Chapter 23: Playful days (Part 6)
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“Blood manipulation: Striking blood!”
From her hand, bullet-like blood was shot toward me. I was hit by a blood bullet and got fatal damage on my belly.
I have no time to respond to the pain, I immediately get up and run toward her to get close to her.
She then jumps backward and maintains her 10-meter distance away from me.
“Blood manipulation: Striking blood!”
“That attack again.”
This time I used my sword to block the blood bullet. The blood was deflected. Eriko then swings her right hand from left to right. The defective bullet then transformed into a dagger. The dagger then moves toward me at high-speed and stabs me on my left arm.
“With some little imagination… This fight is just a piece of cake.”
“You're not getting anywhere.”
I said and get myself up.
I charge toward Eriko and Eriko keeps on jumping backward.
“Where is that power you have earlier? Play with me more. Play with me more. Entertain me, little girl.”
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Her Hp has decreased she got damage from my magic earlier. She wanted to play long range then I will give that to her.
“Lightning strike!”
A bolt of lightning fall to Eriko.
Erio used the beast in the forest to protect herself from upcoming lightning and survive.
That’s how she uses her beast manipulation.
After that, I continue to attack her in the long-range. Lightning strikes consume lots of MP. I decided to continuously launch Fireballs instead.
“Beast manipulation!”
Eriko called hundred of monsters from the forest.
“...Eat that little girl.”
After receiving an order, the monster got its eye’s crimson red and charge toward me.
Name: Slime
Level: 10
HP: 100/ 100
MP: 20/ 20
Type: none
Ability:
Name: Green Slime
Level: 10
HP: 100/ 100
MP: 20/ 20
Type: Plant
Ability:
Name: Blue Slime
Level: 10
HP: 100/ 100
MP: 20/ 20
Type: Water
Ability:
Name: Night bats
Level: 10
HP: 300/ 300
MP: 50/ 50
Type: Wind
Ability:
Name: Lesser goblins
Level: 10
HP: 800/ 800
MP: 10/ 10
Type: Earth
Ability:
Name: Cave wolf
Level: 10
HP: 1000/ 1000
MP: 20/ 20
Type: Earth
Ability:
Name: Wild rock pig
Level: 10
HP: 2000/ 2000
MP: 0/ 0
Type: Earth
Ability:
Name: Wild bull
Level: 10
HP: 6000/ 6000
MP: 0/ 0
Type: none
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All of these are just low leveled monsters. Still, there are too many of them. I need to properly use my magic or else I will lose my MP and fall to the ground. My Mp is still around 10,000+ I can still use lightning strike, it uses lots of MP and it’s too risky.
If I want to kill this Psycho in front of me I need to be smart.
“Sword skill: Cut.”
I cut down the monster within my reach and then jump back and try to escape by jumping on the trees.
I then started to feel the pain of my injuries.
My belly hurt also my left hand. Her blood manipulation has its limits. Can she use other blood besides her blood or she can only use her own blood in the battle?
I use healing to heal my wounds and stop the blood flow just in case she can use other people’s blood.
“You’re not going away… Blood manipulation: Blood Arrow!”
She then makes a bow and an arrow from her blood and fires them to me. The arrow can be controlled remotely and follow me in my location.
Realizing that running will not do anything. I decided to face the blood arrow and use my sword to slice it.
But before it reaches me…
“Blood fire magic: Exploding Blood.”
I receive minor burns in my body.
The arrow when in flames and exploded.
A sneaky way to use her magic. This demon is really a demon king commander. That’s right I’m facing a demon.
She then reloads her bow with five arrows.
“Blood manipulation: Blood Arrows!”
I heal myself using my healing magic and dive to the sea beside the forest.
The arrow followed me underwater but the blood dissolves the moment it comes into contact with the water.
