CH.157 Blood Frenzy p2
<strong>[Brian POV]</strong>
<span style="font-weight:400">“So, what to do now?” I asked no one after Lua and Agatha had left me alone in Overdrive.
<span style="font-weight:400">I looked as the two of them were greeted by two children. I was a bit surprised when one of the kids shoved their head into an item bag, but she seemed just fine afterwards.
<span style="font-weight:400">I wonder how safe that is? And I don’t mean just putting your head into an item bag, but putting an entire person.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Magic bags cannot take an entire living being inside them.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(But she just put her head in there?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(I said ‘entire’. You put your arm into magic bags every day. Head is not that different.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Okay. Then what is the limiting factor?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Heart.) Laura answered. (A beating heart cannot enter a magic bag.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Ah. I see. But wouldn’t that mean that you cannot transport living animals in magic bags? Or live fish?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Exactly. You cannot. Not that I know of a reason to do so.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Well fresh fish is better. At least as far as I know.) I informed her.
<span style="font-weight:400">(If you want that, you’ll just have to transport the fish in barrels on carriages, not in magic bags.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(... oh yeah. I guess the ssic way exists. I’m too used to magic bags.) I admitted.
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<span style="font-weight:400">As I didn’t see Lua or Agathaing for me, I spent the time going through the collection. I wanted to see what Laura had opened during the night.
<span style="font-weight:400">She had said that she was only opening four sets. , , and . And based on the numbers, probably 75% of it was LOB.
<span style="font-weight:400">3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons, 5 Dark Magicians, 9 Gaia The Fierce Knight, 6 Red-Eyes ck Dragon and 5 Monster Reborns. And they are the ones she gotst night. Couple of Tri-Horned Dragons and plenty of Exodia pieces as well. But somehow, I was still missing Left Arm of the Forbidden One. How in the heck did Laura not get it?
<span style="font-weight:400">I also now have 12 copies of Raigeki, just in case I want to cause a super deadly thunderstorm. Show the little thunder sprites what real lightning is. And 3 more copies of Swords of Revealing Light for, you know, lighting up a party. While also freezing the party.
<span style="font-weight:400">… that sounds like I’ll kill everyone at a party. That is not my intention.
<span style="font-weight:400">From Metal Raiders, I had gotten the Mirror Force that was now set on Alice, ck Skull Dragon and Time Wizard. As well as some lesser rarity cards, but those aren’t worth mentioning. Well, I did have a stupid idea involving Cocoon of Evolution. I was thinking, if I use DNA Surgery to turn someone into an insect type, then fuse them with Petit Moth and equip Cocoon of Evolution onto them, what would happen? Probably something bad, but I do find theories like this interesting. But that would mean human experimentation and I’d rather not do that. Well, maybe to a convicted murderer or something. But I wouldn’t want to identally turn a criminal into a Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth.
<span style="font-weight:400">From ming Eternity, I wascking a lot. Probably because Laura didn’t have time to open as many of those packs. She said she was opening them to get more copies of Good Goblin Housekeeping, so she could transfer tokens to the reprints. I did get Gearfried the Swordmaster and King Dragun. Also, Ultimate Insect LV5 is interesting. I know it has a level 7 version, but the LV7 is not avable in any set I have unlocked at the moment. I wonder if the effect of LV5 can still activate and evolve it to LV7, even though I can’t get LV7 from any of the packs. Based on how things went with Horus, I think it should, but I’m not sure. I should probably test that out.
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<span style="font-weight:400">And even though I was missing plenty of the more rare cards, I had a good amount of themons. Including more copies of Threatening Roar. As the one I had set on myself previously was still on cooldown, I took one of the new copies and set it on myself.
<span style="font-weight:400">From DB1, Laura hadn’t gotten anything that amazing. Mostly, because I woke up while she was opening it. She did get Makyura the Destructor (not that I really need it, as I already can activate traps from hand), another copy of Mystical Space Typhoon and some other stuff that I don’t really need, as they are repeats. Well, the repeats are good for an idea I have.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Laura, I think we should start an operation of making a perfect collection.) I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Perfect? How would Master define a ‘perfect collection’?) Laura asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">(I want three toploader copies of everything.) I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Everything? Even the useless cards?) Laura asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yes. Everything. Every Pot of Generosity, Cold Feet and The Humble Sentry.) I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(I don’t know any of those, Master.) Laura admitted.
