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Chapter 17 - Dark the traitor

I rested Mist next to the others that moon found I looked at the other 2 people people both of which was still unconscious one white skinned ork his head was bald but he had a magnificent beard I noticed the calluses and burn scars on his hands from the life at the forge but his body told a different story dozen of scars from the life of a warrior this man seem to have been through a lot next to him was a young 20 year old white skinned ork female who looked similar to the old man probably his granddaughter she had plenty of scars on her body and a wild look about her especially with her burnt long black hair that was braided down her back both people had on simple leather clothes probably sleepwear I turned around to see Water and the chief's wife sitting at the desk her daughter still in her arms across from them was two other chairs Moon stood behind one patiently waiting for me I side walking over changing back into my normal form saying Moon you don't gotta wait for me you know that right she smiled nodded of course I do master I side I could tell by her happy smile she wanted to do this and nothing I said could change her mind so I just sat down as I did so I pulled Razor off my hip and rested it again the desk in front of me saying do what you want Moon she giggled thank you master and with that she sat down I looked towards the chief's wife who was looking intensely at me I could tell she had many questions but so did I so let us began I cleared my throat saying let us start you both already know my name but I will introduce my self again my name is Hunter Fang Hellsing the eldest son of Helge and Fang Hellsing and I pulled of my hood so they could see my face fully I then looked to Moon saying this beautiful lady next to me is Moon Star Blade from the Woodrow tribe Moon lowered her hood also smiling at the two woman across from us before slightly bowing her head saying it is a pleasure I looked back to the chief wife who didn't hesitate to introduce her self my name is Silvia Bone Claw and this is my daughter Marble bone claw I nodded and looked to Water who bowed her head slightly saying and my name is Water Bone Tusks I was the head of the shield sisters to my mistress here Silvia looked to Mist who was resting next to the other two asking will little Mist be alright Water nodded she will and so will Chin and that old bastard Nickel thanks to the sir hellsing I mean young brother Hunter here Silvia chuckled I see you still haven't forgave Nickel for beating you that one time Water crossed her arms and looked to the side huffing that old bastard cheated who keeps sand in there pockets where did he even get sand in the first place Silvia chuckled but looked back to me her smile fading o sorry about that sir Hellsing us bone claw tend to get sidetracked easily I smiled warmly as I waved my hand dismissively saying no need to apologize misses Silvia it is refreshing to see honestly and please you can just call me Hunter I am not my mother nor am I my father so no need to be so formal Moon elbowed by side but Silvia chuckled I see well Hunter I must thank you for saving me and the rest of my tribesman you even used a powerful healing salve on us so thank you and she bowed her head Water followed her example I nodded it was my pleasure to help you and your people misses Silvia I only wish we could have saved more but I will be content with saving just 7 of you Silvia nodded sitting up well none the less my tribe owes you a great debt not just forsabing our lives but for making these but that is when I seen something appear out the corner of my eyes my hand immediately shot to razor and I flashed passed Silvia and water and slashed the space just behind Silvia after I was done I appeared back in my chair resting Razo. back against the table both Silvia and Water was stunned seeing my speed but immediately a look of confusion want across there faces Silvia immediately asked what was that about Hunt but before she could finish my name a loud shattering noise came from the space just passed Silvia everyone looked towards the noise and what we all seen baffled Silvia and Water but Moon had a calm smile on her face in the space I attacked was a invisible demonic eyeball that was as big as a football but this eyeball blinked before it was sliced in half the two pieces started to shatter like glass instantly disappearing Water mumbled a scrying spell but how did he notice it Silvia shrugged responding it would seem this kid is full of surprises and did you even see him draw his weapon Water shook her head no mistress I blinked and it was already over I am shocked a boy no older than 13 is this skilled but that is when Moon cleared her throat both woman looked towards her with confusion but Moon didn't care she flashed them both a smile that wasn't a smile saying misses Silvia and miss Waters don't you think you are being a bit rude speaking about my master wall he is sitting right in front of you like he is a horse to be bot or something remember who just saved you I glared at Moon saying enough Moon I do not mind you defending me but don't you think your going a bit far Moon shook her head and glared at Silvia and waters with hatred in her eyes no master I don't you just saved them and yet they dont show you any gratitude nor respect they treat you like any common sniveling child out there but it was you who not only helped your tribe counter something that has been plaguing people for decades our people was beaten and thrown to the side and we have experienced nothing but lose and hardships all us cursed ones just excepted that was just how life was going to be and there was nothing we could do to change it then you came along Master you helped your tribe raise and instead of hoarding this knowledge to yourself you risked your