CHAPTER 37: SACRIFICE OF THE HUNDRED

Lucas stared at the interface, gleaming with cosmic energy, his dual-colored eyes scanning the new information that emerged after his evolution was complete. The power of the Dominator of the Living and the Dead flowed through his veins like a symphony of destruction waiting to be unleashed.

[Night Monastery] - Special Structure Available

Requirement: 100 high-tier living sacrifices

Function: Advanced vampiric evolution chamber

Benefit: Companion unit ascension to Primordial Vampire status

Warning: Sacrifice must be performed during dimensional convergence

Time Limit: 4 hours 23 minutes

"Selena," he called out in a voice that thundered with absolute authority.

In an instant, Selena appeared beside him with deadly grace. Her red eyes glinted with sadistic anticipation as she saw the dark, satisfied expression of her King.

"Yes, My King?"

"We will open the Night Monastery," Lucas said, activating the interface, causing the surrounding reality to ripple. "You will undergo an evolution that will change your fundamental vampiric nature."

Selena felt a shiver of excitement course through her vampiric core. She could sense the power contained within this mysterious structure beyond her normal comprehension.

"What do you require, My King?"

"One hundred sacrifices," Lucas replied in a tone that made Selena feel a mixture of arousal and bloodlust. "Living beings of the highest quality. And coincidentally..."

Lucas activated the dimensional sensors, which indicated the approaching movement of the Silver Banner Alliance.

"...they will bring exactly what we need."

Silver Banner Alliance: 4 hours 2 minutes to arrival

Force Composition: 847 high-tier entities

Elite Core: 12 cosmic-tier fighters

Support Units: 835 enhanced humans

Artifact Status: Unknown classification

Lucas smiled, his expression shifting the atmospheric pressure around him. He could feel the heartbeat of every approaching enemy, a rhythm he would soon control.

"Perfect numbers," he muttered with eerie satisfaction. "Selena, prepare the Harvesting Formation. We will take the best one hundred of them."

"My King," Selena said, her voice trembling with almost religious devotion, "shall I prepare the conventional necro-traps?"

"No," Lucas replied, activating Blood Puppeteer Unit #1. "This time we will use a more... personal approach."

Blood Puppeteer Unit #1: Deployment Initiated

Target: Advanced scouting party

Mission: Silent infiltration and marking

Efficiency: 97.8%

Status: En route

Lucas felt his consciousness extending through the Blood Puppeteer unit, moving toward the Silver Banner Alliance. Through this connection, he could sense the fear that began to spread within their ranks as they entered his domain.

"They’ve already sensed the change," Lucas said, his tone filled with dark amusement. "Our evolutionary powers are making the dimensional fabric vibrate at a terrifying frequency."

Selena activated her enhanced senses, sensing the vibrations emanating from the approaching forces. She could sense a mixture of determination and uncertainty flowing through their auras.

"My King, they are carrying something... unusual. The artifact they are carrying emits an unfamiliar energy."

Blood Puppeteer Unit #1: Contact Established

Target: Scouting party of 23 entities

Conversion Rate: 100%

Intelligence Acquired: Aurelius carrying [Divine Restraint]

Function: Cosmic-tier containment device

Effectiveness: Unknown against evolved abilities

Lucas raised an eyebrow, sadistic interest glinting in his dual-colored eyes. Divine Restraint—an artifact designed to contain entities that surpass normal cosmic-tier classifications. Ironic that they carried exactly what they needed to face its evolution.

"Fascinating," he muttered, accessing the memory of the converted scouting party. "They thought Divine Restraint could hold back the Dominator of the Living and the Dead. They’re about to learn how wrong they were."

Blood Puppeteer Unit #2: Deployment Initiated

Target: Main force perimeter

Mission: Selective harvesting preparation

Priority: Identify 100 highest-tier targets

Status: Moving to position

Lucas sensed tactical information flowing through his puppeteer units. The Silver Banner Alliance was moving in tight formation, with its elite core protected by layers of enhanced humans. The perfect setup for mass harvesting.

"Selena," she said, her voice rumbling with anticipation, "activate Nexus Tower’s harvesting protocols. We will use the dimensional anchor to pull them exactly where we want them."

"Yes, My King."

Selena moved with deadly efficiency, activating controls that made the entire Nexus Tower vibrate with terrifying energy. The dimensional anchor began charging, creating a gravitational pull that would pull the Silver Banner Alliance into a predetermined kill zone.

Dimensional Anchor: 67% Charged

Effective Range: 50 kilometers

Target Lock: Silver Banner Alliance main force

Estimated Capture Time: 34 minutes

Harvesting Zone: Optimized for selective extraction

Lucas felt a sadistic satisfaction as he watched the tactical display show the approaching forces beginning to be affected by the dimensional anchor. They accelerated, unaware that they were being drawn into a predetermined trap.

Blood Puppeteer Unit #3: Position Secured

Target: Aurelius and the elite core

Mission: Artifact neutralization priority

Secondary: High-value harvesting

Status: Ready for engagement

"Perfect," Lucas said as he activated the Night Monastery’s preparation protocols. "Selena, when the harvesting begins, you will witness a transformation that will fundamentally alter the nature of vampiric existence."

Selena felt a shiver of anticipation course through her vampiric core. She could sense the power contained in the Night Monastery preparation surpassing anything she had ever felt.

"My King," she whispered, her voice trembling with a mixture of hunger and devotion, "I can feel it. The power calling to something deep within my vampiric essence."

Dimensional Anchor: 89% Charged

Silver Banner Alliance: 2.1 kilometers from the harvesting zone

Target Count: 847 entities

High-tier Candidates: 156 identified

Optimal Harvest Selection: Ready

Lucas sensed the moment of truth approaching. Through his Blood Puppeteer units, he could see Aurelius leading the elite core with a grim but determined expression. The Divine Restraint shimmered with energy designed to contain cosmic-tier entities.

