Scarlet

As soon as I will the messages forward, they all come flooding at me like a tidal wave.

{Level 12 Demon Spawn defeated. Bonus EXP is awarded for killing a creature above your level.}

…

{Level 12 Demon Spawn defeated. Bonus EXP is awarded for killing a creature above your level.}

{Level 15 Demon Hound defeated. Bonus EXP is awarded for killing a creature above your level.}

…

{Level 15 Demon Hound defeated.}

{Ten Skill Points are awarded for killing over fifty demons total.}

{Ten Skill Points are awarded for killing over fifty demons above your own level.}

{One Skill Point is awarded for killing a demon.} x26

{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 12. Two Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 13. Two Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 14. Two Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

{Congrats, you have leveled up to level 15. Two Free Points have been awarded to you and your stats have been updated.}

{You have earned the inherent skill, ‘Life Drain’.}

[Skill ‘Blood Claws’ has leveled up to level 3.]

[Skill ‘Blood Siphon’ has leveled up to level 2.]

I grin as I watch my levels go up, and especially at the sight of the new skill. Now, of course, they were technically going up when I actually killed the demons. But still.

There’s just a certain satisfaction at seeing them shoot up at once.

Although sometime during this I started getting less EXP as I passed the demons in level.

I shift slightly in my position lying up against the window, wincing a little at the pain.

At this point, my entire body is covered in wounds. And my clothes were pretty badly shredded since I was trying to avoid using repair to save mana.

Doesn’t help that the moonlight can’t reach them if I have clothes covering the wounds. So I’m stuck with sleeves and pant legs left in tatters as I lie next to the window enjoying the healing glow from the moonlight.

Something I realized at some point during my hunt was that I could siphon the demon’s blood to use as a replacement for my own, making the small injuries not really matter beyond the pain. As long as I kept from getting any major and life threatening injuries, I could just heal from the moonlight at a later time.

Quite convenient when trying to rush through a floor of demons.

“I still say you shouldn’t be doing that,” Tar says with a huff as he appears in the air and floats down to lean up against the side of my leg, not going to my lap because of my injuries. “It creates bad habits.”

Says the one who entered me into a tournament for him that has me competing against people far beyond my level.

If I’m going to survive that, then I need to level up.

He stays silent for several seconds before saying, “Okay, understandable. But you do have to remember that the tournament isn’t for at the very least a century. Maybe even more than that.”

I know. But you also said that it could technically happen any day now as well. That the king can start the tournament whenever he wants. Just that he will most likely wait until each royal has a contracted Guardian deemed ‘fit for combat’ in the tournament.

And I really don’t like the idea of having a possible axe hanging over my head. So I’m going to give it all I can to level up. Especially considering that the System seems to reward taking risks.

Now then.

I open my status before distributing my free points and looking at my skills.

Let’s just hope Life Drain is a healing skill…

Name: Scarlet Asger

Species: Human/Blood Lycan Hybrid

Magic: Blood

Age: 19

Level: 15

SP: 44

Stats:

Physical: 48

Mental: 40

Magical: 45

Physical/Level: 2

Mental/Level: 1

Magical/Level: 2

Free Points: 0

Mana: 31/900

Free Points/Level: 2

Active Skills:

Blood Claws

Skill Level: 3

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Blood Siphon

Skill Level: 2

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Life Drain

Skill Level: 1

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Blood Boil

Skill Level: 2

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Clean

Skill Level: Static

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Repair

Skill Level: Static

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Passive Skills:

Predator IV

Skill Level: Static

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