Chapter 31 - Witchs Sanctuary 1 (1/2)
Hong Yuri led her vampires in a battle against a group of Chimera specimens.
Hwarrrk
Her Black Flamed Whip wrapped itself around the Chimera’s body, filling the area with the smell of burnt rotting flesh.
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“Ugh, how disgusting! Who created these things.”
Hong Yuri complained as she pinched her nose. Woohyuk who was standing nearby, responded.
“It was Lucas, an infamous Alchemist.”
Lucas had delved deep into the secrets of forbidden biological experiments, flying under the radar of the Holy Aeperian Empire.
Later, he had joined up with Logan in order to create his Elite Undead Guards.
He was one of those guys that he had to take care of when he arrived at the Eeth continent.
“Anyways, we need to settle this area quickly because my vampires are having trouble due to being unable to resupply their Blood energy.”
Currently, the only place where Hong Yuri had been able to feed on a creature's blood so far had been the Harpies’ zone.
It was quite exhausting to always visit the area of those half human half bird mosnters, simply to satisfy her thirst.
“Bear with it a bit longer, soon enough you will be able to feed on humans.”
On any of the paths, after crossing three areas, one would find themselves at the Valley of Kings.
It was an ideal place for vampires. There was no shortage of targets to feed on.
“Are there seriously no other monsters besides these undead in the Witch’s Sanctuary? If only there was a Centaur…”
The Centaurs could be found in the second area on the left path, the place where Samuel was currently struggling to overcome.
Although they weren’t as tasty as the female Harpies, they were still much better than Goblins or Lizardmen.
“There will be some Ravens soon.”
Large crows with black, razor sharp wings. They looked rather strange, and the vampires would need to take care when sucking on their blood so as to not cut themselves.
Hearing Woohyuk’s news, she could only lower her head in frustration.
“Let’s just quickly kill this Witch and get it over with.”
“Ah, but I’m not planning on killing her. I want to take her alive.”
“...Huh?”
“She is very valuable.”
It was the reason he had sent Hong Yuri to the right path, all so that he could keep this Witch away from the others.
If it had been Samuel that had been sent here, the attack on the Abandoned Castle wouldn’t have been done properly.
Although he had the perseverance, his skills just weren’t up to par.
“What are you planning on doing with the Witch?”
“You will know soon enough.”
Woohyuk wasn’t like Logan, that would just go around without a plan. Hong Yuri, on her end gave up on asking, and just focused on killing the monsters.
A Chimera with the combined parts of a wolf and leopard rushed towards Woohyuk.
It was rather fast because it had been designed with the purpose of being speedy.
Still, Woohyuk could easily read its movements. As he slashed twice with Grandia, its body was split into four, sending pieces of flesh scattering.
‘I can finally use some techniques.’
His Strength and Agility were now rather high, so using basic skills was possible.
What needed at the moment from his sword attacks was speed. After all at this level, it would help shorten the amount of time it took to slaughter his enemies.
Chawaahahak!
His sword drew an arc through the air, flexible and able to predict its enemies movements. Its movement was both graceful and beautiful enough to be considered as a form of art.
[Art of Killing]
In the Martial Arts world the techniques would have different names, but it made no difference to Woohyuk, someone who had once stepped into the Sublime realm, even touching upon the mysterious Divine realm.
Leaving behind the mutilated Chimera corpses on the ground, Woohyuk stepped into the Witch’s Sanctuary
An endless cemetery that spread out across the ruins.
A deathly silence filled the air, as not even a single mouse was in sight. Only the occasional cawing of crows.
Feeling frightened, Hong Yuri clung to Woohyuk.
“I’m scared, It feels like a ghost might pop out of nowhere.”
“Are you afraid of ghosts?”
“Not really, it’s just this whole creepy vibe….”
Woohyuk let out a sigh, a vampire that was afraid of being in a cemetery.
“You have nothing to worry about, you are the Blood Queen.”
Unlike regular vampires, she wasn’t at all easy to kill.
First you would need a Holy Relic to stop her from regenerating, then you’d need to completely deplete all of her blood energy. After that, you still needed to stake her in the heart and leave her outside in the sun before being able to kill her completely.
Hearing Woohyuk’s detailed description, Hong Yuri couldn’t help but be filled with curiosity.
“Have you killed one before?”
“A long time ago.”
[Alice]
Upon arriving on the main continent, she had entered a contract with Gremory, one of the 72 Demon Kings. All of it had been for sake of saving the one she loved.
That woman had been deprived of her Blood Queen class this time, but she was sure to still be quite the nuisance.
Although it wasn’t to the point that he would go out of his way to search for her, if they were to cross paths, he would instantly get rid of her.
“You seem to have experienced everything.”
“Does that frighten you?”
Hong Yuri waved him off with a surprised expression.
“No, nothing like that….”
You’ve had a tough life… But those words got stuck in her mouth, and she never spoke them outloud.
‘Honestly we were never that close.’
He simply wasn’t the outgoing type to quickly become friends with others, and she didn’t have a lot of things in common with Woohyuk back then.
When he had encountered some difficulty, she had kept her distance. Although she would like to cheer him up, she constantly worried about making his life more difficult by meddling instead.
Because she had been quite popular back in school, if she were to show too much affection towards him, it would instead attract the jealousy and ire of her many admirers.
‘But now things are different.’
She wasn’t sure if she could survive in this world without Woohyuk. He was the only one she could rely on, and Woohyuk needed her as well.
A sort of companionship.
Although she was still weaker than him, at least she could still provide a helping hand if he was in a tough spot.
‘I like his manliness.’
At some point she had begun developing feelings for him, and the more she got to know him, the stronger the attraction became.
If this went on, she just might fall in love….
As Hong Yuri was dealing with this internal dilemma, Woohyuk suddenly stopped walking.
“What is it?”
Hong Yuri asked, nervous that he might have somehow become aware of what she was thinking.
“Some annoying guys have appeared.”
Woohyuk then pointed at the branches up on the tree. An unkindness of Ravens were staring back at them.
“There are so many …”
Without needing to count, it was obvious that there were more than 30 of them.
Although flying monsters were tough to deal with, Woohyuk had already prepared a countermeasure.
Chaak!
A leather whip shot out, wrapping itself around one of the Raven’s ankles.
As the Raven flapped its wings in vain, attempting to escape, Woohyuk swung it around like a kite, smashing it into its kin.
“Caaaw!”