The System Awakens: Rise of the Champion-Chapter 169: Breaking The Vampires - 3

Damian died.

Yes, he did.

His heart, his breathing, every activity that had been active when he was alive, was no longer active.

The monstrous aura and presence that had been releasing from his body vanished as if it had never existed.

Everything that used to define the person known as Damian, his insane power, his bizarre and surreal energy structure, that feeling of being in the presence of an otherworldly being, vanished.

Everything, except for his physical body, which remained standing without any support, his eyelids shut.

At the instant his heart stopped beating, every single being who had some sort of connection with Damian felt something happen to him, no matter how far away they were.

Especially the High Humans that Damian had created.

"Something happened to our King..." Shiru muttered as she looked up at the blue sky of Earth.

For some reason, purple accents could be seen in the sky like an aurora, and it was visible from every part of the world.

But she wasn't really looking at the sky, she was looking toward it, thinking about the strange feeling inside her.

"...I can feel it too... do you think it's something bad?" Maria asked, her expression full of concern.

"Oh come on, the Human King is super strong. I don't think there's anything that exists that can even slightly harm him in any way," Yuki Nonaka, one of the High Humans, said.

"I agree. I'm guessing whatever it is we're sensing, something only the High Humans can feel, is probably just the Human King doing something unimaginable again, like he's always done," Ana Sánchez, another High Human, said in a confident tone, shrugging her shoulders.

But still, that didn't ease the worry in Maria and Shiru's hearts, especially considering how deeply loyal they were to their progenitor, to the point that they would give even their bodies to him of their own will.

Their relationship couldn't be defined as love, friendship, or even fealty.

It went far beyond anything human now, and it was all because Damian was their progenitor.

Or maybe it was something more.

These feelings were shared by every being that the Human Progenitor had turned, both Superior Humans and High Humans, but the females were many times more susceptible to these emotions.

Somewhere in another isolated dimension, where only gods could enter, a place known only to a certain group of gods from various pantheons of the lower plane, dozens of gods were gathered.

The strange thing was that all of them came from different pantheons, unrelated to one another.

"So this is the kid you've all been talking about so much, huh?" said a god with a powerful presence, known as Tyr, the God of War, Law, and Justice.

He gazed curiously at the figure of a young noble vampire, frozen, his heartbeat stopped, all activity ceased.

"...He just died."

"Yeah… I don't think he's dead," Sekhmet, the goddess of Fierce Protection, War, and Destruction said.

"His soul is still in its vessel. It's not even reacting to the apparent death of the vessel… He's most definitely not dead."

"Why don't we just go to Nightingale and see for ourselves?" Nike, the goddess of Victory, asked.

"Woah… we're talking about Nightingale here… won't she get involved if so many gods go there together? You know how powerful she is, right?" Tyche, the goddess of Luck, said cautiously.

As soon as the others heard that, their expressions tightened, as if they'd heard something frightening.

"Well… the Goddess of Vampires would only kill us if we mess with the vampire race, so as long as we don't interact with any vampire, we should be safe from the goddess of the higher plane," said Freya, the goddess of Love and Beauty.

But everyone could see the uneasiness on her face, even she wasn't fully sure of that.

The rules were clear: no god of the lower plane could interfere with the worlds or territories under the control or authority of gods and goddesses from the Higher Plane.

Right now, they weren't planning to kill or harm anything in the world of Nightingale.

So the Vampire Goddess shouldn't be annoyed enough to kill them.

"Yes… she probably won't kill us. Probably," Brahma, the Hindu god, muttered.

One by one, every single god and goddess in the place disappeared.

Back in the world of vampires: Nightingale.

The moment Damian's heart stopped beating and he died, Raiya, the World Tree of Nightingale, widened her eyes as an intense aura exploded from her body, a response to the overwhelming emotions she felt upon seeing her most beloved being just… die.

"He… he is…" Raiya couldn't control her emotions.

As a result, the land beneath her feet began to vibrate.

"Control yourself, Raiya… He's not dead. In fact, it's the opposite. He's being reborn. Well… a part of him is. I think?" Eden calmly explained.

