Memories, Returning

Black long hair. Pale, white skin. Revealing maid clothes. Long ears. If someone described me someone like this I would be very interested. However, they also had long fangs, flat noses and dirt covered long nails. Monsters I called vampire maids. Truth to be told their revealing clothes hurt my eyes. I know that I shouldn't judge with my demon body but…

"Fuck off! Only goth chick I need in my life is Minerva!"

(With the request of admin this sentence will be recorded.)

What? Wait, stop! Also record the context! Damn it, I didn't had time to argue with system while fighting against vampire maids. They were fast and tough. They also come in pairs all the time.

"Talk about a threesome."

I pinned one of them to wall with my spear. Other one tried to attack me but I spat out fire. Fire seemed to be effective on everything here. While it backed off, screaming I pulled my spear and killed them. I looked around.

"This place is like a fucking maze."

I thought it would be easy since I could just go through every room until I found the boss. But 1 this place was bigger in inside. 2 every room looked the same. 3 I had no sense of direction.

"Okay, you know what. Fuck this place. I have no time, energy or patience for this shit!"

I pointed my spear to roof. I gathered as much as magical power as I could. After gathering all of my energy I fired it. Black beam pierced through several floors. I looked at the opening I created.

(Skill Arcane Magic became level 7.)

(Skill Magic Circulation became level 6.)

"How big is this place?"

I still couldn't see the sky when I looked up. If this place is this big just finding boss will be a pain in the ass.

"Wait, this is! You sons of bitches!"

I looked at holes I created reparing itself.

"I spent more than half of my magic power for that!"

Could this castle just repair itself endlessly? I jumped before hole closing and went up one floor. A pair of vampire maids looked at me.

"Here we go again." I readied my spear. As I killed the pair of vampire maids more popped their head from other rooms. It was an endless stream of maids. As I slashed and thrusted more and more came out. Feeling overwhelmed I ran to other rooms. Finally I was able to find a room which didn't had any vampires. I looked around. Since I was fighting non-stop since I entered this castle I haven't realized it but everything looked very luxurious. It had very rich and high class vibes.

"Maybe boss is some kind of noble vampire?"

It was a possibility. I observed the suits of armor around this room. As I got closer to one of them it pulled his sword and attacked me!

"Living armor?" I exclaimed as I dodged its attack. Despite I dodged it that attack was way to close for my liking. I saw other armors pulling their weapons. All of their weapons were coated with energy.

"Weapon aura?" It was the same as orc boss and some adventurers used.

"Good. I was looking for a good skill to absorb." It's been a day since I absorbed that werewolf. Now I could use it again.

"I will start with you!" I attacked the first one. Despite its clunky looks it blocked my attack. As others drew closer and I exchanged some blows with first living armor I realized that I couldn't affort to surrounded by them. They were tough. Each one of them were around same strength as orc boss. While I was stronger than the time I defeated him getting attacked by 10 of them didn't sound unpleasant. I used Wrath and transformed with Beastification. This was the first time I used them together and power increase wasn't a joke. I quickly broke living armors guard and destroyed its chest.

(Skill Wrath became level 2.)

"Tell me about upgrades!"

(Duration of it is increased by 15 seconds. Your physical capabilities will be increased by 55 percent. Cooldown is now 25 minutes.)

Good.

"I'll use the Gluttony!"

(Living Armor is absorbed. Do you want acquire skill Weapon Aura?)

Hell yeah!

(You learned active skill Weapon Aura.)

Aura was a manifestation of soul and willpower. It was much more effective method of strengthening my weapon with pure magic power. Most elite warriors used aura. As I used it a black aura coated my spear. No, not just coated. It fused with it.

"You are one weird weapon."

Considering how it was created it wasn't suprising. But it is not the time for wondering this kind of stuff. Wrath's duration counted down every second. I had to defeat those living armors while I was powered up otherwise they can created problems.

(Skill Battle Sense became level 3.)

(Skill Weapon Aura became level 2.)

Despite my best efforts I couldn't defeated all of them while Wrath was up and had to brawled it out.

"It is weird."

While vampire maids fought using only their power, living armors also used technique.

"I guess it is better for me to fight against this kind of enemies."

They were not only stronger and also were more closer to what I had to fight in the future.

"That paladin probably has a lot of experience in sword fighting."

I looked up again. Should I just again try to blow a hole? But it cost me a lot of magical power. If I was attacked while my magical power in bottom I would be in danger. Thanks to Magic Circulation reaching level 6 I both used magic more masterfully and recovered magic faster but it was a risk I didn't wanted to take. I kept roaming and fighting enemies when I found them. Considering how many enemies I killed killing 5000 enemies or 200 one hit kills didn't seemed impossible. When I first I saw them my lower jaw nearly fell to ground but now it felt like reachable.

"But! It! Doesn't! Mean! I! Like! It!"

I screamed as I kicked living armors. Getting swarmed by enemies without a breather and being alone all the time started to get to me. When I was alone I didn't felt this way.

"I didn't knew what companionship felt like."

Right now I didn't even saw dreams since sleep was a luxury right now.

"How weak for a demon to feel alone."

Just 10 days. I was in this dungeon for 10 days and I already felt lonely.

"You don't understand some things until you lost them. Like her red hair flowing in wind… What?"

Minerva's hair weren't red. Why did I thought about red hair? A headache and visions filled my head.

"I know that it sucks that you don't have anyone left from your mother's side but I am here."

"You got rejected? Hah, that dumb girl doesn't know what she lost."

"You got 40 in history? You should have asked me! I was there when those thing happened, you know?"

A woman with red hair. Her loud voice filled my ears… No, head. All the times I felt bad she were there for me. At first I was annoyed. Annoyed that I had to inherent her. Annoyed that only I could see her. Annoyed that she would always be smiling and energetic. But the more I lived with her more I realized that she behaved like this to cheer me up. She always here for me. Even after I died she gave me a system and guided me.

"Arghh!"

I fell to ground holding my head. There was a lot of missing pieces. Missing memories. But…

"I was a human once."

Dreams I saw were from my previous life. Voice were the red-haired goddess. She made a bet to not commit evil and create chaos as long as at least one of her descendant were good and I was her last blood relative. When I died she broke the bet. Or at least that was what I thought.

"But why?"

I still didn't had full picture. If she cared about me why did she put me in body of a low rank demon? Without all of my memories and with no guardian. I remembered when I thought of humans first time. I felt hatred.

"It wasn't mine. It was hers."

She hated humans because they killed me.

"After I get out of here."

I already was without answers for several years. I could wait several more months.

"But Minerva can't wait me."

My ancestor were a god. She were immortal. That meant that she would be fine. I could also wait for anwers. But not Minerva. She were waiting to be executed.

"My focus should be on saving her. My own needs go second."

(Recorded message: That's just like you. If you thought yourself just once…)

"I'll talk you about breaking that contract later. For now…"

I kicked the doors open. My eyes met with the vampire sitting on his throne and drinking blood from a wine glass.

"I will kick his ass!"

I pointed my spear to him.