Disgust on her face made me smile. Yeah, I was in a bad situation. That two new monsters she summoned looked like boss monsters that required a group of hunters to defeat.
"Kill him!"
Her objective turned to killing me rather than imprisoning me. That meant that she saw me as a threat. Snake slithered towards me. It wasn't fast as expected of its size. It opened its jaw and tried to bit me. I just dodged and swung my sword. Its scales were tough. I couldn't make a dent on them. Yet, Rosalyn looked suprised. Why? That snake wasn't even fast. Why would she be suprised? Did this snake had some kind of ability? Snake tried to coil around me but I escaped. It was big and tough. Yet it wasn't fast and moved predictable. I couldn't kill it but it also couldn't catch me.
"If its your trump card, I am not impressed!"
I taunted her. She stomped like an angry child.
"How? How are you seeing through its illusions? This is ridiculous!"
Illusions? What illusions? Wait, don't tell me…
Hawkeye(Darkness) C++
Did it allowed me to see through illusions? How convenient. Maybe that was what extra plus meant? I didn't know. What I know was this slow moving creature couldn't move very fast. So I ran. I ran fast while dodging its attack. Due its sheer size, even one attack could have killed me. But it needed more than just size to kill me! I closed the distance between us in blink of an eye!
"Astolfo!"
Wyvern moved between us. It opened its jaws and breathed green gas. I held my breath as I passed between its legs.
"You lunatic!"
My body burned. Maybe that gas passed through skin? I had no time to think since I was in front of Rosalyn. I raised my sword. It shone bright red.
"Release all of it!"
She screamed as she grew scales all over her body. It wasn't an abilty I seen before. At the same time that green gas covered entire area. I held my breath again. Despite that my skin burned. Pain didn't stopped me. I swung my sword. Her scales were tough yet I could chip them away. I had limited amount of time before I had to breathe again. And she was tough! She wasn't good at close combat yet her pure physical abilities and regeneration made it hard to overpower her. Everytime I ripped one scale away, another grew to its place. Wounds I caused closed not long after. Meanwhile, I took hits. Snake and wyvern also reached us and joined the battle. Snake's tail slammed to me and I was sent flying. Impact caused me to release all the air in my lungs. I breathed. Green gas filled my lungs. It burned. Tears filled my eye. It was so painful.
(You been poisoned heavily.)
"Astolfo is a Toxic Hawk Wyvern bred specifically for its venom. How does it feels?"
She liked boasting way too much. My entire body screamed in pain. It felt like thousands of needles were trusted into my body.
"Calm down."
I gritted my teeth. She was fine. Did she had immunity towards its venom. Made sense. She wouldn't have ordered it to release that gas otherwise. I coughed blood. It was dark red. Did it came from my internal organs?
"It causes necrosis. Your internal organs are first to go. You die from inside out."
Thanks for the explanation, Professor Bitch. Calm down. If I panicked it would only speed up the spread of the poison. I had to calm down and find a way. Find a way. Did she carried antivenom? No, that would be stupid, even for her. My best option seemed like escaping. Some of the healer type hunters had ways to combat venoms. But that would mean risking others. I also wasn't sure if I could run that much distance while poisoned and she being after my tail. I had one choice. I coughed blood to my blade. I activated Blood Reinforcement.
"Trying to use Blood Reinforcement in middle of the combat? You dumb creature."
My blade stored blood of the monsters I killed. I absorbed some of it yet due me reaching my limit my blade still had a lot of blood stored in it. What if I could use that to reinforce my blade even further? My sword shone bright.
(Skill Blood Reinforcenment ranked up to C)
My sword grew to around two meters. It looked as if it was made out of red crystals rather than metal. Despite the increase in size I could wield it fine.
(Name your creation.)
A name? I could barely think and it asked me for a name?
"Kıyamet."
I named it apocalypse in Turkish.
(Blood Sucking C is activated.)
(All available blood is being sucked towards Kıyamet.)
All the blood around me were sucked towards my sword. All that blood disappeared in blink of an eye.
(Kıyamet is filled 64 percent.)
(All options are activated according to blood level.)
(Strength Enchanment C is activated.)
(Cursed Wounds D is activated.)
(Rapid Healing E is activated.)
I felt strength surge in my body once more.
"What? What the hell are you?"
"Your death!"
I was able to move once more. I still felt venom circulating in my body. But at this moment, I could move!
"Kill him! Both of you!"
"Don't move."
My voice was low, like a whisper. It was quite to contrast to her screaming voice. I released Domination.
(Domination C is combating Beast Taming C.)
(You were able to dominate your enemy for a short time.)
I never used Domination in this battle until now. I had two reasons. One was I guessed she had a skill to control those monsters. If her skill was higher ranked I would just waste energy. Second one was I wanted to use it as a trump card. A way to finish battle. And now I had a chance. We had 15 meters between us. Domination would only stop two monsters for around 2 seconds. I had to close the distance and kill her in that amount of time. I took the same stance as the man in my dream. One strike. One lunge.
"Argh!!!"
Ground beneath me cracked as I lunged forward. She covered her body with her arms. Even though her scaly arms guarded her vital points, I had Hawkeye. I saw the weak point and struck there.