BXBX NOVEL Chapter 14: Conversion
The first goblina was no.1, the next was no. 2, following that was no. 3, it went on like that. It meant all the females took up the first 53 numbers, which Aldritch didn't even think too deeply about, after all, it didn't matter.
After he was done with that, he felt a wave of tiredness hit him and he had to rest first. There was no need to rush after all, everything could be done step by step.
Of course, Lina was to stand guard while he slept, and when she was tired, she was to switch with the other goblinas, but in her absence, three goblinas were to stand guard. After all, Aldritch knew that they were physically weaker than the hobgoblins, so if the hobs tried to kill him, at least three goblinas would be able to hold them at bay enough to send a signal to him to wake up.
Aldritch wasn't sure if it was night or day, but that he would know when he woke up later.
'I would love to do more, but I've exhausted both my stamina and SP.' In fact, it was miraculous that he could last this long with the stamina he had.
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'Hmm?...' Aldritch woke up to Lina starring at him while he slept. 'Surely this underling of mine is very attached. I like it.' This was only reassuring that he wouldn't at least be killed in his sleep by his underlings and that she would protect him with her lives.
"You were awake all through?" Aldritch sat up.
"Yes, master." Lina bowed slightly.
"It's alright, go to sleep and rest for a bit and join me when you wake up."
Lina did as she was told. She was already very tired, so she didn't even have the strength to complain or insist.
'She even has such a tightly packed stomach...' Aldritch looked at his own body that had changed completely to the one he chose before his reincarnation. He was happy that it changed and his height even increased to what he chose.
Now, it was time for the goblins to be brainwashed, though, he was merely hypnotising them. The exercise needed to be carried out at least once every month to make sure that they kept the same view and retained the commands he had spoken to them. This particular skill wasn't foolproof, at least not yet. It had some major drawbacks.
In fact, he was only ok here because the creatures he was dealing with were goblins. Their brains didn't contain much after all. Even a normal human would need to be rehypnotised at least once every week on average with the level the skill was currently at. Heck, maybe daily or every two days.
Aldritch could have had the goblinas get the others, but instead he went for a different approach.
Before that though, he needed to do something else.
'System.'
He quickly opened his status screen to take a look.
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[Name: Aldritch Mondragon]
[age: 22]
[Rank: Ordinary]
[Race: Vampire]
[Evolution: Blooded Vampire]
[Blood Bank: 93]
[BP: 0]
[HP: ====]
[SP: 10/10]
[Strength: 5]
[Agility: 3]
[Dexterity: 2]
[Vitality: 2]
[Intelligence: 2]
[Racial Skills: {Blood Manipulation (Lvl 1} {Minor Compulsion Lvl 1} {Healing Factor} {Blood Bond}]
[Skills: {Hypnosis (Lvl 1)}]
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Looking at it, his eyes immediately fell on the blood bank which was represented in litres. Seeing as he took about 2 litres from each goblin, it amounted up to 93 litres. He didn't want to kill them, so he didn't take more than that, after all, from his knowledge, a female was supposed to have about 3.5 litres of blood in them, though that was for humans. Either way, he was trying to be careful.
So far, none of the goblinas seemed to be dead, so he was sure it worked just as he wanted.
'Hmm, I should leave about 5 litres in there for now and use the rest. System, convert the rest of the blood in the blood bank to BP and leave five.' He said in his mind.
[Converting 88 litres of blood to 8.8 BP. Convert?]
'Yes… wait, 8.8? what's the exchange rate?'
[The rate is 10 litres of blood to 1 BP]
'… Damn, and this doesn't change like stocks… Heh… at least it's not higher I guess. Yes, change.'
[Completed. 88 litres of blood converted to 8.8 BP]
"Now, what should I use you on?" He muttered to himself, scanning through the interface. He could BP to do many things within the system. He could use them increase his stats, boost his racial evolution, strengthen his skills, both racial and others also. Basically, he had a cheat kind of system that gave him an edge over others.
Looking at it for a while, Aldritch decided that what he needed was more SP for the time being.
'How much would it cost to raise my intelligence stat?'
[It would cost 1 BP from 1 - 5, 2 BP from 6 - 10, 4 BP from 11 – 15, 8 BP from 16 – 20…]
'Stop, stop, I get it, it doubles, great.' Looking at it, he could only raise his intelligence to 7, so he did, which brought his SP to 45. Every increase in intelligence increased SP by 5.
With that, he was ready to do some work.
He walked around a bit, and since Lina who was the queen of the goblins had given the order, it seemed that no one dared to touch Aldritch, this was convenient.
He located a hobgoblin that was alone to use as his first subject. The hob was standing guard at the prison which had no one there at the moment, maybe that was why there was only one there.
Aldritch approached casually, and raising his hand as though he was about to say something, he quickly placed it on the hob who noticed and was about to move, maybe even strike, but then he stopped in his tracks as his eyes got heavier and after a second or two, he loses consciousness, or at least that was what it looked like. Even though, he was still standing.
Aldritch simply repeated a similar thing he did with the goblinas. He just made sure to add some extra things this time to make sure that the brainwashing was foolproof.
"I am Aldritch, the master of your queen and overlord of all goblins, the only one fit to rule everything under the skies, for I am all powerful and look over everything with amusement, everything is under my control. I have always been the overlord of everything, including the goblins, I have always been your supreme ruler.
You will know that this is so because that is how it has always been, you were only mistaken before, never to be again. You live and die for me, my words are absolute and my decisions triumph over all else. Whatever I say, you will do without complaint and without fail. This is how it has always been, so you fill find out." This time, he went a different route, just in case.
Aldritch was surprised that he could even give such long command. Normally, this shouldn't be possible since the skill was still level one. The brainwash would fail and the process has to be started again.
'Maybe it's because these are goblins?' He was a bit confused, but as the saying goes, if it works, don't fix it.
'It's so tiring that I have to speak these long commands.' If it were shorter commands like sleep, or relax, he didn't need to say it, he could control it using his mind.
The goblins didn't exactly have a ranking system of who was above who or held more sway than the other. If the queen spoke, then it was so. Other than that, they just lived amongst each other and did whatever had to be done, that was that.
'It really is sad that these are all I have, but on the other hand, it's also good and lucky.' After all, if this were not the goblins, Aldritch couldn't say if he would get away so easily.
After the hobgoblin came to, he looked a little confused with a vacant expression. When his focus returned, Aldritch was sure it was successful at once, as the hob fell to its knees and face upon looking at Aldritch. Seeing this, a smile couldn't help but form on his lips.
"Rise and go get the others to gather at the hall."
"Yes, lord."