Chapter 43: Vampires night out
When the sun sets again, Tral goes back out into the mountains leaving behind the ghouls with orders to stay in that area.
He learned a great deal about the mountain layout when he drank those bandits even though they knew little else. He could also vaguely sense an energy within living beings even some specific plants although he didn't know much about that energy it seemed a useful way to gauge the strength of his prey.
It didn't take him long to return to where Darick had set up camp. When he returned his friend simply looked him up and down before saying "You look much better... You're.. not going to try biting me again right?"
Tral laughed at this "No I think I'm under control for now but I can still feel that hunger knawing away at my insides only much less then before"
Tral looked at his friend strangely for a ment making Darick uneasy again before asking in a light hearted manner "You game for an arm wrestle to test this bad boy out?"
Darick immediately burst out laughing "Ha you think you're that much stronger already? Well be prepared to taste dirt when I toss your dumb ass."
Tral makes a table and chairs for their friendly contest. The match didn't last long as Darick won rather quickly but could easily tell Tral had become twice as strong as before and actually put up a bit of a fight before his hand hit the table.
"well you're definitely stronger and seem to defy the laws of physics to an extent but aren't quite as supernatural as I would expect from a blood sucker." Darick teases ruffling Trals hair.
"Come on now, I just turned. You can't really expect me to be flying around or turning into bats if that myth is even a thing." Tral rebutted while knocking his friends hand off.
"But I know I can gain knowledge from people I drink so the next order of business is to find some doctors or science types so maybe I can start making real living things. I tried one of my temporary living creatures but it tasted freaking weird and didn't really do it for me." Tral explains receiving a raised brow from Darick but he didn't question who exactly his friend drank.
Tral goes on to suggest "I gained quite a bit of knowledge about these area's around here and know there is a small settlement to the south of here. Maybe I can get lucky and learn a trick or two about that cultivation thing from a southerner while we look for a doctor."
Darick although not too pleased about Tral's new taste for innocent civilians agrees as that would help them get in shape to deal with their enemies.
The duo processed to travel by jet pack most of the way before landing just outside a small mountain village that is pretty secluded from the rest of society.
"Well it looks like there aren't too many strong people there though I can tell a number of them have powers from their stronger aura and one of them is even giving off a stronger feeling although it's not even close to yours Darick" Tral summarized after scouting out the place. He told Darick about the his heightened senses as well as his feeling of a living beings energy along the way.
"anyway you could grab one during the day when they leave the village to gather herbs or hunt, so we can learn more?" He asks Darick who reluctantly agrees before heading off to sleep to be ready for the morning.
Tral doesn't waste the night though and moves off on foot to scout around the path that leads from the village back to civilization south of the mountains. He makes reasonable speed similar to a bike without being held up by terrain and quickly leaves the village out of view.
About two hour's travel from the village he comes across a small trading caravan composed of two merchants and three guards with a donkey attached to small cart.
They made camp there and seemed to have been heading towards the village to trade supplies. Only one of the guards was awake on watch while everyone else appeared to be sleeping.
It only took Tral moments to sneak up behind the guard as silent as a ghost to sink his teeth into his neck quickly learning the trade route and an ok amount information about the village as well as the nearby town they came from.
After that it was a simple matter to deal with the rest with only one of the other guards briefly waking up in terror only to never wake again.
Tral found out that the village mostly collected medical herds to trade for various supplies in town and that it had a shaman who knew a decent amount about lower grade potions as well as the village chief who was considered an acceptable warrior boasting a higher end earth ranked strength power which must have been the stronger being he felt in the village.
With that dealt with he got rid of all the evidence by causing a rock slide above the camp to bury the camp as well as the path to the village. He made sure that the corpses wouldn't reanimate by decapitating them first.
He returned to Darick after another hour of scouting to write up a note with the information obtained for him to read when he woke up before going to sleep for the day.
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone