CHAPTER 11: A TEST OF STRENGTH
The air crackled with tension as Logan gripped the dagger tightly, feeling the cold metal dig into his palm. Silvia stood poised, a determined look in her emerald eyes, while Leo watched anxiously from the sidelines. The room felt charged, as if the very walls were holding their breath.
"Remember, just survive," Logan muttered to himself, shifting his stance as Silvia's fiery spirit flickered around her, the water swirling in a mesmerizing dance.
"Where did he get a D class dagger? is that how he survived?" Silvia muttered to herself but she quickly started to focus again so that little stunt he did wouldn't happen again.
"His speed and accuracy are great but his Strength is above average of a teenager well there is the fact that he isn't a teenager but he threw the dagger fast but not fast enough it only met me because I was distracted" She muttered to herself as she blasted towards Logan again.
With a burst of speed, she lunged forward, water and fire intertwining in her fists. Logan barely had time to react. He dodged to the side, adrenaline coursing through him as he focused on her movements. She was fast, too fast, but he had to find a way to outmanoeuvre her.
Just as he thought he'd escaped her initial strike, she twisted mid-air, aiming a powerful kick towards his midsection. Logan instinctively dropped to the ground, feeling the rush of wind as her foot grazed past him. He rolled, springing back to his feet and preparing to counter.
"Not bad, brat!" Silvia exclaimed, surprise flickering in her eyes. "But you'll need more than luck to keep up with me!"
Logan didn't respond; instead, he focused on his breath, channelling the energy from his adrenaline rush. He could feel the boost in his stats, every fibber of his being urging him to move faster, react quicker. He needed to adapt.
Silvia raised up her left hand and made a palm, a water ball formed in her hand and she turned her hand towards Logan and blasted one and then one more she shot more continuously.
Logan dodged the first one with ease but after a while he started to get tired and his moves became sloppy then his situation became worse as a message popped up.
[Adrenaline rush:0 seconds left]
[Skill deactivated]
[Cool down time:59minutes]
He was suddenly hit by a water ball in his stomach and another one was aiming for his face and it managed to connect successfully as Logan flew back.
[-7]
[-7]
Leo seeing this became increasingly worried "Logan! sis shouldn't you stop"
The sister didn't say anything but looked at Logan who was now getting up and wiped blood from his mouth.
Logan looked outside and noticed the sun setting.
"Deactivate human race activate vampire race" Logan shouted inwardly he still didn't know how else he should do it.
[Human Race: Deactivated]
[Vampire Race: Activated]
[You are facing a human WIN]
[Reward a new skill]
Silvia took a step back "Did his eyes just glow red"
"I must be imaging things because they are normal now" She said as she charged toward Logan.
"Activate Adrenaline rush" Logan shouted but nothing happened no increase in speed, neither in strength or in any of his stats. "Is it because of the cooldown, shouldn't things change"
He saw a flame whip heading towards him but he barely managed to doge.
"His speed has gotten slower" Silvia thought has she created a bigger hand made out of water that still made her real hand visible.
She threw out a punch towards Logan.
Logan held the water hand which surprisingly worked it seemed the water was kind of solid.
She pulled her hand back and threw out another punch which hit Logan causing him to fly up and land on the floor.
[-12]
Logan stood up with a determined Look in his eyes as he gripped the dagger tightly preparing to be the predator next, this caused Silvia to smile as her other hand became a bigger fist made out of fire
It was only then that Leo checked the time "SILVIA, LOGAN STOP ITS BEEN THREE MINUTES" Leo shouted.
Everyone had been left speechless by the fight that they weren't even sure they were breathing it was the first time for some of the maids to see someone from the emerald family partake in a battle.
Logan looked at the message.
[Human quest completed]
[You have survived the battle]
[Reward Instant Level Up]
[One stat point gained]
[Vampire quest failed]
Logan smiled as he saw the incoming messages but since others couldn't see it, they thought he was smiling at the person in front of him.
"W-W-Wh-What are you smiling at" She said embarrassed as she turned away embarrassed.
Leo saw this it felt like the person he was trying to bond with was bonding more with his sister than him.
"Thank you, Milo and Tess," Logan thought as he held the dagger tighter
"Now Silvia can I ask you some questions" Logan said as he came closer.
Silvia took two steps back nervously which caused Logan to smell his shirt drenched in sweat which made it smell a little.
"I guess it smells" Logan said as he took a step back. "Now can I ask you some questions"
Silvia didn't make eye contact but raised five fingers signaling he had five questions.
"Have you ever faced a vampire before?" Logan asked he didn't know if that battle meant he was weak or that vampire was weak. Was it just a lucky battle?
Silvia just nodded.
"Was it of the weakest categories?"
She nodded again as she slowly looked up at Logan but looked down again.
Logan noticed this but ignored it.
"How many have you faced"
She then raised three fingers.
This caused Logan to step back. "I guess am not that weak" Logan muttered.
"How many did you win?"
She left those three fingers in the air.
"Last question, how come you didn't use the element of earth when fighting me"
She took a deep breath calming herself down "I don't know how to; you won the deal so we will give you a ride" she said as she quickly left"
Logan sighed "Am still weak"
He then headed to guest house laid on the bed but quickly got up and went to the mirror which didn't show his reflection.
"I hope my eyes are not read or something that would show am a vampire"
Logan turned back to a human and so his height and muscles decreasing a little he looked in the mirror and staring back at him a boy with a dirty blonde hair and a frail looking boy.
He stared at the room for almost an hour not because he liked his body or something but because he as wasting for something.
After an hour he switched back to vampire.
"Activate adrenaline rush" He said but nothing happened.
"I knew it" Logan said to himself "The system divided the skills into different categories so far, I have one system skill Dimensional storage, A vampire skill mirage, and a human skill adrenaline rush"
Logan decided to use Dimensional storage when he was in his vampire race but it actually worked, he used this chance to put the dagger back in the dimensional storage, he them switched to human and tries to use mirage but nothing happened.
"Come to think of it I haven't used my mirage skill" He said as he turned to a vampire and used the skill, out of nowhere someone completely identical to Logan showed up beside him.
Logan carefully took a step forward and so did the person causing them to bump their head.
"That hurt" Logan said as he rubbed his head and so did the person.
"I see, you do what I do but can't talk" Logan said as he raised his left hand up and the person did the same.
[Blood storage: -5]
[Blood storeage:0/5]
[Your hunger has reached the max]
The mirage made had disappeared suddenly as Logan held his stomach.
"Am hungry" He said as he sniffed the air.
"And I smell blood" He said as his eyes turned red