Chapter 32 - Shadow of Blood (2) (1/2)

Shadow of Blood (2)

I’ve thought of it before. When you are in a dedicated store, it seems that time outside of it flows slowly.

In fact, the 20-minute timer that appears in the notification window when I enter the dedicated store has been down to 14 minutes, but when I came back, the mass appearance was still just beginning to form.

I hurriedly activated my Surprise and Fairy Tale skills to the max power before I was noticed. I killed my presence enough to blend with the surroundings.

My skills are not perfect yet, but the three closest Werewolves who passed by me didn’t notice me at all.

It was hard for four Werewolves to fit in the aisle at the same time. The 2F has wider and taller passages than the 1F, but Werewolves are several times larger than a regular Goblin. Therefore, the number of Werewolves I would face simultaneously is no different from the number of Goblins I faced during the mass appearance. In that way, 2F was similar to 1F.

However, 1F didn’t have Battle Spiders crawling in the ceiling.

In total, there are seven monsters threatening me right now.

So, which one should I deal with first?

The answer is clear.

Werewolves.

The Werewolves wouldn’t be able to reach the spiders. On the other hand, the spider webs have a high probability of hitting the Werewolves below.

In other words, teamkills between monsters is possible.

The answer was straightforward. I ran straight to the wolves.

Since adapting to the Surprise skill, I have come up with a way to run without running. It wasn’t actually a new skill, but I found out that while having Surprise active, I have increased speed.

In order for this to be perfect, I have to completely remove my presence; the movements of the air around me as I run; the vibrations on the ground from my footsteps.

It was enough against the monsters in 2F.

The spiders on the ceiling crawled all over in search of me, and the wolves kept running around and sniffing the air, but they clearly could not detect me even as I run through them.

It was frightening to rush in the middle of three wolves, but I need to get closer to inflict greater damage.

I tried to calm myself as I lifted my new Blood Shadow.

You have Surprise. Your new weapon is sharp and extremely powerful. No need to be scared!

It won’t take long. Twist your body a little to the side. Aim for the wolf who is farthest from the others…

NOW!

I triggered a Power Attack, and the wolf on the farthest left didn’t notice me until my sword slashed his neck.

Blood Shadow vibrated violently on my hands as blood spurted out from the wolf’s neck.

I realized at that moment that the vibration meant increased critical damage when I attacked a vital point.

At that point, the other Werewolves noticed me. The Battle Spiders did, too, and started shooting off their spider webs at once.

I was expecting from the beginning that it would happen this way. I picked up a lot of blood from the Werewolf, poured it all over the Blood Shadow and watched it glow until it burst into flame. Then, I swung it.

The effect was awesome. Blood Shadow flame is more intense, accurate, and faster than a fireball.

The spider webs were all burned.

Soon after, I used Leap to jump over another Werewolf and landed my flaming sword into one of its eyes.

And Leap once again!

My target was the first Werewolf, who was bleeding badly, stumbling to hide behind the others.

I was faster. My Beast Charge made me a rocket that burst forward at him.

I need to reduce their numbers, one by one and use every possible chance to predate while fighting.

“Shhh!”

Bang!

The wolf’s neck was pierced by Blood Shadow, and I twisted the blade to fully cut off its head, before landing lightly to the ground.

[You gained 4,550 experience.]

[You acquired 2 silver 50 bronzes.]

I remembered about the 30% experience increase! It’s a pity it was not 50%, but at least I had it on for 5 hours.

From the beginning, I didn’t think that I would overcome this mass appearance in three hours, so the longer duration Today’s Luck had was welcome.

I paused to appreciate the amount of experience gained.

However, if I stayed still, I will be beaten by them. I soaked up my armor and sword with the Werewolf’s blood, grabbed the cut-off head, and quickly stepped back.

As I took a bite, I once again shot flame from my Blood Shadow. It’s annoying that the growth of the sword will be slow because of this, but the spider webs keep coming from all directions, so I had no choice.