novelraw Chapter 62: More on Thrall Creation
Chapter 62: More on Thrall Creation
Although he left Elda alone and moved away, Jensen still kept an eye on what was happening with his senses.
He wanted to see how her transformation was going and saying he was stunned by what he saw would be an understatement.
Unlike the others who had fainted, Elda was still conscious throughout her transformation showing just how strong she was.
Her body twisted on the ground with her muscles clenched and her teeth ground together, but she did not pass out or scream.
She just endured it like a champ.
Except for himself no one else had stayed awake through all their transformation and it did not seem like she was going to fall unconscious any time soon.
Even Jensen himself had only stayed awake because of the training Xal’Zyraeth put him through and also the help he provided.
Even Talia was shocked by what she was witnessing, and she immediately made her way to Jensen to report what she saw.
"My lord, she..." Talia found Jensen easily and began trying to explain what she saw.
"I know." Jensen answered. "and I am just as surprised."
Talia nodded in agreement.
She remembered that she had been knocked out instantly by the pain while her brother had barely lasted a minute, and that was already impressive.
As for Lily and Maria, she was sure they could not have stayed awake either... It was not an attack on their identity or anything... She was just certain that they could not survive it the pain that came with the transformation.
Not to mention Elda’s transformation was far worse because she had to regrow her lost hand and eye from scratch.
She had to feel the muscles, tissues, bones and nerves regrow.
Jensen continued on his way and walked toward Thrall ’Heinz’ and Talia followed closely behind him.
"You have one more Level 3 Thrall to help you with your plan." Jensen began to which Talia nodded.
She had already realized what Jensen wanted to do when he asked her to capture some of them alive.
"You have the Thrall Creation ability as well, uh." Jensen said and without waiting for her confirmation, he continued.
"Why don’t you try to create a thrall?" He pointed at the unconscious men Jim had knocked out and gathered together.
"I do not have Blood Storage, so it might not work," Talia answered.
Talia had gotten the shorter end of the stick compared to the rest of the family... as she did not have Blood Storage.
That negatively affected her ability to cultivate so instead of taking blood from a corpse and storing it to refine later, she had to refine and cultivate on the spot.
But it was not that bad to her since most of her abilities were passive in nature not to mention she was not a frontline warrior.
Worse came to worst, other family members could store blood for her and transfer it when she needed it.
Jensen shook his head. "No... For Thrall creation, you do not need your blood storage... Just absorb the blood. There is no need to refine it instead, use your ability to control the blood to refine the body."
He explained before nudging her toward one of the unconscious men.
"Give it a try."
Talia nodded and she chose her target immediately.
She decided to use the blood of the Level 1s to refine her target.
Jensen moved the bodies she wanted to use as blood bags closer to her ensuring she had easy access to them.
Then he stood to the side and watched her work.
It took her far longer than it had taken him to create her first Thrall and it was a Level 2.
When she was done, she began testing her control over it just like Jensen had done when he first created his.
The thrall moved just as mechanical as Jensen’s thralls.
Jensen observed the operation and noticed her control was slightly less smooth than his but not by much.
"How many can you create and control?" Jensen asked.
"I can currently only create one Level 2 Thrall," Talia answered. "But I think there is room for me to control two Level 1 Thralls."
She paused.
"I think it is because of my Mind Path."
Jensen nodded... he could also tell that his Mind Path allowed him to expand from just the normal two he would have been able to control without them to three Level 3s.
’The Mind Path allows us to expand the number of Thralls we can create,’ he thought. ’So other paths should also have the advantages they provide.’
From the bloodline information he had, a typical Common Vampyre could create one thrall of a similar level, though the sublevel might be higher than their own.
For example, a mid-Level 3 Common Vampyre could only create a low to peak Level 3 Thrall.
On the other hand, a typical Noble Vampyre could create one thrall at one level higher than themselves... so a mid-Level 3 Noble Vampyre could create a Level 4 Thrall.
Finally, a Royal Vampyre would be able to create a variable number of Thralls if depending on the compatibility to the ability.
Jensen was obviously not very aligned with Thrall creation... even with his dual branch Mind Path, he could only create three higher level thralls and maybe a few extra level 1s.
Talia had barely started her Mind Path journey, and she had already expanded the number of thralls she could control.
He had two extra support branches with the added advantages of his royal bloodline and could barely increase it.
He gave Talia the two Mind Path skills he used to link himself to his thralls because it would allow her better control and versatility.
"Try to control as many as you can create with the blood available," Jensen said. "I will wake the sleeping slaves so they can get to work."
He pointed at the pile of mismatched armour near the tent.
"Do not forget to completely cover them in full suits of armour. It does not matter even if they are mismatched."
Jensen ordered before he turned and walked toward the sleeping slaves.