CHAPTER 38: RITUAL OF CRIMSON MOON

Lucas stared at Selena with a mixture of fascination and unexpected concern. His dual-colored eyes scanned the changes occurring in his companion, trying to understand the nature of the mutation occurring in her vampiric essence.

Alert: Selena’s blood mutation is accelerating

Vampiric strain: Evolution beyond parameters

Hunger pattern: Targeting reality itself

Recommendation: Containment protocols

Warning: Mutation is entering the critical phase

"My King," Selena whispered, her voice trembling with unfamiliar power, her shifting-colored eyes staring at Lucas with an intensity that rippled reality. "I can feel it calling to me. The crimson moon rises, and with it... opportunity."

Lucas followed Selena’s gaze to the sky, where the moon was beginning to change color, shifting from its normal silver to a deep crimson that radiated a terrifying energy. This was no natural phenomenon—it was the dimensional fabric’s response to the mutation occurring in Selena’s vampiric core.

"Crimson moon," Lucas murmured, his tone filled with dark interest. "Dimensional convergence triggered by your evolution. Selena, what do you feel?"

"Power," Selena replied, standing with fluid yet slightly unnatural movements. "Power beyond anything I’ve ever felt. And... hunger. Hunger that cannot be satisfied by ordinary blood."

Crimson Moon: 23% Manifestation

Effect: Amplifying vampiric mutations

Duration: 3 hours 47 minutes

Recommendation: Optimal ritual window

Warning: Mutation will become permanent after full manifestation

Lucas sensed the opportunity presented by this situation. Crimson moon events were rare occurrences that could be used for permanent enhancement, but they also carried significant risks.

"Selena," he said in a voice that thundered with authority, "we will use this crimson moon for a transformation ritual. You will become something beyond a Primordial Vampire."

Selena’s eyes glinted with a mixture of hunger and absolute devotion. "What do you require of me, My King?"

"Total submission to the mutation," Lucas replied, activating the Night Monastery’s ritual protocols.

"Let the hunger you feel consume everything that remains mortal within you."

Night Monastery: Crimson Moon Ritual Mode

Participant: Selena Draculea

Mutation Level: Accelerated enhancement

Risk Factor: 87.3%

Benefit: Transcendent vampiric evolution

Status: Awaiting participant confirmation

Selena didn’t hesitate. She stepped into the ritual circle that appeared in the center of the Night Monastery, and the crimson moon energy radiating from the sky began flowing into her vampiric core with terrifying intensity.

"Yes," she hissed, her voice trembling with ecstasy and pain. "I can feel it. The stars themselves are calling to me."

Crimson Moon Ritual: Initiated

Participant Status: Undergoing accelerated mutation

Vampiric Strain: Evolving beyond classification

Physical Enhancement: 156% increase

Speed Enhancement: 234% increase

Sadistic Tendencies: 189% amplification

Control Inhibition: 67% reduction

Lucas watched with sadistic fascination as Selena’s body began to undergo a visible transformation. Her pale skin began to shimmer with crimson energy, causing the Night Monastery’s architecture to resonate with a terrifying frequency.

Selena’s movements became fluid yet predatory, like an apex predator awakening from long dormancy. Her speed increased drastically—she could move with a velocity that displaced air, creating sonic booms in confined spaces.

"My King," she said in a voice that trembled with a mixture of pleasure and something much darker, "I can feel every heartbeat within kilometers. Every drop of blood is calling to me."

"My King," she said, her voice trembling ...

Mutation Progress: 34% Complete.

Speed Enhancement: Reaching superhuman levels

Sadistic Amplification: Psychological barriers dissolving

Hunger Pattern: Expanding beyond blood consumption

Warning: Control mechanisms failing

Lucas sensed a concerning shift in Selena’s aura. The evolution taking place was not only enhancing her physical abilities but also amplifying the darker aspects of her vampiric nature.

"Selena," he said, his tone containing a hint of warning, "maintain control. This evolution must remain under your direction."

Selena laughed, a sound that shifted the atmospheric pressure. "Control?" she said, her voice trembling with dark amusement. "My King, control is for the weak. I am becoming something that transcends such limitations."

