After specifying his request all Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] could see was a big smile on Tobias[Tobias[Tobias[Logan]]]'s face. After acquiring a few samples of the Vampire Lord's blood, along with a few other things, Tobias[Tobias[Tobias[Logan]]] started to go to work.
He claimed that the whole process could take a while. Just making some clones would be easy enough, but actually improving one to make it 'complete' was a bigger task. The scientist would first have to run some tests on the Nest Crystal.
He was after all, attempting to do something that not even Francis[Francis[Francis[Richard]]] had done, but would use the information to help him.
That was when Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] found out that Tobias[Tobias[Tobias[Logan]]] had his own Nest Crystal, now there were two. One that made the human clones for human blood and the one Tobias[Tobias[Tobias[Logan]]] had. However, he stated that it was needed to create a better clone.
"It looks like you have confidence then, but I was actually wondering if we should use the Nest Crystal to create multiple clones? That's how Francis[Francis[Francis[Richard]]] and Blake[Blake[Blake[Jim]]] were able to create their army, right?" Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] asked.
While Tobias[Tobias[Tobias[Logan]]] was typing information away and looking at certain numbers he was replying to Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]], but Shiro was left bored not really doing anything.
"Humans have never lacked in numbers. There's far more of us than the Oregon[Oregon[Oregon[Dalki]]], and with the Vampires' help we will have even more. Unfortunately, our numbers matter little to them. Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]], the problem is that the Oregon[Oregon[Oregon[Dalki]]] are getting stronger far faster than us.
"You heard Joseph[Joseph[Joseph[Sam]]]'s report, right? When looking at Blake[Blake[Blake[Jim]]] and Francis[Francis[Francis[Richard]]]'s clones they were nowhere near the strength of the original, but I plan to change that. What we need more than anything is power."
Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] wanted to ask more, but he stopped himself from talking about the incidents that happened on Earth while he was away.
'I guess there will just have to be an order to these things. First create a body for you, then if we find another Nest Crystal on one of those beast planets, upgrade the system and finally use the last one to create more clones. I understand what Tobias[Tobias[Tobias[Logan]]] is saying, but if we can even stop one more person from having to die, then it's worth it in my eyes.' Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] thought.
Since Tobias[Tobias[Tobias[Logan]]] said it would take him a long time, possibly a few days even, Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] decided that there were other things he could attend to. Before leaving though, he had taken Shiro with him, and told Rachael[Rachael[Rachael[Linda]]] to escort him around the settlement, to silently look after him.
Then there was a certain place that Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] wanted to visit. He had found out that a certain family had claimed a weapon that he didn't feel like belonged to them.
Soon, Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] found himself in front of the 1st family castle. As he walked through the doors, the vampires all bowed as there was no need for the King to make an appointment. The vampires were actually happy to see him.
Another perk about being the Vampire King was nobody would ever dare to jump on Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]], even though some of them clearly wanted to. Instead, they just stayed there, respectively bowing until he passed them.
Eventually, Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] made it to the person he was looking for, a young leader who was in his room being served by four vampire servants, all female. Each one was dressed skimpily, their clothes leaving little to the imagination, and they were in the midst of putting on clothes on a young man.
"Can you not even dress yourself?" Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] announced his presence with a light chuckle.
The female vampires straight away bowed down to the King, stopping what they were doing, leaving Nicu with a half unbuttoned shirt revealing the top half of his chest. Eventually, Nicu bowed down as well, hiding his disgruntled look.
"Your Majesty, there was no need for you to come here, if you had only called I would have arrived in a heartbeat." Nicu claimed.
"Oh, it's no bother, really. I don't plan to stay long. I merely came because it came to my ears that the first family has laid claim not only to Charles[Charles[Charles[Bryce]]]'s cain sword, but also William[William[William[Arthur]]]'s Blood Sword. While I won't deny you your heritage, William[William[William[Arthur]]] was a friend of mine, and as the only remaining Punisher, I would just like what is rightfully mine." Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] saw no need to talk around the topic. He wasn't requesting the sword back, he was telling Nicu to return what belonged to him.
