Crowley stood there as he looked the NIRV employee right in the eyes. There was a slight hint of obsession. He didn't care about the student at all, one could tell clearly by the words that he had just used, but he was hesitating.
'NIRV funds the academy a lot. It's because of them that the Academy can continue staying on top. It also officially sponsors the AFC as well. If I put my hands on him, then it will be troublesome.' Crowley thought.
"It seems like you somewhat have come around." James commented. "You should know that the future is most important, and the future is Altered and NIRV."
After saying these words, James calmly decided to walk past the teacher, and continue to watch the lesson take place, that was until he felt a hand land on his shoulder.
"End this lesson now, or I'll chuck you in there with the beasts myself!" Crowley threatened.
There was a smug smile on James face. He was a relatively high member in NIRV, of course no where near the level of those at the very top, but if he was touched, then he could easily make it so this person lost their job and could never be hired as a teacher in any academy ever again.
Seeing the smile, James opened his mouth.
"What are you going to do about i-"
Crowley raised his fist and threw it out, hitting him right in the side of his cheek. His whole body spun on its side as he was thrown against the glass. The students and the rest of the NIRV employees for a moment stopped what they were doing.
This was a first, nothing like this had happened before, and they didn't even know what was the right procedure, or what to do next.
With a reddened and swollen face, James was about to shout back, but his eyes were soon glued to what was happening down below.
"I told you! I told you everything would be okay!" James smiled.
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Down below, Gary had just been hit on the top of his head, and it was a heavy blow, it was just as strong as Midwak's and due to him not being in his full werewolf form, it seemed to affect him more than it usually would have.
By the time Gary was able to react, the other clones of the beast were already around him. He was trapped with their claws coming right toward him.
'If I use claw drain, if I use lethal ponce, none of that is going to help me out. When I hit one of them, the others will just attack me… and my health, it's around half!' Gary thought.
'Sh*t I have no choice, what's the point in trying to keep a secret, if I end up dying in the process!'
There was nothing else he could do, so he unleashed his full power.
[Full transformation will now begin]
Gary's whole body started to change. One of the biggest differences between his full transformation and partial transformation was the sheer size of Gary. Due to all the muscle mass his body would grow as well, and on top of that, his face would no longer look like that of a human.
Immediately, the first thing Gary did was use another skill.
[Lethal pounce]
Moving from the side, he then punched one of the clones. He was much heavier in this form, and even though the beast seemed ready for what was going to happen and had blocked the attack by lifting its hands, Gary still knocked it over on its back.
His claws didn't carry on swiping like the last time, because if he did he would have got hit, and there was no point risking hurting himself more unless it was the real one. Immediately he jumped up, and the claws avoided him as Gary moved away from him.
Now, not being surrounded by the beasts, the others watching could see his full werewolf body.
"Is that what his full transformation looks like!" Apollo said. Just looking at the full transformation, Apollo could feel the strength oozing from its body. In a lot of Altered forms, the mixed transformation was the strongest form.
A fully transformed Altered form, in a lot of cases, was worse, but it was something that was different on a case by case basis. Yet, looking at Gary's fully transformed state, Apollo felt different, and James, who had seen hundreds, no 1000's, of different Altered forms during his work, he too could feel that there was something different about this.
Just because Gary had fully transformed didn't mean he was going to win this fight. He would still be in the same situation in the end. Even if he was a little faster, a little stronger and more resilient, in this case fighting against this many strong opponents, it wouldn't help.
'Worst case, I could use the pawn points I still have and transform them to stat points, but I wanted to save that for the others. If they are attacked again, it's better for them to be as strong as they possibly can. Besides, I can't just rely on increasing my stats every time there's a fight.' Gary thought.
'If only I knew which one was the real one… then I could end this.'
That's when there was a light bulb moment for Gary. There was a way he could find out which one was the real one. Rushing forward, Gary was ready to attack, unlike the time before though, he wouldn't use Lethal pounce, because that would just chuck him in the middle of the beasts, into the heart of the mess.𝗳𝚛𝐞𝘦wℯ𝚋𝓷o𝚟el. 𝐜𝘰𝒎
Instead he went to the beast that was most outward, and swung his claw. The beast in reaction swung its skeleton arm as well. When the two clashed, this time rather than a draw in equal power Gary was able to somewhat knock the beast's arm away, and with the other claw, he stabbed it right through its neck.
'Crap that wasn't enough to kill you, you're pretty resilient, just turn into goop!' Gary shouted, as he went to swing his other hand.
Two of the other beasts swung their bone-like claws towards his side, and both stabbed right through him again. The attack didn't reach as deep as it did before, but Gary was still quite badly damaged.
[- 24Hp]
[-18HP]
Still, Gary was able to land an attack on the beast in front of him, and just like the last time, it had turned into black liquid that just fell to the floor. Pulling out both of the claws from his side, Gary pulled back, but he made sure to keep track of what was happening.
'I have to pay attention… which one is it?'
Looking at all of the beasts, he then spotted one making a wound on its arm to replace another clone that had just been defeated.
[You have marked a target]
Even if he saw which one was the real one, eventually he would lose sight of the real beast, but now that he had marked it, there was a clear trail in the air that would allow him to pinpoint the real one.
Without wasting time, Gary decided to use the strongest skill he had.
[Lethal pounce has been activated]
He jumped on one of the beasts, but it wasn't the one he was going for.
[Lethal pounce]
Moving immediately from that target he went on to the next, but once again it failed to land on the right one, until finally.
[Lethal pounce]
Gary had hit his target.
[Claw drain]
[Last stand activated]
Using all the skills he had, Gary continued to strike at the real beast with his claws. The other beasts were attempting to strike at him, to get him off the real one, but it was pointless.
Even though Gary wasn't as close to death as during his fight with Midwak, he needed to focus on just beating the real beast, and eventually all five of the other ones around him had popped into black liquid, and the beast had been defeated, Gary standing over its dead body, full of blood and with large wounds all over.
'This… is sh*t.' Gary thought to himself. 'If it wasn't night time… if there was more than one enemy, then I would have died. Last stand isn't a skill I can use repeadilty, so if I had to fight again I would be dead… I can't just keep relying on that skill.'
Looking up though, and transforming back to his normal self, Gary was a bit annoyed at those above as well. This was far more dangerous than he ever imagined, and the beast certainly was a strong one, so strong it was most likely that they would perhaps give him another crystal and not one from this beast.
Taking a look up, Gary then looked at the body in front of him.
"I have to make sure I get what is mine." Gary shoved his hand through the beast's body with clawed hands searching for something, and he eventually found it, pulling out the crystal.
Once again, he looked at the glass, before opening his mouth and taking a bite out of the bloody beast crystal.
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