Crimson Moon: 67% Manifestation

Ritual Progress: 56% Complete

Selena’s Status: Entering berserker enhancement phase

Sadistic Tendencies: 267% amplification

Inhibition Reduction: 89% complete

Recommendation: Immediate intervention

Warning: Participant becoming uncontrollable

Lucas felt alarmed when he saw the change in Selena’s behavior. The elegance she always maintained was being replaced by something more primal and dangerous. She moved with deadly grace, but also with terrifying unpredictability.

"Perfect," Selena whispered, examining the claws that had evolved into weapons that could slice through reality itself. "I can feel the weakness leaving me. Soon, I will be pure hunger, pure power."

Mutation Progress: 78% Complete

Physical Transformation: Entering the final phase

Psychological Profile: Sadistic enhancement complete

Control Status: Minimal

Warning: Participant may become hostile

Lucas activated his Dominator powers, ready to intervene if necessary. Although he appreciated the power Selena was acquiring, he would not tolerate insubordination.

"Selena," he said in a voice that thundered with absolute authority, "remember who you serve."

Selena turned toward Lucas with movements so fast that it created afterimages. Her shifting-colored eyes stared at her King with a mixture of devotion and something much more dangerous.

"I serve you, My King," she said in a voice that trembled with terrifying power. "But I am becoming something that could devour worlds. Are you prepared for what I am becoming?"

Crimson Moon: 89% Manifestation

Ritual: Nearing completion

Selena’s Evolution: Final integration

New Classification: Cosmic Devourer

Abilities: Reality consumption, stellar hunger

Loyalty Index: 96.7%

Danger Level: Unprecedented

Lucas felt a mixture of pride and concern as he witnessed Selena’s final transformation. She had become something both beautiful and terrifying—vampiric perfection enhanced by cosmic hunger.

Her speed now surpassed normal comprehension. She could move faster than thought itself, creating vacuum distortions as she moved. Her sadistic tendencies had been amplified to the point where she derived pleasure from suffering on a cosmic scale.

"My King," Selena whispered, her voice vibrating with power that made dimensional fabric bend, "I can taste the stars. I can feel their light, their heat, their life. And I want to consume it all."

Ritual Complete

Selena Status: Cosmic Devourer

Classification: Beyond all known parameters

Abilities: Unlocked and stabilizing

Loyalty: Maintained but... evolved

Warning: Hunger extending beyond material reality

Selena approached Lucas with movements so fluid that it seemed like she was flowing rather than walking. Crimson moon energy still flowed within her vampiric core, making her aura shimmer with terrifying power.

"My King," she said, her voice trembling with a mixture of devotion and something much darker, "I am yours. But I am also becoming something that transcends even your understanding."

Lucas felt unprecedented tension. Selena’s evolution had made her more powerful, more sadistic, and infinitely more dangerous. However, her loyalty to My King remained intact, albeit colored with complex nuances.

"Show me," Lucas said, his voice rumbling with challenge, "show me what you have become."

Selena smiled with an expression that made reality tremble. In an instant, she moved with a speed that made time itself seem to slow. She appeared directly in front of Lucas, so close that he could feel the heat from her evolved aura.

"I have become hunger incarnate," she whispered in a voice that vibrated with cosmic power. "I have become the thing that devours light itself."

Alert: Selena’s hunger pattern expanding

Target: Stellar objects

Range: Galactic scale

Timeline: Immediate

Recommendation: Monitor for reality-threatening behavior

Warning: Unprecedented entity detected

Lucas felt a shock when he realized the scope of Selena’s transformation. This evolution hadn’t just made her stronger—she’d become a potentially dangerous entity on a cosmic scale.

"My King," Selena whispered as she moved closer, her shifting-colored eyes staring at Lucas with an intensity that made his Dominator powers fluctuate, "I can feel the universe itself calling to me. Stars, planets, entire galaxies... they all look so... delicious."

Selena reached out with a perfectly controlled yet infinitely threatening movement, touching Lucas’s face with fingertips that sparkled with energy that could unmake reality.

"I am still yours," she said in a voice that trembled with absolute devotion, "but I am also becoming something that transcends even your power. Will you still love me..."

Selena leaned closer, her lips almost touching Lucas’s ear, her voice dropping to a whisper that made the dimensional fabric vibrate with terrifying implications.

"...when I devour the stars?"