"What?"
Confusion reigned in the room at his words. Even Isla was confused, as she still did not know exactly why these people inherited abilities that, at some point, belonged to Matthew.
But he didn't want to explain either.
When someone tries to take away their blood-inherited abilities, it naturally requires taking away their blood and more. These abilities are linked to blood and to existence itself, to the essence of blood.
They need to be completely bloodless to take them away, which would naturally kill him or turn him into a fairly powerful vampiric monster who would die sooner or later from his own madness.
Now, this is one of the forbidden practices of the Dietrich Clan. One of Dietrich's main commandments was that extracting the Blood Essence from any living being was strictly forbidden, regardless of whether it was human, vampire, beast, or any other race that might exist.
