…”

As she spoke the latter half of her sentence, Nicole realized she couldn't continue because her eyes were already shining.

Nicole turned her head slightly and looked through the window glass. Indeed, that handsome figure that captivated one's gaze had arrived in front of the Dawn Church.

Followers bent and bowed in respect wherever he went.

The Dawn Shadow spread across the white jade stone path, flanked by lush, verdant lawns dotted with Believers strolling.

In the middle of the church's white jade stone path stood a towering statue with twelve blades–the ruler of the Dawn Sect, the God all Believers worshiped.

Sunlight scattered from the sky.

Golden rays bathed everything, imparting a layer of sacredness.

Lide approached, his back to his own statue, amid a sea of bowing Believers.

At that moment, he was the undisputed king here, the sole ruler, the focus of countless adoring eyes.

Click-clack~
The moment Lide entered the church, the charming figures of Nicole and Nicole appeared before him.

Their perfect appearance lifted his spirits substantially.

“Good day, Your Grace.”

The twin lotuses spoke in unison, their common language tender and pleasant to the ear.

“Good day, you have worked hard during this period.”

Dawn Sect
The God of Dawn–Lide Kachar (Fake God)
Divine Arts: Soul Assimilation
Divine Position: Bloodline, Blood (activated 1%)
Doctrine: Endeavor tirelessly, fight with resilience, unite as one, be brave and fearless, love family and country.

Number of temples owned: 1
Number of devotees: Fanatical Believers 1, Devout Believers 3249, Believers 12337, General Followers 31896
Power of Faith: 14601 points
Current available Profession transfer–Dawn Priest (requires consuming 200 points of Power of Faith)
Dawn Temple Divine Personnel: Holy Maiden–Nicole
bishop priest–Emi Kachar
Temple Knights: Craig Shadow Hunter (Level 16), Cap Lion (Level 18)
Now, the Dawn Sect's believers have reached over 46,000 people, bringing him close to 20,000 points of Power of Faith every month.

And the fact he had returned unscathed from the Death Cemetery owed much to the sufficient Power of Faith he possessed.

More importantly, he had almost always left the Dawn Sect to its own devices, providing logistical support without ever managing it.

It could be said that the Dawn Sect was wholly managed and expanded by the sisters, Nicole and Nicole.

In this, he was merely a tool.

Thinking of this, Lide couldn't help but feel somewhat amused; he very much wished to be such a “tool” more often, not having to worry about anything and just sitting back to enjoy the harvest.

Of course, the sect had its particularities, and this situation was hard to replicate.

“Kachar City Lord, my sister knew you would come; she has been waiting by the window for you,” Nicole said with a slight excitement on her face.

Nicole couldn't help but feel amused but didn't expose the girl's fib.

Lide laughed heartily, “Come on, lead me to see the Extraordinary Plants you've cultivated.”

The mention of this excited Nicole instantly, her face showing the expression of a student who got full marks on an exam and then went to show off to the parents.

She took the lead proactively.

“It's in the backyard, we've set up a special cultivation area…”

When the Dawn Sect was established, it flattened the manors of several other Bloodlines in the vicinity, and later it expanded again, now covering a very wide area.

Passing through the church, they arrived at the backyard.

After winding their way there, they reached today's destination–the Magic Plants cultivation department.

Lide's eyes narrowed slightly as dozens of warriors in pure white armor appeared in front of him.

These solemn-faced warriors were guarding a yard as high as three blades, with walls built from white stones lined with pulsating Magic Traps.

It was indeed a chilling sight.

Upon seeing the guards, Lide immediately recognized them–Temple Knights.

These guards were the Dawn Sect's armed forces; only the most loyal Believers qualified to become Temple Knights and defend his Glory.

Although most of these warriors were of low Levels, this was a force directly controlled by the Dawn Sect, and their mobilization did not require the consent of City Hall.

“My lord, we welcome your arrival.”

Upon seeing Lide's handsome silhouette, dozens of Temple Knights fell to one knee, full of fervor, and saluted him.

Lide, too, was not in the mood to talk much with these Temple Knights and nodded slightly, “Rise, my children.

Open the yard you guard.”

A simple sentence caused the enthusiastic Believers' faces to immediately flush with excitement and eagerness, as if they could sacrifice themselves for Lide the next second.

“Yes, Your Crown.”

The gate, as wide as five blades, was pushed open by the Temple Knights, the obstructing wooden boards slowly disappeared, and the sight that unfolded before Lide's eyes was astounding.

