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It was a blood bath. The lowly vampires didn't stand a chance at all. The lower ranked vampires were being ripped to shred, similar to how a rat was sent to eat rat poison due to starvation.
In one of the instances, the blade of the sword even extended all the way to vampire nobility.
Skinth!
Leaving a scar on his face.
"Huh?"
A burning sensation, along with something warm, began to drip from the Viscount's face.
"What is this...?"
The Viscount said while placing his finger on his cheek to see blood dripping.
"Blood...?"
The Viscount was furious. Never did he bleed from receiving a wound from a mortal before. Now, he was faced with this embarrassment that he would never be able to forget.
As Red finished his sword dancing sequence, looking around, there was nothing but the corpses of the lower vampires, which were in the process of turning into ashes.
Tilting his head upwards, all he could see in his target was the noble.
Gritting his teeth violently while his head was facing downwards, the Viscount placed his hand to the side as blood started flowing out of his body, gathering in his palm.
Veins began popping out from the Viscount's head as he lifted his head up. The image of Red was reflected against his dark red eyes.
"Fine human. I'll play along."
The bloods were gathered, forming the shape of a long sword as the Viscount grabbed his weapon, pulling out from the mass of blood.
Bathed under the rays of the moonlight, a shiny long sword was revealed. The sword was shown to be in a beautiful silver colour that was accompanied by a beautiful craftsmanship made along the hilt and crossguard of the sword. The length of the sword was no more than 80cm, while the blade itself had a very thin blade that was made with the intention to stab and slash.
The Viscount grabbed the sword with his pale white skin and raised his weapon against the foe standing before him.
The Viscount's feet gently landed on the ground as he held his sword with his right arm and placed the other hand behind his back. His posture was tilted sideways with his right shoulder placed forward with the end of the blade pointed at Red.
It looked very similar to how a fencer placed themselves.
"I, Vone, House of Verdin, Viscount to the vampire nobility, asked thee for a match."
[A duel...]
'You think he's going to cheat?'
[No. Although they do kill for pleasure, a vampire's pride is a lot more important to them than thou think. Does I need to intervene?]
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'It's fine. Let's see how I fare against a vampire Viscount.'
Red helding on to Naga, placed it back into his inventory, replacing it with Fang.
Though he doesn't talk due to his mask, Red made sure to bow his head while keeping an extremely close guard and cautious of his surroundings for any surprised attack.
Vone noticed with surprised that a human of this century actually still remembered how a dueling etiquette works and followed up with a bow of his own. This was an acknowledgment that both parties viewed each other as someone worthy.
[I'm surprised thou remembered how dueling etiquette works]
'No thanks to my other master.'
Confined within the eerie silence, both raised their sword while standing still at least 5 feet away from each other.
There was no need for words to be exchanged between them.
Nothing else mattered to them except for the person in front of them.
Then sparks ignited from the clashing of swords, flew off.
PUPUKK!
In that split second, Vone's sword clashed against Fang, giving Red barely a chance to defend the attack from him.
"!!"
Catching Red off guard, the Viscount reacted faster than expected, which boosted Vones's confidence as he retracted his sword and thrust his sword forward once again.
THUNKTHH!
"Grkkk..."
Red was able to take Fang and blocked some of the attacks. However, with every blow landing on Red, the speed of the attack increases, making it hard for Red to keep up, which ultimately ended up with Red receiving damage.
But it doesn't stop there. On top of stabbing, there were occasions where when Red proceeded to swung his sword, only to have been slashed by Vones's blade as a counter-attack.
Jumping 2 steps backward as to retreat from sustaining more injury, Red took a knee down to rest when the notification window popped up.
The status window once again showed him a notification.
[Warning: You have sustained bleeding.]
With no other options, he uttered the word:
"Recover."
In an instance, his body glowed with warm green light, healing all the wounds he had sustained so far.
Upon seeing the green light emitting from Red's body, Vone's eyes widened as he asked curiously:
"For you to be able to use magic this easily, surely you are one of the mages as well? That would make you a whole lot valuable."
He continued to smile brightly before ending the sentence with an imnious sentence.
"Do play with me more."
Red gripped on Fang tightly and assumed his sword stance once again. He smiled under his mask after noticing something within his status effect screen.
[Status Effect: Killer Instinct ON]
Vital spots of opponents will be revealed momentarily.
Sure enough, little red dot started appearing around Vone's body like target practice.
Vone was not able to see the little smile Red made because of the mask and went in carelessly, leaping forward and striking with a barrage of piercing strike.
This time, Red was faster, kicking himself off the ground with a sudden burst of energy, flying right in front of Vone, slashing his body with a wide swing.
Vone knowing that blow might be fatal, was able to take his sword and parry the weapon at the very last minute, deflecting it away from him while counter attacking once again, slashing his sword upwards aiming for Red's face.
Red pulled his head back, barely dodging the decapitation of his head with the help of his footwork due to Sword Dance while at the same time, returned a slash of his own, cutting vertically.
It was rather remarkable how he was able to dodge such a high-speed slash in that short amount of time and yet able to counter-attack.
The counter-attack caught Vone by surprised, cutting him by his chest.
[Weapon skill activated]
• Weapon increases damage as the attack lands on the target.
• Fire Damage inflicted on Target
Vone's body suddenly ignited flames all over it with Red sparing no time chasing him down and following up with his attack.
Immediately shifting his feet diagonally, he started the footwork for the different special skills required.
It is a unique movement that not even a veteran Swordsman like Vone was able to predict what the next set of attacks would be coming from.
Vone had a hard time telling where the next attack was coming from because every movement made by Red was so in tune with one another that every time he swung his sword, it felt as if the attack would be coming from any and every direction.
On top of that, he was suffering from burn damage that appeared out of nowhere. Because of this, he had no choice but to retreat to a safe distance to recover.
But Red was not going to let that happen. Pulling a list of spells from the [Mimicry], he chanted and evoked the spell, making sure that the Viscount couldn't escape.
[Mimicry]
[Thunder imprisonment]: 5/5 --> 4/5
Traps Target in bolts of electrical waves.
Duration: 2 minutes
Effect: Stuns and damages anyone who touches the electric waves.
Bolts of lightning strike down from the sky, filling the field with static charge, forming a cage made from lightning.
Vone trying flying out of the cage only to be electrocuted by the lightning themselves.
Now, the vampire was trapped like a mouse with no means of escape.
Red took stationed himself a good distance and was about to start the sword dance again when suddenly the shift in mana erupted violently.
A wave of mana dyed in deep crimson red could be seen emitting from Vones's hand as he laugh excitedly.
"To think there would be someone who would force me to use magic, especially.on a mere human. You truly are worthy to witness this."
[Blood Arrow]
From there, he waved his hand as 3 projectiles appeared, flying towards Red at an incredible speed. It was due to Red's eyesight training that he was able to deduce where the attack would land.
Upon landing the attack, Vone immediately raised his hand, which in effect caused the previous to explode.
[Blood Explosion]
The shockwave of the attack was strong enough to send Red flying, which he ended up landing upon the electric cage, shocking himself in the process.
"Arghh!!"
Red yelled as he landed on the ground, trying to recover from being electrocuted while Vone slowly walked towards Red with his sword.
"I hope you understand. I'm not the one trapped here with you. YOU are trapped here with me, HAHAHAHAH."