Volume 1 Chapter 11: First Fight (Edited)
Volume 1 Chapter 11: First Fight
After cutting my wrists open, my blood continued to four out. While watching the blood flow, I noticed a warning sign with an exclamation mark inside a triangle, and it kept flashing. So, I mentally opened it, and then a blue menu appeared in front of me.
[Ding! You receive Bleeding Status Ailment: -1 HP per 10 seconds for 1 minute.]
[Ding! Bleeding Status Ailment nullified due to your skill [Immortality Lv: max].]
Ohh, [Immortality Lv: max] seems very useful in this regard. So I close the pop-up menu and continue to watch the blood flow out of the wound. However, the blood flow was slowing down, so I tried what Clone 1 had done before when she bit her thumb; it should only bleed a little bit before stopping. But it continued to bleed until Clone 1 could make a dagger out of her blood.
When I asked how she did it, she said that she controlled her blood flow to go towards the wound. So I tried controlling the blood flow inside my body, but I failed. I tried again, but like the first time, I failed once more. So, I looked at Clone 1, who was also gathering blood.
It seems Clone 1 noticed my gaze at her. She then looked at me and at my wrist that was still bleeding, albeit slowing down.
Clone 1: "Master, you just need to infuse your mana towards your own blood. But unlike when you are using blood magic, you only need to control your own blood, like when shaping the blood. You don't need to shape it, but control it to flow towards the wound."
After hearing Clone 1's explanation, I followed her instructions. I started to infuse my mana toward the blood inside my body. After feeling that I could control the blood flow, I directed it towards my wrist. The blood that was flowing out sped up, but suddenly the warning ⚠️ sign kept blinking. I decided to see what it was this time.
[Ding! You have received Severe Bleeding Status Ailment: -2 HP every 5 seconds until the bleeding stops.]
[Ding! Severe Bleeding Status Ailments have degraded to Bleeding Status Ailment: -1 HP per 10 seconds for 1 minute due to your skill [Immortality Lv: max].]
Ohh, luckily the [Immortality Lv: max] skill downgraded the Severe Bleeding Status Ailments to Bleeding Status Ailments. Unlike the initial Bleeding Status Ailments that got nullified, the Severe Bleeding Status Ailments only got downgraded. However, it's already a great help since my health will probably be in a critical state after I finish collecting enough blood, considering the damage is 2 health every 5 seconds.
After I collected enough blood to make a pickaxe, I began shaping my blood, causing a red magic skill to appear. Since this was my second time, the speed of the transformation was much faster compared to when I used Blood Magic for the first time.
After forming the pickaxe, I started swinging it towards the wall. Unlike Carmilla, Clone 1 was swinging the pickaxe towards the crack in the wall, causing it to grow bigger. When I noticed that the crack on the wall was expanding more rapidly on Clone 1's side than on my own, I began to watch where Clone 1 was swinging her pickaxe. I tried to mimic how she was hitting the crack on the wall as well.
After continuing to swing for a straight 5 minutes, the wall collapsed. I was about to stop pouring mana on the blood pickaxe when Clone 1 stopped me.
Clone 1: "Master, don't stop supplying mana to the pickaxe. Instead you can change it into a spear or other weapons since we don't know what is beyond the wall."
After hearing what Clone 1 said, I followed her advice and changed the shape of the pickaxe into a spear. Since I don't know how to use other weapons and a spear sounded easy to use—just needing to swing or stab it—and it has a longer reach than other weapons.
With a spear in hand, I started walking towards the hole that was opened when the wall collapsed. Clone 1 was carrying a bow, and when I looked at her, I didn't understand why she chose a bow, so I asked her.
Carmilla: "Why did you choose a bow?"
Clone 1: "Since master chose a spear, which is a mid-range weapon, I opted for a ranged weapon."
Carmilla: "But what about arrows? We don't have any."
Clone 1: "Master, I will use Blood Magic to make arrows on the spot. It will only cost 5 mana per arrow, and since that 5 mana will be regenerated every second."
After hearing that, I stopped asking her, so they walked in silence until Carmilla and Clone 1 heard flapping sounds. Both of them stopped walking since they didn't know what was making those noises.
We looked at each other after hearing those flapping noises and got ready to fight.
After walking for a few seconds, they reached where the flapping sounds came from. It's a wide opening, and there are five bats with a similar size to dogs.
Carmilla: "What the heck, why are those bats so big?"
Clone 1: "Master, be careful. Those bats are level 2, and one of them is level 3."
After hearing what Clone 1 said, and since the bats are within range of [Analyze Lv:1], I use [Analyze Lv:1] on the bats.
[Big Bat]
[Level 2]
[Hp: 20/20]
[Big Bat]
[Level 2]
[Hp: 20/20]
[Big Bat]
[Level 2]
[Hp: 20/20]
[Big Bat]
[Level 2]
[Hp: 20/20]
[Big Bat]
[Level 3]
[Hp: 30/30]
As Clone 1 said, there are four bats that are level 2 and one bat that is level 3.
Clone 1: "Master, what do we do now?
Carmilla: "We will use ranged weapons since the bats are flying. They will be hard to hit if I continue to use a spear."
So after saying that, I change the shape of the blood spear into a bow, like the bow Clone 1 was currently using.
Carmilla: "Let's start. Let's target the level 3 bat first."
After saying that, both Carmilla and Clone 1 used blood magic to make arrows and started aiming towards the level 3 bat before releasing the string.
*Swish*
*Swish*
The arrow flew towards the Level 3 Bat. The bat tried to dodge, but it noticed the two incoming arrows too late, so the arrow hit it directly.
-20 Hp
-20 Hp
[Ding! You have killed Level 3 [Big Bat]. +3 Exp.]
The other bats noticed the death of the Level 3 [Big Bat], so two bats flew towards them while the other two flew back a few meters, positioning themselves away.