Coming here was a choice that she made, regardless of the potential risk associated with what she was trying to do, she already fixed herself to go through with this no matter what. It was, after all, her fault to begin with.
At least she blamed herself for the shattered relationship between them.
Giana has already prepared herself for the eventual encounter with the Silverstar Pack, but she was not anticipating a meeting with these two rather than Rex. None of these two has power nearing that of Rex.
But in actuality, she was more nervous about meeting these two than Rex.
Since her last encounter with Rex, the time when he pulled his punch and decided to show mercy, Giana's inner consciousness feels that convincing him would be more plausible now than ever. If she plays it right, then she would definitely be able to do so.
On the other hand, these two were the complete opposite.
No cue of mercy can be seen in their flaming eyes, their desire for her blood was palpable to the eyes, turning into a devilish figurial aura behind them that threatens to swallow every inch of her entire being.
'I wanted to meet with Rex directly, yet I met these two first without his presence here'
Knowing that the two definitely bore hatred towards her, for what she did to Rex, she knows that this will definitely turn into a fight. Without Rex's presence here, there's no certainty of the fight, nobody to stop the two of them.
It was also the fact that she can't fight back, risking hurting the two further.
But albeit her fear of hurting Adhara and Evelyn and further angering Rex, Giana frowned when she felt the energy coming from the two. Unlike last time, their energy has become way sharper.
During their absence, it's clear that they've done ludicrous training to become stronger.
Like a pair of daggers made by the greatest blacksmith of all time, they were sharpened under Rex's tutorship, and now their edges can even hint their sharpness through the distance between them.
At the sight of the two, Giana stood straight again, canceling her battle stance.
With both hands raised to the sky, showing that she has no intention to fight, Giana then opens her mouth hoping that the two can suppress their hatred for a moment, "Wait! Adhara... Evelyn... I'm not here to fight"
Upon hearing this, the two look at each other before exposing a manic smile.
"We know..." Evelyn said, her pleasant temper has long gone. At this moment, she lets her predatory side takes over her entire body and mind, pushing her to a breaking point between bloodlust and crazy.
Giana halted when she heard this, a confused frown appears on her face.
But then, Adhara started to slowly turn into her Werewolf form, exposing her terrifying beast side. Her eyes glowed with sharp white energy, and her body is increasingly covered in pure white furs and muscles. She then said with pure malice, "We know you're not here to fight, but we are..."
Receiving their words, the frown on Giana's face disappeared.
Even though she has always been at the top, one of the strongest in the whole wide world, she understands what they are feeling right now. Looking down at the ground in sorrow, a smile appeared on her face.
'Yeah, back then, I was also the same as them...'
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Slash!
Roar!!
At the center of the battlefield, a Werewolf can be seen circling Giana who is grounded with a water bubble that defended her body. Added to the rain, the water bubble is stronger, blocking each swipe the Werewolf sent toward her.
Inside her eyes were burning flames of hatred as she follow the Werewolf's movement.
But then out of nowhere, the Werewolf's movement changed pattern before it suddenly vanished and reappear right on her side. Looking at the Werewolf, she saw its claws had gotten longer.
Not having the time to react, she kept her focus on the water bubble to protect herself.
Clang!
Upon the claws making contact with the water bubble, a huge splash of water exploded in the surroundings. Feeling the increase in strength, Giana summoned her spirit which take a form of a flying fish that uses its pectoral fins as another layer of protection.
Moreover, Giana also increases the spirit energy in the water bubble.
Despite her effort, the Werewolf is not a regular one, an Alpha blessed in strength.
Letting out a mighty roar, the Werewolf powered through the water bubble and managed to slice through the water bubble and landed a nasty gash right at Giana's side and send her rolling thirty feet away.
Blood was drawn, and its crimson color vanished in an instant under the heavy rain.
"Hmm... I remember a similar scent of blood, is that why you're aiming for me?"
"Bastard! You killed my sister!!"
Just before the Werewolf can say anything, an Awakened appears beside it with a glowing red sword in his hand. Creating a beautiful red lightning arc under the rain, the Awakened managed to slash off the Werewolf's arm and also wounding its body with a mighty slash.
Feeling the throbbing pain, the Werewolf growled in anguish.
Although it was clearly wounded, the Werewolf has immense vitality and is able to quickly use the momentum of being ambushed by the Awakened to flee away. Upon seeing this, Giana quickly grabs her daggers tightly to run after the Werewolf.
It was right then, the Awakened stand in her way and hugs her.
"What are you doing?! That Werewolf is getting away, I can't let him get away!"
"Giana, stop. We need to retreat, we are being overrun"
"No... no, no, no! I'm not going to retreat! Not until I kill that Werewolf! Let me go, Sebrof! LET ME GO!!"
Not wanting to let the Werewolf that has killed his sister go, Giana tries to struggle but she was overpowered by Sebrof who is forcing her to retreat as many Supernaturals can be seen approaching from their sides.
Looking at the back of the Werewolf in the distance, Giana gritted her teeth.
