Nightmare System 18 Challenging Dmiria

"Good morning to you, too, creepy mate," he said and asked: "Did the others wake up yet?"

"Yes. They had been waiting for you to wake up for around 6 hours now. They would wake you up, but sir Aurus said you needed to sleep as much as you could, since you might not have the chance to do so later."

"What a considerate and pessimistic fellow he is, right, Zack?"

"Right," Zachariah answered with a formal and respectable tone. He, too, had heard of h.e.l.l's feats. Virgil and his team were like G.o.ds to the rest of these vampires. To be able to take them all on, that was going to be a legend unforgotten by these vampires. Also knowing he was still a friend of Virgil, their beloved leader, most of these vampires wouldn't hesitate to lay down their lives also for h.e.l.l, if there ever was a need to do so.

"Well, they waited this long, get me some breakfast," h.e.l.l said and took his time eating as well. Waiting for another half an hour wouldn't hurt. He enjoyed his breakfast with countless delicacies and had learned that vampires also ate and enjoyed the food. Their water was replaced by blood, that was the only difference to them. h.e.l.l then saw Theperes outside as he went outside his room.

"You could come in," h.e.l.l said. "Were you just waiting for me here?"

"Do you invite me to your chambers, my lord?" Theperes blushed and said.

Embarra.s.sed because of her blushing, "Let's just go downstairs!" h.e.l.l said, almost sick of her teasing.

"Of course." She complied.

"Thank you," h.e.l.l said as he saw his party as well as Virgil and his team. Theperes accepted h.e.l.l's thanks with a smile and followed.

"Finally!" Leon yelled. "Were you keeping him busy, Theperes?" And laughed loudly.

"Hey, p.i.s.s off, alright? Let's go and kill some stuff, yeah?" h.e.l.l said.

"It feels like you were killing it already, but alright," Virgil said unexpectedly.

"Come on guys," said Leila. "It's not his fault he couldn't resist her charms."

Theperes was red beyond belief, odd for a vampire like her especially. "People, we didn't-"

Vaun suddenly interjected. "Boss, are you gonna get married, too? I support it!" No one was expecting Vaun to say anything as such, causing everyone to laugh uproariously.

"Alright," h.e.l.l said. "What's the plan?"

Virgil stopped laughing soon after and took out a map of a base similar to this one. Showing the layout. "This is his chambers. Keep that in mind." He pointed at a rather large room. "He is always accompanied by beauties of different sorts that he mind-controls, as far as we know. So if you are seen by any of them, he would probably know of your existence immediately."

"Well, I am fast but I can't just become a shadow like you b.a.s.t.a.r.ds," h.e.l.l said. "Do you just want me to mow-down hundreds of vampires there?"

"No," Virgil said. "You'll help me expand my territory there."

"You mean you'll take over his territory, too? Can you 'just' do that?" Leila asked.

"No. We'll have to kill him, and then I'll come to save the rest of the vampires. You have to be fought off by me at that point." Virgil said.

"This is the training grounds. That's where his personal guards usually are and would respond to any threat at a moment's notice. As you can see, it's not far from Dmiria's chambers." Nero said. I couldn't go any further as they'd notice me.

"You got into their base?" Leon was surprised.

"I did," Nero said and looked to be dozing off.

"Hey, you sure you didn't dream all that?" Vaun said all of a sudden, attracting the attention on himself, being even more courageous now. h.e.l.l somewhat felt like he was a mafia boss and Vaun as his loud minion preaching h.e.l.l's greatness.

"Nero looks a bit, unreliable, yes," Virgil uttered the words embarra.s.sedly. "But he's the best reconnaissance specialist you can ever find. Trust him."

"So I'll first go there, kill all those personal guards, hope that I'm not seen by anyone so the rest of his army isn't alerted, and then I go also kill their leader? Great plan, guys, how did you guys help here again?"

"Listen," Virgil said. "Sons of Shadow will go and take out their guards, but mental attacks aren't things anyone can easily defend against. We will provide you with safe access into his room, the only thing you'll have to do is kill him. 1 versus 1. Well, along with whomever he is sleeping there."

"Well, that's better."

"No s.h.i.t, of course that's better," Leon said. "We'll also stand outside and provide cover if something unexpected occurs, then."

"When are we going?" h.e.l.l asked.

"We are already closeby now," Virgil said. Aurus, while they were busy had already started chanting a spell which teleported them all into the jungle as his chanting came to an end."

"Cool," Leila said.

"Well, how long should I wait for you guys?"

