Chapter 90: *The solution*
Alan, after this disconcerting information, drank a new high-grade Spirit potion. He needed to be at the maximum of his Soul force reserve if he wanted to cast a fire spell level 7. But even with this kind of spell, he wasn’t sure that it would be enough, so he said, still looking at this Elite Warrior Vampire, "Axel, we will have to combine our attacks to..."
Alan couldn’t finish his sentence because, even though he was on his guard, the Elite Warrior Vampire materialized just in front of him and gave him a slap that sent him crashing into the wall to their right side.
Erik wanted to rush towards Alan, but again the Elite Warrior Vampire intercepted him and sent him crashing right against Alan’s body that was still stuck in the wall. When Alan saw that the Elite Warrior Vampire had hit Erik, he just had the time to gather a small amount of spiritual energy to protect him and to slow down the speed he was coming at him; that was the best he could do right now.
When Erik was about to crash into him, he caught him and shielded him with his body, saying to him, "I got you, sweetheart; don’t be scared."
Axel then stood in front of Kevin and said to him, "Go help them now!"
Kevin knew he would only be a burden to him, so he obeyed and joined Alan and Erik. He immediately gave them a legendary grade Healing potion each; no need to check their Stats to know they were both seriously injured. Fortunately, Alan had protected Erik, otherwise, it could have been dramatic.
When Kevin saw that they had recovered, he immediately returned his attention to Axel and, despite the Stats of his swords, he was helpless against the power of this Elite Warrior Vampire.
Kevin hated feeling so helpless; he had never felt this way in his past life. The fear of losing someone he loved was completely new to him, because at this rate, if he didn’t find a solution quickly, Axel was going to be killed right in front of his eyes.
Kevin wanted to join him, but Alan held him back, "No, do you want to die or what?"
Alan added quickly to convince Kevin, "If you get close to this monster, that’s the end of it. Axel will lose his focus, and he will be killed immediately... I’m going; you two get the hell out of here. You will just disturb us if you stay."
With these words, that were kind of rude but necessary to make them understand, he immediately disappeared and joined Axel to fight against this Elite Warrior Vampire. All he was hoping for right now was that they would follow his will. But no matter how harsh his words were, Erik would never leave him, and Kevin was too focused on trying to find a weak spot to this asshole to bother with what Alan had just said.
It was pointless, Kevin thought. He could see Axel and Alan’s life bars slowly diminishing, while the one of the Elite Warrior Vampire never moved. What could he do... If the System had sent them here, it meant there was a way to fight against him; he just had to find which one, or they would all be going to die here.
The Elite Warrior Vampire had been impressed by the fire spell of this young man; it had been a long time since he had such talented opponents, and this fighter wasn’t bad either. He was going to play with them a little longer before killing them all. As for his nest, which had just been completely annihilated, he knew that the goddess who had created them all, the demons, would provide him with new elite soldiers and females to reconstitute it. That was also why he hadn’t bothered to protect them; getting new ones would be more fun.
Kevin then saw the evil smile on the Vampire’s face, and he was familiar with that kind of smile. It was that of a predator who played with its prey before killing it.
No matter how hard he tried to find solutions, nothing came to his mind. It was then that he saw the movement of the Elite Warrior Vampire; Axel wouldn’t be able to parry it nor dodge it. He was going to be killed.
Kevin’s body instinctively moved, and with all the speed he was able to use, he just came at the right time to push Axel out of the path of the blade that would have stabbed his heart without a doubt. Thanks to his reflexes, the blade finally landed in his left shoulder; he even managed to avoid a strike in his vital points. But because of the strength of this Elite Warrior Vampire, the impact of the blow was so strong that he was propelled against the back wall of the room.
Then, something completely unexpected happened. Axel, despite wearing the necklace with the moon pendant that was supposed to help him control his shapeshifting, immediately transformed into his original wolf form, and a red aura emanated from his whole body.
It was as if he had gone into a berserk mode, but that wasn’t the end... His wolf was still growing. Normally, he was 2.5 meters tall, but now he was much taller, and his fangs had become really huge, like the claws on his paws, which had become much sharper.
Kevin, after coughing some blood, removed the blade from his shoulder while he was watching Axel fight in all his fury.
That red aura around him and his transformation made him much stronger than before; it was like he was a whole different person or wolf. The last time he had seen him fight in his wolf form, he hadn’t felt that way at all... This kind of berserk mode... It made him think of something, and when Alan, who had just joined him, tried to heal him, he grabbed his hand and shook his head.
First, he had to check something; he might have finally found the solution to kill that bastard. As Axel seemed to be able to hold on a bit like this, he took the opportunity to control his Stats. The holographic screen of his System immediately opened, and the Stats menu appeared before his eyes.
[ STATS ]
Name: KEVIN
Race: Human
Level: 34
Class: Mage
Exp: 3,245 / 9,400
Strength: 39 + 300
Agility: 39 + 195
Stamina: 40 + 135
Soul force: 1,171 / 1,171 (241 + 930)
Perception: 80 + 25
HP: 145 / 1,000
Points available to distribute: 20
Physical damage reduction: 15%
Magic damage reduction: 30%
His HP was at 145; he still had to lower them below 100 to be able to use his Warrior Spirit skill. That was the solution he was searching for. By using his Warrior Spirit skill, all his Stats would be multiplied by 10, and he would finally be able to get rid of this Elite Warrior Vampire.
Before carrying out his plan, Kevin bought 4 legendary grade Healing potions from his System Store and handed them to Alan, saying, "I have a plan; you’re going to have to protect Erik and Axel. I will take care of this Vampire."
Alan shook his head and said, "Damn, Kev, it’s impossible! You and Erik have to get out of here right now."
Kevin got up with difficulty with the help of the wall. He said to him, "The only way to get out of here alive is to kill him... Trust me, don’t forget who I really am. If I say to you that I can do it, it’s because I can do it, but you have to find a place where you won’t get hurt by accident."
Erik, who had joined them, asked him, "What are you going to do?"
Kevin simply said, taking the dagger Axel had bought for him, his first gift..., "I’m going to use my Warrior Spirit skill, so take cover, now!"
There was no more time to waste; the red aura that radiated from Axel’s wolf body was already starting to fade. Alan, who had no idea what the Warrior Spirit skill could be, was still reluctant to leave Kevin, but Erik grabbed his waist and guided him to a corner of the room. He said to him, "Don’t worry, it’ll be fine for Kevin. The one that worries me is Axel; I don’t know what happened, but the strange aura that surrounded him is disappearing, and you saw, he seems to be getting weaker and weaker. Get ready to have to heal him."
Alan had obviously noticed it, but he couldn’t decide which one of his friends to help first... He decided to trust Erik and, therefore, to trust Kevin, and he focused his full attention on Axel and his fight against this Elite Warrior Vampire.
Kevin knew this was the only solution; he wouldn’t have even thought about it if he hadn’t seen the strange aura around Axel’s body. So it was time to try this innate skill. He stabbed his thigh, but that wasn’t enough; his HP was still at 109. So he twisted the blade in his thigh to open the wound further, and finally, his HP went down to 92.
