Scarlet
I wipe the sweat from my brow as I walk through the streets of the city that was made into a temporary base out on the frontlines after we recovered it from the demons and freed the humans in it. Then I blink, realizing that I have Clean and instead use that.
“You must be tired if you’re forgetting Clean,” Tar points out, and I just nod my head in response.
Well, I’ve been trying to get to Class V as quickly as I possibly can over the past month, even if that’s only left me at level eight hundred and fifty. Much lower than I was hoping for.
“I mean, it makes sense considering that most of the demons you’re killing aren’t even Class IV, and the ones that are? They’re only levels five hundred and one through seven hundred for the most part,” Tar says, making me numbly nod my head again.
At this point the only reason I’m still gaining EXP is because of the whole tenth of a level thing that I get after killing a certain number of beings.
And inching up to a thousand through that alone isn’t helping me much.
I tried taking on a Noble over the past month but lost spectacularly despite Apex Predator and all of my other skills. So I won’t be trying that again until I’m at the cusp of breaking through to Tier V myself.
“Allen gave you a real scolding for that one,” Tar says with a chuckle. “Amelia as well. And pretty much everyone else you know.”
Yeah, yeah, everyone was mad. But I had to try it.
And I’ll be trying it again when I reach level 1000.
“Hmm, yeah, I think you should be able to handle a Noble at that level as long as the Noble is only level 1001,” Tar says after a short pause to think about it.
I glance at my shoulder with surprise visible on my tired face as I walk.
You actually approve?
“Yes, I do,” he says with an amused snort at my surprise.
Nice.
Anyways, I walk into the base located near the wall of the city, only to pause in place when I hear a familiar voice from within the building now that I’m actually paying attention. One belonging to Emily.
Then I hear Michael and Michelle’s voices next after hers.
They’re finally here?
Belle made it to Class III very quickly thanks to her unique mental barrier magic, since it’s a known fact that mental magic users often level faster purely due to them having one of the easiest magics to attack and involve themselves in combat out of all known magics. Since they’re directly attacking or blocking mentally from a distance without even having to get up close and personal.
So from what I’ve heard, Belle snuck her way to the frontlines while still at Class II and participated in the war by using her mental barriers on everyone, giving her a little bit of the EXP of everyone they killed.
A rather sneaky way to get EXP, but it worked in the end for her. And she survived, albeit with an earful from her father. So that’s all that matters in the end to me.
“Like you’re one to talk about recklessly endangering yourself for levels,” Tar grumbles, but I, of course, ignore him.
I close my eyes for a second and focus my senses on the building itself before narrowing in on where I hear their voices coming from. Then I open my eyes again after finding the group to all still be at Class II, but they’re at least in their low 200s, so there’s that.
It’s the beginning of November right now, so it’s been a little over a year since we all contracted. Close to a year and three or four months. Although closer to a year and two months for me.
Also, why does it feel like it’s always snowing wherever I go? I don’t mind the snow myself, in fact I like it, but it always seems to be snowing.
“Does it really matter?” Tar asks, and I shrug the shoulder he’s on, making his claws dig into my armor to stay in place.
Not really.
As I walk, I glance at my status to find all of the improvements I’ve made over the past month of demon slaughter.
Name: Scarlet Art Asger de Archeron
Species: Human/Blood Lycan Hybrid
Magic: Blood
Titles:
The Apex Predator
Age: 20
Level: 850
SP: 4
Stats:
Physical: 2,547
Mental: 2,547
Magical: 2,546
Physical/Level: 2
Mental/Level: 1
Magical/Level: 2
Free Points: 0
Mana: 300,133/ 11,996,624.7
Free Points/Level: 5
Active Skills:
Pain Diffusion
Skill Level: 26
Description
Null Magic Field
Skill Level: 24
Description
Blood of Ruin
Skill Level: 20
Description
Blood Nullification
Skill Level: 15
Description
Rain of Blood
Skill Level: 13
Description
Metallicized Blood
Skill Level: 21
Description
Blood Empowerment
Skill Level: 18
Description
Blood Swarm
Skill Level: 12
Description
Beast Transformation
Skill Level: Static
Description
Metallicized Blood Claws
Skill Level: 29
Description
Life Absorption
Skill Level: 30
Description
Partial Shift
Skill Level: Static
Description
Blood Pull
Skill Level: 22
Description
Blood Chains
Skill Level: 20
Description
Blood Diffusion
Skill Level: 18
Description
Gradual Corruption Nullification
Skill Level: 20
Description
Blood Plague
Skill Level: 15
Description
Crimson Overdrive
Skill Level: 20
Description
Blood Shadow
Skill Level: 15
Description
Blood Retribution
Skill Level: 15
Description
Blood Armor
Skill Level: 10
Description
Blood Manifestation
Skill Level: 10
Description
Blood Sacrifice
Skill Level: 10
Description
Blood Boil
Skill Level: 10
Description
Blood Bank
Skill Level: 10
Description
Passive Skills:
Blood Regeneration
Skill Level: 26
Description
Blood Aura
Skill Level: Static
Description
Blood Absorption
Skill Level: Static
Description
Sanguine Effect
Skill Level: Static
Description
Life Sense
Skill Level: 20
Description
Apex Predator
Skill Level: Static
Description
Blood Thirst
Skill Level: 15
Description
Bloody Thorns
Skill Level: 15
Description