Book 4: Chapter 28.2: Aftermath Part II


    <strong>Scarlet</strong>


    The first thing I do is bring both Blood gue and Blood Thirst to level 15 by spending two hundred and seventy Skill Points total, following which I stand in ce while staring at my status  after allocating my free points, of course  for several seconds. Then I eventually settle on spending the remaining forty-eight Skill Points on bringing Blood Retribution to level 12 from level 10. Or rather, I use forty-six of the forty-eight remaining points on doing that.


    Thest two points are just gonna sit there gathering dust until the next time I get Skill Points. Which shouldnt be long considering Ill probably go out on another hunt either tomorrow or the day after.


    Probably tomorrow.


    Anyways, after making sure everythings done, I take another look at my status overall.


    <strong>Name: Scarlet Art Asger de Archeron</strong><strong>Species: Human/Blood Lycan Hybrid</strong><strong>Magic: Blood</strong> <strong>Age: 19</strong><strong>Level: 599</strong><strong>SP: 2</strong> <strong>Stats:</strong> <strong>Physical: 1,743</strong><strong>Mental: 1,743</strong><strong>Magical: 1,743</strong> <strong>Physical/Level: 2</strong><strong>Mental/Level: 1</strong><strong>Magical/Level: 2</strong> <strong>Free Points: 0</strong><strong>Mana: 1,312,033.9/ 4,532,355</strong><strong>Free Points/Level: 5</strong> <strong>Active Skills:</strong> <strong>Pain Diffusion</strong><strong>Skill Level: 22</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Null Magic Field</strong><strong>Skill Level: 21</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood of Ruin</strong><strong>Skill Level: 15</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Nullification</strong><strong>Skill Level: 4</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Metallicized Blood</strong><strong>Skill Level: 17</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Empowerment</strong><strong>Skill Level: 12</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Swarm</strong><strong>Skill Level: 6</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Beast Transformation</strong><strong>Skill Level: Static</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Metallicized Blood ws</strong><strong>Skill Level: 26</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Life Absorption</strong><strong>Skill Level: 30</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Partial Shift</strong><strong>Skill Level: Static</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Pull</strong><strong>Skill Level: 20</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Chains</strong><strong>Skill Level: 18</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Diffusion</strong><strong>Skill Level: 15</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Gradual Corruption Nullification</strong><strong>Skill Level: 20</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood gue</strong><strong>Skill Level: 15</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Crimson Overdrive</strong><strong>Skill Level: 20</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Shadow</strong><strong>Skill Level: 10</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Retribution</strong><strong>Skill Level: 12</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Armor</strong><strong>Skill Level: 10</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Manifestation</strong><strong>Skill Level: 10</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Sacrifice</strong><strong>Skill Level: 10</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Boil</strong><strong>Skill Level: 10</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Bank</strong><strong>Skill Level: 10</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Passive Skills:</strong> <strong>Blood Regeneration</strong><strong>Skill Level: 20</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Aura</strong><strong>Skill Level: Static</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Absorption</strong><strong>Skill Level: Static</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Sanguine Effect</strong><strong>Skill Level: Static</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Life Sense</strong><strong>Skill Level: 16</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Blood Thirst</strong><strong>Skill Level: 15</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Bloody Thorns</strong><strong>Skill Level: 15</strong><strong>Description</strong> <strong>Predator V</strong><strong>Skill Level: Static</strong><strong>Description</strong>


    A very nice looking status, if I do say so myself.


    <strong>Humble, are we? </strong>Tarments, making me smirk in amusement. But then the smirk vanishes as I focus on the descriptions of Blood gue and Blood Thirst, only to find that the change was basically the same as it was thest times. Blood gue got another three gues added while Blood Thirst increased the amount of bonus per stack by a very small amount again.


    Nothing overly new, but Blood Thirst is definitely useful in this war, so its best to raise its level a bit. Especially since its a lot more useful at higher levels.


    And if Im gonna be using Blood gue to wipe out battalions like this, I might as well go ahead and level that skill up too.


    Very nice to see the fast progression again though, since it always slows down the further I get into a ss. A rather annoying facet of the System. Or I guess the universe, since the System isnt what decides how things work. For the most part.


    Considering how that battalion only had about a third or a fourth of its numbers in ss IV, I dont think Ill be able to level up as quickly with the next battalion. In fact, I wouldnt be surprised if I end up only getting half as many levels with each battalion I wipe out. Not to mention how itll probably get harder as I destroy more of them, since I wouldnt be surprised if the battalion here had a teleporter or two who managed to escape and warn the other demons of my actions.


    At least I know none of them saw my use of Blood of Ruin. I wouldve heard them otherwise, not to mention sensed them with Life Sense.


    Im pretty sure its safe to say that I should expect the other battalions to have more healers amongst them when I attack. But that wont be an issue. Just means I have to sit there longer waiting for them to wear out.


    Especially considering that I have more mana now than before thanks to therge influx of levels I got from this first battalion. Not to mention more gues.


    Actually,e to think of it, I need to test out the three new gues I got ess to with the level-up of Blood gue. Because if theyre good enough, I might be able to make quite the use of them in the next battles.


    I continue walking through the snow-covered mountains until I find a wild animal and quickly try to use Blood gue on it, making the different types of gues appear in my thoughts as I do. And just momentster, I find myself smirking.


    Not bad. Not bad at all.


    Two of the gues are meh. Not much better than the others.


    But the tenth gue of the ten gues? That one seems to make use of my null magic a little by nullifying a very miniscule amount of the targets mana when they use their mana. A gue thatll reduce the amount of time itll take for me to wait out their healers, seeing as theyre gonna be burning even more mana every time they cure each other of my gues.


    The only thing I need to worry about is the possibility that they may have a demon who can somehow cleanse the entire area at once of my gues. But theyd have to have a ss V demon to do that, and I cant see them bringing one to a mere battalion. Especially not this early on.


    I continue sprinting through the mountains again in the direction of the base with a wide smile on my face.


    One nights resting up soon, then the next hunt begins.