Chapter 177: Darkness Descend (1/2)

Hunter, Mardock, and Myas soon found the collapsing walls and saw the many unmoving bodies of various dracanae.

”It looks like sister's been doing awesome things! Look at all these dead monsters! While we've been hard pressed, she seems to have ” Myas smiled as she saw it. Many dracanae ghouls were killed. Over thirty or so were dead. Many were buried in the stones, and the bow or the blade killed others.

”No. This looks bad!” Hunter, however, knew better.

”These ghouls don't have blood in them! Lady Martha drained it!” Hunter cursed.

”What do you mean?”

”Lady Myas. Regardless of what form you see Lady Martha. Do not panic. We are vampires, and our special bloodline can even allow us to regrow our limbs. So no matter what state you see Lady Martha in, do not worry. You've seen my brother's state. His arm was sliced off, but he's still able to fight without worry. Our blood clots easily, and we have Minor Vampiric Healing.” Hunter gave his warnings.

”It's that bad? She might have lost an arm?!” Myas grew worried.

”Yes. She's probably in a Dark Maddening state. I'm guessing Lady Martha followed the strategy that this dracanae had. She's allowing herself to become mad, but her Path of Combat might be guiding her battles. But it's a desperate move!” Hunter's sprint became faster, forcing Mardock and Myas also to speed up.

There were some weakened and injured dracanae along the way.

Myas drew her bow, but Hunter interrupted.

”Don't shoot! Let my ghouls deal with them!”

The four ghouls suddenly rushed up ahead and began to stomp and break the arms and legs of the dracanae they encountered. But he didn't kill them.”

”I might need them when we run back. We save Lady Martha, and you two may have to retreat with her.”

Myas nodded. But she didn't ask any more questions as she knew the implication was that Hunter might stay behind to fight and drink the blood of these ghouls.

In the depths of the cave, five dracanae continuously fought against Martha.

She had a peculiar form that made her look like a dark half-breed spider monster.

”A Tyrant Spider? That's her real form?” One of the dracanae guessed.

The dracanae bit down and devoured the dark spider-like appendage that struck him. He had the ability to devour the darkness and rip off the limbs of his enemy.

The shadow figure it faced retreated almost instantly. Its attacks were too weak to harm the dracanae. Yet, in this fight, it was the dracanae that was growing angrier and angrier.

Around the area were the corpses of more than ten dracanae ghouls. Originally, there were twenty. But some of them were devoured.

Martha had regenerated all her arms and limbs back. She was covered in thick darkness, and even her face was monstrous. It was like her head had a smooth, black helmet with large fangs, and a dim yellow light replaced her eyes.

She had several strange spider-like appendages that grew on the sides of her legs and arm.

These appendages had sharp points at the end and were Blood Weapons that she used to stab the dracanae ghouls. And through that, she not only absorbed the blood, but even the bones and skin, and every cell of the dracanae ghouls.

The five dracanae were unable to control the dracanae ghouls properly, and some of the ghouls began to fight in instinct as they wanted to devour the dark creature before them.

With the sluggish and slow movements of the Dracanae ghoul, the fast Martha was fast enough to chase and kill them.

The five dracanae ghouls would feel the pain and a strange separating power that they feared.

The lack of concentration and the fast movements of Martha caused the five to keep missing the mark.

This was because the dark form of Martha kept on releasing Death Ripple. But there was something strange with the Death Ripple Magic. The closer the dracanae ghouls got to Martha, the more it lost the ability to move and fight.

Eventually, the five dracanae used whatever power they had to command the dracanae ghouls to retreat, but Martha instinctively chased them.

And while they managed to cut and strike Martha, Martha recklessly pushed through, ignoring whatever attacks that dracanae's did on her.

She was stabbed, sliced, and punched. But Martha would always sacrifice the ambushes and corners that the dracanae made so that she could absorb more of the darkness. And whatever damages are done on her would vanish.

More and more of the darkness made Martha more grotesque.

She stood nearly a foot taller and had pitch-black long shadowy hair. She had black claws on her arms, and there were now two appendages on each of her arms and legs.

”Damn this beast! Half of our warriors are gone because of her!” A dracanae cursed.

”This power that she has. Isn't it similar to the dark energy of the heart?”