Undying Warlord

"Are you comfortable there?" Dilan asked, looking down at the trembling body he was sitting on.

Goliath's arm looked like it was about to be healed soon. Dilan replenished some of his mana, and he also used the [Bearer of Pain] special trait to fill up a bit more mana.

He had also activated [Regeneration] with a portion of the mana he had filled up, and it was only a matter of time before he would have recuperated completely.

His Stamina was also full. There was no reason for Dilan to waste his time anymore.

Looking to his right, he saw that Oliver had appeared in the shadow of a bloodthirsty Ascender at the outskirts of the battlefield. Nobody noticed what happened as Oliver cut through the oblivious human's neck.

Oliver disappeared a moment later, and reappeared behind another Ascender, thereby killing him in the same way. He repeated the same process four times before most of his mana had been utilized.

Thus, he left without anyone noticing to recharge his mana.

'Looks like he is extremely careful…' Dilan thought in interest. He didn't expect that Oliver would be able to kill other humans mercilessly. However, he didn't hesitate for long before he ended the life of the bloodthirsty Ascenders, who he had attacked.

'This is something we can work on.' He thought with a faint smile on his face as his head turned to the left, where Silas was located.

When turning his head, Dilan pierced out with the CrimsonClaw Daggers. He cut into Goliath's back, and he slashed through his neck, nearly severing his head.

His motion was cruel and merciless, yet, a smile of enjoyment formed on Dilan's back.

"You guys really heal too fast. Just give me a few seconds, I will deal with you after I take a glimpse at Silas," He merely said, twisting the CrimsonClaw dagger that had been pierced into Goliath's heart.

Goliath was unable to control his body after Dilan had attacked him like this, and his arms and legs gave in. He fell to the ground, while Dilan merely jumped up the moment Goliath fell.

While looking at the weapons Silas wielded, he was immediately reminded of the Clawed Bears. Silas wore gloves, which had been enhanced by receiving the SapphireClaw bear's claws as an attachment.

The claws were attached to the gloves Silas was wearing. His attack power increased drastically, allowing the Agility-based Pugilist to further grow stronger.

Silas wreaked havoc in the rows of the bloodthirsty Ascenders and the Vampire servants. It was as if he was a monster, a machine, whose only order was to massacre everyone.

Dilan was a little astonished at this sight, but he could also see the pain in Silas' eyes.

'He is about to vomit. Why is he overdoing it like that if his body reacts like this? He clearly hates what he is doing right now. Is there some conflict going on in his mind and body, or is this something else?' Dilan thought in confusion. He was not sure what was on Silas' mind but if Dilan recalled his behavior properly, Silas would do everything he could to become stronger.

"So that's it, his desire is to become stronger. He wants to grasp the opportunity that lays in front of him," Dilan mumbled while clenching his fist. Silas was right. There were not many opportunities for high-leveled Ascenders to become stronger.

Killing other Ascenders for the sake of it was unforgivable. However, it was perfectly fine to annihilate a group of evil Ascenders, and Vampires, who killed 50,000 and more humans without hesitation.

Dilan was of the opinion that it was justified to eradicate their entire existence simply because they could become dangerous for his own group. As such, every single Essence crystal, and Blood Essence of the beings all around him could be considered a tiny opportunity to become stronger, even if it was just a little bit.

It was a waste of time for Dilan to throw away this great opportunity. When he made up his mind, Dilan cross-slashed at Goliath, who had just regained strength in his legs.

The CrimsonClaw daggers cut through Goliath's neck, slicing off his head. Simultaneously, one of the CrimsonClaw daggers disappeared in Dilan's storage ring. His free hand pierced out while holding onto Goliath's head.

Dilan was just about to get his hand on the Vampire's Blood Essence when a total of four Vampires appeared right in front of him.

They looked shocked, and as if they couldn't believe what had happened.

"Did you guys think that I won't kill him? You are funny." Dilan chuckled, piercing out with the remaining CrimsonClaw Dagger he was still holding.

"Stop–" One of the Vampire's shouted but by that time Dilan had already pierced Goliath's skull.

"Oops, too late," Dilan shrugged as he spoke in an apologetic voice.

The big contrast between his actions and what he said caused the four Vampires' eyes to glow brightly. Their intimidating effect was much stronger than that of ordinary Vampires.

"So you guys are the nobles? But wasn't there another one?" Dilan enjoyed the current situation much more than he should.

His own behavior made him feel a little bit conflicted but that was because he was way too excited about being able to act arrogantly in front of those, who were weaker than him.

He shouldn't act like this, even less because he had no idea how strong Vampire nobles are supposed to be. Ordinary Vampires were merely a bit faster than normal Ascenders. They could intimidate others, and their reflexes were a bit better as well. However, their strongest trait was still their regeneration ability.

Dilan presumed that noble Vampires had enhanced versions of the same functions as ordinary vampires, in addition to one or two additional trump cards up their sleeve.

This was not something to take lightly but Dilan did so nonetheless.

With a calm expression, he grasped the Blood Essence within the head of Goliath before he tore it out of him. Without a second thought, Dilan absorbed it as well.

[<Gold> Blood Essence of Tier-1 Level 23 Blood Giant(Vampire)→ +1.1 Strength, +2.6 Health, +0.9 Stamina, +1.4 Agility, +0.5 Mana]

A bright smile emerged on Dilan's face as the Golden Blood Essence crumbled in his hand. He knew that his opponent had been powerful, but Dilan would have never expected him to be at Level 23.

However, he expected even less that he would get his hand on a Gold Blood Essence so easily. The high quality of the Blood Essence and the Vampire's high level allowed him to gain a high amount of Stats.

After weeks of a low boost in stats, Dilan felt better and better the longer he looked at the situation ahead of him.

"Oh, you guys…you don't know what awaits you. I think it's time for me to get a little greedy," Dilan said in a calm voice. His eyes darted back for a quarter of a second because he felt danger from behind him.

But the only thing he saw was an otherworldly beautiful Vampire, whose surroundings were eerily cold. Spikes out of ice had emerged out of nowhere, and they prevented anyone from approaching her.

The spikes were smeared crimson but even before Dilan could find out what was so special about this, he noticed that the woman smiled brightly at him when she pointed directly behind him.

She opened her mouth faintly, just to tell him something,

-Behind you, Dear~-