The White-haired man had a sharp white beard, and his body was covered on muscles and various scars. He wore the simplest of clothes made from monster leather, a loincloth, and some pelts behind his back alongside brown boots. He looked more like a barbarian than a man who had turned into a bandit. Then again, the others didn't looked much different. However, his strength was the real deal.
This is why I knew that I had to go all out on him from the beginning and try to attack him by surprise using Eleanora's specialized Skills.
Five Orcus roared, their bodies as big as Giant Wild Boars ran straight towards the man, clashing on him from behind, in front, and to the left and right side. Their enormous and muscular bodies were also covered in flames as they had evolved, and quickly unleashed this explosive flare into the man's body once they impacted against him.
He was suddenly enveloped on flames. He began to scream in agony, but suddenly, a smile surged on his lips once more, showing his sharp, wolf-like fangs.
His muscles suddenly began to bulge, as his entire body size increased by half. His entire body unleashed a red aura, and it seemed that he had increased his own strength… Is this a Skill? What Talent is this? A Warrior Talent of some sort?
His axe swung strongly against the Orcus in front of him, easily crushing its head and killing the beast on the spot, turning it into bubbles of light.
"Another dud! Is there an army of guys here summoning spirits or something?!" He muttered.
Another Orcus hit him in the chest while he killed one of them, quickly throwing him down into the floor. For a few seconds, he gave a good enough opening. We melded into shadows with Eleanora, quickly lurking behind the man and pointing our weapons, imbued with our energies, against him!
"Blood Spear Arts: Rose Garden!"
"Dragoon Spear Arts: Triple Thrust!"
A combination of two Spear Arts was unleashed almost in tandem, as the man was suddenly enveloped in several attacks that melded together. It felt as if he was being consumed by pure pain as red was the only thing he was able to see!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
His body, covered on wounds, quickly hit the ground, and then rolled over it, his desperate gaze quickly and weakly looked at the two of us, as we didn't even allowed him a second to properly recover, Orcus moved forward, crushing him into the ground with their weight, as the Fenrir I summoned emerged from the shadows, biting his arms and legs.
The man roared in furious agony, his body was extremely tough, as if his muscles were made of steel, the bites from Fenrir and the crushing blows of Orcus were barely dealing superficial wounds, and our own attacks left holes over his back, but didn't seem to be enough to kill him.
From what I've analyzed, he must have [Axe Arts], [Berserk Mode], [Automatic HP Regeneration], and probably other matching skills with his build. He was a pure Berserk.
"RAAAAAAHHH! You damn midgets, who the heck are ya?!" He roared, suddenly punching a ferocious Fenrir with his enormous fists and killing the familiar on the spot, his legs moved faster, easily crushing two of the Fenrir biting each leg. Afterwards, he punched an Orcus in the gut as his Axe moved on its own and began to kill another one.
BAAAM! CLAAASH! TRUUUM!
"Edgard, the "Berserk". Bounty: five hundred thousand Telis. Preferably dead." I said, without answering his question.
"Huh? Bounty hunters?! Those damn Cultists said that this damn area was safe from the public!" He muttered with half of his body covered in burns, he swung his enormous arms and crushed another Orcus' head with it, making it explode into bubbles of light.
Did he said cultists? Interesting. I might have to catch him alive to interrogate him… But it would be quite hard, seeing how strong he is. It would certainly be more convenient to kill him right away.
"I'm not leaving from here without your head." I said. "I need the money after all."
"Heh, cheeky brat! You're missing a few years before you can even fathom to match the one and only Berserk of these Lands! I've fought Giant Wild Boars with my own fists! Whatever tricks you're using to bring so many summons, you ain't going to defeat me!" He laughed.
"Is that so?" I wondered, quickly melding into the darkness and dissaspearing from his sight, as Eleanora also did the same.
"Huh?! Shadow Sneak? Damn it…! Get out and confront me, cowardly bastards!" He roared angrily.
The Huginn immediately began pestering him, as I also brought fifty Queens with me, the enormous Bees that could multiply. When they turned into such a big swarm like right now, they were the perfect familiar to annoy others with!
"Bees?!" He muttered in shock, as countless bees began to pierce through his skin and deal critical hits consecutively, his entire body began to bleed. He swung his arms, crushing several of them on the spot, but they continued to weaken him while the crows attacked with their feather projectiles from afar.
"Damn crows!" He roared, throwing his axe into the air and hitting two Huginn, quickly killing them on the spot.
But that's exactly what I wanted him to do. In that very moment he threw his axe, he lowered his guard once more.
Sneakily, we emerged with Eleanora behind him once more!
My enormous Demon Arm shapeshifted, turning into a giant bony spear and covered in countless other sharp teeth with various eyes. Using my arm alongside my spear and Eleanora's Read the latest chapters on NovelHub - completely free!
He fell down the floor as he saw with horror my monstrous arm.