Meow King was jealous to madness, but as the person involved, Joy Stick was also completely confused.

Although when previously told about the 7-day observation period, Administrator Alpha had informed him that the development team was discussing how to handle the NPC Melia Korando and her related quest chain, Brother Stick really hadn’t expected those crazy developers to actually keep this wolfsbane blind girl before him.

Most importantly, they even preserved his blood contract with her.

Although Joy Stick didn’t know what getting a real Embrace to obtain bloodline felt like, his messy mind was now ninety or even ninety-five percent certain! He must be the first vampire player in the game to complete the “First Embrace” achievement.

The character interface seemed to react with a delay as well. It wasn’t until Meow King’s third howl that Joy Stick’s Computation Bead began vibrating, revealing the truth of the scene before him:

【Test Quest – ‘Scientific and Unscientific Discussion on Vampire Reproduction Methods’ has been triggered!

Quest Objective: Due to interference from certain special forces, the strange relationship formed between you and Melia Korando through an accident has been preserved.

Because of your special life form, this incomplete ‘Embrace’ is unprecedented in all vampire history. Even the most learned Grand Duchess Tris cannot make a definitive judgment, but it’s certain that your relationship with Melia Korando can no longer be viewed from any normal perspective.

Therefore, Murphy has decided to observe how things develop.

However, as a member of the Blood Vulture Clan, you, the newly appointed clan knight, have the duty to record any interactions with your strange descendant and any potential ‘side effects’ that may or may not occur.

When encountering special situations regarding Melia Korando, please report them immediately to Governor Murphy or Grand Duchess Tris.

Quest Objective: Maintain the ‘special relationship’ with Melia Korando and continue observation, submit observation reports regularly until the relationship is fully analyzed.

Time Limit: ∞.

Quest Reward: Completion of perfect ‘Blood Contract’ gameplay testing and full gameplay implementation.

Developer Note!

Since the Blood Contract gameplay functionality is far from perfect, there is a certain probability of encountering special situations that current game mechanics cannot explain (referring to undiscovered hidden BUGS) when advancing the quest, thus placing quite demanding requirements on both the operations and psychological quality of test participants.

This quest progression may interfere with the test participant’s normal gaming experience, so the development team has reserved the option for test participants to terminate the quest process at any time.

When you feel too pressured and confirm that you no longer wish to bear any responsibility related to the special NPC Melia Korando, you can submit a contract termination application to Governor Murphy.

Developer Note!

Because your blood contract with Melia Korando is incomplete, the symbiotic relationship between both parties cannot maintain a normal form.

At the current intimacy level, you can forcefully require Melia to fight for you, assist you, or complete instructed tasks, but cannot force interactions beyond the current intimacy level.

Your current intimacy level with Melia Korando is “Unfamiliar Stranger”, available interaction types are: Weak Commands, Combat Assistance, Long-term Responsibilities.

Due to intimacy being at the minimum level, commands that do not align with Melia Korando’s unique values will be rejected.

For more information about servant interactions, please explore on your own and submit observation forms weekly.

Developer Note!

The Connection Contract in the blood contract is partially preserved, your maximum life force increases by 10%, your regeneration, stamina recovery and spirit energy recovery speed increases by 10%.

The Command Contract in the blood contract is partially preserved, you can completely trust Melia Korando.

The Death Contract in the blood contract is partially preserved, when Melia Korando dies permanently, you will immediately suffer 50% life damage and permanently lose 30% maximum life force.

Developer Note!

Because you received part of Melia Korando’s power feedback when completing the blood contract, your Agility +1, Endurance +1, Perception +1.

You gain new talent ‘Wolf Bat Toughness’: Life force recovery speed increased by 20%, resistance to various negative status effects increased.】

“Holy crap!”

This long string of quest descriptions and tips made Joy Stick realize he might have really pulled off something other players couldn’t imagine, while the combat power increases from the blood contract at the end of the quest tips also opened his eyes.

The different effects from the three contracts and the power and talent feedback from the Embrace made Stick realize his combat power had increased by at least one-fifth in an instant, not to mention having Melia Korando as a “special summon” to assist in battle was like gaining a powerful helper out of thin air.

In other words, the development team wasn’t joking, this “Embrace” gameplay was probably really an advanced feature that shouldn’t be unlocked at this stage, and his and Meow King’s BUG adventure had earned him test participant responsibilities.

Having to fill out observation forms every week and explore various blood contract effects on his own sounded troublesome, but when he looked up at the respectfully bowing Melia, a sense of “achievement” welled up in Joy Stick’s heart.

Your boy Stick is the first vampire player in this land to have a blood descendant, ha, this is way better than any hidden achievement.

“Get off! What are you howling about?”

He pushed away Meow King who was grabbing his collar and said with hands on hips:

“What are you jealous of? When you chose to convert to the path of Avalon, you were destined to say goodbye to things like blood contracts, they’re different faction gameplay mechanics. I haven’t even envied that you can already become an archbishop, what face do you have to be jealous that I have my own blood descendant?”