"But Your Majesty!" Nicu protested nervously, worried that he might be hit again. Their last meeting had left some fear in his heart for this outlier. "The first family has suffered immensely during that last attack. A lot of the leaders and families no longer have power that they did before.
"I have never seen Your Majesty use a sword. Wouldn't you agree that such a fine sword deserves to be used?"
"On that I fully agree." Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] nodded, surprising the young leader. "However, it will be up to me as for who I deem to be that worthy someone. Now tell me where it is, or do you wish to make your King look for it himself?"
Nicu couldn't hold back his anger again. He had been trained by his father to follow the vampires' traditions, all of the families had heirs who had been trained from birth, and this outsider who knew nothing about vampires had suddenly become King didn't even know he was walking lightly over them all.
If he was to get hit again, then so be it.
"You are just abusing your power! Didn't you claim you wanted to be different from the other Kings?!" Nicu shouted at him in frustration. Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] paused for a second, while the female vampires by Nicu's carefully stepped away from him, worried about what might happen next.
"Of all the surviving families, your's is the one who has the least right to complain about how I do things." Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] stared down at him with immense anger. "In case you've forgotten, it was due to YOUR father that William[William[William[Arthur]]] attacked the settlement.
"Just as it was under YOUR father that the lives of innocent vampires had been sacrificed and that includes my family as well as your own. Imagine, if you were taken, told to sacrifice your life. Just because you were born his son, it never happened to you, you have lived your life with no fear.
"Imagine if Charles[Charles[Charles[Bryce]]] was still King and one of the other leaders had done the same things he did. Now look me in the eyes and tell me whether you believe YOUR father would allow such a family to exist for even a day after discovering such a heinous crime! We both know, he would have claimed that all the vampires in the family were at fault for not stopping their leader.
"Yet I haven't punished any of you."
Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] then moved his hand outward and spread his fingers. Nicu was waiting for something to happen, and a short while later they could hear noise. Suddenly something crashed through the floor and what appeared in his hands was the large greatsword.
"Good thing there was still a bit of blood on the sword. Seems like I didn't really need your help, after all." Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] stated, turning away, but stopped just when half of him had disappeared into a shadow.
"Your sister was a good person, Nicu. She followed the rules, and cared about her family no matter what. I hope that in the future you can become more like Fiza[Fiza[Fiza[Kazz]]] rather than Charles[Charles[Charles[Bryce]]]. Instead of just caring about the first family, why not try to see all the leaders as part of your family?"
With that Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] left, and placed the Blood sword in his dimensional space.
Still, Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] did wonder what would be the best thing to do with the sword. Despite his young age, he did have a point. He wasn't a swordsman, but the Blood sword and its powers went well with the Blood armour he wore.
'It's as if fate is trying to coerce me into learning proper swordsmanship with all the swords I keep collecting.' Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] thought with amusement.
He then soon received a call from Tobias[Tobias[Tobias[Logan]]]. It hadn't been long, only a few hours, so he was worried something had gone wrong. However, arriving at the lab, he could see that there was good news awaiting him.
Floating in one of the glass tubes, was a person that looked identical to himself.
"Maybe we should give him a different hairstyle or another hair colour so we can differentiate between the two of us? I've always wondered what I would look like with cyan or green hair."
On a closer look he noticed a difference. There was a small marking around the clone's chest, which stuck out slightly. Archer[Archer[Archer[Quinn]]] was sure that underneath was where the Nest Crystal had been placed.
'Amazing, Tobias[Tobias[Tobias[Logan]]] has managed to use the Nest Crystal itself to create a perfect clone. With its unlimited energy it means the clone can live for almost forever!' Odom[Odom[Odom[Vincent]]] explained excitedly.
'Well, I hope you'll like it. After all, it's going to be your body from now on. Let's call Shiro over and do this!'
To be continued........
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