Wolf of the Blood Moon - Book 4 - Chapter 99 - Aftermath Part I (Patreon)

It's chapters like this one that makes me question why I ever thought it was a good idea to write LitRPG even if I love it.

Warning. Lots of notifications and System Messages lie ahead.

Enough that taking those screenshots was almost enough to make me just want to put this chapter as a pdf instead.

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Scarlet

I wake up with a start, finding my eyes opening to the sight of a stark white ceiling above me. And at this point I’m starting to wonder if this is becoming a nasty habit. Just waking up in a bed after going unconscious.

“It is becoming a nasty habit, and you should stop it,” Tar suggests, making me look down to find him lying on my chest. Which I’m not sure is somewhere he should be right now considering I was a patient lying on a bed.

Then again, I feel perfectly fine right now. So he probably only lied down on me after I was healed.

“Yeah,” he answers my thoughts, making me smile for a second before I pat him on the head.

I sit up and glance down at what I’m wearing. Which is the same thing I was wearing under my armor before. A shirt and shorts with a jacket.

Guess no one changed me. That’s good.

Then again, they could just have someone using some sort of cleaning skill on me and I wouldn’t need to change or anything like that.

No idea how long I’ve been out though.

Looking around, I seem to be in some sort of medical wing of a military base. Considering the sleeping soldiers.

I get out of bed while activating my armor, making a swirl of blood cover me for a moment before it appears on me as usual. Then I transform into blood and leave the room without letting anyone know that I even woke up.

“You aren’t going to tell anyone you’re awake?” Tar asks, sounding curious.

No, best that I don’t. Not before checking my notifications and messages.

After all, there’s a decent chance I got a Universal Notification or something, and I want to know about it before talking to anyone.

“Well you did get a Universal Notification, but I’ll just let you check it out for yourself,” Tar says, confirming my thoughts.

Time to see what’s up.

{Level 1089 Nightshade defeated. An enormous EXP bonus is awarded for killing a creature over one hundred levels above your level. A massive EXP bonus is awarded for killing a creature above your Class.}

{One thousand Skill Points are awarded for killing a creature of Class V while at Class IV without help.}

{Five hundred Skill Points are awarded for burning several times the amount of life energy you have for the use of a single skill.}

{Three hundred Skill Points are awarded for controlling over five thousand times your own body-weight in blood all at once.}

{One hundred Skill Points are awarded for spreading hundreds of different plagues to a single being all at once.}

{Fifty Skill Points are awarded for controlling several different types of blood all at once.}

{Two Skill Points are awarded for killing a Class V.}

{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 987. Five Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

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{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 1000. Five Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

{Congrats, you have leveled up to- Level up canceled due to you being at the cap of Class IV. Please ascend to Class V. To do so you must find and absorb five Class IV catalysts, have ten skills at their max level, have at least three legendary skills, have at the minimum Predator III, and have almost died at least once.}

{Rare epic inherent skill ‘Beast Transformation’ will now evolve into the legendary rarity inherent skill ‘Beast Transformation’ while retaining any previous effects. There is no cost in levels due to the skill being static.}

[Skill ‘Blood of Ruin’ has leveled up to level 26.]

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[Skill ‘Blood of Ruin’ has leveled up to level 30.]

[Skill ‘Null Magic Field’ has leveled up to level 28.]

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[Skill ‘Null Magic Field’ has leveled up to level 30.]

[Skill ‘Blood Nullification’ has leveled up to level 20.]

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[Skill ‘Blood Nullification’ has leveled up to level 26.]

[Skill ‘Rain of Blood’ has leveled up to level 18.]

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[Skill ‘Rain of Blood’ has leveled up to level 24.]

[Skill ‘Blood Transformation’ has leveled up to level 11.]

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[Skill ‘Blood Transformation’ has leveled up to level 18.]

[Skill ‘Blood Manipulation’ has leveled up to level 11.]

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[Skill ‘Blood Manipulation’ has leveled up to level 26.]

And the skill level-ups just keep on coming, making my jaw drop at the sight of a large majority of my remaining inherent and achievement-locked skills reaching the max level. Then my eyes narrow on the notifications that follow, deciding to put off considering the requirements to ascend till after I read them.

Yeah, that one is to be expected. Although I find it interesting that it didn’t mention the etched skill slot.

