Why can't humans do it too?

The twisted monster, which had been poised to pounce, suddenly stopped. One of its supporting hands was outstretched and raised high, trying to touch the blood that had fallen on it, but it couldn't reach it. It was anxious and agitated, like a child begging for candy but getting nothing. The monster jumped around impatiently, then suddenly pressed its chest and abdomen to the ground. Its four sharp, knife-like spider limbs twisted upwards in a strange way until they touched the blood.

It kept scrambling, the stiff bristles on its limbs making a tearing sound when they touched its skin. It even tore off its own flesh due to the excessive force, and the blood mixed with its flesh fell into the mouth of the bat's head. In fact, long before it impatiently attacked itself, a lot of the blood that had fallen on its head had already flowed into its mouth due to gravity.

Swallowing hard, Suer mustered his courage and suppressed his instinctive discomfort and fear as he approached the twisted monster. He did not choose to run away. He knew his physical limits perfectly well. His blood was not inexhaustible. If he could not completely eliminate this monster while he still had the chance, then temporarily running away would only be a slow suicide.

Stopping at a very close distance, Sull hesitated whether to feed the monster a piece of his own flesh and blood, just as he had done with Asano Shirasu, in order to deepen the mysterious connection brought about by this unknown magic.

He saw the clearly poisonous liquid from the mouth corroding the rock. The dagger he gripped was already pressed against the edge of the wound he had just made. Sul's hand trembled. He only needed to close his eyes and exert force to slice off that chunk of flesh, but would it work? Was this much flesh enough? Was it necessary? Or not?

It hurts so much, it hurts so much that I can barely hold the dagger. I can clearly see my hand trembling uncontrollably.

Before him, the twisted monster formed from the vampire had already devoured the blood that Sull had flung onto its head, along with its own flesh, and was now greedily sweeping away the blood-dripping ground, scraping off a layer completely.

In the few seconds that Suer hesitated, the monster had already swept away all the blood on the ground, and even crawled to Suer's side along the source of the blood, greedily staring at the hand, the hand that was hanging down and constantly dripping blood from its fingers to the ground.

If the vampire were still rational, it would never ignore the warning signs in its heart and let its instincts take over. But at this moment, the monster was completely overwhelmed by its instinctive greed and desire. It was fascinated and craved this blood, this strange allure.

Licking away, each time blood dripped from Suer's fingers, the twisted monster would lick away a layer of the blood-soaked ground. No, that was no longer enough. Like a hungry child, it suddenly opened its mouth wide, revealing three rows of fine, sharp teeth that caught directly beneath Suer's arm.

'don't want! ’

Startled by the sudden opening of the twisted monster's mouth, Suer instinctively resisted, trying to avoid the terrifying creature.

Don't kill me.

I don't want to die.

However, his actions seemed to be a signal.

Bang!

Almost the instant that Suer instinctively stepped back, the twisted monster shattered the rocks beneath its feet and lunged directly at Xinke on the other side!

Sharp limbs and a thick tail—these weapons, capable of easily tearing apart fragile flesh, were about to touch Xin Ke's body in the blink of an eye!

"stop!!!"

Not only did he shout in his heart, but Suer raised his hands and roared loudly. Following his voice, the terrifying monster retracted its claws and teeth and brushed past Xinke. Those strange tentacles contracted back and forth, as if suppressing some kind of impulse.

Gasping for breath, Suer gradually lowered his outstretched arm and tried to bandage his wound. The intangible feeling had already told him what mistake he had just made.

He didn't want to die, didn't want to get hurt. In the instant these thoughts were transmitted, the twisted monster temporarily excluded Sull from the death list. The nearest food was that delicious piece of meat less than a few meters away on the other side—the forest elf that Sull had left behind because it was about to walk over.

Yes, Suer felt that vague feeling again; he and the monster seemed to have an invisible connection across time and space.

It was fragile, as if it would automatically break down in the next second, yet it was also established so easily—this monster had no defense or resistance whatsoever; in fact, it was shouting and welcoming this connection.

eager.

