My lungs burned as I got close to the adventurer.
*BAM* The crashing of those balls grew fainter as time stretched out. 'Maybe they lost speed and had to be thrown again or something.
I could make out the wasteland in the distance, the square stones carved from stone decorated the floor to the final building leading up to it. Rare carts rested on the street, they were empty, and the horses were nowhere to be seen.
Wooden buildings grew more and more sparse the closer you got to the wasteland. The light of the moon coming up from behind me faintly illuminated the street and the puddles outside the taverns and Inns.
Pain flared up from my right butt cheeks pushing me forward and crashing into the swinging doors leading into a tavern. The people in there stopped eating, drinking, laughing, and doing arm wrestling to stare at me with various kinds of expressions. From annoyed, intrigued to maybe expectant.
Don't just stand there, I'm bleeding here and my butt got hit just now, it hurts! The pain coming from my butt almost made me scream at them. Thankfully some of the people quickly recovered from their surprise and must have gotten a hint from the blood dripping from my chin and soaking my clothes.
"Healers!" One of the men who noticed quickly called and either the healers were quick to provide heals or they noticed as quickly as he did and ran to me to make their healing more effective.
"Oh my goddess, y-you will be f-fine in a m-minute just don't m-move." One of the female adventurers who came to heal me tried to calm me down but from how she spoke she was the one needing assurance that everything would be fine.
"Mmmf~" A soft moan came from another female healer two spots away from the quivering healer. The other healers were clearly uncomfortable and moved a bit further from this woman.
I was surprised, I haven't told them what was coming so she wouldn't be as alerted as me but how was she moaning right now? In front of everyone? A ball crashing through the window and taking a bit of the window frame with it reminded me of the current problems.
"Come out, come out wherever you are!" I had no doubt she knew exactly where I was judging by the big hole in the wall her ball made.
"Vampires infiltrated the town." Wanting to inform them I blurted out, hoping that at least the warriors would join in the fight.
A blond man with a ponytail stood up, grabbed two axes resting on the table he occupied, and headed outside. As he passed me he said "Heal up" before pushing open the two swinging doors on the exit and walking out.
Many of the adventurers left started to get up, pick up their weapons, and walk to the exit. The mages, archers, and thieves started going through a back door. As the aches and pains in my body diminished, the healers around me started exiting through the back door except for the weirdo healer who moaned.
Deciding to look at the final healer who stayed to fully heal me I saw a woman with long, flowing blonde hair that extends past her waist. Her hair was styled with a slight wave and a long braid. Her skin tone is light. Her eyes are large, round, and a bright amber-yellow with a faraway look. Her nose is small and straight, and her mouth is open with her tongue loling out in an ecstatic expression.
She had a curvaceous body built yet trembled as if lost in pleasure. She wore a dark purple, almost black, gown that was low-cut and revealed significant cleavage. The dress had a high slit revealing her legs, and it was adorned with gold embellishments and chains near the waist. Her arms were partially covered by dark-colored armbands with gold accents, and she wore gold leg armor that covered her knees and shins. She also wore a gold necklace with dark blue gemstones. Her fingernails were painted a dark purple or blue hue.
(image here) -similar or a complete copy of Marika better said-
After the most recent wound disappeared from my body she lost her ecstasy look and gained a more neutral look, which made her like a queen or a noble.
"You are all healed up," she stated, got up, and walked towards the entrance where the warrior adventurers used.
"Wait, wait, shouldn't you go with the rest of the healers?" I inquired, jenuinly confused. From my other memories, I knew that placing a healer on the front lines was a bad idea.
She turned around and gave a cold look as if I had just told a hardcore feminist from 2024 that she's a woman so she belongs in a kitchen, except she did not go ape shit on me. "No" Was all she said before turning around and taking a spiked mace from a table near the exit. A few weapons still decorated the tabletop.
Gripping my weapons I stood up and trailed after her.
"-ll have more fun now, Hahahaha!" I heard the female vampire say when I walked out of the tavern.
"I've killed your kind before, it will be no problem to do it again!" The man with the double axes shouted back, and a transparent green aura started to emanate and envelope him. At first, I thought it was some kind of elemental strengthening magic, the bulging of his muscles made me realize my breathing forms or magic were not the only way to push the body's limits. Mage warriors could use strengthening magic but what could warriors use? After all, they were the ones always on the frontlines, leveling up could increase your strength depending on your class but protecting a mage while they did a long ass chant would need another boost to hold the line.
