VS Filvis

Finn and the rest of the executives also noticed the change in Kisuke's demeanor and the sight of him made their muscles taut, ready to take action at any second.

They watched as Kisuke swung his sword horizontally and wondered what he was doing, "What's that?", asked Tiona.

It was neither slow nor fast. It was as if he's just figuring out the balance of the knife. However, the moment Kisuke finished his actions, a skin-splitting pain suddenly assaulted Finn's thumb and made him shudder. He wanted to warn Filvis of the immense threat, but it was already too late as Kisuke's opponent already dropped to the ground, leaving her legs behind.

"AHHHH!!!"

Filvis' ear-splitting cry woke everyone up from their stupor and most of them became covered in a cold sweat at the gruesome sight of blood spurting out without control. But what scared them more than anything was the expressionless guest. Then, once they thought he was a jolly and casual man, turned out to be such a cruel person.

"Filvis!!!" Lefiya wanted to run out while taking out the highest potion that she has, already forgetting that Kisuke told her that a potion is one of the Vampire's weaknesses in exchange for their regeneration prowess. But before she could even complete a step, an arm blocked her way, "Stay put, Lefiya."

Lefiya looked at the back of the red-haired Goddess and complained, "B-but, Loki-sama! Filvis is already grievously injured! She might die of blood loss!"

"No matter how you spin it, that only applies to normal people. However, her body was created by the Dungeon so common sense may not apply to her.", Loki then looked towards her, "Or are you averting your eyes from reality at a time like this?"

Lefiya shook, but she had nothing to say back.

Nevertheless, Riveria was still worried and asked, "Is this really fine, Loki? Although this might be fine, it doesn't change the fact that her life is in danger."

"It's fine~ You can trust him. I assure you that after this, Filvis-chan would still be in one piece. Besides, look.", Loki pointed to the match and everyone saw that Kisuke's knife was already lifted overhead and was about to do a vertical slash on the downed Filvis, "She hasn't surrendered so you shouldn't stop this either."

"Dio Grail!" Filvis finally gathered her thoughts properly and instantly cast out a defensive Magic. A circular barrier that shined white appeared in front of her and it was also the moment that Kisuke swung down his knife. In a split second, something invisible hit the barrier and created sparks.

The barrier didn't even last two seconds as it was immediately cracked and broken through. However, it was enough time for Filvis to dodge to the side which was her goal from the beginning.

"Dio Thyrsos!" While rolling on the ground, Filvis immediately used her next spell that released a blast of golden light towards her opponent.

She wanted to retrieve her legs even if she had to crawl towards it but decided against it when she saw Kisuke simply slashing through her Magic, 'You can do that!?'

Gritting her teeth, she modified her Magic Circle that released Dio Thyrsos and made it release smaller but more numerous rays of golden light.

As tens of golden rays descended on Kisuke, he started dancing with his knife, dodging and deflecting everything away. Even though none of them could actually hurt him, it'd only make his clothes dirty.

Seeing him finally busy, Filvis' mind started to race. She knew that there's no way he would be defeated with just that even if she pours all her Magic Power into her attacks so she has to think of any other way to deal a substantial amount of damage. She also thought of 'surviving' as long as possible but immediately threw that idea out of her mind, 'There's no way he's going to allow me to do that. Besides, the point of this match was to discover and test my abilities. Hiding behind my Magic will only earn his ire and that may be the moment that he'll aim for my neck!'

At that instant, her severed legs that are still standing entered her sights, '...Regeneration... If that's true, I should be at least able to attach my legs back... But how? Blood?'

It's as if instincts took over her, the moment her train of thought got to 'blood', she already knew what to do. That, and also thanks to the real threat to her life that pumped adrenaline into her system.

Concentrating on the flow of her blood, including that still within her legs and scattered on the ground, Filvis willed the severed limbs to return. Her legs shook for a few moments before they suddenly launched towards Filvis and immediately caught the stumps. As soon as they got connected, the scattered blood also returned through the cut before the skin was restored. Even Filvis who did it couldn't believe what she saw, much less everyone else.

Filvis wanted to check if her legs were properly connected but she wasn't able to do that because she heard the terrifying voice from behind her, "My~ That's wonderful. But we're not done here yet."

"Kuh!!!" Filvis clenched her mouth and hurriedly stood up without looking back, though she was still too slow and felt the blade of Kisuke's knife digging on her left flank.

Her guts threatened to spill out so she hurriedly used her free hand to block the gash. If she had been a normal Adventurer, this wound would have been fatal but now that she learned how to use her regeneration actively, the blood just flew back before the cut slowly closed, bringing her skin into pristine condition.

Though as amazing as it is, Filvis could feel her Magic Power reserves to be largely depleted and an almost insanity-inducing thirst, 'What's this disgusting feeling?'

Dhampir's might have a resistance to the desire to drink blood that was a borderline immunity. They didn't even need it to live as they only needed their non-Vampire bloodline to survive. Even then, Filvis wasn't born a Dhampir nor did she have any experience living as one. The almost imperceptible cravings were boosted due to the Magic Power in her blood being depleted way faster than they could recover, kicking a hidden self-preservation mechanism into action.

Fortunately or unfortunately, however, Kisuke's killing intent kept her sanity in check and her focus on the fight, 'I won't be able to do anything at range. I have to get closer!'

Clutching her shortsword tightly, she dashed forward while letting some of her instincts take over. This resulted in her gray bat-like wings emerging and nails growing longer.

The next instant had sparks and clashes of metals filling the air.

Filvis used her wings to boost her speed and maneuver to gain an advantageous position, shortsword as her main hand, and claws as support or ambush hand.

Meanwhile, Kisuke just swung a single arm to take all of her attacks and he hasn't even taken a single step since the start of their clash, 'I guess this is it for the first part.'