Vampire Cultivation System in a Hidden World of Monsters

I woke up on the ground coughing up blood all over Lara's space suit. I really ruined it. What a shame. Besides that, I still had a splitting headache but it was starting to subside, even as I thought about it now.

[Lethality of Furorem Mortis virus incompatible with host's undead body. Can not kill what is already dead]

Huh. Who would have thought that being dead would save my life one day. What a weird turn of events. It looks like the worst I got out of that madness virus was a stern lecture from a slightly maniacal version of myself.

"There you are," Lara said, pulling me up onto my feet. I had fallen down at some point apparently. "You're finally awake. I thought I'd lost you for a minute there."

"How long was I out?" I said.

"About ten minutes," she said. "Your ride is here."

"My ride?" I said, as I looked around. I saw the portal and then I saw it. My motorcycle. The Phantom. It was sitting stood up just inside the portal.

It must have ridden through the underground to get here. I'm surprised it knew where I was, but then again, it is a supernatural vehicle. Maybe it has special locating powers for its owner.

However it got here, it was here, and waiting for me. It would have to wait a little longer because I had business to take care of. I went over to a control panel.

'System, check if the ship's course can be corrected before it crashes into Mars.'

[Negative. The ship has fallen too far into the atmosphere. The ship's course can be corrected so it doesn't impact the mars colony, but it will still crash on the surface of Mars]

'Ok. How much time do I have?'

[Five minutes. I will direct you on how to change course away from the Mars colony now]

"Lara, I need you to override the override so I can access the computer system," I said.

She came over and we both put our hands on separate scanner panels to override the system and allow me to access it. Then, I pressed some buttons on the console as I was directed by the system.

<Main Objective Completed: Regain control of the ship and prevent the ship from crashing into the Mars space colony>

<Rewards being calculated>

A high tech, sci fi looking box appeared in front of me. There was a green button that I presumed opened it. I pressed the button and the box opened. Inside was a small capped syringe with a clear liquid inside.

[Revitalization Serum: One time cure all for any and all ailments, including death]

Wow! That was powerful. I'd have to keep that safe in my inventory. I grabbed it and put it in Midas's mouth to swallow.

[Revitalization Serum deposited in your Inventory]

I wish it gave me more than one, but it made sense that something so powerful that it could cure death, would come as a one time use item.

I turned the key in the lock to lock the dungeon instance.

"Alright, we have minutes before this ship crashes into Mars and kills us both," I said, I grabbed Lara's hand and started walking towards the portal exit.

She pulled against me and I stopped. "What?"

"What are you doing?" She said, clearly upset with me.

"What? I'm trying to save your life!" I said.

"That's your world. Not mine," she said.

"So you'd rather stay here and die?" I said.

"No. I just. I'm not ready, yet," she said.

"What can I do to make you ready in the minutes we have left to live?" I said.

"You could give me a kiss?" She said.

"What? While I have become more open minded about dating multiple people, I'd have to talk to my girlfriend first before I do any of that," I said, scratching the back of my head awkwardly. Experience tales at empire

"Can I get a promise for a date at least?" She said with a pouty face.

"Who ever wrote your programming, either thinks all that women think about is men, or I'm really just that charming," I said, smiling.

"It's neither of those! These are my own thoughts and feelings! Respect my autonomy!" She said.

"Ok, ok, jeez. I didn't mean to offend. I was just joking," I said.

"I know, but I want you to know how I really feel. I'm not in love with you or anything. You've just saved my life multiple times and you seem like a decent guy at least, so I want to see what spending time with you is like," She said, looking away and twirling some of her hair with her finger. "I also kind of want to see that di—" cough cough. She started coughing in the middle of what she was saying. I couldn't make out what she said.

"The first part of what you said makes sense, but what was that last part? I didn't catch it," I said.

"I said, I want to see that di—partment of social services you have in your world. I've heard good things," she said.

"It sounded like you were saying one thing and then you pivoted mid sentence," I said.

[The woman desires to see your penis, you moron]

"Oh. Oh! I see. Everyone wants to see it so I guess that's nothing new. Even men," I said, blushing really hard. "But as I said, I have to talk to my girlfriend first before I let the cat out of the proverbial bag, so to speak."

"If you can promise me a date, whether it be romantic or friendly, I will go with you, but only on that condition. Otherwise I feel like I would be bored over there, and I would rather die than be bored," she said, crossing her arms.

"Wow, for an AI, you really know what you want," I said.

"Is that supposed to be an insult?" She said.

"No. Just an observation," I idly looked at the display showing the view in front of the ship. The ground was getting awfully close. I could start to make out rock formations. "Ok, we need to go now! I promise you a date, ok! Now, let's fucking go before we get crushed to death!"

"Ok," she said and took my hand.

I ran and jumped on my motorcycle and rode through the portal with Midas in tow. As soon as we crossed the threshold of the portal, I heard a loud crash. The portal began to close up, but a large chunk of metal from the ship pushed through the portal and got cut off as the portal turned into a small lock in the air.

The jagged piece of metal threatened to fall on us, but Midas head butted it out of the air. Or neck butted it, I guess. I got off my motorcycle and propped it up.

I stood up and stared at the other two portals, waiting for Victoria and Chad to make their appearances. After five minutes of waiting, I got bored. After ten, I got anxious. After twenty, I got worried. And after thirty, I got really worried.