Michael headed over to a somewhat hilly area, specifically where all of the red dots were.
He made sure no one was following him, he wanted to deal with this all by himself.
However, upon approaching the area, he was met with monsters that looked similar to shadows, though were not exactly them.
They are Undead if I were to guess, I don’t understand why they were here right now, they usually go around in wastelands like the one you were in.
‘Maybe they are trying to get some more friends?’ Michael thought and walked up, he had spent 10% of his total mana summoning a bunch of Swords of Light and sending them into the sky.
If he didn’t have his MP cost reduction, he would have spent 20%, it was truly convenient.
Some of the Undead noticed him and began approaching, they looked considerably weak, their bodies decrepit.
However, what was most alerting was that he could not see the supposed yellow dot, it was there on his map, but nowhere in front of him.
Michael stretched out his hand and cast small Swords of Light, if he guessed correctly, the Light affinity was considered strong against any of the Undead.
But nonetheless, his shields were up and the system would take care of the parrying, he had nothing to worry about at the current moment.
An Undead dashed at him with wonky steps, it was definitely not a Tier 1, he wouldn’t even need to inspect it with mana to tell.
That was because it still had a shadow.
Michael sent a small Sword of Light directly at the Undead’s head, creating a massive hole that destroyed its entire face.
The attack was weaker since it was much smaller and contained way less mana, for it to do that, it meant his affinity really was no joke.
A group of Undead dashed towards him again, however, before they could even get within 5 meters of him, they were instantly killed, massive holes riddled all over their bodies.
“Isn’t it about time you came out?” Michael looked at the general area where the yellow dot was supposed to be, trying to draw it out.
But even then, it did not appear.
He understood that it might be an ally but it was significantly more likely that it’s a foe.
Who would be a leader type monster while also hanging around a group of Undead?
The only thing that Michael could think of was Liches, though that was just his childhood talking, he was not sure if they even existed.
But, from what he had seen so far over the course of his few years in this world, he could surmise that it was highly likely.
Michael finally finished off the last of the Undead, they were all weak, none even reaching Tier 1, most were in the high level 100s, but even then, they were just way too weak for him to have any trouble.
‘Can you locate it?’ He asked the system, noticing the yellow dot slowly moving around on the map.
I don’t mean to question your intelligence-well, I kind of do, if he is not on the ground and not in the sky, where else could he be?
Michael’s brow twitched at that comment as he focused his mana into his eyes, making sure that it was not invisible.
After a little sweep of the area and also a bit of checking the sky, it was clear.
‘It’s underground..’
Ding ding, 5 points to INT.
‘You know I don’t have stat points anymore right?’ Michael rolled his eyes at the system’s sarcastic comment and summoned a bigger Sword of Light, expending 2% of his mana.
He immediately sent it down, using it as some kind of a shovel, trying his best to dig as deep as he could.
Yet after only 2 attempts, he dug into something, it felt like he had hit wood and stopped.
Michael used Sword of Light to move all the nearby dirt to the side, he wanted to see what he stumbled upon.
Hmm… a coffin, Vampire perhaps?
He shrugged and created a smaller Sword of Light and slightly stabbed it into the coffin, cutting around it and opening it up.
Michael would have tried opening it normally, however, it seemed sealed shut, no amount of force could open it.
Well, except a Sword of Light apparently as he was easily able to pierce through the wooden exterior.
Upon opening it, he saw a man lying down there, Michael assumed he was dead for a moment, however, a breath or two escaped the man’s mouth once in a while.
Coupled with the fact that he saw the yellow dot on the map, he was right in front of it.
He was not sure what to do exactly, while the man seemed strong, he was currently asleep, making it an easy kill if he were to go for it.
However, he stopped himself, for some reason, the man reminded him of Chloe, at least the hair, he hadn’t seen many white haired individuals except her so far.
He couldn’t bring himself to kill him, even if he did, what was the point? It was a yellow dot, meaning that he was practically neutral.
‘So is he the leader type monster or whatever?’
No, he is just as strong as him, his mana is similar as well.
‘Are Vampires counted as Undead?’ He asked and slowly lifted the coffin with his swords, bringing it out of the hole he had created.
They are like a mix between Demons and the Undead, so in a way, yes.
Michael nodded but he couldn’t hold back his curiosity ‘Is it true that vampires can’t go out while the sun is out? Oh and do they need to be invited to enter someone’s home?’
What are you? A teenage girl? No, Vampires can do whatever they want, the only limitation was that they could only eat and drink blood as it increased their power, without it, they would be too weak to survive.
He ignored the system’s rude remark ‘So, can they still eat normal food? If they plan to be weak I mean.’
Technically, yes.
‘I see’ Michael stared at the open coffin, unsure of what to do now, he tried waking the man up, however, he was mainly unresponsive.
The only vital sign was that he was breathing.
Michael took a good look at him, his expression growing more and more puzzled by the moment.
‘They really do look alike.. the shade of their skin, their hair.. system, is Chloe a Vampire?’
Who knows? If you had used your mana detection on her like you do on your enemies, you might have found it out.
He sighed as he understood what the system meant, when he sees an opponent, he gauges their strength, meaning he sends his mana to interact with the opponent’s mana.
And as for people that he’s familiar with, he just sends a wave of mana to make sure they are there, not checking any deeper than that.
Michael looked back and decided to try injecting mana directly into the man, maybe by stimulating his mana flow, it would wake him up.
Definitely beats not trying anything at all, he didn’t want to take him to the cave, but at the same time, he didn’t just want to leave him here.
He went through all of this trouble to save the man, it would be a bit of a waste to just leave him here.
For all he knew, the Undead would come back and collect him, that was probably what they were trying to do initially.
Just as Michael placed his hand on the Vampire’s forehead, he was immediately sent flying into a nearby tree, crashing through it and a few others.
‘Uhh.. system?’ He looked back at the coffin with a shocked expression, if he hadn’t had a shield on at that moment, he would have been pierced through.
And even then, whatever that attack was, it broke through his defenses, leaving a small cut on his shoulder.
Hm… the hibernation appears to have reduced his strength quite a bit, now that he has woken up, it’s in a bit of a frenzy, just dodge until he gets a grip of himself, most Vampires are not evil creatures.
Michael was about to argue but another fast attack was sent his way, forcing him to dodge to the side, just barely evading it.
‘Easy for you to say.’