<span style="font-weight:400">(They were just examples of useless cards.) I told Laura. (All you need to know is that I want three of everything.) I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">… I must not have unlocked them yet. I guess they were madeter. I know they are joke cards made to poke fun at the original designer of some of the ssic op spells, so perhaps they were only made after the original version had spent some time on the ban list.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Even of the same card from different sets?) Laura asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">(... I’ll think about that part. I think as long as I have three of a certain card, it is fine. But I want at least one copy of each card in every set as well. You know, just toplete the sets.) I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">(As you wish, Master.) Laura responded.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Overdrive’s time came up, so I got out and unsummoned it. I was hoping Lua and Agatha woulde get me before it happened, but no can do. Perhaps they just have too much to do.
<span style="font-weight:400">I hadn’t been outside Overdrive for long, when a female dhampir, probably a dhampir, came up to me.
<span style="font-weight:400">She seemed to be in her mid twenties, but then again, I have no idea if dhampirs age like humans. Well, she looks simr in age to Lua. Her eyes were dark green and her hair silver. Quite gorgeous, I’d say.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Master, please stop staring at every woman you see. You can stare at me all you want.) Laura said in my head.
<span style="font-weight:400">(And I do, don’t I?) I said back to her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You are quite cute. Are you someone who brought us blood this time?” The girl asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. I am a part of the escort.” I answered. “But the blood was already carried into the big building, so you should go there.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh. Then perhaps you would like to give me a snack before I go there?” She said as she approached me.
<span style="font-weight:400">Wait a second. Did her eyes just begin to glow? I’m decently sure they were deep green previously, but now they are a brighter green and look like they are shining.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Master, she went into a blood frenzy!) Laura told me. (She is going to attack!)
<span style="font-weight:400">Eh? Attack? Just like that?
<span style="font-weight:400">I was getting ready for it and raised my arms up so I could defend myself.
<span style="font-weight:400">But as she lunged at me, Threatening Roar activated and stunned her.
<span style="font-weight:400">… eh? Well, I guess she really did try to harm me as the card activated.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Master, not the time for that.) Laura said. (Use this.) She added as she opened Pack Opener for me and opened my collection to a certain card.
<span style="font-weight:400">I didn’t hesitate, pulled it out and activated it. “Spellbinding Circle.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I looked as a magic circle formed around her midsection, like it once had for the sword-horn bull.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Lua. Could youe back here? There is a small problem.) I called Lua with our system link.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Brian. What was that roar?) She asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Lua. That was me. There was a small incident and the roar from yesterday activated. Could youe over?) I responded. I don’t know what to do with the dhampir that is now in my Spellbinding Circle.
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<span style="font-weight:400">It took about 45 seconds from the activation of Threatening Roar for the dhampir to get her senses back. But, of course, she was now held by Spellbinding Circle, so all she could do was wiggle around harmlessly.
<span style="font-weight:400">I was a little worried that she could attack with magic, but Laura reminded me that the sword-horn bull hadn’t and a monster of that rank should be able to use magic. And Spellbinding Circle does say: “it cannot attack”, so any sort of offensive magic should be turned off.
<span style="font-weight:400">So… what do I do with her? Just keep her there? Summon Vampire Lord to cure her? I guess I should wait for Lua and ask her.
<span style="font-weight:400">I was looking around and spotted Lua running towards me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh, hi Lua.” I greeted her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Hi. What’s going on? Why are you out of that carriage?” She asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh that. I had to unsummon Overdrive as its time limit came up.” I answered. “Then this dhampir girl came to talk to me. I told her that you already took the blood into the big building and she kind of went mad and tried to attack me. But I had Threatening Roar protecting me and after it activated, I used Spellbinding Circle to keep her in ce and contacted you.” I quickly exined how I’d gotten to the situation at hand.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So, what do we do with her?” I asked as Lua was speechless.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I can calm her down with blood magic, but there is a chance that she will just frenzy again.” She said. “We should take her into the town hall and have her drink some blood before I use blood magic on her. Can you move that magic circle?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Move the Spellbinding Circle? I have no idea.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Not sure. Let me try.” I said as I raised my left arm and tried to use it to control the Spellbinding Circle. As I moved my hand to the left, Spellbinding Circle followed. The same went for up, down and right. “Yes, I can.” I told Lua.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then let’s go to the town hall.” She said and led the way.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Lua! What was that roar? Is there a monster attacking?” Agatha rushed out of the big building and asked us. She was holding an axe that definitely didn’t look like it should be held with one hand, with one hand. Is that her weapon from her adventuring days? Didn’t think she would be someone using an axe. I would have said rapier or perhaps a bow, but what do I know.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. Everything is fine. Ria was just causing trouble and Brian had to use Intimidating Roar on her to keep her still.” Lua said to her mother.
