Reinhard's hand shone as a black streak rushed up from the back of his hand. Then Mimir appeared before landing on his right shoulder, and the black crow with golden horns tilted his head, golden eyes studying the charging beast.

"I don't know what this beast is." Mimir said as he blinked his eyes. "But let's call it a mutated Werefang for now. It's at Tier D."

Reinhard, Marie, and Joseph blinked in surprise as this was the first time Mimir couldn't identify a Phantasm Beast. The implications made Reinhard stare at the Mutated Werefang with curiosity and a bit of apprehension.

The mutated Werefang roared again, the sound slightly shaking the area. Then black spikes erupted from its body, over a dozen of them, rushing from its fur and flesh. Then they launched outward in all directions, becoming arrows of bone and shadow.

Marie moved swiftly, her body a blur of motion. Longinus appeared in her hands before she slashed horizontally, the spear sweeping through the air, and three spikes shattered into fragments.

She thrust forward, piercing another before her spear swung in a wide arc, destroying five more in rapid succession.

Joseph's arms swing, stirring up the wind that produces a gale that catches incoming spikes, altering their trajectories.

The spikes curved away from fleeing townspeople, redirected toward empty ground or buildings already damaged.

Amiya swung her scythe upward in a powerful arc, and crimson-black flames erupted from the ground, forming a wall ten feet high.

The fire devoured spikes before they could reach a group of children being taken away by adults. The flames crackled with supernatural heat, consuming wood and shadow equally.

Reinhard watched the remaining spikes crash into buildings, and his house collapsed entirely, already weakened from the initial assault.

The mutated Werefang's crimson eyes fixed on them. It released another roar and charged, claws tearing into the earth.

Drasil Step.

Blue ripples swept out from beneath his feet before time began to slow down, reducing time to a crawl. The mutated Werefang's charge slowed down, looking as if it were frozen in time.

Reinhard then rushed forward with Zenuken appearing in his grip. The black-blue jagged sword was covered in shifting engravings and black-blue wisps trailing off the weapon.

He then hacked towards the beast's neck with Zenuken, cutting through the air and connecting with fur, flesh, and bone.

It passed through cleanly, meeting no meaningful resistance.

Reinhard released Drasil Step.

Time returned to normal as the mutated Werefang's head began falling from its body, momentum carrying it forward.

Blood should have been sprayed as the beast collapsed.

Instead, a black root erupted from the stump of its neck. The tendril was thick as it shot upward, wrapped around the falling head, and pulled it back with violent force. The head reconnected with an audible crack, fur and flesh knitting together as if the wound had never existed.

Then the Mutated Werefang trembled before black spikes rushed out from its entire body. Reinhard's eyes widened in shock, but his instinct moved him before thought. He took a single step, and his own shadow trembled beneath him.

Black spears erupted from the darkness at his feet, shooting upward to meet the incoming spikes. The collision created a clash of shattering sounds, spears of shadow crashing against spikes of shadow.

Reinhard turned into a blur, Zenuken moving in continuously as the remaining spikes came through. He slashed horizontally, destroying three spikes before chopping downward, obliterating two more, and hacked sideways, clearing his immediate space.

"It seems to have strange regeneration!" Reinhard shouted, still moving. "We might have to exhaust its magic reserve by hacking it until it can no longer function!"

Marie blinked in surprise, her light-gold eyes widening. She stared at the beast, and her expression shifted to pure delight. "That's so cool!"

Joseph chuckled despite the situation. "Okay, let's do it."

Amiya frowned, her violet eyes narrowing. "Is this a new beast that found its way into the forest?"

No one answered as they simply rushed forward together.

The mutated Werefang released a howling roar before a shockwave erupted from its body, a visible distortion of air that expanded outward.

The wave hit everything simultaneously, whether it be attacks, hacking down on it, or debris around.

Reinhard felt himself pushed back as his boots slid across the ground while Marie's thrust missed as she was forced away.

Joseph thrust his Arondight into the ground as he was forced back, and Amiya stumbled backward three steps.

The beast charged at Marie as it slashed through the air. But Marie swung her spear towards the claw, leading to an ear-splitting sound to ring out before she then twisted her weapon. The motion redirected the beast's momentum, sending it sliding past her.

