Chapter 39 - Night Raid (2/2)
After visualizing how her duel with Chun Woohyuk would go, she opened her eyes exuding a sharp aura.
* * *
Night fell and the moon shone in the sky.
Liang Tsuyu covertly led an elite unit to invade the enemy faction. Their objective was the Guard Tower situated near the Witch’s Sanctuary.
Due to the heavy fog in the area, it would be quite difficult for the enemy to detect them. Especially now that it was the middle of the night.
[Make sure not to make a sound. It is said that she operates at night.]
They had learned from the prisoners that Hong Yuri preferred to operate during the night.
Even then they still chose this place as the target, because the plan was to leverage her close relationship with Chun Woohyuk.
‘You will have no choice but to come running once you learn your lover is in danger.’
She would ambush Woohyuk as he ran over to save his girlfriend.
Her eyes shining like a cat, Liang Tsuyu carefully examined the Guard Tower that sat on the hill before them.
There were only a few patrols, so it didn’t appear that they were expecting their arrival.
[We need to settle this quickly. If we cause a big commotion, we might get ourselves in trouble.]
They naturally wanted to suffer as few casualties as possible.
As Liang Tsuyu took the lead, her subordinates clad in leather armor followed behind.
When they silently crept their way up the hill, a woman’s voice rang out.
“What is your purpose for showing up over here?”
It was Hong Yuri.
She looked down at Liang Tsuyu, as she stood atop a thin tree..
“You guys hurry and climb!”
Liang Tsuyu ordered her team, and then pulled out her Estoc
Upon seeing her response, Hong Yuri harrumphed.
“You want to fight with me? Hmm...but I’m not interested in fighting unless it’s against handsome men.”
“Stop spouting nonsense and come down here you bitch!”
“What? Did you just call me a bitch!?”
Hong Yuri’s eyes turned blood red as she sent her New Moon’s Attraction flying towards Liang Tsuyu
“Kuk”
Liang Tsuyu rolled to the side, avoiding the New Moon’s Attraction by a hair’s breadth.
However her next attack soon followed.
Cachaeng!
Sparks jumped out as their steel blades clashed.
Hong Yuri licked her lips as she stared at Liang Tsuyu.
“You are so weak, even your face is so much uglier than mine.”
“Shut up!”
Angry, Liang Tsuyu tried to stab her repeatedly.
A technique that could send out a flurry of stabs depending on the user’s level of skill.
Although it consumed quite a lot of Stamina, it could usually be used to suppress the opponent.
Of course this was only the case against ordinary people.
“Ha!”
Hong Yuri laughed as she jumped into the air.
Shortly after her translucent chain bound itself around Liang Tsuyu.
“Shit”
“Escape if you can.”
An electric shock ran through the translucent chain. As Liang Tsuyu screamed in pain, her men attacked Hong Yuri as one.
“That was nice, I really wanted to try out this technique just once.”
Hong Yuri let out an evil laugh as she dodged the incoming arrows.
A blood vortex originated from her hand and then spread out.
KoOooooooo!
[Cursed Princess’ Song]
Its destructive power was so great, because it used up 10% of all of her Blood Energy.
A spell that reversed the blood flow in your opponent's body. Even if they managed to endure it, if they were within the Blood Vortex AoE, the skills they could use were limited and their Stats dropped as well.
“Just what class do you have?”
“Blood Queen.”
Although she was nothing but a maid in the eyes of a certain man.
Hong Yuri grabbed a nearby enemy and sank her fangs into his neck, bright red blood flowed down into her throat.
“Vampire…?”
Liang Tsuyu trembled, a look of incredulity upon her face.
It wasn’t a monster that she was facing, but rather a player.
Something about this situation was just too wrong.
“Why are you so scared? Should I turn you as well? You look like you would be quite useful.”
As Hong Yuri bared her fangs, dozens of vampires appeared beside her.
[Red Crescent Moon]
Even without having to rely on the Call to Arms skill, she could summon up to 100 vampires to her side at a moment’s notice.
“Dammit…! Everyone, retreat!”
“No...Now?”
“Yes, right now!”
Seeing their leader use her Return Stone, the rest of them quickly followed suit.
Hong Yuri tossed the man she had just fed on to the ground, with an expression of boredom.
‘If it weren’t for Woohyuk, you’d all be dead.’
Using Carmilla temptation, she could have put them all in an illusion. She could have also hypnotized Liang Tsuyu after she’d been tied up by the translucent chain.
Still, she had to let them go in order to keep the balance between the two sides. Liang Tsuyu couldn’t die until Woohyuk cleared the Twilight Tower.
As soon as she died, there would no longer be any Silver Crown leader on the opposite side.
‘They just got their asses handed to them, so it should be quiet for some time now.’
Since they didn’t know Woohyuk’s whereabouts, they also had to be on guard as to where he might strike next.
Hong Yuri bit her bottom lip as she thought about Woohyuk and Leifina being together in the tower.
‘Let’s worry about that later on. If I start getting jealous, I’ve already lost.
He wasn’t the kind of man to easily succumb to a woman’s charms anyways.
She may be the one suffering through some tough training instead.
Hong Yuri had a bitter smile, as one of her vampires approached.
“Queen, I’ve brought the prisoners.”
“Good work.”
In order to expand her influence, she needed to grow her number of vampires.
Hong Yuri sank her fangs into the unconscious captive’s neck, causing him to wake up to a scene of pure terror.
* * *
After Liang Tsuyu’s failed sneak attack, the Canyon Battle entered a period of relative calm.
Although the Red Faction was in a favorable position, Samuel’s incompetence was such that he wasn’t able to bring an end to it by himself.
Before leaving, Woohyuk had left his coins as well as command to Hong Yuri.
During the daytime Lee Jaesung would be acting commander in her stead and controlled the other Bronze Crown leaders.
Although there were still some deaths everyday, the number was quite low and wasn’t enough to cause any real shift in power.
It was at this point that Woohyuk climbed the higher floors of the Twilight Tower one by one .
The higher each floor, the bigger the stage would be, as well as the difficulty of the quest required to clear it.
From suppressing a Noble’s rebellion, to rescuing a princess who had been captured by a fallen Empire.