Juri and Luria dealt with the Paranormal Creatures, Juri having no trouble killing them, while Luria was learning and adapting.
She sometimes felt the waves of emotions flooding her mind, it was the [Paranormal Exposure], her luck is that she is not Juri the Player!
You could say that she is currently at Level 3 Paranormal Exposure, this is because she is killing creatures above Level 40, some around Level 80!
If it was Juri who started at Level 1, she would already be around Level 10 Paranormal Exposure or even higher!
But in the end, Luria has just been exposed and she doesn't know much, just as her body doesn't absorb the Negative Energy as vividly, which prevents major problems in her mind.
But Luria felt herself getting slightly stronger, as well as feeling that her mind, a spiritual thing, was being strengthened.
This is due to [Sanity], unlike Juri who can distribute his Attribute Points, the Points Luria gets from his Paranormal Exposure Level all go to [Sanity].
So if her Sanity should be around 19 Points, where it should be noted that only Juri has the +1 advantage on all Attributes when leveling up.
But the focus is that Luria's mind got stronger with the improvement in her [Sanity] and even if she gets a little scared by the strangeness of the creatures, she is still able to keep a strong and steady mind!
So Luria was getting stronger in many ways!
...
A while later, the two annihilated about 60 Paranormal Creatures, Juri looked and noticed that Luria is at Level 84 and 4!
Luria ended up going up 1 Common Level, which made Juri smile.
(Note: Wow, I think I got legal confused with Luria's Level, I had written down here that she was Level 98, but I think I mentioned in some of the Chapters that she should be around Level 80, my mistake, so I lowered her Level by 15, but she didn't get any weaker, in the end it's the author's mistake for confusing her Level, but she really is around Level 80!)
"Why are you smiling?" - Luria asked frowning, sweating a little.
"It's that you've gotten stronger, I can feel it!" - Said Juri smiling.
"I got stronger? I can't feel anything!" - Said Luria clenching her fists.
"It's little, but it's still something, you'll feel better in the future, now let's deal with who's behind this!" - Said Juri smiling, but in a serious tone!
Luria nodded, she wants to know who is to blame for this attack and bringing an evil to these lands!
...
The two went deeper and soon both saw in the depths of the cave, corpses everywhere, a putrid smell permeated the air, along with a black and reddish mist.
Juri frowned, Luria shuddered, not out of fear, but out of anger!
She saw corpses of her people, the situation being so horrible, it made her think of the past.
"I expected... that it was more people, just two women?" - A hoarse voice sounded as a skinny figure approached.
It was a long-eared man, quite scrawny and with deep-set eyes, as well as bluish skin, only quite pale!
[Astroos, Blood Follower(Elite) - Level 38 / 107]
Juri narrowed his eyes.
"I feel the Energy of the God of Death coming from you, who are you child?" - A smile formed on Astroos' lips.
"I didn't expect to find a Blood Follower, but I guess I should have waited after all the Blood, Flesh and Hate creatures on the way!" - Juri said calmly.
"I see you are a knowledgeable young lady of our ways, it is a pleasure to meet you, Follower of Death, I am Astroos, may I have the honor of knowing your name?" - Astroos asked ignoring Luria.
"My name is Juri Han... I see you recently made a great sacrifice, was it the Winter Elves you used as material? Apparently you sacrificed them while they were still alive!" - Said Juri, which made Luria furious.
"Yes, hehehehe! The Gods love screams and suffering, I was hugely rewarded for my deeds, I reached the higher degree of knowledge, I transcended!" - Astroos laughed in a maddening tone.
Luria really wanted to go ahead and kill Astroos, but Juri held his shoulder and hinted to follow the course.
"I have to give you a little warning my comrade, your actions have aroused suspicion, so I've come here to warn you to move and clean the place up, as well as get back to your people if you have any!" - Juri said seriously.
"Oh, but I was so discreet, I even used the Beast God's servants to kill and capture them!" - Astroos laughed, not taking the warning seriously.
"The Royal Family knows about us, Followers of the True Gods, my Cult has been preparing for quite a while now, to sacrifice the Keep where the 7th Princess is to the God of Death, but your actions have caused us trouble!" - Said Juri coldly.
"Is that so? I didn't know you guys were around... I apologize for getting in the way of your plans, but I haven't heard about the Death Cult being interested in the Winter Kingdom!" - Said Astroos doubtfully.
"You reached Level 3 recently, so you must not know much of the big plans, that or are you a lone Blood Follower?" - Juri asked with a cold expression.
