Reclaiming the Demon’s Curse - Chapter 206

The Blood Mist is one of the signature abilities of the Noble Vampires. Depending on their rank, the coverage of the mist could reach up to a 100-meter radius.

Well, this information had all come from the Saint Torido Clan since they have the most number of Vampire Worlds.

Blood Mist, Blood Thorns, Blood Burst… These are only a few abilities separating the Noble Vampires from the Vampire Knights and those that are ranked lower.

However, as far they know, it would take quite some time for them to activate the most powerful Blood Mist.

It means that before the Vampire showed himself, he already activated the ability and only hid it from them…

“It was a trap, huh…”

“Yeah… It seems that they are aware that we know their weakness. They must’ve learned a lot after being exploited by the Torido Clan for several years.”

Asta and Kendel wanted to interrupt the Vampire from using this Blood Mist. After all, this is the most troublesome ability of the Vampires since entering the mist would ultimately lead to their death if they don’t have a Holy Artifact with them…

“Urgh… Just when will the backups arrive. Do they think it’s easy to fight without those things?!”

Asta can only complain as she started getting frustrated. She’s confident with her abilities and her Rank-S Artifact to defeat a Noble Vampire… She only needs to be immune to their Blood Magic even just for 30 seconds!

That’s right, this is how confident she was. As long as the reinforcement who had gathered Holy Artifacts and Blessed Items arrives, she would surely annihilate these Vampires and show them how scary an S-Rank Awakened can be.

Unfortunately, they have to deal with this enemy for who knows how long!

“Covering our bodies with our Aura should be enough. Although it will consume a lot of our reserves, it’s better than waiting for the Holy Artifacts.” Kendel reminded Asta.

“I know… But you should head in first!”

Asta replied as she backed away after seeing blood thorns being formed beside the Vampire.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Numerous Blood Thorns were shot like a bullet in their direction…

The two were able to dodge the attacks without having any problems but the real problem is that these “bullets” are reusable!

The blood thorns stuck on the ground would suddenly float and be thrown to their location again. If they are not careful and got hit by it, the blood magic would enter their bodies and corrode them like an acid or a poison.

Kendel had no choice but to attack. He can’t just dodge all the time and spend his Aura like this. Although he wanted to buy some time as well, he needed to do it in a better way. He has to at least learn more about the abilities of this Vampire as it would be helpful for them in their next battles.

Full Armor!

Cunning Blade!

His Rank-S Battle Axe Artifact has three active abilities.

The Arcane Shockwave, Full Armor, and Cunning Blade.

The Arcane Shockwave was used to disperse a crowd and cause slight damage to the enemies. The Full Armor creates a phantom-like armor that can cover the whole body of the user which protects him from external magical damage.

On the other hand, the Cunning Blade is an attacking ability that can pierce through any defense and directly hit the physical bodies of the enemies no matter what kind of physical defense you have.

“Taste this!” Kendel shouted as he poured his Aura with his Cunning Blade strike.

“Ahahaha! Die!” The Vampire felt exhilarated after seeing Kendel enter his Blood Mist! This is such a great opportunity for the Vampire to kill this Awakened and turn him into his Familiar!

The Vampire suddenly manifested a Blood Sword and clashed with the Axe.

Bam!

As the two clashed, it created a powerful impact destroying the cemented ground…

Kendel felt pressured since the Cunning Blade’s effect that boosted his strength was greatly lessened and its ability to negate physical defense was hindered because the Blood Sword was made of Magic.

Fortunately, Kendel wasn’t just relying on this to kill the Vampire…

“Now!”

Kendel shouted as Asta suddenly appeared behind the Vampire.

Her Ancient Necklace mostly has defense and support-type abilities. Nevertheless, it still has two attacking abilities and one of them is Curse or Luck Ability.

This ability allows her to become extremely lucky and from time to time, she would use this to gamble in the Ascension Tower where Cyril met her for the first time.

On the other hand, she could also trigger its Curse ability but the problem is that she must cast the ability while touching her target.