Chapter 110 Severance

“…If you want to kill me…be decisive…Mr. Monkey…” Xin Ke knelt down, clutching her wound that had burst open from the exertion, and whispered intermittently.

In order to avoid the monster that suddenly attacked her, Xin Ke once again forced her body to twist away, causing her newly scabbed wounds to break open and bleed, even staining the tightly bound bandages red again.

Her blood, like the sweetest bait, awakened the most primal desires of this twisted monster—it remembered the scent, the delicious taste it had once longed for, so close…

The eerie chirping of insects rang out once more, and the monster stirred restlessly, its tentacles rising and falling repeatedly. The scarlet eyes on the bat's head, now devoid of skin, stared intently at Xin Ke. It kept trying, but was forcibly suppressed, waiting for a moment when Su Er would let his guard down.

Without explaining anything to Xin Ke, nor having the time to, Su Er was trying his best to fill his mind with the thought of not moving, not daring to have any distracting thoughts, for fear that this monster would seize a gap in his thinking and tear Xin Ke to pieces, devouring all her flesh and blood.

Under the pressure of having only one thought in his mind, Suer found it incredibly difficult to even take a step forward to stand in front of the monster. He wanted to throw the dagger to Xinke, but he couldn't even do something as simple as that.

Following that invisible connection, the surging bloodlust and devouring desire of the monster transformed from the vampire was constantly being transmitted to him. Suer's consciousness was like a small wooden boat adrift on the sea, and even this desire was changing—like a clumsy car that had been turning for a long time before finally turning around. Suer clearly sensed the difference in this monster.

It still hasn't broken the invisible, fragile connection between itself and Suer, it hasn't resisted, and it even still yearns for this connection... It wants more, to expand this connection further, it wants more blood, more flesh, more... soul.

This was the conclusion this twisted monster reached under its chaotic instincts: it wanted Sull, it wanted to be one with him without any separation.

Disappeared.

It disappeared from view.

However, a peculiar sense of presence surged in Suer's heart; he knew it was there!

[Up! Up ...

Along with the warning signs of danger, a scream echoed in his heart. Following that almost tangible intuition about body shape, Suer fiercely plunged his dagger into the top of his head!

The illusion magic, unique to vampires, used instinctively did not work as intended. The twisted monster's plan to briefly disappear from Sul's sight following this guidance also failed, and the dagger that Sul thrust out with force was already deeply embedded in its body.

In those crucial few seconds, the command screamed in Sul's mind still deeply influenced its movements, obediently flying over Sul's head.

Heavy, as if holding a boulder, the crooked dagger almost slipped from his grasp, forcing Sue to press his other hand down as well.

The giant tail covered in snake scales was indeed impossible for a dagger to pierce, but the part where the monster's body, which looked like it had been stitched together, met the giant tail was ordinary flesh and blood. The monster was not huge, so the dagger that pierced it almost went through the base of its tail.

"Hehehehehehe!!!!"

The piercing screech almost tore through Sull's ears, who was standing right next to it. The twisted monster struggled violently in pain, its thick tail lashing out at the air and striking Sull's body as it twisted!

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

Roaring and enduring the pain, the screams forced out through clenched teeth, Suer gripped the hilt of the dagger tightly with both hands, and then—pulled it downwards with all his might!

The grating crunch of flesh and bone tearing apart, the sizzling sound of the corrosive liquid spurting from the tip of the tail hitting his body, never stopped. Suer's tightly gripped dagger slowly but firmly sliced ​​a semicircle at the base of the monster's tail, even flinging its entire body out and slamming it hard into the ground!

Seizing the opportunity, without needing any prompting, Xin Ke, enduring the pain coursing through her body and internal organs, lunged forward and grabbed the massive tail that had detached from the monster's body due to injury and was gradually losing control. She then stomped on the face of the vampire on the monster's back and tore the tail off!

"Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie!!!"

Screaming in agony, the twisted monster writhed on the ground in agony, but Suer felt no pity. He simply regained his balance and charged at the monster with his dagger raised—it must die! It must die here!