“You little bastard, getting benefits and still being smug about it?”

Meow King screamed while jumping up and down:

“Just wait and see if I expose you on the forums! When those guys find out you were assigned a certified waifu, see if they don’t waylay you offline.”

“What do you mean ‘assigned’? Explain yourself! This is something I earned through completing quests, okay? I took risks too!”

Joy Stick shouted assertively:

“They already said it’s an incomplete gameplay mechanic, I’m now under pressure helping others perfect the gameplay, if they don’t thank me that’s one thing, but how could they waylay me offline? None of them have any conscience!

Hmph, go ahead and expose me if you want, see if I’m scared.

Come on!

Let’s find a place to talk properly.”

He said something to Melia and her sister, then swaggered away with the two vampire girls, disappearing into the shadows heading to the surface.

Only leaving behind a Meow King who was so sour with jealousy he couldn’t speak normally, impotently raging on the spot.

Some things aren’t a big deal when nobody has them, but once one person gets it, all hell breaks loose.

After Meow King posted what he witnessed on the forums, along with pictures of Melia bowing to Joy Stick and video clips of her calling him “Master”, the entire forum predictably exploded.

Border Town Wanderer: 【What what what? Say that again? What did Brother Stick do in game? Murphy gave him a wife?

Holy crap!

Can this game be played like this?

I’m really eye-opened!】

Ah Yuen: 【Uncle Wanderer, this shows you don’t understand. We vampire players can see the blood contract gameplay mechanics during the Embrace ritual. This is a special feature planned by officials from the start, just temporarily unavailable.

But now that Stick has gotten his cyber wife, Ah Yuen has sufficient reason to believe this feature’s perfection must be reaching the final stage.

Forget it, won’t say more, let me experience it in game myself.】

Invincible Tyrannosaurus Cheche: 【Experience my ass! Quick, come to the classroom, we have an exam today! Do you want to fail?】

Leading Pigeon: 【This must be fake right? Stick isn’t even particularly into story content, he hasn’t specifically grinded reputation with the main Blood Vulture Clan NPCs either, why did he get the qualification for this ‘early access’?

Must have pulled strings right?

Definitely pulled strings right?】

Vomit Sauce: 【Wait, wasn’t Stick and Meow King banned for 7 days for maliciously exploiting bugs? How did he get a cyber wife after the ban ended?

So @Meow King, what bug did you two actually exploit? Can you explain in detail? Chapters first released on novel-fire.net

No other meaning, just curious.】

Meow King: 【Hey, your abacus beads are hitting my face!

Don’t try, the development team has clearly stated they’ll add more effective ‘invisible walls’ for this kind of malicious bug, we two were purely lucky or unlucky, anyway don’t try it carelessly, I’ll be honest, even Brother Stick’s current situation has already affected his normal gaming experience.

He still has to shoulder some testing work beyond player responsibilities, has to submit forms every week and explore various interaction content.

Most people can’t handle it.】

Lumina Yanghen: 【What what what? Can still interact? Tell us more details, to what degree can Stick interact with that NPC?】

Meow King: 【How would I know! I’m not the one who got a wife, but I heard him mention something about an ‘intimacy’ setting earlier, can’t give commands beyond current intimacy level.】

Thirty-Year-Old Tobacco Mulberry: 【Got it! Definitely 18+ gameplay, not suitable for minors, don’t ask more.】

Spicy Gugu Chicken: 【Jealously tapping legs, poor child hasn’t even experienced kissing, while Stick is already playing with a real 2D wife.

So jealous!】

Kind-Face Giant Shark Uncle: 【Damn! Damn! My big brother Stick is really amazing now, but I Giant Shark with such martial talent, why won’t the development team entrust me with such an important task? I also want to contribute more to Alpha Company’s testing cause!

Could it be because I’m not working hard enough?

Damn, fired up!

Going to skip work and log in to kill some monsters to calm down. Advancing into Blood Vulture Halls to form a group!

Interested brothers press 1 in game to join group, let’s go challenge Decisive Battle at Anderma Hills again, must get three boxes tonight!】

Sword Saint Ashina: 【@Meow King, so the target must be a seriously injured nearly dead vampire right?

Then if I kill an elder vampire first, then beat her to near death, then give her a way to live, can I also have my own blood descendant?】

Meow King: 【??? Damn, what are you planning to do?

Little Ashina don’t be rash!

Your evil gameplay method scares me just hearing it, and besides where are there other vampires in Transia now except Blood Vulture Clan and two friendly clans?】

Sword Saint Ashina: 【The Cato region of course, isn’t that the mainland stronghold of the Wolfsbane vampires? I think if Brother Stick can do it, then I can too.

No more talk.

