"Cool, hahaha... This is incredible, just fantastic... Crimson Dawn is easily my most powerful skill right now."
Merciless whispered to himself as he rose, turning his head left and right. The world around him was scarlet, much like when Zane Stein’s the world with Chi.
However, this new power of his genuinely elevates him to the next level of control and manipulation. Because, the next instant Merciless stretched his left hand outwards, a pandora cigarette appeared between his fingers as if from thin air.
Already light to boot, At this sight, a terrifying grin began to spread on his face. A soft giggle left his lips, clearly please, as he placed the cigarette in his mouth and inhaled. A powerful but relatively smooth flavor of blood and tocabo filled his lungs.
"Hehehehe... how amusing... I am starting to love my ichor more and more; this is just great. With this power, I can easily deal with massive armies of enemies all by myself."
Merciless revealed the truth to no one except himself.
"Crimson Dawn is a touch cringe-worthy now that I think about it, but it will suffice for now; after all, this is easily my most powerful and favorite ability thus far. This red glow, which combines my aura, blood, and chi, gives me a significant advantage over others."
Merciless murmured, glancing ahead of him. Ophelia came as if out of thin air, her arms folded, but, glancing at her, beneath the veil were fox-like eyes rather than the traditional hue of a Jahad vampire, which was green. She has her mother’s eyes, a beautiful pair of lapis blue eyes, but they quickly begin to glow neon blue as an evil smirk emerges on her face as she begins to talk, sharing a similar expression to Merciless.
"For example, similar to S.I.P., the light has a special effect, but instead of holding one in place, the lights produced by my Crimson Dawn are basically an extension of myself; you could say that everything in red is an extension of my body, and enemies who intrude are similar to bacteria in my eyes. To summarize, I can somewhat twist, bend, and manipulate reality inside this scarlet world."
Albedo emerged next, as if out of thin air. However, a basket ball appeared in his hand as he began to spin it on his finger, a serene look on his face as he proceeded to narrate how he summoned a basket ball from thin air.
"Reality warping is simply matter manipulation; right now, I’m noticing some substantial alterations in my ichor after Brunhilde stabbed me through it with that weird dagger of hers. At first, I could just shapeshift my body and perform small things like constructing clothes or weapons out of it by using my shapeshifting abilities."
"Utilizing the minerals in my body. For example, iron and silicon, or biomaterials derived from various aliens or individuals I have eaten, while also producing small esoteric life, such as bugs, which may have caused widespread explosions like what I did back at the supermarket in anger."
"But now that Crimson Dawn is active and I have my new strange enhancements, I can essentially construct anything using shapeshifting—well, just stuff I am familiar with and can vividly and logically comprehend, I mean, I know it exists and is feasible."
"As such, it can be built, destroyed, or rebuilt, but I must first have a core notion of what I want to construct, such as how I can modify the environment around me to create new terrain, given that I have Abadis’ ichors and part of her memories."
"I understand the factors that contribute to a planet’s viability. I can even develop more contemporary surroundings as well, because Alucard and Jordan are strangely informed about technology, especially Albedo, who would make a killer engineer, and Abadis is incredibly knowledgeable about extraterrestrial and supernatural biology as a whole; the small percentage of memories I got from her were enough to make me understand how incredibly gifted I am."
"But because of the flood of information coursing through my mind, I can literally reflect my knowledge through my ichor, and Crimson Dawn only increases the range because I’m using chi to sense my surroundings, giving me an all-seeing eye and ears. It was similar to the mind eye technique, but more developed and on a far wider scale, and while I can reflect my abilities through my blood since I am bonded to it at a conceptual level via One-With-Blood."
"I can transform this entire environment, which is steined in my scarlet light, and use all of my abilities freely here, even though I can’t explain the corruption. I had no clue I possessed it, but both Jordan and Ophelia indicated in their memories that I was unnaturally absorbed in it. But let us hope this corrupting power becomes helpful."
Merciless muttered this as he began to take on several shapes, each of which represented the victims whose blood flowed through his veins. Their visage was his, and whether he drank them dry or ate them alive, their entire identity became his.
He wears their grins and plays their personalities precisely; he waves, talks, behaves, and thinks just like them, treating each shape as if it were a skin suit he could wear; he honestly felt like a real-life skinwalker; or maybe he is more of an abomination than a vampire.
"Hmm...
Merciless remarked to himself as his other clones gazed at him, each wearing a different shape. It was a strange feeling, to say the least; he was looking at himself as Ophelia and Albedo, yet he saw these other forms as Merciless in the flesh. If you look into the abyss, it will stare back for a minute; that was the kind of feeling this esoteric perception felt like to him.
Despite his personal dilemma, Silk’s voice began to echo in his thoughts.
’Hmm... interesting; honestly, at this point, I don’t even need to teach you the possession method I had planned for you; if you can already do this.’
