Book 2: Chapter 9: Blood Magic

Book 2: Chapter 9: Blood Magic

Scarlet Asger

The next day

I nervously look around the classroom at the dozens upon dozens of empty seats, wondering to myself if I should just leave the class or not, only to let out a sigh when someone finally does walk into the class. When I first stepped into this classroom the one meant for my Blood Magic class I felt a little offput by the lack of anyone here. No students. No professor. No anyone.

Now I cant help but smile a little at the sight of another student entering the class. And the student themself also looks rather surprised at the sight of me here, possibly having not expected anyone to be in this class either.

Which is a plausible expectation now that I think about it, what with how rare blood magic is.

Although it also makes me wonder if they ignore the news or something, considering how often Ive seen my damned face on it.

Wait.

I frown.

Why dont I recognize this person? Are they just not a combat focused blood magic user? Or did they miss the ranking tournament?

The student is a guy wearing a black pair of sweatpants and a grey hoodie with a cats image pasted on the chest of it, with a double ended pocket at the bottom of the hoodie. He has both of his hands in the pocket and is looking straight at me with his eyes wide open and his long black hair reaching down to around his shoulders partially covering his face. And from what I can see behind his hair, he seems to have complete heterochromia. One seemingly black eye and one crimson colored eye. Neither of which are glowing.

Check his mana level, Tar suddenly says, and I do so only to realize that hes Class II. Not Class I.

If I remember correctly, the skills branch off into various different types, manifestation and ailments like Leo said being two of them.

Mine though

Transformation, ailments, and berserk skills, I answer after a second. And a recently obtained manifestation skill.

Leo looks surprised at my answer, but the professor looks like she was expecting it. Since she probably was. After all, shes most likely looked into us considering how she knew our names, titles, and one of the biggest notable details about us.

All good skills, the professor says, nodding her head once in the process before narrowing her eyes on me. But you also have regeneration skills too, dont you?

My eyebrows rise for a second, but I nod my head in response despite my surprise.

Good, she says, a smile almost breaking through onto her face. All you need is to level up that manifestation skill and youll have a great lineup of skills. She turns to Leo and adds, And you should focus on getting some physical enhancement skills, since if all you have are manifestation and ailments skills, you wont do very well in close combat.

And I cant help but agree with her judgement there. Ailments skills are like my blood boil and life drain skills, or Emilys malady inducement one. And manifestation skills are things like the blood manifestation I just got from the store yesterday.

Berserk skills are like blood sacrifice, where you get a boost for a price, transformation skills is obvious as to what they do, and so are regeneration skills.

Leo nods his head and begins writing down notes on his terminal.

Welcome to my Blood Magic class, I am Ruby Hunter, otherwise known as the Huntress, and I will be your professor for the foreseeable future, she says while tapping her fingers on the pommel of her swords. Itll be nice getting to know you better.