{See Author’s Note at the end}
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[Quest: For each one killed, you will be leveled up instantly.]
Upon reading the System Quest notification, Ace looked ahead and witnessed about eight gray-scaled Ethisians approaching him at full speed, rivaling his own. The foes, nearly two-thirds larger, faster, and stronger than the Grand Warrior Class Ethisians, moved with such frightening force that they left tremors with every footstep. The other Ethisians made way for these eight, knowing that they were aiming at the Blood Mutant.
To his right, Ace noticed that eight more had surrounded his sister who was holding fairly well at the mont. Her Blood Clones proved helpful, although the Ethisians made quick work of them. ’I have to help her....’
"Halt," one of the eight declared, throwing a battle hamr-like weapon directly at the Blood Bishop’s head. Deflecting it with his sword, Ace spared himself the opportunity of fighting with terrible wounds, a service he could not afford at this mont.
"A Human...it’s quite slim for its age."
"I don’t see it. It looks more agile than its body shape."
"Such red hair you have. Did you decorate it with the blood of your enemies?"
"Silence, all of you. We kill it here and now."
While they taunted and mocked him, the Blood Bishop used his system scan skill hoping for an advantageous bit of information to ease his ti against these eight. Already feeling tense and slightly overwheld by their presence, Ace knew he had to act quickly and swiftly for his sister was facing the sa breed.
[System Scan Skill: Activated]
[Species: Ethisian.]
[Rank: Elite Warrior Class.]
’If I kill these lot, their ranks will reduce to Grand Warrior class, just the way the Grand Warrior class reduced to Upper Warrior class when I killed them.’ Upset by this logic, and the fact that his system stopped giving him more information about every creature he scanned, Ace decided not to play it safe and went all out.
"Blood Essence, Manifest."
[Your Six Upper Warrior Ethisians have been summoned.]
From his right arm splashed out a small gush of blood, later forming into six Upper Warrior Ethisians wielding heavy weapons. The eight Elites took a step back, marveling at the sight of their own kind turned into red beings, and then charged at them imdiately, not holding back one bit.
*CLING*
[Blood Iron Manipulation Aspect: Activated]
[Your Blood Warriors have been reinforced.]
"What sort of magic is this?" one of the Elites asked, disgusted by the fact that their attack did not work out as they hoped it to.
"Fight back, and don’t hold back. Have this, it will help." Ace commanded his six warriors while also reinforcing their weapons with so of the Emberwyrm’s blood. Its tallic components were certainly most useful as the Warriors would soon find out.
[Blood Control Skill Lv3: Activated]
[Blood Harvest Gauntlets Attributes; Acquired.]
[Blood Strength: Level 3>>>Level 5]
[Blood Drain: Level 2>>> Level 5]
[Blood Control: Level 3>>> Level 6]
As stated before, the Blood Bishop wasn’t going to hold back. Using his Blood Control skill and current Blood Strength, added with the attributes from his Blood Harvest Gauntlets, Ace chose one of the unoccupied Elites and began manipulating its blood. Starting at its chest, he attempted to coagulate the blood pumped through its heart but was shocked to see how resilient it was. Using great amounts of strength, the Blood Bishop struggled against the Elite, which was also fighting against Ace’s blood technique.
"I know of your coagulative abilities, Mutant," the Elite bragged, beating its chest while banging its weapon repeatedly with its other hand. As it was still talking, Ace vanished and reappeared behind it, striking its sword on its leg. The Elite dodged at the last mont, turning around with an attack of its own. Using its fist, it attempted to punch through Ace’s chest, only to end up hitting his Gauntlet.
[-5 HP]
[Your arm is fractured.]
[Ergency Healing in progress.]
Even though Ace deflected the punch, he was still knocked back a little while the Elite continued with another attack. It swung its hamr at the Mutant’s head and missed, only to see it directly under its body with one hand attempting to get to its chest.
’Just one touch and it’ll die...one touch...ONE TOUCH!!’ Not fast enough, the Blood Bishop missed his shot at using his Pulse Breaker skill. With just one touch, he’d be able to thicken its blood, making it impossible for the Elite’s heart to beat anymore.
"Too slow!!" it laughed and then kicked the Mutant, leaping in the air with another attack to its chest.
[-30 HP]
[Your chest has been punctured.]
Iron scratched on iron; sparks ford between the two weapons with one slowly pushing the other back. Ace, pinned on the ground under the Elite Ethisian’s weight, was forced to use his durable sword to push back the Ethisian’s hamr. He couldn’t keep it up for too long with his chest aching, blood nearly filling in his cavities.
[Blood Mana Lv4: 19,324/32,000Level 5]
[Blood Drain: Level 2>>> Level 5]
[Blood Control: Level 3>>> Level 6]
[Energy: 510,530]
[HP: 219/254]
[Blood Control Skill: Activated]
[Blood Strength Level: Enhanced.]
[Blood Strength Stat: Doubled.]
[Blood Strength Stat: 410>>>820]
The sa red energy that frightened Grim and Helda, sparked an interest in Skyler, and partially moved Commander engulfed the Blood Bishop’s body, enhancing him with great amounts of strength.
All the blood surrounding him gathered, quickly flowing like a gushing river that overflowed. The blood passed the Elite and surrounded Ace’s body, spinning and twirling like a typhoon about to form. The Ethisian braced itself for whatever attack coming its way. Not knowing what would happen but still preparing, it planted the handle of its hamr in the icy ground and held tight onto the hamrhead, waiting for the Mutant to strike.
[Blood Step]
[Blood Step]
[Blood Step]
Using the sa move he used on Grim, Ace began to move quickly, creating afterimages of his body with a wall of blood surrounding him and the Ethisian, not allowing anyone else to get involved. As he did all of this, that sa energy moved to his Blood Warriors who began putting up more of a fight against the other Elites.
The wall of blood got high enough, overshadowing both Human and alien, covering them in shadow. The Ethisian stood firm, trusting its body to take on all of the force that was about to fall on it. However, it was soon surprised when it felt a devastating blow on its head, the right side of its chest, and back, all coming in at once.
It felt as though he was being hit by three people at the sa ti, even though it was just one. Lifting its head, it noticed five afterimages of the Human surrounding it, placing its mind in a state of confusion. The Elite started to overthink, strategizing and forcing itself to at least try and morize the Mutant’s moves.
*BAM* *BAM* *BAM*
The scales on its back started to peel off one by one with each hit, exposing the weak parts of its body. Another triple-hit move was pulled off, aid at its legs and chest bringing it down on its knees. Not wanting to take more chances, the Ethisian turned back, looking for its weapon which it lost after being hit by the Mutant, but it wasn’t there. Cornered, threatened, and afraid, the alien attempted to run through the spinning blood wall which started to enclose itself.
*SPLISH*
A sound similar to tree bark breaking apart was heard, followed by the painful grunts and screams of the Ethisian. The scales on its hands were ripped apart clean by the blood wall which felt like sandpaper rubbed on flesh. The more the Ethisian tried pushing its hand through, the more flesh it lost eventually turning into wounds.
"You’re bleeding. Good enough for " five voices. Five voices, as though five people were speaking at once, rocked the Ethisian to its knees with its heart racing. It was experiencing fear, an aspect that was forcefully removed from its system through training. Still, the Ethisian wasn’t going to back down just yet. Despite being in a terrible position, it wasn’t going to let up so easily. It was just too stubborn and proud to die without trying.
"Do your worst, Mutant," it scread, the swirling sounds of the blood wall deafening out its voice, but it didn’t care. "I’M NOT AFRAID OF YOU AS YOU THINK!!"
"You should be!!"
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