My Beginning After the End

The Iron Tombs Pt. V

(Three Weeks Later)

I've now been here for over a month, the base has grown, and there were many more people here. The search for the mutated mana beast still continues, nothing different has been found, still only the weapon wielding Flukets.

Our tent is located next to the Twin Horns who have been nothing but kind to me, even in these rough times, I try not to joke around with them, or say anything out of line. I don't want anyone here to think of me as a brat who thinks he is all that.

When the Twin Horns did arrive, I had to tell them about my powers, they didn't know I was a Blood Deviant. That was a fun experience, each one of them was in shock, even Adam, he has been calling me a demon ever since. It kind of fits though, with my abilities to just rip out blood.

Today, seven teams are going to be pushing deeper into the cave, this included my team and the Twin Horns, there were about thirty of us going, this was about the usual size we travel in when we thought a large group of mana beast would appear.

"You ready?" Callias asked, as we stood and waited for the teams in front of us to enter the portal Commander Xander had placed on the ground.

"Yep." I answered, the Twin Horns were already through the portal, we were in the back, so when we stepped through everyone was already running through the tunnels, to the next cavern, I activated "Blood Oath" and sensed for the enemy ahead. "I say about three hundred Flukets, and there is about ten Earth Worms circling the cavern." I spoke out loud to anyone who could hear me.

"Work on killing the worms, Veer." Victoria told me. "We'll get your back."

I could see the light of the cavern ahead, and as we entered, we got into formation, I was currently behind Callias, and to my left was some adventurer I didn't know. I sought out the Earth Worms and killed them one by one as the Flukets came growling like animals towards us.

I looked up, after I killed the last Earth Worm in the ground, and Helen smiled at me from the other side of the battlefield. I pulled my sword out of my mana ring and coalesced it with blue fire.

"Done." I said, and Callias slid his sword into a Fluket's eye, then moved over so I could join the front line. I swung my left hand into the air, conjuring ice swords at the approaching beasts, killing a couple.

Having so many conjurers here made this feel easy, the augmenters protected them, but barely any Flukets were getting through. The ones that did, I simply ripped their blood out of them. There were a lot left, so I didn't know how long the conjurers could keep this up, but they are doing a good job at the moment.

A Fluket came running at me, swinging a sword, and I waved my hand backwards pulling the blood to me. It killed the beast with ease but drenched me in yellow blood. I was getting used to it, and actually quite enjoyed it.

"Haha." Callias laughed at me, and as he killed the Fluket in front of him, I ripped the blood out of its body causing it to explode on him. "Really?" He said wiping blood out of his eyes.

"Augmenters prepare, the conjurers are about to slow down." That meant it was time to get serious. "Stay in position and protect your assigned conjurer." I stepped into the ground and caused ice to grow killing four of the approaching Flukets, and turned back to my assigned conjurer, it was Samantha.

As I turned around, I swung my sword cutting the head off of a Fluket, conjured wind behind me, and brought my sword up into another at a tremendous speed, cutting it in half. The thrill of killing coursed through my body, something that grew over the last month because of the Serpent.

I stepped out a little further from the group, no one said anything, so I continued to do my thing. I conjured water scythes and shot them right through the Flukets coming at me, then ripped the blood out of another.