Ch.18Woof Woof Princess

While dealing with human users one by one, I suddenly caught the familiar scent of blood.

It was Aurel’s scent—the one who always smiled brightly by my side.

However, I had no time to be distracted.

Swoosh!

My shadow-wrapped blade sliced through the large wall of the building.

Behind the collapsing wall was the human user sniper who had shot at me earlier.

“Shit!”

Was he surprised by my sudden appearance?

The human user, [SlayerChunSam], began to flee quickly.

Watching him, I wondered:

Why did they attack us in the first place?

If they had just stayed quiet, none of this would have happened.

Did they not even try to assess their opponent’s strength?

Before the world changed like this, even in Blood Carnival, people were selective about picking fights.

When someone stronger passed by, people would typically stay quiet and hide.

Just as I could identify users’ information through my Mystic Eye, human users must have some means to assess their targets too.

Tap!

The moment I lightly struck the ground, wings sprouted from my back and spread wide.

Like a large bird soaring on the wind.

I flew quickly toward my opponent.

“Aaaah!”

SlayerChunSam frantically looked back while fleeing.

His expression immediately turned to shock.

Fear was making his movements stiff.

At that moment, another scent of blood drifted on the wind.

Human blood—it seemed Aurel and Hwang-gu had worked together to eliminate another user.

That eased my worries a bit.

Bang!

Just then, a single gunshot rang out.

My burning Mystic Eye revealed the trajectory of the attack.

As soon as I heard the gunshot, my wings moved lightly.

As my large wings wrapped around my body, a white flash flew toward them and struck.

Thud!

A dull sound accompanied by considerable impact.

But the attack couldn’t penetrate my wings.

It seemed he had run out of silver bullets.

I folded my wings and descended.

Even then, his resistance continued.

His desperate expression was filled with a desire to live.

He even looked pitiful, firing at me while tears streamed down his face.

But I didn’t stop walking.

Bang!

Slash!

Reading the trajectory of the incoming bullets, I swung the katana in my hand.

The more white flashes I cut down, the faster the katana’s durability decreased.

It was fine. I had other weapons in the shadows.

Bang!

Crack!

Bang!

Slash!

I repeated this several times.

The moment cracks formed in the katana that had repeatedly deflected bullets,

I noticed SlayerChunSam smiling subtly.

Ah.

So this was his plan.

Bang!

Another gunshot rang out.

I sensed the katana’s imminent end.

Slash!

Clang!

The katana shattered along the cracked parts.

I looked down at the shortened katana in my hand.

[Broken Matte Katana]

A katana too damaged to use.

Cannot be repaired.

The item description had changed.

The moment I confirmed this, SlayerChunSam fired his gun again.

Bang!

A white flash flew rapidly toward me.

But I had anticipated this attack too.

I moved without showing any sign of panic.

One big step forward.

My extended leg firmly planted on the ground.

Thud!

Then I reached into the shadows.

My small hand disappeared into the invisible shadows.

At that moment, I felt something distinct at my fingertips.

It was clearly another katana I had stashed in the shadows earlier.

Without hesitation, I swung my hand.

Swoosh!

A waterfall of black shadows poured down along the katana.

The white flash that had been flying toward me was swallowed by the black waterfall created by the katana.

Bombs and gunfire.

After using everything at his disposal, SlayerChunSam let out a deep sigh when he saw me draw a new sword.

The strong smell of gunpowder wafted over. Just as I thought this, SlayerChunSam pointed his gun at his own head.

“Planning to commit suicide?”

SlayerChunSam didn’t even answer my question.

He just stared at me with a gaze mixed with hatred and anger.

Bang!

“Ah…”

A sudden gunshot rang out.

Just as red blood seemed to shoot high into the sky, SlayerChunSam’s body collapsed.

I had intended to keep him alive because I had many questions, but SlayerChunSam ended his life without hesitation.

An incomprehensible choice.

Why did he take his own life?

Sighing, I headed toward where Aurel and Hwang-gu were.

Finding Aurel and Hwang-gu wasn’t difficult.

I just had to follow Aurel’s blood scent.

The blood scent led to the inside of an abandoned building.

I carefully stepped inside.

At that moment, I heard a chilling sound.

Crunch, crack, crunch.

Once, I had witnessed a large dog chewing on a raw chicken.

The sound I heard now was similar to what I heard then.

“Aurel. Hwang-gu.”

I called their names just in case.

At that moment, the bone-crunching sounds stopped, followed by hurried footsteps.

