Vampire Cultivation System in a Hidden World of Monsters

[System]

[Add "Construction" tab to the Shop menu = Meet foreman Blackhammer at the Dwarves Sect]

[Add "Real Estate" tab to the Shop Menu = Meet real estate agent Lesley Morpheus]

[Add "Companions" functionality to the system menu = Gain 100 affinity with any companion (unlockable)]

[Add "Shikasa's Blessings" tab to the system menu = Reach (100 favor) threshold (unlockable)]

[Add "Equipment" tab to the Shop menu = Meet Blacksmith Blackhammer]

[Add "Contracts" tab to the system menu = Reach Helpful (+1) status with any faction]

[Add "Ventures" tab to the system menu = Reach Friendly (+2) status with any faction]

[Add "Vampiric Evolution Path" tab to the system menu = Complete stage 1 of the Crimson Core Formation major realm]

[Add "Alchemy" tab to the system menu = Visit Tommy in his lab at the Lich Sect

[Add "Gigs" tab to the system menu = Visit Dan at the Werewolf Sect]

[Click to see more]

That was a lot of options. And that wasn't even all of them. There were more under the currently visible list. I wasn't going to 'click to see more'. I had seen enough. It would be hard enough to keep all that in my head, let alone more.

I did like that there was a system menu and that you could choose what tabs you did and didn't want to be on it. It didn't just add tabs without your consent. For the most part.

It had added some tabs but I did like these choices and getting to see what I'll have available in the future and how to get access to them. Without that, it would have taken a lot longer for me to figure out how to unlock the construction tab or the real estate tab.

A lot of the other ones like Alchemy and Gigs would've happened naturally. I wanted to unlock the construction tab soon though because I already had some plans in my head for the vampire sect and the vampire territories at large.

I chose to unlock the already unlockable options. The options disappeared from the Shop submenu I was in. I guess when you unlocked things they cleared from the list. Made sense to me.

I decided to close the Shop and open the system menu as a whole. Not only did I just want to see what it looked like, but I really wanted to check the Companions and Shikasa's Blessings tabs.

When I focused my intention on it, the Shop menu closed and the system menu opened.

[Vampire Cultivation System]

[Status][Quests][Inventory][Shop][Companions][Factions][Shikasa's Blessings]

I thought about opening the status tab and it did.

[Status]

[Dylan Sanguis]

[Species: Omni-Vampire]

[Bloodlines: None Active]

[Age: 21]

[Cultivation Stage: Blood Foundation Establishment stage 3]

[Accumulated Life Essence: 100,000]

[Excess Life Essence: 20,000]

[Stolen Bloodline Abilities: Complete Regeneration, Daze, Venomous Bite, Venom Immunity, Ink Generation]

[Skills]

[Blood Manipulation: Proficient]

[Vi Manipulation: Intermediate]

[Swordsmanship: Proficient]

[Lockpicking: Adequate]

A lot of this I already knew, but the things that caught my eye were the bloodlines section and the life essence sections. I was happy to finally get a numerical value to put to my life essence, even if I didn't know how much it was relative to humans and other vampires.

[Humans have an average of 100 life essence. Vampires vary widely based on feeding habits, opportunity, geographical location, as well as age, and other factors]

'Thanks. Good to know.'

[I'm here to help]

The words "Bloodlines: None Active" really struck me as something filled with potential. It clearly implied I could have multiple bloodlines and there was some way to activate them.

Maybe since I was an omni-vampire, I had all bloodlines, but they were just dormant? I wasn't sure what was the answer, but I was sure I'd find it out eventually if I just kept keeping on.

I had so many questions, but I felt like the answers were at my fingertips. I would continue searching the system menu and find out more of the mechanics of this system. It fascinated me. There were just so many facets to it now.

Next up was the quests section. I opened that with my mind.

[Quests]

[Active Quests]

[Save the dragons from dungeon break cataclysm]

[Uncover, learn more about, and upgrade the system]

[Completed Quests][Click to see]

That was pretty straightforward. Those were my two big priorities right now, besides the constant quest to get stronger, but that never ended. That's probably why it wasn't listened.

I didn't need to check the completed quests because I had completed them. That might be something to look at in the future when I had dozens of quests under my belt, but for now, I didn't need a reminder on everything I had done so far.

I didn't need to look at my inventory yet. I wasn't picking up tons of items and I didn't need to pull anything out for a quest or to sell, so I skipped that one.

Shop, I already knew what was in there. Companions I clicked on. I wanted to see what that was about.

[Companions]

[Victoria][Affinity: 300][Relationship: Girlfriend][Benefits: Laughs at your jokes, tolerates you, has your back][Send Gift][Talk]

[Elder Ravenkin][Affinity: 200][Relationship: Master][Benefits: Expert training, free coffee, laughs at your jokes][Send Gift][Talk]

[Dan][Affinity: 1,000][Relationship: Good Friend][Benefits: Bassist in your band, always there for you, loyal, has your back][Send Gift][Talk][Hang out]

[Tommy][Affinity: 1,000][Relationship: Good Friend][Benefits: Guitarist and lead singer in your band, always there for you, loyal, has your back][Send Gift][Talk][Hang out]

[Lara][Affinity: 100][Relationship: Acquaintance][Benefits: None][Send Gift][Talk]

[Maven Zengo][Affinity: 200][Relationship: Friend][Benefits: Won't try to eat you (anymore), returns favors, good conversation][Send Gift][Talk]

Wow, that was illuminating. Nothing I didn't already know, but I'm really glad I looked so I could understand how it works. The buttons on the end of every entry were interesting.

I somehow had the ability to send companions gifts and talk to them. Through what means, I had no idea. It implied that it was something I could do now, even though all of these people were not present with me.

And then there were the 'hang out' buttons attached to Dan and Tommy's entries. I could only conclude that it was because I had such high affinity with them.

I played a game once, a while ago where if you built up affinity with the npcs, you could hang out with them. And if you did, after the hang out you'd get some really awesome benefits like a fifty percent discount on items or a new facet of the game would be enabled.

I assumed the 'hang out' button functioned something like that. The Shop had mentioned that I could open the Alchemy and Gigs tabs in the system menu if I just visited Tommy and Dan. Maybe the 'hang out' button was the same as visiting them.

Well, whatever it was, I would figure it out, because I pressed the 'hang out' button next to Tommy's entry. I was really curious what this alchemy thing was all about.