HPDBC Chapter 56 Trial
Chapter 56 Trial
The judge's bench was in the center of the circular seating arrangement and on it sat the judge. He had long back curly hair and an expressionless face. He wore normal judges robes except they were a dark red. The rest of the people wore robes as well but they weren't as prestigious looking.
"ALL RISE!! The court of General Sessions Third Judicial Court is now in session. The honorable Judge McCallister is presiding." The person sitting next to the judge said.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
I stood up. I knew what was going to happen and yet I was still nervous. I saw a single familiar face, Lead Elder Alfred Bader. Normally that would give me hope, but his facial expression said otherwise. It was dark and callous. Like a person looking at a bug in their home.
"Please be seated." The same person said. They handed the judge a stack of papers. "Your honor, this is case #7-666666. Dylan Sanguis v. The Vampire Sect."
"Thank you," the judge said. He looked down at me. "You stand accused of twelve counts of involuntary manslaughter. How do you plead?"
"Not guilty!" I said.
"The members of the High Council of the Vampire Association will present their case and then you will get a chance to present yours." Judge McCallister said.
Various members of the High Council, presented their case against me. Their reasoning was that without my intervention, the bats would have never attacked the sect.
Therefore I was responsible for the students and teachers deaths. During their whole presentation, Bader said nothing. He had promised me he would back me up on this decision, yet he remained silent.
When it came time for me to present my case, I said, "Elder Bader told me that a monster extermination job would be good. He said he would back me up on the decision if I was questioned about it."
The Judge looked at Alfred Bader. "Elder, is that true?"
"I don't remember saying any such thing, or even discussing this matter in the first place," he said.
Bader had told me a story about how one time, he'd been blown to bits and the only thing left of him intact was his right foot. Using his undead soul, he repaired his body perfectly and was good as new in a few hours.
That was impressive regeneration and while I knew troll regeneration was good, I didn't know how good it was at retaining the memories of the original head if it was removed. By the intelligence level of the first troll I fought, I would guess that the answer was not good.
I had to find a way so that the troll regeneration didn't interfere with my vampiric regeneration.
[You can convert your ability Complete Regeneration into life essence]
'Nice! Let's do that.'
[Complete Regeneration converted into life essence. 2,000 life essence gained]
Great! Now I just had to figure out how to cultivate with these handcuffs on. On top of that, I needed to make sure that my vampiric regeneration didn't heal me immediately.
I had to appear dead for a while before I would be free to move again. I also didn't like the idea of growing back my head. I'd rather just keep the original one.
[I can guide you through the steps to achieve all of those goals, but it will take quite some time and you won't be able to get stronger. Just more technically skilled]
[As an aside, in case you weren't aware, you gained all the life essence of the carbats, which you still need to integrate into your crimson core]
'I'm fine with things taking time, and I'm plenty strong already. How much life essence did I get from the carbats?'
[2,500,000 life essence]
'What?'