Chapter 54: Yelm

Karl feels the blackish slimy substance all over his body and in the very next moment he was thrown on the wet ground. Quickly, he gets up and examines his surroundings. The Talwar is still in his hands. 'What the hell?'

Currently, Karl is in completely different place. He is in a dense forest with large trees all over the place. In every direction there is only flatland with identical large trees. The sky is dark even though it should be afternoon. All this leaves an obnoxious feeling Karl's heart.

"Be grateful. You inferior creature. That I, Yelm Hiron Fenrosa Tanasa. Let you witness the beauty of the Gladiolus garden." This voice echos all over the forest.

"Now, hand me the blade."

Karl feels a presence approaching him behind his back. In instinct, he uses Levitating steps. "Oh? It looks like you know how to run. Suits for your rat-like species."

Yelm walks towards Karl with a smirk on his face. Karl could see the overconfidence on Yelm's face. "I bought this sword fairly. You don't have any right on this sword." Knowing that the odds are against him, Karl tries to talk it out. "You took the book too. Isn't that enough?" He quickly puts the sword into the void storage.

Yelm tightens his grip. His body shakes in anger. "You! How dare you! If milady wishes something from you. You should bow down and hand over it with a smile. How dare you question milady's actions." Yelm yells with a twisted expression.

'Yep. Looks like he has few screws loose.' Yelm swings his arm and slashes at Karl. A red arc of blood appears from that slash, Karl dodges the attack effortlessly using levitating steps. He looks back and sees few large trees were cut like butter from Yelm's simple attack. He doesn't stop and continues to slash at Karl but his attacks are futile as Kark dodges them all very easily.

"Stop squirrelling around like a cockroach." In Yelm's mind Karl's movements are barbaric which doesn't have any style or grace but actually Karl is purposely making big movements while closing the distance between him and the vampyer. Once close enough, Karl pumps a large amount of mana into his left arm and uses pressure punch.

BOOM! At point blank, Karl's punch hits Yelm in the face. He smiles but it quickly fades as Yelm glares at Karl with his predatory eyes. Karl quickly takes a few step back. His punch left a black mark on Yelm's cheek but it disappears in few seconds. Yelm cracks his neck as Karl witnesses vampiric powers for the first time.

"Hmm. That was a strong punch. But is that all you can do?"

"What ar-" Yelm disappears from his place and punches Karl in the gut which sends him flying into a tree. Karl pukes a mouthful of blood, his vision gets blurry. He tries to stand up but he feels numbness in his back followed by severe pain. 'Fuck. My spine broke.'

He looks ahead and sees Yelm menacingly walking towards him. Karl's left glows and he takes out the talwar. He uses it as a stick and stands up sluggishly.

"Interesting." Yelm exclaims in surprise as Karl takes out the sword out of nowhere and dashes at him. Karl spreads all of his remaining mana around his body and Yelm punch just phases through Karl's stomach.

"Huh?"

Before Yelm could register what happened Karl swings the talwar and cuts Yelm's arm off. Without wasting any second, Karl jumps back and creates some distance. He coughs blood and his vision starts to black out. He pushes his body once more and opens the void storage to take out mana recovery potion. He drinks it while Yelm squeal in pain.

"Aghhhh! How? How could a inferior species as you hurt me?" This surprises Karl as he expected a vampyer to instantly heal it's hand and attack him. 'I had so much expectations.'

He tosses the glass bottle to the side and uses pressure punch at Yelm. Even though he is standing few meters away it is enough to send Yelm flying. Karl summons another potion of mana recovery and drinks it.

"AHAAAAAAA!" A inhumane scream comes from Yelm's direction.

SCREECH! Suddenly a red line appears out of nowhere and cuts every tree in 1 kilometre radius. Thanks to Karl's fast reaction time, he phased through the red line at the last second. Now, there are no tress around him, only the stem of those trees remain on the flat land.

"Again. Just what tricks are you using?" Yelm asks in a deep voice. His appearance has changed quite a bit, his skin has become a lot paler making him look like a ghost. His height seems to have increased as well. Before he was around 5.7 ft but now he looks over 6.2 ft. Karl could feel the bloodlust from his eyes. Karl blinks once and Yelm appears few centimeters away from him. Yelm pick up Karl by neck.

