I opened the metal automatic door that was blocking the way and saw that several guards from the castle approached the area, I can tell that they are stone-ranked adventurers because of its gear and equipment, each of them are holding their desired weapons, armored and ready, brutally charging at me, then they ran towards me,
Worse, I had nowhere to run, the guards are charging toward me, I took a deep breath and prepare myself to endure what lay ahead, then I tightened my mask to make sure it will not fall of in the battle, readied my battle-ready stance and raised my sword high into the air,
Then, one of the guards spoke up, she commented something before he attacked me
"Hey, I recognized that crest, it belonged to the Flower Family, were you sent by the Yellow Flower Guild, am I right?" one guard said
"Indeed, we will retrieve our guild carriage, the one you stole from the crossroads"
"No you won't, it is heavily guarded by high-ranking adventurers, you will die there, as well as meeting Sir Edrie from that location, you wouldn't last a minute there, young lady"
One of my clothing had a touch of the White family crest, the guards instantly realizes that I was part of the Yellow Flower Guild, then, one of the blades clashed in an instant, lending out a high-shriek metal sound, our attacks were equal
I parried their attack with the use of my blood sword, because of the tremendous impact of their attack, their weapons shattered on impact, chunks of metal were sent flying through the pathway, the were unable to use anything but a sword
"Huh, my sword is tougher than steel, your armor is useless from me"
With the use of my skill "Defense Reduction", I shattered their armor completely, it's tough barrier now becomes a light metal, now my attacks are more powerful than theirs
Since that are stone-ranked adventurers, I was already outpaced them completely, my current stats were higher than theirs, with quick measure, I used inspect on them mid-battle
"Damn, these guards are weak,"
"What did you say young girl?"
I saw their stats completely, no wonder their stats were low than mine, the guards stood no chance at my attacks, even worse, they were five of them,
Creating an opportunity to kill them, I sliced one of their weak points easily, for good measure, I used the skill, "Defense Reduction" making their defenses halven, My blade continued into it's shoulder, creating a straight line that spewed out blood from the insides, I can tell that he is dead
Then, one of the guards attacked me from behind, the sharp blade hit me from the back, which was left bleeding and leave a deep wound, leaving a vulnerable from one of his attacks, I was losing from this
Miraculously, with the use of the blood sword's self-heal, my wound recovered quickly, and the scar from my back regenerated in an instant, the guards was left dumbstruck
"What the… what heal is this, this is no ordinary health regeneration, but something similar"
The guards pointed out that I have a skill known as "Burst Reduction" the same skill that the spider queen possess, it is a healing ability that instantly heals when inflicted by an fatal strike, Actually, my healing powers are originated through my blood sword, it's attributes allow me to self-heal upon dealing damage to any living being, allowing me to instantly recover any wounds
"That girl, she had Burst Reduction"
"Yeah right"
Then, I pushed the blade deeper through his chest, my attacks heal on impact, while his body suffer constant bleeding, His face was twisted in pain, when the blade penetrated through it's body, he died
After I annihilated the guard completely, I drank all their blood completely, draining every bit of it, I stood no chances,
[Drain Activated Extraction Completed consumed nine liters of blood]
This new feast had filled me with a bounty of power, I analyzed the Blood Curse with inspect
Phase 2
[ 46L/ 31L = +skill(blood bow)](completed)
[ 46L/ 33L= + 50 defense]completed)
[ 46L/ 37L= + 100 strength](completed)
[ 46L/ 38L= + 100 defense](completed)
[ 46L/ 40L= + 100 agility](completed)
[ 46L/ 42L= + 1000 mana](completed)
[ 46L/ 45L= +300 agility] (completed)
Attributes obtained: +100 defense, +400 agility, +1000 mana
I saw that my progress bar was almost completed, a few liters of blood will make me start my third evolution, it is easier than I thought it would, and yet, my stats kept increasing, and I don't want to worry about the stats I have, I merely surpassed every guards on this castle, from which brings down through my skill