Pointing her hand at the Werewolf, she gathered her water mana to form a sharp lance the size of an adult human. Following that, she imbued the lance with lightning to increase its penetration before letting it loose.
Swoosh!
For a moment, time seemed to slow down as the lance pierce through the air and rain.
Giana's eyes were fixated on the lance, she tries to control its trajectory despite her imbalance as she was dragged away by Sebrof. In her mind, she wanted to pierce the Werewolf's skull and end his life.
But under the intense situation, imbalance, and mana exhaustion, she missed its head.
Stab!
In the far distance, the Werewolf was stabbed in the back as the lance came out of his right chest. Clearly, it was damaged again. But it's not to the point of dying yet, Giana can see the Werewolf walk it off and escape.
With her eyes fixated on the Werewolf, Giana's expression turns pale, 'It's not enough...'
Only those thoughts rang inside her head as she was being dragged away, the desire to inflict as much pain as possible before killing the Werewolf was thrown into a ditch. Not only was the Werewolf managed to survive, but it was not that hurt.
At least not as Giana sees fit, the Werewolf needs to suffer more but she can't do anything.
~
For a brief moment, a memory flashed inside her mind.
'I failed to hurt and kill that Werewolf that day, and I've suffered the thorn in my heart ever since. Everything comes to an end when I finally killed that Werewolf' Giana thought, she then raises her gaze once again to look at Adhara and Evelyn, 'I understand what those two are feeling...'
Knowing that their pain would end if they do whatever they want, Giana surrendered.
At the very least, she wouldn't try to defend herself against Adhara and Evelyn. In her mind, it's best to let them hurt her as they see fit. When they are satisfied enough, she would then ask them to not kill her, until she met with Rex at least.
Spreading her arms to the side, she then said, "I understand your anger"
"Go on, do anything you like to me. Vent all of your anger out for me killing Rex's parents"
Upon hearing this Adhara and Evelyn's breaths started to become heavier by the second, their veins bulged and pump blood faster in response to the anger inside of them, the sight of Giana alone makes their blood boils to the absolute limit.
Both of them bore their fangs, their energies were rampaging to the surroundings.
Due to the anger becoming clear inside their mind and heart, their senses were overwhelmed with bloodlust. Soon enough, a mark slowly appears and spreads its roots on Adhara's forehead, shooting her into the next realm.
It was at this moment, a shock can be seen in Giana's eyes.
Swoosh!
Like a cannon shell, Adhara exploded and blitzes through the distance between them swiftly.
Giana's eyes were opened wide seeing that Adhara's movement was faster than she thought, it was so fast that she needed extra effort to follow her movement with her eyes. 'S-She reached the ninth-rank realm?!'
BAM!
Just as she thought of that, an uppercut landed on her jaw perfectly.
A powerful force travels from the point of impact into her jaw, the sensation of her jaw almost breaking was very real, and her body was propelled upwards as a result. Not even having time to recover, Giana's face was grabbed by Adhara violently.
"No matter what, I will never forgive you for what you did- Raarghh!"
Clutching Giana's face with her sharp claws, she hurls her arm back and tosses Giana down to the ground violently. As she braces for a hard impact on the hard surface, a fierce aerial roundhouse kick, fueled with deep crimson flames strikes her face and propels her crashing away.
It happened in a blink of an eye, Adhara and Evelyn did a synchronized combo on her.
Under the fierce momentum of the aerial roundhouse kick, her body penetrates through a big rock the size of a hill and keeps on going. But not stopping at that, Adhara reappeared beside her once again and clutches her face again.
With a nightly growl, violet flame threatens to burn Giana's face.
Adhara then slammed Giana's head into the ground before she blitzes away while still clutching Giana's face, a straight path was created for miles. If anyone was suspected of this kind of damage, their heads would've got torn off by now.
Even Giana, a ninth-rank realm Awakened can be seen damaged by this.
Albeit the evident damage on Giana's body, scratches, and crimson blood from her broken skin, Adhara didn't have any sort of remorse for her. Stopping abruptly, she then threw Giana's helpless body to the side.
It was not an aimless throw, she was passing Giana back to Evelyn.
Coming from the sky, Evelyn came down with her hand burning with her dark flame. On top of that, her hair already turns into flame showing that she's in her Gladiator Form already. "Fire Demoness Art, Blazing Destroyer!!"
Despite not having her sword with her, she doesn't seem to be impaired by it.
Evelyn mostly used her technique using a sword to act as an extension, yet now it's clear that she can still use her technique using her bare hand. For once, she gathered every ounce of mana inside her body to do this strike.
On top of that, right before her attack landed, Adhara also helped her.
Unleashing her wind and fire elements, she merged them and intertwines them with the dark red flames on Evelyn's arm, creating a combination spell that has power surpassing any spell Evelyn had done before.
Gritting her teeth strongly, she slashed down her fiery right arm with all she got.
"RAARGHH!!!" Evelyn shouted, her entire being engulfed in flames.
In the process of her arm swinging down, the demonic figure of her spirit alongside Adhara's fire serpent twirls around her right arm, like a strengthening aurora before a massive explosion was created upon impact.
KABOOM!!
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