Was it because of the pain? Or because of the mutilation of the body? Almost the instant that Suer pounced, the face of the vampire that had appeared on the monster's back suddenly moved across its body and abruptly opened its eyes!

"Jie!!!"

It screamed and then disappeared from Suer's sight once again. Corrosive bodily fluids could be clearly seen dripping from the surface of the rock, leaving a trail of blue smoke around the two of them. Just as Suer approached Xinke, his nerves on edge, it left behind a long white line and disappeared from the spot.

"..."

Without relaxing, but in this state of vigilance and waiting, all the damage he had just suffered seemed to be gradually awakened, tugging at his fragile nerve endings. Suer felt as if someone was pointing directly at his wounds on his back, digging deep into his bone marrow.

Was it the bodily fluids that had fallen on him? Sur's consciousness, almost overwhelmed by pain, was still pondering. They hadn't been completely neutralized, and even now they continued to seep deeper into his body.

“…Gouge it out,” he said, trembling as he plunged the dagger into Xin Ke’s face. Large beads of sweat dripped from his forehead as he turned away from Xin Ke and repeated through gritted teeth.

However, Xin Ke did not make any move. She just stared at Su Er's back, which was exposed in front of her, and then gently rubbed the wound with her finger.

"...It seems we don't need to anymore?"

Puzzled, I heard Xin Ke's answer.

Suer stared intently at the fingers that Xinke had spread out in front of him, past his ear—they were covered in burnt powder.

That's what the wound on his back looks like now.

Chapter 111 Remains

is it?

So that excruciating pain... was it just his imagination?

Suer knelt on the ground in a daze, as if his body was no longer his own, but merely a puppet in a shell.

Both he and Xin Ke were exhausted... It would return, like a wounded viper licking its wounds, determined to take revenge—Sul knew this feeling; the broken, faint connection had told him this secret.

“…They’re all dead,” Sul said, his voice weak as he stared at everything before him.

All the remains indicated that this place should have been an outpost for the forest elves, but now it was a scene of carnage. Such a brutal massacre was not for the purpose of satisfying appetite or healing, but simply a form of venting.

Supporting each other, the two struggled forward until they reached the very center of the outpost.

Eleven heads were neatly stuck in the ground, skewered from top to bottom as if they were being grilled. Without exception, they were all heads of forest elves, both male and female, planted on the ground like flags.

This was a good deed done by the monster that had mutated from a vampire. Even Suer didn't know if it had regained its sanity... or if it had merged with it? Had it truly been assimilated by its wild instincts? The image of that vampire's face suddenly opening its eyes at the last moment was still lingering in his mind.

From the ground and the surfaces of the buildings, one can still see those familiar traces of corrosion, as well as traces of the counterattacks made by the magic released by these forest elves before their deaths.

"What a pointless provocation," Xin Ke thought, even though her injuries hadn't fully healed. In fact, she was in better physical condition than Su Er. With one hand supporting Su Er, she tried to pull at the disgusting flag with the other but couldn't budge it. The woman sighed with disgust.

The twisted monster deliberately drove the flagpole very deep.

He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he felt a weakness emanating from his insides. In the end, Suer remained silent, gently closed his eyes, and mourned for a few seconds.

Just a little bit.

It was so close... if only they could have arrived a little earlier.

Then you can find other forest elf species—living ones.

His task will then be complete.

However, it was the monster that arrived first.

Strangely, he felt neither frustrated nor irritable; Suer was only worried about himself... Could he hold on until the agreement was fulfilled?

Thinking this way, he felt indifferent from the bottom of his heart—no matter what, he had done his best, and he could stand tall even in the face of such a noble and great Riku.

"...Do you think it has regained its senses?" Suer asked weakly, wanting to hear Xin Ke's opinion.

"Hmm~, half and half, I guess? After all, making such a provocation is really too stupid, it's just a simple waste," Xin Ke's gaze swept over the limbs and flesh plastered on the ground and walls, "If I had to describe it... I guess it's madness?"

"Let's eat something or have a drink," Su Er said, gesturing for Xin Ke to walk with him, pointing to a half-collapsed wall.