Chapter 100: The Blessed Bloodfall Upon Saint Maryan
At nine o’clock on the dot.
Dark was waiting in ambush in an empty classroom on the fifth floor of the castle.
After nearly an hour of hunting, he had gained a good understanding of the distribution of ghosts in this small area.
There were not many solitary four-star ghosts.
Four waves of three-star group ghosts remained.
These four waves of ghosts consisted of a lake ghost that could spray frost winds, a lizard-man assassin skilled in the poison dragon drill, a banshee proficient in screams, and a minotaur dwarf wielding small axes.
Among them, the most troublesome one was undoubtedly the lake ghost!
Considering that the imp beast might be blown away by the frost wind, Dark only let it lure the other three waves.
As for himself, he continued to stay in the classroom, managing mana for Eevee while waiting.
Speaking of mana management,
At this time, the mana reserves of first-year students would generally be almost depleted.
That is, only those with deep mana like Dark and Wit, or those skilled at mana management like Emma and Sarah Swati, still had significant amounts of mana left.
Therefore, the rankings at this point were basically set.
For instance, in the first-year noble academy ranking, Dark was already at the top, unshakable.
In the overall first-year ranking, he had climbed to second place.
The magic academy student who originally ranked first gradually fell behind due to insufficient mana management skills and was even surpassed by Emma and Sarah.
Although Dark didn’t care much about these rankings, he occasionally checked the rankings of Diana and Rose, as well as that of Senior Pandora.
Diana was increasingly ahead in the first-year noble academy ranking, but Rose had dropped out of the list.
As for Senior Pandora,
She had transcended grade rankings and was competing for the championship among sixth-year students in the overall ranking!
Twelfth place in the overall ranking was almost the top twelve in the six grades of Saint Maryan Academy.
She currently ranked third!
It should be noted that her academic career had just reached halfway.
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“Here they come!”
The cold wind from outside made Dark realize that the imp beast had provoked a ghost it shouldn’t have.
He summoned Eevee, hiding behind the curtains at the back of the classroom this time.
“Rescue” X12;
This time, the imp beast screamed and charged into the classroom just like before.
But before the “rescue” could be completed, one of its wings was hit by the frost wind, revealing white frost.
Its expression froze, and its flight speed slowed down.
Then, the agile lizard-man assassin rushed in, picked up a knife made from “horns,” and stabbed the imp beast’s back forcefully.
The imp beast let out a scream, its potential burst forth, and it lunged forward several meters, finally reaching the windowsill.
But as soon as it clung to the window, a pile of small axes flew from behind, terrifying it into a slide and flipping it over the wall. Countless small axes flew over its head and disappeared into the night sky.
“Ahh—”
The banshee’s howl echoed through the classroom, shaking down dust everywhere.
…
This time, Dark didn’t find an opportunity to escape the classroom and had to use “Bliss III” boldly, followed by precise throwing, to toss Eevee into the middle of the ghosts.
However, this time the effect of “Bliss III” was better than before.
Whether it was the snow woman or the banshee, both stopped attacking and frequently emitted “cooing” sounds.
The moon Eevee, which had evolved mid-air, instantly erupted upon landing because it had found its owner.
A darkness darker than darkness itself, deeper than the night, submerged in the flow of time, annihilating all foolish obstacles ahead, granting them equal destruction!
—”Evil Fluctuation”!
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“Three-star lake ghost, three-star lizard-man assassin, three-star screaming banshee, three-star minotaur dwarf, totaling 76, individual credit 30 points, one harvest 2280 credits, more than doubled!”
“However, it seems that three-star ghosts are already the limit for moon Eevee. Any further improvement would be dangerous.”
“Moreover, with fewer and fewer ghosts, it will be difficult to find a suitable place for mass elimination by half past ten.”
“Even though it’s just past nine, it looks like today’s harvest is almost complete.”
Dark quickly estimated from behind the curtains.
Prior to this, his additional credits barely broke 2000. After this wave, it should reach 4300. If he hurriedly utilized the remaining time of “Bliss III,” he could climb another peak.
With the experience from the first time, he directly left the imp beast to clean up the candies and quickly rushed to the next location.
He already knew the positions of the remaining four-star ghosts very well.
It was time to reap another round!
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Until his additional credits increased to 4500, Dark finally retracted the degraded Lil’Eevee into the magic card.
As the hexagram mana enrichment array was completed, he gently rubbed Eevee’s little belly, quickly replenishing its mana.
“Gooey—”
Next, he wanted to continue heading to higher floors, stepping over the mountains of corpses and seas of blood cleared by the seniors, to see a wider world of poetry and distant lands.
There was actually another clever trick to dealing with ghosts.
If they weren’t provoked and merely passed by, as long as some candies were contributed, they wouldn’t be attacked temporarily.
Dark scattered candies, moving from the fifth floor to the sixth, then to the seventh, and finally arriving at the eighth.
Here, he became extremely cautious, basically only walking where there were large amounts of candies falling.
The seniors seemed not to understand the concept of “every grain is hard-earned,” scattering candies everywhere without picking them up.
There was no choice; the diligent and simple-minded Dark had to open his bag and enjoy the feeling of collecting coins like Mario.
As the candies filled up, Dark could hardly carry them anymore, so he had to put them on the ground and drag them along.
Around half past nine, the imp beast suddenly screamed and ran back from the front line of reconnaissance.
Dark’s expression tightened as he saw a large swarm of bats follow the imp beast!
He hurriedly dragged the candy bag into a narrow alley by the wall, waited until the imp beast and the bat swarm rushed past, then seized the opportunity to retract it into the selection card and release it again.
“What happened?” Dark asked softly.
The imp beast panted heavily and said, “Summoned, vampire monster!”
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In the center of the eighth floor of the castle.
Several seniors were excitedly surrounding the hidden boss of the eighth floor—the vampire count!
To trigger him, these seniors worked hard all night, triggering and killing eight hidden ghosts in the eight corners of the eighth floor, thus successfully obtaining eight summoning stones. On this blood altar, they summoned the vampire count!
As the second most prestigious boss-level ghost in the masquerade ball, the vampire count not only provided substantial credit rewards but also, according to usual conventions, had a chance to drop core materials related to it!
For example—vampire fangs!
