The System Awakens: Rise of the Champion - Chapter 84

Chapter 84: Chapter 84: No Records!

“So, what are you? A researcher or something?” Damian asked, looking at the plebeian vampire.

“You could say I’m a very deep enthusiast of the universe, trying to learn everything and anything secret that I lay my eyes upon…” Sir Holloway replied, excitement glimmering in his eyes.

Damian glanced at Shiru, and as soon as their eyes met, she quickly looked away as if unable to maintain his gaze.

“Is this the effect of my [Superior Charm]? Even Shiru, who always seemed pretty uptight, appears shaken just by my presence,” Damian thought to himself.

Damian was already incredibly charming due to the numerous types of energies flowing through his veins.

His body, which had been tempered by literal fire in lava, was perfect even before he evolved into a [Superior Human].

Now, after his evolution, the effects of [Superior Charm] were even more prominent.

Even if a group of superior humans appeared, he would still outshine them all in beauty.

By human standards, his appearance was already beyond perfection.

There was no way any woman could simply ignore him.

“Well, at least she is handling herself well,” Damian thought, impressed by Shiru’s self-control.

Although his charm ability made him incredibly attractive and the ideal mate in the eyes of others, it did not forcibly compel them to act on their instincts.

It merely made them aware, on an instinctual level, that he was the best possible mate.

This meant that Shiru was merely experiencing an instinctual infatuation with Damian, which would fade as she grew accustomed to his new appearance.

However, it would not change the fact that, in her eyes and in the eyes of every humanoid species ranked lower than Damian(Superior Human) in the racial hierarchy he was the ideal mate in every aspect.

“Anyway…” Damian turned his attention back to the plebeian vampire. “I want to learn everything you have discovered. I imagine, as a researcher of sorts, you must have written everything down in notes?”

“Of course.” The plebeian vampire quickly brought out hundreds of books from his system inventory, forming a mountain of books in front of Damian.

“This is about one-fourth of the knowledge I have accumulated. The rest is with my master in her own world.”

Damian did not respond immediately.

Although he was curious to learn more about this master, he already knew she was an ancient vampire who had once dominated the entire First Tower Realm in the history of Solarta.

Damian was particularly intrigued by her, especially after learning that she was an unstable battle maniac.

To Damian, there was no better way to prove one’s strength than by defeating a stronger opponent.

However, this was a matter for another time.

He was well aware of his current strength

he was nowhere near ready to challenge a 6,000-year-old noble vampire who was likely battling awakeners in higher tower realms.

For now, he was still in the First Tower Realm.

Ignoring the vampire for the moment, Damian scanned the book titles.

“Elements, energies, species, monsters, cores, tower realms, herbs, demons, angels, gods… Wow, you weren’t lying when you said you’ve been researching for 800 years. This is a lot of useful material. I’m actually glad I let you join my faction,” Damian admitted as he flipped through a few pages.

“I just hope you won’t go back on your word,” the vampire sighed, narrowing his eyes.

“I never go back on my word,” Damian replied, his eyes narrowing dangerously as if warning the vampire.

“Besides, we made a contract that binds both of us from revealing each other’s work and secrets to others.”

As soon as Damian accepted Sir Lucian Holloway into his faction, they formed a mutual contract with simple but strong terms.

The most important condition was that whatever Damian learned from the vampire, and whatever the vampire learned about Damian, would remain strictly between them.

They were forbidden from betraying each other in any form.

Betrayal encompassed many things: they could not plot against one another, join their enemies, or become a burden to each other.

Damian had made this last point especially important he would not allow anyone to be a dead weight in his rise to invincibility.

As Damian continued browsing the books, he noticed something was missing.

“Where are the records about [Superior Humans]?”

“There aren’t any,” Sir Holloway shook his head.

“High-ranked humans went extinct a long time ago. As far as my research goes, I have only found limited records on High Humans.”

“In all my 800 years, I’ve only met a couple of High Humans, and they live in seclusion. They don’t really want me researching them. As for Superior Humans, I don’t think they even existed before. You might be the first Superior Human to ever exist.”

“Wait, then why didn’t I evolve into a High Human?”

Ever since Damian had completed his evolution, he had been wondering why he hadn’t become a High Human.

“That’s because evolution occurs in stages. You can’t skip them,” the plebeian vampire explained as he picked up a specific book from the stack and handed it to Damian.

