Kapitel 50: Chapter Fifty: the Test
Arden is not the only one sweating bullets after Eris' display. In his many hundreds of years and in his thousands of battles fought, the vampire king has never felt this level of fear in his entire lifetime. He felt it since Eris entered the room. Every cell in his body is warning him not to anger the vampire in front of him, and telling him to submit, as if she was the alpha in a pack of wolves. However, as the vampire king, he holds a sense of pride that he must fight for.
"Eris Vermillion, if it is tested that you are in fact not related to the progenitor at all, and instead are passing out a blatant lie, then there will be a swift and severe punishment. And if you do have ties or are in fact the progenitor, you will battle me for a claim for the throne. Do you agree to these terms?" asks the king, wiping the sweat off his forehead.
"I agree," she answers.
At that point, Eris and her followers are led into a circular room by the vampire king and Arden. The room is completely made of dark grey stone and has a small pillar in the center. On top of this pillar is a large, red, spherical crystal that shines like a ruby. Eris approaches the jewel with curiosity, but for some reason, feels as if she has a connection to it.
"Reach out and touch the Blood Jewel. If it glows, then you have the blood of the progenitor within you," explains the vampire king.
Eris reaches out her hand hesitantly. As soon as a single one of her fingers touches the jewel, it immediately responds. The jewel begins shining with a brilliant light. Not only that, but it also sends out a shockwave of energy that shakes the room they're in. For some reason, Eris can't seem to remove her hand. Even with every ounce of her strength, she remains there with her hand on the jewel. Suddenly, the blinking red light dies down, and is replaced by black flames surrounding the jewel.
Eris feels a searing pain stabbing into her arm when the black flames emerge, "AAAHHHHHH!!!" she screams in pain.
Then she notices the black flames begin to travel up her arm, and with them, the pain also travels. Eris tries with all her might, but is still unable to remove her hand. Finally, the nails of her right hand turn into wicked talons. She raises her sharp claws, and brings them down right where her elbow meets her forearm. Her forearm is separated from her body just as the black flames fully engulf it. Eris' blood drips to the floor as she breathes a sigh of relief.
However, before she has the chance to regenerate her arm, the crystalized blood absorbs her forearm and then begins to melt back into a liquid state. But instead of flowing onto the floor, the blood shoots into the air, and then flows straight into the open wound where Eris cut off her arm. The vampire feels another wave of extreme pain, but instead of it being just in her arm, this time it's all over her body. Eric grabs the pillar, digging her claws into the stone and causing cracks to appear, to fight through the pain.
Finally the pain dies down, andis replaced by waves of energy flowing through her body. Eris breathes heavy breaths and looks over to find that her arm has completely healed. She then notices that both her arms have black, flame-like tattoos that run from her wrist to her shoulder. She looks to find everyone in the room with utter shock. Both the vampire king and Arden have expressions of fear, Hadrian, Chrono, Taila, and Lucina have looks of awe, and Serena and Rose look utterly shocked.
"You… What did you do?! You destroyed an ancient treasure left behind by our ancestor, you disgusting low…"
"Shut up, Arden!!" the king shouts angrily, cutting off the vampire's words, "Eris, what just happened?"
"The blood of that crystal belonged to her. The crystal wanted to reunite with her so it did," explains Serena with a look of reverence.
"That's what I was thinking as well," says Hadrian, "Our empress is the progenitor. There's nothing you can say to deny that."
"No! That's just a bedtime story! I shall not acknowledge a disgusting low…"
Eris once again exudes her full aura onto the entire room. But this time, it seems to be a bit stronger. She glares at Arden, sending a chill down his spine and sweat running down his back and face. Arden feels like a coyote standing in the presence of a mighty lion.
"I warned you once before. If you want to keep talking then I'll happily separate your body from your head. The crystal glowed when I touched it, and it did a lot more after that. I've met the requirements. Now is time for our fight, King…"
"Alexander. My name is Alexander Rimore. And I accept your challenge, Eris Vermillion."
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