<span style="font-weight:400">Intimidating Roar? Wonder what that is?
<span style="font-weight:400">(It is a skill with an effect simr but lesser to your Threatening Roar. It stuns monsters around you when used.) Laura exined. (If you were to install Threatening Roar, you would likely gain that skill.) She added.
<span style="font-weight:400">Ah. I see. Simple enough.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Are you sure? Everyone heard it and they are preparing for battle.” Agatha asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. It’s fine. Please go tell them that.” Lua said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... is Ria alright?” She then asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“She is just in a frenzy. I’ll calm her down after she gets some blood.” Lua answered. “Now go inside already. You need to tell everyone that there is no monster attack.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, yes. And here I thought I was your mother.” Agatha said and turned back to the big building.
<span style="font-weight:400">As she was making her way back to therge building, I saw multiple people rushing out of it with weapons on hand. Well, some were actual weapons, but a few seemed more like gardening tools, like a scythe and a hoe.
<span style="font-weight:400">What do you mean scythe isn’t a weapon? Well, it isn’t. It is literally a farming tool for cutting down grass and crops. Even the Grim Reaper uses a scythe as a tool to harvest souls, not a weapon. Well, I guess it does double as a weapon, just like an axe. Even an axe was originally a tool for cutting down trees, not a weapon to be used inbat.
<span style="font-weight:400">In total, ten people hade out from the big building. They seemed to be looking around to find something. Probably the monster that let out a roar. Well, it was me. Situation over. You can go back inside.
<span style="font-weight:400">They looked between me and the dhampir struggling in Spellbinding Circle. Agatha had walked up to them and was exining how things ended as they did.
<span style="font-weight:400">Hmm? Some of their eyes are flickering in color? Like someone turning them on and off. Okay, that analogy makes no sense. Eyes aren’t LEDs. You can’t just turn them on and off.
<span style="font-weight:400">I took a look at Lua, but she seemed calm so it should probably be fine. Perhaps it isn’t a frenzy, but instead a blood magic spell of some kind. Or appraisal. Let’s hope it isn’t appraisal. I don’t mind showing my status to people, but please don’t look at it without my permission.
<span style="font-weight:400">One of the dhampirs did seem to go into a full on frenzy, but the others around him caught him and held him down to the ground.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian, I know this isn’t the best time, but would you cure them all now?” Agatha asked me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I mean I can, but right away? I guess it would be for the best to get it over with.” I answered.
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<span style="font-weight:400">In total, ten people hade out from the big building. They seemed to be looking around to find something. Probably the monster that let out a roar. Well, it was me. Situation over. You can go back inside.
<span style="font-weight:400">Eh? Why are they all staring at me? What did I do? Well, I caused the roar, but they don’t know that.
<span style="font-weight:400">I looked as their eyes began to shine one by one.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Master, they went into a blood frenzy. Be careful.) Laura warned me.
<span style="font-weight:400">Yeah, I guessed as much, but why?
<span style="font-weight:400">I looked back to the dhampir girl that struggled in the Spellbinding Circle. Is she the reason? Do dhampirs have amunal blood frenzy thing? If one goes into a frenzy, they all do?
<span style="font-weight:400">(Focus!) Laura yelled.
<span style="font-weight:400">I moved my eyes back to the dhampirs, just as they rushed at me. I don’t really have the time to open my collection and get out a card right now, but I still have a few avable.
<span style="font-weight:400">I moved my hand over to the bottom left side of my stomach where I had set a card and said its name to activate it. The set cards might activate on their own if their conditions are met, but nothing keeps me from activating them in other situations by holding a hand on them and saying their name.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Draining Shield.”
