*Swoosh* *crash*
The crystal projectiles flew about the field, the launched attacks menacingly flew at a much stronger Bultear. His [Nails Shot] had become much more precise, the speed had improve. She could not take him lightly anymore since his attack power was stronger than the average stage one awakened. The nails flew slower than her crystal roses yet were more destructive. She had also found that his was able to smell when she was about to use her secondary ability [Bloom] thus allowing predict the move ahead of time. That helped Bultear in minimizing the damage done by the attack as he was still slower than the sound of her voice.
Slowly, Sinthia could slowly identify his fighting style: A close range fighter that relies on the combination of his speed and predictive scent abilities to attack his opponents with incredibly destructive claw attacks. On top of that his [Nail Shot] gives him a long range ability most wouldn't expect from giving him the element of surprise that may well prove very deadly for his opponents. Lastly, his third ability...
"Replenish!"
Yelled Pax from the side with the markings long gone from his face; he was using his secondary Evolver ability [Divine Command]; this ability, as well as the primary ability [Divine Control], are abilities he gained after his vocal cords had evolved. [Divine Command] compared to [Divine Control] is more direct of an ability, it works when the other person is willing to be affected by Pax. When the person is willing they fall into deeper control of his words. It is used by Pax in situations like this, when subtle manipulation of the enemy is impossible. His team members, in this case Sinthia, allow his words to take hold of them, he then buffs them with words that improve their capabilities.
When he yelled 'Replenish!' the supernatural voice allowed Sinthia to quickly replenish the crystal roses she had shot out previously thus removing the preparation period she would have to go through had Pax not been there. It was evident why he was the main interrogator and support fighter of the third division.
"Thanks."
Calmly replied Sinthia as her body, under the influence of [Divine Command] sped up the sped up the forming of the crystal roses. Much to Bultear's dismay, the buffed up Sinthia was an even bigger menace at this point and the opening he created for himself went away as quickly as she formed her new set of projectiles, added on top of that was the injuries he already picked up from the constant barrage of attacks.
'Thankfully I was able to predict them thanks to my nose so the injuries are skin level at best, but if this keeps up I'll have gone the entire training period without landing a hit on her.'
Bultear's tensed legs acted rapidly blasting him forward, the distance shortened between them quickly in the moment when the freshly formed crystal projectiles had already been a breath away from his chest. He very well knew that if those roses pierce him he would lose because avoiding [Bloom] at that point would not be possible. He was ready to do it, he had already felt it for while; his third ability.
'My teeth...'
In that fraction of a second between victory and defeat he dug deep into his mind and the feeling that had been bubbling inside. Suddenly! He opened his mouth wide showing newly formed fangs and angled his head upwards pointing them at her. The fraction of a second turned into half a second as the his skin now felt the piercing of the crystals. He would not be able to reach her, that he knew, he also knew that she was unable to dodge what was coming.
' Fear...'
One thought, one emotion floated in her mind when his newly formed fangs had turned a deathly crimson as two blood arrows unexpectedly shot out towards her at ridiculous speed. The blood caused great fear to bloom in her heart, for reasons she could only chalk up to intuition she so greatly believed in.
'It hit!'
The jubilant thought prevailed over the pain of the crystals penetrating his skin when he saw the bright, glowing crimson blood arrows successfully hit her...or so he thought.
'What is that?'
The blood arrows that were meant to finally do some damage had instead landed on a massive dome made purely out of crystal that shielded her completely unharmed body.
"Sinthia?"
Pax was puzzled at the extent to which she used her third ability [Crystal Embrace]; it would have been more than enough to just create a small shield in front of her. He had no idea of the fear that attack had caused her.
"I- I am f-fine..."
Though she said so, her ragged breath and pale complexion gave a different answer.
'Why was I afraid so much? He is just a recently awakened newbie, no matter what attack he threw would cause too much damage... right? Plus he told me yesterday that his third ability will revolve around his teeth so I focused my attention on his mouth just to be sure... Still, what was that? I had thought that his teeth would turn into wolf fangs like his nails had done, but they instead turned into that of a snake that spews out blood? Like how a snake would shoot out poison...'
Her puzzled mind quickly received an answer as her eyes widened when she saw the part of the [Crystal Embrace] that had been hit by the blood. The ragged breath then got stuck in her throat when she saw a most unnerving scene.
'It is melting... a purely defensive move released at full power by an Evolver three levels above his is being melted away...'
And then she saw something that, not only frightened her even more, but also made her thankful that she had listened to her finely tuned intuition.
'The blood is wriggling?...It is moving... his blood is... alive?'