[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reincarnated-as-a-vampire-who-acquires-skills-th":3,"chapter-reincarnated-as-a-vampire-who-acquires-skills-th-reincarnated-as-a-vampire-who-acquires-skills-th-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reincarnated as a Vampire Who Acquires Skills Through Blood",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":18,"prevChapterSlug":19,"totalChapters":20,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":12,"translator":16,"content_hash":17},1658994,2124,"Chapter 1 - The Beginning","reincarnated-as-a-vampire-who-acquires-skills-th-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>My name is Verc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am twenty-eight years old, single, and just another normal office worker you could find anywhere if you looked hard enough. Nothing special, nothing noteworthy. Just one face among many, sitting at a desk, staring at a screen, and counting the hours until the day ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My life is boring. Every day feels like a copy of the one before it, repeated so many times that the details blur together. Wake up. Go to work. Come home. Sleep. Repeat. Yet strangely enough, I do not hate it. I never did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is peaceful in its own way. I can eat three meals a day without worrying about tomorrow. I have a roof over my head that keeps the rain out. I am breathing, alive, and physically unharmed. As long as those four things are true, I always told myself that I was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, if I am being honest with myself, it often feels like I am simply waiting for my death. Existing quietly. Letting time pass while I move through my days like a machine programmed to perform the same tasks over and over. No strong emotions. No real expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is miserable. I know that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what can I really do about it? What right do I have to complain, and who would even listen if I did? There are people out there struggling far more than I am. Compared to them, my problems feel insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is how I have lived my life up until now, and I assumed this was how I would continue living for whatever time I had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I do have regrets. Of course I do. Everyone does. But regrets do not change what already happened, and dwelling on them endlessly does nothing but waste time. All I can do is live in the present, learn from the past, and prepare for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if I’m just really waiting for my death, then so be it. I convinced myself that I was already content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I’m being completely honest, I’m tired. Exhausted, even. Fed up with this endless loop that my life has become.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want excitement. I want unpredictability. I want days that feel different from one another. I want to go on adventures, meet new people, experience things I have never done before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to try everything... I want to feel free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t want to remain trapped in this suffocating cycle forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh... In my next life, I wish to get reborn in a fantasy world. That would be cool.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I muttered those words lazily while staring at my phone, mindlessly scrolling through reels without really paying attention to what was on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, suddenly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wish Granted!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monotone voice echoed inside my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I going crazy now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked myself as I lightly tapped my temple with my phone, trying to snap myself back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Transferring to Another World...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice spoke again, just as emotionless as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Transferring to Another World???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I repeated the words aloud, but I didn’t take them seriously. I figured I was just tired. Sleep deprivation did weird things to people, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I went back to scrolling through my phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B O O M—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A FUCKING TRUCK SUDDENLY APPEARED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wha-?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAM-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it fucking hit me straight before I could even do anything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HOW DOES THAT EVEN MAKE SENSE?! MY APARTMENT IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the last thing I remembered. I lost consciousness immediately, which was pretty fucking obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Huh...?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know how much time had passed, but I regained my consciousness later on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was dark. Completely dark. No matter how much I tried to open my eyes, nothing changed. It was pitch black, like I was submerged in an endless void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I panicked and tried to move my body... But I couldn’t feel anything as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could not feel my arms. My legs. Even my eyes felt nonexistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Fuck!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cursed instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’DID I BECOME A FUCKING VEGETABLE?!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I exclaimed that inside my head, after all, I couldn’t talk either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fear was overwhelming. Being trapped like this, unable to move, unable to see, unable to do anything but exist in the darkness. The thought alone was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did this happen to me? I said I was content. I only wished for a little more excitement... Was that wrong? Was that greedy? Did I deserve this? Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THIS MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I couldn’t even cry with the state that I’m in right now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Starting Your Reincarnation...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I heard the monotone voice again, the one I heard before being hit by the truck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What the fuck is this shit? Why can I still hear this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I questioned it, but of course, there was no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Randomizing Your Race...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There it is again, but I just ignored it this time. I was really feeling defeated now, slowly accepting my fate. I have no time to argue with the voice in my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Race Picking Done!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Race: Demon]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Classification: Vampire]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Exclusive Skill: Blood Is Power]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Seriously, what the heck is this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked again, genuinely curious this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Consume, Evolve, Rule.