Chapter 31 - Witchs Sanctuary 1 (2/2)
Ravens that weren’t able to avoid the collision in time, drop down to the ground.
Seeing their prey arrive before them, the vampires rushed out with their weapons drawn.
Puuk! Puuk!
A sword was embedded in one of the Raven’s eyes. Although their wings were sleek and sharp, their head and legs were basically defenseless.
It wasn’t all that hard to take care of them as long as they aimed properly.
‘The real problem still awaits.’
The Ravens merely acted as scouts for the Witch. The third eye located on their forehead acted like surveillance cameras within the Sanctuary.
By now, the Witch had surely been alerted to their presence, so they had to move quickly.
While avoiding the sharp black wings of the Ravens that flew around like arrows, Woohyuk equipped his Airwalker Boots.
“You hold them in position with the whip, and I’ll do the rest.”
“Alright”
Hong Yuri nodded back, as she focused on the Ravens flying in the air, her eyes turning a blood red.
[Bullet Time]
Vampires were able to momentarily heighten their reflexes and movement speed by sacrificing a porting on their Blood energy.
Chahak!
The leather whip snapped out, wrapping itself around the ankle of a Raven that had been flying a bit too low.
As Hong Yuri separated one from the group, Woohyuk began jumping into the air.
Huuk Huuk
Jets of high pressure air were emitted from the soles of his boots, allowing him to soar up even higher.
Sukuk
A series of strange midair acrobatics ensued, as he cut apart the Ravens and blood rained down to the ground.
Seeing a festival of blood take place, the vampires were naturally beyond themselves, pouncing on any of them that dropped to the ground.
As the Raven hunt had come to an end, Skeleton Soldiers were one by one beginning to appear within this cemetery.
“Make sure to feed, we will be quite busy after this.”
The vampires needn’t be told twice, as they sank their fangs into the corpses, using their ability to replenish the Blood energy.
They had been quite famished.
Woohyuk then summoned all of his undead troops and slowly made their way forward.
“Are we not sticking around to hunt them all?”
“We can’t afford to waste time.”
By the time they took care of all the Skeleton Soldiers within the cemetery, the sun would be shining in the sky.
They had to keep pressing forward.
“Right, your goal is the Witch.”
Using her tongue to wipe the blood around her mouth, Hong Yuri caught up to Woohyuk as she walked beside him.
Elite monsters were the key to any zone. Even if they weren’t Boss monsters, they would still give additional rewards if you were the first to kill it.
“But where is the Witch? Now that you mention it, I don’t even know where it is we are going.”
“She’s in the Chapel.”
This had been a part of Elrond’s territory.
Although it was now under a Witch’s Curse, many of the previous structures remained intact.
Woohyuk thought back to the past as he cut down a Skeleton Soldier using Grandia.
‘Back then lots of people lost their way in here.’
Due to the heavy mist within the cemetery, if you ever stepped off the path, it was very hard to get back.
The terrain didn’t help either with its many hills, so if you ran around blindly one could easily trip up and become injured
‘Just like Inoue.’
That guy had suffered from injuries due to being too hasty and pushing his troop too hard in order to break through the line of Skeleton Soldiers.
Of course they had Return Stones so it wasn’t like everyone had been killed, but because of that Woohyuk had to take over his role as leader for that raid.
“Oh, but I’m a vampire. Can I even go inside a Chapel? What if there are relics….”
“The Witch’s Chapel was originally designed as a place of worship for Lilith. It was only later remodeled by humans for more orthodox worship.
Following the war between the Gods and Demons, Lilith had been sealed, falling into a long slumber. She was only able to awake once more due to the waning power of the Gods.
Ever since that time, the Chapel had resumed its original function, and any relics found inside were now Corrupt.
“Then can I find some useful items in there?”
“Of course.”
In the Witch’s Sanctuary, there were mainly items that were Corrupt and affiliated with Darkness.
Hong Yuri raised her black whip, a look of anticipation plastered across her face.
“I think I’m beginning to understand why so many boys in our class would play games all day long. I guess they must also be busy hunting now right?”
“They are probably sleeping now, it’s late”
An eternal sleep most likely.
As he thought about his classmates’ faces, he swung down with Grandia.
* * *
Even despite taking a shortcut, they had been walking for quite some time, and the Witch’s Chapel was not yet in sight.
Weary, Hong Yuri couldn’t help but ask.
“Woohyuk, how much longer is it?”
“We’re almost there now.”
Woohyuk had repeated that same phrase more than once now. It had been six hours since they’d entered the Witch’s Sanctuary.
Even for the Blood Queen, endurance wasn’t her strong suit.
“Don’t they have items like blood transfusion packets here? Or even some sort of syringe injections….”
“You’ll find it in the Chapel.”
Although they weren’t nearly that modern, there were certain items that allowed you to store quantities of blood.
As Woohyuk was diligently explaining it to Hong Yuri, the sound of heavy footsteps could be heard.
“So you’ve appeared.”
It was the Witch’s first Guardian.
A giant monster that was basically an amalgamation of different body parts, just like a Chimera.
[Abomination]
Because it was an Undead type, it wasn’t possible to simply kill it by cutting its neck or stabbing it in the heart.
“You take the Ghouls.”
Following behind it, there was an army of about 100 Ghouls, their eyes a glittering blue.
A type of monster that was both stronger and more intelligent than a Zombie. They could infect a mortal through their bite, but of course it wasn’t something that Vampires needed to worry about. After all, they were also just another kind of undead.
“Did you guys hear that? Kill them all!”
Following Hong Yuri’s lead, her Vampires leapt into the air, baring their fangs.
As the battle began in earnest, Woohyuk led his undead to engage the Abomination.
Bang!
Bone fragments assaulted the Abomination as he used Corpse Explosion on a Skeleton Soldier.
Still the damage wasn’t much. It was covered in the tough hide of an Elite Monster, so it didn’t take much damage.
‘That won’t be enough.’
It looked like he would have to personally step in. A glint passed by Woohyuk’s eyes as he stabbed Grandia into the Abomination’s body.
Puuk!
He was able to cut through the tough hide, exposing the flesh behind. Feeling threatened, the Abomination shot out a dark green Poison Mist from its body.
[Breath of Death]