As his muscles bulged his shirt was shredded showing his body like some who took meticulous care not to look too bulky nor too thin, similar to Ohma Tokita "The Asura". That paired with his blond hair, ponytail, and skirt-like garb gave him the look of The First Berzerker Khazan.
The square stones below its feet cracked in a spider web pattern before he almost launched himself towards her with his axes drawn back giving me the impression he was about to do a cross slash.
When the distance shortened to two meters he was flung to the left as if it was the original direction he jumped towards. "Tsk, now there are more vermin to crush."
"Hehe~" The Female vampire was laughing like a mad woman. "I'm going to have so much fun!"
The make vampire jumped on top of a building on the other side of the street from where I was. His hands were pointed our way but they sis not blink.
The adventurers unsheathed their weapons and pointed them toward their opponent. She freed her arms from her kimono letting it fall to her waist, the obi belt holding it at her waist. "Come!" The muscles on her body grew more defined and bulged out stretching her skin. Four arms sprouted out of her back and a temari ball appeared on the palms of the new hands. "You should let loose and stop being so uptight, it is not good for your health, Yahaba. What better time to do it than getting some free target practice?"
A battle cry ripped out of the adventurer's throats before they sprinted towards her. What happened next was like seeing companies of soldiers from World War Two going up against an LMG post, in other words being mowed down, 5 at a time. The screams were accompanied by drums and bells ringing. Some of the balls weaved around their targets to shred off their arms, legs, and head leaving them to roll like a turd in the wind.
Why are their bodies being ripped limb by limb, but for me, it was only a few bones broken or leaving me with huge bruises. Maybe it is the boost added by her new muscles, her blood magic, or the arrow vampires.
A loud roar, full of fury cut short my musing. My head quickly turned toward its origin, a pop came from my neck from the suddenness and speed followed by its abrupt stop. The Khazan look-alike was back rushing at her, his axes drawn back starting a downward slash. His body was enveloped in the green aura now with streaks of dark red flickering in and out.
She did not pay much attention, she just raised an arm to block the axes coming her way. Faint chanting reached my ears, mages from the second floor of the tavern were visible thanks to the fire brids around them.
The sharp edge of the axes bit into the muscular arm only an inch and a half before she slammed a ball into his stomach, I think I heard Junko Takeuchi -Naruto's Japanese Voice Actor- scream 'RASENGAN!'.
They stood there making it look like she had rammed it into a tree. His mouth burst with blood before flying back from the direction he came.
See him take him a big hit, the healer that moaned started rushing towards him.
Vampire girl threw a ball her way when she noticed she moved. I could already see the ball making a huge hole in her chest, the blood, the pieces of meat, and shards of bone shooting out of her body. My body moved and before I knew it, I did another homerun-worthy swing. The tremendous force of the ball however pushed me back and almost made me crash into her. The sound of something cracking rang in my ears before fireballs flew directly at her.
Looking back to find the source of those birds proved to be a mistake, as another ball almost taken my head off if some mage had not used earth element brid to hit me behind my knee and make me crouch down.
From the glimpse I saw the healer ran to the Khazan guy not paying attention to almost dying. Mages stood chanting behind broken windows on the second floor of the tavern and a fire mage -At least I hope she was- with a pointy hat.
For a second or two while being down, I had hoped to hear 'EXPLOSION!!!!!!!!!!!' When I turned to look again I was both disappointed and intrigued that she was not flat nor super short but Rias Gremory curvy and tall. Never had I imagined I would hope to see flat plains instead of lush mountains more than I was at that moment.
Turning back to the vampire girls I saw her aim go up and before I could warn them the pointy hat mage and all the other mages were transformed into a gore fest.
Turning back I saw the Khazan being healed leaving me alone to fight the two vampires. "Oh crap." I gripped my two weapons and readied myself for -as they say- the time of my life.
When I was about to jump in the fray something crashed in front of me, lifting a cloud of dust. The wind slowly blew the dust away revealing spiky yellow hair followed by a tattered black haori with the kanji for slayer on its back. He was in a Marvel superhero landing crouch and slowly stood up when the dust blew away.
"The Hero has arrived!!!!"
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Word Count 1931
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Thank you guys. I appreciate your reading so far.
Been getting addicted to withering waves lately, and didn't even finish writing the next chapter. But I HAVE to get Zani!!