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[Reina's POV]

"Mom! Dad! I'm glad that the two of you are safe. How's Tristan?"

Watching my parent's expressions, I could tell what had happened. He had passed away from the attack.

"Do you know where his body is?"

"Follow me."

My parents were quiet as we walked. The mood had turned for the worse as they walked further along.

Eventually, we arrived at the corpse of a man. I had already understood what had happened as the life of this body perished.

Tristan's limbs were severed, leaving his head attached to his body. For a situation like this, I bought a revival tool. With Charles's wallet, anything could be bought for a small price.

"Welcome back, Tristian."

"Tristan!!!"

Mom and Dad yelled out and ran over to Tristan, who had woken up from his painful nap. Their mood had changed vastly, and seeing them so happy made me smile.

"Reina, is Charles here? Our world isn't exactly looking at its best currently."

After getting a warm welcome from Mom and Dad, Tristan told me what was happening. Vampires that appeared out of nowhere started attacking anyone in sight.

It was confirmed that they were from another world, but the system hadn't noticed anyone of the attack.

"Yes, he came back with me. He plans on dealing with them now."

"That's excellent news. With him here, this crisis would be averted."

I could only give a wary smile when Tristan said this. Charles has been having a terrible day today. The vampires that attacked won't be having a great time.

[Mira's POV]

Are we cursed or something? Since we received our skills, the number of troubles we have been having has increased by multitudes.

Clyde and I were engaged in combat against a white-robed man, and the fight wasn't exactly going in our favor.

Luckily, Clyde had gained immense strength from all his situations. Otherwise, our corpses would have been among those who died.

During the weeks when Clyde had grown, I learned about support magic. I will improve my versatility if I can't grow as fast as him.

"Clyde! Dodge!"

Our opponent was too impatient and used most of his magic. I had created a shield that used all of my mana. I couldn't tell Clyde's condition because the smoke blocked his vision.

"Pesky kids! Your end is near!"

Instead of going for Clyde, the vampire went for me. With me running out of mana, I couldn't move. Was this going to be my end? What was this ending? Dying like this left a bad taste in my mouth. My life flashed before my eyes as the vampire got closer to me. Can I really say I would have lived a meaningful life if I had died like this? Realizing that I wasn't satisfied with this outcome, something inside me had started to break.

"I REFUSE!!!"

"WHAT!!!"

A spike of mana rushed through me. Clyde, who was still there, had come up, stabbing the vampire from behind. A part of me wished that he was still down so I could release this mana of mine.

"What took you so long?"

Lashing out my anger toward him, Clyde gave me a nervous smile. He scratched the top of his head like an idiot would.

"Sorry, but I figure that it would be the best time to attack, when he least expects it to. Besides, do you think I would let you get harmed?"

Giving me a cheeky smile, I smacked him on the back of his head. My hit shouldn't have hurt him, but I see something wrong coming from his face. Clyde took his sword and decapitated the vampire that we had already killed.

"It was still alive. I guess destroying the heart didn't kill it completely. How freaky."

I couldn't sense it due to my adrenaline. Due to the excitement that I had from the sudden growth, I was distracted.

"Let's hide. We can't take on any more of them. They were only just a grunt."

For a grunt, they were already something beyond what we could handle. Clyde had frowned at what I said but had to agree nonetheless. I hope nothing goes wrong for the rest of the day.

[Charles POV]

"..."

"We found our target! He's here, whoever captures him will be promoted!"

Target? I guess it really doesn't matter. Hundreds of these bats were charging toward me like they were flies. I had wanted to vent my stress, and these shitters were the perfect stress dolls I could use.

"Hey, shitters! Don't break down when I vent my stress upon you."

Giving them a warning, I grabbed the nearest vampire and punched him in the face. I had already enhanced their pain reception, so the punch I had done should have caused significant damage to his mind.

Before the vampire could fall down, I slammed his head onto the ground, making his head burst wide open. This had all happened in seconds. Those who knew what I did came to a halt and stopped what they were doing.

As for the foolish ones, they continued to move without stopping. Only five of them had come together and tried to knock me out.

I couldn't let these fools have it easy. With my superior physique, I tanked all of their hits and took only a scratch from them. Seeing what they had done, they were shocked by their minimal damage.

Shocked by their weak attack, it was my turn. I twisted their limbs individually without waiting for them to return to reality.

Their screams were like a melody to my ears. I can't wait to see them in a whole lot of pain. My sadistic heart wanted me to make them scream even more. Now that their limbs are twisted, I must tear them off.

"Who are you guys? I haven't asked, but what do you want from me?"

Judging by what they had said earlier, I was the reason why this attack happened. These people wanted something from me, and it was not good if they attacked the rest of the world.

"..."

The person I asked didn't respond to my question. He glared at me in pain, and the other people looked at me.

This fight wasn't over. It was far from over. I gripped the head of one of the vampires and started to insert curses that would destroy one's consciousness if one were weak-willed.

"..."

The vampire's body started to squirm uncontrollably. Moving left, right, up, down, and even sometimes floating. All he did was move in a sporadic manner that confused everyone.

He was suffering so much that no one could tell what was happening. His voice was empty, and his eyes were in total despair.

This negative energy welled up in me, giving me more strength. The vampires felt something wrong as the aura around me started to change.

"If you don't answer, I will just torture the question out of you."

"Do you think you could beat a hundred of us?"

"Think? I already know I can. You guys are hesitating because of my powers alone. This hesitation had already made you lose."

I had already scared some of the vampires with my power alone. To destroy their morale, I targeted the strongest bunch out of the group.

"Attack! Don't let our leader's sacrifice be in vain!"

"Ain't that sad? They have already written you off as a dead man."

"Shut up! You will be captured soon enough!"

The vampire that spoke wore a red cloak. Out of everyone here, only he had a different color dress.

"Strong words for someone in a bind. Mind telling me what information you have?"

Before his grunts would attack, I chained them down with stamina absorption material. Every few seconds, my chain will light up and zap its energy.

"Do you think you can torture me out of it?"

"Let me tell you something. I could control your mind and force you to tell me everything, but I'm not in the mood for that. I'm going to get those details from the pain you receive."

The vampire's sweat dropped upon hearing those words. He didn't know whether I was telling the truth or not, but it's not like it mattered.

"Before you experienced pain, I had increased your sensitivity by several folds. Take this pinch to the cheeks, for example."

"!!!"

Even a small pinch had his twisted in pain. Soon enough, this bastard would tell me everything, but where's the fun if he does it now?

"This is just the beginning. I can't wait to see your face in absolute despair."

I then looked at all the grunts who tried to resist my chains. Their resistance was futile, and it would only be a matter of time before they fell due to losing too much energy.

As for the first step of this fun, I slowly pointed a tree branch into the vampire's eyes. What I did was cruel. Knowing that his eyes would be poked, he tried his best to escape this situation, but to no avail.