Not long after departing for the north from the Town of Allure, a carriage came into view, I saw my fellow members brutally wounded, there were eight of them, said by Luck, I saw pieces of wood scattered around the crossroads, and a bloody mess hinted their wounds
I rode behind White, seeing the horror that our guild members faced, Soon, we would break to support the injured, Climbing off the mule, we looked at the member's despair
" Lady White, we've been attacked by an unknown guild, they took our valuables, half of our men passed out"
White approached at the injured survivor, used it's health Regeneration from her allies, recovering their wounds, while the injured member tilted his head, staring at me,
" You… your the new vice-leader, please help us, our valuables were stolen, They ran in the forest"
The diligent man stared at me in disbelief, seeing the man is hopeless, I decided to contribute and help my guild, There, White was still healing their members with the use of her regeneration ability, she spoke to me in a clear tone
"Roxy, your a silver-ranked right?, can you retrieve our carriage all by yourself?" White said agitatedly
"What about you?, I can't leave you alone"
"I will heal my members, go to the forest and pursue the goods"
"Roger that, White"
Upon leaving, White gave me an shiny green stone, she said that this was a communication stone, it is used to communicate people over a long distance, it is vaguely similar to a cellphone back from my past life on Earth,
While, white was healing her members, I sprinted the forest all by myself, I unsheathed my blood sword through my hand and reclaiming the guild's carriage
Because of the environment inside the forest, I can already tell their location, it's footprints were visibly seen in the thick mud in the ground, and my senses of the Blood Curse tell their locations clearly
After I unlocked my first evolution in my Blood Curse, my five senses are drastically improved, and I can easily control my urge from craving blood, because of my improvement, I can sense their locations with the use of my scent
My Blood Curse can detect blood from a mile away, using my scent as good measure, I already spotted two masked man, holding the guild's jewelry like a tangled wire, there I raised their blood sword high, they spotted me and proceeded to raise their weapons
"Ah, the Yellow Flower Guild has spotted us.."
There, the masked man raised their weapons high, both of them wield a machete, thick armor surrounded by their body, and their masked apperance comprehend that they are part of a guild, to their apperance, I can already tell they are stone-ranked, weaker than I expected
There, I dashed the masked man, closing enough distance to maintain a better position, I was nervous when the fight begins, holding a medium-sized machete is no match for my blood sword
"Nice sword you got, what dark sorcery is this?"
I ignored the boastful commentary as it engaged, he was interested in my power, the blood sword, I can already tell that he is struggling with my power, as I used my blood sword to penetrate the line of defense
While parrying the attack, I successfully landed a successful hit on the man's chest, but it quickly deflected by his shining armor, Instead of penetrating it's armor, it slid through it
"Huh, what kind of armor is that?"
"This is a lightweight armor imbued in light magic, your attacks will deflect, your no match for me"
Suddenly, one masked man charged at me, swinging it's machete like a maniac, There, I managed to land a successful hit, but the results remained the same
"Haha, you attacks don't work on me"
My attacks deflected through my blood sword, it seems that their magic imbued armor is immune through my attacks,
Two masked man both wore a lightweight armor imbued with light magic, making my attacks pretty useless, also their machetes were a huge threat through me, it's medium-sized almost sliced my arm,
Because of its defenses, I decided to use a trick on my sleeve, my skill "Defense Reduction" where it can reduce half the defense, I imbued it into my blood sword and prepared an attack
I launched another heavy strike, aiming at their magic imbued breastplate, there, I managed to strike their helmet, shattering on impact,
"Huh, my helmet shattered, what power do you have"
"Defense Reduction.. Bitch, it is easy to consider that your armor will break into pieces"
The defense reduction works in any scenario, it can destroy even the thickest armor there is, this skill is overpowered
"You… bitch, you will pay for my helmet, "
There, the man has its helmet destroyed, with its weak spot is nearly visible, I used my blood sword to slice the man's head clean, beheading him until blood spured out, killing him instant
With it's partner died on the spot, I charged at the another masked man, wielding a medium-sized machete while his armor were still intact, he saw his partner died, all because I beheaded him
"You killed my partner, now I will avenge you, you bitch"
His response was not entirely needed, There I charged my blood sword by applying it my armor-shattering skill, and I saw the masked man would parry his sword to block the attack
Exactly as I hoped, he didn't move a single inch, Instead, the man raises his sword to deflect my strike, He didn't realize that I was swinging a blood sword that can cut through steel armor as though they were nothing, The Blood Sword sliced the machete like butter
"What the hell!?"
My blade continued through it's shoulder, Blood flew through the air as the man crumpled to the thick grass of the forest
There I asked questions about the dying man as more blood spurted from his mouth as I knelt at his side,
"As I need to know something, who do you work for?"
"Over my dead body, you vile rat!"
The man refused to speak, even as he died in front of me, there I slapped the man multiple times
"Tell me, who put you up for this?"
As I pushed the blade deeper in his large wound, his face twisted in pain, and he still refused to speak, hearing the man screams made him die in agony
"Are you deaf?, who made you to stole the carriage"
Upon numerous attempts, the man finally gave up in agony, he spat all his answers through me,
"It was… Edrie Collon.. leader of the bronze coin guild,"
"Continue" I said
"He does malicious experiments from our farm animals… creating a deadly virus known as… the plague"
He spat out his answer from his dying lips while his blood is drooling into his mouth, never in my life would I knew that it disgusted me, I had a chance to ask, but the masked man had lost too much blood, and he died
The man died between my arms, I stood up, ready to drain their blood, and I curled up my fangs and began draining the man's blood
[Drain Activated Extraction Completed, consumed two liter of blood]
And I proceed to the headless man, where i severed it's head mid-fight, I drained it's blood with the use of my fangs
[Drain Activated Extraction Completed, consumed three liter of blood]
There I used my skill, Inspect to view my blood curse,
[22L/30L= evolution for Phase 2]
Phase 1
[ 22L/ 9L = +100 strength](completed)
[ 22L/ 11L= + 200 defense](completed)
[ 22L/ 12L= + 2000 mana](completed)
[ 22L/ 14L= + skill (defense reduction)] ( completed)
[ 22L/ 17L= + 100 agility] (completed)
[ 22L/ 20L= + 1000 vitality](completed)
[ 22L/ 22L= +500 mana] (completed)
Attributes obtained: +1000 vitality, +500 mana
After I finished draining the people's blood, I sensed that my hunger was satisfied, my cravings for blood suddenly vanished in an instant,
After my feast, Suddenly, a vibrating sensation had reached through my pockets, and there it was, White was calling through my communication stone, there I activated it and called her
"Roxy, I need your help, The Bronze Coin Guild, they attacked us, return to the camp immediately,"
After that, the communication stone dialed its voice, then a strange instant of silence muttered through the stone, it lost connection
"White… white answer me"
No matter what I dialed the stone, there was no response, they needed me, they were under attack, So I wiped my bloody face and began sprinted at the opposite direction, returning back to camp
"I hope your still alive, White"