Then Marie stabbed out with her spear, creating multiple holes through the Mutated Werefang's body.

Before it then began to quickly stitch itself together, but then Joseph appeared from behind.

He thrust out his lance forward three times in rapid succession, piercing the beast's fur and flesh.

But the third was blocked as shadow spears erupted from the beast's own shadow.

Amiya swung her scythe in a wide horizontal arc. The butt of the weapon smashed into the ground, and crimson-black fire erupted from the earth beneath the mutated Werefang. Flames engulfed the beast, consuming its form.

For three seconds, it burned, trembling and crying out in heat.

Then it burst from the flames, with its body once again recovering with black roots.

Then black leaves erupted from its body before they spun and rushed toward Amiya in a spreading pattern.

Amiya tapped her feet before roots erupted from the ground, quickly forming a barrier to intercept the spinning leaves.

The black spinning leaves cut through the first barrier of roots, but then stopped at the next ones.

Then Amiya swung her scythe again, creating a tornado of crimson-black flames that swirled around the beast. The fire tornado trapped it momentarily and began rushing over its body, making it roar.

But then another shockwave burst from the beast, sending the crimson-black flames scattered around.

Then the Phantasm Beast rushed towards Amiya before swinging its claws over and over at her.

But she deflected the attacks with her scythe while cutting through the body of the Phantasm Beast.

Amiya then jumped back as black spikes burst from the beast's body once more. After the spikes faded, Reinhard rushed to the Beast before letting one foot come down hard.

Purple-black energy erupted from the impact point, spreading across the ground in rippling waves.

A gravity well formed, centered on the beast, and then pulled it towards Reinhard, forcing the beast to come close. Then Reinhard Zenuken vanished as a golden light shone in his eyes, feeling before he thrust his fist straight into the Mutated Werefang.

Black Blood splashed out!

Devour Disk.

The Mutated Werefang trembled as its stomach began to twist from left to right just as Marie came from above.

Golden light erupted from her with four clones appearing around her before descending together.

Reinhard grabbed onto the Mutated Werefang's neck before hurling it upwards to Marie.

Just as the five Maries turned into a streak of light, then spears from five different directions pierced through the beast.

One clone light-sword carved a glowing arc through the left shoulder. The second clone cut across its ribs, severing tendons, while the third clone hacked through a lung.

Then the fourth slashed through the legs of the Mutated Werefang before Marie drove Longnius straight down between the shoulder blades.

The spear blasted through, pinning the beast to the ground, and light exploded outward in a dome, illuminating the area.

The Mutated Werefang thrashed as black roots erupted from its body, trying to pull itself together.

Shadow spears shot out in all directions, forcing everyone back. But Joseph used Wind Drift, riding the element to move around the beast before Arondight hacked out repeatedly. The lance thrust, sweep, and slash into the Mutated Werefang's body, each attack cutting through regenerating flesh.

Amiya swung her scythe, and yellow spores erupted from the blade. They drifted toward the mutated Werefang like pollen, landing on its body.

When they touched, the beast's movements slowed, with its right front leg collapsed, and one antler stopped moving.

Reinhard saw that the beast's magic reserve had to be nearing exhaustion.

"Everyone back!" Reinhard shouted.

They immediately moved, with Marie leaping away, and backed away while Amiya retreated in smooth steps.

Drasil Step.

Reinhard rushed forward, hacking, slashing, cutting, sweeping, and tearing through the Werefang's body. Then, once Zenuken fully glows, it shines with black-blue energy. The blade extended, wisps of power trailing, and then Reinhard hacked out.

Ragnarok.

Not once, but dozens of times.

Each slash cut through the mutated Werefang from different angles. He carved through its body swiftly, severing every connection and tearing into its bone, root, and flesh.

The slashed hacked through something hard in the Mutated Werefang. Before then, blood splashed out of the beast as Reinhard stepped back, and pieces of the beast slightly shifted.

Just as time returned to normal.

The mutated Werefang's body separated into dozens of pieces simultaneously. Reinhard watched as the pieces landed on the ground with the black roots trembling before stopping and turning into dust.

Silence descended.

Reinhard stood over the corpse, Zenuken still in hand, before sighing.

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