Separated from the others, Marie and Park could only rely on themselves to get out of the current situation they were in.
Marie had fully transformed her body into the 10-foot-tall titan, while Park was still energized by Marie’s special skill.
Both of them were back to back as they went off to face those who were coming after them.
Marie charged ahead, and Lena, with her large tail, swung it in the air. It was fast, and although Marie’s size was large she could still track it and caught right onto the tail.
The moment she grabbed onto the tail a large explosion took place, it was a big one and the smile on Lena’s face didn’t stop there.
“Did you not see what I did earlier, yet you were still willing to grab it!”
When the smoke started to die down, Marie was seen still holding onto the tail. She then grabbed it and pulled it forward, seemingly unhurt by the hit.
“My body is made to protect those in the Howlers, to protect Gary. If I can’t take a hit like that, then what use am I!” Marie said as she yanked the tail and lifted Lena in the air.
She then jumped and slammed Lena into the ground, breaking the floor beneath it.
At the same time, Park had decided to dive in against those Altered coming after him. He avoided a few hits from them with his fast reflexes and then tried to get a strike in with his own claw.
With Marie’s boost, and the Alpha’s Howl, he was faster and felt stronger than he was before. As another Altered came up behind to attack him, he quickly ducked under the attack.
Lifting his upper body, he grabbed the leg that went over his head and hurled it towards a group of the others, while diving in to take out some more.
Still, Park needed to be careful, as each one of them were skilled fighters and he couldn’t let this power boost get to his head.
‘I can’t let Marie worry about me right now, she’s fighting against one of the Zodiacs. They’re from the One Gang, one of the Kings, so it’s like she’s going against one of the strongest Altered in the world. The least I can do is not let her worry about me!’ Park thought.
After Marie had slammed Lena into the ground, she felt the tail in her hands growing smaller.
Lena was changing her Altered form back into a more human form so she could quickly pull her tail away.
Then Lena rolled on the ground and when she turned around, she had transformed back into her Altered form.
Just from the single hit alone, her body was quite sore. ‘I can’t believe it, the Howlers were a gang that came out of nowhere.’
‘This person in front of me, I don’t even know who they are, yet they’re able to take my hit like so, and are this strong.’
A seed of doubt just from the start of the fight was already playing in her mind, and Lena was starting to think maybe Pinner’s plan of splitting everyone up wasn’t such a good one.
It only was if they could confirm that they could win these fights one on one. With these doubts in her mind, Lena started to look for other ways in how she might be able to win this fight, and that’s when she saw someone else in the area.
‘That man that’s with her, although skilled it’s quite clear he’s a far bit weaker…’ Lena thought.
With this on her mind, Lena charged in again. She rushed forward and Marie stood there, spreading her arms out wide, with her knees bent ready for anything that was to come her way.
Lena jumped in the air and spun her tail down. It then hit the floor, exploding on the ground, and it propelled her upward right over Marie’s head.
As she stared up and looked at Lena, Marie could see where she was heading, as she had landed right where Park and the others were fighting.
“Hello.” Lena said with a smile and turned her body as her tail was swung out again.
It was unexpected for Park, so he didn’t even have time to do anything to block the attack, and he didn’t have to.
A large arm reached out and blocked the tail strike, exploding on the spot. Park heard the explosion and wondered why he wasn’t hurt in any way, and he could see Marie’s body blocking him.
“I’m the more senior member here… I should have known what she was up to.” Marie said as she winced with the explosions going off.
Seeing this as well, the other Altered that were battling with Park till this moment charged forward, and all of them were heading for Marie.
One of them had a sharp pointed arm that looked like a giant lance and was charging ahead.
“No.” Park said. “It’s me… I shouldn’t be the one getting in the way!”
Park moved from his position, getting around the back of Marie, and he hit two of the Altered away with his arms until the third one with the large lance-like spear stabbed him, going right through his stomach.
“Shit… it looks like that boost wore off as well.” Park said.
Marie went to swing her arms, but Lena had already moved away, retreating from her position with great laughter.
“With him out of the way, now we have more people to focus on you.” Lena said.
Marie turned to look at Park, and then went to attack the Altered that had stuck their lance arm in him. Her large fist hit his body, taking the lance out and sending him flying and crashing among the pile of cars.
“Crap… Park… Park!” Marie called out.
“Hey… just focus on getting the job done, don’t worry about me… the last thing I want to do is get in your way,” Park said.
“No it’s me though… it’s me.” Marie said. “I was the one that should be looking after you. Instead of everyone looking after me all the time.”
The wound was bad, but Park wasn’t close to dying. Werewolves were resilient after all, but with such a wound he couldn’t continue fighting.
And knowing this, Park felt even worse. It was at that point, he had wished the Altered attack would have finished him off, so Marie didn’t have to worry about him.
As he had this thought though, something strange started to occur.
In his Green room, Gary was sitting down waiting for the time of the fight to start when he had received a notification from his system.
[A member of your pack has unlocked certain conditions to allow a Class evolution] [Pack Member ‘Park’ Is receiving a class upgrade]
[Congratulations, Park has achieved the Class of ‘Paladin Warrior Class’]