Mark was happy for a brief second, but never guessed that this demon had already outsmarted him, to buy her enough time, even if she does get some time, what could she possibly do ? unless she belonged to that category.... !
The problem dealing with these intelligent demons was that they employ tricks, outsmarting their opponents and attack when they had let their guard down, tough their tricks may seldom be successfully played on veterans, but still newbies and less experienced adventurers would definitely fall under their tricks and die as a result.
A blue horn had pierced out her scalp and popped out her head. It started to develop cracks gradually and disintegrated into a stream of blue coloured gas, which had enveloped her body. Her wounds started to heal and bruises got disappeared instantly, she looked perfectly healthy, the wound at her back started to close up and disappeared without leaving a trace behind, as no such injury had taken place before. The golden brown coloured hair over her head had turned orange with tips being red, red coloured armoured scales started to appear on her skin, the broken horn had made her perfect healthy, curing of all debuffs and ailments on her body which means that she could now utilize her mana as her curse got removed.
" Fuck ! a horned succubus, a royalty among their race, so my guess was correct, she belonged to this category, no wonder she had let her guard down, on purpose. Even if a person somehow managed to get back his senses and break free from her controls of l charm magic, it was fatal to their race, and attacks dealing a mortal wound was fatal as they may die as a result, but this was not applicable to all the population of their race. Members of royalty has a special bloodline, that allows them to escape death once after receiving a mortal wound which was strong enough to kill them. Their natal horn which was hidden deep within their skull would emerge out at once and heal all their injuries along with their ailments that they were suffering from. This could be better called a cheat as their horn would once again grow back, by tomorrow letting them have a additional life, that could be used a trump card. Just like single horned succubus, legends of seven horned succubus are also recorded in history whose face was no less than Norsus and soveraiz, the demon emperor that Norsus slayed which cost his life, also belongs to the category of seven horned succubus, this was also a key factor which played an important role in maintaining their dominance and one of the peak races amongst the 36 strongest races.
Mark was sure that he had left enough health for this succubus to prevent her from dying at he suspected her to belong to this category of horned succubus, a case of royal offspring. As a demon who was not even a lord class to be designated a c-rank, rather than a d-rank quest that only grand master class were alloted, so he naturally took it also under consideration, then only possible explanation to this phenomenon could be her committed suicide by biting her tongue, letting her horn pop out and do it's work. by doing this she had also to gotten rid of her curse at same time becoming stronger, totally outsmarting the mark in his own plans.
" Shit ! Plan A failed I have to follow it up with Plan B. "
Since she was present few meters away from him, he was left with no other choice rather than receiving her first attack head on. His only advantage this time was " time " , it would take few seconds for her healing to complete.
Tough mark can plan to attack her as of now and try to eliminate her at once, but paused his movements upon thinking that who can confirm weather she's only a single horned succubus, what if she's a double horned or triple or even more, he could never kill her nor subdue her in those cases and only few seconds was left before her injuries were completely healed. He plans to activate his Supreme technique, boundless impetus body to gather continuous supply of mana and harden his outer skin, empowers his muscles and organs to prevent them from damage as a result from the shock waves that he was going to from her incoming attack.
He found a shocking secret that this technique presented him at that particular moment. The boundless impetus body which provides boundless supply of mana that depends on users mana core also broke free user's of any suppression casted on his body. It had successfully negated the suppression he had received from dungeon, his stats returned back to normal when the technique was active." Doesn't that mean he can now perform to his level best, without being suppressed, no mater who it was as long he is not a lord class I can kill him as easy as cutting grasses.
But his excitement was short lived, which was severely crushed upon seeing the terrifying waves, which were originated and emitted from her body. That oppression he received from her was similar to those he received from lord class but how that's possible wasn't she a only a high class grand master. After examining her attributes he had finally found the cause, " berserk "
Target
Name : Selvira ( berserk )
class : Demon
Species : succubus
level : 51 (61)
Age : 22
Occupation : A captain in 15 th army
Attributes
Attack : 550 ( + 1000 )
Agility : 400 ( + 1000 )
Health : 2400 (+ 10000 )
Defense : 260 ( + 1000 )
lntelligence : 700 ( + 1000 )
Sense : 500 ( + 1000 )
Mana /Qi : 7000 (+ 10000 )
Skills : lightning whip, lightning spike , darkness wall, empowered nails, Thunder desend ( 70% chance to kill multiple targets below the user level ), darkness pillar.
Armaments : Temptress robes ( HP = +1000 , Defense = +500 , charm + 30 )
Elements : Darkness magic and Lightning magic .
Blessing : possessor of charm ( +50 charm to target around the user, activation - passive ) , Vitality devourer ( Drains life force upon conception with opposite gender ti help her evolve and ascend to higher species ) , berserk ( A rare trait found in royal blood lines, increase the strength of user to many times for a short period of 10 minutes, skills exhibited had double their effects )
" This is not cool ! at least let me feel happy for a moment will ya " he wanted to shout but can't " how can you also posses a trump card equivalent to my slayer title, that's not fair ." comparing the time limit which was ten times higher than him.
Seeing her abnormal raise in stats, Mark was confused. Tough the topic of berserk can explain some parts of it, but never in his life had he heard an abnormal berserk that raises attributes of a person by more than thrice the initial numbers. Even tough it was considered a rare and powerful skill, found in many bloodlines, and was not unique to a single race. Even in legends he had heard of a human who was titled as heavenly bull, a wandering aura emperor who had made a history by exhibiting berserk and increased his attributes to a maximum of 100% . Her mana also felt weird, instead of pitch black a demon should have, she was exhibiting dark blue aura, which defiles logic. Her exponential improvement in attributes along with a change in the colour of her aura, only one possible explanation can explain the series of events, a mutant !
" System is she a mutant " Mark had exclaimed out loud, he was already sweating out profusely and any encounter with those monsters were never been pleasant.
If system had answered his questions then she's not a mutant. System had the tendency to undergo dormancy when ever a mutant appears nearby. He had to rely on himself, his system interface, maps and warnings would be disabled, he could not confirm weather the mutant was dead or alive as he would not receive the message in case he killed them.
In case she had not replied back to his present question, then it's confirmed that his present random quest has again turned out into mutant hunt, which he would never wish, in both the fights against mutants, not once he was able to stand and celebrate his victory, if not for his mount he would never had killed the first mutant he encountered, and if not for the mysterious expert who rescued him, he would had already been dead in the explosion caused by the flying ship, ever seconds were like years for him waiting for systems reply.
" Ding, host the present target is not a mutant, host doesn't need to worry "
This statement was like heavenly verse for his ears, that had made him exited. but her next message had again startled him again, what's the difference between the both statements, it's like you are saying that's my fate.
" Ding, host strength is too week to confront the target, unless a unforeseen event arise host is guaranteed to die, suggesting the host to flee as far as possible, if host cherishes his life. "
Author's notes.
1. Well Selvira is a royal blood desendent, not a mutant but had strength no less than that of one.
2. So marks statement explains that " mutant or this demon either way your saying that I am going to die, right. "