"Possesion technique!?"
Merciless asked a question, and Silk smiled inwardly as she proceeded to describe the plans she has in store for Merciless.
’Hahaha... well, if we are going to figth to the death with the Origin in the future and fucking kill that thing once and for all, you need to become something like me; after all, only another Equinox can dream to kill muchless even harm another Equinox, and as former representor and Equinox myself, I possess the power to pass on my Facet to my successor.’
’Anyway, I had intended to teach you the possession technique, which is one of the numerous applications of N.E.C., but your ichor is a superior version. Using Darwinism, you can increase the potency of someone else’s specific abilities by combining them with your own and the others you have stolen to make them even more powerful; despite the fact that whatever you steal returns to its default state, you counteract this by using ability fusion, and you can even take the forms and memories of those you have eaten.’
’It’s basically my possession approach with added biological steps in your case, but to be honest, I think you’d benefit from learning it. Because my possession technique entails snatching someone’s mind, body, soul, and concept of identity as your own, essentially stealing everything that makes the individual who they are in the first place.’
Merciless’ clones began to express astonishment as soon as they heard this. As if they had all just heard an absurd thing from Silk’s mouth.
"Bitch, you had this useful technique this entire time!!"
Ophelia Merciless spoke, fondling her boobs with morbid interest and intrigue. It was evident that this was the first time Merciless had personally caressed a set of boobs. But with such temptations, he couldn’t resist. But it didn’t mean he focused solely on one issue.
As Ophelia Merciless continued, all of them heard Silk’s voice in their brains; after all, Merciless wasn’t dividing his consciousness in the traditional sense; instead, his consciousness was linked to all of them at the same time when under Crimson Dawn.
This was feasible because he could store all of humanity’s memories in his own brain. In layman’s terms, Merciless has the capacity to process the shared information of billions, if not trillions, of people all at once, maybe even more after ascending to a graduate vampire.
"But, Silk, you could’ve stated this earlier; if you had such power, I could have done a lot more in terms of manipulation; I can do things behind the scenes with those possession tactics. I could even provide specific powers to the person I take over so they can pick up and perfect that power to its ultimate state. It is basically a more refined form of multi-tasking now that I think about it, and when I want it back, I can devour them after I’ve mastered that power as that person."
Ophelia Merciless stated, to which Silk replied to her in her head.
’I wasn’t looking that far ahead; it was more of a strategy I developed to steal the Origins body if the occasion arose. If we can’t kill that thing, we’ll just become it; that’s why I created that approach with N.E.C. in the first place, but it’s easier said than done; employing the possession technique takes a lot of work.’
Silk responded, and Albedo Merciless reacted.
"Whether it is easy or difficult doesn’t matter; the reality is that this power is helpful as fuck silk. Come on, teach me how to use it. I can already think of a number of ways it could be beneficial to me; you’ve got to explain how it works in greater detail. Teach me how to use it, Silk. I’m not begging you; I’m ordering you."
At this order, Silk responded honestly to Albedo Merciless.
’Ugh, alright, alright!!’
Silk grumbled and responded in a more annoyed tone.
’You want this power, this possession technique? Fine. But listen close, because this ain’t some parlor trick one learns overnight, you need a strong mental fortitude first and foremost.’
Silk said and continued, each word becoming more serious than the last.
’This is the primordial void we’re talking about, you devilish brat. The raw, unfiltered essence of nonexistence. Mess with it wrong, and you won’t just snuff it. You’ll be snuffed on a metaphysical, conceptual, and literal level. Poof! Gone like a bad dream, erased from the very tapestry of existence.’
Silk’s voice dropped to a low growl.
’You think you want this power? You crave a storm you can’t weather. But fine, I’ll consider it because you want it. Even though I’m trying to develop you slowly so you can one day handle it, but let us test that adaptation of yours, shall we? But understand this: teaching you isn’t just handing over a skill. It’s a pact forged in the fires of nothingness. It’s becoming an extension of my will, an inheritor of the Facet of Nuhility. This path demands a spine of steel and a heart that stares oblivion in the face without flinching. You in, or are you just a yapping pup chasing a phantom?’
Silk answered in an unusual manner, but all of the Merciless available began to smile devilishly as they responded individually.
"Of course im in, why the fuck would I asked?!"
Merciless replied as he took another puff of his ciggarette.
"So, when do we begin?"
Ophelia Merciless commented.
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"Yes, while one of my many selves tries to master this technique, I will make more clones to go and do the hunting for me; it’s vital that I learn this power."
’I honestly don’t care, but you must remain in one location; generally, I must complete your mental world before passing down my aspect and transforming you into the next Equinox. And to accomplish so, I need to physically touch you, but because I don’t have a body or a concept, just consciousness, I’ll have to bring you back to the incomplete world, where I’ll perform the ritual, now sit down, close your eyes, and concentrate on me and me alone.
