Chapter 55: The Sewers

"Yefa, Precia, go look for Zeta and Greta. This castle is a decoy!" I then began contacting the king of Itz. "Hey, we got the files! We need help here!'

"We're under attack... By Polk." A heavy voice was heard from the king's words. "We've been had. They knew that we were becoming suspicious of them."

"Now there's a war? What the hell is happening?"

"Your words were true Zieglind. The one who's leading the attack on us is one of the descendants from gods. A player he calls himself."

"It'll be impossible to beat them on your own! I'll do something." I disconnected the line from the king and me and began contacting Afal. "Afal, what's the situation there?"

"My lord!? I'm sorry but... We're hiding. A bunch of humans and some monsters walked through our village. I'm sorry to say but... The our home is destroyed."

"What about the totems? Did it protect you?"

"No? We ran towards the forest because we felt someone was strong in the pack. The totems attacked everythingn they saw and they repelled the attackers well. They're nearly broken but they did kill a lot of enemies."

"A strong person huh..." Must be a player. "How about the non-combat goblins and the women and children?"

"They're fine. No casualties have been set."

"That's good for now. Afal, how much of your power is restricted?"

"I dropped some levels when I lost to you but its not that much of a problem."

"I see... Can you go to Itz and help them?"

"Yes, but what about them?"

"Tell Grien, his team and Rize to protect the women and children. I'll contact them later."

"Zieglind, we found it the location!" I heard Precia's voice in my mind.

"Afal, I'll be going now. Send me messages through the Telepathy. I'll let it be left open." I then redirected my attention to Precia. "Location?"

"The sewers."

"Seriously...?"

"Uhm... Yes?"

"Nevermind, I'm going there. Sprint!" I began running full speed looking for Yefa and Precia. *boom* A loud burst of sound was heard north of where I was going. "There huh?" I arrived at the scene after a couple of seconds and there I found a mountain of corpses. "Urk. This smell. Disgusting!" I covered my nose. "Zeta, Greta!" I called to their names but to no avail they didn't respond. "It seems I really need to go in the sewers." I hopped in the hole from where the explosion came from. The disgusting smell still lingered in the whole sewers.

While I was going wherever I can, I heard a blade being sharpen. It sent tingles to my spine. But in a split second, I heard it closer and closer. I turned around and I saw him. A man was walking on all fours. "Hi!" A creepy smile formed on his face and when I blinked, he was in my face. An X wound formed on my face. I was dumbfounded on what just happened.

The wounds slowly closed in on my face. The blood that dripped off of my face was the medium used for my Bloodlust. "Come, Bloodlust!" I double wielded the Bloodlust.

"Kekeke. That's a nice weapon. Although, it can't be compared with these babies." His scythe blades were attached to his arms. He uses it like a Tonfa. "Holy Imperial Enhancement." A bright yellow light emitted from his scythes. I guess its the same as my Abyssal Enhancement.

"Despite having pretty spells you look disgusting."

"You've got balls to say that."

"Guess I have one and you don't."

"THAT'S IT!" He rushed at me full speed and swung both of his scythes.

"Oh... That icon above your head... A player?"

"So you can see this too huh? That doesn't matter. Everything is for him!" Slash, slash, slash! He was confident in his skills and began attacking randomly.

"Despite you being a player you're pretty weak huh?"

I could feel his anger rising even more. "Transform!" His scythes now retracted back to his skin.

"What are you playing at?"

"Kekeke... Invisiblity..." He vanished in the shadows again. I could hear his subtle footsteps but my senses can't pick up too much. After a couple of seconds, he hugged me from behind. "Transform!"

"AGH!" Hundreds of his scythes went through my body. "Damn you... You can release that weapon everywhere from your body huh? AGH!" I began coughing up blood.

"Keke. You've got tough skin. You're not wearing any armor and yet you played the role of a hero to know what's going here."

"That's go...od... You've taught me... Something..." I retracted back the Bloodlust inside me. "Come... Bloodlust!" The weapon emerged from my back.

"UGAH!" He jumped off of me. "You can do it too? Or you used a copy skill? It doesn't matter!" He rushed towards me again

But this time, I'll be the one attacking. I brought out two Bloodlust to dual wield it. "Ha!" Thrust, swing, spin, thrust! A combination of flurry of attacks kept him under pressure.

"Damn you!" He began attacking again but this time he used his skill 'transform' to his advantage. Changing the locations of his scythe.

"Tricky guy! I'll try this new skill. Dragonic Arms!" My arm was shrouded in the scales of dragon. I could feel the power pulsing from it.

He rushed at me again. He feinted an overhead attack then changed the location of his scythe to his elbow. He swung his elbow up but I blocked it by grabbing the scythe. I didn't feel any pain when the dragon armor is protecting my arms. "Hehe."

"What?" He struggled to break free. "Damn it. Transform!" He tried to relocate his scythe.

"Not this time." I squished his scythe like a plaything and it was destroyed.

"ARGH!" Blood came running down through his elbow.

"Why are you bleeding isn't that just a wea... Oh I see. That was a bone huh?"

He flinched when I knew what was going on. With only one scythe left, he charged in blindly.

I pulled Bloodlust back to me and entered a boxing stance. Dodging his quick scythe attacks, I countered with a right straight right to his face.

"AGH!" He was knocked out on one hit.

"Heh. This dragonic arms pack a punch. No, literally. I don't want to be followed so... Goodbye." I used a karate chop on his body and in one full swing, his body was cut in half. Blood was flowing everywhere. "Urk." I could feel the vomit in my mouth wanting to release itself. "It seems I'm losing my humanity every single time I use a skill related to blood. I didn't even hesitate killing him. Something has definitely changed."

I bowed my head at his dead body and began to explore the sewers more.