12 Chapter 11 - Slaughter
Ryuu stealthily moves his way through the dark alleyway where horrid smells lay in the decaying walls. He looked at this map and soon found himself in an abandoned warehouse where he went inside and found multiple thugs beating up a man.
'Huh? My eyes seem to gain some sort of night vision.'
It was already night and the only light was the moon that creeped into the small decaying hole of the roof. Ryuu was slightly surprised that his eyes were able to see not only clearly in the dark, but far distances as well.
Though it was not enough to be passive [Night vision] still gave him a clear vision in the night. Once he got close enough started to count how many thugs were present.
There were at least 10 thugs armed with handguns. He could see they weren't normal street thugs and decided it was better to cover himself entirely with his blood for extra protection.
His instinct told him that something was bound to happen and it was best to be safe. He soon covered his whole body with a skin tight thick layer of dark red blood. He soon got closer and heard their conversation.
"...Where is the debt you owe us!? Remember, today is the deadline."
One of the thugs angrily said looking down at the beat man with his clothes slightly having a smudge in blood. His face was swollen from the constant beating and even had his finger broken.
Ryuu listens trying to find as much information and may find a finger fish than he intended. It was clear that these people ran a large illegal business to have themselves armed.
"Enough of this!? Why don't you guys give us some of your daughter? I think it'll be a fair price isn't it?"
A man presumably their leader approached him before giving a strong kick that caused their punching bag to spit blood then was held by grabbing his head and the leader maniacally grinning, imagining himself playing with the man's daughter.
"No! Don't!! Have me and not my daughter! I'm willing to pay double, so please don't drag my family into this!"
The beaten man pleaded fearing for the safety of his family that only fueled the enjoyment of the sadistic thugs. The leader puffs a small looking straight to the beaten man.
"Didn't you say the same thing last month? I think we already were merciful for giving an extra month but now you've already lost our trust."
"Dammit!! You all trick me!! We had a deal with your boss but he betrayed our deal!!!"
He screamed, causing him to receive another powerful smack to the face. The thugs began to laugh at the pathetic looking man.
"Hahaha it's like you're saying that our boss was the reason that you're a big idiot?"
The beaten man cursed himself for dragging himself and family to this much debt. He was tempted by the devil and tricked into believing it was a blessing but was actually the road for damnation.
"Well I already had fun with you. Next is your daughter and we would have so much fun with her. Hearing her scream and beg already makes me rock hard hahahahaha."
"Bastard!!"
Soon the leader was bitten in the nose by the wounded man causing him to step back and angrily kick the man into the wall.
"Fucker! You son a bitch!! Kill this fucker!!"
The thugs listen to their leader's command as his face in agony due a piece of his nose ripped after being bitten. He glared at the soon dead man and gave his final farewell.
"Don't worry you'll see your family soon enough!"
"You too."
The leader flinched when he heard a voice and tried to turn when two of his lackeys were stabbed by a flying object. They were all surprised at the sudden arrival of an unknown individual.
"W-Who are you, fucker!? A cop!?"
The thugs witness a figure coming out the shadow and saw someone clad in red blood covering it's entire body with pulsating mass of what seems to be blood.
From behind appeared to be four thin tendrils moving as if they were a serpent. They were shaken from the bizarre appearances of the being.
The thugs were quivering in fear as two of their friends already died and even shocked to see when the blood of their comrade started to move as it was alive towards the being.
Meanwhile, Ryuu was surprised that his theory was correct that he could use other people's blood to his advantage. However the most surprising is the lack of sympathy he was showing after killing two humans.
He was calm and stoic, feeling no emotion to the people in front of him. Ryuu is unsure if it was their sinful nature that was drowning him with anger rather than sympathy or due to his skills. It could be both.
"Bastard! Speak when someone is asking you!! What are you doing!? Shoot him!!"
Their leader's screams brought them out from their shock and started to take out their guns while Ryuu dashed his way towards them while creating a dozen small sharp blades using a fighting style reminiscent of Irelia from League of Legends.
He manipulated the small blade to slice the thugs to pieces, chopping their feet and hands. Though Ryuu was unable to evade every bullet, fortunately it was all ineffective as he had thickened his armor using their bleeding body.
