Pink and Kun were two of Zain's first true allies in this world. He hated to admit it, but he had grown to like them and because of that, he had shown both of them how to use the crystals to grow stronger.
Based on what he saw, Zain believed that the two of them had the potential to grow, and as a result increase his chance of survival. After all, a group was the basis of survival as each person did what they were specialised at.
Surviving on your own would be difficult no matter who you were, even for him, but the two of them somewhat seemed to rely on him, more so than they realised, and with his split, in a way he was hoping for this to happen.
'Kun already surprised me with his strength and speed even though hand- to-hand fighting isn't his speciality, but you Pink, you are strong enough to make the system give me a gold card for defeating you. You must have really improved.'
It was a stark difference compared to fighting against Kun, because when the quest popped up for him, to receive a silver award he had to win without the use of his weapons, but here the system just stated that it wished for him to win.
'Let's trust the system, and not go easy on Pink.' Zain thought as he manifested the two weapons into his hands.
'From what I remember before, she was a taekwondo expert, so she was good at using her legs. When she absorbed the crystals, she was close to the Enhancement type of zombie as well.'
Taking a look at Pink in the centre though, he noticed that she wasn't wearing her special boots that she had before. Those that would allow her to hide a small blade in the tip. Strangely, she was now just wearing plain trainers for comfort, at least she was until a few seconds ago.
Immediately she started to take them off and flung them to the side, revealing her bare legs, as she continued to wear a skirt.
"Thank you for taking me seriously, after losing my family… I don't want to lose anyone else, and that includes you Zain, so I want to show you how much I've improved."
From the tip of Pink toes, her skin started to change colour, it started to turn black and thicken. The black skin started to shine slightly like a piece of armour and went right up to her knee.
'This substance around her leg, it looks like the same thing around the Titans, and the same thing that my Titan blade is made out of?' Zain noticed. 'Is this something she can do now, after absorbing all of those crystals?'
Zain was bang on with his guess, and Wix didn't look too surprised to see this, unlike some of the other Reborn.
'She can do an enhancement… I was hopeful for her since she seemed to be the most skilled during the training, but this is beyond what I expected. Just what did these guys go through to get so strong on their own. How were they able to find out about the crystal power without anyone telling them?' Wix thought.
Either way, it would mean that now this fight wouldn't be as one sided as the others.
"Let's start this!" Pink shouted, running in. It looked as if she was just going to try her best with her legs, but when she reached Zain, she jumped up in the air and spun her body. She was high up in the air, and the spinning kick went right towards his head.
"If you have that armour on your leg, then I don't have to worry about hurting you, not that I was in the first place!" Zain shouted back, as he swung the Titan machete as well.
It slammed into Pink's kick, but there was a clear winner when it came to power, Zain's arm was forced into swinging downward. When Pink landed on the floor, she spun her leg across the floor, sweeping it, and hitting both of Zain's legs, causing him to fall on his back.
Standing up, Pink lifted her foot in the air, and swung it down, her heel aiming right towards his chest. Rolling to the side, and kicking off the ground, Zain managed to get back up on his feet to see Pink's heel stuck in the floor right where he was.
'I lost in a battle of strength?' Zain thought, but calmed himself down as he thought about it more logically. 'Legs are able to produce far more power than arms in the first place. She also spun in the air giving her more momentum.
'On top of that, she is an enhancement type. As she absorbed more crystals, her stats were what was going to increase the most. I was foolish to try and go up against her head to head.'
This time, Zain was the one that charged in, after collecting his thoughts. When he was just in range, Pink went to kick his forearm aiming to break them. If she got rid of his arms, then he would no longer be able to use the strange swords that seemed to be just as strong as her legs.
"I have improved in more ways than just my strength!" Zain said, as he leaned back a bit, avoiding most of the weight of the kick, then he swung the Titan sword following the leg just behind it.
[Sword mastery level 4]
Scraping the back of her leg with his weapon, he was able to somewhat parry it and force it where he wanted it to go, lifting her leg from the bottom, he made her go off balance for a second, and in that moment, there was one more thing Zain had on him, the element of surprise.
In his other hand, the white sword had suddenly become a large spear. Pink, this whole time, was keeping her distance away from the swords, but now she had a spear shoved right through her stomach.
"You told me not to hold back." Zain simled.
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