SWNOVELXO Chapter 12: Raven City
Zane attacked the third person. He tried to attack, but he wasn't fast enough, and his hands were cut off in a fluid motion.
The third person was down. One of the mages created a fireball and shot it at Zane. He dodged it easily and then threw his dagger; it stabbed right into her shoulder. She screamed in pain as she looked at the dagger. She collapsed and fainted a few seconds later.
He grabbed onto the next dude. He tried to fight back, but Zane snapped his arm before he could. He collapsed to the ground, screaming in pain.
The blonde man watched in horror. His sword trembled in his hands. He took one step back as he saw the last of his men fall to the ground. He turned, about to run, only to see Zane right in front of him.
He got scared. He panicked, so he thrust his blade, but Zane slapped it out of his hand. He grabbed him by the neck and lifted him off the ground.
And for the first time since he came to this world, his fangs came out, long and sharp. The blonde man saw the fangs and the fear he felt tripled. His face twisted into one of pure horror. He tried to struggle, but Zane's grip was too strong.
Zane sunk his teeth into the man's neck, and the blood filled his mouth in seconds. He peacefully waited for the notification of two stat points.
[You have gained 3 stat points.]
When the message came, he was immediately confused. He got three, not two. His mind ran a quick thinking spree, and the reason was obvious—players gave more when he drank their blood.
He pulled his teeth out and licked his lip. "Ahhh, I ended up showing what I was. I don't want anyone knowing," Zane said. He looked around, and all the others were groaning in severe pain, which meant that they didn't see what happened.
He looked back at the blonde man. "You are really unlucky, being the only person that saw me. Honestly, I want to say I'm sorry, but I can't," Zane said. His nails grew longer. He then thrust his hand into the chest of the blonde man, right through the heart, and killed him.
He allowed his body to fall and hit the ground after killing him.
[You have gained 100EXP]
'A hundred for one player, that's a lot,' Zane thought. He looked at the others, thinking if he should kill them, but he decided not to. He didn't want to kill people for no reason. Even without his normal emotions, he still had to respect life, at least.
That being said, their blood was free game. One after the other, he used his blade to gather the blood from all nine and taste it.
[You have gained 3 stat points.]
[You have gained 3 stat points.]
[You have gained 3 stat points.]
[You have gained 3 stat points.]
.......
After he was done, he looked at all of them. "Well, next time don't randomly attack people you just met," Zane said and walked away happy.
Not only had he tested the martial art, but he had also gathered a good amount of stat points. He and Lucy continued on their way, and they finally made it out of the forest.
The moment they stepped out, the light of the sun shone even brighter, and Zane hated every moment of it.
"Fuck this," he muttered. He looked over in the distance, and there it was, covered in a massive black stone wall—Raven City.
Raven City was a part of the kingdom DragonBlade. A starter kingdom in the game, it wasn't a massive kingdom, and it was one of the many kingdoms that players were sent to when they arrived, with the most popular city known as Raven City or the starter city.
It had everything that a player would need to get started on their journey around this world—quests, battles, adventures, everything.
"When we get to the city, let's act as normal as possible, Lucy, and try to keep a low head for now," Zane said.
But before he would run into the city, he decided to make sure he was strong enough, so he had to assign his stat points.
[Stats Screen]
Name: [######]
Race: Vampire
Bloodline: Cursed Bloodline of the Vampire Progenitor
Mana: 11,000
HP: Immortal
Bloodline Level: 6
Exp: 500/600
Strength: 25
Speed: 30
Agility: 30
Defense: 20
Intelligence: 50
Charm: 100
Stat points: 57
Zane saw a lot of changes to his stats. His mana had also gone up by a thousand. It was normal for mana to increase after every five levels, but not by a whopping one thousand. But who was he to complain about such a gain?
He looked at his free stat points. He had racked up more than fifty of them. So he decided to simply add ten to all and seven to charm.
Strength: 35
Speed: 40
Agility: 40
Defense: 30
Intelligence: 60
Charm: 107
'This is a lot of growth for a few days. I doubt there are any players that have come this far, but I still have to be careful,' Zane thought.
After he was done, he headed for the city, and Lucy followed behind him. They walked for a few minutes and finally got to the gates of the city.
Two guards in steel armor immediately pointed their spears at them. "Stop, where is your identification?" they asked.
Zane looked at Lucy. "Can you handle this, please?" he asked. She nodded and walked up to the guards. Her eyes glowed, and immediately the guards dropped their spears.
"Welcome to Raven City," the guards said enthusiastically.
'Even after seeing it twice, that charm is way too overpowered in my eyes,' Zane thought.
To be able to just use people like that, it was something crazy,