"No, I'm with my group, we're stationed in the City to the East of here, but now that I know about your plans, how about we get together? But first, can you ask this young lady to stop looking at me like that?" - Said Astroos narrowing his eyes at Luria.
"I apologize, she is a young talent that has been discovered, I am using some Rituals to mess with her mind, I think she is a loyal servant and knight of the 7th Princess, so seeing the corpses of her people, must make her pretty angry, but don't worry, I'll fix that in a bit!" - Said Juri extending a hand and hitting Luria's face, who was taken by surprise and ended up on the ground.
"See, such an obedient knight, I wonder how your Princess will react to being sacrificed by one of her subjects, I also wish to watch as I break this troublesome bitch's mind!" - Juri laughed in an evil tone, which made Astroos laugh.
"As expected from you, hehehe... if you wish I can mess with her mind a bit, I noticed she is still stabilizing with the Energy of the Gods!" - Astroos smiled and moved closer.
"That's not how it works, you know we don't like our toys to be touched by others!" - Said Juri smiling, then saw Luria getting up and said. - "Stay down!"
Luria shuddered and stared at the floor.
"Really, I wish I could mess with her head, but it's yours, I dare not play with what is yours! But how about we talk about this great sacrifice? I also have some items that might interest you, how about an exchange of knowledge?" - Astroos laughed and Juri nodded.
Juri started walking beside Astroos as they went deeper into the cave, in the process she looked at Luria and said. - "Retard, follow!"
Astroos laughed, even more so when he saw that look of hatred in Luria's eyes, which amused him even more.
...
Soon the 3 of them went to a deeper and more organized part of the cave, where Astroos happily showed off his trophies, dismembered corpses of children, fetuses that didn't get a chance to be born.
Juri felt disgusted, but held on, while Luria began to vomit.
"Damn you, you dare to defile such a sacred place? Clean up that filth with your clothes!" - Shouted Juri showing anger, disgruntled Astroos.
Sighing, Juri looked at Astroos and said. - "Sorry, she still doesn't know how to appreciate the beauty of our Gods!"
Astroos showed disgust to Luria, who began to clean up the vomit with her clothes, as Juri ordered.
...
Soon sitting down, Juri and Astroos talked, where Juri got more information about Astroos' companions.
"You stink, take off these clothes and ... do you have somewhere to throw this garbage away?" - Juri asked Astroos.
"Have her throw it in a corner, my slave will take care of it!" - Said Astroos snapping his finger.
Soon a young Elf girl arrived, Luria shivering at the sight of her, for her condition was horrible!
She had half of her face ripped off, her skin of course showing the living flesh and from her expression, agony is obvious.
She also has her left breast missing, as well as having a strange hole in her abdomen that is dripping blood.
The young Elf was naked, trembling and looking at Astroos in terror.
"Take her clothes and throw them away!" - Astroos said and the young elf walked over to Luria as she trembled.
Juri raised her eyebrows, clenched her fist slightly, but decided to ignore it, while Luria was barely hanging on.
...
Juri and Astroos talked for a while, while a naked and dirty Luria stood behind Juri.
Astroos loved to see that hateful look directed at him, his smile always widening as he watched Luria tremble.
He even asked if Juri was willing to let him fuck Luria.
But Juri refused, saying that he doesn't like to share his toy.
Then Juri came to a point that he wanted to ask a while ago.
"While I was researching, I heard about a war that occurred 10 years ago, the one with the Human Kingdom, since you guys have been here so long, would you know how to inform me if this genius move was your act?" - Juri smiled as he asked.
Luria being surprised by the question, then became even more serious.
"Oh, that? That was us, yes! Hahaha! There was this family of Dukes that was after our Blood Cult, so silly, hehehe!
We captured them and tortured them for days, then we dismembered them and sent them to their children, then months later, a big war broke out and the attention left us!
That was such a good time, we had so many sacrifices-" - Astroos couldn't finish speaking when Luria attacked him!
Luria jumped on Astroos, taking him to the ground and began viciously beating his face, his screams echoing as he tried to strike back.
Then Astroos felt a powerful Negative Energy from the Death Element, thinking that Juri would help him, but that was not the case.
Astroos felt the Negative Energy suddenly invade his body, where it was shown that Death does serious damage to the Blood Element!
Astroos found himself unable to temporarily use his Negative Energy and thus conjure rituals.
This left him confused, while Luria wailed amidst his cries of rage as she beat him to death.
Without his Negative Energy, Astroos was only a little strong, so he, full of confusion, had his skull crushed by Luria.
Astroos' slave came to see what was happening, then she saw her torturer die so brutally and... she felt immense happiness.
Juri said nothing, just let Luria punch until she was satisfied.