life to freely give this knowledge to all the tribes you want all of us to thrive to you we all are your people and yet these bitchest dare to take about you like that I won't allow it and she was about to slam her hand onto the table but I cot it before turning her to face towards me and I had a angry snarl on my face enough Moon I know you don't like the other tribes and that's the true reason there words angered you so much do not use me as a excuse to vent your anger out on the other tribes man know I don't mind speaking your mind and stating your option but do not use me as a excuse to do so again do you understand Moon eyes went wide and she frowned looking away as she mumbled yes master I nodded good girl and I gently squeezes her hand before releasing it sying besides you described me as this great hero who solved a problem our people had with my possession amulets but I am no hero especially seeing it was these very amulets that killed all these people or at least one of the reasons ant that right Misses Silvia I asked looking up to the woman who had a cold expression we stared into each other eyes for a silent seconds but finally she side nodded yes you are right Hunter I see you are no naïve Child After all it would seem you inherited your mother's sharp eyes she side again honestly when I heard Helge talk about her eldest son that beat her and Thick in combat I didn't believe her but seeing you in person I am starting to belive everything she told me which is terrifying you truly completed your Battlsham and at the age of 11 no wonder a powerful Raven sister is your follower and she glanced to Moon then back at me also stop with that misses shit just call me anty Silvia your mother and I call each other sisters after all Moons eyes went wide hearing her words and I simply nodded know that we got that out of the way tell me truly and I leaned forward my warm smile fading into a cold expression who attacked you and y Anty she side and took a drink from my canteen before shrugging it is exactly who you are thinking lad the blood melody tribe and it is as petty as you probably guessed use Bone claw tribe are well known to be on friendly terms with all the other tribes well most of them and she glanced to Moon who looked away and crossed her arms anyway and she looked back to me we are a nomadic tribe we travel this land and study it plus we keep the more dangerous monster population down our tribe was made to travel through this land marking down any changes we come across and we hunt the monsters so the other tribes would be safer we then share our findings with the other tribes this is how it has been for decades but for some reason it all change about 11 years ago your father disappeared and the blood melody tribe started to act strangely we noticed small squads of them leaving at first but slowly over time these squads turned into full platoons of well armed man we didn't think much about it at first till about 6 years ago some of our hunters stumbled into one of these squads who was fighting against a skeleton wyvern our hunters charged into help them but the blood melody tribesman got real defensive and refused our help and quality we found out y they wanted to catch the beast not kill it when our people asked y the blood melody simply said they needed it for research but they underestimated the beast strength and wall they was on the way back to there tribe the beast broke free and destroyed the owl and bear tribe tribes before my people put it down when we did the blood melody where pissed and a fight almost broke out right there but the blood melody was heavily outnumbered plus my tribesman was way more skilled and battle hardened compared to the weak blood melody so they left mumbling curses as they did so and everything want back to normal for a while till about four years ago when we started to have hunting bands go missing and we wasn't the only ones the other tribes had people disappearing we came to find out it was the blood melody tribe kidnapping our people and experimenting on them war was about to break out many of the tribes was pissed at the blood melody tribe for taking there people and experimenting on them the other tribes wanted to know y and when the blood melody tribe said to find a cure many people immediately changed side joining the blood melody but there was still many people who was angry tension was high and a civil war was about to begin but that's when the Hellsing stepped up demanding a meeting with all the tribes well we all know what happened in the meeting so I won't go into to much details about this but the short of it your mother Hunter Helge demanded the blood melody stop kidnapping people from the other tribe and to cease all further experiments on our people ones more she demanded there corpses be returned and that was it well the blood melody didn't like her demands to much but they new they didn't have much of a choice so they agreed and slowly they had been returning the bodies to the other tribes but they was stalling we had to practically force them to get what we got then we get to the beginning of last year when the blood melody started acting up again hell they want so far to send a assassin to kill Helge eldest son but the kid survived and killed the assassin who feel to chaos after my tribe heard about slaves being freeded by the hellsing tribe my husband got courses and such we want to the Hellsing tribe that had completely changed it had stone walls and nice houses plus farmland and all its people was happy and when asked y they was so happy and how they had improved so much they talked about there future chief and the steps he took to improve there lives they didn't even have to worry about falling to chaos thanks to amulets there future chief made them , of course,my tribeman was skeptical how could one person do some much and a boy at that but