"Aurelius," Lucas murmured in a tone filled with dark satisfaction. "You will be the centerpiece of this sacrifice."

Dimensional Anchor: 100% Charged

Activation: Initiated

Gravitational Pull: Maximum

Target Status: Caught in the anchor field

Resistance: Minimal

The Silver Banner Alliance suddenly felt reality shift around them. The dimensional anchor activated with a force that caused the ground beneath their feet to crack and the atmospheric pressure to shift drastically. They were pulled with increasing velocity toward Nexus Tower.

"NOW!" roared Lucas in a voice that made the dimensional fabric vibrate.

Blood Puppeteer Unit #1: Engaging perimeter forces

Blood Puppeteer Unit #2: Harvesting sequence initiated

Blood Puppeteer Unit #3: Aurelius priority target

Conversion Rate: 23.7% and climbing

High-tier Extraction: 34 acquired

Chaos erupted when the Silver Banner Alliance realized they had been caught in a trap that surpassed their tactical preparation. Enhanced humans screamed as Blood Puppeteer units began converting them with terrifying efficiency.

Aurelius activated Divine Restraint, an artifact gleaming with energy designed to disrupt cosmic-tier abilities. However, when the restraining energy hit Lucas, something unexpected happened.

Divine Restraint: Contact established

Target: Dominator of the Living and the Dead

Effectiveness: 12.3%

Resistance: Beyond classification parameters

Artifact Status: Insufficient for target level

Lucas felt mild irritation when the Divine Restraint energy hit his evolved aura. The artifact, designed to contain cosmic-tier entities, barely scratched the surface of the power he had attained.

"Disappointing," he said, activating Puppeteer’s Absolute Command.

Puppeteer’s Absolute Command: Activated

Target: Aurelius and the elite core

Range: Continental-scale influence

Resistance: Overcome

Conversion Rate: 100%

Aurelius felt absolute horror as his consciousness began to slip under Lucas’s control. Divine Restraint clattered to the ground, useless against power that exceeded its parameters.

"No..." he managed to whisper before puppeteer control took over completely.

High-tier Harvest: 100 targets acquired

Quality: Exceeds minimum requirements

Elite Core: 12 cosmic-tier entities converted

Aurelius: Primary sacrifice candidate

Status: Ready for Night Monastery activation

Lucas felt a sadistic satisfaction as he saw the one hundred converted high-tier entities standing in perfect formation, ready for sacrifice. They still possessed all their abilities, but were now completely under his control.

"Selena," he said in a voice that thundered with terrifying power, "witness the birth of Night Monastery."

Night Monastery: Activation Initiated

Sacrifice Sequence: Beginning

Target: 100 high-tier entities

Recipient: Selena Draculea

Evolution Path: Primordial Vampire

Warning: Process irreversible

One hundred converted entities began moving in a complex ritual formation, their life essence energy flowing toward the center where a mysterious structure began to materialize. The Night Monastery emerged from the dimensional fabric, its architecture beyond normal comprehension.

Selena felt something stirring in her vampiric core as the energy of the sacrifice began to reach her essence. Exquisite pain and horrific pleasure combined in a sensation beyond anything she had ever felt.

"My King," she gasped, her voice trembling with a mixture of agony and ecstasy, "I can feel it... changing me from the inside."

Sacrifice Progress: 34% Complete

Vampiric Evolution: Detected

Selena’s Status: Undergoing primordial transformation

Mutation Level: Unknown

Warning: Unprecedented changes detected

Lucas watched with sadistic fascination as Selena’s body began undergoing visible changes. Her pale skin began to shimmer with reality-bending energy, and her red eyes began shifting color in hypnotic patterns.

Sacrifice Progress: 67% Complete

Night Monastery: Structural integrity established

Selena’s Evolution: Accelerating

Blood Mutation: Critical threshold reached

Alert: Unknown vampiric strain detected

Selena screamed with a mixture of pain and ecstasy that caused the atmospheric pressure to change drastically. The blood in her veins began to boil with energy beyond her normal vampiric nature.

"My King," she gasped, her red eyes flashing with a strange and beautiful pattern, "something is wrong... or perhaps, something is very right."

Sacrifice Progress: 89% Complete

Final Integration: Primordial Vampire Status

Selena’s Mutation: Reaching critical mass

Warning: Blood composition changing

New Vampiric Strain: Unidentified

Recommendation: Monitor for unexpected developments

Lucas felt unexpected concern when he saw the changes occurring in Selena beyond normal parameters. The evolution that should have been straightforward began showing signs of an unpredictable mutation.

Sacrifice Complete

Night Monastery: Fully Operational

Selena Status: Primordial Vampire - Anomalous Strain

Blood Mutation: Stabilizing

New Classification: Unknown

Selena collapsed as her transformation reached completion, her body vibrating with energy that cracked the ground beneath her. When she slowly opened her eyes, Lucas felt a shock that caused his Dominator powers to fluctuate.

Her eyes were no longer red.

They gleamed with constantly shifting colors—crimson, silver, black, and shades that shouldn’t exist. Even more terrifying, Lucas could sense the hunger radiating from the evolved Selena—a hunger not just for blood, but for something much more fundamental.

"My King," Selena whispered, her voice trembling with unfamiliar power, "I can taste... everything. Life, death, reality itself. And I’m... hungry."

Alert: Selena’s blood mutation is entering unknown territory

Vampiric strain: Unclassified

Hunger pattern: Unprecedented

Recommendation: Immediate analysis required

Warning: Mutation continuing