"So you think I'm like him? Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm just a regular human," Dmitry said, running his hand through his hair and showing the skin on his arm. "See? I'd have much lighter skin if I were like him."
"Then die, you useless creature," the orc said, slamming the ground where Dmitry was seven times, creating several holes. But when the dust cleared, Dmitry was still standing in the same spot with his hands in his pockets, maintaining his smug smile. He raised his sword to the sky, disappearing and reappearing behind the orc.
"Moon Slash," Dmitry said as a cut formed on the orc's shoulder and a chip of Dmitry's sword fell away. The orc noticed the cut on his shoulder, watching the blood drip to the ground with enough force to make the trees and the surroundings tremble. He stuck his fingers into the wound, closing it with brute strength, then pulled them out, sealing the injury. His eyes turned completely blue, and a loud noise echoed as the orc vanished.
The orc's gray skin became even lighter, his body mass shrinking a few centimeters. Stamping his foot on the ground, the orc glared disdainfully at Dmitry.
"You finally decided to fight seriously?" Dmitry said, jumping and stabbing the trunk of a tree, hanging down to observe. He saw a silhouette fade away, leaving a mark of a huge fist on the ground. The silence was so profound that Dmitry could hear his own heartbeat.
Dmitry heard the rustling of leaves and looked to the right, seeing the mark of a claw swinging towards him. He kicked off with his left foot, propelling himself to another tree in the same direction, cutting it in half. Moments later, he saw a wave of blood floating in the air, making him smile. Spinning his body to the side, he dodged a wind blade attack that left a deep hole in the ground.
"So, that's where you are, Mr. Orc," Dmitry said, reaching into his bag at his waist, and pulling out the broken sword. He planted it into the ground, spinning 360 degrees and throwing it twenty meters ahead. He heard a loud noise moments before the broken sword struck the tree.
"Idiot," Dmitry smirked, extending his right leg backward, jumping onto a tree in the opposite direction of the noise, hitting the blade and left leg against the tree's body. Using it as a springboard, he propelled himself towards the tree that made the sound, crashing into an invisible barrier that was the orc's club, which sent Dmitry flying back.
"Irritating, very irritating," the orc said, landing back on the ground, losing his invisibility. His skin was completely red, and his arms had turned black and white, replacing his eye color with gray, with a tiger paw design with cut-off fingers and a hole in the middle. Each step the orc took left a mark, his fangs had disappeared, and his body had shrunk to less than a meter and a half. Still muscular, the orc looked at his hand and sighed.
"I don't need you anymore," the orc said, waving his club towards the house of the first vampire, breaking down the door that seemed indestructible. The orc began walking calmly towards Dmitry, who was lying on the ground, until he heard Dmitry laughing as he stood up, brushing dirt off his shirt, looking at the evolved orc.
"Another one, another one who evolved in front of me. If the half-wolf..." Dmitry was interrupted, raising his sword and holding his dagger with the blade turned sideways, blocking the orc's surprise attack. The orc tried to break Dmitry's blade. Dmitry sighed, flipping backward, pulling his sword, making the orc stumble forward. Dmitry kicked his left leg against the orc's right arm, sending him to the ground. Before he fell, Dmitry punched the orc in the face, sending him crashing through seven trees.
"Don't interrupt me, little orc who thinks he's something special for leveling up. Guess what, I'm seventeen levels ahead of you," Dmitry said, appearing in front of the orc, one hand on his face and the other holding a sword. Looking at the path the orc had taken, Dmitry saw the orc's body covered in tree splinters. Without noticing, he saw a red hand a few centimeters from his face. A gust of wind shook all the trees, filling the ground with fallen leaves.
"But that doesn't mean it didn't hurt," Dmitry said, tilting his head up with a small puff of smoke that disappeared and a red mark. One of his eyes was swollen as Dmitry strangled the orc with two fingers, creating a crater beneath them. Before the orc could react, Dmitry dropped his sword and began punching the orc's body relentlessly.
"Come on, hit me again," Dmitry said emotionlessly, grabbing the orc by the neck, holding his left leg, and leaping away from both kicking attempts. He spun in the air, throwing the orc upwards, walking towards the club. He caught it, hurling the orc back to the ground with full force. The orc struck Dmitry's stomach as he landed. Dmitry stopped the blow, holding the club with both hands, snapping it. Smiling at the orc, Dmitry struck both shoulders, breaking bones. Kicking the orc's chin with his knee, Dmitry jumped behind him, grabbing his sword from the ground, slicing the orc in half from head to toe.
"Apparently, the big creatures didn't know about the vampire or are less intelligent than I thought," Dmitry said just before the game's message about the orc's death appeared.
[Orc Lunar Group Leader - Common = 2,129 experience - 1 killed]
[Experience needed for level 29 = 5,0771]
[Current health at fifty-seven percent]
"Now that I've finished the easy part, how am I going to deal with a vampire who doesn't even know he is one? Why does this mission have to be so lacking in information?" Dmitry said, his clothes torn in some parts, covered in scratches, with a red mark covering almost his entire face. He rubbed his back.
"I have to be more careful because the pain is real... Or at least it seems to be," Dmitry thought, considering the vampire might get scared and simply try to kill him. He began walking home.
"He's gone. He should know by now that I'm alone and out of danger," said the young man with long blond hair, which was turning black and shrinking. His red eyes were fading to completely black as he tightly hugged his legs.
"Please, tell me who I am…" said the vampire as he opened the door, looking at Dmitry.