the moment my husband tried on your possession amulets and weapons he was immediately impressed and as a gift the Hellsing gave all of my tribesman a necklace but they didn't have enough to give our babies so they told us to wait a few days to give everyone a amulet the head chief of the Bone claw tribe nodded and stayed with the hellsing wall my husband made the decision to take his tribe to this area to begin our yearly studies the head chief and my husband father agreed and like that we moved here and sat up camp here where we started our scouting but last night I woke up to a rumbling noise and screams that is when my tent was hit by something that shattered on impact and the next moment all I seen was fire my husband quickly grabbed Marble here quickly pushed her into my arms saying get under the desk and that's what I did he then rested the chair again me before he walked into the next room where I heard him say O good younger brother your here we must but that's when I heard three quick impacts before the thump of a body hitting the ground I then heard his younger brother stab my husband body before saying Yes it is done master that's when I heard a soft cold voice that still makes me shutter it said very good Dark the damn hellsing think they can hide such godly artifacts from us well this is on them Dark chuckled indeed what about the maker of these amulets Helge eldest son the voice chuckled he is merely a boy but he was capable of killing the assassin we sent after him after that man fell to chaos so the kid gots some skill and he will only get stronger that he will probably be quite the annoyance in the future so we must find him and kill him wall he is still growing Dark chuckled as you wish master with that Dark left and that all I remember the rest is pain luckily for me I was to tired to take off my equipment or else I nodded indeed I looked to Water asking you got anything to add she shook her head no sir both Mist and I was taken down towards the beginning of the attack but I can tell you what they was riding I raised a eyebrows asking O what was it she shrugged a horse as black as oil with a fiery red main my eyes want wide hearing this description a nightmare I mumbled but how those are demons and don't live on this plan unless and my face want pail thinking to myself unless they have discovered the dungeon and are controlling the monsters somehow but that doesn't make sense they don't need to control them all they would have to do is forcing the monsters to breed like crazy cuz when a dungeon isn't cleared in time the monsters just keep breeding and getting stronger till the dungeon can't hold the monsters anymore it then expels the monsters out when this happens the monsters come out in a hordes and in a rage like state going on a rampage this is called a dungeon stampede and it is a very real and scary threat kingdoms have fallen to it just think what would happen if hundreds to thousands of monsters storm across this land destroying everything as they went all of the tribes would be fucked shit I growled sying what is it lad Silvia asked y do you seem scared I said two words dungeon stamped the moment I did all of there faces want pale Water gasped no they wouldn't would they but right then I got a cold feeling my hand shot to Razor but it was to late 4 arrow stabbed into my back I hit the desk blood coming out from my mouth Silvia, Water and Moon was stunned seeing me get attacked they then heard clapping Moon shot up her spear appearing in her hand Water shot up to but she moved in front of Silvia protectively they all looked to where the clapping was coming from and standing there in bone armor and black robes was a white skinned ork his short hair was pulled into a tight bun he was smaller then most bone claw and much thinner to he had a vicious victorious grin on his face as he laughed that was to easy I expected more from a hellsing who would have thought Helge and fang song would die so pitifully hahah the moment he said that 7 others appeared around him making a half circle around us Moon growled what do you want trader Dark laughed such venom and anger coming from such a pretty face tell me beautiful what did the blood melody do to you Moon scoffed I am a raven sister and stop with your pretty words bastard you all are going to die for what you did to my master Dark snickered well maybe if you master stayed in his hybrid for we wouldn't have gotten the drop on him sadly he doesn't have the experience as a true warrior but it would be a shame to kill such a pretty women y don't you be a good girl and Boom before he could finish a loud sound like thunder echoed forth and a hole formed in the center of Darks head as the back of his brain burst open like a watermelon blood bone and brain matter going everywhere you talk to much I growled standing up when I did I through off my coat some of the arrows snapping off the I dropped my coat on the chair before 4 shadow tendrils shot up and grabbed the 4 arrows in my back and with a fast pull the arrows was pulled out of my back dropping to the ground everyone seen there was only blood on just the tips nothing more my armor took most of the blow I put razor on my hit when I did I turned into my lycan form the second I did I disappeared and when I reappeared I stumped my foot down on Dark reformed head the moment my heel slammed into it Darks head completely exploded open blood and gore covered my leg I looked to the other blood melody who looked towards me with wide fearful eyes I could both see and smell the necrotic and undeath that was coming off them and if that wasnt bad enough I seen the liches mark on them I slowly drew the short sword on my back as it did one of the jagged teeth edges cut down my neck the moment my blood fell onto the weapon the edge burst with blue lightning I looked over these cultist that's when I heard this 

