Life As the Vampire God Chapter 24 - The Forge
I turned around. Joseph was standing in the doorway. Behind him stood the army. I noticed that Joseph had his arms folded across his chest. Not a good sign. I cannot recall him ever choosing that mundane stance. "Will you turn off that bright rainbow of colors." He paused then added, "please."
How embarrassing, I was still covered in a rainbow of colors. "Sure thing," I replied with a bravado I did not feel. I concentrated, really concentrated and off they turned. I would never admit it aloud but I was relieved that I was able to turn that unexpected colorful turn of events off. It was then that I looked at the tooth I was holding. "Is this just an ordinary blade?"
"Quite frankly," Joseph offered his opinion in response to my question. "I feel as though Lucifer's blood would have enhanced it." As if on cue the blade morphed into something quite unexpected. We exchanged puzzled glances while watching the blade grow! As if that were not enough, we were equally stunned when the blade began glowing bright red and its tip extended about 3-and-one-half feet. Now, it looked like I was holding a tooth sword! "Well Draven, perhaps you should connect it to your consciousness. We could also tie it to your DNA since your DNA cannot be replicated, But your consciousness is the safest way."
"So, what you're saying it that the blade will only respond to me?"
Joseph smiled, "that's exactly what I am saying."
An unknown voice from a random soldier drifted across the area saying, "huh?"
I answered the soldier, "not to worry. Go and do what you normally do." That was all it took. I watched while half of them marched back to the main ship. The remainder split up and headed toward various other ships and some jogged over to the battle arenas in that room to continue practicing maneuvers.
I turned to Joseph. "Go to the Forge." He nodded. We both teleported into the forge room which is located underneath The Temple (the room right underneath my quarters in the palace). Once inside I then walked directly to the forge table.
"I need to bond this blade with my consciousness," I paused reflecting on the task at hand. "But it's rather hard considering my Achilles heel situation."
Joseph smiled. "Just temporarily turn off your power."
"That's it!" I concentrated and easily turned off that power. I then took the blade and cut open my left arm and extracted the blood before it healed, which took less than a second. I walked up to the bubbling pot sitting over an open flame in the middle of the room. I quickly noticed that it was filled with lava and other molten things. I did a quick mental adjustment and activated my Achilles ability.
Joseph commented, "I felt that."
I proceeded to drop the blade and the drop of blood into the bubbling pot. About 5 seconds later the pot exploded. Floating above where the pot used to be the red blade only now, it was bright and shiny. It still looked like a tooth.
Joseph put out his hand as if reaching for the blade. "Come to me," he commanded. Nothing happened. "Well Draven, I'd say this process was indeed successful."
I reached out my hand. The blade responded and came right into my hand. I looked over at Joseph saying, "it's a nice weapon." A massive boom shook the entire building followed by a disembodied voice.
"DRAVEEEN!!"