Beast Evolution

[Mud slide]

Vincent placed his hands on the ground and the path Ray was taking was immediately softened and his legs began to sink, Vincent smiled and touched the mud.

Ray quickly threw his spear toward Vincent and Vincent dodged the spear, immediately Ray disappeared from the mud and appeared behind Vincent.

"Got you..." Ray mumbled as he launched his spear toward Vincent.

*Boom*

Ray's spear pierced through Vincent's body but something was wrong, Vincent didn't make a sound and as Ray removed the spear no blood could be found on the spear.

Vincent's body became stiff and immediately began to turn into stone, Ray moved back in shock as Vincent's body slowly turned to stone in front of him.

"Are you surprised?" a voice asked, Ray turned around immediately and saw Vincent standing behind him alive and well.

"What just happened?" Ray asked.

"We shouldn't talk about our powers when fighting, I'll tell you all about my spells when you are on your knees" Vincent had an evil smirk on his face.

"You use earth spells so I can just assume that is one of your spells, that changes nothing" Ray spoke with his spear in his hands.

"I'm not going to take you lightly so I suggest you get serious too," Vincent said and removed the gloves on his hands.

Ray looked at Vincent's hands and he remembered when they were at the survival camp, Vincent made a knight disappear just by coming in contact with him, Vincent's palm was covered in black lines just like an infected beast.

"So that's how you got your powers?" Ray asked.

"I already had them before I met my master, he just amplified it for me, how do you think I was able to open 10 portals at once, even a powerful mage in Avalon wouldn't be able to open two at once" Vincent chuckled.

"So that's why you follow Draco and call him master like an obedient dog," Ray said.

"You can't provoke me into attacking recklessly, I'm smarter than that, and I suggest you watch your back, you don't know how many fakes of myself I made," Vincent said.

"Only that one, you also can't scare me because I'm not alone, I have someone watching my back now, right Kaan," Ray said.

'Sure...stop talking and just kill him' Kaan shouted.

"Who is Kaan...are you making up things now, also I have a question, do your precious knights know what you are?" Vincent asked.

"You already know the answer to that, so I shouldn't waste my time answering," Ray said.

"You are right, if they knew you would have been hunted down or maybe locked up somewhere and used for magical tests, isn't that right," Vincent said.

"Maybe...but I don't mind risking that if it is to kill you guys," Ray said.

"Are you this chatty or are you waiting for something?" Vincent asked.

"I'm this chatty as long as I find someone to talk to," Ray said.

'Hey you, what are you waiting for, attack him already'

'I know, I'm still sluggish after using blood rage earlier, I'm trying to buy a little time so I can rest for a while, then I'm going to kill him'

'He's planning to attack, his movement has changed, and he's trying to get closer to you, isn't that to your advantage' Kaan spoke.

'No it isn't, his hands, if he succeeds in touching me, he could teleport me to Avalon or somewhere far away' Ray said moving backward.

'Then attack with one of your spears, keep one here, so you would be able to come back from anywhere in the world'

'That's actually a good idea, but isn't he going to see through that, I can't just drop one of my spears, it would be too suspicious'

"Where did the chatty beast go, it seems you have a lot to think about," Vincent said.

Ray took a step forward and launched one of his spears toward Vincent, Vincent wasted no time in dodging the spear, and Ray charged with one of his spears.

The other spear landed a few meters away from the battle, Ray was careful not to get too close and his weapon help him in that area, Ray used his spear to attack Vincent and Vincent dodged all his attacks with ease.

"Why are you keeping your distance, are you afraid" Vincent smiled.

Ray dashed towards him and swung his spear repeatedly, Vincent did nothing but jump back and Ray continued swinging his spear.

"What are you doing, are you afraid of attacking," Ray said breathing heavily.

"No I was waiting for this moment," Vincent said and charged forward.

Ray launched his spear but this time Vincent didn't dodge the attack, instead he sidestepped to the right and caught Ray's spear.

Ray's eyes widen as his spear disappeared from his hands, Ray jumped backward and Vincent quickly used this opportunity to close in on Ray.

"You are too easy to read" Ray mumbled as he stretched both of his hands forward.

[Ice spear]

At close range, Vincent couldn't do anything to dodge the ice that Ray fired but he didn't stop.

*Putchi*

One of the ice spears pierced his right eye while the other one cut out part of his ears, Vincent touched the spear in his face and it vanished immediately but his eye was already damaged and blood was dripping from them.

Vincent kept charging towards Ray despite his injured just so he could touch him once, Ray jumped backward to avoid Vincent but his back collided with a hard surface.

Vincent created a mud wall at Ray's back before charging towards him, Vincent stretched his hands to touch Ray and Ray had nowhere to escape to.

Ray vanished immediately and Vincent stopped to catch his breath, he quickly used his hands to cover his eyes as the pain washed over his body.

When he was hit, he didn't feel much pain because he wanted to go after Ray, now that everything was over the pain was almost unbearable.

Vincent heard a whizzing sound but before he could react his body was pushed forward, nobody was at his back but he felt a weird sensation in his stomach.

Vincent looked down and saw Ray's spear sticking out of his stomach, immediately he coughed out blood and held the mud wall he created as he couldn't stand on his feet.

"You bastard..." Vincent spoke with blood pouring out of his mouth.

"You are the one responsible for bringing thousands of beasts here so you are responsible for the death of all the knights that died," Ray said angrily.

"You won't get away with this" Vincent mumbled and immediately he disappeared.

'Shit that bastard, there is a healer in their group who can heal him completely'

'The spear is still in his stomach, teleport now' Kaan shouted and immediately Ray also disappeared.

Ian was still fighting James and Alfred and they were quickly running out of strength, their sword infused with Ki can't stop a swing from Ian's axe, other knights joined but they were no match for Ian.

"You guys are too weak, Isn't there a Royal knight here" Ian shouted and immediately Vincent appeared behind him half dead with a spear in his stomach.

Alfred and James immediately recognized the spear as the sun shined brightly, it belonged to Ray.

"Help me..." Vincent said in a low voice, and Ian grabbed him immediately.

"Don't worry Edith would heal you, don't you dare die" Ian shouted, his body oozing with Ki that even the knights couldn't step close to him in fear.

The knights eyes widen as a figure appeared behind them, before Ian could react Ray dragged his spear out of Vincent's stomach.

Vincent who was desperately clinging to life was delivered the finishing blow, blood splurted uncontrollably from Vincent's stomach and mouth and Ian swung his axe towards Ray.

Ray was shocked as he appeared close to the city walls and his hands were on his spear, he just dragged it out of Vincent.

Ray held his spear with both of his hands and blocked Ian's axe, he was pushed back a little but he was still on his feet, the knights and even Ian was surprised that Ray was still on his feet.

But among them James and Alfred could move, they knew that ability because Ray displayed it in front of them, but how come the white beast they had been chasing was using the same ability.