The raven mother has issued you a quest 

Quest Name: remind them who we are 

Quest details: you have found a group of cultists who worship a lich all of them stink of necromancy And sin remind them y they fear death. Show them my raven blade y there mistress is gone remind them who we are!!!

Reward: any of the liches followers and there minions killed in the next 24 hours will give you double xp 

a huge predatory cat grin spread across my face the moment I heard that I laughed you hear that yall the raven mother has put a hit out on all of your souls and what kind of raven blade would I be if I allow such filth walk freely on my peoples land with your heads still attached let the hunt began the moment I said that my body blurred and I appeared behind one of the blood melody that shot me it was a female she had on black and red robes and in her hands was a hand crossbow and the bolt that was loaded in it had this sickly green liquid on its tip poison I thought and by the smell of it the poison was a fast reacting paralysis that was meant to freeze it target ones that happen the poison slowly moves to your organs and slowly eats them away it would be a very painful death this poison not many could resist it lucky for me I am a blood hunter and resisting poisons and diseases was this class thing but this woman class definitely wasn't as such the moment I appeared behind this woman my short sword slickng through her neck I then spun around her grabbing her hand crossbow and point blank shot her in the chest with it before I charged at another blood melody a tall thick man who took the form of a red-skinned tiefling he to had a hand crossbow in his hand but the moment I appeared in front of him his eyes want wide and he dropped his crossbow as a long bone spike came out from his palm and he thrust it down at me wall I swung at his chest I chuckled the moment I did so my blade flashed with a bright blue color as I twisted my body swinging my sword up cutting through this man arm and stabbed my blade deep into his chest the moment I did the man through up a mouthful of blood as his arm slumped off as lightning crackled across the sky 

lightning demon slayer art first form blade flicker 

I mumbled as the man slumped off my blade hitting the ground I swung my blade down cleanly slicing his head off before two figures appeared behind me both of them thrust bone spears at me but there spears shot through my chest the two blood melody grinned victoriously but in the next second the image of me in front of them disappeared wall the true me appeared right between them I grinned at them as I walked passed both of them was stunned seeing me appear in front of them but before they could think how a blue line moved across their necks before their heads shot into the hair and a hole formed over there hearts the moment there bodies hit the ground more lightning boomed across the sky 

