Chapter 31 - Hugo

"Burn!" Yuki said as he plunged his swords into Hugo.

He didn't understand why he was mad. All Yuki wanted to do was torture and kill, this wasn't the case for Hugo only, it applied to everyone in the dungeon and some outside. Anyone who tried to attack Yuki would pay for it with their lives.

"You like that? Don't ever try to attack me again, you're a second rate creature compared to me!" Yuki said as he moved away from Hugo's burning body.

After only what seemed like a few seconds, a figure walked forward from the flames.

"I gave everything I had into that last attack, there's no way that he'll be alive." Yuki said.

Before he could catch his breath, Hugo punched Yuki in the stomach as hard as possible. Yuki struggled to breath, before he could even perceive what was happening, Hugo lifted his leg above Yuki's head and kicked his head down. Yuki hit the ground and created a small crater which was the size of his head. His eyes were going black, he could hear a voice but didn't understand what it was saying. Just then he remembered that Meurig was watching him.

"Stay back and wait for my signal!" Yuki yelled out loud.

"Who were you talking to?" Hugo asked.

"You can talk?" Yuki replied with a question of his own.

"Of course I can talk! I am literally a better version of a human!"

"You know what, forget it. I'll first kill you then kill whoever you were talking to."

Hugo strengthened his fist and prepared to crush Yuki's skull. Right before Hugo's attack landed, Yuki rolled out of the way and stood up.

[Open inventory]

Yuki took out an HP recovery potion and drank it.

"I can't be using the rest of my full status recovery here, I still have 3 stages left which are guaranteed to be harder than this one."

"I'll have to weaken him down then rely on Meurig to disintegrate him once he's been worn down," Yuki told himself.

One again Yuki rubbed the edges of his blades together and let flames consume them. For the next 4 minutes Yuki and Hugo exchanged blows. The only thing that kept Yuki going was the adrenaline rush.

"I don't know how much longer I can last, I'll have to play dirty," Yuki said to himself.

Using his left hand which was carrying "Lucky Sword", Yuki made a fake attack. He pretended to put all his strength into that blade which made Hugo smile. As expected Yuki's attack was blocked.

"You fool, I've won!" Hugo said out loud.

For some reason Hugo felt himself getting shorter or it was Yuki who was getting taller. When he looked down he saw that his legs were missing and Yuki's other sword "Fallen angel of hell" was covered in blood. Hugo began to connect the pieces when he suddenly began screaming in pain. Hugo was now facing the ceiling. With absolutely no hesitation Yuki cut off both of Hugo's arms.

"Now!"

Meurig took the hint and came rushing towards Hugo. Meurig kneeled next to him and placed his palm on Hugo's chest.

"Disintegrate" Meurig said out loud. To both Yuki and Meurig's surprise, Hugo's limbless body was still there.

In less than a second, Hugo bit on Meurig's arm. Even though he couldn't see him, he could sense Meurig's natural death emitting aura. Meurig had been trying to suppress it however it wasn't useful when he was centimetres away from his enemy.

Hugo began to slowly suck on Meurig's arm. Yuki knew that the vampire could regenerate using blood however the real question was if Meurig even had blood. Meurig was just a shadowy figure with large white eyes.

Hugo's limbs began to levitate in the air and moved towards Hugo until they had finally connected back to the main body.

Yuki could see Meurig's body wobble as he lost most of his strength. Before his body shrivelled up and turned to dust, Yuki grabbed Meurig and moved him to the side.

[Open inventory]

Yuki took out a full status recovery potion and poured it into Meurig's mouth.

With rage in his eyes Yuki marched forward with the intent to kill.

Yuki returned "Lucky Sword" back into his inventory.

"I'll need my 'Fallen angel of hell'. I swear by my name and pride I will make you pay." Yuki told Hugo.

As Yuki walked forward, Hugo also did the same until they reached a standstill. Hugo was quick to throw the first attack. He threw a punch straight at Yuki's face. Yuki didn't bother to block it.

"Is that the best you got?" Yuki taunted Hugo/

Before Hugo could move his hand away, Yuki sliced it off so fast that Hugo didn't even see the blade. As Hugo began to panic, Yuki sliced off his other arm. Then his right leg, next was his left leg. Hugo's body was once again on the floor as blood flowed out of him like a stream.

"Don't ever mess with me!" Yuki screamed at Hugo.

"How is it fair that you come through my domain with the full intention to murder me and when I try to defend myself I become the villan? I actually have a reason to kill you, what's yours? Are you the one here who is being attacked for no reason?" Hugo asked with anger and despair in his eyes.

Yuki didn't have an answer for any of Hugo's questions.

"For a monster who's part of a game, he has a very complex thought process. Is this also Zero's doing?" Yuki asked himself.

"I'm sorry, I don't have an answer for any of your questions. I came here to achieve my dreams. I don't care what kind of actions I have to commit to get them, I'll keep moving forward regardless of what comes through my way." Yuki responded.

"May you rest in peace," Yuki said as he sliced off Hugo's head using "Fallen angel of hell".

[Royal Vampire Mini Boss Hugo: defeated]

Yuki began walking back to Meurig. Just as he had expected, Meurig looked as healthy as he could be. It was only natural since he had used a full status recovery potion.

"If I may ask, how were you able to defeat him? No offence but it looked like he had the advantage for most of the battle until the end when you easily beat him," Meurig asked Yuki.

"Oh, that's simple. Remember when I gave you the full status recovery potion? I took out two attack boost potions and drank them. Without them, there's no way I would've won," Yuki replied.

[+30000 exp to Yuki kaito]

[+30000 exp to Meurig]

[Player: Yuki Kaito]

[Level 5: 19200/60000]

[New skill unlocked: Faker]

[Faker: Ability to hide or augment any personal information]

[Player: Meurig]

[Level 4: 10000/50000]