It required for Lith to anticipate the life force's flow, so he could place the energy on its tracks and connect the threads a second earlier they collided . There was no space for mistakes, each procedure could only be a success or a failure .
So far, he had failed a lot . The hole in Kalla's abdomen was the size of a human head, while her paw had enough life force to fill a space ten times as big . Yet it was already almost depleted .
To use what little energy was left, Lith used Invigoration before every attempt to fix the flow . It increased his odds of success at the expense of his endurance . With each use of Invigoration, the smaller was the effect and the higher the burden on Lith's body .
Each burst allowed him to use his full focus as he had just woken up from a good night sleep, and to deplete his mana without worries . Soon, he started bleeding from his nose, then from the ears and lastly from his eyes .
The Body Sculpting surgery lasted a little less than five minutes . The final result was a crude patchwork filling the hole, while Kalla's paw was pretty much crippled . As for Lith, he collapsed onto the ground with the same grace of a rock .
The hit was strong enough to worsen his condition . The bleeding continued, forming a small pool of blood beneath his face .
"I wonder what he did to me . " Kalla pondered . She was feeling better by the second, but it didn't mean much . It was just that anything was better than her previous near death experience .
Her abdomen felt like someone was stirring her bowels with a rusty razor while her left paw remained limp, no matter how much she attempted to move it . It was paralyzed, yet searing pain radiated from it .
"Pain, my old friend . You are the only true constant of life . " She sighed . "I will not miss you once I ascend to the status of true undead . You are as clingy as annoying…"
"Mom!" Nok cut her monologue short .
"There's no time for your monologues, Nyka has lost it . "
"Damned isolation! It seems I can't keep my mouth shut . " Kalla said while turning around .
Nyka was on all four, near Lith's head, licking from the pool of blood . After the first taste, she shivered in pleasure and the feeding frenzy overwhelmed her . She had never tasted anything so delicious .
All the food she had previously eaten seemed to be rotten trash compared to that nectar . She drank the blood emitting slurping sounds, yet careful to not miss even a single drop .
"Nyka, stop immediately!" Kalla ordered while trying to get near her daughter . Her left paw refused to move, so she could only drag it on the floor while moving forward .
Nyka had already drained the pool, so she took Lith's head on her lap, caressing his jugular like they were long lost lovers . Her body had partially recovered from its starvation . The skin was no more flaccid, the wrinkles had disappeared .
Her full lips were of a deep red color, but it lasted only for a second before the blood covering them was drained and they returned to be milky white . A vampire had several ways of absorbing nourishment .
One was with darkness magic, but it was as tasty as airplane food so it was kept either as a last resort or as a combat option . Another was through the skin . Some of them bathed in blood, gaining from it strength and the same relaxation coming from a full day of SPA .
One of the two most favored methods was drinking it because it gave them pleasure .
"I just want some more . " Nyka replied turning her fingers into claws and pricking on Lith's neck with them . Her eyes were now full black, the sign that her mind was overpowered by her hunger .
"Sorry, sis!" Nok charged at her like ram, yet Nyka swat him away like he was a fly, sending the Byk crashing against the south wall . Nok was just a magical beast, his strength and weight were meaningless in front of a higher undead .
'Dammit!' Kalla thought . 'My body still feels like a ragdoll filled with rusty nails . If I feed her or use magic, I could undo whatever Lith has done and kill us both . I must find a way to protect Lith and Nok . Neither of them can survive being fed upon . '
Kalla racked her brain in search of a solution while Nyka hissed in frustration . Lith's skin was not only sturdier than leather, but it also healed so fast that a single droplet of blood had yet to be spilled .
The vampire's patience had run out . Her mouth got close to the main artery, meeting a fierce resistance . A stone fist struck her in the jaw with the strength of a wild ox .
"Hands off the merchandise, sister!" Solus warned her . She was now in her glove form, holding the Gatekeeper sword against Nyka's heart . Both were floating in mid air thanks to spirit magic .
"Make one move and I'll kill you . " She was using air magic to speak, just like the magical beasts did .
Between the hit and the enchanted metal pressing against her skin, Nyka came to her senses . The killing intent Solus radiated had triggered her survival instinct, allowing her to snap out of her feeding frenzy .
Nyka raised her hands in submission, but Solus kept pushing her away with the blade until Nyka's back was against the wall at a safe distance from Lith .
"I'm really sorry . " The vampire sounded sincere, yet Solus kept infusing the Gatekeeper with magic, ready to pulverize the enemy .
"It's just that I'm so hungry and that blood was… spectacular . "
"She never fed upon an Awakened before . " Kalla explained . "To a vampire, the more powerful a being is, the tastier is their blood . Please, ring fairy, spare my daughter . This is all my fault . "
"I don't give a damn about why she did it . " Solus's voice held no kindness, only rage . "Until Lith wakes up, I'm not going to take any chance . "
Solus had yet to finish the phrase that she was forced to reconsider her options . A low rumbling was spreading through the ground while the amount of mana in the room was skyrocketing .
Both Solus and Kalla were surprised . They had seen the phenomenon happen multiple times, but only for magical beasts . Lith's body was emitting a silver light, which became a small pillar piercing toward the sky .
"This is so wrong!" Solus darted back on Lith's hand, checking his body with Invigoration . The impurities in his body had reached once again his mana core, triggering the refinement process .
"This didn't happen to Tista, only when a magical beast turned into an Evolved Monster . "
"I don't know who this Tista is, but if their core was below the cyan level then it's normal . Reaching the blue core is a major event . " Kalla explained . "It marks the moment when a common magical beast can become the first member of a new species .
"Yet you are also right, this is wrong . Usually, only magical beasts and plants receive Mogar's help . The other races are not attuned with the world energy, which makes their Awakened undergo terrible suffering .
"It's because unlike us, their bodies are incapable of evolving . What really worries me, though, is that I have never seen a silver light . This doesn't make any sense . "
In all the evolutions Solus and Kalla had witnessed, the light had always been of a golden color .
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