The yard, spanning over a hundred blades in width, was covered in green vines; the dense vines had even climbed onto the surrounding yard walls, making it impossible to see the ground below due to their thickness.

The leaves on the vines were very slender, about the size of a fingernail, with crisp and bright green as if they could drip water.

The vines in the yard emitted a glow that was a mix of milky white and green. While filled with a sacred charm, they also felt like a spring breeze brushing one's face, very comfortable.

In the very center of the yard, a vine tree composed of dozens of vines as thick as wrists and three blades tall stood like an ancient relic passed down through the ages, filled with an astonishing presence.

Seeing this vine, Lide felt an indescribable sense of… familiarity, yes, familiarity, as if he himself had planted the vine and nurtured it daily with fertilizer and care.

He could even sense the vine's pure joy as he entered the yard.

Thorns Heart
Race: Plant (Ancient Vine)
Quality: Transcendent
Skill: Thorns Power (Upon being attacked, the enemy will suffer from Magic Rebound) Green Leaf (Can absorb Magic Energy floating in the air to speed up recovery)
Special Skill: Dawn Power (As it is irrigated by the purest Holy Light Power, it deals an extra 500% damage to Dark Life and can condense Holy Light Juice, which fosters a rich Holy Light Power with potent effects)
Restricted Skill: Divine Fruit (Irrigated by the purest Holy Light Power, which activated the hidden Ancient Bloodline, allowing it to absorb Magic Power and yield fruits full of Magic Power, purifying Bloodlines and promoting Bloodline Evolution)
Description: This vine was irrigated by the purest Holy Light Power that awakened an Ancient Bloodline. Although it does not possess great strength, the fruit it bears is a peerless treasure.

Having read this, Lide narrowed his eyes slightly, the fruit it bears is a peerless treasure??

Was the system's evaluation a bit exaggerated?

“Your Majesty, this Thorns Heart was accidentally cultivated while we were preparing materials for the Divine Gifted Holy Armor.”

The Divine Gifted Holy Armor requires Thorns Blood as a raw material, which is the juice of a plant called Bloodthorn. The juice is blood red, hence the name Bloodthorn.

However, Bloodthorns that meet our criteria are rare in the outside world.

To support the Magic Industry Research Institute, we began to cultivate Bloodthorns in large quantities.

Most of them grew normally, but one night, we're not sure what happened, all the thousands of Bloodthorns we were cultivating withered overnight.

Only this Thorns Heart remained in the yard, but because its bizarre behavior matched that of the legendary Ancient Bloodthorn, we named it Thorns Heart.

Nicole said this with a hint of astonishment in her eyes, “Based on our analysis, this Thorns Heart definitely possesses the Bloodline of an Ancient Bloodthorn.

For this reason, I increased the cultivation of this plant.

After seizing the vitality of the other Bloodthorns, along with the ample Magic Crystal Stones and the potent Dawn Power, the Thorns Heart fully activated its hidden Ancient Bloodline.”

“And then it bore fruits that can purify Bloodlines?”

The system introduction mentioned purifying Bloodlines and then promoting Bloodline Evolution, which is quite different from what Lide imagined–eating one and immediately ascending to heaven.

“Yes, those fruits are incredibly mystical and can directly transform the Bloodline of Low-level Holy Light Bloodline members.”

“What about High-level ones?”

“Since there were only 10 Magic Fruits in total, we did not continue experimenting after confirming they were effective on Bloodlines; they're too precious.”

Only 10 in total? Lide raised an eyebrow, which meant there were only 9 left after one was eaten.

“Can't these plants be cultivated with Magic Crystal Stones? Why not continue cultivating them?”

Nicole interjected at this time, “Kachar City Lord, we have run out of Magic Crystal Stones…”

Lide was even more surprised–had the several months' worth of financial income of Dawn City, which cost more than two million Gold Pucks in Magic Crystal Stones, really run out??

Even if you used them to light fires, it should burn for a while, right?

“Did you use them to build walls? How did they get consumed so quickly?”

Nicole pouted and gestured toward the Thorns Heart in the yard.

“It was all fed to it, and those 10 fruits were cultivated with Magic Crystal Stones, so we dare not use them recklessly.”

To think that 10 fruits consumed Magic Crystal Stones worth 2 million Gold Pucks to cultivate??? Lide's mouth tightened sharply.

No wonder the system rated it so highly; the fist-sized red fruit hidden among the vine leaves was worth dozens of times more than Mithril of the same volume.

Lide said no more and stepped into the yard.