Organizing manpower now to go catch blood descendants!】

Khaki Tony Tai: 【Me me me! Add me, Sister Ashina, let’s go together.】

Path of Mud and Oil: 【Count me in.】

Shrimp Catcher: 【As someone who just became a vampire last night, I also hope to experience a life with a 2D wife, so take me along.】

Sister Pomegranate Uproots The Weeping Willows: 【Going too going too, people who want to go gather at Morland Village, must be vampires, others don’t come join the fun.】

Meow King: 【Damn! Don’t! The development team already said this gameplay isn’t perfected yet, don’t rush! Whether this counts as exploiting bugs aside, the first requirement for this kind of blood descendant Embrace is that the other party must agree and can’t resist】

Sword Saint Ashina: 【Hmph, there are many ways to make them agree, whether it’s the Avalon priest’s charm spell or the Blood Inquisitor’s humanoid domination spell, they can all make them cooperate obediently with us to complete this, it’s just finding their elder that’s a bit difficult.

But it’s just spending more time.

That’s a blood descendant!

I’ve read the vampire theory in Blood Vulture Halls, a vampire without blood descendants is like a beggar in this circle! Brother Stick has one now, we need to have one too!

If officials won’t give it, we’ll take it ourselves!】

Kono Maomao Shark: 【Well said, Little Ashina! Wait for us, we’re logging in now, let’s go together!】

Precipitation Niuniu Is Not Afraid of Difficulties: 【Damn! Don’t you have an exam today?】

Leading Pigeon: 【Just an elective course, there’s another one tomorrow in the next class, already told the teacher we’ll come tomorrow. Blood descendants are what’s most important.】

Meow King: 【You guys have really gone crazy】

Onboard Joy Stick: 【Picture, Picture, Picture, Sunglasses bro laughing.JPG.】

At this moment, Stick suddenly posted several photos, showing him with his arm around Melia’s shoulder, and the third one specially chosen showing him sitting somewhere letting the blind vampire girl massage his shoulders.

These three photos being posted made things worse.

Originally other vampire players were just joining in the fun with Little Ashina, but after seeing Melia’s actual character model and that cultured lady-like temperament, even people who weren’t interested before were drawn in.

Ah Yuen: 【Damn this character model! Although not as good as E-Sister but not far off, especially that eye patch, tsk tsk, is that you Fire Keeper sister?】

Sword Saint Ashina: 【Don’t care! I don’t care! I just want this!!! Lumina quick gather people to set out, let’s go catch 2D pokemon! Now recruiting people to go with me to Cato region to catch blood descendants, 100 gold per person!

Quickly join group!】

Tiger Leopard Rider – Lin: 【Rich sister is awesome! Wait for brothers to finish settling these refugees then immediately join up with you, we Crimson Hammer and Sickle team take this job!】

Meow King: 【Our Big Bird Spin Spin Spin team also wants to join this grand occasion.】

Gentle and Elegant Lady Aqua: 【Are you guys stupid? Why run to Cato region to risk your lives? That’s the stronghold of the Wolfsbane Clan! You few people going there won’t even make a splash.

Aren’t there Grey Claw faction vampire gladiators in the fighting club?

And they’re all weakened ones captured after losing their elders, the development team already prepared them for you.】

Spicy Gugu Chicken: 【But Lady Aqua, there aren’t many females among those gladiators, all stinky men, which proper vampire would choose men as blood descendants?】

Gentle and Elegant Lady Aqua: 【Then I really can’t help, spreads hands, go risk your lives.】

Fatal Orchid Huahua: 【By the way, are your eyes all having problems? There are clearly two Wolfsbane girls beside Stick, sisters, but Stick only contracted with the elder sister, isn’t that ‘Winnie’ younger sister also in a weakened state after losing her elder?】

Invincible Tyrannosaurus Cheche: 【!!! Sister Orchid is awesome! Logging in now to lick- ahem, to grind reputation.】

Spicy Gugu Chicken: 【Peh! Shameless thief! Stay away from my wife!】

Kind-Face Giant Shark Uncle: 【Hehehe, bet you didn’t expect it, I Giant Shark have already seen Miss Winnie, you shameless dog thieves all step aside.】

The forum thread was in chaos, Meow King who started this topic felt uneasy and quickly private messaged the administrator:

Meow King: 【Brother Alpha Brother Alpha! The situation is out of control, quick come manage it! I swear I wasn’t trying to tempt them to exploit bugs, mainly that dog Joy Stick is too aggravating!】

Alpha: 【Small matter, don’t panic! The development team already anticipated this situation, the vampires in Cato region have been temporarily strengthened, if they dare to go do bad things the consequences probably won’t be too good.

Besides, you’re all discussing cyber wives here, aren’t you going to look at the just released version announcement?

I was wondering.

This announcement has been up for several minutes with no replies, are you all AFK?】

Meow King: 【Ah? Version updated again?】

Alpha: 【Yes, this theoretically should be the last major update of the closed testing phase, next will be internal testing, cherish playing while you can.】