'I wonder if queen Bellatrix will offer me generous benefits for saving her daughter or just some increase in the duration that her clan will keep supporting me?' Alex thought, looking at the mature beauty sitting in front of him.
Alex was sitting on a luxury sofa inside a medieval room with minimal antique furniture built from wood and different unique materials.
After Alex and the party appeared before the vampire castle, they were welcomed by the vampire queen Bellatrix, who was shocked at first after seeing her daughter, but her surprise quickly turned to happiness.
After seeing her daughter, queen Bellatrix completely ignored Alex and Varon and just hugged her daughter while dropping a few tears of happiness.
After the short family reunion, queen Bellatrix returned to being calm, but she had a bright smile as she gave words of gratification to Varon for saving her daughter.
Varon updated lady Bellatrix about the circumstances and the choice he gave to Alex telling her how he was responsible for choosing Cordelia to be cured, which surprised lady Bellatrix but also broadened her smile.
After a few words of gratification from lady Bellatrix Varon and Alex were invited into the castle as she wanted to have a short talk with Alex.
"Domain Ruler, You have my eternal gratitude for saving my daughter's life." Lady Bellatrix said with a smile.
"Lady Bellatrix, I did what I felt right, but I want to request that you keep my involvement in this matter a secret," Alex said with a smile, and lady Bellatrix nodded in approval.
Alex knew the leaders wouldn't blame him for his choice, but the same could be said for their clan people.
"Domain Ruler, I can increase the duration my clan would support you or even pledge eternal loyalty to show my gratitude, but that will not benefit you, so that's why I have decided to offer you something that would be more valuable and beneficial to you." Lady Bellatrix said.
'I wonder what could be more valuable than the unconditional support of her clan?' Alex thought, intrigued by her proposal.
"I am willing to give you five entry slots to the Ancestral blood ground." Lady Bellatrix said with a smile.
'I don't know what this Ancestral blood ground could be, but by its name, I think it should be related to a vampire Ancestor, which should automatically make it something special.' Alex thought, not knowing what kind of benefits he could acquire.
"The Ancestral blood ground is the legacy ground built by [The Vampire Progenitor] to find a candidate to inherit his legacy."
"The Ancestral blood ground was built by the [The Vampire Progenitor], but he was not alone in its creation as many ancient beings of immense power from the ancient era were responsible for its creations."
'Now this is getting interesting.' Alex thought as he got fully focused, not missing a single sentence knowing the Ancestral blood ground was more than just special.
"The Ancestral blood ground is filled with many legacies belonging to mighty beings who lived in the Ancient era, and even though the legacies are the most valuable price, but there are also other things with great value that could be gained."
"The valuable things one could gain from the ancestral ground are many with artefacts of the highest quality, legacies of different Ranks, lost knowledge related to magic and other sources of power, bloodlines of ancestors being the few most valuable." Lady Bellatrix said and then stopped her explanation to give Alex a few moments to digest the information.
'Now I understand why she said it could benefit me greatly, but she also offered me five slots to entry, which means there should be a limit on how many people could enter this special place.' Alex thought.
After waiting for a few seconds of wait, Lady Bellatrix started her explanation.
"The Ancestral blood ground is only accessible through a space portal that opens in a designated space after every one hundred years and only allows one hundred participants to enter it before it closes again."
"The two restrictions to enter the Ancestral blood ground for any individual from any race is to be less than forty years of age, and he needs to be a fourth Rank warrior." Lady Bellatrix said with a smile.
"How do the hundred entry slots are allocated?" Alex asked.
'I will not be surprised if the common folks of the domain don't even know about the existence of the Ancestral blood ground as with how special it is, but there is no way the big clans don't know about its exitance.' Alex thought.
Alex knew that even if the Vampire progenitor was a key figure in the creation of the Ancestral blood ground, the vampire clan would still not be able completely to monopolize it and would be forced to share the slots with other big shots in the Malefis Domain.
Alex was not really interested in the Ancestral ground entry slot distribution, but he just asked to find out if he, as the Domain Ruler, would get any free slots knowing that there should be a monopoly system among the clans.
"My clan has the ten entry slots, which is the highest among all the clans, with the other six big clans with three entry slots belonging to the domain guardians and one to the domain Ruler."
'I am only given just one entry slot?' Alex thought, a little unsatisfied with his share.
"The remaining fifty entry slots are not given but earned through an open power tournament in which anyone who could fulfil the two requirements to entry could participate, even if the individual belongs to the seven big clans, to earn an entry slot." Lady Bellatrix said with a smile.
'The one free entry slots don't sound so bad after all.' Alex thought, understanding how big of a competition it would be for the fifty-entry slots.
'Queen Bellatrix is really generous to have given me half of her clan's entry slots, and because of her generously, I would have six entry slots which should mean I can have five companions.' Alex thought, happy with the gift.
"How much time has left in the Ancestral blood ground opening?" Alex asked the most crucial question.
? "The Ancestral land will open in two years and eleven days, but the tournament for the fifty slots will start in exactly one year." Lady Bellatrix replied.
'This is great news as the two-year time should be enough for me to gather the five companions I could trust.'
'I wonder if I should choose the five people for whom I already have a perfect legacy planned or those with an immense natural talent for whom I have nothing planned?' Alex thought, searching his memory to remember the best of the best players from his previous life.
Alex planned to recruit many talented players for his organization who he knew had achieved great things with or without ample opportunities, but in this life, he planned to hand-pick every one of them and provide them with the best of opportunities to turn them into their best versions.
'I have two years to select the five companions, and in that time, I should be able to build a solid foundation for my organization and then making this decision will be a lot easier, so let's see how things turn out in two years.' Alex thought, focusing back on his current situation.
Alex was so hell-bent on creating a strong organization, not just because he wanted to have authority and control enough strength to be on the same level or above the top guilds, but because he needed a strong organization if he wanted to gain anything good from the galactic shop.
"Queen Bellatrix, I greatly appreciate your generous gift, and even though I can't give you anything of value, I will do my absolute best to change that in the near future," Alex said with a smile.
Alex knew the entry slots were just a generous gift, as lady Bellatrix knew it was ultimately Varon who was responsible for her daughter's treatment, but probably, as a mother, she couldn't care to be stingy with repaying the favor.
"Domain Ruler, I am delighted to know that you are happy with the entry slots." lady Bellatrix replied.
"Domain Ruler, I will be holding a grand welcome party for my Cordelia recovery, and you are the first guest I am inviting, so please join the party." Lady Bellatrix said, knowing it was time for them to leave.
'There was no welcome part for me becoming the Ruler.' Alex thought, but he still replied with a smile.
"I will be waiting for the invitation," Alex replied.
'Domain Ruler, do you want to see some rage and devourer beast in action, or would you like to return to the palace.' Varon asked telepathically.
"Let's return to the palace for now," Alex replied, and Varon immediately opened a portal.
"Queen Bellatrix, Lady Cordelia, it was a pleasure meeting you," Alex said as he walked toward the portal.
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