Undying Warlord

[[Bearer of Pain] has been activated. Converting Lifeforce equivalent to 100 Units of Health to Mana.]

[50 Units of Mana have been restored!]

[[Bracing Pain] has been activated. The host's stats will be amplified by 32%!]

[[Regeneration] has been activated. The host's healing capabilities will be enhanced drastically for the next 45 Seconds.]

Dilan flinched when his Lifeforce was drained. It felt weird, just like always but after he activated his Origin ability, a soothing feeling swept through him.

He felt much better and could easily stride forward. The Army behind him spread out to create enough space for each group of five to battle. With a total of 208 groups of five people, the Undying were supposed to fight one opponent each.

As for the remaining Vampires and monsters without an opponent, Dilan and the others wanted to take care of this.

Dilan, Kathrine, Yvonne, Oliver, Ailee, Williams, Victoria, Xenia, Kuhn, Silas, and Kira would work together to injure the Vampires to an extent where they would have to focus on regenerating rather than joining the fight.

They were a total of 11 people in the group, with Kira being the only one, who couldn't fight at all. She was not strong enough whether it was physically or mentally, but she wanted to fight nonetheless. Thus, Kira's mission turned into becoming a supporter for everyone.

With the use of mana, Kira could activate different types of Auras that could heal, strengthen or support her allies passively. She was also able to manifest an Aura that was supposed to weaken her opponents. All of this was very helpful, which is why Sven put her on the frontline, despite her fear of fighting.

Meanwhile, Sven coordinated from the back. His combat prowess was also not high but that was not necessary because he was their strategist.

He had someone by his side, with a telepathy ability. Through this ability, it was not even necessary for Sven to bark out commands loudly.

Rather, it was easy to silently issue commands, using telepathy. From the back and a much higher position, Sven could observe everything neatly. His mind was rattling and the young man next to him had already begun to sweat buckets because Sven wanted everyone to be in the best position.

Even if the 208 groups of Ascenders wouldn't be able to fight two or more Vampires simultaneously, they could still severely injure one of their opponents before switching their focus to another opponent.

Fighting a total of 1800 enemies, whose strength was, at least, comparable to a high-leveled Gold Tier-1 monster was definitely not easy and Sven's presence was noticed almost instantly.

The Archers attacked the Vampires by focusing on the most crowded area. The Likar family was the smallest in number because they had only close to 200 Vampires with them but the nobles could control dozens of monsters, which was why they ended up with the biggest force with 300 Gold Tier-1 monsters by their side.

Attacking the large monsters that looked like a cross between a tiger and a horse was much easier than attempting to severely injure agile Vampires with their bows.

Thus, the Gold Tier-1 monsters were targeted and turned into porcupines due to the vast number of arrows that pierced into their thick hide with every volley of arrows shot at them.

<<Dilan, go over to the Agilt family on your right. You're the fasted, cut off their limbs.>>

Dilan received a command and he did not need another push to act on it.

He activated [Thunder Step] and charged to his right. His speed was much higher than before as his stats had been amplified by his passive occupational ability, [Bracing Pain]. Dilan turned into a purple flash and the dry ground below him burst open as he passed through a group of Vampires that obstructed his path.

"Piss off!" Dilan merely shouted before he swung Balzaki around himself. With an Agility above 180 Units and a Strength that exceeded 120 Units, Balzaki felt like a lightweight feather to him.

It whizzed through the surrounding like a featherlight longsword as it cut through the skin and bones of the Vampires that obstructed his way.

The Vampires' bodies were sliced through at odd angles, some were halved and others were beheaded as Dilan simply swung it around, paying no attention to where he slashed.

Right now, the only thing on his mind was to ensure the safety of his people. Their survival was paramount and the easiest way to do so was to severely injure every single Vampire around him. It didn't matter, whether they would die, or require several minutes before their bodies would connect once again.

