Master Of None

A wave of the bone sword sent small bullets of blood at the entire group. Walker slammed his food on the ground to force the earth to make a wall. The speed at which he could control the earth mana and the stones was much faster than what it had been. 

Yet, compared to the strength that the blood had as it flew at them, the wall of stone was destroyed leaving the damaged castle floor as the only results.

Midnight had leaped forward and protected Gil while Remey had dodged. Su was tough enough to take the attack head on while Walker had felt the changes in mana only to dodge just enough to only be grazed by the attack. 

Midnight had felt the force but her armor and scales resisted it since Walker had managed to break the force incoming at them. But when Gil looked ahead to notch an arrow and fire at another one of the vampiric hounds, he noticed that he was the target. 

The blood armor seemed to move with the twisted elder vampire. His body not being the stiff thigh that most people would think bones and flesh would be. All due to the skills that this monster had related to blood and more. 

That was why it was able to leap forward in an oddly twisted fashion to slash at Gil. he could only drop his bow and draw his daggers in that split second to deflect the attack. The force made his bones feel like they were grinding. It was intense and stopped him from being able to counter whatsoever. But he had managed to cease the attack. 

When the small burst of light had been spit at the monster, Midnight was the one that growled in follow up. Her anger clear as her attack had missed due to the monster in front of her dodging. However, she proved that even with this blood armor and odd way of moving, that the twisted elder vampire was afraid of the light.

The weakness that came with focusing on darkness and blood as an affinity before falling to become a monster had made light the bane of the vampire's existence. They were all already weak to it even as a race, but as a monster, that weakness was multiplied many times over. 

"Get back here and feel my fists crush your bones!" Remey used the flames around her body as a means to speed herself up. The fire reaching a heat that seemed to burn the air. But her gauntlets had become the key for all of this. 

They had been made of the light ash wood. Therefore, when she had properly ignited them, they had been the perfect way for her to wield some light purifying flames. They could harm the vampiric monsters much more but they were a temporary item now. They could not burn forever. 

The combination of jabs and punches while Remey used impeccable footwork to boost her speed was amazing. It was like a dance of flames that made the entire room begin to burn. The small sport of purifying white flames that appeared with every step made the vampiric hounds constantly change their attempts to attack Remey. But they couldn't even get near her or their master. 

Furthermore, Walker felt that he had found the best chance to handle the threats that he knew were distancing them. Midnight was low on mana and Gil was recoiling from the hard hit he had defended. Therefore, he and Su were the perfect ones to handle the vampiric hounds moving around using the shadows as strength. 

Su saw what Walker was thinking with just a glance. She had dropped her shields and her armor pieces to be able to fight with much more strength than usual. The simple change in shields was important since she now had the time to adjust and pick one up while still keeping the speed she had use.

Her battle style too brutal and fast in that instant of attacking the nearest vampiric hound. Her light shield skill forking as an offensive skill rather than defensive. It was an odd and powerful combination that no one would expect unless they had seen Su fight before. Naturally, these vampiric hounds and the twisted elder vampire had never witnessed this. 

"How dare you harm another!" The roar of anger shook the room as a spear of blood shot from the armor the twisted elder vampire wore shot at Su. But Walker was ahead of him. He had changed the form of the eternal codex. It took the form of a matching Shield just like Su's but it channeled the light mana much better. With a much higher density. 

The deflected spear of blood followed up by Walker and Su attacking two other vampiric hounds just distracted and angered the twisted elder vampire. Unfortunately, right as that anger seemed to reach its peak, Remey was forced back. 

The gauntlets had burned up. Her flames had suddenly lost the white purifying light that they had before. And Remey needed Walker to hand her more of the light ash wood. It was why the vampire slashed forward sending a blade of darkness and blood at Remey. He saw an opportunity to strike her down. 

The attack was not completely dodged. Remey felt the darkness mana begin to eat away at her arm and the blood cut her worse than she had been cut before. This attack was not simple and was just too fast to entirely avoid. Even with her flames acting as protection from it. 

The cry of pain from Remey made Walker and Su freeze. They had managed to crush the last two vampiric hounds, but at the cost of Remey being harmed and them losing the advantage of Remey's purifying flames against the vampire. 

"One who can not stand after defending one blow. Another that is bleeding my meal on the floor. A little dragon too low of mana to properly fight. And now, two more that fear stepping forward. The world has grown dull without my influence to shape it." 

The tone was dripping with venom. The twisted elder vampire was angry, yet arrogant. He still saw them as little children delivering themselves to him. Weaker and more pathetic than he could ever be. He had saved this form to attack and recover himself after all. A wise and powerful vampire older than any other around. 

In a flash of red, the twisted leader vampire stepped forward and kicked Su in to the nearby wall. He was demonstrating the force he had without being oppressed. Especially since th white purifying flames had extinguished themselves. He did not fear regular flames. He could resist those. That came with his age and knowledge. 

"You said you would defeat me? Well, that went well for you, did it not?" The twisted elder vampire stepped slowly toward Walker as a large blood spear formed over his head. 

"He did say he would defeat you, but that's only because he forgot about me being better."

All the arrogance and fighting had left the wrong impression on the twisted elder vampire. That as an archer who had defended a single attack and shown the weakness from receiving said attack, that Gil was weak. That he could not move. 

But an act was an act, and Gil had played that part perfectly. He wasn't a fool that forgot the legendary purifying light arrow that he and Walker had made. They made it together for a reason. 

The act had brought him time to grab his bow and draw that heavy arrow. The light mana drawn in in an instant. The wind mana gathering around it while Walker held a hand out. The twisted elder vampire had seen the eternal codex change forms in to a shield. He had foolishly believed that Walker needed that to use magic. 

However, Walker could control natural mana and was not a mage. He was not limited like other mages could be. 

The boost in mana allowed Gil to release the arrow at a terrifying speed. One that the twisted elder vampire could not defend against. But that wasn't the monster's concern. In rage, he sent a blood slash out all around him hitting everyone as they could only use their bodies and skills to defend. 

As the pain hit their bodies, the party was suddenly blinded. All the darkness in the main hall being pushed away. All the senses that they had seemingly shut off as they could feel a purifying mana pulsing through their own bodies. The lingering effects of darkness mana that stagnated within the castle for years being thrown aside. 

Neither of them could see a thing, they even felt that they were deafened by the sound of the arrow splintering around them and embedding itself in the stone and even their own bodies. Yet, the party did not fully fall. Walker was already using healing skills on everyone since he could sense their manas through the blinding light mana pouring all around them. 

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