The Fallen Vampire

Taira and Aveena passed through the doorway and stepped into the training hall, one after the other.

Taira wore his standard blue gi with a simple belt around his waist. Aveena wore a thick set of bandages around her chest, forearms, knuckles, and feet, with a pair of baggy black pants.

Before he could even close the door behind them, the cultists inside were greeting the pair loudly.

"WE GREET OUR DAI-SHI!"

Aveena was known by her family for having a very playful personality and a general unseriousness surrounding life.

So can you imagine Taira's surprise when she suddenly put on a very stoic, no-nonsense personality?

He had but one single thought on his mind at the moment.

'That's…hot.'

Even though he wasn't currently using telepathy, Aveena still could hear Taira's thoughts loud and clear judging by the subtle redness of her ears.

Truthfully, she was quite nervous this morning when she woke up. It had truly set in that she was going to be a leader to a group of people.

Aveena had a senior sister that she practically idolized before her sect fell to ruin.

She was strong, diligent, virtuous, and incredibly upstanding.

Aveena thought that was the kind of person who should be leader of a sect.

She could not emulate the wisdom of the abbess who was like a mother to her, but she could atleast put on the act of a hard-nosed motivator.

But who knew her little stint in acting would rouse her husband's sexual interest as well?

It was like the gift that just kept on giving!

""Xuéshēng."" Aveena and Taira greeted the disciples in unison.

Robotically, the disciples all resumed their normal posture.

Aveena spoke first, with Taira stealing discreet glances at her hips and chiseled back.

"As it's the first day, I'll be going over the method of your instruction aside from your independent study.

On the first and third days of the week, I will instruct you in body tempering and soul nourishment.

On the second and fourth, Taira will instruct you in hand-to-hand and qi growth.

You will spar as part of your training everyday, but on the fifth day it will be from sun up to sun down. If you aren't paying close attention, you will fall behind quickly.

That said…"

Aveena glanced at Raymond out of the corner of her eye. "I highly recommend that you do not skip breakfast. Or neglect proper rest for that matter."

The big guy lowered his head in mild embarrassment.

Aveena continued her briefing without losing her rhythm.

"Now, I'm sure you may wonder why we're having those of you who use arcane participate in body tempering, and those of you who cultivate must participate in soul nourishment."

Even if they hadn't said anything just yet, the cultists were indeed wondering about that, since it was an extremely uncommon practice.

Except the humans who didn't know what was going on either way… they were kind of just along for the ride right now.

Taira held out his hand and 'something' swirled around in his hand.

It wasn't tangible or visible, but the room full of cultists knew that it was there.

"I'm sure you all felt the change in our home that we made a few nights ago. Qi is now extraordinarily plentiful here. I'm sure you can already feel it's benefits." He finally said.

The group nodded slightly. A lot of sheets had to be washed a few days ago because the room full of cultivators woke up with traces of waste leaving their bodies through their pores.

But on a less gross note, their cells felt like they were being lovingly caressed by an outside energy.

Their minds were greatly expanded, their potential more than doubled, and their sex drives through the roof!

…Well, not every new benefit was as important as the others. But they were still worthy of note.

"So long as you grow in this environment, you will learn to cultivate and use arcane freely. Your potential will no longer be limited to having the aptitude for one or the other." Taira continued.

Again, the humans only understood around half of what was being said.

But the asanbosam were not so unaware in the matters of normalcy that they didn't understand the massive blessing that had been laid at their bare feet.

Already, choosing to follow Taira and Aveena was showing tremendous benefits.

"Prepare yourselves for instruction."

"NDIO!" (Yes)

As the room full of new cultists rose to their feet, a few among them were picked out of the crowd.

"You six. Come with me." Taira suddenly said.

Needless to say, everyone knew that he was speaking to the humans.

"Damn it, are we in trouble already..?" Jordan whispered.

"I told you guys to be on time..!" Saanvi hissed.

"It's fat ass' fault!" Sawyer spat.

Out of nowhere, the six humans suddenly began floating upside down against their own power.

Taira began walking towards them with his hands clasped behind his back. All cultists respectfully bowed and stepped aside as he passed them.

"You aren't in trouble, but you need special instruction. You all are soft. Undisciplined.

Cultivation shows true distinction when built upon a foundation that is already rock solid.

Neither my wife or I are interested in wasting time and resources to end up with a sub-par follower.

So before we can build you up, we feel it is necessary to break you down a bit."

Jordan and Corey tentatively raised their hands while still upside down.

"…Yes, you are still going to get 'super powers'." Taira rolled his eyes.

The duo put their hands back down.

Taira started to exit the dojo while pulling the humans along under his own power.

His foot had barely crossed the threshold when he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. Read new adventures at novelbuddy

"…You seem to have something to say."

He casually glanced over his shoulder at Sawyer; who's fists were balled up as he was drug along by the rest of the group.

"…I'm not like the rest of these chumps, alright? I'm built different. I've been in sports since I was five, got my brown belt in taekwondo at sixteen. I can keep up with anything you throw at me."

"Taekwondo..?" Taira tilted his head.

"It's a school of martial arts on earth."

"…Oh?"

Taira suddenly dropped Sawyer onto his head in the middle of the hall.

"Get back."

Without needing to be told twice, every cultist inside of the hall put their backs against the walls.

Vaal and Shakti were seething.

As Banes, they were responsible for making sure that those underneath them were on their best behavior. Especially in front of their Dai-Shi.

The continuous disregard for honorifics, the sheer lack of humility, the gall to question methods of instruction, the list went on.

It reflected poorly on their positions, and that could absolutely not be tolerated.

Perhaps they had not given the humans proper motivation.

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Sawyer scrambled to his feet and found only Taira standing above him.

He had removed his belt so that his gi was hanging open, and draped it over his neck.

"This is so unlike me… but maybe I'm just in a good mood this morning."

He bound his hands and feet in thick blocks of black ice that restricted all movement he could've made.

"You want to distinguish yourself? You think yourself adept enough to stand among the race of people who've lived in the wild since birth? That's fine..."

Taira gestured to the belt hanging around his neck like an Olympic medal.

"I won't move from this spot. Nor will I use my techniques. If you can take this from me, I'll grant your request."

Sawyer still vividly remembered losing his eye without even being able to perceive what happened.

But if Taira couldn't move, couldn't use his hands, and Sawyer only had to grab a single belt from his neck, he thought it may be doable.

And yet, he still had cold feet as to whether he should actually try his luck.

"It seems that I haven't made myself clear."

A bitter chill engulfed the room; causing icicles and frost to form along the ceiling.

"You have interrupted your Dai-Shi's lesson. Spat on the honor of your brothers and sisters to distinguish yourself as 'head of the pack'.

Since you were bold enough to make the statements, you will prove their validity yourself."

"L-Look, I was just-"

"If you do not, I will break every bone in the left side of your body. Twice."

Sawyer's face paled; causing Taira to show an uncharacteristic smile.

"Why the cold feet? Show me those impressive earth martial arts of yours."

Aveena had been leaning against the wall and watching this entire display with a narrow gaze.

She had a great many thoughts on her mind at the moment, but one of them was undoubtedly more prevalent than the rest.

'He's so fucking hot…'