A few moments before the fight with the Oregon[Dalki] had ended, Archer[Quinn] had successfully summoned the Buffan[Boneclaw] out. Odom[Vincent], who was watching everything in the system, was unsure if even Archer[Quinn] knew what he was doing or not, as he had just given a command from his darkest will and the Buffan[Boneclaw] had answered coming out to his call.
With the Buffan[Boneclaw] out, it dealt with the Oregon[Dalki] giving orders at the back relatively easily. The Buffan[Boneclaw] had it's full strength compared to what it was in the past and it was able to attack the Oregon[Dalki] army from behind, giving less pressure on Archer[Quinn].
Still, Archer[Quinn] was worried about those around that were still getting attacked while fighting the Oregon[Dalki]. He raised his hand and used shadow lock again, protecting a bunch of students, but he had nowhere near enough MC cells to protect them all and the Oregon[Dalki] were taking advantage of these openings. Getting hit each time his focus strayed.
"Archer[Quinn], you need to listen to me. You can't save them all, some of them have already died and that's a fact!" Odom[Vincent] said. "What you need to do now is focus on defeating the Oregon[Dalki] as quickly as possible. This is the best way for you to save the most amount of lives."
Archer[Quinn] didn't want to admit that he wasn't strong enough to protect everyone, but he knew Odom[Vincent] was right. He knew a change of strategy was needed.
There were still four Oregon[Dalki] that had surrounded Archer[Quinn] and he was away from where all the teachers and students were fighting. Quickly, he placed a large shadow dome over the four of them.
Using the shadow hop, Archer[Quinn] was able to sneak around the dome and hit them with blood crescent kicks and more, even raining down on one of them as he dropped from above blood swipes. Before landing, spinning his body he hit the side of a Oregon[Dalki]'s head with his elbow, a fatal blow for the Oregon[Dalki] after all the punishment it had already received.
Throughout the whole fight, Archer[Quinn] had been pacing himself so he could fight against the fifty Oregon[Dalki], but now he had another goal - to defeat them as quickly as possible. The Oregon[Dalki] had hard skin, especially where their scales stuck out more such as their forearms, c.h.e.s.t, and head. These were the attacking parts of the Oregon[Dalki] and the more critical places that needed more protection.
Firing off a blood bullet from his fingers and hitting the forehead of a Oregon[Dalki], Archer[Quinn] realised it wasn't enough to defeat another, but firing off five of them at the same place and then charging in, Archer[Quinn] was ready with a hammer strike towards the head, weakening the scales and defeating yet another Oregon[Dalki].
At this point, the other two that remained inside started to punch the walls of shadow around them hoping to get away. Archer[Quinn] knew this because with each strike his MC points would be depleted and too busy dealing with the Oregon[Dalki] that was nearly defeated, his MC points had finally hit 0. The dome was collapsing but Archer[Quinn] wasn't relying on just the shadow anymore, he had his Muay baron skills, and his different stages of Qi with blood skills.
Finally, after defeating the last two Oregon[Dalki], Archer[Quinn] stood there with several dead Oregon[Dalki] lying around him and the quest complete sign had popped up on the system, telling him the fight was over.
The rewards started to come in, but Archer[Quinn] didn't care about that for now. While the students were everywhere celebrating, Archer[Quinn] was looking at those that were injured and being looked after. He could hear their cries of pain.
Going over to where he could hear a student screaming, several wanted to thank Archer[Quinn] for what he had done.
"General Hardy, I mean Geman[Talen], thank you for saving us."
"You were so strong, I just can't believe we are still alive."
"I want to be like you someday."
Ignoring them all, Archer[Quinn] eventually managed to reach the student whose mouth was filled with blood, their friend was next to them holding his hand.
"Please, please live!" She shouted.
The boy wasn't dead yet, but he was in a critical state and Archer[Quinn] went down to his side.
Innu who was also looking for Archer[Quinn] had rushed over to where he was to see what he was doing, and could see him making a cut on his hand.
'Archer[Quinn], what are you doing, think before you act!' Odom[Vincent] shouted in his mind.
'What do you think I'm doing, I'm saving his life, I'm going to turn him!' Archer[Quinn] shouted back.
'So you're going to turn everyone who is on the verge of death? Have you taken a look around to see how many people there are? You can't save them all, and how are you going to pick those that deserve to live and those that don't?' Odom[Vincent] questioned.
'But how, how am I meant to just stay here and do nothing when I know I can save him?' Archer[Quinn] asked.
'A life of a vampire isn't for everyone, and you can only turn a finite number of people. What happens in the future when you want to turn someone you truly care about, and you can't save them? I know you care for these students a great deal, but in every war you face there will be casualties and if you are going to go against the Oregon[Dalki] in a full out war, they will be forced to fight again and even more people will die.'
While he and Odom[Vincent] were busy arguing away, the boy had passed, taking his last breath. It was too late for Archer[Quinn] to do anything.
Innu was actually hoping to come and congratulate, even praise Archer[Quinn] for what he had done. Being close to someone with that much power would be a good thing, but after seeing the student die and how Archer[Quinn] and the others were so upset, he realised how selfish he was being.
'How the hell can there be this good of a person in the world?' Innu thought, as he looked at Archer[Quinn] crying tears over a student that he didn't even know.
However, those tears soon started to turn into anger, as he grabbed the floor and pulled the ground into his hand, turning it into fine dust.
"Ryo[Eno], if it wasn't for him overriding the system then we could have saved more lives. Did these kids really deserve to go through all that?!"
Getting up off the ground, Archer[Quinn] started to look around, tossing and turning his head to see if Ryo[Eno] was anywhere near. He then ran through some of the students at a quick speed not holding back and looked out wide, before running through them again and searching in another place.
Archer[Quinn] was moving so fast that Innu couldn't even keep track of him.
'He can move so fast and he has so much energy. This person, with mind control and more.' Thinking about all the things a single person could do, Innu's body was shaking. He wasn't sure if they should get someone like that on their side, or if knowing there was such a strong person, that it should be something they should get rid off.
Eventually, looking out north, Archer[Quinn] had spotted Ryo[Eno], or at least the vampire he had talked to before off in the distance.
"Tony[Peter], make sure everyone is okay. This might take a while." Archer[Quinn] said, as he dashed off into the distant sand dunes and made sure not to get too close to Ryo[Eno] this time.
"You don't trust me now?" Ryo[Eno] asked. "Well I don't blame you. It's a good way to live through this world, not trusting anyone. I'm also surprised that you're not attacking me on the spot, or are you afraid, after using that much energy that you might lose?"
Archer[Quinn] gripped his fist even harder, it was true most of his energy was spent. If he had to have another big fight then he would need to gather more strength, but if that did happen he still had one more move that he could rely on, the shadow overload skill that was still available.
"I think I still have enough to beat you, but that wouldn't answer any of my questions." Archer[Quinn] replied.
"Very well. You have passed my test for you, and as a reward I think it's time for you and I to speak. Do you have somewhere more private?" Ryo[Eno] asked.
Opening up his hand, Archer[Quinn] and Ryo[Eno] disappeared into the shadow lock space to have their one on one conversation.
To be continued....
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