"Die!" Without waiting for the women to make their move, Idan took the lead and threw the next punch, aiming at the injured woman.
The other two women with bright, infuriating smiles immediately began to act: one used a mental attack, and the other threw her spear.
"Damn it, not again!" Having been hit by the mental attack, Idan lost his pace and managed to make only two attacks, both aimed at the injured woman.
Immediately after the mental attack, a spear crashed down on him, and Idan barely had time to put out his sword, enhanced with three types of energy. The force of the impact sent him flying backwards, increasing the distance between them.
"Rraaar!" The wounded woman growled in an inhuman voice, realizing that both attacks were aimed at her. Knowing that it was better not to play with this guy's strength, she decided to dodge and step back.
The two remaining women, on the other hand, rushed forward at Idan.
"Damn!" Idan continued to curse, seeing that his attack had missed again and that the two women were heading towards him.
Another mental attack rained down on him, knocking out his thoughts. With each new attack, Idan became more and more impatient.
Confused, Idan narrowly avoided the incoming spear, barely dodging it.
Women, seeing that their tactics were effective against the guy, began to use it more often. One of them attacked him mentally, and the other attacked him from afar with a weapon, alternating these techniques.
Idan felt his thoughts begin to fade. If this continues, then a few more mental attacks and he will probably lose consciousness.
His mind was not invulnerable. With each new attack, Idan's defense weakened.
"Weakness?" He muttered, and his eyes widened. Then a big smile appeared on Idan's face.
"What a fool I am!" he thought. It was only now, when Idan realized that he was weakening, that he remembered the information he had received after using the "Eye of Identification". At first, for some reason, he ignored this information, and then, due to a series of mental attacks, he completely forgot the information about the weakness of these creatures.
[Random information: Weakness for bright light.]
"Let there be light," Idan said, not waiting for another attack. He used his second, less powerful element, and hurled the "Flash" spell, a light spell, towards the two women.
A small ball of light flew a short distance, missed the women running towards them and exploded, illuminating everything with a bright flash.
"I need to spend more time understanding the element of light, I shouldn't ignore it," Idan thought, gripping his sword tightly and rushing forward.
The women stopped abruptly in surprise, covering their eyes with screams. The bright light blinded all three, but the two women who were closest to the light source suffered the most.
The black writing on their bodies began to blur and disappear under the influence of the light, and along with them, the smooth and beautiful female skin was torn and rotted.
"Aaaaaaaarrrrr!" — the first female screams of pain from the bright light were replaced by a guttural growl.
Idan, who used this spell and had an affinity for this element, was not blind and saw everything clearly. He quickly closed the distance to the two women, who now no longer looked like beauties, but turned into ugly humanoid creatures.
Taking advantage of their weakness and surprise, Idan unleashed a hail of sword attacks filled with three types of energy. He launched as many attacks as he could in the short time he had gained, aiming to end them here and now.
In a matter of seconds, the defenseless creatures that were in confusion were torn apart by a hail of rampaging and ruthless attacks from Idan.
The simplest spell in Idan's arsenal, which he had almost forgotten and used only a few times during his time in Limbo, became decisive in the battle and helped him win.
This incident reminded Idan that he must develop not only his fire and sword skills, but also his other talents. No one knows when or where one of those skills that he considered superfluous could save his life, as it happened now.
The third woman, although she was some distance away, also felt the effects of the bright light. The writing on her body became less vivid, and cracks appeared on her beautiful skin. Black blood continued to flow from the wounds.
When she saw the deaths of the other two women, she turned around without hesitation and ran away, simultaneously sending a signal invisible to others in the direction of the forest.
When Idan saw the third outsider start to run away, he was overcome with anger and annoyance. He wasn't going to let anyone leave this place alive.
In a fit of rage, Idan unknowingly used his Soul Force to attack the enemy. Normally, the Soul Force of creatures is not visible to other creatures, but now it shone brightly, attracting the attention of all who watched the battle. This force had a bright pinkish-purple hue.
A large clot of pinkish-purple color rushed at great speed towards the fleeing woman. On the fly, it took the shape of a large hand and, catching up with her, grabbed her in its grip. The woman was surprised, but did not have time to understand what was happening, as the hand squeezed her with great force, turning her into a bloody mess.
Idan froze in horror, realizing what had just happened.
After the clot killed its victim, it dissipated, and Idan immediately felt a severe pain in his head, which was even stronger than the mental attacks of these creatures. He was on the verge of losing consciousness. Blood was continuously dripping from his nose, and his arms and legs were shaking.
"What just happened?" asked Idan, but no one answered.
"Was it Soul Force?" he kept asking, trying to figure out exactly what he had done. In the heat of anger, he did not realize exactly how it happened, but he felt that the nature of this attack was related to the Power of the Soul.
"And the energy of madness?" he asked, remembering what color it was.
"The Soul Force combined with the Energy of Madness?" Idan concluded, still not believing it. He had never tried to use these powers together, or even thought of such crazy ideas.
Then he began to tremble. The way he used these powers was as if he had done it many times before.
And only one thought came to his mind.:
"Damn ascension trial!" swore Idan.
From a distance, Nico watched the battle unfold, stunned. It all happened in an instant. The battle that seemed to be against the guy suddenly changed, and in a short time he emerged victorious.
However, what struck Nico the most was the last attack, which killed the third woman.
"What the fuck was that?" he asked himself, without taking his eyes off what was happening.
[The system has been rebooted!]
Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by a notification from his own system, which had recently stopped responding to his requests.
[Host! The host! This… This… Epic...]
And again, without finishing, Nico's system went to reboot, leaving him completely perplexed.