Bro, I'm not an Undead!

...!

In that one instance when he was firmly held down, a certain individual took the chance to end him!

Gertreld.

Her image was far from being gorgeous at this moment as apart from her right arm, leg, neck and head, everything else was in no condition to move freely, her figure being mangled and full of torn flesh from her face and arms which leaked blood!

The lady from the Godrigold Family had tried her best to ensure that her arm and leg would be left for her to move and attack in one swift motion after the blows she received.

Her technique, which was moulded around her blessing, Classic Bombshell Beauty, was a Form Using technique that strived to keep her looking beautiful and even progress her beauty according to what she felt she lacked.

Of course, this effect was brought about when she dealt blows to enemies, debuffing them through different effects mostly leaning towards the ugly and her own perception of uncomfortable circumstance, for instance shortened height.

The term beauty according to the technique not only referred to her cosmetic appearance but to even factors like injuries and deadly wounds that impeded her beauty, thus the healing effect she could attain.

FSHHH!

Gertreld's gauntlet barrelled forward and ripped through the firmly held Tomin's throat, edging towards the flesh underneath!

The look on Gertreld's face was chilling as she looked so focused on this one moment that had been created by her fellow junior who was very proficient at creating such golden opportunities, that it seemed like nothing else mattered!

Tomin grit his teeth as he struggled in that split second before Gertreld ripped through her neck entirely with this sudden ridiculous burst of strength that seemed to stem from the gold and grey gauntlets that the not-so-short-anymore lady wore!

The gauntlet's glow was from its special effect as a Rare+ item which more than doubled attack power, with added penetration damage that could only be used twice in one day!

The gauntlet had thunked Tomin's Adam's apple when...

"RAAH!"

A wave of thick aura exploded from Tomin as he roared with an untamed might that chucked Gertreld away while also breaking apart the waves of energy that held him down!

Tomin had finally used his Full Body Aura which emitted a bright white glow as it surrounded over five inches of his body with a bold and firm appearance!

Tomin breathed out two streams of hot air from his nostrils as he watched Gertreld tumbled on the group in a familiar scene where she skidded, her body mending itself, skin, bones and all to perfection while edging through to become voluptuous on top of its current gorgeous look!

Her hair grew to have a beautiful unnatural lustre that wasn't present a few moments ago, her eyes twinkling with a clear light.

Tomin touched his throat, feeling the blood that had been dripping prior to his activation of Full Body Aura.

He turned his head, looking a distance away where a young lady with a serious expression was firmly holding her staff as her body generated visible waves of transparent energy.

She was supposed to be the support but so far, she was torn between the three battlefields where ridiculous fights were taken place.

This one, in truth, was the one she felt needed her focus the most but it had been quite difficult to follow Tomin's movements and create a proper opening for Gertreld until now.

Not that it amounted to much anyway.

"That was an unexpected intervention..." Tomin said.

Gertreld spat out a lump of blood as she craned her neck.

"Was it? I didn't notice," she responded with firm gaze.

'This is becoming increasingly problematic. Ack. I can only keep up my Full Body Aura for 9 more minutes if I keep applying it so heavily. But... the damage I'm doing is not too pronounced and neither is it slowing him down. I don't think I will accumulate enough strength before I run out of Aura. Using Ginie to cover me might really put her in danger but I don't have another option...' she thought critically.

"Since you're proving to be stubborn, let me give me a bit more of a challenge," Tomin said as he wrecked the entire land over a radius of ten meters with a simple upwards ascent!

He streaked through the air with power that far exceeded what he had demonstrated just a couple of moments ago, reaching Gertreld in an instant before she could even take in his shadow, his hand which was in the form of a claw bearing down on Gertreld in a bear chop!

Gertreld was actually able to react though in the clumsiness movememt possible, bringing her arms above her head and tanking the attack.

Her body sank halfway into the ground with a defeaning explosion, but then, Tomin's hand blurred as his blessing, Infinite Instance took effect, multiple attacks of the same nature barrelling down on Gertreld!

BOOM! BOOM!

Gertreld sank entirely into the ground, Tomin remaining in the same stance he had taken in his attack for a brief moment before dropping down his aura covered fist at Gertreld's head as she descended down the hole!

The lady felt the enormous force which was packed in the strike as opposed to the lax one she had just received and her heart raced!

'I have to free myself...!' she thought as she kept getting hammered by the Infinite Instance from Tomin's earlier chop further into the ground!

Gertreld bit her teeth as her arms broke from the recurring force, her aura bursting to her arms to try and withstand the imminent force of a fist that seemed to carry the weight of a mountain, causing the aid to whistle and burn before it even reached its target!

Surely...if this hit... she could die!

The bellow of shocking power descended and Gertreld bit her teeth!

...

Nothing.

"Huh?"

Gertreld didn't get pummelled into oblivion as she expected as the attack she thought would come, never came, prompting her to look up.

"Who do we have here?" Tomin's voice echoed, his face turning towards someone Gertreld couldn't see from inside the hole that only showed his image that that had been punching downwards.

Who?

Tomin held an arrow in his hand that had been aimed at his head just now which he quickly took a glance at and tossed aside.

Apparently, this object had caused him to halt his attack, him judging it as worth blocking which confused Gertreld who hurried to dig herself out of the ground after the barrage of attacks from Infinite Instance ended.

She emerged from the dirt and looked to see a figure donning blue and black armour, the unique looking bow he held suddenly vanishing from his hands.

'Festos' summon?' she thought as she breathed out.

"Hmmm? Only a white core?" Tomin said as he raised his brow.

Unbeknownst to him, the Apostle before him was evaluating how much of a threat he was and how much trouble he would be for his next moves.

After determining that this man was serious threat, a bright golden glow began to ooze from under the Apostle's armour, leaking out of the joints.

Gertreld looked at this scene quizzically as she wondered if this was the best backup she could have received while Tomin couldn't find it within himself to take this new individual seriously.

Ginie turned her sights from Gertreld and Tomin as she looked to support Natalika in her battle which was heating up!

The Summoner she was up against wasn't afraid to get close as when he did, Natalika taking the chance to strike, a strange ghost-like image would appear, coiling around robed man for a second to defend before vanishing as if it didn't exist.

Away from this fight, a certain Discount Human was still trying to find which moves to make...

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