Chapter 2

Quickly locating where the Dead Apostles are, I got my kitchen knife out.

[Kitchen Knife (C+)]

ATK bonus: +5

Attributes: Cut, Bleed.

A regular kitchen knife, but well-crafted. It's full-tang, stainless steel blade gives it ideal durability. Pretty good for slicing meat.

Append ability: High chance of giving [Bleed] debuff due to it being a knife.

Sneaking up on a Dead Apostle, I quickly slice its neck open. It struggled a little, but then quickly died.

Huh. That was easier than expected. I guess the System gave me the quest because it knew it was suitable for me. But then again, these are just newborn Dead Apostles. They're simply just reanimated corpses.

"Ahh…" I heard.

I see multiple Dead Apostles coming my way. They're all moaning (No, not like that.) in some sort of lazy tone; just like a zombie.

"You know, I always wondered why we couldn't just call Dead Apostles zombies or simply vampires. I mean, just look at them! They're literally zombie-vampires!" I said.

Taking out a steak knife, I charge into the horde of Dead Apostles.

[Steak Knife (B-)]

A regular steak knife, but well-crafted. Its serrated and full-tang blade gives it amazing cutting power and durability.

ATK bonus: +4

Attributes: Cut, Bleed.

Append ability: Guaranteed chance of giving [Bleed] debuff to enemies due to its serrated blade.

"Well, no need to be stealthy now," I muttered as I stabbed another Dead Apo-I mean, zombie in the gut. I then sliced its throat with the steak knife and then continued my zombie massacre.

[LVL UP!]

Leveled up. Neat. But that's not important right now.

Stabbing another through the cheek while kicking another away, I pull out my kitchen knife out from the zombie and start getting some distance from the horde.

They're obviously gonna try to swarm me, but I don't feel like taking excruciating amounts of pain. After all, this ability is built for a sadomasochistic person or someone who just gets hurt a lot. And I'm neither! Well, technically I'm gonna get hurt a lot so I guess that counts…but still! I'm just a normal guy who's been transmigrated and reincarnated into some teen's body! But…I don't want this battle to last a while…agghhh!!! Screw it! I'll just put myself in the center of all the DMG!

Deeply breathing in, I charge in, close my eyes, and extend my arms out. But not before putting these knives away.

Moments later, I feel about four strikes to my gut, back, and ribs.

[-20 HP!]

[-14 HP!]

[-5 HP!]

[-1 HP!]

D-damn! This hurts like hell! But all the last one's didn't hurt that much…I could get used to this…and why not just finish these things off? By now, they're just tickling me!

[-0 HP!]

[-0 HP!]

[-0 HP!]

[-0 HP!]

[-0 HP!]

[-0 HP!]

[-0 HP!]

Wait, I have an idea!

"True Berserker, son! It activates in response to physical trauma!" I said while punching a zombie straight through the gut. "You can't hurt me!" I said while tearing through the 7 zombies that were swarming me.

"Played college ball ya know!" I said while grabbing a zombie and forcing it down on its knees. "Argh arghh ahhh arrr…." It said. I think it said, "At some cushy Ivy League school."

"Try University of Fuyuki!" I yelled while breaking its arms. "Coulda gone pro if I did play it daily!" I yelled once more. "I'm not one of those cliche protags!" I said while choking it. "I could break an Ancestor in two…with my bare hands!" I yelled again while lifting the zombie above my head. I proceeded to throw the zombie high into the air, and then kicked it like a soccer ball.

The "ball" ended up destroying around 5 zombies, leaving only 5 left.

[LVL UP!]

I quickly equipped my kitchen knife again and proceeded to slice up the remaining ones, giving the alleyway a new paint job.

[LVL UP!]

…

Man, that was fun. I played enough video games that I didn't even flinch while killing those zombies. The only hard part about it was gaining the resolve to willingly hurt myself and getting back here. Seriously, I can't believe how much people are out here during night. I mean sure Fuyuki is beautiful (excluding all the monsters), but why so many tourists? Meh, I'll think about it later. Anyways, I also found out that my stats simply increase whenever I level up. Here are my stats:

STR: 21 ATK: 0

AGL: 21 CON: 21

DEF: 20 INT: 21

LCK: 25

Pretty neat, huh? I also got a few abilities too! Mainly [Holy Strikes] and the Knife Sub-Weapon.

[Holy Strikes (Append Ability) (A+)]

This ability lets your attacks do holy damage. This ability is extra effective against Dead Apostles, demons, and ghosts. Also bypasses their regeneration and their immortality. Ineffective against holy spirits, people of the church, or gods.

Heh heh. Beware Dead Apostles, I'm coming for your asses.

[Knife Sub-Weapon (Castlevania) (B+)]

Magic DMG bonus: +10

Attributes: Cut, Holy.

MP cost: 1-10

Item Crash: Thousand Blades

Silver knives that are especially effective against werewolves and Dead Apostles. The knives themselves are very durable and sharp. They can both be used for throwing or stabbing. Its Item Crash allows the user to throw 1000 knives in quick succession, doing very high DPS DMG. Can be used in combination with different spells for devastating attacks.

Heheheh. I can't wait to swarm monsters with 1000 knives. You better say your prayers-oh wait! I forgot. You guys can't! HAHAHAHAHA!

Anyways, moving on to the Spirit Orb.

[Spirit Orb (SoTN) (C-)]

This append ability lets you find out how much DMG you are dealing to your enemy. It lets you find out if you dealt a Critical Hit on an enemy or for finding out which weapon Attribute is effective against opponents.

Yeah, not much to it, but I guess it's useful for finding if you landed a Crit or not. Also useful for searching for potential weaknesses of my opponents, but nothing too useful of some sort.

…

Ciel POV:

I got a minor Dead Apostle extermination job…again. I was told there were a few Dead Apostles going through the first stages in the alleyways of Fuyuki Park. They're pretty much just reanimated corpses, so they're really easy to kill. Though, I didn't expect another guy to exterminate them before I came to the scene.

The guy willingly took damage to get stronger so he could finish them off in one fell swoop! Pretty insane, but that's not all! His speed was also remarkable too. He's as fast as me! Maybe even faster! He's a pretty interesting guy…though I don't know what he was saying while beating those Dead Apostles…He said really crazy things like playing college ball even though he looks like he's in high school, or stating the fact he can defeat a Dead Apostle Ancestor in two with his bare hands! Quite strange really. Bizarre, even. I'll tell the Burial Agency about this guy. Maybe they might want him to join or something…