She used the System to send the truth about what was happening to Damian directly into Raiya's mind, saving herself the trouble of explaining it aloud.

She then sent the same information to the other World Trees, the family head, and a few others who knew the truth about Damian's existence.

As soon as Raiya received the information, the overwhelming aura around her ceased.

She sighed in relief. "So that's why he appears to be dead. I almost lost it, thinking something terrible had happened."

"You have to understand, Raiya, very few things in the universe even can harm him. Especially now, in this life… he's beginning to awaken his true potential," Eden said, looking up and to the side as the System fed more information into her mind, this time about the gods and goddesses who were currently en route to Nightingale.

"I know… but I can't help it..." Raiya sighed.

Then she turned to the side, sensing multiple presences entering the atmosphere of Nightingale, presences she was very familiar with.

"These gods… Are you sure it's a good idea to let them bless him?" Raiya asked with an annoyed expression.

"Yes. It's best for his growth. Interacting with deities will push his evolution toward becoming a deity himself, faster," Eden answered.

"What about letting him make contact with Hell, and becoming a ruler of Hell?" Raiya asked.

"Hell is where billions upon billions of souls go after experiencing mortal death. It's overflowing with soul energy. That will help nourish his soul and recover his former soul power. Don't forget, the faster he regains his soul power, the more he will remember," Eden explained.

And just as she finished, multiple figures appeared not far from them.

As soon as the gods and goddesses saw Raiya and Eden, the Administrator of the System, standing there like it was just a casual day in the park, they dropped to one knee without hesitation, lowering their heads.

"Greetings, Your Majesties…" the gods and goddesses said in unison.

They all knew who Eden was, she was the only being who controlled the entity that oversaw the entire universe: the Great System.

As for the other woman, many of them hadn't had the chance to meet her in person.

But they knew, from the inherent knowledge gifted to them upon reaching godhood, that she was a World Tree.

A being capable of creating and maintaining worlds.

To see her casually speaking with Eden meant she was someone who deserved equal reverence.

"Did you gods come here to see what's happening to him?" Eden asked calmly.

"We were curious, yes, Your Highness," the goddess Freya replied.

"Okay… Just don't cause any trouble. Or the Vampire Goddess might come and kill you," Eden said with a grin, watching their reaction.

"Did you tell the Vampire Goddess about him yet?" Raiya asked.

"I told everyone in the family, except for the twins and Elizabeth. I left it to the family head," Eden said.

Neither she nor Raiya seemed to care that dozens of gods were eavesdropping.

It didn't matter, there was nothing they could do with the information anyway.

Then, everyone turned their focus back to Damian, who had died after devouring the blood of the Night King.

His body remained in a standing position, like a statue.

There was a reason he died after devouring the Night King's blood.

Every race has a unique method of transforming into a different species.

To turn into a High Human, a being must enter a cocoon of evolution powered by the essence of their progenitor.

If the evolution succeeds, the cocoon breaks, and the being emerges as a High Human.

For humans, this time spent within the cocoon is called the State of Evolution.

The process is completed once they emerge from the cocoon. freēwēbnovel.com

For werewolves, it's different. When a werewolf evolves, whether into a Beta or Alpha Werewolf, they don't enter a cocoon.

Instead, once they receive the evolutionary essence, the transition doesn't begin immediately.

It usually begins at night or when they come into contact with a large amount of naturally occurring [Lunar Essence], a type of energy that manifests at night.

The [Lunar Essence] triggers their State of Evolution, transforming them into a wolf.

The process is extremely painful, primal, and uncontrollable.

The person enters a feral, animalistic state.

To complete the transformation, they must survive this phase.

If they do, they are considered to have completed the process.

And just like humans and werewolves, every being has its own unique State and Completion of Evolution.

For vampires, it's unique: once the evolutionary essence is received, the person must die.

This death state is the State of Evolution.

The transformation is completed when they come back to life.

But here was the problem, Damian was already a pure-blooded, unique noble vampire.

When he devoured the Night King's blood, it triggered the evolution of his Noble Vampire side.

That, in turn, triggered his State of Evolution, and so he willingly let himself die to begin the transformation.

And now…

He is about to come back to life, completing his transformation.