Return to Jorgaldur Volume IV: Reunion

Blood rage (I)

Berserker caused her to lose control, but also gave her great strength, and made her immune to effects such as hypnosis or drowsiness. It was similar to a big shot of adrenaline, and it also caused a lot of stress on the body. After its use, she would be totally exhausted, as well as probably injured, and with an empty blood pool.

She would feel no pain while it lasted. In fact, she felt nothing except an insatiable lust for blood, an irrepressible fury toward anyone who was recognized as an enemy. Perhaps, that encompassed everyone.

The vampires, who were preparing to pounce on her, took a step back, intimidated. The aura of blood that was emanating from her was, by its nature, even more threatening to them.

Gjaki had activated Berserker right after jumping. When she landed, she had already lost control of herself. She was immersed in her blood rage.

Her knees flexed as she landed, and extended to pounce at the nearest enemy. Frightened, he raised a Mana Screen, which was hit hard by the vampiress. The fluctuation of the Screen showed that the force with which she had hit was even stronger than with Blood Overload.

Immediately, she punched with the other fist, and then with the first, with the second again, not caring if it bruised her knuckles. She even attacked the mana protection wildly with her fangs.

Terrified, the vampire took a step back, just as the Mana Screen could take no more. It burst into hundreds of mana shards that soon vanished. Gjaki, moved by instinct, lunged at him, while ignoring the attack that came from the side.

A Blood Spear slammed into her, but she didn't even flinch. Despite her armor and her increased resistance due to Berserker, it had injured her, but she simply didn't feel any pain.

The vampire had hoped that his companion's attack would stop her. Now, he had no choice but to hastily block with his daggers. One of them pierced the hand of the glowing red-eyed vampiress, while the other was repelled by her outstretched nails with Scratch. It was one of the few skills that she could use instinctively in that state.

That didn't stop her. The vampire watched in terror as, while ignoring the wounds, the mouth of her enemy came dangerously close. He wanted to stop her with her arm, for which he had to release the dagger which had pierced the hand of his enemy.

Gjaki simply bit into his arm, not caring that it was protected. In fact, the current power of her jaw made him bleed, drive her fangs into his flesh. At the same time, her now free hand, the one that was pierced by a dagger, advanced towards her enemy. Meanwhile, the other struck once again against the dagger that wanted to block it, not caring that her nails suffered with each impact.

The holed hand grew its nails suddenly. They hit the enemy's shoulder, and threatened to reach his neck. At the same time, the vampiress was tossing her head from side to side, with the arm that was caught in her teeth. Also, her knee slammed into the terrified vampire's stomach.

He wanted to push her arm away with his elbow, but doing so left a gap in his defenses. Gjaki opened her mouth, releasing the arm and, without a moment's pause, moved swiftly toward the bare neck of her enemy.

"AAaaaaarghh!" he yelled, dying.

The vampire's companions had been gawking at the cruel spectacle of ferocity and savagery. It had nothing to do with how their enemy had behaved so far, and they didn't know how to react. Besides, their whole being was screaming at them to get away from her. It was an innate fear difficult to overcome.

A vampiress reacted and tried to save her companion. She kicked at the silver-haired vampiress, barely getting her to move.

"Release him!" she exclaimed, as she swung her sword at her.

Gjaki did it, although it was rather the circumstances, since she in her state hardly understood any words. She released the victim, and turned to the newcomer, thus exposing her blood-smeared lips. The hole in the neck of her deceased victim could be clearly seen.

She dodged the attack with instinct and agility. She might not be able to think, but her reflexes were greatly stimulated.

Letting the blade brush her body and cut shallowly, Gjaki advanced in the opposite direction of the weapon movement, unexpectedly. She caught her attacker completely by surprise. She lunged at her, pinned her hand with hers and dug her nails into her. With Berserker, Gjaki had much more strength than her enemy.

Caught off guard and overwhelmed by the powerful attack, the attacker became prey. She fell to the ground as her enemy sank her fangs into her neck. Gjaki didn't let her go even when they both hit the ground.

Only when her victim's heart stopped beating did she raise her head. Her mouth was dripping with the blood of her enemies, as well as her fingernails. Some were broken, but they were already regenerating.

She looked at her enemies, who stepped back as they felt her gaze, her wild red eyes. One of them even panicked, turned around and ran away.

"Wait! We can beat her!" the leader wanted to stop him, but it was too late

The vampire was already several meters away. He was running terrified without looking back, just wanting to get away from that demon as quickly as possible. Oblivious to anything other than escaping from there, he didn't perceive a shadow that was waiting behind a rock, and that pounced on him.

The lynx had been watching the battle, worried. When she saw the vampire run away, she sprinted to go around the rock he had to pass by. As soon as he appeared, she Jumped on him engulfed in flames. Surprised and panicked, he couldn't react to the precise ambush, and his neck was Chewed by the feline's powerful fangs.

She dragged the corpse behind the rock, thus hiding it from his companions. They were too busy to turn to the one who had abandoned them.

Then, she retraced her steps, and waited, watchful, ready to come to the aid of whoever needed her. She also feared that her sister would draw the attention of the group the elf was harassing with her arrows. She also knew that she could have another chance at any moment near Gjaki.

It must be said that the ferocity and recklessness of the vampiress had surprised her, although she understood the nature of the skill. Not surprisingly, it wasn't the first time she had seen it. For her, it had never been "the game."