Chapter 33 - Blood Amulet

"Hehe. If I do this..." Arama clenched his fist tighter slowly crushing Greta and Precia.

"AGHH!" Precia and Greta groaned in pain.

"{Karmic Pain} Pa-"

"Try to finish that sentence. I'll crush these two women here." Arama threatened me. "Not that it'll change anything. I'll end this!" Arama tried to clench his fist tighter but something held him back. Arama coughed up blood everywhere. "What's this...?" Arama looked at his bloody hands.

"You might be resistant to poison, but you're not immune."

"Poison? Goddamned inse- *cough* *cough*" Arama's condition worsened. His chest was severely wounded by my weapon, he's coughing up blood and his feet were wounded badly. Everytime he coughs, an absurd amount of blood pushes out of him. Due to the pain, Arama loosened his grip dropping Precia and Greta to the ground. But the two are not responding. Maybe they're unconscious.

"{Karmic Pain} Pa Ma Na Da Ba!"

Arama's feet and chest, the wound grew larger and larger. Inflicting more damage and pain.

"Dammit! This will not end here! Force! Retract!"

"This madman... He used his force yo keep the blood going out of his body preventing him from losing consciousness!"

"FORCE! EXPLODE!" Arama's palm made shockwaves destroying everything in its path. I'm barely dodging it because of the humungous size of his force. Its also barely visible. Its just like airwaves.

"Force, Retract!" Arama targeted the rock behind me pulling it towards him. I didn't notice it at first but the rock he pulled hit me from behind.

While dodging in different directions, I'm collecting blood from the cyclops' dead bodies. Bloodlust is taking im everything slowly but its getting stronger every moment.

With each of Arama's force, the absurd amount of firepower he holds is astonishingly damaging.

"Sprint!" With the repeated use of sprint, I'm getting the hang of his attacks. Its slow but destructive but its also near invisible state.

Running around dodging his attacks felt like eternity but it was worth it. I finally got the necessary blood needed.

I stopped in my tracks and readied my blade.

"Giving up now human?"

"No. This'll be the end for you." I positioned my blade in an overhead stance.

"Tsk. The arrogance. Force, Retract!"

I was being pulled by the insane power of his force but I held my ground.

"This is everything I have. Rage, Abyssal Enhancement, Berserker." With the last of my strength, I swung my blade. "..." I should give it a name I thought to myself. "Crescendo!"

[Gained skill Crescendo]

The blood from my Bloodlust formed a crescent shape but not like before. It was gigantic. About the same size as the cyclops. But this time its forming very slowly.

"That is! Tsk! FORCE, EXPLODE!" Arama gathered all his strength in his arms. He began striking the air with great force and flurry of attacks trying to stop the forming of my skill. "AGHHH! I will not be defeated the second time!"

The Crescendo finally finished its casting. "Goodbye Arama!" The Crescendo launched itself straight to Arama. Despite his efforts unleashing a flurry of force, he can't stop it in anyway. The crescendo was gigantic. It cannot be blocked by him nor be dodged.

"No... NO!!" The skill finally hit Arama. His body was slashed in half. His body then disappeared like dust in the wind.

[You leveled up to Level 40]

"Finally that's finished. And wait, his corpse is gone. Dammit! The force skill seems good too." I sat down and took a rest for several minutes.

I stood up and walked up near the tomb. There it was, the amulet sitting atop the case. I grabbed it out of the case. "Blood Amulet huh?" I wore the amulet. "AGH!" The amulet dug into my neck. "AGHHHH! Its sucking up blood?" I could feel the strength leave out of my body. The sucking finally finished and the amulet retracted its spikes. The amulet glowed in red.

[+2 Set Bonus, you are now immune to blood intoxication.]

"Blood intoxication? What the hell is that?"

[Immune to substances that change the structure or change in your blood. Such as poison or being drunk.]

"Anyway, this amulet is good. +400 strength and can increase by +50 per level. +2400 strength huh? Oh yeah I forgot about my points in my status. System, just put everything in Stamina."

[+330 points invested in Stamina]

The artifact dungeon raid was finally over. I grabbed the unconscious Precia and Greta and got out of there. When I finally went outside the dungeon, I saw Zeta casting a healing spell on his ears.

"Hey Zeta."

"Oh Zieglind. Wait are you okay? You're bleeding everywhere? And what about Precia and Greta?" Zeta grew worried every second.

"These two are just unconscious. I'm okay. Let's go back for now."

We all went back to my village. Everyone was worried of our condition. I took a quick bath on Ortov's new built bath. I didn't order them to do that but I don't know why they did that. Anyways, I forgot that I haven't showered since I got here. I must've been stinking really bad.

I finished up my bath and wore some clothes Ortov and his group sewed for me. I asked Afal for a private chat.

"Good work my Lord." Afal showered me in praises.

"Stop it. Anyway, I got some news for you."

"News? What is it?"

"Is your father's name Parela?"

Afal's eyes grew wider. "Agh." Afal held his head. It seems he's having a headache. "Parela... Where have I heard that name before? Agh..." Afal's headache got worse and worse when he tried to remember that name.

It seems that even though he's searching for his father he completely forgot everything about him.

"Why do you want to find your father anyway?"

"Its because... Agh!? I don't know but I know I have to."

I held off on questioning him more.

"Okay, at least we have now a vital piece of information. For now, let's get some rest."