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Chapter 33 - Monster Hunting

Once the Meat was perfectly cooked and seasoned, though I won't be saying how it was cooked, I don't want people shouting at me. I began chomping down on the food without a second thought practically swallowing it had it not been for it being hard to see me biting and chewing the food due to how fast I was eating, I didn't even realize I was doing it this fast but the fact the meat when inside of my mouth looked minced into very small pieces would make anyone who saw it think otherwise. Suddenly the presence of multiple other beings were nearby and getting closer, they were approaching fast, extremely fast, But It was nothing I couldn't handle. Most of them seemed to be my level if not a little stronger so I thought I could fight them though I'd have to be a lot more careful than against the creatures I just ate.

I got up from sitting down as the creatures got closer to me. I swung around my sword in a circle as a single beast came barreling right towards me as I slashed right through its lower body releasing all of its guts and organs as its bones were melting from touching my Mana.

[Mana has become stronger, it will not start melting whatever it touches whenever in a state of weaponry but only what is sharp will melt what it touches.]

Well that was Neat though I thought it would use up more mana than normal which could lead to me running out of it, While I was zoned out I got hit in the ribs into a mountain causing it to crumble from the very impact of me hitting the mountain along with the force the beast used I could feel my rib bones crack with it almost puncturing my lungs and even heart, though I could still survive with them being damaged I didn't feel like dealing with the pain of ripping a bone out to heal my organs.

It was only worse once the mountain's debris flew down covering me, this planet wasn't some random planet considering it was almost ten times bigger than Earth at least from seeing it in space. This mountain was also clearly not small either, it could've been either bigger than Everest or at least close to that one mountain on Mars.

"God... Fucking Hell."

I sat up moving most of the debris out of the way as I looked at my body seeing it bloody and healing it as my ribs luckily didn't puncture my lungs or any other organs but they did break which hurt like fucking hell.

Right after I got out of the debris I was surrounded by a bunch of the beasts in which I smiled, it wasn't some sadistic or crazed smile it was just a smile, Holding my sword I swung it clashing with another blade only for it to melt the metal in a near instant as what was a humanoid being stood against me, though it didn't speak I really didn't care and continued to move my blade at it's neck only for them to be able to dodge it by taking a step back, while it would've looked like it was something easy but both of us were moving thousands of times faster than sound itself which was why there weren't any noises from the attacks yet.

"You will be unable to defeat me human, this is why you should never come here even if you are here to explore. This will be your demise, lesser being."

I looked at it with a sigh as my blade cut through another beast's head instead of its head. I didn't reply to them, there was no need to reply to any of these people anymore when they're clearly against the fact of me even being here to simply explore. I held my sword tightly as I swung once more only this time it looked like I had slashed but it was an afterimage because in reality I was slashing downwards at the person I was fighting.

His hand moved using his blade to block my sword though this time his blade was constantly coming back even after melting so I needed to find a way to find a opening, soon enough he pushed me back as I skid across the ground, as dirt flew up almost going into my eye, I rushed back slashing once at his side as he did the same to hold it back, I moved my blade back and slashed once more at his neck, and then again, of course he was able to stop it every time he had even begun trying to attack me though none of them could get close, our blades clashed thousands of times no hundreds of thousands of times every second it felt unreal but also exhilarating, His movements got faster but so did mine, he begun moving around trying to slash my arm off but I was able to twist my arm to block it from hitting me, Both of us began flying in the air I was using Mana while he had wings on him, my body began getting used to his attacks, soon enough my body was instinctively blocking his attacks without me needing to even think about it, he tried to use Mana to charge up a attack but I didn't give time and cut the magic circle in half, It was weird seeing someone use a magic circle when I was so used to just saying the magic and it happening but I guess some people weren't this advanced yet.