This is why Kendel had to charge first while Asta followed him silently.

Pat!

Asta tapped the Vampire’s back and thanks to her ability to hide her killing intent, the Vampire barely noticed her presence and was ignored even after entering the Blood Mist…

“I got him!” Asta shouted signaling that they should now retreat.

“Haha! Well done!”

“Hey, don’t be too happy yet. My Artifact’s Curse Ability may not work well… That’s a Vampire, remember?”

“Don’t worry… If it didn’t really work I’ll just use my other Artifact even if they get destroyed.” Kendel said as they retreated and avoided the Blood Thorns thrown by the Noble Vampire.

He still has a Rank-B Artifact that can actually create a huge fire. Vampires are known to have such weakness as well although not as effective as Holy Artifacts and natural sunlight.

“Hmmm? Both of you seemed happy after that little lady touched my back. Is that supposed to do something to me?” The Vampire asked as he stopped attacking the two.

While this is all happening, the other Thralls and Vampires around were causing chaos around the city. They could still hear the gunshots and explosions triggered by the soldiers. Nevertheless, they could hear the Vampire clearly as if he’s speaking directly to their ears.

It must be some kind of magic and seemed quite useful in this case.

“That’s right… It may not kill you but I assure you, you won’t like it.”

As soon as Asta replied, the Vampire suddenly coughed out blood…

Blergh!

The Noble Vampire who was looking at them amusedly just now started violently coughing as if he’s trying to cough out his organs!

“Is that the Curse? Isn’t that quite scary? Have you ever used that on humans?” Kendel asked terrified by the sight. The pale and handsome Vampire was now on his knees as he struggled to even breathe because of the violent retch.

“Well, I used it a few times and the most recent one was with the Human Trafficking Incident caused by the Red Coat Man… Though it wasn’t that effective to him since he only lost his voice… It differs on the person Cursed…”

“I see… Do you think we can kill him now? The Blood Mist is still active though… He might be baiting us.”

Kendel said as he can see that although the Noble Vampire is indeed puking his organs, his sinister Aura and the Blood Mist protecting him is still active…

“Ahh! The soldiers are here! Let’s back away!”

Asta suddenly said after seeing a man getting out of an Armored Vehicle that has just arrived and pointing an RPG at the struggling Vampire…

Whooshh!

The RPG didn’t miss and hit the Vampire’s spot…

Boom!

That explosion should be killed by that. The Vampires have never experienced that terrifying might of the modern weapons inside the Arcane World. The Saint Torido Clan can never bring them inside after all.

However, now that they are here, the soldiers made sure to have them welcomed by these.

“Miss Asta, Sir Kendel! The Holy Artifacts have arrived. Please, retreat to the stronghold at the Flushdenn Stadium.” The soldier approached them after getting a hit.

“Yes… However, we can’t retreat just yet.” Kendel said as he looked at the explosion…

Apparently, the soldiers couldn’t sense it but the two S-Rank Awakened can feel that the Vampire is still alive. As a matter of fact, he even seems to have gotten stronger.

As the smoke cleared up, the Vampire who was greatly weakened was now surrounded by several Newborn Vampires and Thralls.

“Gahahah! You’ve done it! I will kill you all!” The Vampire shouted as he waved his hands to absorb the blood from the corpses of the humans nearby.

“He also revealed his Familiars. I guess he’s being serious now…”

“Yeah… I thought we were only facing a Vampire Baron… I guess this one is a Count.”

Kendel and Asta analyzed as they looked at each other… Kendel nodded as he pulled out an Orb Crystal in his pocket.

This is the B-Rank Artifact he has and it only contains a single fire magic, Fire Pillar.

Unfortunately, it can only be used once so he initially wanted to use these on a crowd of Vampires. However, the situation is dire!

“I don’t care whether you’re a Baron or Viscount! Die here!”

Kendel shouted as he poured almost half of his Aura to trigger the Orb’s Ability to its maximum…

“Fire Pillar!”