"Gaaah!! My hands!!"
"Heeelp!! Aaaah!! My legs!!"
"M-Monst-gaaah!"
Soon enough the warehouse was filled with dying screams for help while being flooded by blood and metallic smell while the leader's eyes were full in despair and fear looking at the Ryuu who stood silently surrounded by vicious blood enough to cover the entire warehouse in blood.
Ryuu discovered that a small percent of outside blood could increase by several folds if he added magic. He pondered, looking at the blood, feeling a sense of thirst looking at it.
'I wonder if I drank their blood would energize my Mana reserve like dragon slayer? Well it doesn't hurt to try?'
He pondered undisturbed at the slaughter, which he himself started, focusing more on how to increase his power.
Ryuu knew that there are five ways of acquiring Dragon slayer magic.
The first way is one must be taught by an actual Dragon. The ones who learned their Dragon Slayer Magic through this method are referred to as First Generation Dragon Slayers.
The second way is one must have Dragon Lacrima implanted into their body. The ones who learned their Dragon Slayer Magic through this method are referred to as Second Generation Dragon Slayers.
The third way is a combination of the first two methods: ones who both learned their Dragon Slayer Magic by receiving the teachings of a Dragon and also having Lacrima implanted into their body. The ones who learned how to perform Dragon Slayer Magic by utilizing both methods are referred to as Third Generation Dragon Slayers.
The fourth way one can learn Dragon Slayer Magic is through self-taught. Though this option is extremely difficult and needs intense trial and error.
The fifth way is for them to consume a Dragon's flesh or an actual Dragon Slayer. The ones who learn Dragon Slayer through this method are referred to as Fifth Generation Dragon Slayers.
Ryuu took some of the remaining fresh blood and began to hover them towards his mouth. He somehow felt a refreshing sweet taste unlike how blood should taste which shocked him a bit, but kept going as it was too delicious.
Meanwhile, the leader cowardly watches in horror looking at the creature open it's mask showing a human mouth before consuming the blood. He was unable to run due to the intense fear.
The moonlight shown at Ryuu's appearing like a demon ascended from the underworld to devour the sinners. He would soon be feared by every criminal.
[A hidden potential had been unlocked!]
[ The Blood magic can be changed into Blood Dragon Slayer Magic. ]
[ Requirement for upgrade: 10,000 points ]
(E/N: In case you are wondering why it has 'Dragon Slayer' in the name, while he didn't even drink/eat dragon(slayer) blood/flesh is because, do correct me if I'm wrong, the Dragon Slayer Magic is taught by a Dragon(First Gen), which doesn't actually make any sense for it to have dragon slaying traits unlike the name, as for the method of how it was taught, don't ask me, Fairy Tail is just a bunch of fanservice with bullshit.)
Ryuu overjoyed hearing that it was possible to change his magic into a stronger and better version. Though it cost a lot of points and he only gained at least 180 points from killing the thugs.
Still, he at least had a goal now and looked at the remaining leader who flinched in fear but still did not dare to move as Ryuu got closer to him.
"Hey hey chill...I won't kill you I swear in the name of my parents."
The leader did not speak, only trying his best to not turn away in fear of dying the moment he did.
"Now I want you to tell me where these leaders are and how many exactly are you?"
"...I-I..don't want to die…please don't kill me!"
"I will, just tell me what I need and I won't kill you."
Ryuu soon learn the location of each illegal loan shark as well as places that sell illegal drugs and human trafficking. He got the location in his map and smirked seeing the reward.
[Side Mission.
Task: Destroy the illegal drugs and human trafficking.
Reward: 500 points, High speed thought processing. ]
"Alright, thanks for the tip. He's all yours now."
Ryuu stood up turning his back while the leader felt despair when he turned to the side and saw the man that he was beating up earlier holding a gun pointed at him.
"Wait, you said you'd let me live if I told you everything!!!?"
"I'm afraid you're mistaken. I said I won't kill you but never said he can't."
He explained before compressing the accumulated blood into several spheres then created wings flying straight into the sky and heard a gunshot as he disappeared into the sky.
