Chapter 66: [V/S Baron Vampire!]

[Adrian's POV!][You have used all 5 mark points to mark (Baron Vampire: Irwin Edgard) as a target of your Hunt!]

[+250 Agility]

[+250 Strength!]

[+250 Stamina!]

[+1000 HP]

[+1000 MP]

[+100% Mana Regeneration!]

[+100% HP Regenerations!]

A temporary increase as I saw my stats going all the way up. Though one thing that made me curious was the fact that the skill didn't register that Vampire Baron as a monster.

'Interesting,' I thought as I then used [Illusion] to keep an 'Adrian' sitting in the same position as I was before, while I stood up and began walking towards him. That Vampire kept observing 'Adrian' with a cautious look, while I reached closer to him.

-Whoosh!

And within a second, I saw that baron reaching right behind 'Adrian' as I kept observing him. He was fast, much much faster than I expected. If not for my enhanced senses using the [Hunt!], I wouldn't even be able to follow his pace.

Appearing right behind, 'Adrian' he was just about to slash him with his sharpened nails, but I made that 'Adrian' easily dodge him by erasing himself. And within the next second, I created another illusion of 'Adrian' standing behind him.

"Neat trick," I said using the echo feature of the mask, that allowed me to create any sound anywhere within 200 meters around me.

It was a bit funny, since I could barely follow his movements. But to him, he must be getting more and more cautious of 'Adrian's' power and speed that was overwhelming him.

"Who are you? How come I have never heard of you?" That Baron asked as he looked at the 'Adrian' standing behind him. His eyes were narrowed, while I spoke,

"I am a Wanderer from another world. I just happened to land in this world. Since things seemed a bit interesting here, I then got my interest piqued. Can you tell me what is going on here?"

"Another world?" That Baron narrowed his eyes at 'Adrian' before he spoke," I am afraid that I have to bring you with me now. If not, I might have to kill you."

-Whoosh!

That baron reached closer to 'Adrian' again, but because I can see his moves clearly, I made that illusion dodge each and every attack of that Baron with ease. I put an extra effort to make it look like he was playing around with that Baron.

"Kill me?" I chuckled," just how highly do you think of yourself? Do you even know who you are fighting against?"

That Baron vampire's eyes started glowing red, as I saw about a hundred more Vampireling appearing from the forest far away. They were probably called by that Baron to attack 'Adrian,' which made me sigh as I looked at the GM points that I have collected up until now. seaʀᴄh thё Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

[GM Points: 11.3 Million]

'It might be a bit early for this but I guess,' I then sighed as I changed the description of a skill that I had been keeping for a while now. It was about time I upgraded this one too.

[Skill: Aura!

Grade: C

Effect:

-Allows the user to imbue Mana into their weapons! The attack power of the weapon increases based on the amount of mana the User applies into the weapon!

Restrictions:

-The user must have their mana unlocked!

-Wisdom must be greater than 20!

-Minimum Mana required to activate Aura: 100MP

-Maximum Mana that can be applied: 2500MP]

It was a skill that I got from the [Shop] in the first tutorial. Though I stopped using it as soon as I got the [Twin Guns!] Because of obvious reasons.

Earlier I kind of wanted to delete it since it was occupying unnecessary space, but then I had a certain idea in my mind that I wondered if it was possible. It was to make that skill as my main [Mana Anchor] skill that would help me freely control all types of mana.

But first…

[Skill: Aura!

Grade: B

Effect:

-Allows the user to imbue Mana into their body and weapons! The attack power of the weapon increases based on the amount of mana the User applies into the weapon! The defense as well the physical stats of the user will increase based on the amount of mana that the user imbues!

Mana Relations:

-For every 100 MP used, the weapon's attack power increased by 5%

-For every 100 MP used, the user's stats increases by 2%!

Effect time:

-For every 100 MP, the effect would remain for 10 seconds! Each 100 MP used would have their own time limit!]

[Would you like to make the following changes for 5 Million GM Points?!]

