Reborn As An Evolving Monster

Light growled as loudly as he could with his fangs holding the Guardian's forearm.

The latter raised its arm, and the Demonic Dark Wolf's body with it.

With a sudden and quick downward motion, the Guardian aimed to get rid of Light.

The instant he felt the change in direction,

"Ke?"

The Boss Monster's confusion grew.

Both the fangs and the weight had suddenly disappeared.

So did the growling.

Everything disappeared, without making a sound.

The next second, a Destructive Tail Flick descended upon the Guardian's lacerated forearm.

The Force was great, but not enough to make it drop that frightening head.

Having set his body spinning in the air to increase the torque, Mark wasn't noticed until his feet hit the ground.

But the instant they did, he lowered himself to the ground, and his body spun once more.

A Destructive Tail Flick landed on the Guardian's knees, sweeping its feet off the ground.

The Dark Fog turned back into the Demonic Dark Wolf it concealed.

The Boss Monster's heavy body fell backwards.

And even when in the middle of its fall, Light didn't waste a second.

His claws and fangs sliced, slashed, and pierced.

The Guardian was blind.

It could only rely on its sense of hearing and weakened control over the Wind.

Which was perfect for Light.

[Blind Spot Killer: [B] Ranked Skill.

Attacking from an enemy's Blind Spot will deal 300% more damage.]

THUMP-

The Guardian's back hit the ground, and Light's butchering continued.

Meanwhile, Mark had extended a palm towards the fallen Boss Monster's forearm.

Freeze-

Immediately, the whole arm above the spot he had gazed was frozen solid.

The only thing that remained was the Guardian's hand and the head it helt.

With his palm straightened and covered in the Berserker's purple Aura, Mark aimed for the Boss Monster's writs.

His claws approached with great speed.

The next second,

Thump-

The feared and decapitated rolled on the ground.

"Ahhh...Ahhhh... AHHHH!"

The Guardian's voices held so much strength that even the Wind was intimidated and ran away from it.

Light distanced himself from it.

Grey approached rapidly.

The Boss Monster struggled and stumbled as it tried to stand.

One arm had been lost earlier.

The other was now frozen, and its wrist join was heavily injured. Injured enough that it couldn't move its hand or fingers properly.

A piercing sound resonated for a fraction of a second.

Another hole through the Guardian's body was added.

Mark stood patiently.

Only one head remained.

One too many to take a risk.

He raised his arms, and with palms extended towards the stumbling Guardian,

Colossal Fire Ball-

+

Flame Of-

"RWWAAAAA!!" The Guardian roared suddenly.

And just as suddenly, a spherical barrier of dark energy appeared around it.

Mark immediately jumped back. So did his two Underlings.

'What now-' His eyes wandered, and he noticed.

The decapitated head had been trapped inside the barrier.

A curious thing, that crying head.

It had been cut off the Guardian's body, by that very same Guardian.

What did that make it?

Was it still part of its body? Still connected to the Guardian?

Or had, perhaps, become an Item somehow?

Crack-

'Huh...?'

Crack-

'Don't tell me it-'

Crunch-

Crunch-

Without really knowing why, Mark ordered his Underlings to run away.

Crunch-

The three ran away from that side of the Boss Room.

Gulp-

"Ah... Ah... Ahhh-"

The Guardian's voice seemed filled with both fear and ecstasy.

The next second, the dark barrier expanded.

It didn't take more than 3 seconds for its diameter to reach thirty meters.

And it took even less time for the barrier to shrink.

It shrunk and disappeared.

Or so it seemed.

Mark turned around.

The empty space left by the eyeless hawk's disappearance had disappeared.

So did the one on its stomach.

The Guardian, despite having no eyes, directed its face to where its right wing used to be.

Mark's eyes widened.

An illusion?

No. It couldn't have been.

Slowly but surely, the Wind danced, and took on the appearance of that missing wing.

The same happened on the Guardian's left side.

It moved those limbs a bit, as if to get accustomed to them.

One with the Wind-

The next second, pained cries left the Guardian's mouth, and a dark, dark energy filled those wings made of Wind.

The limbs slowly turned pitch-black.

Slowly, darkness filled those limbs.

Pitch-black wings.

Suddenly, the Boss Monster flapped those wings.

A hundred dark feathers were shot.

Fortunately, the Guardian remained blind.

But that didn't matter.

For as soon as the dark feathers came into contact with something,

BOOM-

Is what all inside the Boss Room expected to hear.

But no sound was emitted, as the feathers turned into growing disintegrating dark spheres.

The Guardian turned 180 degrees.

Its attack had missed this time. But there was no doubt it would hit at some point.

Randomly, it would end up hitting the enemies.

An attack that couldn't be dodged.

That's what it seemed like to everyone inside the Boss Room, Guardian included.

The latter pulled its wings back.

And Elisa looked away.

Her heart rate accelerated.

She had no idea why she had looked away.

Her gaze moved, but it might have been too late already.

One moment, might have cost Elisa her life.

Just when the Guardian was about to flap its wings,

BAM-

BAM-

BAM-

Every being inside the Boss Room froze.

The bext second,

BOOOOM-

An explosion.

Too fast.

None had seen what had happened.

Before they even knew it, Mark, Elisa, Light, and Grey, had been powerfully launched at the Boss Room's walls.

Pieces of rubble flew all over.

Two of the gigantic pillars inside the Boss Room fell.

The room was covered by a cloud of smoke, even thicker than the previous one.

'A...Gain...?'

With his back against the wall, Mark struggled to stay conscious.

His Underlings limped as they tried to move towards their Master.

Elisa lay unconscious a handful of meters away from Mark. A shallow wound on her forehead bled slightly.

'What did it do now? Tsk. I'll need some time... To recover...'

[Your Skill "Berserker[SSS]" is deactivating.]

He immediately felt a great amount of pressure, but also strength, leave his body.

Mark took a deep breath.

'If it's the same as before, then-'

The next second, the cloud of smoke was cleanly, and swiftly, cut in two.

Elisa slowly pushed herself off the ground.

She lazily rubbed her half-open eyes. And the first thing she saw, was the expression on Mark's monstrous face.

And upon seeing that, Elisa couldn't help but follow his gaze.

Split in two, the cloud of smoke made space for...

Something.

Its whole body was covered by black armor tinted in gold.

In its right hand, rested a large spear, seemingly made of multiple blades moving in a spiral and connecting at the spear's tip. A strange design, as it allowed space and air to exist between the blades and at the spear's center.

Behind its helmet, flowed long grey hair.

Mark and Elisa froze for a bit.

The cloud settled a bit more.

In unison, they lowered their gazes slightly.

The Guardian's body lay. Crushed, and unmoving.

In unison, they directed their gazes to the same spot.

The spot Elisa had turned towards earlier, without knowing why.

A large and deep hole in the wall.

In truth, it seemed more like a tunnel.

The two turned towards one another.

Mark asked a question Elisa couldn't hear.

"I can feel it. The Wind..."

Mark's hand twitched.

"The Wind... From outside."

Bang-

The spear's heel hit the ground, immediately catching their attention.

"You weren't done yet.. Fuck..."

A chilling voice.

Cold.

"Stand up, Devourer."

Powerful.

An imposing voice that commanded respect and fear.

"I shall be..."

A man in black armor tinted in gold.

There was no way for Mark or Elisa to recognize him.

Both had never seen him.

"Your Final Test."

Mark's body froze, while his legs twitched.

The Final Wall had revealed itself.

And its name, was Zephyr.