"You clearly incapable of defending yourself. Then how did you do that?" He brings Karl closer and sniffs his neck.

'Hey! I don't swing that way.' Karl wanted to say this out loud but he currently busy gasping for air. He swings the talwar at Yelm. This time Yelm releases Karl and back off. Karl coughs and takes few deep breaths.

"Tell me. Did such fragile creature as yourself, forced me to take this form?" Yelm appears behind Karl and stares into his eyes. Karl could see the canine teethes on the absurd animal like jaw.

"GET AWAY!" Karl screams as he pressure punches Yelm but Yelm stands there and takes the punch. Karl's hand stings as he hit a metal poll or something. There is no trace of any damage on Yelm's face.

CRACK!

"AHHH! FUCK!" Suddenly Karl screams as Yelm grabbed his fist and broke the wrist like a toothpick.

Yelm doesn't stop there and grabs Karl's shoulder. "Come on. Do the thing like before." There is some weird obsession in his voice.

"Hahh! Hahh!" Taking the chance, Karl swings the sword once more and aims at Yelm's throat. Unlike before, Yelm dodges the attack.

'Did he really dodged my punch or my eyes lied to me?' Yelm starts to question his own sense after seeing Karl's incompetence.

DRIP. DRIP. Blood drips from Yelm's neck. 'H-How? I definitely moved before the sword could have touched me.' Yelm focuses his mana on his neck and tries to heal the cut but it never heals. In panic, he frantically tries to stop his bleeding. He grabs his neck, trying to stop the bleeding.

Seeing Yelm panic, Karl smirks and grabs his broken hand.

CRACK! 'This should do for now.'

He just moved his twisted wrist in it's original position.

TAP. TAP.

Sound of someone walking in heels came from the forest. Karl glances to the side and sees a tall lady wearing a large hat on top of the veil which covers her face. "Yelm? Is everything okay? I came here because I felt that you lost too much blo-" Her sweet voice stops as she sees Yelm holding his bloody throat.

She dashes towards Yelm and takes out a vial of blood from her pocket. She pours the blood on Yelm's wound and it heals on its own. "M-Milady, I am. I am sorry." Yelm asks for forgiveness from his mistress.

"Don't say a word. Stay there." Karl watches the scene as if it was straight of a romance film. The lady takes off her hat and veil. Her beautiful face takes over Karl's vision. Those ruby like eyes and that petite face covered by milk-like skin is just otherworldly.

When men see a pretty woman, they think lewd things and start romanticizing her. But those same men see the woman that has true beauty and other worldly features which made them think that she is the one, where they just thank God that they could witness such moment and wish to stare at the beauty for all eternity.

Currently, Karl was going through such moment. All pain, all worries and all struggles were gone in an instant. He is just simply stared. The lady too stares in the eyes of Karl and a soft feeling bursts in Karl's stomach. The lady moves her finger, indicating Karl to come to her. Like a good dog, Karl obeys but for some reason his body refuses to stand. So, he crawls all the way to the lady. The lady smiles at Karl. She lifts her hand and grabs Karl's broken hand. Her feather like touch sends shock all over Karl's body. His hand never felt better. Every muscle in his body is now tensed.

The lady wraps her fingers around Karl's entire hand. Then she rips it out. But for some odd reason Karl doesn't feel pain. To the opposite Karl feels kind of happy.

WHOOM! Suddenly Karl's watch vibrates. It's a call from Ian. The illusion breaks. Karl screams as the watch vibrates. Yelm is standing behind his mistress. A look of disgust is on his face as he stares at Karl squirming like a worm. Karl clenches his teeth and glares at the lady. Her red glowing eyes behind her luscious hair now looks terrifying. But Karl isn't scared, he is angry.

"Ohh! I like that look." The cheeks turn red as her sadistic thoughts take over. Karl uses levitating steps while on the ground and appears few meters away from the vampyers. With his right hand gone, fighting is going to be bit tricky.

'Ugh, not again.' Karl curses as he glances at the sword that he is holding. The talwar has been sucking off small chunks mana from Karl which is bad considering he already has so little mana but unfortunately this is the only weapon he has currently to fight these two monsters.

"Be grateful, that a noble is hunting you human." The lady hissed at Karl.

"HAAH! You prideful bitches can do anything besides talking? Just come at me like a vampire would." Karl taunts.