Chapter 100: St. Marian is Graced by Blood
As the clock struck nine.
Dark Demon was lying in wait in an empty classroom on the fifth floor of the castle.
After nearly an hour of hunting, he had a considerable understanding of the ghost distribution in this small area.
There weren't many lone four-star ghosts.
However, there were still four waves of three-star ghost groups remaining.
These four waves of ghosts were Lake Ghosts that could spray frost wind, Lizardman Assassins proficient in the poison dragon drill, Banshees skilled in screaming, and Minotaurs wielding small axes.
Among them, the most troublesome was undoubtedly the Lake Ghost!
Given that DemiDevimon would likely be unable to fly if hit by the frost wind, Dark Demon only had it lure the other three waves.
He himself remained in the classroom, replenishing Eevee's magic power while waiting.
Speaking of replenishing magic.
At the normal level of a first-year student, their magic reserves would most likely be bottomed out by this time.
Only those with deep magic reserves like Dark Demon and Virt Gold, or magic management experts like Emma Metis and Sarasvati, still had a considerable amount of magic left.
So, the rankings at this point were pretty much set.
For example, on the first-year Nobles' House leaderboard, Dark Demon was already firmly at the top, unshakable.
And on the overall first-year leaderboard, he had also climbed to second place.
The student from the Magic House who was originally first had gradually fallen behind due to insufficient magic management ability, even being surpassed by Emma, Sarasvati, and others.
Although Dark Demon didn't care about these things, he would occasionally open the leaderboards to check Diana Greatbear's and Rose Flotly's rankings, as well as glance at Senior Pandora Dragon's ranking.
Diana was getting higher and higher on the first-year Nobles' House leaderboard, but Rose had already dropped off the list.
As for Senior Pandora.
She had already transcended the grade rankings and was competing for the overall championship with fifth and sixth-year students on the main leaderboard!
The top twelve on the main leaderboard were practically the top twelve strongest students across all six grades of St. Marian Academy at that moment.
She was currently ranked third!
One must know, her academy career had only just passed the halfway mark.
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"They're here!"
The cold wind blowing in from the window made Dark Demon realize that DemiDevimon had once again provoked a ghost it shouldn't have.
He summoned Eevee, this time hiding behind the curtains at the back of the classroom.
"Help!" x12
This time, DemiDevimon rushed into the classroom screaming just like last time.
But before it could finish its thirteen cries for help, one of its wings was hit by the frost wind, and white frost appeared on it.
Its expression immediately stiffened, and its flight speed slowed down.
Then, the Lizardman Assassin rushed in with extreme agility, took out a knife made of "horn," and forcefully stabbed at DemiDevimon's rear.
DemiDevimon let out a miserable scream, its potential erupting, and it shot forward a few more meters, finally reaching the windowsill.
But just as it趴 (lay prone) on the window, a pile of small axes suddenly flew from behind, scaring it into a sliding tackle out of the wall. Countless small axes flew over its head, disappearing into the night sky.
"Ah—"
The Banshee's howl resounded through the classroom, shaking off countless specks of dust.
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This time, Dark Demon didn't even find a chance to escape the classroom and had to brace himself to use [Lust III], then employ "Precision Throw" to hurl Eevee into the middle of the ghosts.
But this time, the effect of [Lust III] was better than the last.
Both the Snow Woman (Lake Ghost) and the Banshee stopped their attacks because of it, frequently letting out "ying ying" cries.
Thus, Umbreon, having completed its evolution in mid-air, instantly erupted upon landing as it found its master.
A thing darker than darkness, a thing deeper than night, sunk in the river of time, all foolish things that block the path ahead, grant them equal destruction!
—[Dark Pulse]!
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"Lake Ghost three-star, Lizardman Assassin three-star, Screaming Banshee three-star, Minotaur three-star, total 76, 30 credits each, a harvest of 2280 credits in one go, more than double!"
"But now it seems that three-star ghosts are already Umbreon's limit; any more would be dangerous."
"And as the ghosts become fewer, it will probably be difficult to find a suitable place for group annihilation by ten-thirty."
"Although it's just past nine, it looks like today's harvest is almost over."
Dark Demon quickly estimated while hiding behind the window.
Before this, his newly acquired credits had barely broken 2000. After this wave, he should have 4300 credits. If he hurried and utilized the remaining time of [Lust III], he could climb another high slope.
With the experience from the first time, he directly kept DemiDevimon to collect the candies this time, while he himself quickly rushed to the next point.
The locations of the remaining four-star ghosts nearby were already well known.
It was time for another harvest!
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It wasn't until he had increased his newly acquired credits to 4500 that Dark Demon returned the devolved little Eevee to its magic card.
As the six-pointed star magic replenishing formation was completed, he gently swayed Eevee's little belly, replenishing its magic as quickly as possible.
"Hee-hee-hee~"
Next, he wanted to continue to the higher floors, treading over the mountains of corpses and seas of blood cleared by the senior students, to see the wider poetry and the distant lands.
There was actually another clever trick to dealing with ghosts.
If you didn't provoke them and merely passed by them, then as long as you offered some candy, you wouldn't be attacked for the time being.
Dark Demon scattered candy all the way from the fifth floor to the sixth, then to the seventh, and finally arrived at the eighth floor.
By here, he was extremely cautious, basically only heading towards places where a large amount of candy had been dropped.
The senior students didn't seem to know the principle of "every grain is precious," scattering candy all over the ground without picking it up.
There was nothing he could do; the hardworking and simple Dark Demon had to open his sack and enjoy the feeling of Mario collecting gold coins.
As the candy bag became fuller and fuller, Dark Demon could barely carry it and could only place it on the ground and drag it.
Around nine-thirty, DemiDevimon, scouting ahead, suddenly screamed and fled back.
Dark Demon's expression froze, and he saw a large swarm of bats following DemiDevimon, rushing towards them!
He hurriedly dragged the candy bag and ducked into a small path by the wall. After DemiDevimon had rushed past with the swarm of bats, he found an opportunity to recall it to its House Card, then released it again.
"What happened?" Dark Demon asked in a low voice.
DemiDevimon, out of breath, said, "Summoned, Vampire Count!"
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In the center of the eighth floor of the castle.
Several senior students, their faces full of excitement, surrounded the eighth floor's hidden BOSS—the Vampire Count!
To trigger it, this group of senior students had worked hard all night, triggering and killing all eight hidden ghosts located in the eight corners of the eighth floor. Only then did they successfully obtain eight summoning stones and summon the Vampire Count on this blood altar!
As the second most prominent BOSS-level ghost of the masquerade ball, the Vampire Count not only provided a huge amount of credit rewards but, according to common practice, also had a chance to drop related core materials!
For example—Vampire Fangs!
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