<span style="font-weight:400">A semi-transparent shield appeared between us and the charging dhampirs. They didn’t stop their charge and the first of them ran right into it, like crashing into a wall. As they did, I felt some sort of energying into my body. It isn’t mana, so I assume this is HP. I was thinking of opening my status, but I have no idea how many seconds that shield will stay up, so I need something else.
<span style="font-weight:400">I opened my collection and Laura instantly offered the card I needed. I pulled it out and activated it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Swords of Revealing Light!” I called to activate the spell.
<span style="font-weight:400">Large sword-like things made of light appeared in the air around us, before falling into the ground and making a circle, surrounding the dhampirs.
<span style="font-weight:400">The dhampirs that were inside the Swords of Revealing Light were now frozen in ce.
<span style="font-weight:400">—
<span style="font-weight:400">“Phew. Well, that was only a minor heart attack.” I said as I calmed myself.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Brian? Are you alright?” Lua asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. I’m fine. But that could have been bad.” I told Lua. “What came over them?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think they haven’t been drinking enough blood.” Lua answered. “They only had goblin blood for a few days and no one wants to drink it, so I think they have been going with the bare minimum.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Well, better make sure they have something better in the future.” I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">I looked around to gain the necessary information. The dhampir that tried to attack me earlier was still safely held in Spellbinding Circle and all of the others were held in ce by Swords of Revealing Light.
<span style="font-weight:400">Agatha was also inside the area of Swords of Revealing Light and just as frozen as the dhampirs. Why is that? Is she just frozen by shock? Or does the spell see her as an enemy? It should only affect enemies.
<span style="font-weight:400">I walked into the swords and Lua followed. As soon as the Spellbinding Circle with the dhampir girl entered, the girl froze in ce like everything else inside the swords.
<span style="font-weight:400">But the more surprising part was that Lua also froze after she had fully entered the swords. I honestly didn’t expect that. I know I didn’t test that part out yesterday, but as Fire Sorcerer and I were both able to move just fine, I thought that any member of my party could move freely.
<span style="font-weight:400">Does Swords of Revealing Light freeze everyone that isn’t my summon?
<span style="font-weight:400">I walked back to Lua.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Lua, can you hear me?” I asked her.
<span style="font-weight:400">I didn’t hear a response, but I saw her eyes move. So she can still move her eyes. I looked around and realized that all the dhampirs held by the swords were keeping their eyes on me.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Lua, try to speak to me through the system.) I sent a message to Lua.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Brian. Help. I can’t move!) She sent a message back to me. So even if she is frozen, she can still use that.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Lua. I don’t really know how. Sorry.) I said to her as I ced my hand on her shoulder.
<span style="font-weight:400">As I did, Lua zapped back to life, like I had pressed y on just her. As she was in the middle of a step as she froze, she almost fell over, but I caught her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Lua. Are you ok?” I asked her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“...” She didn’t respond, instead checking herself. “I think so. But that felt super strange. I’d rather not do it again.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sorry that you got caught up in it as well.” I apologized.
<span style="font-weight:400">“This spell is quite amazing. I thought it was great when I saw it yesterday, but it is even stronger than I thought.” Lua said. “But also terrifying. I couldn’t move but I could still see and hear. It felt like I had no control of my body.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Agreed. That would be quite terrifying.” I said. “Here. Take my hand. It seems that as long as I touch you, you can move.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Lua took my left hand into her right.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s get your mother and go outside of the swords first.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes.” She agreed.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“So, what do we do with them?” I asked Lua and Agatha after we had gotten outside the area of Swords of Revealing Light.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Mother, did they drink any blood yet?” Lua asked her mother.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Not all of them. They were waiting for you and Ria.” Agatha answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then it won’t really help if I calm them down. They might just frenzy again.” Lua said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Should I just cure them now?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“That might be for the best.” Lua said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Can you really do it?” Agatha asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, only one way to find out.” I answered. “But I did do it to Lua, so it should be fine.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Now, just summon Vampire Lord and cure them while Swords of Revealing Light holds them in ce.
<span style="font-weight:400">Actually, isn’t this exactly what I didn’t want to do?
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