
"two vampires approached" Kallen half-whispered. "And it seems, one of them is the highest rank of vampires we've faced."
"Level up yes. I wonder how strong they are" said Guts, the Magic Knight who was with us in the operation. "What about the other one?"
"That one has an aura that is not too strong, but not too weak. Looks like he's on par with Vience or Chase in terms of rank." My answer. "That means, he's not a strong vampire."
"Don't underestimate them, Kate. We cannot determine their strength by mere prediction" said Kallen.
"Yes, I know" I replied.
The two unidentified vampires followed us all the way to District 1, the royal palace area. There is absolutely no data or information about the two vampires in the ReVoid file. Apparently, they're not vampires under Rozalia's direct leadership. Likely, the two of them were subordinates of the vampire king who was reportedly currently sleeping long.
Very rarely are subordinates of the king coming out of the palace, let alone out of the apeajaan Archarke. That's why information about them is so limited. All we know is that almost all of the king's subordinates are male vampires who have terrible physical abilities.
We hid from them behind the palace walls. Right now, we have to look at what kind of abilities they have. It is very dangerous to fight the enemy directly without knowing what their abilities are like.
The two Vampires stood on the roof of the palace, staring at the huge wall we were hiding in. One of them was a well-built male vampire with a long sword in his hand. The other one resembles a 15-year-old child. And apparently, he was a weapon user with a short range like a dagger. That means he has high agility, there like me.
"Hey, can you guys get out soon?!" Shouted the sword user. "I really hope to be able to deal with humans like you. Of course with a fair fight."
"You still like to duel, Museri, yes" said the dagger user.
"of course. Nothing is more stressful than a duel" he replied. "Come on, give me your greatest fighter! Let's fight and die honorably as a knight!"
"Hey hey, do you intend to die, Museri?"
"Of course not, I just gave them a little motivation" he said. "I heard that humans are desperate for death on the battlefield. Therefore, my words earlier could trigger their fighting spirit."
"But they didn't show up at all."
"That's right. Is it possible that these guys are really cowards?"
"Huh, I want to hurry home. Why do we have to follow Rozalia's will anyway?"
"Take care of what you say Seiyen. The king's orders are absolute. The king gave us orders to watch over Rozalia and fulfill her wishes" said the swordsman. "I don't like it, but it's the king's order."
"Yes, I understand that. But I don't like the way he commands me, the Rozalia," said the dagger user. "She just made use of my Blood Sacrified without hearing my opinion."
"How else, your abilities are indeed very rare and also very useful."
"Therefore I don't like this ... He really intended to use me like his toy."
As we thought, they were indeed the king's subordinates. And also it seems that they hate Rozalia, just like Zuan and his subordinates. But this time it's a little different. Persuading them to defect is impossible. Their loyalty to what their king commanded was immense. Killing Rozalia meant breaking the king's orders, that's what they thought.
They are very loyal to their superiors, and oppose any form of betrayal. If they knew the current state of Zuan and his plot, a civil war would definitely take place on the side of the vampires. Plus, the aura possessed by this sword user was equivalent, even stronger than Zuan. Expecting Zuan's group's help now was reckless. Wrong just a little, they would definitely be slaughtered by him.
"Huh, I'm getting tired of waiting."
The sword-wielding man started to pull out his long sword. He raised it up high, with a blood red aura beginning to envelop the entire part of the sword.
"Blood Sacrified: Red Velvet, Arthuria."
A horizontal slash he launched, leading to the large wall where we were hiding. May he have from the beginning realized our existence?
"Everybody dodge!" Shouted Kallen.
The slash earlier gave off a red aura that struck the wall. Instantly, the wall was split open and smashed into pieces. Such a powerful explosion emerged from just a simple sword slash. Truly a devastating force. With that alone, it could destroy a wall so thick. What happens if the slash hits our bodies? Ugh, I don't want to think about that.
Our hiding place was destroyed by the attack just now. Of course it forced us to come out of hiding, and have to face them. Seeing us appear, the vampire sword user smiled with satisfaction.
"Finally out too. It's been quite stealthy. I will face you even if no one accepts" he said. "My name is Museri Max, a pure vampire who served the king for hundreds of years."
"And my name is Seiyen Tingel, the executioner's partner of the king."
The two vampires introduced themselves casually. I can't believe that the swordsman is a pure vampire. It was only natural that he had the strength of a Blood Sacrified as strong as that. Plus the fighting experience he had after hundreds of years of life. He's a really tough opponent.
I retreated a little, leaving Guts and Kallen in front. As a Hunter who plays Assassin, facing both of them at once from the front will be very dangerous for me. After observing the circumstances, I realized the only suitable opponent for me was a vampire named Seiyen. Against a museri that the sword-wielding will. It was very detrimental to me considering its attack range that was much wider than me.