Lighting demon slayer art second form flicker steps 

I mumbled as my glowing eyes looked towards the last 3 blood melody sweeping over them like a predator looking for the weakest pray the last three blood melody was stunned seeing there allies die in a blink of an eye one should not that this hole fight has only been going on for a handful of seconds and no one could track My movements to them all they could see was a black blur that was my body and my sword that left a bright blue line that curved and bend at odd angles over each of the corpses on the ground I seen sweat start to form on all of their faces I even seen one gulp and start to look for away to escape the moment I saw that blood melody looking to escape he was a thin tiefling who clutched a bone wand in his hand that he barely could hold do to how badly his hand was shaking my eyes locked on him your first I thought the moment I thought that I charged forward at my fastest speed but the moment this wizard seen my after image start to blur he got a bad feeling and he caste a spell thorn wall he screamed and shooting up from the ground all around him was long sharp bone spikes the spell effected the area 20 feet out from the caster so the other two blood melody that was close to him was cot in this spell there legs were peersed by the bone spikes effectively eliminating any way of escape I chuckled appearing behind this scared wizard I through a arm around him laughing thanks mate you sure made my job a hole lot easier I then swung my blade in front of use twice when I did two blades of lightning shot forward slicing the two trapped blood melody heads off 

Lighting demon slayer art lightning blade 

I mumbled before looking to the blood melody next to me my arm still draped over his shoulder this wizard body started to shake so badly out of fear it made my body shake the bone spikes slowly want back into the ground never to be seen again so little wizard care to explain this and I pulled down his short slightly which revealed the liches mark but something was off this mark had no mana coming off it unlike the others I just killed there mark always glowed with necrotic magic even if the lich or its followers wasn't watching them but this tattoo had no such mana and if that wasn't strange enough this wizards ora wasn't red color unlike the 7 I just killed who had the sinners ora but this man no this child he was no older than 16 his ora was a strange gray color his magic was necrotic in nature but that wasn't innately bad there was many forms of necromancy normally when people think of a wizard who uses necromancy magic they immediately assume the worst thinking that wizard is evil and they will raze a army of undead and become a lich but Necromancy wasnt just for making the undead hell I would say that was literally the most common and basic shit you could do with necromancy magic I have seen it do many things from attacks like this wizard just did to even healing hell I have even seen a wizard who was proficient in necromancy use true revive spell or a form of it instead of using holy magic in the spell they used necromancy and the result was the exact same it just took more magic energy conclusion necromancy magic wasn't evil it was mankind that was evil and this kid had all the signs of a gray wizard which was what we called wizards who uses necromancy magic and dont fall to evil we also call them that do to the gray color there ora takes the kid stuttered out what do you mean sir ant you going to kill me I rested my sword on my shoulder shrugging I might yes but I am more interested in y a blood melody tribe man of the new generation who uses necromancy has a fake liches mark the moment I said that his eyes want wide how did you know it was fake he asked skeptical his body stopped shaking at this point as he looked at me towards me with a intense expression cold I raised a eyebrow looking this kid over again he took the form of a dark purple skinned tiefling with small goat like horns he had short spiky black hair he was pretty good looking but with the huge silver circle glasses that made his eyes look bigger then they did he was thin and slouched forward aka he looked like the classic book demon nerd I also noticed he had on different robs compared to the others who had on more long cult like black robes but this kid robs had more of a scholarly air about them the long puffy sleeves was gray and black wall the black cloth that covered his chest looked more like a nice dress shirt and cover his shoulders was a black travel cloak that had a light gray inside it reminded me of a school uniform honestly but unlike the scared boy that I just seen a few seconds ago his expression and posture completely changed from a scared shy book nerd to more of a cold scholarly wizard I chuckled well well well we got a interesting one the man brushed off my arm before pointing his wand at my chest coldly saying answer my question Hellsing or else I send a bone spike right through your heart I have already calculated your speed as such your fast very fast to be exact but at this range not even your godly speed will help you dodge my spell so answer my question or die I snickered you maybe right mate I wont be able to dodge your spell but I do not need to and like to prove my point I spun my sword the