Despite the growing number of monsters, Mark's flaw was kicking in.
His animalistic self craved the blood of everything that was in his way as his body started making an unnatural noise as his spikes turned a deeper shade of red.
His frame was expanding as the armored man felt the resistance that Mark was giving grow stronger with every second he tried to hold him in place.
As Mark's skill greater strength was showing its effects as the ground around his cracked from the sudden weight distribution as his hand that was more than 3 times bigger than before reached out, then grabbed hold of the armored man!
The victim held within his grasp died almost instantly from the sheer strength that was going full throttle as the man's body was broken in half before Mark took a bite off his upper body ripping it apart from the rest with one tug of his teeth.
The sound of flesh, bone, and metal being chewed could be heard as Yuki and Fallion looked at the sudden death of their comrade in shock!
Then Mark, as if dissatisfied with the taste or texture of his 'treat', tossed what was left of him to the side as his eyes glowed ominously towards the other two that felt fear after so long and even with the support that allowed them to revive!
The area they were in darkened a little before some heavy objects fell from the sky as Yuki tried to deflect what she could while Fallion cast another spell that could possibly increase their chances of survival!
The orcs, ogres, goblins, and other monsters attacked in their own way, with the orcs taking action first from the rest by throwing their spare axes that which by the way each of them had 6 or so strapped to their bodies so they were fine with throwing either two or three at the uninvited guest of the forest.
Their axes rained down while some managed to leave some damage on his Scales it failed to leave any lasting damage before the ogres used their ability that all of their kind gained from the moment they are born 'fire breath'.
Causing the area to turn into a blazing inferno as the other monsters used other ranged abilities to eliminate their enemy.
However, Mark remained standing as he had abilities that those of his race that was 2 or more tiers above him had!
Thus he was more than just a formidable foe, he was practically the bane of these monsters.
they were helping him gain a boost in his growth as he subconsciously willed his abilities to level up whenever possible causing his body to gain some obvious changes!
Soon after the skills leveled up, he charged forward ignoring the previous enemy heading towards the monsters that attempted to kill him along with the mage and samurai girl.
He released a roar that was fueled by his strength making it more terrifying and nearly deafening as the weaker monsters were reeling from its effects!
Before a slaughter-fest began.
Mark grabbed a large yet strange lizard looking monster by the tail as it tried to run, lifting it into the air then attempted to wield it like a club which failed miserably as the flesh of its tail separated from bone halfway into the swing causing the unfortunate monster to be flung into the air… unintentionally!
Rather annoyed that the makeshift club was 'destroyed' so easily, Mark threw the leftover of the ripped tail towards the monsters the effects of his power behind the throw was brutal as a tail that was a foot in width and 5 more in length managed to kill nearly a hundred monsters in a straight line.
He then grabbed another nearby monster that stood there in surprise from the damage that was done which was a lizard monster that was another humanoid holding a small sharpened bone like a knife.
Then proceeded to smack the other monsters a few times before its body was completely 'tenderized' then threw its body decimating another hundred or so monsters!
But the orcs decided to charge forward, as Mark hacked at by a good portion of them as the rest tried swarming the adventurers that were protected by a shield of some sort.
The sound of metal-like screeching could be heard as the orc's weapons were having a hard time breaking through his defenses, some attempted attacking through the spines on his back and tail as if whacked some of them into a distance leading them into getting some casualties from blood poisoning and from being unable to land safely~
This continued until one of the coerced the others into trying to attack one spot on the shoulder that a certain orc had ripped a piece off before as one they aimed to cripple Mark, two how much stronger would their weapons be if they managed to get one of his spines or scales?
Then three they wanted him alive!
Why? Because such a monster would be worthy as a possible ally or a useful stepping stone for their rite of passage!
Mark somewhat sensing this curled into a ball similar to an armadillo ruining that insightful idea~
Leaving the orcs rather confused as to what they could do now before a sound of glass breaking could be heard as the other orcs managed to destroy the defense spell that Fallion cast as a figure took form, the armored man had returned to life, with a new set of armor made from dark metal which was oddly similar to a Deadric styled heavy armor, holding two katanas.
These new weapons that the armored man used cleaved through the orcs with ease as they were running towards him unnaturally thanks to his ZOC skill.
He was doing fine at least until the ogres began using their innate skill before the smell of cooked meat permeated around the area!
His armor failed to protect him completely as his flesh was unable to last against the growing number of ogres before a green light enveloped his body restoring his body to peak condition.
But things were getting even worse for them, as another rain of axes that were unhindered by his skill to which was stopped by the flesh of the other two causing them to fall to the ground before 'Wasp' suddenly appeared with an obviously unpleasant look from the ongoing situation.
The Bugman was about to relay some commands as green light enveloped the two fallen members of his, A furious howl shook the area, As the source of it was running towards them with several orcs clinging to him and more in tow while tossing those in his way like ragged dolls!