"1 minute. The commotion will attract the Vampire Lord Dmiria, you have to go in before he interferes, I'll be watching from afar." Virgil said. "Don't go berserk on us again or everything will fall apart."

"I won't need the sword against a mage."

"Don't be overconfident now," Anton said with a disapproving tone, he looked better now, it seemed his clothes were the only things permanently affected in that fight, albeit almost being chopped up in half.

"Well, even if I needed it, that's not gonna happen again. I won't leave any doors open for that b.a.s.t.a.r.d. It was truly just a fluke he could do that!"

"You are overconfident," Anton said with a sigh.

"Sons of Shadow, I am trusting you to execute this mission with your utmost."

"Yes!" They all said at the same time and went inside.

They were among some trees and dense foliage. h.e.l.l picked a berry growing on a nearby bush and ate it. It had an incredibly sour taste, it felt like it almost vaporized his tongue. After counting to 60, h.e.l.l also went in and headed for Dmiria's bedroom. h.e.l.l checked the map he was given again before making a turn, and he was right to do so since it seemed he was about to make a wrong turned. He cursed his sense of direction and headed the right way this time, reaching the doors of the said place soon after, using his Quickening.

There were sounds of grunting and moans coming from inside. h.e.l.l figured he would at least wait until the dude was done since it sounded like they had just started. He was even ready to wait for a few minutes even. He wouldn't be caught as long as he waited for him outside. After 10 seconds, however, he heard the voices dim and he opened the door. There were tens of women and men lying everywhere. h.e.l.l thought this was probably how saints pictured h.e.l.l, similar to some old painting he saw in the past.

"Dmiria, your end is here!" h.e.l.l yelled as he asked himself one question: "Why did I even say that?" He was embarra.s.sed already.

"Who is it?!" Dmiria yelled. It was an old man looking to be in his sixties. "You old dog!" h.e.l.l yelled back. "I'm here to take your head."

Dmiria snorted and "Kill," he uttered as he pointed to h.e.l.l. Everyone in the room that were intoxicated by l.u.s.t suddenly turned their heads to h.e.l.l all at the same time and plunged forward.

These were rather slow vampires, but even a second was enough for Dmiria to cast a strong spell. He was proud of his Quick Cast ability.

"You are strong," Dmiria said. "You'll make a fine addition to my army." Suddenly h.e.l.l's eyes were clouded by a purple smoke, which he got rid of by simply dispersing it while shaking his head.

"Is that your strongest spell?" h.e.l.l asked. He felt barely anything.

"How?!" Dmiria was horrified. He was sure he was invincible among other Vampire Lords with his attacks that destroyed and controlled one's mind. As long as he could land his spell, it would be over for the other party. He couldn't accept this outcome.

"No!" He yelled. "I'll destroy your mind if I can't control it!"

"Do it then," h.e.l.l said and started calmly walking toward him as he cut down the vampires lunging at him left and right, there was no point in killing him fast, that was not the point after all. He had also gotten some regeneration and claw abilities from the vampires he killed, but he didn't spend time checking on it at this point. From the way his scratches healed, it couldn't be compared to his own skill.

"h.e.l.l, yes, I see into your mind, your memories I see will soon be destroyed by-" Dmiria suddenly stopped talking. His eyes opened wide; his mouth was agape.

"Hey, bud, you alright?" h.e.l.l said.

Dmiria began foaming at the mouth and collapsed, his heart stopped. h.e.l.l recognized the feeling.

"Ah, s.h.i.t, you looked into my mind?" h.e.l.l asked, frowning. "Hey, are you dead?"

He ripped his heart out as well but there was no response. No notifications from the system.

"f.u.c.k you, system, I killed him, technically!" h.e.l.l yelled. "Give me the levels and his skills you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" There was no response from the system.

"I wanted a fight at least, what is this?" h.e.l.l murmured, whining. "I am bored!" h.e.l.l really enjoyed fighting.

"I'll give you a fight." A man was heard behind h.e.l.l as he was stabbed with a dagger. "This was the challenge I had to face?" The man roared and added: "Player killer, your challenger was weak."

h.e.l.l pierced the man's throat with the Imp Needle as he turned in speed using Quickening. "I learned about it quite recently as well, turns out, you shouldn't really lower your guard, mate."

The man fell on the floor squirming, h.e.l.l finished him off by crushing his skull with a stomp. There were no notifications from the system again. "Oh come on!" h.e.l.l yelled. "You are just f.u.c.king with me at this point!" The dagger he was stabbed with disappeared, but it had almost fried him from the inside. It seemed to have an odd fire effect.