As he entered the area where the vines were, that familiar feeling grew stronger.

Just as Lide made a move, the dense vines on the ground suddenly began to move.

Swish, swish, swish~
Like a set of flexible tentacles.

Under everyone's gaze, the vines covering the yard actually weaved together to form a green path.

At the moment when the green corridor was formed, Lide suddenly felt a faint voice calling to him.

“My lord…”

It sounded as innocent as a child's but somewhat hollow, like calling out in a valley.

Lide's eyes narrowed slightly–was this the consciousness of the Thorns Heart?

He walked straight along the green path formed by the vines towards the main vine of the Thorns Heart, and as Lide passed by, countless pale red flowers bloomed on the vine path behind him.

By the time he walked up to the main body of the Thorns Heart, in an instant, swish–the courtyard of a hundred blades in length and width instantly turned into a sea of flowers. Under the backdrop of the green vines, the red flowers created a colorful spectacle, the most fantastic scene imaginable.

Lide stood beneath the Thorns Heart, three blades high, and looked up.

The Thorns Heart was made up of dozens of vines twining together upright, each vine thicker than an adult's wrist. In the gaps that the crisp leaves could not cover, the old bark of the vines was rugged, as if it had grown for a hundred years, filled with the traces of time's passage.

“My lord…”

At this moment, the voice in Lide's mind became clearer.

With a feeling in his heart, he gently reached out and touched the vine of the Thorns Heart, and a slightly prickly, cool sensation passed to him.

Lide's eyes squinted slightly as the Power of Faith emanated from him.

Moments later, his spiritual power entered into the vines, and then he saw a sea of green vines, ethereal and floating in the air.

Above this mass of vines, a sphere composed entirely of leaves drifted aimlessly.

“My lord~”
Seemingly sensing Lide's presence, the leafy sphere suddenly scattered, not unlike a Bloodline transmuting into bats, and then after a moment of flight in mid-air, the leaves again coalesced in front of Lide's spirit form.

“Have you come to visit me?”

That was the voice, and at this moment, Lide's expression became stranger.

He could clearly sense the familiar aura emanating from the leafy sphere, and even… control it.

With a thought, instantly, Lide felt he had taken direct control of the other, and then the leaf sphere flew directly to a place closer to his spirit form.

“Giggle~ This is so much fun~…”

Instead of panic, the leaf ball chuckled with the laughter of a four or five-year-old child.

Lide's eyes narrowed slightly.

Because the Thorns Heart was cultivated by the Power of Faith, he, as the possessor of that power, had complete control over the consciousness entity nurtured by the Thorns Heart.

For its energy and even its birth were bestowed by him.

Although the process was carried out by the sisters Ni Luo and Nicole, he was the source of it all.

In other words, the Thorns Heart was like Castro; Lide was the creator of both.

His mood instantly relaxed.

“Do you have a name?”

Lide tried to converse with the little leafy ball. Although it had intelligence, it was still naive like a four or five-year-old child.

“Name? My lord… what is that? …Hmm… Is it something shiny and delicious?”

Lide released control of the little tree ball, and it began to turn around him east and west, just like a mischievous child.

“Don't have a name?”

Lide stroked his chin. Castro was named directly by the system. This plant of his should also have a name; if the system didn't give it one, he would.

“I confer upon you a name in the authority of the Lord of Dawn–Thorns Dawn.

To cut through the thorns, to greet the dawn.”

As soon as Lide's words ended, the system immediately sounded a prompt.

“Ding~ An Ancient Magic Plant–Bloodthorn–has been detected, awakening the King of Thorns Bloodline. Since it contains the pure Holy Light Power of the Dawn Sect, it meets the requirements of a Sect Holy Object.

Would you like to designate Thorns Dawn as the Holy Object of the Dawn Sect?

Note: An item can only be set as a Holy Object if it meets the requirements.”

Hearing the system prompt, Lide was slightly startled.

Then, looking down at the little tree ball rubbing against his feet like a kitten, he wore a somewhat strange expression.

It took two million Gold Pucks and an uncounted amount of the Power of Faith to nurture this creature, and indeed, it was valuable.

Without any hesitation, he chose to confirm.

“Ding~ You have successfully set the Holy Object of the Dawn Sect, your Divine Position development has increased to 2%.”

“Ding~ You have successfully set…”

“Ding~ You…”

Several system prompts immediately brought a trace of irrepressible surprise to Lide's expression.

He had not expected that setting a Holy Object would have such significant effects.

Chapter end