Book 5: Chapter 54: A Lesson


    <strong>Scarlet</strong>


    The moment we sh, a shockwave shoots out from our point of collision, sending the nearby demons and humans flying with the exception of the Knights and Demon Lords. But even the Knights end up being pushed back a bit from it, leaving them all shocked.


    Leonidas and I dont stop with just one sh though. We continue striking each other one time after another, sending shockwaves out with each. Meanwhile Leonidas continuously sends des, arrows, and various other weapons made out of blood flying at me from all over using his Blood Domain.


    I even feel him trying to grab onto the blood in my own body with the domain, but his attempt never takes hold, the Red gue devouring his mana before it can.


    Not bad, he says as we finally break away from each other, neither of us showing a single wound as our Lycans Regeneration skills managed to heal everything weve done to each other. Not bad at all.


    Despite his saying that, I cant help but feel surprised that he even did any damage to me at all. Considering the Red gue armor Im using.


    <strong>It would appear that your father has a true damage skill, </strong>Tarments, making me nod my head.


    True damage. A type of damage that ignores everything and directly harms the one its targeting. Just like my Bloody Thorns and Blood Retribution.


    The question is what sort of true damage skill is it. Is it just like Bloody Thorns, where I take damage when he does? I know its not like Blood Retribution since Ive been taking damage this whole time.


    If Im being honest, it looks almost like every single attack he deals passes straight through my Red gue barrier to hit me.


    Lets see Leonidas mutters before shifting back into his lycan form, to my surprise. You recently got Lesser Blood Runes, right?


    I frown at that but nod anyways.


    Perfect! he exims, a faint grin spreading across his face as he raises a single hand with his fingers held like hes about to snap them. In that case, how about a lesson?


    Without giving me any chance to respond, he snaps his fingers, following which strange runic symbols written with blood begin appearing all around him in the air. And as if that werent enough, his Blood Domain appears to be resonating with the symbols.


    I quickly find even the other Demon Lords and the Knights beating a hasty retreat out of the Blood Domain, giving me a rather bad feeling.


    Then everything begins to turn into blood around us. The trees, the air, the soil. Everything.


    If that were all, Id still be fine. But what follows next is much worse. All of the blood suddenly forms a single hammer and swings itself to m into me before I can even blink, sending me flying across the entire map while coughing out a mouthful of blood.


    Even after Ind and quickly begin to float back up into the air, more bloody symbols appear around me, seemingly teleporting the hammer to m into me again.


    And the same process repeats itself over and over again until I finally let out a roar and attempt to manipte the blood with Blood Maniption. But that doesnt do shit, so I use Blood Nullification instead. Which does affect it a little, but not as much as Id hoped.


    Youre never going to get out of that cycle with those petty skills, Leonidas says, very much reminding me that while I am a lot stronger now, I still cheated my way up here with the Red gue.


    But at the same time


    I scowl as I transform back into my lycan form, briefly ncing at the Red gue thats been loosed onto the environment from my wounds. Then I spread my arms out while the hammer returns for more, only to send it flying when I let the Red gue out of my body, immediately absorbing the runes floating in the air along with my own blood. And just as quickly as it started, I end it by pulling the Red gue back into my body again.


    Relying on the Red gue may work against the void creatures, but it wont get you any achievements, nor will it help your training, Leonidas says while appearing in a sh of red light surrounded by more blood runes. Think about what you can do using something other than the Red gue before relying on it.


    I grit my teeth.


    Seriously? I already tried using


    My mind nks.


    A grin stretches across Leonidass face the moment I use Null Magic Field over a dozen times, each right on top of a blood rune. Then I use Blood Nullification on the rune that suddenly became destabilized by the field, erasing a tiny part of it and messing up the entire rune in the process.


    Despite the runes exploding in his face, Leonidas beginsughing, Thats it! Thats what I was looking for!


    I float up into the air until Im a little over a dozen meters in front of Leonidas. But even when the bloody mist that marks the remains of the blood runes explosion clears, Leonidas can just be seen floating there without a scratch on himself.


    Likely due to Lycans Regeneration.


    Damn, never thought my own skill would be used against me like this.


    <strong>Uh, you do remember that its not <em>your </em>skill in the first ce? </strong>Tar points out.


    Well its not his either. Its Gramps.


    <strong>Thats not- </strong>Tar starts, but I just use Rain of Blood and Blood gue, making extra sure to keep the Red gue out of the skill. Since it always wants to rush into those two skills, what with being my strongest gue by far and all.


    Its a major pain, fighting without being allowed to use the Red gue.


    Quite a few of my powerful skills involve the Red gue after all. Or just gues in general.


    Even just keeping myself clothed involves the Red gue now, since my clothing or armor would just be devoured by my own blood when I get injured. Making for a waste of armor and clothing.


    And more importantly, a hit to my dignity.


    Lets try this again, I tell my father with a grin on my face while flexing my ws slightly to my side.


    He just grins and says, Lets.