"Are you trying to talk to the system?" A man said from the entrance. The corpse was still there by his feet, but h.e.l.l was looking at a person identical to the man he just killed, who was coming up to him with slow steps. h.e.l.l knew his mind couldn't be attacked, but what if the spell was cast onto the environment? It could have been one such thing he was dealing with.

"How many times are you planning on dying?" h.e.l.l asked. "I can do this all day."

"What a coincidence!" Another man looking exactly alike to the corpse said again, there were two of them now. "I have to find and kill you to end this, right?" h.e.l.l asked. "What are you, an illusion spell user? Pathetic."

"You think this is an illusion?" The men laughed one after another. Some were yelling obscenities to him while others were getting ready to fight. There were 20 of them now.

"We are Neil." They said, horribly synchronized.

"Nope," h.e.l.l said. "You are dead." As he took out the Sword of Blood and bled himself on it.

"Nice toy. We also have one." All Neils took out the same black dagger with wings at the bottom.

"That's not fair, you got 20 of them?" h.e.l.l said, using Quickening and ready to use Warping at any point.

It was probably not the case. The corpse at his feet began melting and it soon disappeared along with its clothes.

"We don't really have to fight, do we? Let's be friends." h.e.l.l said.

"Yes, let's just be friends," Neils said as they approached him one step at a time. h.e.l.l walked up to them with a smile as well. They were almost face to face right before they lunged at one another. h.e.l.l was slightly faster without Quickening, but he used the skill right after. Dodging 20 attacks wherever he was, he changed his strategy. Coupling Quickening with Warping, and just traded attacks with them. He just made it so that he wasn't hit in the heart. Not being able to heal, Neils would collapse soon after with each traded attack. After managing to kill around 5 of them, they all tried to open up some distance between themselves and h.e.l.l, who pursued them relentlessly, not giving them the chance.

"You three, stop him!" one of the Neils yelled and the three closeby complied so immediately. Ready to be cut down and killed by h.e.l.l for the sake of keeping him there. h.e.l.l saw b.a.l.l.s of fire being launched from the tip of that dagger, so he allowed them to attack himself as he held them in place holding their daggers as his hand was being slowly cut. Hoping to use them as shields. The fireb.a.l.l.s didn't seem too much trouble by themselves, but 12 of them looked scary, to say the least, capable of incinerating a man. h.e.l.l used all his strength to hold the three in place as the fireb.a.l.l.s. .h.i.t them.

"You giant c.u.n.t!" h.e.l.l yelled, looking at Neils, his arms hurt.

It was horrifying to hear screams of others for some people, and Neil was one such person as he was seeing himself, screaming while burning to ashes. h.e.l.l was better off with only his arms and legs burnt, but he began using Knight-demon's Vitality right away, trying to heal the burn. It proved to be harder to heal as his arms were charred, he used his Quickening to dodge any other fireb.a.l.l.s sent his way as he continued healing his arms.

As soon as it was done, which took around a minute, h.e.l.l summoned the Imp Needle again and threw it with all his strength to one of them from a close enough distance that they couldn't dodge it. It luckily impaled two of them in the chests before he retrieved it. He needed to systematically kill these guys, so he stuck to this plan, returning to trading blows whenever they got closer as well.

There were only 3 of them soon after when Neil finally found out that h.e.l.l didn't have immense vitality, but he could completely heal himself. He had seen the healing from regular vampires or more vitality focused characters, but this was something else completely.

"That's cheating!" He yelled in fear as he realized this was not a battle of attrition as he thought earlier, taking a step back. "I no longer want to fight you!"

"You don't? That's a shame though, isn't it?"

"Please, we are just p.a.w.ns in the game of G.o.ds, you are doing their bidding!" Neil yelled as another one of them fell down, cut in half. Two of them were left now.

"Let's see if you'll die if I finish you both," h.e.l.l said as he threw the weapon at the other one, killing him.

"You are just a p.a.w.n, they'll get rid of you, too!" Neil said in fright.

"Mate, everything else but me and my friends is irrelevant to me. I'll avenge you, too, don't you worry." h.e.l.l said and slashed down vertically in force, after summoning the weapon into his hand.

*A player has been defeated*

*+500 mana has been acquired*

*You have levelled up*

*You have levelled up*

*Upon reaching level 42, the player can start advancing in his cla.s.s*

*Choose advanced cla.s.s*

*Pa.s.sive skill: Advanced Agility has been acquired*

*Skill: Copies has been acquired*

*Skill: Fire Channelling has been acquired*

*Pa.s.sive Skill: Puppet Mastery has been acquired*

"Sweet. Hope you'll keep sending me these guys, Player Killer." h.e.l.l said, looking at the sword.

