Blood Awakening: The Strongest Hybrid and His Vampire Bride Chapter 107: The Cursed Tower - Entrace!

Nikolai held his phone for a few monts after the tone cut. He didn't notice when, but his affection for Nikita was growing faster than he realised. It ca to a point where he found himself paying attention to her slight changes and actions when around him.

'Her lovely voice and the way she gets so excited makes go crazy...'

He looked at his current amount of Nexus Coins and opened the private terminal for the auction house that sold defensive gear, items from the tower and other goods that were created just for monsters in the Nexus.

'Hmm... there are so collector items from the human kingdoms that used to exist in the 1400s and remnants from the Second Great War?'

Because he didn't want to take too long, he began to think about what would suit him best.

Although his claws were the strongest weapon he had when fighting as a werewolf or devilwolf, he felt the limitations when fighting wraiths.

'Sotis my claws might be too short...'

"Well, let's open the Weapons Tab and see if sothing pops out at ."

The mont he began to operate the terminal, pressing the weapon tab and sliding through the overly expensive items. Nikolai noticed this Nexus sold weapons from modern pistols and machine guns to old, refurbished swords and weapons that had no place being sold here for countless years in the past.

"Wow, blue bear's pistol? Is this a genuine item... Though those old-fashioned pistols were a pain to reload, and I am not a fan of guns anyway."

Although guns were the best tool to use against basic monsters, because of their evolution and changes over their growth, a bullet couldn't kill most breeds and races of monsters.

A silver bullet would cause significant damage to a werewolf, vampire and undead types.

However, it could never kill one with a noble bloodline or above. Thus, the SSS trained their bodies and used silver-forged weapons that could perform best with the physical enhancents of the SSS mbers.

[So, let's look. There are even strange weapons from the tower that fuse with your monster bloodlines. See there, a claw enhancent and modification!]

'Hmm?'

[Weapons] (Werewolf) (Sword) (Enhancent)

Silver Tips - 4000 Nexus Coins

Iron Claws - 1500 Nexus Coins

Silver Longsword - 5000 Nexus Coins

Bloodstone Broadsword - 7000 Nexus Coins

Blackguard Rapier - 10000 Nexus Coins

"It seems that I should buy sothing interesting, but I don't want to waste too much money. Nexus coins are hard to co by..."

He then checked his current bank balances on his identification card. The numbers are not surprising yet. Nikolai felt so freedom in his purchases thanks to the amount.

[Nexus Account: 20,000]

[Saver Accont: $10,000,000]

'What is the difference between weapons and enhancent? Let's see...'

Nikolai noticed a small plus sign beside each item that showed the previous prices and how many people were selling the item. It even gave information on where it ca from and how to get it though it seed normally you would have to pay for such information.

"I guess I have a first purchase trial."

[Silver Claw Tips]

Offensive Enhancent

Evolution Material

Modification - Damage Increased, Sharpness increased, Stops Regeneration

Cost: 4000-6000 Nexus Coins

[Silver Claws]

Offensive Defensive Enhancent

Evolution Material

Modification - Damage Increased, Durability Increased, Penetration Up

Cost: 5000-8000 Nexus Coins

A sudden screen appeared, showing the detailed imagery of the two items. The strange thing was that both were not a tal item but silver blood.

The user would drink the potion of blood, and their claws would transform, gaining the abilities of each upgrade and the modifications that ca with it.

[Would You Like To Buy?] (Total Cost: 10,000 Nexus Coins)

[Y/N]

"Of course, I'll take them!"

With a press of the green accept button, the screen began to buffer for a mont before a ssage ca to his phone and the identification card, which seed to use so type of Wi-Fi or magical signal that perford like the internet.

Beep!

A voice suddenly sounded from the speaker.

"Thank you for your purchase, Sir Volkov. Your product will be delivered discreetly within one hour. Please have a nice day."

The overly enthusiastic custor service voice made Nikolai feel quite amused, but thanks to the auction house delivery feature, it could be sent via Nexus Mail straight to the teleportation pad inside his room for an extra 10 Nexus Coins!

[Nexus Account: 9,990]

[Saver Accont: $10,000,000]

'Not only that but anything I buy in the next hour will be put on the sa delivery, shouldn't I look for sothing to wear...?'

He wanted sothing that looked cool to him in the past, but because he would only wear it in the tower. Nikolai settled on an expensive Trench coat and black combat outfit that seed to have been made from silk and materials found in the tower.

[Midnight Trench coat of The Wolf]

Defensive Equipnt

Evolution Material

Modification - Self Repairing, Temperature Control, Self Cleaning

Cost: 1000-2000 Nexus Coins

[Spiderweave Combat Suit]

Defensive Equipnt

Evolution Material

Modification - Self Repairing, Self Cleaning, Damage Resistant

Cost: 2000-3000 Nexus Coins

These two items dropped his coins to 6,990, and he bought so extra comfort boots for 500 coins that had the sa modifications as his coat but also had special padding that would make his feet never ache or hurt.

