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Red got a little fidgety upon hearing the vampire calling him an awakener. It was a term that was known to high-ranking mages and to the awakeners and servants of the gods themselves. It should be a word that was hidden pretty much from the public.

'Seems like even the vampires have their own source of information from somewhere.'

The circle of darkness slowly envelops the surrounding forest with wh all alone in the middle.

"So honoured to have you joined us for today's Mr. Masked Awakeners. Unfortunately, this is a private event reserved for us. For that, I would need you to leave the premise immediately."

Red remained silent while the vampire nobility kept his head tilted playfully.

"Would you comply, Mr. awakener?"

Taking Naga out from his inventory, Red kept the sword lowered as he stared directly

No words were needed to talk to these monsters.

"I take that as your answer then." The noble replied.

He gave Red one last look before issuing a command in a deep, cold voice.

"Go."

The moment those words left the mouth of the noble, countless shadows moved across Edward the cemetery, flying straight for Red.

Injecting Mana in Naga, the sword started to change shape.

[Naga]

Type: Whipping Weapon

Attack Power: Increase Strength by 2 Lv.

Special Ability: Dual Energy Weapon

Rotating his shoulder in a wide swing, the blade spun around in a circular motion, slashing everyone who was approaching Red.

"SSSKSKKK"

"ARCKK"

'What the__?'

[The mana residing in the blade is burning their flesh. Slash faster.]

With the crucial information provided by Ryong, Red sprung back into action, going after each lesser vampire one by one.

Swinging his sword in the infinity symbol, he dashed forward and slashed ahead, inflicting damage on any lesser vampire approaching.

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The more he swung his weapon, the more he slowly added aura, coating it all over the weapon, increasing the weight of the vampire with every swing.

Soon, the weapon was heavy enough that one swing was enough to turn the vampires into ashes.

!!

The vampire noble watched with caution from above as his servants were killed off at an extornishing speed.

"GET HIM!!"

Soon, the remaining lesser vampires who were hiding within the shadows heard the cries of their lord come out of retreat to take down the lowly livestock who was killing their comrade.

This time, the lesser vampires were armed with different weapons.

Brass knuckles, Switchblade, Long sword, Katana, Pistols, Karambit, and much more.

It started looking more like a gangster instead of vampires he was fighting.

The vampire slowly got into a position, surrounding Red in a circle as they gripped on their weapons, ready to strike Red the moment he made a move..

It was a chance for them to impress their lord, and none of them wanted to miss this opportunity since being trusted by nobility meant better living condition for them.

'Crap, how do I fight this?'

[Use thy sword dance.]

Raising Naga in a lower guard stance. Once again, it was time to follow the fluidity of the sword movement and follow the trace that followed it.

Red closed his eyes and started the dance.

Swinging his weapon forward in different sword fighting moves. Slashing vertically, horizontally, and diagonally.

But due to not practising swordsmanship in a while, he was a little rusty and made some mistakes along the way. It was bad enough that he almost tripped while inviting the sword dance. But eventually he was able to synchronised his legs and the movement of his sword, followed by the vital points of a humanoid figure, aiming at the neck, wrist, achilles tendon, chest, stomach, the crotch and, other vital spots.

With each swing more precise and sharp, he aimed at each of these specifics spot with his eyes kept closed. His sword rang as each swing he took clashed against something. Slowly but fluid, he slowly recalled the steps to the specific sword dance as the sword started coiling around the cemetery as if a live snake was striking against its prey.

While Red was not able to see clearly what was happening in front of him, the ones who were aware were Ryong, the vampire noble, and the lesser vampire themselves.

[Looks like subconsciously, the sword dance itself has created a monster.]

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[One of the lesser vampire's POV]

Though I am always grateful for the fact that my lord has chosen the few of us to ascend beyond humanity.

The foe in front of us simply could not be human.

Asking us to fight that... that thing was the same as sending us to our deaths.

It started when the human stopped moving in his track and stood still in the middle of nowhere.

From there, the whip sword switched to a long sword as he started moving in an odd manner that I had never seen before.

His legs were moving inwards and outwards as he stepped to his left and slowly moved back by stepping to his right.

He sticks his leg out slowly and softly, placing his heel flat on the ground with each moving step. The steps he took got a lot more complicated when he detached the sword away from the ground and waved the sword around in the air. It was like a dance of entertainment for the nobility.

There were some occasions where he would suddenly trip and almost fell down, plummeting his face flat on the ground, only to be saved by using the sword to attach it to the ground.

Followed by a sort of mummering I could barely hear due to the mask he was wearing.

"...o...."

"...on..."

Then that's when I heard the words upon careful inspection.

"...one, two, three and swing..."

What was he trying to say?

I wondered as the rest of us lowly vampire stared in awe to this unfamiliar scene in front of us.

The rest of the vampires gripped their weapon tightly as they started getting nervous at what was happening.

Though vampires do not sweat, I could feel my heart pounding harder and harder as time passed by. We have no idea what to expect.

Our lord stared in amusement while some of the lower vampires began to question what the human was doing:

"Have this human gone mad?"

"He must be. Why would he just stand there and dance out of nowhere?"

"Man, I thought it was something dangerous. What a waste of____"

The last person who spoke was suddenly interrupted.

All of us turned to see what happened to him when all we could hear was:

Splat.

Something dropped on the ground. It was a head.

Looks like even the person himself was not aware of what happened as his body was still trying to find where his head disappeared to, only for it to shut down and smashed on the ground, landing beside the head.

"Wha___"

Sknith!

Splat.

Another one dropped.

Skinthh!!

Another one dropped again. This time, it was the entire body.

Bodies began to drip like flies as the vampires screamed and tried running away from the chaos that was erupting in front of them.

I slowly turned my head and looked forward.

It was the human. His sword was now different compared to how he was using it earlier. He was using the weapon like a whip and a sword, making use of it in a very awkward manner.

But this time, his sword came to life. It was as if the human had a tail now.

Nothing was safe anymore. That sword is able to sliced anyone in its way.

Hmm?

Something feels warm on my stomach.

The sensations from my legs were gone.

I look to my left to see something approaching my head at lightning speed.

Oh.

Seems like it's my turn now, huh?

What a monste____

Sknith.

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