{"Now that I think about it that sounds extremely cocky..."}

I watched him try attacking me while my body moved to block it but I wasn't attacking anymore considering I couldn't find a opening though just to give it a try I slashed at his leg expecting him to react, only he didn't his leg would fly off as he tried holding the pain in, I sighed moving my blade once more cutting his head off sending it flying while I looked at the other beasts which were seemingly scared now trying to run though I wouldn't let them get away, I stopped flying landing on the ground without hurting myself even though I feel from what I would think was the stratosphere with how high I went up to fight him, Rushing through the trees not hitting any one of them I detected one cutting them into multiple pieces in a second, seeing the other few running this way I rushed at them since there were more going the other direction, I jumped up and directed my bodies trajectory directly to the one in the front and slammed right through the center of their body while also using a lot of force onto the ground to create a semi-earthquake and crater to make the other ones nearby to fall so I could kill them easily.

A swift slash extending outwards as a projection of mana behind me flying directly to the last few beasts on this side, while i'd go hunt the rest of them I felt there was no need to do that not like that'd do anything to hurt me later one I doubt they could even speak considering they didn't hurl insults at me left and right.

"I have nothing to do now other than just roam around the place I guess... I could go hunting for these beasts."

A smile on my face grew though I simply sat down resting for a bit, I shouldn't just be going around for so long without rest because I could pass out from exhaustion anytime soon, I don't feel tired unless it's my Mana being low. After a few hours of just sitting around somehow not being disturbed by anything my Mana had fully replenished and I had gotten up and began walking through the vast uninhabited and unpolluted jungle like area In which I reached a very swampy but forested area of the planet in which I could feel the presence of many inhuman creatures, I guess I can call them beasts but with how humans treat themselves I don't think I should be calling them that now that I think about it. Well I don't really have a specific name for them and I'm not willing to make one up so that's just on them for not being widely known.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

I heard a rough voice, similar to some russian accident behind me, without giving it a thought I turned around staring at the being, it was humanoid and tall, a little taller than me and wore some sort of black dress which could fit men and women both with two red stripes going downwards, his hair was long matching his clothing, it just reminded me of some emo from 2019 or something now that I think about it that was five years ago on earth though I think a lot more time has passed.

"You listening to me or what? If you keep zoning out like that you're gonna get hurt."

"Ah- Sorry about that, I was thinking about something, but what do you need? I'm just exploring the place."

"Nothing I just saw you roaming the place but I'll be saying this there's a lot of beasts here which are hostile so you'll need to stay alert like right now, you didn't even notice my presence."

"Well that's because I wasn't focusing on my surroundings. I already saw a group of beasts here."

"Alright, before I go my I know your name young lady?"

"...My Names-"

I was contemplating on giving my actual name or an alias I could use here, or even a false identity well not really. I was going to use a name from my past life.

"Just call me Marie, I don't trust you enough for my last name though."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Marie, I am Alucard."

Before I could say anything about his name he would leave seemingly disappearing from how fast he was going. I could see how obviously he was trying to hide the fact his name was simply Dracula backwards, though I don't blame him for doing such, I don't think there's a single universe where Dracula is a good guy. Well maybe other than a vampire universe.

I felt the footsteps of beasts nearby moving closer but not directly to me, considering they'd be hostile it was fine for me to be hostile as well back at them, I turned to the direction jumping up while moving my body to put my legs onto the tree behind me and pushed against it full force not only destroying it but also sending me flying to the beasts, as soon as I got a glimpse of them, without the use of Mana I punched one directly on the solar plexus with my hand going right through its body taking out it's stomach with blood getting on my hand, the other beasts instead of running instantly went to attack me.

I grabbed one of their hands and ripped it off using it to throw it at another one as I hit it in the leg making it fall down from the force, three others came running with one grabbing my body from behind though I could squeeze my hands out as it tried squeezing me to crush my lower half, though the only thing it did was make me less relaxed causing the mana circulating inside my body to spike out hurting it, I was able to land on the ground unharmed as I formed a blade of Mana slashing in a circular manner as it cut the already hurt beasts in half while the rest were bleeding out barely able to move and were left to die. I sighed, grabbing the ones which died as they suddenly turned into what was a crystal, I looked at the other ones as well taking them as well so I had pocketed them inside my clothes.