The system continued.
[Your body, Hybrid Vessel Luxion Vale, was critically weak at the time of integration.]
[Muscles atrophy level 3, bones fractured, demonic core fragmented, vampiric veins dormant.]
[Without rebuilding, stabilization, and power development, host will die within 72 hours.]
Ted's knees nearly buckled.
"okay.. what is really going on?"
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[All memories of the previous owner have been transferred.]
[You may experience flashes, hallucinations, or pain during synchronization.]
[Integration Status: 31%]
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Ted swallowed, voice shaking.
"Hybrid?"
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[Correct.]
[Hybrid Bloodline: Half Demon — Half Vampire]
[Current Rank: Below F-Rank — Insufficient for survival in current world.]
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Ted's eyes went wide. "Half… demon… half… vampire…???
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[Affirmative.]
[Body must be rebuilt from the ground up.]
[Daily Quests will stabilize muscles, bone density, bloodline activation, and hybrid abilities.]
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Ted frowned. "Daily quests? Like… what?"
The screen pulsed, lines forming in intricate detail:
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DAILY QUEST — FOUNDATION LEVEL
Objective: Rebuild Hybrid Body and Unlock Core Abilities
1. Physical Training:
• Push-ups: 50 (build muscle fibers)
• Squats: 50 (leg power calibration)
• Pull-ups: 20 (upper body strength)
2. Cardiovascular Conditioning:
• Sprint: 1 km (blood flow regulation)
• Stair Run: 20 floors (endurance integration)
3. Core Stabilization:
• Meditation/Bloodline Focus: 10 min (align demonic and vampiric energy cores)
• Energy Channeling: Practice summoning a minor hybrid aura (20 successful attempts)
4. Combat Simulation:
• 5 shadow combat trials (illusionary opponents — speed, reflex, power test)
• Target strikes with precision (must hit 95% accuracy)
5. Hybrid Awakening:
• Draw 50 ml of your own blood and infuse it with demonic energy (system guidance)
• Channel vampiric essence to accelerate healing
Rewards:
• +3 Strength
• +3 Agility
• +3 Reflexes
• +1 Hybrid Core Stability
• +Unlock Minor Abilities
Failure Penalty:
• Body degradation
• Muscle collapse
• Bone fracture progression
• Core destabilization (life-threatening)
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Ted's mind was spinning, collapsing under too many impossible words.
It felt like he'd been thrown into a sci‑fi fantasy game he'd never signed up for.
The system pulsed once more, blue light glowing, emphasizing each line of text:
[Attention: All objectives must be completed in sequence. Progress will be logged. Partial completion reduces Hybrid Core Efficiency.]
[Round-Up Reminder: At the end of each cycle, the Hybrid System will evaluate muscle, bone, energy, and aura development.]
[Failure to meet minimum thresholds will require emergency intervention and may permanently weaken hybrid potential.]
Ted's eyes darted over the words.
This couldn't be real.
It COULDN'T.
His breaths turned shallow and rapid.
He felt dizzy.
He needed something—ANYTHING—normal to ground himself.
Suddenly he scrambled across the room.
"A mirror… I need—I need to see myself—where is the mirror—there has to be one—"
He yanked open drawers.
Looked behind curtains.
Pressed his palms against smooth walls.
His movements were frantic, desperate.
"Where—where do you keep a mirror in a place like this—?"
Just then—
The door clicked.
Ted froze.
It swung open.
A man walked in. A doctor, by the looks of him. Behind him were several men in uniform.
All of them stopped.
All of them stared at Ted.
Their expressions were identical—
Shock.
As if they had just seen a ghost.
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Ted— Luxion Vale—turned sharply to face the newcomers. His heart raced, and his mind spun. He froze, eyes wide, staring at them.
The men outside the door, in uniform, did not step further inside. Their expressions were tense, rigid, almost reverent. It was obvious—they hadn't come for him alive. They had come to carry Luxion Vale's dead body.
Ted's stomach lurched. His breaths came fast and shallow.
The doctor stepped forward, his coat swishing softly. His gaze locked on Ted,he seemed so shocked.
"I… I have never diagnosed wrong," he muttered under his breath, more to himself than to anyone else.
Ted blinked at him, confused, his mind still trying to reconcile the impossible. He was alive—but in Luxion Vale's body. The system, the blue light, the daily quests… it was all real.
The doctor sighed deeply, almost as if burdened by the weight of what he was seeing. He then turned his attention fully to Ted, his expression firming into professionalism.
"Sit," he said calmly, though his eyes betrayed the lingering shock.
Ted's knees trembled. Slowly, almost mechanically, he lowered himself onto the edge of the bed, his mind still reeling, the system's glowing interface hovering silently nearby.
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In the depths of the academy, in a wing rarely seen by others, a man sat cross‑legged on a massive leather chair.
His long, jet-black hair fell like a dark waterfall down his back, brushing the edges of the polished floor.
He sat with his back turned, silent, unmoving. Yet one could feel the weight of his presence, a powerful air pressing against the room, heavy and commanding.
The silence shattered with the soft click of the heavy door opening.
A uniformed officer entered, posture rigid, precise. He bowed low, almost unnaturally.
"Supreme..Luxion Vale is still alive."
The words lingered, impossible in their implication.
The man did not move. He remained seated, his back a wall of calm authority, yet the room seemed to shrink under the pressure of his aura.
Finally, his deep, controlled voice cut through the silence like steel.
"Didn't you say he was confirmed dead?"
The uniformed man's throat moved nervously.
"Y‑Yes… that's what Doctor Harlon Vess reported."
He swallowed hard. "I went there with the others… as you commanded, to retrieve the body. He was… clearly standing. Alive."
A shadow passed over the seated figure's shoulders, sharper than the darkness around him.
He leaned forward slightly, deliberate, each movement radiating power that could crush mountains without raising his voice.
"Send for Harlon immediately."