In his full werewolf form, Billy was fast, and for some reason, once again, no matter what Gary tried doing, the marking wouldn’t work on him. He wondered if it could even work on others like him in the first place. Still, he could smell Billy’s scent and follow that instead.
This time he made sure to remember what it smelt like. Transformed into a Werewolf, his smell was actually different from when he was a human. The Werewolf smell was a lot stronger and distinctive compared to a human’s, allowing him to easily distinguish compared to the others.
Before running off, Gary turned around to look at his partner, who was a bit behind him.
“You go on ahead, I’ll find you, don’t worry!” Blake said.
“You don’t have any gadget to help you run faster or something. How do you usually hunt the altered?” Gary couldn’t help but ask.
“Usually, we don’t go rugby tackling them in the middle of the street!” Blake shouted back. “I would have waited for a good place to trap them, lure them with the blood, and a lot of Altereds are quite arrogant, so they think they can take us on and fight,” He added. He was quite annoyed, but he knew they were in the situation they were in now, and with his hand flicking outward, he signalled Gary to go after Billy.
Gary gave chase by just transforming his legs again, so he wouldn’t look odd if anyone saw him in the night.
“I’m sorry, Gary,” Blake said as he pulled out his phone and could see a marker moving. “I thought something like this might happen, so I needed a backup.”
During their little visit on the rooftop, Gary had placed a tracking device on his ally, and he had thrown it into the bag he was currently wearing.
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Off in the distance, Gary could still see Billy moving ahead. It seemed like the latter was trying to avoid being noticed by the public as he avoided the more common streets and the living quarters.
Which honestly, Gary was pleased about. There was a worry that he might have caused Billy to just go to a public area like a hospital or the street and cause chaos. Getting all sorts of people involved, and he didn’t want White rose to pop up like last time. Not while he looked like this.
‘He’s too fast; If this goes on, he will keep on getting further and further away. Does that mean my stats still don’t match up to his? Even after selecting that class and reaching level 10?’
With his legs transformed, Gary’s current stats showed that he had a speed of 22 compared to his regular 15. The legs were practically fully transformed; that’s why he was unsure if he went into a full transformation if he would be any faster or not.
Yet he couldn’t keep up with the other.
‘Higher level, stronger or maybe just because of those he ate. Arghh! I’m just comparing him to the system in the first place. He could just be a regular Werewolf!’ Gary screamed in his head and continued to run.
Eventually, though, noticing that they had entered a quiet part, especially with it being so late, his sense of smell was much more potent. Finally, Gary stopped, for Billy was standing in front of him.
The two were in an underpass that was used to bypass the traffic above. It was an empty tunnel filled with lights and graffiti on the wall. The tunnel was wide enough to fit a car and half in.
Worst of all, seeing Billy in the dim light felt like he was looking at a creature straight out of a horror film.
“U-aagh gahhy…” Billy tried to speak, just snarling through his mouth. Using his ears, Gary couldn’t understand what Billy was trying to say, but at the same time, he could understand his snarls.
‘What are you looking at me like that for? You were the one who turned me into this? Damn, and he’s right about that as well.’ Gary thought.
“I’m sorry!” Gary Shouted. “You’re right, I was the one that turned you into this, but me and you, we both share the same thing, but I haven’t kil-…” Gary’s words trailed off as he realised what he was about to say.
Was he better than Billy because he hadn’t killed? That wasn’t true at all. Gary had killed; he had killed more than once. Perhaps those related to them would be wishing the same thing on him as Gary wished on Billy.
Those he had killed perhaps had parents, relatives, family, and friends. Everyone had a life. Gary clenched his fist and closed his eyes, trying to toss these thoughts out of his head. He needed to focus on the task that was in front of him.
However, closing his eyes during a fight with such a thing was a big mistake. The sound of panting was heard, and when Gary opened his eyes, he could feel the hot breath of Billy coming at him.
His large, powerful jaws were about to snap his head off in one bite. Quickly transforming his hands, Gary shoved them into Billy’s mouth and used his strength to pull it apart.
Trying to get a good hold on the teeth, Gary’s hand had pierced right through them, causing him great pain, but he didn’t care. He needed to make sure Billy couldn’t bite down on him.
Still, Billy’s hands were free, and he had attempted to slash towards Gary’s face. The second it hit his arm, Gary took the blow on his shoulder and rolled on the floor.
[-12 HP]
[A deep cut has been made]
[78/100 HP]
[-10 Energy]
[Emergency healing is being used]
There was a large wound on Gary’s shoulder, and his body was now healing it in seconds. Because of the healing, he wouldn’t suffer from blood loss, but the more he got hurt, the more energy would be utilised to heal his wounds.
Even though the energy healed his wounds, he wasn’t gaining any HP. On the other hand, Billy, not stopping with the attacks, struck at Gary again.
Gary jumped out of the way, and the claw hit the wall, tearing it to shreds, leaving a giant claw mark, and throwing rubble on the floor.
At the same time, Gary appeared next to Billy’s legs.
[Claw drain]
[-15 energy]
His hands were already transformed, so there was no need to go through that again. Still, his attack had hit the back of his calf twice. Lifting his leg, Billy didn’t flinch from the attack and proceeded to kick Gary in the stomach, sending him across the floor.
[+5 HP]
[+5 HP]
[- 10 HP]
‘Damn it, the health I gained from the claw drain just got taken out with the kick. But still, I managed to hurt him.’ Gary thought, but just like with him, the wound on Billy’s leg began to heal as well.
“Grrr, Grrr!” Billy growled out again.
“Why don’t I fully transform because I have more control than you?” Gary understood his words and replied, “I have control over my body? You…when I see that, I just see a monster!”
“Rawr!” Billy roared again.
“A monster I created, that’s right, which is why I need to deal with you!” Gary yelled, running forward again. For now, he had to use what he had to his advantage: his large energy pool. Although Billy could heal, it didn’t look like the two were the same.
If Billy had a system similar to his, he might have higher base stats than Gary, but Gary was actually at a higher level with more skills. As Gary ran close with both his hands by his side, Billy got ready to attack again.
Just as he was about to, his whole body shook, and a blue shock was going all around him. He wasn’t stunned for long, even though the blue shock was still affecting his body. Billy was strong enough to fight through it. Still, it had given just enough time for him to be distracted that Gary was able to stab both his hands right into Billy’s stomach, and blood gushed out from it.
A loud roar was heard as Billy screamed in pain.
“I told you I would find you!” Blake appeared from behind and was at the other end of the tunnel. He changed from his regular buttons and dropped a small device he had just used on the floor and instead pulled out two duel swords. “No matter what, you die today!”