Gray looked at the blade in awe, its red color causing his blood to rush in excitement. He swung the sword in a vertical slash, leaving behind a red trail as it released a curved blast of unknown red energy in the direction that he was swinging.

'A ranged attack huh? I mean it's pretty good but is that all?' wondered Gray as he continued sending out curved blasts of red energy whenever he swung the sword.

'Overall the blood price for sending out an energy blast is bearable, and with my new toy, I reckon I'll be able to send these out indefinitely. However, they seem rather weak don't they,' thought Gray as he stared at the shallow marks the energy blasts left on the tunnel wall.

'Plus it's going to be rather difficult to swing this in a confined space, I might end up hitting the sides of the tunnel while I'm fighting. However, I wonder..' thought Gray right before he tried changing the form of the blade.

Because the Mighty Sword blood replica counted as a blood weapon, Gray could change its form at will by paying a blood price.

"This won't work" murmured Gray with an unimpressed look on his face. He had succeeded in changing the long sword into a short sword, however, the short sword seemed heavier than it should've been.

'Could it be that the new form should match the mass of the original sword? Well in that case..'. This time Gray changed the short sword into twin daggers of equal weight, their combined weight being the same as the long sword.

'They're still on the heavy side for daggers. however this will have to do,' thought Gray with a wide smile on his face.

Gray slashed the daggers towards the tunnel walls sending out a barrage of curved energy blasts, 'The blasts have a smaller radius but this is to be expected. On the upside, I can swing these daggers faster than I could ever swing the long sword, plus I send out two times as many blasts each time.' thought Gray as he continued testing the limits of his new power.

After Gray was satisfied with the way the daggers worked, he tried changing the form of the daggers, experimenting how fast he could transform them.

"Perfect," whispered Gray, satisfied with the speed at which he could transform the weapons, however, he was beginning to feel the toll of constantly sending out energy blasts and changing its form.

'I should head back and rest as well.'

Gray made his way back to the encampment and went behind a few rocks to take a nap.

***(5 hours later)(AN: I know only four hours were needed but how realistic is it to wake up exactly on time without an alarm. So I don't wanna see any smartasses talking about the 4 hours in the comments section.)

When Gray opened his eyes he found Tesse sitting in front of him, staring at him intently.

"That's creepy you know," complained Gray as he stood up, pushing Tesse aside.

"Are the sideeffects of your ability gone?"

"Yes, but uhm... excuse me, but what do I call you?" asked Tesse with a dejected, emotionless voice, as if her mind were drifting elsewhere

"That doesn't matter. Names won't be needed in our arrangement, as such, I won't be needing your name either. Now that you're all healed up I hope you haven't forgotten the pledge you made, don't forget that if you break your promise I'll take your life as payment."

"I understand. I have no regrets about my choice, I will serve you with all my being,"

"Good, now let's go. We have things to do," said Gray as he picked up a piece of firewood from the fire to use as a torch.

"Oh, here have this," said Gray as he created a short sword for Tesse to use.

"Heal me," ordered Gray, as he felt the effects of creating the blood weapon.

Tesse healed him and he was back to normal, the side effects of his ability being alleviated. 'This is the real deal isn't it' thought Gray with a smile on his face as he entered the tunnel.

They made their way back to the main village and found that a few goblins had appeared and were standing guard outside the village.

"Let's go," said Gray as he released the Mighty Sword from his hand, the red light coming from the mark illuminating his and Tesse's face. This drew the attention of several goblins and they came rushing towards the two.

Tesse's eyes began twitching as she recalled the horror she went through, however before the goblins could come any closer, Gray sent out several energy blasts, knocking down all the goblins.

"This isn't enough to kill them, we have to go finish them off," said Gray as he rushed to stab a goblin in the face, its blood splattering on his face. As he did this the mighty sword absorbed some of the goblin's blood, causing Gray's eyes two give out a red gleam.

Gray's usually composed expression became that of a crazed killer as he twisted the blade in the goblin's face. He then transformed the sword into daggers and shot out energy blasts towards a goblin that was about to stand, jumping on top of it once it fell down and repeatedly stabbing it, his clothes slowly becoming drenched in goblin blood.

The might swords continued to absorb blood, every time it did this Gray's eyes would glow a brighter red, and his speed and strength seemed to slightly increase. He changed the daggers back into a long sword and used some of the blood from the goblin he had killed to create throwing daggers, which he threw towards a nearby goblin.

"What are you doing just standing there?" asked Gray in a slightly deeper voice, his face shrouded in blood and a noticeable red glow illuminating from his iris.

"I said get to killing,"

Tesse stared at the spectacle in awe. She had been so afraid of goblins yet Gray killed them as if they were flies. 'Master i-is powerful' thought Tesse as she watched Gray handle the goblins.

Tesse joined in, stabbing any goblins that Gray knocked down to the floor with his energy blasts. Over time his energy blasts became more and more powerful, with each goblin he slew using the Mighty Sword increasing his power.

"Heal me!" shouted Gray as he began feeling anemic once again, the bloodlust caused by the Mighty Sword seemed to be increasing the blood price he had to pay.

At this point, it was as if Gray were the monster and the goblins were his prey. The goblins began fleeing to the safety of their village, running away from the crazed human who sought out their blood.

Once all the goblins had entered the village, an enormous goblin the size of a professional wrestler came out. It stood over Gray at 2 meters tall and gave out a roar in challenge.

"That's it. Come, feed me more," said Gray, however it sounded as if two voices were talking at the same time.

Tesse looked on in awe, although it looked as if Gray was being dwarfed by his opponent, Tesse had the feeling that the giant goblin would meet a terrible end.

Gray's mark began glowing once again, the blood that soaked his clothes and covered his face was being absorbed by the mark on his hand, causing the Mighty Sword to glow as well.

The long sword began to change shape and became a greatsword.

[Blood lust has reached critical level. Warning, excessive use of this mode exponentially increases the blood price toll. A sacrifice must be offered before the blood lust expires or the full toll will be paid by the user.]

"Become my sacrifice," laughed Gray hysterically as he used his newfound strength to swing the greatsword, causing a giant wave of red energy to cut the giant goblin in half. Blood gushed out of the lower half of the goblin as its intestines splattered onto the wet, moist floor.

The energy blast went through it and hit the village destroying a good chunk of its defensive walls.

"I think I went overboard," whispered Gray as he fell to the ground.

"H-heal me!" ordered Gray, and Tesse obliged, causing her to fall down in his place, and him to stand back up.

"I see it wasn't a mistake to bring you along," smiled Gray as he ran towards the village, the thought of all the goblins he would slaughter causing his mind to run wild.