Vampire Summoner's Rebirth: Summoning The Vampire Queen At The Start

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Everyone's growth was astonishing, and what their power could now do was even more incredible. While they battled, adapted, and grew, however, they constantly shaped their powers further into the direction towards survival and to overcome their weaknesses.

Of course, this wasn't easy, it took days, weeks, and then months to reach anymore. But ultimately, everyone was able to overcome the challenges around a similar time, as if Blake had predicted it to be the case.

"You've proven yourselves amazingly well to me. You spent three months there, you unlike the first battle, you hardly feel as tired, right?" Blake wondered, as everyone had already finished their meals, they ate so much they couldn't even believe their stomachs held this much food.

"Y-Yeah, it was insane…" Eric muttered. "But as you said… my body feels tougher… I… don't feel too tired, despite going through a lot… And my magic and spirits, they just do things that go beyond any of our skills… it's like we started walking outside of the system we knew."

"It's as Eric said…" Erdrich nodded. "I started to notice that there wasn't a "wall" holding me back anymore, my spirits and I could just walk past that, and keep doing things, even when skills would try to stop us. Limitations are becoming blurrier, loose."

"I suppose this is what I would call Skill Assimilation," Blake explained. "Even if you were to delete all your skills right now, you would probably be able to use them. Their power, essence, runes, everything, has sonly become part of your bodies and souls. Still, it still not at the mastered level, but you've already begun to walk past the skills limitations."

"S-So that's it…!" Alberta said. "It's so amazing… and kind of exciting!"

"Alberta… Hahah, I agree!" Eric laughed as he found Alberta's words surprising. "Did you miss me?"

"I did! Very much!" Alberta hugged Eric and then kissed his lips. "I missed your kisses too!"

"A-Ah… Hahah, it's that so…" Eric blushed as he received his girlfriend's affection, making Chris glare at him with jealously. "You've worked really hard, haven't you? Well done."

"The results of this training has been more than satisfactory, master," Eleanora said to Blake. "Erika here has mastered her resistance to fire, demon, and curse elements, and has properly adapted, reinforcing her dragon scales to their limits. Her wood… it could be said it has become a beast of its own now."

"Amazing, Erika, well done," Blake nodded.

"Y-Yeah, but it was such a pain… oh well! I doubt anything that comes after this will ever be that hard, right? We barely have almost three months left so I don't think it'll be that much…" Erika said.

"Hahah, you think so? Now that you've trained enough and learned a lot of experience and have begun tapping into the limits of your powers and breaking through them, it's time for practical usage of your powers. After you rest for three days, you'll be moved to Phase 3, your last training grounds. Be prepared, this will be your biggest and last challenge with the short amount of time we have available," Blake explained. "Now, let's go rest."

The group went to rest in the resting area, a big white colored manor decorated with a surrounding forest, a flower garden, pools, and everything.

It looked like the resorts Blake saw inside of the Mothership that were usually only for the richest of people, which the Elders owned.

But unlike those resorts, there was a bright sky in here, and he was able to spend a really good time with his friends and especially his girlfriends, going on dates with them all three days to make them happy and heal their exhaustion.

He knew that endless training wasn't going to work well for their mental states, and he had to be there for them so they could gain motivation. Relaxing, having a good time with friends, or their loved ones, was completely necessary for them to have the drive to move forward.

And like that, the three days went by flying, Blake's friends wished they could have been longer, but they knew the training wasn't over yet.

Everyone had eaten enough, exercised, and tested what they could do to an extent, took showers, got new equipment and clothes, and were readier than ever.

The rewards they obtained from the quests created by the Virtual World were also mostly all consumed, helping them level up their skills and increase their stats even more.

Naturally, they had been learning a lot of new skills through this training, and their older skills had also leveled up a lot too.

But now, it was finally time to get going and start working for the last phase of the training, to squeeze as much time as they could!

"Very well everyone, this will be the last phase of this training. Phase 3… Ready?"

"YES!"

As they nodded, together as a team, and also as a family, Blake felt proud.

"Then let's go."

FLASH!

Everyone was teleported in the middle of a gigantic jungle; one so wild and untamed they had never seen something quite like this before.

"A jungle?!" Erika wondered. "Nice!"

"Alright, this is the first stage of the phase 3," Blake explained. "Once you complete a stage, you'll move to the next. Phase 3 has ten stages; each stage has its own challenges you must overcome together as a team. Alright? If you can get to the tenth challenge and complete the entire phase… your training will be completed. Until then, we'll continue even if we go past half a year."

"E-Eh? But…" Erika was looking at Blake surprised. "Our mission and the elves…"

"That's why you have to hurry," he said. "Do you understand? The entire mission is in your hands now. If you don't hurry and pass through all trials in time… things will only get worse outside."

"S-Such high pressure…" Eric sighed.

"Was this necessary…?" Alberta muttered.

"It is… Sorry if it comes out as manipulative, maybe I am a bit manipulative, all things considered," Blake smiled gently, showing his dark facet. "But I am doing this all for you, understood?"

Everyone looked at one another, nodding.

"We get it…!" Erdrich said. "So start with this, whatever it is!"

"Bring it!" Chris roared.

"I suppose we have no option…" Eric groaned.

"Yep, we have to do it… whatever it takes," Alberta nodded.

"Tch… so annoying! But whatever… fine!" Elfriedden said. "I'll become so strong I'll catch up with you in no time."

"Oh well, it can't be helped," Elizabeth said. "Blake is doing all of this for us… We can't disappoint him, right Erika?"

"Yeah!" Erika nodded. "We'll demolish this and then you'll owe me segs!"

"EH?!" Everyone looked at Erika with surprised eyes.

"W-What?" Erika was caught off-guard by their glares. "D-Did I said that? Oops…"

"B-Blake! What's the meaning of this promise?!" Elizabeth asked. "Y-You didn't promise me that!"

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