Laura arrived in front of the abomination and even as she stood in front of it, tiny bolts of lightning were being attracted to the abomination from her visage.
'My speed has been enhanced again…' Laura realized as she slipped again and Alex's tendrils kept her upright so that she doesn't slam into the body of the abomination.
[It's like you're a baby and I'm acting as a walker for you…] Alex joked with Laura.
[Shut it.] She growled as she slashed her claw at the bear abomination while discharging an unholy amount of electricity from her claws.
As if a literal bolt of lightning blasted it, the inside of the bear abomination's body was charred by the lightning and it was completely stunned. The fact that it wasn't dead yet just goes to show how much endurance it actually had.
Laura didn't waste any time before stabbing its head and a black extended out from her claws, enveloping and devouring the dead bear.
[+0.1 EP]
The bear gave the same amount of EP as a regenerative class, which was an achievement in itself. Alex expected it to fall short since the regenerative class abominations have way too much biological energy but the bear exceeded Alex's expectations.
[Move to the exit. Our lightning abilities can't show their full potential in this enclosed underground bunker.] Alex told her. If they moved out into the open, Alex would be able to call upon the thunder in the sky to burst out with a large-scale attack. Since Laura could regenerate from practically any attack, it wasn't a disadvantage to be out in the open. Even if she got sniped she would be fine. On the contrary, she would be able to go all out and kill many more abominations in an open area.
Just as she walked out of the room, she was ambushed by a dog abomination and two buff grunt abominations.
Already aware of their presence, Laura dodged the huge maw of the dog that was more like a huge wolf than a dog, and stabbed its underbelly with both her claws. She then split it apart, letting Alex devour all its mass.
She moved her attention to the two buff grunts that had also attacked her and she had to dodge the attack of one of them while blocking the other's attack. She expected that she would be flung back after tanking that attack but instead, she could stand her ground and successfully block all the force from the attack. She was so used to being much weaker than the stronger grunts that she was still in that mindset and it would take some time to get used to her new strength.
Not dwelling on the successful defense, she swing her leg at the abomination with an impossible maneuver that was supported by a large tendril that extended out of her back. Laura and Alex had been training for weeks now and their coordination was very good by now. It wasn't perfect and they still needed to work on it, but it was getting much better with time and regular practice.
The claw that extended from her leg pierced through the chest of the abomination and went up to slice the upper half of its body into two parts.
As one of them died, the other attacked her without any delay, leaving her with a nasty gash on her back.
Though the injury promptly healed and Laura turned around and killed the other abominations too.
With that, Laura made her way through the corridors to the stairs that led to the main entrance of the bunker. As she made her way through the corridors, she kept running into more and more abominations, which she promptly disposed of. She knew that their biomass was useful and allowed her and Alex to get stronger. That's why she didn't leave any abominations alive in her wake. Alex was also fully supporting her. Two of his tendrils were extending out of her back and were promptly supporting her in whatever way necessary.
Whenever she was ambushed by an abomination while too busy to react, the tendrils would promptly take care of the abominations. This was only possible due to the fact that the ?Host Enhancement? wasn't just a one-way thing. Just as it enhanced Laura, Alex's capabilities were also stronger when he was with his hosts. This was especially prominent with Laurasince the high level of their bond meant that Alex would be just that much stronger.
They both were working with perfect coordination as they mowed through the abominations while the two tendrils extending out of Laura's back acted as defense, support, and attack appendages. This was only possible after the extensive training that Alex and Laura were going through.
Nothing was left in their wake as Alex made sure to devour all of the biomass that was left after killing the abominations.
Just as Laura made a turn to the room that led to the stairs leading out of the bunker her head was abruptly pulled back by Alex. And in that instant, a claw grazed her nose and left a gash on her face.
[Another ?Animal Class?, with similar strength as yours.] He informed her as the tendrils extending from her back pulled her away from the abomination.
That was when Laura got a good look at the abomination. It was a four-legged beast with the body shape of a panther but much larger in size, even as it stood on all fours, its height came up to Laura's face. Its maw was dripping with saliva as it growled while looking at her. There were two larger teeth that were extending down from its upper jaw.
By now, Laura was very much used to her new strength and didn't waste any time before engaging with the abomination. Extending her claws, she lunged at the panther who also jumped at her in retaliation. They clashed and landed on opposite sides of each other. After Laura's attack, the extended canines of the panther had been chipped.
Having lost in the initial confrontation, its eyes glowed red and the panther roared angrily before attacking Laura with even more power behind its attacks. As it attacked her, it was especially annoyed by the two appendages that were extending out from her back. They would block its attacks, help Laura to dodge and attack in impossible maneuvers and outright interfere in its attacks and prevent them from connecting with Laura.
After a couple of seconds of the stalemate, Laura finally saw an opening and took it. Slicing through the stomach of the panther and cutting it in half, which Alex promptly devoured.
It was easier for Laura to kill the panther even though it was objectively stronger than the bear. The reason was that she was quickly getting more and more used to her strength and she was able to use her skills to the fullest.
Laura looked up the stairs to see the previously empty stairs being swarmed by abominations. The entire fight lasted no more than a couple of seconds and Laura was already surrounded by more abominations.
[This is going to be a pain…] She grumbled before moving quickly to the first abomination that was on the stairwell.
She jumped on its head and stabbed it through the skull before it would even react and then moved to the next one. She kept jumping from abomination to abomination while killing them as she made her way to the top of the stairs.
Meanwhile, the clouds in the air were crackling with what could only be known as anticipatory lightning. Alex was using all his manipulation to gather the thunderclouds in the air, not actually realizing the effect since they weren't visible and were extremely far away. He would be surprised at how much better the effect of his ability was.
At this time, a pair of blood-red eyes were looking deeply at the sky filled with dark clouds that were crackling with thunder.
Finally, after about 10 minutes of relentless killing, Laura finally made her way to the top of the staircase.
[Great… More abominations.] She resisted the urge to roll her eyes as two more ?Animal Class? abominations lunged at her with a speed that matched her.
But things would change now, Laura was close enough to the surface that the lightning's effect could finally show. It naturally started showering down on the all around the entrance of the bunker. It was so bright that even through the densely packed entrance, Laura could see the bluish-white glow that symbolized the presence of lightning.
Instead of her natural reaction of apprehension, she felt elation. She felt some slight surprise followed by a realization that this was only natural. These weren't her own feelings. These were Alex's feelings that were extending through their bond. She felt like she was growing closer to him and he could feel the same. Their bond was naturally strengthening and that applied to their abilities too.
Laura hadn't stopped moving for even a moment, and feeling herself getting even stronger as her connection with Alex seemed to be deepening, she released a bellowing warcry and charged through the hordes of abominations with an unholy speed while slicing through them. The huge appendages extending from her back did their best to support her actions by attacking the abominations and defending her from their attacks.
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But that didn't mean that Alex would leave his resources. He'd cleaned up every dead abomination and absorbed its biomass and EP without a moment's delay after they were killed.
Finally, Laura reached the entrance of the bunker which was still shining with the regular blasts of lightning. The abominations had cleared out of that area and were leaving it wide open since the lightning was killing many of them.
The bolts started flickering as if welcoming the presence of Laura and Alex. Laura could feel what she had to do and she left her actions to her instincts. Finally exiting and reaching the open area after one of the bolts flickered away.
And there was a blast.
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