Tsukimi was staring at the stadium with anticipation when he noticed someone was staring at him. He looked to the side and spotted a trio of strangers. Two guys and a gal. Through his eyes, he knew they were vampires just from sight and decided to rush in to avoid them.
" Is that him?" asked one of the men.
" Most likely it is," answered the other.
" Sister keep an eye on him, he might get in trouble," said the first.
" Is our agreement still on brother?" she asked.
" It is. Just defeat him and the deal will be cancelled," said the first.
The girl nodded and followed after Tsukimi." George, are you sure the queen is okay with that agreement you made behind her back?" asked the second male vampire.
" Mereo, don't worry about that because there is no way Tsukimi is losing in this exam," said George confidently.
Tsukimi entered the stadium feeling confident as ever. The place was packed with people everywhere chatting and inspecting their gear. Tsukimi found a corner and sat down to play with Grim. People looked at him with some sort of hate. Some just looked down on him. He did not mind this. This was when the vampire girl approached him and asked," Why are you so relaxed?"
" Because stressing out won't help anyone. Plus I'm ready for this," Tsukimi answered.
" At least show some form of seriousness," said the vampire emitting some ominous mana.
Tsukimi and Grim were just about to react when a punk dude appeared with his flunkies. He straight up called out Tsukimi. " Hey nerd, I heard what you did to Lin," he said.
" So what, you want me to apologize?" Tsukimi asked no caring.
They all laughed as the hall was now paying attention." Look at this idiot. Look Tsukimi, I will forget all of these stupid behaviors if you simply grovel and apologize," said the punk.
" Piss off, I'm talking to someone," Tsukimi said.
The punk's face turned dark. He pulled out a big mace and pointed at Tsukimi. Grim was about to react when Tsukimi told him to stay down. He stood up and faced the punk." Do your worst," Tsukimi declared and the hall gasped.
His face got darker. He swings his mace and it hits Tsukimi's face. The vampire was about to react when Tsukimi held out his hand to stop her. " So you think you don't need help to handle me, I'll show you," the punk said as he began to swing the mace over and over at Tsukimi's body.
When he finally reached his limit, he stopped to check his work. His face was something to laugh at. " Is that the best you got?" Tsukimi asked.
There was not a scratch on him. " Why you!" the punk said it was about to strike again.
" Boss, your mace," called out one of his flunkies.
The mace bent inwards in every angle." What?" the punk said as fear sank in.
" If you're done leave me alone," said Tsukimi.
" Don't you dare to look down on me!" he shouted about to throw a punch
Tsukimi dropped his restraints and his malevolent mana entered the whole room. Everyone, including the vampire, fell to their knees with fear stricken faces." Don't mess with me or I won't be so lenient again," said Tsukimi as he raised the restraints once more.
He sat back down and the punks took off in fear. Tsukimi went back to reading Grim's status and abilities." Are you ok..ah?" asked Tsukimi.
" Sakurasawa, Sakura for short and yes I am fine," she said standing back up.
" Chojumaru," introduced Tsukimi." One alias to another."
" So you know?" she asked emitting her ominous mana again.
" Look I don't want to hurt you so leave me alone," warned Tsukimi.
" It's funny you think you can beat me," said Sakura.
" Piss off bitch," said Tsukimi in anger.
She was about to react when the microphone was heard." Good morning students and future hunters. We are representatives of Legends university and we will be conducting this year's expedition hunt. He is Mereo Fangline and I am George Fangline. Now introductions are done, let's get this show started," One of the vampire brothers said on stage as six portals of different colors appeared in front of the stage," Before you are portals leading to different dimensions of different difficulty and separate points earning.
White= Easy( 0.0001)
Yellow= Normal(0.0005)
Orange= Above normal(0.001)
Red= Hard(0.01)
Brown= Hell (0.1)
Black= Impossible (0.9)
With that said, you all have one hour to prove you deserve this. Good luck. In addition we will be providing you with these return stones which will instantly react if you are close to death or you can activate it yourself."
A stone appeared in everyone's hand but the one meant for Tsukimi appeared then turned to dust. " I guess it doesn't work if you are technically already dead," said Tsukimi," Taro, which portal do you think is best?"
" Black, nothing lesser plus I want to lose this vampire as soon as possible and there isn't a line there," answered Taro reasonably.
" Fine, agreed. Let's go Grim," Tsukimi said picking himself up and taking off for the black portal.
Sakura chased after him still arguing when he entered the portal in a sliding fashion. She hit a wall as the portal reset and fell to the ground. Before she could collect herself, she was absorbed into the portal.
Tsukimi appeared in a vast meadow with some trees around him. He opened up his sub-space to bring out Taro. Taro immediately got out and took a big breath. He was about to ask for orders when some colorless substance fell on him. The trio looked up to see a giant spider." Welcome to the spider garden," the floor system announced.
Tsukimi did not hesitate. He took a breath and breathed out a purple gas. Every part where the gas touched the spider it corroded. It then fell to the ground and died. The boys took a bite and Tsukimi earned a new skill titled ' Cursed bite'. Afterwards, he ordered Taro to charge in and kill any and all monsters and bring back only those that seem to be useful for his undead army or strong to fight. Taro took off as Tsukimi and Grim went solo.
The first ten floors were not much to talk about besides the tenth floor boss. She was called Aracnaline, The spider queen.she was a spider polymorph( spider lycanthrope). The top half was a human woman but the bottom half was a spider abdomen. She was beautiful though the six eyes were unsettling. Tsukimi fought her personally with his daggers. When the fight started, she attempted to trap Tsukimi in webbing but his cursed breath was not to be underestimated. He raised his daggers and charged at her. He was fast but she was able to dodge him so he decided to jump off the walls in quick succession to increase pressure. She was able to hold out a bit but eventually Tsukimi was too fast for her to handle and she was struck in the back. She fell to the ground and tried to call her children. Tsukimi laughed and breathed out his poison gas around them. All spiders were killed instantly. He approached the queen and stood before her. One of Tsukimi's abilities was ' Linguistics' so he could talk to any and all creatures. " Revered spider queen Aracnaline, I will spare your life if you swear unwavering loyalty to me. What do you think?" Tsukimi offered before she tried a last ditch attack which Tsukimi stopped," I will kill you if you refuse."
" If you agree to treat my children and I with respect and honor," she said.
" Is that all, I respect all of my subordinates so you don't have to worry. Is that a yes?" asked Tsukimi.
" It is my lord. I am at your command," Aracnaline said bowing down to Tsukimi.
Tsukimi grimaced and cut open a small wound at his palm and held it at her. Blood came out and surrounded Aracnaline In a dome of glowing purple lights. This went on for twenty seconds then it dropped to show a new form. Aracnaline was now purple ( she was black) with spikes on her abdomen tips looking like bones. Her fangs were sharper now. In a way, her feminine side was enhanced. She was even more beautiful. With that she was one of Tsukimi's generals.
" It's a good think dad taught me that skill," said Tsukimi.