Chapter 86: *Elixir of Long Life*
Kevin, on the other hand, rushed towards the two Vampires who remained on this side, and thanks to his improved Stats and his formidable fighting techniques, those 2 Vampires who should have handled him easily ended up both beheaded without understanding what had just happened to them.
When Kevin saw that Erik had just beheaded the last Elite Knight Vampire they were facing, he focused all his attention on Axel and Alan right away, especially Axel, of course. To his relief, there was already only the Warrior Vampire level 75 standing to fight against them. The other three had already been overpowered and held captive by chains made of fire, which could only be Alan’s work; it was super impressive.
Kevin used his observation skill just out of curiosity about this spell, and a message popped up instantly.
[ Fire element spell level 4: Imprisonment by Fire, need 1,200 Soul force points to activate the observation skill; your Soul force reserve is insufficient to copy this spell. ]
So close, thought Kevin. He didn’t have time to think about it too much because Erik, who had joined him, said, "We better not disturb them; let them finish their fight first."
Kevin nodded; he knew that they had kept those Vampires alive so that he and Erik could gain more experience points and become stronger faster. Not to mention the rewards that Kevin would be able to win thanks to his System, like a legendary box for example, if ever the System was satisfied with his results. But Kevin also knew that it was easier to kill than to just defeat someone in a real fight. If it was training or a competition, it would be fine, but in this kind of situation, it could be very dangerous to try to neutralize him rather than killing him.
After a fierce fight, Axel and Alan successfully immobilized the Warrior Vampire level 75, and Axel said to Kevin, "Go ahead, babe; this one is for you."
The life or death of this Warrior Vampire hung by a thread, and for the first time in his long life, he was scared. He was held by chains made of fire like the others, and when he saw the younger one arrive in front of him, he knew he was done for. This little one gave him goosebumps; the way he looked at him, he had no doubt that those eyes were those of a killer.
Kevin didn’t even stop, and without an ounce of remorse, he crossed his short swords in front of him and, with a sharp blow, beheaded him. The chains of fire disappeared immediately, and after that, his body was reduced to ashes. They found 3 oval stones of blood-red color; one of them was much larger than the others.
Kevin wasn’t interested in those stones yet, and he turned his attention to the other 3 Warrior Vampires who were quietly waiting to be executed. He decided to kill the one at level 68 because he was the only one who made money when he killed monsters, so the higher the level, the higher the reward. After he was done, he motioned for Erik to kill the remaining two.
The sentries were all eliminated, but the fact that the strongest Warrior Vampire had sent a bat to possibly warn their master of their arrival had not escaped him.
Axel snapped him out of his thoughts by handing him the largest of the oval-shaped, blood-red colored stones, "Babe, can you check what this is with the help of your System?"
Kevin looked at him and Alan and asked them suspiciously, "Don’t you already know what this is?"
Axel looked at Alan, who explained to him, "We already know that they are bloodstones. Once melted, they are used as ingredients in a lot of high-grade potions, but maybe it has another use. Your System is really handy for that sort of thing; it’s like an encyclopedia, except you don’t have to search, and you could take the opportunity to see how much it’s worth."
So, Kevin took the bloodstone Axel was still holding out to him, and with his head full of Alan’s questions, he focused on the bloodstone, and a message popped up immediately.
[ ITEM ]
Bloodstone, high grade, large size: can be used as an ingredient in high-grade potions and in some legendary grade potions, like the long life elixir potion, which allows you to extend your life for a hundred years. Bloodstone is also the equivalent of magic crystals for demons and is worth a tremendous amount of money for them. Its value is 200,000 gold coins or 10,000 diamonds in demon territory; 1 diamond = 100 gold coins.
Kevin fell silent after reading the information aloud; everyone was speechless. Not only were these bloodstones worth a fortune, but he had also just learned that there was a potion that allowed one to live another hundred years.
Kevin, fed up with the suspense, opened the holographic screen of his System and went straight to the Store menu; he wanted to know if it was possible to buy such a potion directly with the System.
[ STORE ]
Elixir of Long Life, potion legendary grade: Currently unavailable; you must first reach level 100 to unlock it.
Holy shit, Kevin thought. When he reached level 100, he would even be able to buy this kind of potion! Just to think about it, he was already drooling. He gave the good news to everyone, which shocked them even more.
Axel finally came to his senses and asked him what they had gained with the System and how many levels he had gained.
So Kevin once again opened the holographic screen of his System, but this time he remained on the main menu where several messages were waiting for him.
[ SUMMARY ]
Killing Superior Demons: You earned 39,850 gold coins (you earned by killing Superior Demons with the others 27,700 gold coins), 20,950 exp points (you earned by killing Superior Demons with the others 15,750 exp points). You have leveled up 4 times; 4 points had been added to all your Stats. An additional reward has been granted to you because you have just exceeded the threshold of 50,000 cumulative experience points.
- Reward 1: high-grade box
- Reward 2: 20 Stats points
After reading the messages to everyone, Kevin just said, "Let’s save everything for later; we have to keep moving forwards; we still have so many Vampires to kill."
He couldn’t help but think that they had to hurry now that the boss of this dungeon got some information on them. Fortunately, the information the Warrior Vampire had sent to his master was before he fought them, so it could only be based on their respective levels and not on their fighting techniques or even the use of powerful weapons.
They all nodded, and Axel said as he picked up all the bloodstones, "The sentries are always elite soldiers, so those inside the mansion should be easier to kill."
Alan agreed and said, "Yes, I think so too. Other than the Vampires who will be guarding the boss of this dungeon, the others should be easy to kill."
Alan then took out a potion from his magic bag and drank it completely. Kevin asked him curiously, "Was it a potion to recover your Soul force points?"
He had asked him this question because the Spirit potion medium grade he had earned from the System’s rewards was yellow in color, while this one was orange.
Alan nodded and said to him, "It’s a Spirit potion high grade. I always have some of those in my magic bag because sometimes I train too much and I don’t realize that I have completely exhausted my Soul force reserve, so I use this potion to replenish it."
A Spirit potion high grade! Kevin couldn’t help but ask, "Did you craft it?"
Erik laughed out loud and replied instead of Alan, "Of course he crafted it; at least he’s sure it’s perfectly executed."
Alan was thrilled to be praised by Erik, and he kissed his forehead to thank him. But when he saw the adoring gaze with which Erik was looking at him, he ended up kissing his cute little nose, and finally, he kissed his lips that were so tender and so damn tempting, lingering on them a little longer than he had anticipated at first.
In fact, so long that Axel had to cough for them both to remember where they were, and that it wasn’t really the right time to do this kind of thing.
Alan still wanted to kiss him a little longer, but Erik gently pushed him away to make him understand to stop, so he stopped and put an arm around his waist in a possessive way. And when Erik looked at him, wondering why he was holding his waist, he saw this special glint in Alan’s eyes and he knew he was done for.