I noticed that I have a newly acquired skill from the blood curse, it is a "Blood Bow", I obtained it when I drained the guards from the fourth floor, increasing my blood from my body completely, I analyzed it with inspect
Blood Bow- creates a bow made entirely of the users blood, it automatically generates blood arrows by simply drawing the bowstring, it provides homing or sure-hit capabilities against designated targets, each arrow takes ten mana
Out of curiosity, I used Inspect to reveal and analyze the current stats of my blood bow
Blood Bow
Durability 2000/2000
Damage: 70
Attributes: Lifesteal, Marksmanship
Like my blood sword, the blood bow inherited the self-heal, from which is the lifesteal attributes, but I was curious about the marksmanship attributes that was in my bow, I inspected it throughly
Marksmanship- increases bow's effective firing range
Woah, this bow is overpowered, it also acts as the blood sword, another self heal, and yet, there a new attributes, a marksmanship," I muttered
After I finished draining the guard's blood, I sensed that there are more guards approaching through the pathway, I can clearly hear their footsteps from far away, approaching at me, there was no stopping back, I need to fight the guards this instant
Sensing from my point of view, there was more than four guards approaching to the pathway, bases in their silhouette, all of them are fully armed, armored and ready to fight,
There, I chanted the word "Blood Bow"
Suddenly, blood seeping through my right palm, it molds into a shape of a bow and began solidifying it, creating a bow made entirely from my own blood,
The shape of the great blood bow casts a graceful arc, Despite it's hefty appearance, it was fairly light, based from the information about the blood bow, it magically crafts arrows made of blood when I pulled the bowstring tightly, the downside is that it feeds down mana everytime I used an arrow,
Also, an unique ability from my blood bow has a guaranteed sure-hit effect on one of the arrows, allowing me to hit specific targets accurately, it immediately curves and bends direction mid-fight,
"Soldiers, there's that bitch, the intruder"
"Don't worry guys, she's holding a bow, we can fuck her into pieces"
I touched the blood bow high as I saw the guards charging at me, holding their weapons as they about to attack, I pulled the bowstring back, as I did, a arrow covered entirely of blood formed and set itself upon the string,
"Oh, so these are blood arrows that the inspect was talking about" I muttered
Then, without proper aim, I pulled the bowstring
The arrow flew through the air, correcting it's course in middair and the blood arrow pierced the guard's eye with unparallel accuracy,
"Did the girl killed one of the guards, she shot through it's eyes with extreme accuracy, I didn't knew that the intruder was a sharpshooter"
The guards were horrified about my aim, I shot through the man's eye with little effort, and yet, the guards didn't retreat, instead they soon charged at me in full might, raising their weapons hoping to block the attack,
Then, I pulled the bowstring multiple times, creating the same arrow repeatedly, It shot not two, but three people's in little to no effort, I didn't use my aim this time, I didn't need precise accuracy on the bow, I let the blood bow do it's work
The guards were done for, and with so little effort, This bow was going to be extremely useful, As long as the blood arrow weren't somehow intercepted, I could fire a million shots and never miss a single one
The truth is that, I never used a bow before, but it sounded like it wouldn't matter, a unique ability from those arrows which makes it special, it is like a homing missiles that directed to the enemy path, changing it's direction mid-air, or enabling auto-cheats from the arrow to make a guaranteed hit, this bow is extremely useful
"Well I be damned, the work is done I guess"
The guards were killed in an instant, the passageway was a bloodbath, several dead corpses was scattered along the ground, pool of blood we're spread at the cobblestone floor of the passageway, and the good news is, no signs of guard were present, no reinforcements and no backup, all thanks from my blood bow,
As I was leaving to the second floor of the castle, a sudden vibration that mesmerizes my body in a second, it was no other than White, who was calling in the communication stone, I called her and told the good news
"Roxy… Roxy, are you all right?"
"You bet I am, I was about to leave at the second floor though, why did you call me?"
"We're almost at the Castle Libra, I brought reinforcements, more than ten members participated at our guild, we will breach the gates sometime, Stay safe, Roxy"