Picking up Girls With My System

“Fuck.”

The fight was not going toward Arthur, wanted it to be. He had a bleeding nose, some broken ribs, and his attacks weren’t working against the tough skin of that old man!

Still, the injuries he possessed were small ones. The natural regeneration of his body came to play, healing all of it in less than fifteen seconds.

“The only fatal attack should come from the ax, which I have to avoid at all costs!”

Arthur would have to take the fight more seriously, but still hid most of his special attacks, as someone was watching his every move by that point.

So, he opted to only use his melee combat, just like he was doing so far, but also to add up some magic to it. The element he had at his disposal was fire and wood.

Out of these two, Arthur felt that fire was better for a one versus one fight, thus the enemy seemed to be some sort of undead as well, so fire would be even better to use against it.

The creature came running toward him again, swinging its ax, trying to cut Arthur in half. It was still far away, so he had time to prepare for the attack.

Arthur thought of using his teleport, but it was the best if he kept it hidden the most he could. So, instead of using it, he opted to use his fire wings, increasing his speed by a lot!

When the ax came striking down, looking to end Arthur’s life, he dodged it. It was so much easier now that he had his fire wings, and even the creature could not understand how its prey had vanished so quickly before his eyes!

He circled around in a quickened pace, giving him the opportunity to strike behind the back of that creature, which would surely increase the damage output.

But what attack should he use? The time was running short, so any spell that had a long casting speed was a no no.

Arthur had a sword in hands, so why not set it ablaze? Within seconds, the once normal looking blade was now at fire, a fire hot enough to melt anything!

Then, he flew up toward the creature, slashing his fire sword upon its head, and different from before, the attack worked!

The head was split in half, and the scorching fire turned the insides of it into a melted pulp. A gross scene, but Arthur did not care about it. What was important was that he was safe, and the creature was now dead.

“What? He killed it? Back when I tried to go against it, I could not do so. Interesting.” A strange mummy said, looking through a small mirror, watching Arthur’s every move.

“I did it!”

A sensation of relief flashed through his entire body. Winning a fight was already good, but winning a life-and-death fight was even better.

Arthur enjoyed the adrenaline, which was only possible when not using all of his powers. It was a delightful feeling, and he could not wait to go to the central continent where strong mages and beasts lived.

For him, it was getting boring to fight against such weak creatures. Understandable, as he had reached the peak power for the region he was in.

It was a rare occasion for him to feel the adrenaline of a fight, and that was something he was looking for, badly.

Now that the fight against the strange man was out of the way, Arthur continued forward, entering the castle.

“If I see that old man as the gatekeeper, then the enemies inside this place will be much harder.”

The moment he entered inside the castle, a group of draugrs went toward him. They differed slightly from the ones he had faced inside the city.

Those were of the general guard of the city, but these were the royal guard. Arthur knew that just by looking at the different type of armor and weapons they had, as well as the higher level.

Still, they weren’t enemies Arthur was worried about. He killed them with little effort, continuing forward, exploring the castle.

The insides of that place looked exactly like how a normal castle would look like, with sturdy walls made of stones, and countless rooms from all the servants who once worked in that place.

What Arthur wanted to look for was where the inheritance was. Considering the whole aesthetic around the realm was a tower of which one had to climb the levels, the inheritance should be at the highest point of the castle, yet it was not.

Arthur explored most of the place, killing all the draugrs that came in his direction, and searched in all the four watchtowers around the perimeter. There was nothing that looked like a chalice to him.

“Where could it be?”

George, who was quiet for some time, said, “maybe in the dungeon area of the castle? Going up or down in a tower depends on the angle you see it.”

“That’s it! You are a genius!” Arthur said, changing the directions, going toward the dungeon area of the castle.

With a whisper, George said, “or maybe you are just an idiot…”

“What? What did you say?”

“Nothing, nothing.”

Arthur put that to the back of his mind and continue his journey. He had explored most of the castle, so he tried to recall anything that looked like a dungeon to him, and the place that fit it was the guard’s barracks.

The guards’ barrack were where all the royal guards slept, and it should also have a dungeon area beneath it to lock any prisoners until they would be transported to the city’s jail, or to another city.

When Arthur got there, it was the place with the most undead guards in the entire castle. It was a good thing they were at the same level of power, so it did not take long for Arthur to kill them.

Inside of the guard’s barracks, there were lots of beds and a small kitchen. A storage room to store weapons and armors, which were all rusty at that point, and also a staircase that led down.

“This is it. This is the place I have to go!”

Arthur descended in slow steps, making sure to not trigger any trap or attract unnecessary attention from beasts who could lurk in the area.

What he was expecting was a room with some cells where the prisoners should be, just like any other normal castle, but what he saw was completely different.

It was an immense place. A vast corridor that led to a massive underground cave, which had all kinds of original buildings and structures that Arthur had never seen.

“What is this? A whole new society beneath the castle?”

The creatures down there were strange. Humanoid creatures with long ears and no eyes. Their skin was pale, and they also wore armor and wielded weapons, just like intelligent creatures.

From afar, Arthur noticed a strange altar with a silver chalice in it. Not only that, but there was also a skeleton of a dragon just beside it.

“The inheritance, and, A DEAD DRAGON?”