Wolf of the Blood Moon: A Blood Magic

Book 2: Chapter 24: Risk and Reward

Scarlet

Is it possible to get the System to show all of my messages since the start of that battle?

Uh, yes, Tar answers, sounding a little confused. Why?

Because I want to see it all at once.

You wouldnt understand.

Tar grumbles something in my mind that I cant quite make out, but whatever hes doing while grumbling seems to do the trick as the System messages flood in before he even finishes grumbling.

{Level 106 Demon Fomorian defeated. A vast EXP bonus is awarded for killing a creature above your level.}

{Level 105 Demon Fomorian defeated. A vast EXP bonus is awarded for killing a creature above your level.}

{Level 105 Demon Fomorian defeated. A vast EXP bonus is awarded for killing a creature above your level.}

{Level 107 Demon Fomorian defeated. A vast EXP bonus is awarded for killing a creature above your level.}

{Level 126 Demon Acolyte defeated. A vast EXP bonus is awarded for killing a creature above your level.}

{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 76. Two Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 85. Two Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

{Thirty Skill Points are awarded for killing a being at a higher class than yourself without any assistance ten or more times.}

{Ten Skill Points are awarded for surviving having your heart cut in two.}

{Five Skill Points are awarded for killing a Demon Acolyte for the first time.}

{One Skill Point is awarded for killing a demon.} x5

[Skill Blood Claws has leveled up to level 11.]

[Skill Blood Diffusion has leveled up to level 2.]

[Skill Blood Diffusion has leveled up to level 3.]

I smile at the results before quickly opening my status and distributing my free points.

Name: Scarlet AsgerSpecies: Human/Blood Lycan HybridMagic: Blood Age: 19Level: 85SP: 56 Stats: Physical: 209Mental: 206Magical: 206 Physical/Level: 2Mental/Level: 1Magical/Level: 2 Free Points: 0Mana: 1001/21218Free Points/Level: 2 Active Skills: Blood ClawsSkill Level: 11Description Blood SiphonSkill Level: 10Description Life DrainSkill Level: 11Description Partial ShiftSkill Level: StaticDescription Blood DiffusionSkill Level: 3Description Blood ShadowSkill Level: 5Description Blood RetributionSkill Level: 5Description Blood ManifestationSkill Level: 5Description Blood SacrificeSkill Level: 10Description Blood BoilSkill Level: 6Description Blood BankSkill Level: 5Description CleanSkill Level: StaticDescription RepairSkill Level: StaticDescription RechargeSkill Level: StaticDescription Passive Skills: Blood RegenerationSkill Level: 6Description Blood ThirstSkill Level: 6Description Predator VSkill Level: StaticDescription

Alright. Very good progress in my skills and levels. A lot more than I was expecting.

Maybe coming to this interview wasnt such a terrible thing after all?

Not that the Class II Fracture happening here was a good thing or anything like that. Just that I happened to be here during it. Most of the Fractures that happen around the city are Class I, so even if theres a pretty decent chance for someone to end up caught in a Fracture at least like twice or three times a month when theyre living in the capital, its not as likely to end up in a Class II one.

Kind of a depressing thought though, to be honest. If it werent for how sparely spread out the demons are in a Fracture and how almost all of the demons in the common Fractures are not intelligent, then there would be a hell of a lot more casualties. Not to mention the vast number of bunkers and the specialized phones here with apps made to counter certain demons weaknesses.

Honestly dont want to imagine how bad it would be without all of that.

Anyways, I quickly bring up the descriptions for the leveled skills, only to find nothing new in any of them.

Well, thats unfortunate.

Also, judging by my remaining mana, I think I wouldnt have survived that battle if I hadnt leveled up blood retribution since its level 5 upgrade reduced its price from twenty percent of my total mana to about seventeen point five percent.

Overall, it looks like the acolyte gave me a lot more EXP than the others, since the fomorians at that level had at some point started only giving me about a level to a level and a halfs worth of EXP after bringing my level high enough.

You say only, but Tar mutters, but my eyes quickly focus on my SP as I begin trying to figure out what skill I should spend it on.

Right now, Im getting close to the amount of SP I need to bring blood thirst to level ten where it should get a nice upgrade, but at the same time, whats the point right now? Im barely even using blood thirst in a Class II Fracture

Blood bank on the other hand isnt really being of too much use outside of prolonged battle as well, since only half of my skills even let me use the blood in it for them, and even then, it only lets me supplement my mana or blood by about half using the blood in there.

I will admit that its a much better skill for higher levels, where you already have your other skills at a high enough level to be able to benefit more off blood bank, Tar agrees with my line of thought.

And I just brought blood sacrifice to level ten, so thats out too. After all, I dont want to push any of my skills too far ahead of the others.

Well, unless its just a really useful high rarity skill, that is.

Hmm the decision goes down to blood boil, blood shadow, blood manifestation, and blood retribution. But since blood retribution is a last ditch skill that Id rather avoid using if I dont have to, whereas the others are active combat skills that I use quite frequently, Ill take retribution out of that list.

Which leaves boil, shadow, and manifestation.

Of course, I could also go and buy a rare defensive skill like some sort of blood shield. Although Im pretty sure that would be taking the blood directly from me, so is it really much of a shield if it drains me of blood?

It doesnt hurt to take a look, Tar says, and I shrug in response before opening up and then browsing the skills store, pointedly ignoring the two new epic skills that show up on the list from my new achievements since they dont add anything to my current skill set.

After a few minutes of searching, I find a rare defensive skill that is good enough for me to purchase. So I do so before opening up the description again just to soothe my nerves about spending my SP on another new skill. Because it took a lot of willpower to not just blow all my SP on leveling skills instead.

{Blood Armor Allows the user to create an armor purely out of congealed and hardened blood with mana. This skill may only create two plates of armor at one time. Each plate of armor created removes a small portion of the users mana pool until the skill is dispelled or the armor plating is shattered.}

You are sure this armor plating is going to be hard enough to actually stop an attack, right?

You worry too much, Tar answers. Its not as hard as congealed blood is. Its much harder, more akin to the durability of stone amplified by your own level instead at level 1.

And youre telling me you learned about it from a past blood magic user your previous contractor met?

Tar nods his head without saying anything.

Well, alright then. I still have 36 more SP to spend.

But before that, why arent any more demons entering the floor? Its been at least ten minutes since the fight, but nothing has entered.

Thats just not normal.

And I dont hear anything guarding the stairs.

Tar doesnt say anything.

I let out a huff before glancing at the kid still sleeping on my lap and then going through my skills to see which to level.