Over 90% of blood plasma is water, while less than 10% consists of dissolved substances, mostly proteins. Blood plasma also contains electrolytes, vitamins, and nutrients such as glucose and amino acids and, water are called the "universal solvent" because it dissolves more substances than any other liquid. ... Water molecules have a polar arrangement of the oxygen and hydrogen atoms. One side (hydrogen) has a positive electrical charge and the other side (oxygen) had a negative charge.
Blood is a mixture of solid and liquid components. The liquid part of the blood is called plasma which is made up of 92% water, dissolved proteins, and other substances. Thus, blood is itself made up of water. Blood will dissolve in water.
Even in this fantasy world. Physics still has its use.
At the same time, she can’t use her fire magic when I’m on the water. That means, her natural weakness is water.
I can’t stay too long in the water. Even I need to breathe air to survive.
“What happened?”
Eriko was puzzled.
(Eriko is just a newborn demon and only lives in the world for five months. Her knowledge and understanding of the world are not that vast compare to Mayu who has the mind of a 19-year-old high school girl in Japan. The only reason she became a demon lord commander is because she is said to be the reincarnation of the last demon lord commander with the same name as her.)
“... My blood manipulation is no working in water. This is news to me, to think a higher demon like me has a weakness. This battle will be interesting.”
Erio said and smile in excitement.
“Water magic: Water slicer!”
Water blade was lunched toward Eriko. Eriko uses her powerful flame to evaporate the upcoming water.
I reached the surface water and then cast another water slicer to Eriko. I cast continuously so that Eriko can’t block it with her firepower.
Eriko avoided the water slicer by running sideways.
“Beast manipulation: Suicide strike!”
By having a monster commit suicide, the trade-off is to erase the magical energy limit of a typically weak monster and hurl it at the enemy.
Eriko uses her To attack me on water.
“Wind s***h!”
I cut down the night bats before they reached me.
“That’s impressive… Then, let's have an experiment. I want to know how long hardened blood lasts before it dissolves in water… Blood manipulation: Blood meteorite!”
Blood forms a small rock and it was a fire to me like striking blood, but this time the blood is a bit slower than Striking blood that has the same speed as a gun bullet.
I dodge the blood meteorite on instinct.
As expected the blood did not dissolve quickly.
“Experiment success… Then how about this… Blood Manipulation: Blood burst.”
The blood inside the monsters suddenly burst out from their body.
The hundreds of monsters under her beast manipulation were now dead and their blood started to fuse in form of a big orb of blood.
“Blood manipulation: Rain of thousand Blood swords.”
From the giant orb of blood, the blood hardens and became a sword. The swords were fire to me who is on water.
To dodge them I dive down deep on water.
The sword falling was too fast and it manages to receive minor cuts on my body.
If I go deeper, I will lose my oxygen and die underwater. If I go on the water surface. The blood swords will pierce my body and die.
“Ice magic: Ice wall!”
I made a wall to block the falling blood swords and quickly swim upward and reach the water surface. I immediately take a deep breath.
“I’m alive.”
“Ice magic? Then how about this? Blood manipulation: Giant blood sword!”
A giant blood sword appeared and destroy the ice wall I created.
I used too much MP on the Ice wall. I only have 5,450 MP left. Meanwhile, using a status check. Eriko still has 8,674 MP. She still can unleash those blood manipulation skills she has.
I’m going to be cornered at this rate.
Like in games level is not only the deciding power on whose going to win. Creativity, strategy, and battle smart is the key to win. Just like those insanely hard role-playing games.
I then produce powerful wind pressure using my wind magic to fire myself toward Eriko.
I manage to come closer to her. I immediately put my back and s***h her with my sword.
I’m able to cut her and put a mark on her face.
“How dare you ruin my face?”
Eriko asked.
I missed cutting her head.
“Blood manipulation: Blood death scythe…”
A giant scythe made from blood appeared suddenly on her hand.
“... Playtime is over, goodbye little elf. ”
She manages to cut down my left arm. I fall and felt the intense pain of losing my own arm. I roll to the ground and try to endure the pain.
This is too much. It hurt too much.
Eriko slowly walked toward me with her scythe.
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