An all purpose combat skill that would increase my base abilities based on the mana I use. For example, if I currently have 280 Strength, I can put 5000 MP into the skill and make that 560. Same for my agility which is at 550 right now, will increase to 1100, crossing the 4 digit threshold.

And since I have saved about [10,000 MP] in the gloves that I upgraded before, let's put them to use here.

-Whoosh!

I first lured the baron towards me, as I made my illusion reach closer to me. Then making his body potion exactly the same as mine, I made him overlap my standing point as I erased its presence.

The baron was fast as he reached closer to me within a second. Though…

[Aura!]

[-5,000 MP!]

As soon as I used the skill, my power exploded. The Baron, which was extremely fast before, now seemed to be moving much slower than before. I saw him approaching closer to me, before I took out the gun and spoke,

"All right. It's getting boring."

[Twin Guns: Burst Mode!]

-BOOM!!!

I didn't hit that guy's head because I still had a few questions to ask him. Though instead, I blasted his left arm while his body was blown away by the impact. The arm bled heavily, before beginning to heal at a slow pace.

Not wasting any time, I reached closer to him, while those vampirelings behind me, almost covered the entire distance between us.

"Annoying."

[Twin Guns: Laser Mode!]

And then, as I used my gun again, all of them vanished within a fraction of a second. Not even a single one of them was left alive.

"…"

I then turned back to the Baron who was observing me with a fear in his eyes. I doubt he used all of his skills and powers. He must have a lot of cards in his arsenal. But since I showed him the overwhelming difference between us, it would be rational to think that none of them would work against me.

'About 6 seconds left till the 10 seconds are over, huh?' I thought before looking at his condition right now. If I didn't kill him right now, there was a chance that he would go back and bring more stronger monsters. Honestly, I would love that.

But on the other hand, will I be able to handle something of that caliber?

[Accelerated Thinking!]

'And if I did kill him, I won't be able to find any valuable information either. Plus what if the quest fails if I kill him? The quest said to stop and not kill. It's a bit of a dilemma,' I sighed as I didn't know what to do right now.

I wanted answers. I wanted to talk to him right now, but will he answer me? And that too within the next 6 seconds? All right, let's try to get at least something within the next 5 seconds. Or else, I will just kill him.

"Now, Mr Vampire. Played enough?" I asked as I looked at him.

5 seconds left.

"You see, I came here to…" as I was talking, my skill [Accelerated Learning!] activated by itself while I observed him attacking me with his fist. There was a strange purple glow in his eyes, which made me wonder if I should avoid it.

'Hmmm. [Absolute Nullification] should cancel this attack completely. Maybe I can use this chance to gain some leverage in my talk?' I thought as I decided to take the attack.

My skill can erase any first attack even up to S-Grade. And if I still get cursed or something, I can just use GM points to erase that curse. And even if everything goes wrong and I die, I will just come back to life due to that [Ring of resurrection!]

'Well, here goes nothing,' I sighed as I saw his attack reaching my body.

-Boom!

[You have been attacked by a Corruption Skill! A Virus has attacked your System!]

[Absolute Nullification! Absolute Nullification has been Corrupted! Absolute Nullification Failed!]

[The Game Master System has noticed the foreign energy!]

[The Game Master System has erased the foreign energy!]

[The Game Master System has restored the Skill: Absolute Nullification!]

[The Game Master System has upgraded the skill: Absolute Nullification by adding a Firewall feature!]

[You are advised to use the Skill: Debug to clean the foreign energy source!]

"…"

"…"

We both looked at each other for a few seconds before I smiled brightly. And touching his forehead that was sweating buckets now…

[Skill: Debug]

I saw a strange purple energy crying out of his body, before it died down completely.

[You have erased a virus component: Corruption Energy Source!]

[+500,000 GM Points have been rewarded to you!]

Looking at the map, where this baron's presence was now shown in [Yellow] signifying that he was an NPC, and observing that his power level was barely 30% of what it was before, I couldn't help but feel fascinated with this sudden twist.

"Now. Shall we talk?" I spoke as a huge grin formed on my face.