lightning disappearing from the blade before I sheathed it and crossed my arms with a huge grin on my face especially when I seen the familiar fang amulet hanging around his neck I chuckled yell me blood melody what do you think of my possession amulet the man scoffed shrugging it is effective but it could use some modifications there are half a dozen arrays that are working only at half capacity do to you not effectively working out there bugs I nodded that is correct the old amulets had such a problem yes but it wasn't cuz I didn't work out the bugs or cuz I didn't understand how to improve it but and I side shrugging sadly the simple fact of the matter is that I didn't have the right materials nor was I at a high enough level where I could use my magic in lieu of the magic material but I rectified that when I left my tribe all my new amulets are 50% more effective to prove this I pulled one from my bag and tossed it to him he cot it with one hand but he still had his other hand pointing his wand at me he held up the amulet and examined it as he did so his eyes changed colors and started to glow with a bright green light instantly casting identify along with detect magic without any magic chant or even a flick of his wand mmmm how peculiar i mumbled you are a sorcerer on top of a wizard what a interesting and rare mix the man eyes want wide slightly as he looked back towards me saying you would be correct Hellsing but what gave away my classes I shrugged chuckling no wizard can intently cast detect magic and identify with out a chant or at least a flick of there wand ones more intently casting spells only a few classes can do that Druid would be one but you definitely ant a druid your magic and ora doesn't have the presents that a druid would have the next class would be an artificer but there ant no tools on your person hell I dont even see any magic runes on your body except for my amulet and no artificer worth there salt would be cot dead wearing any clothes that doesn't have any magic runes and arrays on them so that counts that class out the next and final class at the top of this list is the sorcerer class which matches your magic signature perfectly and if that wasn't telling enough I can literally smell the innate magic in your blood he side damn am I that easy to read and he through me back the amulet continuing ones more everything you said about that amulet was correct I am impressed Hellsing but you still haven't told me how you new this liches mark is a fake I chuckled catching the amulet and shrugged I can see magic and all true liches mark always glow with necrotic energy but your mark doesn't hell it doesn't even glow at all he clicked his tongue damn it we had no idea about that shit well you answered my question Hellsing what next and he lowered his wand do you plan on killing me I stroked my cat chin thinking about it and shrugged do you have any loyalty to the lich or to the blood melody tribe he shook his head hell no you all might not know this but there are three factions in the blood melody tribe we got the traditionalist who believe in the rules of old they cling to their ideals and traditions almost religiously they believe that the lich will rise again one day and she will come and cure them of the curse that is plaguing them then there is the cultist who are trying to revive the lich and they are willing to do anything to get her back that includes sacrificing and experimenting on monsters and other cursed ones alike and lastly we get to my faction who hide in plain sight just trying to survive we are the gray ones we don't agree with the other factions and there actions but there is nothing we can do to stop them but we do try and sabotage there work or at least slow them down we hate the lich and her follows for what she has done to this land and to us so knowing that what do you plan to do Hellsing i chuckled darkly I plan on going on the Hunt but I won't kill you mate you and your order will be the last of the blood melody tribe as such you will have to take full responsibility for what your people has done and strive to be better and to work hand in hand with the other tribes to make this place better do you understand he nodded and bowed I Bill Ash Blood thank you sir Hellsing for your mercy please allow my faction to make things right I chuckled waving my hand go gather your people and leave the blood melody tribe cuz for when the sun goes down the hunt will begin he nodded yes sir with that he disappeared Moon walked over to me looking to where Bill just disappeared asking was that a wise idea master he could have been laying I chuckled he wasn't ones more is it wrong of me to still hope that some of the blood melody are still good people Moon shrugged no master I don't think it is wrong but what if he tells the wrong person and they layout a trap for us I chuckled my huge cat grin turned into something more dark and cynical as I growled they can try but we will strike when they least expect it I lied to that wizard the hunt has already began I will give him some time to get his people out but i won't wait for long a hour should be good enough after that we are moving out and we will be entering there ranks with that I walked back under the tarp Moon following me.

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