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“Bwahahaha! You’re really good at running away, little ghost! I don’t mind breaking apart this entire place if we can get you out of the way, Maria Fuentes Belles or the Witch of Misfortune!” Laughed the Vampiress as she continued to break apart the ground looking for me.
She was quite literally shaping the entire environment to her liking. I didn’t know how she could do this so carefreely or how the heck will we ever be able to defeat this monster.
I was most surprised at how it was possible for her to not be affected by the sunlight? The same with the other Vampires! The two I had previously defeated were susceptible to sunlight and always ran away from it or decided to move at night, but this was clearly day!
While running away from her destructive blows and the magical attacks from her two lackeys, the B+ Rank threats, I decided to inspect her information, finding out her name was Catarina Silverstone. In comparison, her two lackeys were named Silvio Suarez and Francesco Hunter. These two bastards were firing magic at me constantly, cutting down my escape routes. At the same time, Catarina constantly unleashed powerful explosive blows into the ground, shattering it all.
The entire landscape around the forest where the goblins were living was changed in just a few minutes since this chase started. She was recklessly breaking apart the ground. Several kilometers were already sunk into the underground as massive craters were left before her might. She could quite literally break apart a mountain if she wanted…
Is this the might of A-Rank threats?! She can even defeat those guys in the forest if she wanted- Wait a second, I just got an awesome idea!
But can I even pull it off?! I’ve been running away with this clone for way too far. Going back there would take even more time… If only there was something to buy me time, but my main body is still a kilometer away, and I must secure the people’s safety- Ah!
And then I realized that my mind within the hundreds of snake clones I had sent here had finally arrived as well. The backup plan I had designed was finally here!
SPLASH!
“Huh?!”
“W-What is that?!”
“Aghh! Snakes?!”
The three Vampires were startled as a literal ocean of ghost snakes emerged, falling over them and beginning to bite them and entangle them! But knowing how strong they are, they will easily get out of this trouble with their strength. However, it was more than enough time for me to get the shit out of here with this clone!
I grabbed a mana potion a snake had brought to me as I drank it and flew away. The three Vampires were beginning to massacre the snakes quickly after, as I made many of them detonate through Undead Detonation, which, funnily enough, worked on me to an extent, although not as powerful.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Although Catarina’s strength was formidable, and she didn’t even budge while being blown away with many explosions, the other two Vampire guys were being overwhelmed. I even managed to cut away tons of their flesh. Both of them were with missing limbs that didn’t regenerate as I was bathing them with curses that temporarily stopped regeneration.
I had also tried using the Gorgon Eyes against them, but it had very little effect if I conjured them through clones. They barely had enough power against Vampires who are so resistant to status effects, but if my main body were to take a look at them, then it might work.
Nonetheless, it took them a few seconds to get rid of them as the wave of snake clones constantly fell over them from the pits left by the complete destruction that this damn Vampire whore had been leaving around the place.
“Agh! Oi! Where do you think you’re going?!” Roared Catarina, already way too far away from me.
I was already several kilometers from her and was delving back into the forest, where I could actually find better areas to hide. I don’t know if the Vampires would be willing to enter the territory of the Mercenaries and the Priests. They were clearly not allies, as they had simply followed them from behind.
She began to follow me, but I quickly hastened my pace using my clone. My main body had also finally reached the inside of the forest, as I used several of my Stealth-based Skills to watch over them. The Undead I had sent at them were long gone, and they were marching towards the goblin village, now empty.
Suddenly, I finally reunited with my clone.
“Phew, you’re finally here, me!”
“You too, you look like you’re going to die any moment!” I said.
“Please give me a snack!”
“Okay, here.”
I quickly fed my own clone with more of my phantom and mana and then quickly sent her off. I wish I could have brought my clone to my main body through Summoning, but it actually doesn’t work on my clones.
“Alright then! I’ll keep the people safe, me!”
“You better do!”
I flew with my clone far away through the underground. Now the clone was packed with a lot of Mana and even had equipped some items to enhance her stats and mana. With that, she should be able to handle fine, even more with the dozen of mana potions I threw at her…
Meanwhile, the swarm of Snakes had already reached Leon and Eric. The mercenaries, adventurers, and priests were swarmed by an army of many weak yet annoying ghost snakes, which they quickly began to kill, giving me more time to devise a strategy.
And that was…
Should I escape or kill them? I already got the people secured, but these bastards will continue to pursue me, especially the Vampires! I don’t want that overpowered Vampire woman to come at me all the time. She looks like she’s a relentless bitch.
Hmm… I think I know how I can use Catarina’s brute strength to my advantage.
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