Moving smoothly as if I had done this a hundred times before, I moved my enormous hand that held the heart on top of my head before crushing the heart.

The next moment, a waterfall of blood began to fall into my mouth with a few chunks of meat being thrown in every now and then.

The sound of gulping was the only thing that resounded in the area before IT happened.

Suddenly, the sound of my heartbeat becoming extremely loud was the only thing that could be heard other than the occasional winds that passed through the barren lands. I could feel the valves within my veins open and close at a much more powerful rate, while at the same time I felt every muscle in my body almost bulge with power and energy.

It felt like every single cell had been filled with energy before my absolute-consumption skill took over and absorbed it all into my cell nucleus. Mitochondria slowly began to radiate an insurmountable amount of energy that quickly overflowed the cell yet did not destroy it. Instead, I could feel the cells in my body becoming tougher, stronger and for the ones that are connected to make tissues, they became much more tightly connected, as if they had become a solid wall with no cracks.

My mana heart on the other hand had started to pulse mana throughout my body like there was no tomorrow. While the purity of the mana did not change, one thing did.

Assimilation of the dragon bloodline shall now commence

Would you like to merge your mana heart and your biological heart?

The pop-up flashed within my retina making me look at it with bits of shock. Yet, even then, I chose not to answer the question immediately and started to think about it instead.

'From what I know, the only benefit of this is that instead of having mana pump through my mana channels, it would pump through my blood instead... On the same note though, doesn't this blood taste kinda nice?' I furrowed my brows before a feeling of wooziness hit me yet I tried to ignore it to the best of my ability.

'The disadvantage would probably be the fact that I have to consume other creatures to become stronger... That is the way of the beasts after all' I sighed

Note: You can choose to answer this question within the next 24 hours

My eyes finally lit up.

'I can just ask Hela when she comes back!' the excitement was visible on my face.

Ding

Effects of the title -Prideful- will now take effect

All effects deemed to be harmful to the user's growth with me neutralized without cost

My eyes lit up again

'Wait does this mean... Wait, no! I must not get my hopes up!' I tried to look away from the hologram of the test in front of me as if it would just disappear when I look away, yet unfortunately, it was then that I realized you cannot look away from the system's messages.

'Oh well' I quickly created a dark blue flame in my right hand and pointed it at the corpse, yet for some reason, I felt a small craving for the blood seeping out of it.

'WHAT THE FUCK! HAVE I TURNED INTO A VAMPIRE BY ACCIDENT!? IS THIS BECAUSE OF THE DAMNED INHERITANCE!? I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IT!' I started to curse inwardly while simultaneously panicking about what to do.

***

A few dozen kilometers away from Pandora's location a red beam of light could be seen piercing the skies at extremely high speeds.

Eventually, the red beam of light stopped moving and a figure dressed in a black and white suit with beautiful crimson-red hair braided around her head, almost like a crown. This figure was releasing such a terrifying aura that it caused animals within a dozen miles to shudder while the humans under her could only look up in a mixture of confusion of despair.

'What is this power?' everyone in the city could not help but ask as a meteor-like pressure descended onto their city in the form of a blood-red magical aura.

However, before the people could even think of running away, the figure flickered and disappeared.

The next instant, the pressure faded yet simultaneously, a voice laced and intertwined with killing intent sounded from a particular direction.

"June... Where... Is... Lilith...

"

June's face immediately turned pale out of fright. One could visibly see her shaking in her boots before she eventually landed on her ass while she looked up at the domineering figure with terror in her eyes.

"I-I-I-I D-D-D-Don't Kn-n-now

" She barely let out past all the stuttering and shaking. She simply had never seen someone other than her father put so much pressure on such a large amount of people, yet the feeling she was getting from the killing intent now could be considered 100 if not 1000x times worse than the pressure she felt at the start, and since she was the target of this killing intent, her body's immediate instinctual reaction almost made her lose control over her bladder... Almost.

"Useless

" A voice laced in a terrifying amount of anger shook the entire area, yet that only occurred for less than a second because, in the next instant, the figure completely disappeared from her location.

Only then could June and the people around her completely relax, yet the people around her could not help but look at June with a few hints of pity.

June on the other hand was still feeling the fear that had subdued her a few seconds ago, but since the pressure was now gone she could think a little more clearly.

"That bitch!

" She slammed her fist onto the ground while an image of me flashed in her mind, making her gnash her teeth even more than she was originally.

"If you are calling Lilith a bitch, I think you should reconsider your words...

" A chilling voice made the hairs on June's neck stand up.

After looking back, June finally realized the origin of the voice.