“For every higher-ranked being, there exists a lower-ranked counterpart. If there is a noble vampire, there is a plebeian vampire. If there is an alpha werewolf, there is a beta werewolf. If there is a high elf, there is a common elf. Likewise, if there is a High Human, then there must be a lower-ranked counterpart.”

Sir Lucian Holloway continued, “In the hierarchy, high-ranked beings reign supreme, while the lower-ranked ones serve them. Most races have only one variation of their lower-ranked counterpart, but even when variations do occur, they are quite rare and wouldn’t mean much.”

“As far as I know, there weren’t any variations of lower-ranked humans besides High Humans. However, if a variation did occur, the differences wouldn’t be significant.”

Variations like these depend on the being that evolves into a lower-ranked species of another race.

For example, when a noble vampire gives their essence to a human, the human will evolve as the vampire essence merges into their genetic code, transforming them into a plebeian vampire with human features.

This could be considered a variation of plebeian vampires.

If a noble vampire were to give their essence to a Martian, then the Martian’s genetic code would mix with the vampire’s, turning them into a plebeian vampire while retaining their Martian features such as green skin and a slimmer body.

This would then be considered another variation of plebeian vampires.

Even if different variations of a single species appeared, they would still retain the core features of that species.

For variations of plebeian vampires, they would all have paler skin, immortality, and a diet that primarily consists of blood, among other common traits.

“That makes sense… Even though I didn’t evolve into a High Human, the system did mention that I possess most of the racial abilities of the High Humans, just on a much lower scale,” Damian replied.

As Damian was deep in thought about his evolution, he suddenly heard a series of system notifications buzzing in his ears.

[You are the first person to evolve on their own.]

[Your achievement has earned a reward from the system administrator.]

[Reward:

+500,000

+1 Random Martial Weapon Card

+1 Random Codex Card]

“At least I got rewarded for it… even though it was a little late,” Damian muttered.

He then glanced at his assistant, Shiru, as he suddenly remembered something.

His expression turned serious, but an intense grin played on his lips.

“Well, I think it’s time I make good on my words and finish off the [Lord’s Disciple] faction…”

“…Um… You don’t need to wait for anything. You’ve already formed a faction, so you can go ahead and do your thing,” Shiru replied, trying to control her emotions.

“You’re going to wage war on a faction?” the plebeian vampire asked.

“Of course.”

“Is there a specific reason why you’re after that faction?”

“I hate them so much, and Shiru said I’d be rewarded more the more effort I put in. Two birds with one stone? I don’t know,” Damian shrugged.

“That’s true. The system rewards are based on how much work you put in. It can be in any form, whether it’s training, fighting, or even killing. For every achievement or milestone, you’ll be rewarded,” Sir Holloway added.

The system is always watching everything you do, as long as you don’t take shortcuts.

The most efficient and easiest way to maximize the system’s rewards would be to engage in battles or conditions that are usually more disadvantageous for you.

For example, if you fought a battle where ten Awakeners went up against ten other Awakeners, you would gain much less experience than if you fought against ten Awakeners alone.

The more disadvantageous and difficult the task, the more generous the system will be in rewarding you.

That meant if Damian went up against an entire faction alone, he would gain all the experience that every single Awakener in that faction would have received, allowing him to level up multiple times.

And the [Lord’s Disciple] faction, even though it was relatively new and not particularly strong, was still a very large faction with hundreds of Awakeners.

If Damian managed to conquer a faction like that alone, he would receive an absolutely ridiculous amount of rewards from the system.

“Before you go off to kill every single one of them though, tell me something. Does the system’s Evolution Mission still remain active for you?” Shiru asked, his face filled with anticipation.

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[Evolution Mission: Walking the Road of Human Evolution]

[You must complete the following conditions:]

[Increase Your Level: 111/180]

[Defeat Awakeners 50 levels higher than you: 0/20.]

[Obtain Source Cores of Monsters above Level 130: 0/30.]

[Increase your Vitality: 390/200]

[Increase your Perception: 300/200]

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Damian stared at the system’s [Evolution Mission] for a few seconds before looking back at Shiru.

“Yes… and I’m about to finish it too.”

“So it’s possible. The system will evolve you again once you complete the mission?” Sir Holloway snorted in astonishment, unable to believe what he was hearing. “You can evolve again… through the system’s evolution function?”

Damian smirked, shaking his head slightly. “I guess I can…”