Why did this have to happen to me?! After I killed that bug it exploded leaving ist green blood or whatever it was all over me. I even got some on my wings and that made me pissed. I stood there and kicked the dead bug until some more similar bugs came after me. And now I'm being chased by 15 or more of those bugs.
[Smell bug lvl 3]
That was the lowest level and the highest was level 24. By the name I guess they can smell the stuff the first one left on me.
I use blood feathers with the rabbits blood.
[You have killed a smell bug lvl 3]
[You have killed a smell bug lvl 5]
At least they aren't tanky. That or what shell they have isn't able to stop my blood feathers.
Oh, I see a striped panther.
[Striped panther lvl 13]
I start to smile. I have a plan and if it works I get rid of the bugs, but if it doesn't I may be in bigger trouble. I start running towards the panther and make myself a dagger of my own blood. The panther sees me and starts running towards me.
When I am almost 1 meter away from the panther I jump ower it, throw my dagger and use blood feather with the rabbit blood towards the bugs. I miss with my dagger but 3 of 4 feathers hit. And I kill one bug.
[You have killed a smell bug lvl 4]
It explodes and now it's the panthers turn to get the bug blood on him. The other bugs change target to the panther and leaves me alone. Yes! It worked. I start running away from the bugs while they are busy with the panther. On my way I smell human blood again. This time really close. I look in the direction and find Ethan there with his bow out with an arrow in it. Did he follow me? And was he ready to shoot the panther if things should go bad? How sweet. I make eye contact with him and he looks surprised. I don't know if it's because I found him or/and the stunt I did. Well I can ask him later. Now I need to find a lake or pond to clean my wings, because that takes priority.
After searching for a while I finally found a pound. After not smelling any blood nearby I have concluded that it's safe for cleaning my wings. When I start cleaning them I find out that it's hard to get the blood off. It's sticky and hard to work with. I just want to curse the bug out loud, but know it's a bad idea. I don't want to attract anything while taking care of myself.
Ethan comes down from the branch. Guess he got tired of watching me clean my wings. After some minutes one of my wings looks much better, but i'm not done yet.
"Was it fun following me around Mr Stalker?" I asked.
"Are you actually mad or are you trying to tease me?"
"Both"
"Ok. After watching you for some time I still have no idea what you are. I was surprised to find out you were a blood element user though" he says
"Good for you. Look, I'm not in the mood. If you're going to open your mouth, come with something useful. If not wait to I'm done cleaning my wings"
"Ok. Here" he says as he throws a stone too me.
[Skill stone - common
Cleaning: clean a person]
I used it and the green blood disappeared leaving my wings spottles. I got so happy that I jumped at him and gave him a big hug. "Thank you so much. You have no idea how hard it was to get that stuff off. You are forgiven for stalking me up to now"
"I wasn't stalking you, I was judging if you were good team material"
"What do you mean?"
"In the academy you sometimes have to work in teams. And I also wanted to know if you were someone worth getting close to or if I should stay away. By the surprising way you got rid of those bugs you at least know how to use your head. You have blood magic that is a plus and you could detect me, something that is not easy"
"Sooo?"
"So, I want to know how good you are in a fight, but so far you look like good material. Except for your level that is"
"Hey, this is my first time in a dungeon"
"Your first time? You have had the whole summer break but you just started? Can it be that you just got permission to enter"
"No, stupid. I awakened two days ago" I said
"What! And how did you then get accepted into the academy? And how am I supposed to know that you just awakened?"
"There is no way you should know. It's just fun teasing you. And about the academy. It's because i'm cute"
"You. Uhh. Ok and you can stop hugging me now"
"Don't you want me to hug you? Is it uncomfortable?" I sounded sad while saying that. But it honestly feel good to hug him
"No it isn't uncomfortable, but…"
"Then hug me back" I interrupted him.
"Fine, but just for a little while ok, then you have to stop with your teasing" he says and hugs me back.
It actually felt much nicer when he hugged me back. I looked into his eyes. Got on my toes and got my face closer to his.
"Uhh, Sophia" he started blushing ang got more and more red as my face got closer to his. When our nose almost touched I stopped and instead bit his neck. Ha. He fell for it. Ohh, yes. Human blood taste much better than monster blood. I cancel my meal and got away from him. He just stare at shocked me.
"Oh, did you actually think I was going to kiss you? And you didn't even resist? You will make me blush if you continue like that" I run away from him and start laughing. Hoping that he won't continue following me.
So now that I have got rid of him, hopefully. I want to hunt again.
I sprint towards a tiger. It looks the same as the one that stole Ethans rabbit.
[Red eyed tiger lvl 5]
It's the same level as me so I think I got this. But red eyed tiger? Does it have special eyes? I look at the tigers eyes and once we get eye contact I stop. What is this? A stun attack? Shit, this is bad. I can't move. The tiger comes closer and closer and I panic. Ones I get control of myself the tiger has almost reached me. I use my wings and jump upwards, but I wasn't fast enough and the tiger bitt my leg and forced me down. I screamed from the pain. On my way down I created two blood daggers and stabbed the tiger in the head. Betting everything on this attack. The daggers pierce his skull.
[You have killed a red eyed tiger lvl 5]
[You have reached level 6]
[All stats increased by 1]
[3 free stats gained]
I think I'm going back to sneak assault from above. I think as I drink its blood. Luckily I'm in the shadow so my wound will heal faster. I also feel my wound healing faster from drinking the tiger's blood. That is a good discovery.
My foot healed extremely fast and no other monsters attacked me before I healed.
I jumped up to the nearest branch and checked my status.
[Name: Sophia Ashley
Lvl 6
Age: 17
Race: Blood Phoenix
Class: Blood hunter
Main element: Blood
Sub element: fire, shadow, void
-Title:
Child of the void, greater narcissist
-Stats:
Free stats: 15
Mp: 110/130
Str: 22
Def: 21
Agi: 24
Dex: 28
Int: 31
Mag: 25
-Skills:
Blood feathers lvl 1, Blood weapons lvl 1, Fire coat lvl 1
-Passive:
Greater fire resistance lvl 3 , Blood phoenix bloodline [RS], Stealth lvl 1, Blood bank lvl 1]
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Should I wait with my free stats? Either that or maybe all into agility? The faster I am, the easier it is to take enemies off guard. It's also important with int so my skills actually can do more damage though. Ok, 10 into agi and 5 into int.
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-Stats:
Free stats: 0
Mp: 110/130
Str: 22
Def: 21
Agi: 34
Dex: 28
Int: 36
Mag: 25
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I don't feel that much faster. But it was expected. It isn't like the manga and anime where you can run past a mount in 10 seconds after 70 levels. If a person starts with 10 agi and upgrades them to 20 they don't go twice as fast. It's kinda confusing. Some people think it's like a percentage increase of your own natural speed. Because if you train f.eks. strength your stats don't increase. Well the system is super complicated and not much is known about it so let's not think too much about it. I do feel a little faster and it's easier to balance.
Lets continuous with branch assault hunting.