Li De didn't expect the players to actually come.
1,095 days, exactly three years.
"glory" had emphasized in its promotions that the time ratio between the game and reality was 1:3—one day in reality equaled three days in the game.
Originally, Li De thought the game company was just exaggerating, but considering the servers were set to open in a year and the status panel now showed over 1,000 days, it turned out to be true.
In other words, I transmigrated into the game three years early?
For a moment, excitement flashed in Li De's eyes.
Starting as the Vampire Progenitor with hundreds of underlings and being a level 10 High-level Mage... wasn't this a bit too much?
But it didn't matter; the more overpowered, the better. He liked it.
After his excitement subsided, Li De turned his attention to the status panel.
The skills listed there immediately made his heart race.
His skills were divided into three main categories.
First were the Talents, with three skills in total.
Talents: Vampire Progenitor (Unique), Bloodline Shackles (Limited), Magic Affinity (Extreme)
Vampire Progenitor: You are the progenitor of the vampires, possessing a powerful bloodline that grants immunity to sunlight. You can develop one Blood Descendant per month. The loyalty of all Blood Descendants and their offspring is fixed at absolute loyalty. Each Blood Descendant provides you with 1 character experience point per month.
After reading the skill description, excitement gleamed in Li De's eyes. Fixed absolute loyalty—this attribute was simply domineering.
His heart was completely at ease. He had been afraid of being exposed, but with the absolute loyalty attribute, it wouldn't matter even if he did something outrageous.
And the fact that each Blood Descendant provided 1 character experience point per month was also an extremely practical attribute.
Gaining experience for characters in "glory" was extremely difficult, something specifically mentioned on the official website.
Although he was only level 10 and just a High-level Mage, he could practically walk unchallenged in a massive city like Green City with its population of over a million.
Bloodline Shackles (Limited): As the Vampire Progenitor, you have absolute authority over Blood Descendants. You can control them through the Bloodline Shackles, issuing commands that are ingrained into their very blood.
Controlling Blood Descendants through their blood; the brief description gave Li De an even more domineering impression.
The Vampire Progenitor's control over the vampire race was simply absolute.
In particular, the ability to issue commands ingrained in the blood gave Li De much to think about.
He keenly felt that this skill would definitely be of great use in the future.
The final Talent.
Magic Affinity (Extreme): Your affinity for magic has reached the limit, allowing you to control magic as you wish.
Simple and crude, yet very powerful.
It clearly told Li De that he was destined to be a mage and shouldn't think about anything else.
According to the official "glory" website, everyone could only choose two fixed Talents when selecting a class.
But not only did Li De have an extra one, all three Talents were more powerful than the last.
The second skill category was Racial Skills.
These were also three extremely practical skills.
Transform into Bat: Can transform into 100 small Bats, each containing 5% of your power. As long as one Bat remains, you can be reborn. You can also manifest Bat wings to fly at 50% the speed of the small Bats.
Suck Blood to Recover: Vampires can Suck Blood to Recover stamina, mana, and spirit.
Super Constitution (Passive): The Vampire Progenitor possesses a strong body.
Strong. Only now did Li De intuitively feel just how powerful this Vampire Progenitor body he occupied really was.
Super Constitution and Magic Affinity—this was simply a god-given path for dual cultivation in magic and physical combat.
In terms of potential alone, he feared that even the hidden classes mentioned in passing on the "glory" website couldn't compare.
The third skill category was Mage Skills.
Mage skills were ranked from low to high as first-circle spell, Second Circle Spell, Third-Circle Spell, Fourth-Circle Spell, Fifth-Ring Spell, Forbidden Spell, and Divine Spell.
Li De was currently a level 10 High-level Mage, mastering a dozen or so first-circle spell and Second Circle Spells, along with three Third-Circle Spells. Fourth-Circle Spells could only be learned by Great Mages who reached level 15.
Fifth-Ring Spells were only accessible to Transcendent Mages over level 20. As for Forbidden Spells and Divine Spells, it went without saying that they were far beyond Li De's current reach.
But for some reason, Li De didn't see any skills related to the Warrior class.
In "glory," everyone could have two classes, but the level of the sub-class could only be half that of the main class, and the sub-class suffered a double experience penalty.
Li De's status panel currently showed a level 5 Warrior class, but he only had mage skills.
After a brief recollection, he couldn't help but find it a bit funny.
The Vampire Progenitor was a die-hard magic enthusiast who believed magic was the most powerful and had always looked down on the Warrior class.
The reason the sub-class was set to Warrior was also because of the Super Constitution passive racial talent; he had changed classes to Warrior just to maximize his potential.
He sighed inwardly. Vampires were truly a god-gifted race; aside from the weakness of fearing sunlight, they were so strong they had no equals.
But now, with the bug-like Talent of the Vampire Progenitor, the weakness of fearing sunlight was gone. This time, he was truly peerless.
Knock, knock, knock...
A series of knocks on the door interrupted Li De's thoughts.
"Lord Li De, are you inside?"
A crisp and moving voice, like that of a nightingale, drifted into the room through the wooden study door.
The girl outside was speaking another language, completely different from Chinese, yet Li De could understand it perfectly.
He answered subconsciously.
"I'm here."
As soon as he spoke, Li De was also a bit surprised. It wasn't Chinese, yet he spoke it with extreme proficiency.
"I must have acquired it after inheriting the original body's memories."
He felt relieved. Although he had inherited the Vampire Progenitor's memories, many lifestyle habits couldn't be changed overnight.
Now that he had inherited not just the attributes but also the language, there would be no problems.
He tidied his somewhat messy blue magic robe. His two fangs had already turned back into normal teeth. Although his face was still a bit pale, his spirit had recovered quite a bit.
He straightened his chest slightly and opened the door.
Creak...
The door opened, and a young girl wearing a blue magic robe appeared before Li De's eyes.
The girl had a slender and graceful figure, and her height of 1.7 meters exuded an outstanding temperament.
Her large, watery eyes were like torches held high by a goddess, with light shimmering within them.
Her facial features were delicate and small on her fair and tender face, which wore a broad smile.
Her long golden hair, slightly curled, draped over her back like waves of the sea.
What a delicate girl.
Li De's eyes lit up.
"Lord Li De, lunch has been prepared for you. Will you be dining in the study or the dining room?"
Vina gave a sweet smile and spoke in her gentlest voice.
As the master of this Mage Tower and an elite member of the Green City Magic Association, Li De's presence in this Mage Tower was like the heavens, possessing absolute power and unquestionable prestige.
Since Vina was selected by the Scarlet Mage Tower as a magic apprentice six months ago due to her outstanding magical talent, she had become the maid responsible for taking care of Li De's daily life.
A maid had many tasks, especially within a Mage Tower; often, she even had to... warm the master's bed.