Reign looked at Amanda in astonishment as he didn't expect her physical strength to be on par with his. Amanda gritted her teeth as she used all of her strength to push Reign back, to which he responded by letting her do so.
With Reign suddenly withdrawing his swords, Amanda was caught by surprise and leaned forward a bit too much, allowing Reign to hit her in the stomach with his knee before punching her with his right hand. Even though his swords were in his hands, punching was much faster than slashing or stabbing her, especially since she was in close proximity.
The punch made Amanda turn to the side, but right as Reign was about to use his swords to slash at her, her halberd arrived from the side, forcing Reign to dodge it by jumping back a bit.
Upon doing so, he glanced back to see how the battle was progressing. Wolf was fighting against someone with a water ability, and even though the water was one of the abilities that could place Wolf at a disadvantage, the only thing the enemy was able to do was even out the odds a bit as his ability was ranked below Wolf's, not to mention that the overall power that Wolf had was above the enemy as well, placing tremendous pressure on the man who was doing his best to stop him from attacking the others.
Shadow was the one that actually had it the easiest, which prompted the enemies to fight him with higher numbers. Even when 3 men were fighting against him, thanks to his ability and great speed, he was able to fight them to a draw. Two of his enemies were high-grade Tier IV combatants as Laura was standing back and was focused on healing, not fighting.
Laura was doing her best to notice who was getting injured and would heal them immediately, when nobody needed healing, she would attack enemies from long-range, but as her main priority was healing people, she wouldn't pour too much demonic energy into her attacks so that she wouldn't run out of it quickly.
Beast was attacking the enemies from long-range as well, and the enemy had a total of 4 long-range attackers, only one of which was a high-grade Tier IV combatant.
Beast was focusing on him and the two started exchanging long-range attacks.
Even though the enemies were clearly weaker than they were, their superior numbers, as well as the fact they seemingly had no fear and were ready to exchange blow for blow made it a bit difficult to deal with them.
'So, the main thing that will tilt the tables is who amongst the two of us wins.' Reign thought as he summoned his souls in order to defend against Amanda's soul attack.
'That lightning, it's another ability, tch, I just don't know if it's another innate ability of his or not.' Amanda thought as she poured mana into her halberd before even placing soul power in it.
One hit from the halberd would not only deal damage to the enemy's body but would hurt their soul as well, a thing she had learned back when she was fighting in the forest.
The main problem Amanda had was the fact that ever since she managed to conquer the city, which happened back when she reached Tier I, she had barely fought, making her a bit rusty and not as experienced as Reign was.
Even though her stats were actually superior to Reign's, she wasn't able to utilize her mana and physical power to its maximum, while Reign could. Not only was he able to do that, but he was able to respond to Amanda's attacks faster than she was able to respond to his, which means that the longer the battle continues, the more Amanda will be at a disadvantage as Reign would be able to see through her attacks more clearly, while she would still be adapting to his fighting style.
Reign quickly charged at Amanda, appearing in front of her immediately before suddenly disappearing, leaving his lightning to blast her from the front and blind her for a moment before appearing behind her.
With his two swords clenched in his hands, he stabbed Amanda through her back, and even though she moved to the side, he was still able to penetrate through her stomach before pulling the swords out and slicing them to the side, creating a large gash on her body.
Some blood spilled out from Amanda's lips, but no blood came out of her body, instead, a gray goo could be seen coming out before fully covering the wound. In a matter of moments, the goo, as well as the wound, were gone.
"You bastard!" Amanda suddenly shouted. Her shout was reinforced by her mana and soul power, forcing Reign to take a step back to stabilize himself, but also doing the same to Wolf, as well as her own people, except for her 10 heads who took the opportunity to attack and place Wolf and the others on the back foot.
'Kid, she seems to not be fully human.' Aethion said, prompting Reign to nod his head. A normal human would have bled profusely from the wound Reign had inflicted, but Amanda was able to heal it in mere seconds.
That was the power her body had obtained upon assimilating the Abomination. Her body was no longer a body of a human, her thoughts had also changed, making her much more aggressive and overbearing.
Any injury she took would be healed almost immediately as long as she had sufficient mana. Abominations were creatures that could assimilate multiple monsters and use their bodies as they liked, and this one was no different.
Although Amanda couldn't change her entire body as an Abomination could, she was able to turn her insides into goo, even piercing her heart wouldn't be enough to kill her as the goo would simply reform the heart, healing it perfectly right away.
Another thing that Amanda could do, was to change some parts of her body.
Her legs suddenly grew thicker, her muscles bulging while her arms elongated, turning thinner before being pumped by the goo and gaining more muscle.
'This, it's a bit similar to how M'azgara can change her body shape.' Reign commented in his head while Aethion shook his head.
"It is similar, but not the same."
"The Brood Mother can change any part of her body to a part of a being she devoured, while this gal can change her body structure and make her limbs different, she can't change the complete limb, only manipulate it to become longer, thicker, thinner or tougher, of course, that alone is enough to make her much more dangerous and difficult to be dealt with."
Amanda charged at Reign, this time, moving much faster than before.
Her arms moved like whips, and her halberd arrived near Reign with frightening speed, causing him to place his swords to the side and defend as he couldn't dodge in time.
The blow made his feet leave the ground as he was forced to fly to the side, of course, it was partly because Reign allowed his body to be moved so he could defend against the attack without being hurt.
Amanda didn't stop her attacks as she jumped after Reign immediately, striking him from above the moment he landed on the ground. Reign was forced to place both of his swords above his head and block the attack which made his knees bent a bit.
'Her blows are much stronger than before!' Reign thought before narrowing his eyes and releasing lightning from his body.
[ Discharge ]
Reign used his skill to discharge his lightning all around him, hitting not only Amanda but the long-range attacker that was nearby as well. Seeing how Reign was being pressured by Amanda in such a dominant fashion made the enemy believe that nothing would happen to him even though he was so close to the two, but that was a mistake as the lightning struck him, causing his body to spasm a bit before he fell on his knees, panting.
Amanda was struck point blank by the lightning, which made her skin char a bit, but it was soon healed. She was forced to stop attacking Reign for a moment thanks to that, however, and Reign wasn't about to allow her to pressure him again with her superior strength.
He used his lightning and light manipulation to increase his speed drastically before lunging at Amanda and striking her. His speed was enough to actually make it near impossible for Amanda to block, so she received two large gashes on her side before Reign turned around and struck her from the back as well.
Suddenly, the tables were turned as Reign was the one dominating the fight, inflicting numerous injuries on Amanda's body, making it difficult for her healing factor to keep up.
"Enough!" Amanda yelled out, blowing Reign back with the shout and causing him a slight headache thanks to the soul power that had been imbued in the shout.
'Damn it, fighting against someone that can manipulate the soul is annoying.'
"Yes, now you can see how it was for your enemies," Aethion said with a smile on his face while Amanda stared at Reign with hatred while her wounds healed in an instant.
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