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Enjoy!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice faded, and I let it do whatever it wanted. I had no energy left to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, at that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWAAAAAAHHHH~!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch black darkness suddenly turned into a blinding light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have no eyes so it didn’t hurt me. I was just surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is this normal to vegetable people?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWIP—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it became dark again, but not pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was able to talk again as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could feel my arms. My legs. My body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was able to see again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I can see!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I immediately scanned my surroundings, and from the looks of it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where the fuck am I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like I’m currently inside a cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being hit by a truck on the second floor, I suddenly woke up in a cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing about this situation made sense, I don’t even know how I am still alive, but panicking would not help. I decided to assess my surroundings first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, my eyes adjusted to the darkness faster than I expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, first...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should check my condition first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down at myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look thin, my hands were small, and I have no fucking clothes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder it feels cold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I muttered as I looked at my condition a bit more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body looks smaller than what I remember, my member too... And also, my ribs are showing. It looks like I’m all skin and bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell happened to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked, but my voice just echoed back to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve been speaking to myself for a while now, hoping for someone to hear me so I can get some help. But I’m starting to think now that I’m all alone in this cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh, why am I in a cave? Who put me here? Aren’t I supposed to be in a hospital? This is a sick joke.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grumbled as I stood up. My legs are thin and weak as well, so I struggled just by getting up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Growl~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, my stomach ached... I feel so hungry that I think I could eat a whole horse. Literally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around me, but I couldn’t see anything to eat. I feel like passing out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’At this rate, I’m just going to die of hunger.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then... I noticed something on the ground, just a few steps away from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a dead bat. Unmoving and lying on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In survival stories, when they’re trapped in a cave, they eat bats... But they said it’s dangerous to eat it raw.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around me, I couldn’t see far but I still tried. There was nothing that could help me start a fire, I literally have nothing on me as well, and I don’t have any more strength to do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in desperation— I kneeled on the ground and looked at the dead bat. I grabbed it with my hands, and with a big sigh— I took a bite from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tasted and smelled horrible. I frowned as I gnawed on the bat, the fur, the uncooked meat... Everything about it was shit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulp-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, I drank a bit of its blood. And for some reason... It didn’t taste that bad, and I also felt a bit energized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, I focused on drinking the bat’s blood more than eating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not long, I drained it dry... Literally. I dropped the bat’s corpse, and it looks like it’s been dead for a while now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The growling of my stomach stopped as well, and I recovered some of my strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s happening...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was confused, and as if that wasn’t enough—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuuu...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as I let out a sigh, the echo returned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just sound— shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness in front of me shifted. Something invisible stretched outward and came back, pressing against my senses. The floor dipped a few steps ahead. The ceiling rose, uneven and jagged. Farther in, water dripped— slow, steady— marking distance I hadn’t known existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breath hitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn’t moved, yet the cave had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haaaaah...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed and exhaled again, slower this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the world answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone curved to my left. A narrow passage opened to the right, tight enough that my shoulders would scrape if I tried to pass. And somewhere deeper, the echoes stuttered— bending around a shape that hadn’t been there a moment ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound came back weird. Not stone. Not water. The space ahead moved, breaking the smooth return of my breath before settling again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s something alive.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart began to race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was listening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chill crept into my chest. The silence didn’t fade— it twisted. Sound lingered where it shouldn’t have, bending around unseen edges even after I held my breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...This isn’t normal\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the cave whispered back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My head is currently in a mess, I don’t know what’s going on anymore. Weird stuff keeps happening one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then realization hit me... I remembered from one documentation reel that I watched before; what I’m experiencing right now— It’s called echolocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s one of a bat’s abilities.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought to myself as I stared at the dried up corpse of the bat on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>",1776,"2026-06-06T12:25:12.049Z","novelbin.me","14a94a3a598fac78a90641deab930dbaf774b3574f578dc7430d7959efec6520","reincarnated-as-a-vampire-who-acquires-skills-th-chapter-2","reincarnated-as-a-vampire-who-acquires-skills-th-chapter-158",158,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-a-vampire-who-acquires-skills-th-cover.jpg"]