Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 22: Sky isn't Boundless, part 4
Alice had to admit that Hyenas was the strongest warebeast of all the warebeasts she had faced since arriving in this city.
Alice could surpass the physical strength of some of the previous warebeasts even though they had already transformed into their strongest mode. There are also those who are unable to upload Alice, but he uses his speed to compensate for the difference. Facing his previous opponents, at most he only used Light Armor; no one could force him to use the Light Zone, let alone the Ultra Light Zone.
However, Hyenas was different. Once the woman used the second phase of the Art of Beastification, Alice could no longer surpass her in terms of speed. The only thing that prevented Hyenas from defeating Alice was the difference between their spear-playing abilities. In addition to the spear of light in her right hand, Alice also held a sword of light in her left hand. Between her and the granddaughter of the warebeast king, Alice's weapon playing skill was clearly superior.
Alice could only survive. He has no gap to attack back. When he blocked Hyenas' spear and was about to thrust out his sword, the warbeast's spear handle had blocked his sword. Even the spear immediately attacked, forcing Alice to block it again. Although Alice used two weapons, Hyenas could deal with her with just a spear— and her sharp hooves, of course.
Not wanting to continue to be cornered, the armor of light immediately wrapped around Alice's body, and immediately Alice could again launch an attack on the opponent. His light spear eyes thinly struck Hyenas' cheeks, leaving an elongated scratch there. Not stopping there, bullets of light shot out from Alice's right and left. The number of light bullets was dozens, and all of them shot towards Hyenas.
Minner Ertharossa's grandson was shocked by the scratches on his cheek, but he was able to shake off the shock and try to avoid it. However, the bullet of light was fast—faster than the bullet of wind even lightning. Hyenas failed to avoid everything, dozens of successfully raining down on his body. It was fortunate that Hyenas was in the second phase of the Art of Beastification, his body becoming strong enough to reduce the penetrating power of those bullets.
“This is not a game. If you let your guard down, it's your own fault. I have no obligation to wait for you to be ready.” Along with the words coming out of Alice's mouth, the bullet of light with a number that was up to three times that of before bombarded Hyenas.
“...Beastification.”—One of the words that Hyenas muttered in response, and in an instant he was already on the other side of the arena with a body covered in lightning. “Lightning Drive!”
Hyenas darted like lightning into Alice. For ordinary people who looked at him from afar, they only saw a blue glint crashing toward Alice, so fast the warebeast. Hyenas did not go straight, but zigzagged. Alice could follow the woman. His eyeballs moved nimble to the right-left, both of the weapon-shaped lights in both hands ready he moved at any time.
Hyenas appeared to Alice's left, her spear swinging about to break the girl's neck. But Alice had raised her spear of light, the spear clashed. However, it only happens in zero commas of a few seconds. Before Alice tried to attack, Hyenas was already behind her in a state of twisting the spear.
Alice clenched her teeth. Although her eyes could follow Hyenas's movements, Alice was less quick at fending off. But fortunately he had time to tilt his body back, otherwise it was not the spear shaft that hit his left mask, but his sharp eyes. Alice was blown away strongly, the energy behind the swing of Hyenas' spear was no joke.
Nevertheless, Alice was still able to withstand the momentum her body received. The mask is cracked, but still not destroyed. Alice bought a hard mask. At the very least, his mask would be able to withstand two more blows before being destroyed. Therefore, Alice could not allow herself to take another blow.
Ah, of course it doesn't matter if people see his face. He had already shown his face to the city gatekeeper and a few others. The warbeasts seeing his face was not a problem at all. It's just that Alice knows Karen and Kanna routinely tell people to look for her whereabouts. This mask needs to be there if he doesn't want to be known to their people.
“Can you go faster?” alice asked without paying attention to Hyenas' words, both of her weapons cracked and faded in pieces of light.
“Hah?”
“If you can't go faster, that means just getting here is your fight. Light Zone.” The flames of mana instantly enveloped Alice's body, and slowly the mana drew its light armor. Like a cake wrapped in chocolate, so Alice was wrapped in light. Her clothes, masks, and the things she wore were no longer visible; alice's appearance was entirely like a collection of human-shaped lights. “I will be much faster than before, try to compensate if I can.”
It happened in an instant. Hyenas had not had time to blink, and suddenly Alice had landed her right fist on the belly of the warebeast. The force behind the blow was unusually strong, to the point of causing an air shock. However, Hyenas' body did not bounce. Alice had strangled him, restraining the woman from being carried away by the momentum. And, before Hyenas' brain could successfully translate the pain her body was receiving, Alice slammed the body onto the floor.
Along with the mouth that spewed saliva mixed with blood, Hyenas lost his self-awareness.
“Ta-Tak can't be trusted! Evil Mask that we have seen so far.it turns out this is his true strength! How strong! Give a grabbing applause for Evil Mask who again managed to keep his winning record!”
The spectators who were still stunned by Alice's action immediately cheered, filling the arena with their noisy voices.
At the same time, medical personnel immediately rushed into the arena ‒ Hyenas' condition will worsen if not treated directly (the blow Alice is not at all canned).
Meanwhile, Alice who was still in her Light Zone mode was just silent on the spot. Not only the audience was stunned, Alice too. He had already tested the Light Zone on several Magical Beasts, but this was only the first time he had used it against a fighter of Hyenas' caliber. This Light Zone was stronger and faster than I imagined, the inner Alice praising herself.
If the Light Zone alone was already like this, what about the Ultra Light Zone? How fast is he in that mode? How powerful was the punch?
Alice can't wait to test it out. He stepped out of the arena floor with his head busy imagining himself facing a powerful opponent in that mode.