When he arrived at his parents' bedroom, the Dead Servant's body had already been removed. All that remained were large patches of dark red, nearly black bloodstains on the ceramic tiles.
The bedframe still bore marks left by the Dead Servant's corrosive blood—large black blotches, as though it had been scorched.
Amon dragged two large porcelain bowls out from beneath the bed. They were filled with a thick, petroleum-like liquid.
Perhaps because it had been refined into a Corpse Guardian, or perhaps because of the properties brought about by its excessively high Dragon Blood concentration, some of the Dead Servant's blood was still flowing and retained a degree of vitality when Amon dissected it the next day. He collected that flowing blood and placed it in the porcelain bowls.
He had not traded this blood away. He kept it for himself.
In Dragon Raja, "blood" was an extremely important thing.
Are kings and nobles born to their stations?
Dragon Kind distinguished rank by bloodline and passed down power through bloodline.
Dragon Kind genes were highly aggressive. Once the proportion of Dragon Raja blood in a Hybrid exceeded 50%, the Dragon Raja genes could alter the human portion of their genes. After repeated corrections by Dragon Kind genes, these Hybrids would ultimately become extremely close to purebloods.
But at the final moment, human genes displayed astonishing resilience and could not be completely rewritten. It was like crushing pebbles with a steamroller: the pebbles became dust, but no matter how much further they were crushed, it was useless. The dust remained there and could not be erased. Thus, their genes could never reach the level of pureblood Dragon Kind.
At that point, the human mind had already been devoured by the Dragon Kind's will to slaughter. Most of their consciousness was lost,