"Kallen, Guts, I'll leave the Museri to you" I said. "i'll face the Seiyen."
"It's better than me attacking them both at the same time" I said.
"Well, you're right. Dagger users like you will be greatly harmed if you fight with the Museri," said Guts.
"really. Besides, as a fellow dagger user I won't lose to him."
"alright. Then be careful, Kate," said Kallen.
"Give it to me."
I backed off, and went away slowly. Those two vampires must have noticed my movements. Well, that's also one of my goals. If they don't realize that I'm leaving, my plan will be screwed.
"Incrase Up!"
Guts screamed very loudly. To the extent that I who have gone away can still hear it. A red Manna aura appeared around his body, enveloping each side of his body. The ground where he sided was instantly cracked by the enormous Manna overflow.
Previously Guts had said that he was bad enough in terms of magic, even though he had a greater number of Manna than witches in general. But if in terms of physical endurance, he was the strongest in Magic Assosiation.
And what he did this time showed the truth of his words.
"Seiyen, you were chasing the run earlier. These two guys aren't a match for you. Besides, it feels like I want to face them alone soon" said Museri.
"Do as you please."
A moment later, Guts stomped his feet, making him dart towards the Museri at high speed. With a large sword in his hand, Guts was intent on seizing their crew's attack.
The musician held him back with all his might, letting Seiyen go after me. That's when Kallen showed up and helped with every attack Guts gave him.
Meanwhile, I who witnessed their dispute was briefly shocked by the presence of Seiyen who suddenly appeared in front of me. It emerged from a red dimensional hole floating in the air. I don't know when it appeared there, but it seems to be his Blood Sacrified. But, I've never seen a Blood Sacrified that resembles a teleportation gate like this. Looks like this one is really rare. Could this be what made him subordinate to Rozalia? If so, it seems like he is quite a troublesome opponent.
"Hurry up too," I said trying to maintain calm.
"Your opponent is me. Don't take your eyes off me, miss."
"Called miss by an elegant vampire like you, I'm quite flattered. Moreover, you are quite cute when viewed from your human form," I said.
"Hey, to me it's a satire. Putting on a hundred-year-old man like me is cute, do you want to die now?"
"Isn't that what we're meeting here for?"
"Yes ... You're right."
After sensing his killing intent, I immediately jumped onto the building and ran away from it. Seiyen who realized that I was running away from him immediately chased with the red portal.Unlike magic portals in general, it seems like this one portal can be useful as a carriage. He moved to follow me, with Seiyen hanging by the side of the portal hole. Sure enough, it wasn't cheating. If I keep running, I may run out of energy before fighting against him.
"Stop running! Are you such a coward?!"
In response to her request, I stopped suddenly and jumped back. My sudden movements made him a little startled, and it made his response slightly decrease.
I immediately pulled out the arrow and bow as I jumped onto it. One arrow I pulled as fast as I could, and darted against his back. He groans in pain. I didn't think my arrows could hurt him this easily. It seems, he has not been serious against me at all.
"Fuck you, how dare you hurt me!"
Seiyen advanced, pulling the two daggers in her hands towards me. His attacks were fast, as well as his movements. Her small body also added to her agility, and it made me very troubled. Even without his Blood Sacrified, he could have cornered me with just two daggers. As a fellow dagger user, I realized that he was stronger than me.
I attacked and defended alternately, while walking herding her to an area suitable for me. Taking him to a tight spot will hurt me, given their fighting ability is maximal in a tight spot. Therefore, I led him to a large area, the palace grounds.
In this pitch-black state, vampires are quite superior in terms of sight. Their eyes are used to it in the dark, and even their vision is much sharper at night. Like owls, they are powerful in the dark. But even so, a sharp eye in the dark can be a very fatal weakness.
I threw an iron ball towards Seiyen. The throw I gave was slow and harmless. The iron ball I threw shot right in front of his face. Intrigued by what I threw just now, Seiyen stared at him tightly.
Instantly, a very bright burst of light emerged from the iron ball. Such a dazzling light appeared right before his eyes. As a creature that has sharp eyesight like a vampire, super bright light that appears suddenly can cause blindness in his eyes. But since they're vampires, it won't be permanently blind. But because of the light just now, at least for a while he won't be able to see.
the tiny ball is one of the technologies developed by the ReVoid Technology Laboratory. Supervised by ReVoid Technology Laboratory chairman Zack Michelle and designed by weapons expert Shiki Mikoto. This light bomb is called "Flash granade". This is one of the most powerful weapons to blind the movement of our opponents.
Seiyen groaned in pain as she rubbed her eyes. He was unable to see, but it still did not dispel his killing spirit. In fact, it made him more emotional.
"Bad! How dare you do this, you coward!!" He shouted. "kill! I will definitely kill you!!"
I think I'm making things worse here.