As Zamier[Vorden]'s arm was flying through the air, Tony[Peter] managed to overpower Archer[Quinn] and push him off. Tony[Peter] leapt into the air like a dog trying to catch the arm, it would have looked funny, if it wasn't so gruesome. It was as if he was playing catch, but instead of a stick, he was catching an arm, his jaws extended much further than would be possible for a normal human, when he caught the arm in his mouth he immediately bit down on it and started eating.
Zamier[Vorden] looked down at the meat cleaver, it was covered in blood and so was the kitchen counter where he had cut his arm off, strangely there wasn't any blood on the hand holding the cleaver.
"Zamier[Vorden], are you okay?" Archer[Quinn] asked, with a worried expression on his face.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Zamier[Vorden] replied with a little smile. "Guess we needed plan B more than we thought."
When Archer[Quinn] looked at Zamier[Vorden] he had expected to see blood gushing from the wound where he had cut off his own arm, instead he saw that the wound had closed itself and was already starting to heal bit by bit.
At the same time, Tony[Peter] was still gnawing away on Zamier[Vorden]'s arm, entirely focused on devouring it skin and bone. Zamier[Vorden] felt a bit strange, seeing Tony[Peter] eating his arm right in front of him. Instinctively he grabbed at his arm, he felt the part below his elbow was already starting to grow back, this made him sigh in relief, luckily the healing Skill[ability] he acquired was already starting to work.
"I hope this is going to be enough for him, because I don't feel like going through this again... today." Zamier[Vorden] said.
"It should be, when he's finished eating he will calm down a bit, " Archer[Quinn] replied. He was just repeating the words of the system right now, because he wasn't sure of anything anymore. When Tony[Peter] finally finished eating the arm, Archer[Quinn] felt strange energy surging through his body, it felt the same as the first time Tony[Peter] ate human flesh.
It was a strange situation for Tony[Peter], because he was aware of everything that was happening, but he didn't have control over his body, because he was fully consumed by his hunger.
Looking at Zamier[Vorden], Tony[Peter] noticed his arm was missing. With fear in his voice he stammered, "Zamier[Vorden]... your arm.... I don't know..." Tony[Peter] felt appalled with himself.
"This thing?" Zamier[Vorden] said as he lifted his stump. "Don't worry about it, in a few hours it will have grown back. This was our backup plan in case you lost control before we had found a permanent solution for you. I just didn't want you thinking of me like a chicken nugget you can eat whenever you get hungry." Zamier[Vorden] said trying to lighten the mood. "Before coming back to our room, I went down to the canteen and copied the Skill[ability] of a student who has regenerative power. We didn't expect you to be hungry so soon, after you fed on Damian[Earl] only yesterday."
All three of them were silent for a while, they were thinking about the crazy situation that they were in right now. After some time Tony[Peter] broke the silence, "Thank you, the both of you. You have always been nice to me, and treated me right, even after I betrayed you, you still saved my life, and even now you went to such lengths to help me."
As they looked around the room they realized how much of a mess they had made. There was a big hole in the window were Tony[Peter] had smashed through it, and shards of broken glass could be seen underneath it. Blood was all over the place: on the kitchen counter, on the floor where Tony[Peter] had devoured the arm, even on the ceiling from when the arm had flown through the air.
"Well, I guess we better get started with cleaning this place before anyone finds out what happened here, " Archer[Quinn] said.
Each of them took it in turn cleaning up the place but there wasn't much they could do about some area, they couldn't magically restore a window, and the scratches made on the wooden floor could only be fixed so much.
When Zamier[Vorden] was cleaning the kitchen counter he said, "Hey Archer[Quinn], you fancy a drink?" At the same time, he was squeezing some blood from a towel.
Archer[Quinn] was amazed at how Zamier[Vorden] could still crack a joke in a situation like this, but then again nothing ever seemed to faze the guy. Since turning into a vampire, Archer[Quinn] wasn't affected much by the sight of blood anymore, even Tony[Peter] eating Zamier[Vorden]'s arm didn't bother him much. What surprised him was how well Zamier[Vorden] was handling it.
While they were busy cleaning up, Archer[Quinn] had the chance to ask the system some questions, because right now he had a lot of them. "Do you know how long Tony[Peter] will be required to eat human flesh?" Archer[Quinn] asked.
"Well for once I have some good news for you, Tony[Peter] is the type of ghoul that needs to be fed daily." The system responded.
"If that is good news you have some sick sense of humour." Archer[Quinn] thought.
"Just wait young one, the ones that require food more often, quickly get stronger, if you carry on feeding Tony[Peter] for a week then by the end of it he should evolve?"
In the middle of their conversation a notification screen popped up.
[New quest received!]
[Make your family stronger]
[2/7 feed your ghoul (Tony[Peter]) seven different types of human flesh]
[Reward: Family member evolution]
"Well, will you look at that, it looks like my hunch was right." The system said.
Archer[Quinn] found the words of the system strange, was he not in charge of everything? Until this point, he thought that the AI and the systems were one and the same thing, but that didn't seem to be the case.
"I thought you made the quests?" Archer[Quinn] asked.
"Me?" the system replied. "I see why you would think so, I was designed after the original owner, the person who's the idea it was to create the system. My thoughts, my actions everything is based around him. However, the system itself was created by someone else, and before you ask, the man often changed names throughout time so even if I told you his name, you wouldn't know who he is."
Since there wasn't much Archer[Quinn] could do about the system for now and it wasn't really a problem he decided to focus on the other matter. Looking at the quest he noticed something that would cause them even more problems. The quest stated that they would need seven different types of human flesh. Just like Archer[Quinn] with his blood, he would only get stronger when consuming a new person's blood, the same could be said for Tony[Peter], who would have to consume different types of flesh.
"If, and I mean a big IF." Archer[Quinn] said. "If we carry on using Zamier[Vorden], will it still suppress his hunger?"
"Yes, although he won't be able to evolve as quickly."
Looking at Zamier[Vorden]'s stump it had now grown back to the point where it was just starting to form the wrist. He hated the fact that he had to rely on Zamier[Vorden] and using him would only be delaying the inevitable, right now he needed to find a solution as fast as possible.
While these thoughts ran through his mind, he remembered the fight he had with Arian[Fex]. Just before they left he said: "If he needed any help to seek him out". Archer[Quinn] had no idea if he could trust him or not, and if the two of them got into a fight again he knew in his current state he would definitely lose.
Although Archer[Quinn] didn't get hurt during the fight he also wasn't able to land a single blow, and it looked like the amount of skills Arian[Fex] had surpassed his own. The only thing Archer[Quinn] had that could give him an advantage was his shadow Skill[ability]. However, at the same time, he still hadn't seen what Arian[Fex]'s Skill[ability] was or if he even had one.
But with no plans of his own and no guidance from the system, who else could he go to, to ask for help. He wouldn't be able to attack him while they were in the school. Vampires were a secret to the world and he was sure Arian[Fex] would want to keep it that way as well. It was a risk but he would have to confront Arian[Fex] and ask for his help.
To be continued....
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