"This is the first time I saw a blood essence weapon transforming into the blood and latching onto someone's skin," Lazarus said with surprise in his voice.

"I just heard a voice of a young girl in my head, telling me to kill you. Is that normal?" Richard said.

Lazarus frowned. "It seems that your blood essence weapon hates me. And yes, it's pretty normal. But you can't really call that talking. Since they only speak in a single or two-word sentences."

"Master, kill him! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"

"She is talking to me in three-word sentences and not in single or two-word sentences."

Lazarus' eyes widened. "What?!" he couldn't help but shout out from shock.

"Master, kill him! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"

"Your blood essence weapon spoke to you in three-word sentences? How could that be? Even my and my friend's blood essence weapons only spoke to us in a single or two-word sentences. But maybe your blood essence weapon is smarter and more aware of herself because she possesses all ten abilities of a lower shinso, and not five like my blood essence weapon or seven like my friend's blood essence weapon," as Lazarus said, Richard's blood essence weapon repeated two words in his head over and over again, "Kill him!"

"This blood essence weapon is as annoying as my son when he wants something," Richard thought and said, "I am not going to kill him."

"Why? Why?"

"He is the one that created you. If not for him, you wouldn't have been created."

"I will spare him just this once. Give me a name, master!"

"A seven-word sentence and then a five-word sentence. Lazarus might pass out if I tell him that my blood essence weapon doesn't talk in three-word sentences but rather in full sentences. What name should I give my blood essence weapon…" Richard thought and said, "Your name will be – Scarlett"

"I like it, master."

"Blacksmith, how long was I out?"

"So my best creation's name will be – Scarlett, a good name, fits her perfectly. You were out for ten minutes, adventurer."

"You forged Scarlett in ten minutes?"

Lazarus shook his head.

"To the world and you, it was ten minutes. But to me, it was a lifetime."

"What do you mean?" Richard said, confused.

Lazarus shook his head.

"Don't bother."

"Master, I want to kill."

"Don't call me master, call me Richard."

"Okay, Richard. I want to kill, Richard."

"Don't worry, your wish will soon get granted. Just be patient."

"Yay," Scarlet said and giggled happily.

"Now then," Richard thought and said, "Blacksmith, before I go, I want to ask you something."

"What is it, adventurer?"

"First, do you know the whereabouts of any true vampires and second, I know that weapons and armour can be upgraded all the way to +10, but what about blood essence weapons, can they be upgraded as well?"

"I will start with your second question. Yes, the blood essence weapons can be upgraded as well. But I know only one man that is skilled enough to upgrade a blood essence weapon. And now I will answer your first question. I know the whereabouts of six true vampires. The first one is the current true progenitor – that little brat Lilith and she is in her castle in the centre of the continent. The second one, the third one, the fourth one and the fifth one, are her little progenitors and they are in the same castle as that brat Lilith. The sixth one, the only man that is able to upgrade blood essence weapons is in his home."

Nodding his head in understanding, Richard said, "So where is his home located?"

"As you are now, you can't go there."

"Why?"

"Because his home is deep inside the werewolf territory. And before you ask me how can he live in the depths of the werebeast territory, it's simply because he is the strongest being in the entire realm and not a single werebeast or true werebeast could hope to even injure him. And before you ask me why didn't he kill all the werebeasts and the true werebeasts if he is that strong, it's simply because he was ordered not to do so by his true progenitor."

"Why would a true progenitor forbid a true vampire from killing werebeasts? That doesn't make any sense!" Richard thought and said, "How strong would I have to be to reach his home?"

"Let me put it this way, adventurer. If Lilith went into the depths of the werebeast territory alone, then she would die. If I went into the depths of the werebeast territory alone, then I would get heavily injured. The only way for you to see him is if one of the two happens. One, you become as strong as Viktor himself or two, the vampires retake that territory for their own."

Lazarus shook his head. "But the second option will never ever happen as Lilith only cares about protecting her people."

"I see, thank you for telling me this."

"You thanked me and now you owe me three favours."

Richard nodded his head in agreement and walked out of the blacksmith's building. He opened the menu and character.

"My attribute points took quite a jump. 100% attributes increase is no joke," Richard thought and allocated four points into strength, dexterity, intellect, vitality, endurance and charisma. He looked over his changed attributes.

He closed his character window, then the menu and left the city for the forest. On the way there, Scarlet didn't say a single word. But once he entered the forest and a wolf appeared in front of him, her voice sounded in his head.

"Kill it, Richard!"

"I was going to do that without you telling me."

Richard snapped his right arm and a dark-red spear appeared in his right hand.

A happy giggle sounded in his head.

He placed his right foot forward, fed all his blood into Scarlett and threw her. She flew through the air and impaled the wolf, killing it instantly.

"Call me back, Richard!"

"Call you back?" Richard said, confused.

"Mhm."

"She says that, but what am I supposed to do," Richard thought and then he extended his right arm. Scarlett transformed into blood and rushed to his extended arm. The blood formed a spear's form and solidified.

"Kill more! Kill!"

"We are only getting started!" He walked past the corpse, not scavenging it as to him everything had time and place and he proceeded into the forest, killing all the wolves that appeared in front of him until wooden walls appeared in front of him. "I am here," he thought. Then, he rotated around the walls until he saw the gate, but then he frowned as the gate was wide open and there was not single werewolf standing by it. "Why are there no guards?" he thought.

"What's wrong, Richard?"

"It's clearly a trap… that dumb brat," he thought.

He turned towards the alpha's den.

"It's nothing, Scarlett," he said and walked towards it.