Chapter 20: Rescue (2)

As the bloodsucker lifted his arm, a twisted grin appeared on his lips and a wave of gloomy, dark force gushed out of his body, forming small nails like projectiles. There were tens of them and with a simple jerk of his arm, all of them shot towards the human before him.

Adarsh just tilted his head a little and saw the dark nails coming at him, but he stood there like it was nothing, as if the attack was of no harm to him. What followed next was exactly that.

Before the nails could even reach within two metres of Adarsh, all the dark force in the nails dissolved in the thin air.

"You have to do a lot better than this if you want to leave from here," Adarsh said and gave the bloodsucker another chance to show his skills.

'What happened?' the vampire lord wondered. 'I did not even feel the spirit power released by this human. Was is some kind of stealth technique? Looks like I have to go all out.' He cut his arm at once, and scarlet, dark blood rushed out of it and hovered in the air all around him.

"Blood sorcery?" the human said. "I can't say I have not seen this before. Show me something that I have not seen before and make it quick. Can't keep a lady waiting, can we?"

The blood that was hovering in the air turned even darker and the bloodsucker rushed towards the young man, shooting all the blood. He was trying to catch his opponent off guard in the close quarters, as the person before him appeared to be only a magus. In close quarters, he was nothing.

But getting close to Adarsh turned out to be challenging. He did not run, but floated around with swift speed. Even with the blood, he could not get close enough to activate the attack.

"You can run around, but what about him?" the bloodsucker said and hurled his blood towards Lorne who was on the ground.

"Disappointing," Adarsh stated, and he came before the knight. He thought his opponent was somewhat strong, and he had to use some of his secret skills to finish him—yet against a little of his domination, the bloodsucker gave in and went for Lorne, who could not retaliate—disappointed him.

This is what the weak do; they attack those who are weaker than them.

The darkish blood hurled him, but this time he did not move away. Just as it came a couple of metres away from him, all of them exploded, warping fire and air all over. That was not all. The vampire shot more of his blood towards his opponent. The bombardment continued for a few more seconds as the vampire did not rest, shooting his blood.

"A vampire of Vallod lineage," Adarsh said, recognising the vampire's blood ability. The fire and blasting cleared before him, warping into a crumble paper, only leaving the burning odour. Not even a single hair on his body was harmed. "Looks like I have to take you for some questioning."

The vampire's mind rang, and he felt naked from the gazes of the human magus. He had met existences far more powerful than this young magus, but somehow he felt this was the worst enemy for him. The young magus dominated him entirely with just his presence. That was why he did not feel any pressure from this human at first. He was just too good at masking his spiritual aura. Not just that, he was as good at weaponising it as well.

All the blood he lost, and the accumulated hunger, made him unable to think straight. "You can only take me when you are alive," he shouted, while dark force gusted out from his body, surrounding them.

A murky gloom of darkness loomed around them, covering the three people together as the inside turned pitch black. Heaviness filled and the darkness disrupted the working of the six senses.

"DOMAIN DECLARATION."

"So, you do have something interesting to show," Adarsh said, and he gazed around to notice the dead aura surrounding them in the domain. "Why were you acting weak, then?"

If this bloodsucker completed the domain, then he would be far stronger in it than in any other place. The murky feeling rose as the domain almost consolidated.

The vampire laughed crazily, as if he had already won. Well, it was not his fault—after all, to his knowledge, most of the humans, even in the Grand Mage level powerhouses, did not know how to create a domain, much less battle it.

"Unfortunately, you have chosen the worst opponent to show your domain, especially when it is incomplete," Adarsh said, and his eyes scanned for the weak spot in the domain. Domains were certainly powerful against anyone, but Adarsh was not just anyone. He had the best training that the academy has to offer, not to mention his natural talent and effort. "Found it."

He made his left palm into a fist and jerked to his left. A piercing swirl of spirit aura hurled out from there at once, and it bolted toward the wall. The domain, which covered almost every direction, collapsed in the blink of an eye.

The surroundings turned normal again as the five moons appeared in the same sky. Only a jerk of a fist was enough to asunder the domain like it was a scrap of paper.

Well, he did use spirit force, a dense proportion of it accompanied by his spiritual aura. Otherwise, how would it be this easy?

The vampire coughed out blood, and that was not the only place blood was oozing out. Even his nostrils, ears and eyes were bloody from the counter effect. "How?"

"Do I have to explain myself to you?" Adarsh said arrogantly and walked towards the vampire, who was on his knees. "The only explanation I can give you is that you are weak. Weak against me. Now come with me like a good boy. We will have plenty of time to talk."

Adarsh was about to capture the vampire for questioning, but his feet faltered suddenly. The vampire screamed at the very moment, and a dark aura rose from his body and consumed him entirely in the blink of an eye.

The deadly force did not rest there and shot directly towards Adarsh.

'A Death curse?' Adarsh lifted his palms in a cross over his chest.

"You have every dirty trick on your sleeve, huh?" He released his arm and bound the deadly force before it could contaminate him. "Had," he corrected and saw the unrecognisable corpse of the vampire. Fortunately, I am immune to most dark curses.

He could not even tell what this creature was if he had not seen the bloodsucker before.

"What a waste!"

. . .

My insides were burning, and I could do nothing to soothe them. I didn't even have a single strand of spirit energy to soothe the pain. Gritting my teeth, I collapsed on the earth.

Fortunately, help had arrived. All of us saw the figure shooting in the sky. Though I did not recognise the person, he should be able to stop the vampire until the backup comes.

"Scar!" Yasmine said, coming near me. She looked at my pale face and understood that I had used up all my spirit energy, though she did not know about the burning I was feeling. She continued, rubbing my face. "You will be alright."

And I believed her.

Kyle was looking after his unconscious mate. The blood stopped oozing out, and the condition was mostly stabilised, yet we could not guess what type of difficulty Ben will be in.

"Everyone's alright?" Yeriel said, and he came towards them. With her was another person, a female—probably the backup. She seemed to have come from a long way, as sweat was dripping down on her face and she was panting slightly.

"Looks like Adarsh already dealt with the attacker," the newcomer said, looking forward to the direction where the bombardment came a moment ago.

I sighed in relief at hearing the name, and the exhaustion came right then, as I guessed there was no worry. Human minds are simple, yet the most complicated things in the universe.

When you are in trouble, it will do everything in its power to keep consciousness, but it will give in so suddenly if relief comes.

I passed out again, for the third time after the transmigration and again, this time again with a maiden beside me, thinking there was no danger.

I thought all the crazy stuff was over for the night, and I could rest freely.

How stupid of me!

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Ranking system for the Mages.

-Magus/Sorcerer Apprentice: Students with raw talent, but do not know the way or have not mastered it yet.

-Magus/Sorcerer: After learning the way around spirit force, their skills have been recognised by the academy or the council.

-Grand Magus: A seasoned Mage who has mastered at least two Spirit arts.

-Royal Magus: When the grand mage can touch the higher law of Spirit.

-Arch Magus: The limit of the realm.

P.S: In the same rank, A sorcerer is awfully weak compared to Magi. The titles are known a little differently all over the realm, and the titles might be different in another region apart from the mainland.