Warlock of War: My Ares System

"Interesting," I muttered with a large smile.

"Wh-Who are you!?"

I glanced at one of the lackeys who held out a knife towards me, and as I was having a bit of fun going against weaklings, I decided to enhance this demonic presence of mine.

Slowly, I grabbed the knife with my bare hand, drawing blood as I pressed the thick skin deeper and deeper into the blade.

He tried to take the knife out of my hand, but as I closed the distance between us and looked down on him from our gap of about four or five inches.

I was pretty tall now, and the average person was below me… it was a bit intoxicating having this kind of power, but I knew my objective, and how to control myself, so I wasn't going to lose myself in a complex anytime soon.

"Hey, take me where I want to go, and maybe I'll think of sparing this shit hole," I muttered and the man quickly gave in, vigorously nodding his head up and down.

He then signaled to the men behind him to get everything ready before returning to my gaze with a large smile.

Soon, a large hole in the wall was revealed, and the man in the fur coat quickly and swiftly led me down until we reached the moat.

We were at the very same level as the moat, meaning we weren't far from the surface… which makes sense as I'm sure none of these guys know earth magic.

"You, come with me when we reach my destination," I said while pointing at the man in the fur coat who was dragging a small wooden boat onto the still water.

"M-Me? Why?" He stuttered, but after seeing my stern expression, he kept his mouth zipped and helped me onto the boat.

The man paddled us all the way to the other side of the moat, where an even smaller hole was dug, and we were forced to crawl through it until we reached the surface.

When I took a gaze around, I realized how empty the place outside of the city was as this place was always bustling with adventurers and life… but now everything was gone.

"Sir, we are here," The man in the fur coat announced, and so I grabbed him by his hair and chucked him onto the grass in front of me.

[Blood Envision]

My wrists suddenly slit on their own, and blood floated out of them in large globs, big enough to fit inside one's mouth.

I then manipulated the blood into a collar which I placed around the man's neck, causing him to choke a bit, but after a light slapping to his face, he quickly shut up and followed me.

"Alright… Let's see how the old man is doing," I muttered with a large smile, but when we arrived at the Crystal Tortoise Sanctuary, a frown appeared on my face.

Not only was this dungeon heavily guarded, but so was every other one… and it wasn't any family guardian it; It was the government's lackeys protecting this place.

"Shit… I should've brought Luna… Well, whatever. They're weak as hell anyway," I muttered and pulled a move that normally I would've waited to do.

Normally, I would've made my movements more calculated, but I straight up just killed them with [Blood Sampler], leaving their corpses to limply fall onto the ground.

The fur coat man who I practically enslaved gulped down a large drop of saliva upon seeing this and made sure to carefully follow me without bugging me in the slightest.

"Okay, this will get noticed eventually, and cleansing the corpses up wouldn't matter as they'll immediately identify the situation, so… let's not waste any time," I muttered to myself before quickly dashing into the dungeon.

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[You have entered The Dungeon: Crystal Tortoise Sanctuary]

[Recommended Level: 5]

[The benevolent sanctuary has granted you The Buff: Sanctuary Vision]

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I took in the musty dungeon air with a deep breath and then proceeded down the long and dark hallway until we reached the massive cavern… it was as beautiful as ever… but something else was lurking in this cave.

From what I could tell, more government lackeys were here, roaming the cave and most likely trying to find something, so I took a quick pit stop and thought things over.

First of all, this guy might just straight up give away my position, and secondly, there are people much stronger in here than outside.

There was only one reason as to why they were in such a weak dungeon, and that is the fact that the ancient tortoise dude was here.

After thinking over everything and scanning the area, absorbing as much information as humanly possible, I formulated the best plan.

I executed it as soon as the closest government official was at the end of their path and then ran as fast as I could through the rocky forest.

The man behind me surprisingly followed me obediently, but I still didn't trust him, so I slit his vocal cords and covered his mouth with the same blood that wrapped around his throat.

He was on the verge of fainting, but under my scary glare, he continued to follow me all the way until we reached the normal spot… but nobody was there.

"Is he sleeping? No, he should've felt my presence," I muttered and scanned the area once more.

A few of the lackeys were growing closer and closer to my hiding spot, but just as I began to panic, I felt the surface underneath me disappear… and my enslaved man and I fell deeper and deeper into seemingly endless darkness.

We picked up so much speed that our bodies felt like they were overheating, but in an instant, everything cooled down, and our bodies gracefully fell down like feathers.

We soon reached a smaller cavern with a few crystals illuminating the place… revealing a large tortoise head that smiled widely in front of me.

"Did you bring any cakes?"