Chapter 197 Living Blood



"Heh?" Abel felt his skin tingle. Something big was coming out of Chuzuke. [Action surge] [Adrenaline Rush] The elder vampire swung his blades at an incredible speed.

Abel took his stance, [Action Surge] [Adrinaline Rush]. The two can use the same basic fighter skills. Adrenalin rush allows you to double your speed, and action surge gives you the chance to attack twice.

Chuzuke's base speed was four attacks a second. With the two skills, he managed to raise that to sixteen attacks. Abel on the other hand had a base of three attacks which he increased to twelve.

^I can't block them all. He's as fast as Alcott.^ CLAP! When the four slashes went between Abel's defense, they smacked his chest and sent him back.

"Lucky bastard," Chuzuke grunted. He blunted his blood sword so he won't cut Abel and force getting his holy magic-infused blood to mix with his.

Arad opened his eyes, his body still recovering. He lifted his arm and pointed at Chuzuke. [Gravity Magic]

A purplish aura extended from Arad's hand and grabbed Chuzuke, pulling him back. "You aren't going back to the mansion. Just wait a second for me to stand back." Arad is recovering, and he would lung forward at any moment.

"Damn it! Let me go, you monster!" Chuzuke glared at Arad with scorn.

At that moment, they felt something in the sky. An unknown power approaching. Everyone looked at the night sky.

SWOSH! It was Nina falling down from the stars.

"Heh!" Abel cried, running away. "Arad! Move away from her way! She's about to rage!" He ran as fast as his legs allows him. Nina was far more dangerous than any monster he knew.

As Nina was falling, she saw Arad and Abel and quickly noticed the vampire. Mere violence won't kill such a monster. She needs to erase his whole body.

She opened her palm and extended it back. "Blood Axe. Eve!"

***

Back in the guild, the night shift crew was cleaning when they heard a crackling. Nina's massive battle axe vibrated on the wall where it was hung.

"No way! No now!" One of them cried, ducking down beneath a table. BAM! The axe flew with extreme force, breaking through the guild wall and several building tile roofs as it rushed toward Nina.

"Report this! Report this! Nina called her axe. Something bad is about to happen." One of the receptionists rushed upstairs. Nina has never needed her axe in the past decades. Why call it now? What kind of monster has appeared?

***

As Nina was falling, her axe landed in her palm as she glared at Chuzuke. GRWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! The veins on her face bulged as her eyes turned red, and her muscles grew larger as her skin got a faint red tint from her boiling blood.

^Wait! That's Nina! I have to run away. Faster! Faster!^ Chuzuke screamed at his legs. He couldn't seem to run faster.

BAM! Arad landed beside Chuzuke. He has finally recovered. Spinning his body, he used all his muscles in a single swoop. VROOOM! His heart rumbled as his fist engulfed in a dark haze.

Chuzuke gasped. There is no way for him to avoid the attack. ^I need to focus on surviving^. He closed his eyes.

Arad stomped forward, spinning his body while using every muscle to push his fist forward. ^STRIKE! Like your whole life depends on it!^

Arad's fist and Nina's axe reached Chuzuke at the same time, delivering more than damage.

The axe crushed Chuzuke down while Arad's fist blew him outward while erasing his flesh with the void. BOOM! A shockwave exploded as all the trees around them were blasted, and the ground shattered as a misty haze of blood remained.

CRACK! Nina landed, her feed digging a hole in the ground. Grrrrr! A deep growl rumbled in her throat, but she quickly calmed down, and his body returned to normal. She took a deep breath and looked at Arad.

Arad was on his knees, panting. His right arm has disintegrated. But not from his attack, but from Nina's axe.

Blood Axe: Eve is a legendary class two-handed battleaxe. Its main ability is to cause blood to expand and explode. A mere scratch would cause a normal human to expand like a water balloon and explode. Nina wanted to use that to evaporate Chuzuke in one strike. She didn't expect Arad to jump in.

"Arad! Are you okay?" Nina rushed to check on him. His right arm wasn't bleeding, but it has completely disappeared. It happened again, he tried to fight with her, but now his whole career as an adventurer has gone with the dust.

Nina grabbed her hair, pulling on it. She looked around in horror, searching for any remains of Arad's arm so a healer can fix it, but there was nothing. Losing an arm is the end of an adventurer.

***

Back at the mansion. The girls and Jack managed to kill all the thralls and were finally taking a breather. "We should follow Arad and Abel," Mira said, looking at Aella and Jack.

DRIP! A droplet of blood fell from the sky on one of the thrall maids beside Mira. She looked down, "What was that?"

The maid's eyes flashed red as she lunged at Mira, snatching her and running away. "Let me go!" Mira screamed.

Aella pulled her bow, firing an arrow.

CRACK! Two wings burst from the maid's back, and she flew to the sky. The arrow missed her. "She's still alive!" Jack growled. He can't use explosives as the maid is carrying Mira.

"I can always start again with you with me." The maid said, her voice vibrating between her own voice and Chuzuke's.

Thud! Mira started punching the maid in the face. "Let me go!"

"Calm down. I don't have time to stop and suck your blood now. But I will do it as soon as we get to safety." It was Chuzuke. His blood has took over the maid he enthralled.

***

"Let me go!" Arad heard Mira screamed. BA-dump, he could hear his heart beating.

Nina looked at him crying but then noticed something. It took her barbarian head a second to calm down and realize it. Why didn't his whole body disintegrate if I hit his arm?

Arad stood, a loud rumbling could be heard from his chest as his eyes glared forward. Draconic in shape with a deep purple glow. CRACK! His right arm grew back. Covered in black scales and claws.

"Heh?" Nina gasped. He was the first to stand fine after getting hit by her.