Nonetheless, killing a few Vampires on his way forward was pretty helpful as their Soul fragments empowered Balzaki and Dilan due to the greatsword's passive effect [Death toll].

Dilan noticed only a minuscule enhancement but that was more than enough for him to smile faintly. He could hardly control his facial expressions after the Vampires around him were cut open. Their blood splashed in his face and Dilan's equipment was quickly smeared in blood.

The smell of blood hit his nostrils almost making him giddy with euphoria. His posture began to change, and he leaned forward, almost touching the ground.

With one hand, he held Balzaki behind his back and prepared to slash at the next opponent.

He was about to attack but saw something that changed his expression at once. The Ascender group to the furthest right was being attacked by a total of 6 extremely fast Vampires. They had already unarmed the Ascenders and were sucking at their necks.

Dilan could clearly see their futile efforts to desperately escape the clutches of the bloodsuckers and the tears that trickled down the corners of their eyes.

Hot, bubbling anger surfaced from the depths of his conscience when he averted his gaze, just to see the excited expression on the six noble Vampires, all of whom belonged to the Agilt family.

There were only 6 noble Vampires that belonged to the Agilt family and all of them were right in front of them.

The power they released was more than enough to scare the other Ascenders from coming closer. Their bodies felt paralyzed at the sight of the six noble Vampires and they could hardly control themselves.

Killing intent leaked from Dilan's body and a faint crimson hue shrouded him as he unleashed his mana.

This attracted everyone's attention and the six nobles of the Agilt family gasped in shock as their target appeared right in front of them.

A Vampire with short brown hair turned into a gust of wind as he disappeared from his position when he saw Dilan.

He was annoyed that his feasting time had been interrupted by a human and decided to teach him a lesson. Grudgingly, he let go of the helpless female Ascender, who had been struggling for her life.

The remaining five Vampires continued to drink the blood of the Ascenders as if they were sipping on a particularly exotic drink while watching a blockbuster.

"You're dead!" Dilan uttered in an eerily cold voice when his head flicked in the direction of the Vampire, who had suddenly emerged behind him.

The Vampire's eyes widened but even before he could move, let alone activate his power or an ability, a black flash had emerged in front of him. His sight blurred in an instant and the last thing he saw clearly was Dilan's ice-cold sky-blue eyes.

Dilan had activated [Thunder Step] a second time once again. However, this time, everything had been different.

His Mana had been altered and so had his demeanor.

[Ability [Berserk Mana] has been activated. The host's Mana potency has doubled!]

Right after [Thunder Step] had been activated, Dilan activated [Second Acceleration] with 15 Units of Mana. Both abilities increased his Agility by 30% under normal circumstances. However, with the activation of [Berserk Mana], the potency of Dilan's mana increased drastically.

Both [Thunder Step] and [Second Acceleration] increased Dilan's Agility by 60% each!

Dilan's skin burst open because of the sudden increase in his Agility. His body was not able to handle an Agility crossing 320 Units.

Blood spurted out of his legs whenever he took a step but Dilan couldn't care less about this as his eyes were fully focused on the five Vampires of the Agilt family.

By the time they noticed that one of their family members had been beheaded when Dilan disappeared from their sight.

A moment later, the sound of bones breaking echoed in the air. Their hands were broken in an instant and they were flung backward a moment later as Dilan appeared in the midst of his people.

His presence was even scarier than that of the Vampires as his bloody-red mana spread out, shrouding the five Ascenders, who had nearly died.

Dilan had barely saved them in the nick of time and he thought that he would be able to control his emotions after they were rescued.

After all, he couldn't go on in his current condition. With both [Thunder Step] and [Second Acceleration] activated while his Mana's potency was twice the usual, it was not something his body could endure for longer than five seconds.

Yet, instead of feeling reassured that he could save his people, he felt anger toward himself and the Agilt family.

"You're so dead…" Dilan mumbled quietly but his voice was transported through the entire battlefield, making not just the Vampires but even his own Ascenders shiver in fear.

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