[There are more items to choose from, but if you take too long, then will you ever be on ti for your date with Nikita?]

'Yeah, yeah... I understand.'

In reality, there were provisions and potions he could buy, but right now, he wanted to keep the current amount of coins just in case sothing happened and to bet on himself.

***

Not long after the sound of the teleportation device sounded while Nikolai walked out of his room after a quick shower and wearing a towel.

"My things are here. I should get ready to go and look into the tower, then..." he opened the tal capsule inside the teleportation room, and it was like those you'd find at a bank.

A black case with various items, the two potion bottles were wrapped in a black foam to keep them safe, while the clothes were vacuum sealed and untouched.

First, Nikolai opened the foam casing to the left of the box and opened the vial of Silver blood.

"This sll of silver is incredible. Is it because I am a vampire? The scent reminds of a dium rare steak with low seasoning and a peppercorn sauce. But will they affect that much when I have my black claws? I guess I'll find out now! Bottoms up!"

Nikolai drank both bottles of the strange silvery red potion that looked like thick goo. The scent was delicious, and the taste... wasn't bad... It was close to a Sunday al with roasted potatoes, chicken, carrots, mash and gravy,, a very savoury taste. Suddenly, an itch began to bother him, and his fingers were getting uncomfortable.

"It seems this is beginning..."

His nails were itching and growing with a sudden feeling, like getting pins and needles throughout your whole body. Then, his nails began to bleed. It felt similar to an ingrowing toenail he once had as a child, as the smooth human nails dug into his flesh for a mont before they started dropping from his fingers.

"ARRRRRGH!" Nikolai growled with pain as his human hands turned into devilish, distorted claws as the nails grew outwardly, becoming sharper and longer until finally turning a silvery black. His newly enhanced black claws didn't turn silver but beca edged and gained a shimr to them like the gleam of a sharp knife.

'What?!'

It caused great pain in his black deford claw, the monstrous shape slightly adjusted as now the claws seed normal—they were just double the length of his Volkov-ford claws.

[Oh, my? Did the potions cause your deford hands to adjust themselves slightly? Now your hands don't look so eerie, but they are still brutal and nothing like a normal werewolf...]

"Ha... it hurts.... like I poured... hot oil into my hands...."

[Are you alright?]

Elizabeth's voice beca concerned when she noticed that even when his body returned to human form, the changes to his hands remained in the devilwolf state.

This enhancent didn't disappear, also, unlike normal enhancents, which were just evolutionary objects that stayed in a monster's bloodline and affected its original appearance. This was permanent, and now Nikolai would keep the strength of his Devil form's claws even when using his father's bloodline.

"Phew... it's starting to pass." Nikolai muttered with sweat dripping from his brow.

He then scooped up the new clothes and pulled out the black combat suit. It was smooth and sleek. The inside felt close to lycra, but the outside was soft and smooth, like spider silk. When wearing it slowly, it felt cool, as if lowering his temperature the mont he wore it.

The self-cleaning aspect seed to apply to his body as the sweat and slightly dirty feeling vanished.

His Trench coat slipped over his body smoothly, and it sat well on his shoulders. It had a slightly military look, like a jacket from the First Great War or the Second Great War of the G-Empire without the sa icons. Instead, they seed to have been replaced with Werewolves and wolf faces.

He could use so straps along the inside of the waist, which seed to be for hidden weapons or arms.

Nikolai stretched in the new outfit and found it looked rather great in the mirror, black as the main colour and silver accenting his military trench coat and fitting his boots, which fit perfectly.

But that was because he noticed all the items adjusted slightly.

The coat's shoulders widened and grew longer while the suit clung to his body like a body suit.

***

[You look so amazing, like one of those handso duke of the North characters from the S-Kingdoms Manhwa! Mother wants to take pictures, please~ give a cara!]

'...'

While he set the teleportation device to take him to the lowest difficulty area of the tower, his mother seed excited about his current outfit.

He knew what kind of man she ant, the type of hero from a female Korean manhwa set in Western dieval settings.

"I can always wear it again, don't be silly. It's ti to leave."

Nikolai then sent a ssage to Selene and Nikita before pressing the teleportation button.

[The Cursed Tower]

(A tower for beginners and weak monsters. Common enemy: Undead, Goblins.)

In monts, he appeared within a white space with just a door standing opposite. Nikolai, a stranger to this scene, opened the door. He found himself in a place with one path with a spiral staircase heading upwards and leading to a single arched doorway.

There was only one way up the stairs and into a new section likely where the entrance of the Tower's first floor started.