She wants to what?!?!

I wonder if Astal even survived her attack but I guess right now it doesn't matter since he wanted me dead. Also this dungeon is the main focus right now.

"So how'd you get here, you don't seem from my world?" I question while following behind her.

"Our world's merged I guess you could say." Rika answers.

"Interesting." I say while looking ahead.

"Ahhhh!!!!" A scream came from ahead of us.

"Be on guard." Rika says while her dragon claw began to form.

Guess no time like the present.

{Skill Trees}

{Demon Knight Tree}

Demon Knight Tree (+2 Levels available)

•Level 1 Demonic Strength (Allows the user to boost their strength stats by 4)

•Level 1 Demon Blood (Gives the user temporarily power of a demon knight. Allowing for a boost to Mana, Fire abilities, and Strength by 3 each.) <--

•Level 1 Demon Armor (Gives +7 To health and Strength)

•Level 3 Demon Blood (Allows the user to harness the power of a demon knight for longer periods of time. A Boost is also given to Mana, Fire Abilities, and Strength by 4 Each)

That's definitely a big upgrade! Seems my stats just keep getting better and better the more I progress here.

It seems the dungeon wasn't that bad to be in but there was definitely going to be something here that wants to fight. What enemies reside in this dungeon though?

"Come on." Rika says while something began to appear in the distance.

It appeared to be a human of sorts but yet something felt completely off about this encounter here.

"Get back." I say while dashing back a bit.

Manipulation of the body seems to be something this enemy has the ability to do. I remember seeing something like this before and it was used as a way to lure travelers away from their paths.

The call to action, the chance to save someone but there's no one to save.

That's when everything was proven to me right then and there, the sound of flesh being ripped apart began to get louder and louder. The human like being began to change it's form as giant razor sharp claws formed from its arms.

"We can beat this thing pretty easily. Just rely on my power." Rika says while she prepares to attack.

I took notice of her claws and realized how dangerous she really can be. This girl has some serious power but that should be a good thing for the time being.

"So let you be the main attack?" I question while holding up my sword.

Meanwhile the creature was slowly making its way towards us as it's flesh squished against the floor.

"No, come here." Rika says with more of a demanding tone.

I don't know what to think of her talking like this but shit I'm low leveled so I need to trust her in this place. So I went towards her and as I did, she took one of my hands and held it up.

"Um what are you going to d--" I began to speak before she bit into my hand.

"Fyuhhh!" I screamed in pain for a moment.

Blood began to drip off my hand as she continued to drink from my hand. But after a few moments she moved her head away from my hand and it began to heal.

"Sorry, blood helps me gain even more power to fight here. I haven't been able to drink much of it since coming here." Rika says as she wipes her mouth.

After that I could feel a completely different aura around her but I don't remember anything like this happening before. I've never seen anyone like this in the game before so again I'm amazed by the things I encounter.

"Y-Yeah, it's fine." I reply while looking down at my hand.

She really just went and took a bite of my damn hand. It's healing thanks to my skills but wow I did not expect that at all.

"Let's go." Rika says while running towards the creature.

I followed behind her towards the creature and noticed her speed was definitely ten times faster than mine. She was already face to face with the damn thing before I could even catch up.

That's when I heard the sound of her claws clashing against the creature and for a moment I didn't expect anything to happen. But then I saw it go flying up towards the ceiling.

Crash!!!!!!

She had sent the thing through the ceiling and all I could see was blood dripping down from above. That power boost really packs a bunch but is the creature alive still?

"Grahhh!!!" The creature begin to screech from the ceiling as it fell back towards the ground.

Fwoosh!!!

Rika jumped up towards the creature and punched a hole right through it.

Splat!!!!!!

I watched as the two pieces of the creature fell to the ground, it was definitely dead.

!Level Up x6!

Three levels off of that creature alone but I doubt it'll be that way the whole time. I'm not luck enough for it to be giving me so many levels in this place but maybe I should start putting stuff into my stats.

I'm level 20 now so it wouldn't be a bad idea to invest in some stats again.

"Let's go. Got to keep pushing on." Rika says as she begins walking.

Oddly enough I didn't see anything listed when she did that, nor do I see anything now. Is that blood buff something only she knows of?

Regardless, Stats time.

{Stats} {Skills} {Inventory} {Level 20}

(11) Points available to use~

•Intelligence Level 8

•Agility Level 10

•Reflexes Level 6

•Strength Level 3 (+4)

•Endurance Level 2

•Mana Level 3 (+4)

5 into Mana, 4 into reflexes, and 2 into intelligence.

•Intelligence Level 10

•Agility Level 10

•Reflexes Level 10

•Strength Level 3 (+4)

•Endurance Level 2

•Mana Level 8 (+4)

That should be a pretty good boost to everything for the time being. A decent balance surprisingly but those three stats will definitely need to be the focus.