“Yeah, that’s odd…” Tar mutters, only to go silent when a System Message appears after that first notification.

{Congrats, you have received two etched skill slots for being the first being in the universe to kill a Class V before reaching Class V yourself!}

Oh. Guess that’s why.

Speaking of, when do you think I should start making my skills etched skills?

“Wait until you get mythical skills,” Tar answers right away. “Apex Predator doesn’t count since it’s not etchable.”

Right. So wait till I have my best skills and know what I want to etch?

“Right,” he says with a nod of his head as I finally reform myself on the roof of the base I find myself in. “Since etching a skill grants the skill a boost, even if you aren’t planning on having descendants, you want to etch your best skills to help them the most.”

Makes sense.

I let the notifications continue, including the ones I had suppressed from before my battle with the Class V.

Okay, that one is still very interesting to see. I’m curious about what the Title will end up being.

Although the last achievement should be obvious. To get Blood Domain. Since this is obviously an upgrade to Blood Domain, I should have the skill in the first place.

Moving on.

Yeah, saw that one too.

Next.

Why do I get the feeling that I know exactly what the Title is going to be for that one?

“Because you probably do,” Tar says with an amused snort.

The next notifications are rather confusing though.

What the heck does that mean?

“It means you can’t get your grandfather’s etched mythic skill Beast of the Apocalypse anymore,” Tar explains, sounding rather shocked. Then he pauses right as another notification appears replacing the notice.

Another one? That’s a surprise.

“That’s seriously all you have to say about it?” Tar exclaims, sounding flabbergasted.

I just shrug.

Meh.

He groans.

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Warning! This is a universal   notification!

Scarlet Art Asger de Archeron has become the very first being in   the universe to defeat a Class V being while at Class IV.

May their achievement ring out throughout the known universe!

System Notice

User has completed six out of SEVEN of the necessary achievements   in order to obtain a Title-Bearing [REDACTED] Skill.

The achievements they have completed include the following:

Reach Class IV while under twenty years old.

Defeat a being one hundred and fifty levels above you without any   assistance.

Reach Class IV within a year of having been initiated into the   System.

By being the descendant of the Demon King who is the original   etcher of the skill ‘Blood Domain’ or having obtained an inferior version of   the skill yourself.

By having both blood magic and null magic or being descendant from   a user with them that has etched their skills.

By defeating a Class V being while still not being Class V   yourself.

Complete the final achievement in order to attain the   Title-Bearing [REDACTED] Skill.

System Notice

User has completed all of the necessary achievements in order to unlock   a Mythic Skill.

The achievements they have completed include the following:

Have Blood Regeneration.

Be a descendant of the Demon King.

Nearly die over one hundred times within a year.

Regenerate from damage directly to your reality all the way to a full   recovery.

Have at minimum Predator V.

User may now purchase the Mythic Skill Lycan’s Regeneration whenever   they wish.

System Notice

User has completed four out of Six of the necessary achievements   in order to obtain a Title-Bearing Mythic Skill.

The achievements they have completed include the following:

having at least two blood plague related legendary skills.

By spreading hundreds of different blood related plagues to a   single being all at once.

By spreading plagues throughout entire armies, contributing to the   slaughter of millions of beings through blood related plagues.

having both blood magic and null magic or being descendant from a   user with them that has etched their skills.

Complete the final two achievements in order to attain the   Title-Bearing Mythic Skill.

System Notice

Anomaly detected.

User’s Inherent skill Beast Transformation is branching from its   designated genetic path.

Searching for possible solutions… no solutions found.

The Inherent Skill Beast Transformation will now branch away from   the designated path of the Beast of the apocalypse and towards a new path.

System Notice

User has completed seven out of ten of the necessary achievements   in order to obtain a Title-Bearing [REDACTED] Skill.

The achievements they have completed include the following:

Reach Class IV while under twenty years old.

By having both blood magic and null magic or being descendant from   a user with them that has etched their skills.

having the skill Beast Transformation.

defeating a Class V being while still not being Class V yourself.

having the Apex Predator Title and Mythic Skill.

having the ability to directly manipulate blood.

having broken out of the bounds of the System before.

Complete the final three achievements in order to attain the   Title-Bearing [REDACTED] Skill.