From a young age, Gary had always been interested in fighting, though up until recently, he had to be content with just watching others fights. However, nowadays, the thought alone was enough to make him feel a rush. The teenager wasn’t sure if it was from his own personal desire that had manifested, now that he had the capabilities, or if it was yet another side effect of becoming a Werewolf. Especially since it was getting close to the full moon.
Whatever the case, Gary was naturally curious about how much he had improved since his last fight against Jayden, yet this wouldn’t be the same type of sparring match that they had before. No, this time it would be the two of them duking it out in their full Altered forms.
Looking around, Gary was making sure that the area was even safe. Jayden’s car was the only one in the whole car park. When he checked the supermarket, he could see that it was actually boarded up, seemingly abandoned. Looking at the street lights next, he found cameras. Maybe in an area like this they would no longer be working but all of them had been destroyed, curshed. They were placed quite high up so it was clear that the act was intentional.
“Don't tell me… did you drive us here just so we could fight?” Gary asked.
“I told you that I was looking for you since yesterday.” Jayden shrugged. “This location also seemed perfect in case things would have turned out differently.”
Gary gulped down hard. It was terrifying to think that if his answer hadn’t satisfied Xin’s brother, the Altered had seemingly been ready to kill the high schooler in the middle of nowhere. Even scarier was the possibility that there might not even have been anything he could have done against it. Hopefully, that would turn out to be a meaningless worry in a moment
Either way, maybe a death like that was deserving of Gary, after what he had done to others.
“Alright, let's do this.” Gary agreed.
‘I have the system to check up on my Health. If I get too injured, I can stop the fight at any time. The only thing I have to be careful about is not inflicting a dangerous wound on Jayden like I did Kirk.’ The Werewolf tried to hype himself up, as he watched the Altered’s face and body structure change in front of him.
There were two ways Gary could use fighting against Jayden.
One option was to use his Controlled Transformation on all parts of his body to the maximum. It would increase his stats by a large margin, while also allowing him to conserve his Energy. This would allow him to drag the fight out, and try to outlast his opponent.
The other option was to outright use his Full Transformation. This would take up more Energy, though, it would also result in a bigger boost as every single part of him would be fully Werewolf. However, it would also mean that their fight would have a time limit.
‘I ate just after my training with Olivia, so my body is in top shape and I have no excuses.’
[Skill activated Full Transformation]
[-20 Energy]
[Transformation has begun]
Jayden had stated that this fight was supposed to be one where both should go full out. Since that was the case, the teenager opted to go for the second option, even though the Altered’s body didn’t seem to have changed as drastically, as when Kirk had gone all out.
Jayden’s arms had become like large paws with claws at the end, and his face was now covered in white fur, but other than that his body had hardly changed apart from his shoulders becoming a little wider.
Still, as soon as his body had finished transforming, a slight wind was felt on Gary’s body, causing his fur to ruffle slightly.
As for Gary, his whole body had completely changed. However, due to the adjustments that had pretty much been perfected on his clothes, they hadn't broken for the first time. However he still had to slip his shoes off. The teenager was the first one to run in, trying to get the jump on his opponent.
With his increased speed, courtesy of Kirk, his Full Transformation, as well as the buff of the full moon, he was faster than Jayden had expected him to be. Against the swipe of the Werewolf’s hand, the White Tiger Altered was forced to bend over backwards.
His body proved to be flexible, yet Gary had somewhat predicted this, swinging his other arm downward. Still, Jayden swiftly moved out of the way of that move as well, almost touching the ground with his entire body, somehow managing to support it on a single leg. Using it, he pushed off and moved directly into Gary. It was a dangerous position to be in, because the Werewolf had another weapon that he didn't use much, and that was his maw.
‘I want to win, so I'm going to use everything I've got!’ Gary thought as he opened wide. Before his teeth could latch on, though, Jayden's paw had already been placed on the Werewolf’s body.
He thought that he could take whatever was coming his way, and do more damage to his opponent, but that’s when something strange happened. The strength of the paw itself wasn't strong. In fact, it looked as if it only lightly touched the transformed teenager’s chest, yet the next second, the ‘light tap’ might as well have been a cannonball shot from point blank distance.
It lifted Gary off his feet and sent him flying through the air and the car park.
[-50 HP]
[110/160 HP]
Blood poured from Gary’s mouth, and it took him a few seconds before he eventually stuck his clawed feet into the ground and his hands piercing the flaw. They scraped until he was able to stop himself.
‘Why… was that blow so strong… is it that strange power he used like he did before?’ Gary asked himself, thinking back to Jayden fighting against the red colour gang members who had captured Xin. It was at that moment, he had attacked all of them from the position he was in.
“You're faster than before, Gary. I’m impressed how much you seem to have improved in such a short amount of time. … seriously, how are you even still standing right now? I used enough power to have knocked you out for a good while, but here you are still standing.” Jayden admitted, not hiding his surprise.
Honestly, this was the strongest blow he had ever taken to his HP. It would have taken down half his Health before his upgrade, and probably even more if he had used Controlled Transformation.
Still, thanks to him being at his strongest currently, the Werewolf knew that he could still take one or two more hits. He didn’t want to give up now. If Jayden really was to leave soon, he wanted to find out his own limits beforehand.
“This fight has only just started!” Gary shouted.
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