“Charlotte!”

“Charlotte!”

What emerged from inside were blood-covered girls.

The first thing I checked was Aurel’s condition.

She had bandages around her arm, but she seemed fine otherwise.

Judging by the blood around her mouth, she must have been feeding on the human user they had killed along with Hwang-gu.

[Aurel]

Level: 12

Race: Vampire

Health: 78%

Mana: 100%

Emotional state: Mild sexual excitement

According to the information from my Mystic Eye, there was nothing unusual except for a slight decrease in health.

In this case, she would recover quickly either naturally or by drinking a potion.

Next, I checked Hwang-gu’s appearance.

Longer hair, larger ears, and a plump tail protruding below her backside.

She looked more wolf-like than when I first met her.

[Hwang-gu(Meong-meong Gongju)]

Level: 20

Race: Werewolf

Health: 100%

Mana: 60%

Emotional state: Excitement, joy, happiness

This was Hwang-gu’s information through my Mystic Eye.

I nodded. As I had somewhat expected, Hwang-gu’s level was 20.

And judging by her mana usage, it seemed Hwang-gu was the one who caught the human user.

Meong-meong Gongju…

I kept quiet as I confirmed Hwang-gu’s original nickname.

She used such a nickname for herself, yet complained about the cool names I gave her?

I wondered how the current Hwang-gu would react if she knew her original nickname.

I silently looked at Hwang-gu.

She was busily chewing with her small mouth.

It seemed she had something in her mouth.

I could tell without asking.

Every time her small mouth moved, a terrible smell of blood wafted over.

“Are you both uninjured?”

“Aurel is hurt!”

Hwang-gu answered my question.

Her ears perked up, her tail wagged.

With shining eyes, she pointed to Aurel’s arm beside her.

“Hmm…”

Aurel fidgeted with her arm while watching my reaction.

Did she think I would scold her?

Sighing, I took out a red potion from the shadows and gave it to her.

As I got closer, I could tell.

Mixed with Aurel’s blood scent in the air was a faint smell of silver.

It must be a wound from a silver bullet.

It wouldn’t heal easily.

“Drink.”

“Huh… Is it really okay for me to have this?”

I silently nodded.

Although I didn’t have many potions left, I could probably replenish them by searching the pockets of the human users I had just killed.

Aurel began gulping down the potion I handed her.

Watching her drink with her eyes tightly shut and on tiptoes, she looked like a child reluctantly drinking white milk.

“Hwang-gu. Aurel.”

“Yes?”

“Are you busy?”

I asked the two just in case.

Judging by the blood smell still coming from inside the building, they must have been in the middle of a meal.

But Aurel and Hwang-gu quickly shook their heads.

I left the building with the two.

Now that the battle was over, it was time to collect the spoils.

Perhaps because all danger had passed? Hwang-gu seemed happy, wagging her tail.

“Hwang-gu.”

“Yes?”

“Aren’t you curious about your real name?”

“My real name?”

I nodded while touching my left eye.

Hwang-gu crossed her arms and began to ponder.

I tilted my head at the sight.

Isn’t she curious about her real name?

I wondered why this required such deliberation.

“Charlotte.”

“Yes.”

“I like how things are now.”

“You like how things are now?”

“Yes!”

With that, Hwang-gu wagged her tail and bounced forward.

I tilted my head watching her.

She doesn’t know who she is or what she was doing before…

Hwang-gu didn’t seem bothered by the fact that she had lost her memories.

Hwang-gu sniffed around and diligently collected the bodies of the human users I had dealt with.

The total was 3 bodies.

One with a blown-off head, one crushed from above,

and one cut in half by a sword—all in poor condition.

Hwang-gu wagged her tail vigorously in front of the three bodies.

Her tail rotating like a propeller was impressive.

Of course, Aurel was also drooling at the sight of the human bodies.

“You want to eat that badly…?”

“Huh…!”

“Yes…!”

Aurel was startled by my question and wiped the drool from her mouth, while Hwang-gu raised her hand and nodded.

She looked ready to devour the bodies right away if I gave permission.

“Wait a moment.”

I said as I searched through the bodies.

What I managed to collect were two close-combat items like military swords, five recovery items including bandages and potions,

and a large blood-soaked map of Korea.

“This is…!”

As I unfolded the wet map, there were large dog pictures drawn at specific sections.

It seemed to be a code that only they could understand.

I tried using my Mystic Eye just in case, but couldn’t learn anything.

[Map]

It’s a map.

It’s soaked in blood.