"Good job, my minion." Player Killer answered. "There will only be the chosen one standing in the end."

h.e.l.l sighed and put the weapon back "d.a.m.n," he said. "so he had 5000 mana?"

"Identify." h.e.l.l then said after a moment of contemplation. "Let's see what you gave me, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d."

Skills:

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*Advanced Agility: Pa.s.sive skill, +100 dexterity*

*Copies: -200 mana for each copy up to 20 copies, each will have 60% of the user's stats and 10% of the mana*

*Puppet Mastery: Any vessel under the user's control will have its stats boosted by 60%*

*Fire Channelling: Fire magic courses through the item the user holds and fires from the tip. 150 mana for each usage*

"What is this?" h.e.l.l asked. "Vaun can benefit from the puppet master? Nice."

Player: Minion of the Cursed Hunter

Age: 30

Occupation: Minion

Level: 34

HP : 1040/1040

Mana : 0

Stats

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Strength : 25 (35)

Defence : 200 (230)

Dexterity : 11

Mana : 0

Vitality : 104

Stamina : 25

"He benefited from this as much as I have!" h.e.l.l then murmured to himself and then yelled: "Lucky b.a.s.t.a.r.d you are, Vaun!"

*Dexterity: 296*

*Unused stats:10*

Also checking his own stats, he spoke again: "Well, maybe not as much as me, but he sure got a nice boost there."

*Dexterity: 300*

*Strength: 71*

"Now, let's choose the new cla.s.s and get this over with." h.e.l.l said to himself and mentally commanded: "Choose cla.s.s."

*Player is choosing an advanced cla.s.s*

*Cursed Hunter has no advanced type, the player can choose any advanced cla.s.s*

"What the h.e.l.l does that mean, System? So if I choose to be a wizard, are you gonna just make me one? What are my options? Say somet-"

h.e.l.l was cut short when he heard the Nightmare System again:

*Advanced Cla.s.s: Archwizard has been chosen*

*Player can access his cla.s.s with the command "Skill Page"*

There was a silence that lasted minutes as h.e.l.l stood there, unmoving. He facepalmed himself in force and continued standing there.

"Hey, h.e.l.l, what the h.e.l.l are you-" Nero was suddenly saying as he saw the corpses around. "Why the h.e.l.l are you just standing there if you're done!" He added when he saw the corpse of Dmiria.

"It's, uh, it's nothing. Let's go." h.e.l.l said, unenthusiastically. He should have learned. He should have learned by now that the system would mess with him at any chance it got.

"Alright, get out and start killing other vampires, we took care of the elite guards."

"Alright," h.e.l.l said and disappeared using Quickening after taking Dmiria's body with him. Nero couldn't tell what happened. He was faster again, and this time, it felt like h.e.l.l had just disappeared. His speed was incomparable to the time he used that sword. This man had gotten stronger again.

"We made the right choice." He slowly murmured and then broke into a run with all his speed to tell Lord Virgil it was time. It wouldn't matter they took over this place or not if h.e.l.l killed tons of vampires.

h.e.l.l was slightly depressed at first, and then raged with all his heart and announced that "Dmitri or whatever he was" was dead along with all his wh.o.r.es and bodyguards. Hearing this, vampires slowly gathered all around full of curiosity, they were shocked as they saw their leader's lifeless corpse, foams in his mouth, a hole where his heart was. They were stupefied and unsure of their fate. One of them said to keep the murderer circled while he fetched the bodyguards.

h.e.l.l waited for them to realize everyone was dead and then he would engage in a murderous rampage as soon as they attacked him, how dare the system treats him this way? He didn't even mentally ask this time and was just thinking aloud. What was he to do as a wizard? He loved to fight at close quarters.

"Will no one fight me?!" h.e.l.l yelled with all his might. "I killed your leader and destroyed the elite guards you revered, do you not want revenge?!" h.e.l.l wanted to fight to get some of his anger out.

Moments after the vampire who wanted to fetch the guards arrived, uttering the following words: "They have all been ma.s.sacred without much resistance."

h.e.l.l got ready to fight now, he would at least get a good fight in before leaving.

"All hail the new leader!" The same vampire yelled.

h.e.l.l wanted to fight without holding back until Virgil arrived at least, but he couldn't believe his ears. "Huh?" He said, stupefied by the vampires' reaction.