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    At the edge of a lake, the group was fighting several beasts that had come down to drink. Charlie met them head-on with her sword. Angie stood beside her with her spear. Both of them clearly wanted to show Luke how much stronger they had become.

    One of the beasts lunged at Charlie. She spun, her blade slicing clean through the creature’s jaw. In the same instant, Angie drove her spear into its eye, burying it straight into the brain.

    **The [Valkyrie] class of Angie has reached Level 45!**
    [Angie has unlocked a new Class Skill]

    A larger beast charged toward them. Luke saw Charlie focus.

    [Blood Orb activated]
    [-10 Blood Energy]

    [Blood Core: 77/100]

    The monster roared.

    “Careful, you two,” Layla warned, but Charlie didn’t move.

    A red sphere materialized beside her, hovering in the air. The corpses of the fallen beasts around them began to shrivel as blood was drained from their bodies, flowing into the crimson orb.

    [Blood Orb: 13/50]

    The draining continued until several carcasses were completely dried out.

    [Blood Core: 77/100]
    [Blood Orb: 50/50]

    A second bar appeared beneath Charlie’s Blood Core, now fully filled.

    The beast charged.

    [Vampiric Strength I activated]
    [-10 Blood Energy]

    [Blood Core: 77/100]
    [Blood Orb: 40/50]

    The Blood Energy was consumed from the Blood Orb instead of her core. Charlie punched the creature square in the chest. She didn’t channel any power into her fist, only raw strength. The monster was sent flying, dead before it hit the ground. More beasts rushed in, and Charlie sprinted forward.

    [Blood Orb: 50/50]

    The red sphere siphoned blood from the fallen bodies as she moved.

    [Vampiric Strength I activated]
    [Vampiric Leap activated]
    [-15 Blood Energy]

    [Blood Core: 77/100]
    [Blood Orb: 35/50]

    She leapt high and crashed down in the middle of the beasts. Sword in hand, she began cutting through them. One by one, they fell, their blood drawn into the hovering orb.

    [Blood Orb: 50/50]

    Charlie kept fighting, striking relentlessly, with Angie right behind her.

    “They’re doing everything,” Layla muttered.

    “Yeah,” Luke replied. “Best to let them.”

    When it was over, every beast lay dead. Charlie walked forward, holding her blood-soaked sword, then flicked it clean.

    “That was impressive,” Layla said. “But that skill of yours is kind of creepy.”

    The [Blood Orb] floated near Charlie like a magnet, always close. It wasn’t permanent. The orb was already growing faint, thin cracks spreading across its surface. As the fight dragged on, its limit began to shrink.

    [Blood Orb: 42/42]

    It was incredibly powerful, but temporary. A trump card. The upside was clear. Charlie had used multiple vampiric skills without touching her Blood Core, which only activated when she first summoned the orb.

    After dealing with the beasts, Luke collected four cores.

    “Every big fight, I’m always left out, human,” Franky complained. “You’ve got to put me in the action. I can feel myself getting stronger every day. I’ll have my moment.”

    “You’re tiny. You’re only good for lighting campfires,” Artemis replied.


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    “At least I have a body,” Franky snapped.

    “What’s better,” she shot back, “not having a body and not getting in the way, or having one and being a nuisance?”

    Franky clicked his tongue. “You’ll see. I’ll have my moment. I’m slowly regaining my power. Soon beasts will tremble when they see me.”

    “Yes,” she said dryly. “Ants and insects will flee in terror.”

    “Stop stalling, snake. Absorb the cores already,” Luke said.

    [Your familiar Frankzaroth has successfully absorbed a Rank E Mana Core.]

    [Rank E Cores (69/100)]

    [Rank E Cores (70/100)]

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