Re:Mimic [MONSTER MC LITRPG]

Chapter 38: Frenzied battle.


As he rushed toward the wall of tree humanoids, Lucas' streamlined form darted through the horde of monsters with graceful ease.

The tree men were seemingly unphased by his charge as they held steady. Their emerald gazes betrayed nothing but rigid conviction.

When Lucas got to a close enough range, he could sense something odd from the humanoids.

Like the previous ones he had fought, their Spirit energy was perfectly identical. Building further on this, Lucas could feel the collective energy flowing between them like an all encompassing shroud.

The energy flowed between them with impeccable timing and accuracy, lending each humanoid the power to fend off their assailants with ease. This ability made the already formidable wall of bodies even more iron clad.

Lucas recognized this fact in less than a few seconds. With his Mind being pushed to its absolute limit, his thoughts flowed uninterrupted and at a blinding pace.

Lucas leaped at the humanoid in front of him, his plan of action very simple.

'Let's see just how tough their defences are.'

Leveraging his velocity and turning off his Lightening Rune at a very precise instant, Lucas smashed out a powerful claw. His Hardening Rune glowing with a bright crimson, mimicking his eyes.

CRACK!—BOOM!

The humanoid—and several of his companions—was sent flying back, its shield exploding in its grip like a wooden hand grenade.

The fragments injured a few of the weaker creatures and distracted a few of the tree men for a moment, but that was enough. Sensing the opening, the horde of monsters immediately surged towards it in a frenzy.

Lucas was surprised by just how powerful his attack was but he didn't overthink it, he led the charge forward as his tails struck out like deadly whips.

In the blink of an eye, three humanoids had been beheaded. The fourth one had barely reacted in time and parried the attack, chipping its spear. As Lucas prepared to launch another attack, he felt the atmosphere change. A massive amount of energy surged towards the surviving humanoid.

Its Runes and eyes immediately blazed with a smoldering intensity as it stepped forward with a powerful thrust. The attack gained Lucas full attention as it rapidly expanded in his perception.

Reacting in time, he slashed out with a silver and crimson claw, trusting in his defenses and power.

BOOM!

The clash generated a small shock wave that sent the lightweight Lucas flying towards the humanoid behind him. Oddly, it already had its spear raised and thrusted out with its full power.

Its bulky form moved with superhuman coordination as it pierced directly at Lucas heart or more precisely—his core.

Mid-air, all Lucas could do was try to borrow his momentum and slash out with his tails. Thankfully, his instincts guided him perfectly.

He twisted his lower half as he sailed backwards, lashing his tails behind him with a blind sweep. Their edges gleamed with a piercing silver.

One of his tails clashed with the primitive spear, killing its momentum just enough for his other tails to slash across the humanoid's body.

His attack produced deep cuts on it neck, chest, and stomach, the force of the attack blasted it back into a miserable roll. Landing on his feet, Lucas immediately lunged at it to finish what he started.

Just as he was about to land his claw strike, Lucas felt an overwhelming sense of danger. He instantly abandoned the attack and braced himself with his free arm and tails.

Suddenly, a pitch black spear pierced into his arm and tail, grazing his face in the process. Its momentum was so great, it flung him back into the horde of cavern creatures, killing quite a few in the process.

Lucas hastily pulled out the spear with his tails and chucked it away. A geyser of dark blood spurted out as he felt the wound burn. He finally activated his Life energy to heal his wounds as he took inventory of his surroundings.

'It seemed I am royally fucked.'

Was the only conclusion he came to. From what he could tell with his [Spirit Sense], even though the tree men were much fewer, his "allies" were getting eviscerated. It seemed without the bats, they had no ability to injure, much less kill any of the wooden humanoids.

To make matters worse he could see, nine humanoids convening in threes. With the stances they took, he already knew they were up to no good.

Even if he had any plans to stop them, a tree man stood guard. It was correcting its stance after that devastating javelin throw from earlier.

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Its bark was considerably darker than the rest and it was more robust. As it stood there unarmed, ominous black Runes flickered in its gaze as it stared a hole through Lucas. He felt his wounds fester just at its gaze, slowing down his healing process considerably.

This made Lucas anxious to get back into the fight but Crash suddenly chimed in. It didn't say a single word, it just expressed its intent.

"(^_^)o==o(^_^) (ง •̀o•́)ง \*✧✧*/"

Confused by what he heard, Lucas asked out loud,

"You want us to fuse together and then… explode?"

"Crash!"

'Oh, fuse together and win? No, it hasn't come to that yet.'

At this point Crash fell silent, as if contemplating how to convince Lucas before deciding on,

"Crash!"

Slightly confused but feeling pumped by Crash's words, Lucas grinned as he roared.

"Huh? Of course I'm going to keep fighting! And I'm going to win!!"

He shot forward like a bullet, plunging into the battlefield once more. The humanoids stood as stalwart as ever. The ten preparing humanoids had gone down to four but these four were by far the most powerful on the field.

With swats of giant bugs and critters dying around him, Lucas made his way towards the wall of humanoids and was predictably intercepted by the three Elites and Boss.

His grin widened and his eyes blazed brighter, he immediately launched himself at what he considered the strongest opponent—the unarmed dark green humanoid.

One of the other three interjected with its shield raised and its spear held steady. Lucas fluidly stomped at its shield into a backflip while performing a Rune powered tail whip.

The force of the impact scratched up the shield and forced the humanoid back a couple of steps but that was it. Before Lucas could land on his feet, another Elite humanoid attacked from right.

Its spear met his guarding arm, drawing blood as it punctured his tough skin. Unphased, Lucas dashed in for more. Only to be intercepted by the Boss humanoid.

As its fist clashed with Lucas' claw, he felt an unusual burn sensation in his hand. It was like punching a pool of extremely corrosive acid.

Lucas switched to using his tails and quickly overwhelmed it with a barrage of strikes. With it on the back foot, the Elites intervened. Their spears and shields moved in perfect coordination as they covered each other's blind spots.

Due to his opponent's number advantage, he was instantly forced back. In just a few moments, he was getting overwhelmed. One of the Elites charged at him with its shield forward, Lucas wisely slashed at its legs with a single tail while blocking the assault from the other Elites with his free limbs.

To Lucas' surprise, his tail didn't phase the first Elite as its Spirit energy suddenly spiked and its speed amplified. Lucas couldn't react in time to dodge and was hit by the charging humanoid.

He was knocked away like a ragdoll, flying directly towards the Boss humanoid. The Boss's Runes flashed with a deep black that matched its eyes as it threw out a powerful punch.

CRACK!—BOOM!

A powerful shockwave was released as Lucas sternum was pulverized by that one fist. Lucas flew to the opposite direction like a missile, blood and organ bits jetting out of his orfices.

He crashed to the ground and dug a small trench due to his momentum, landing more than fifty meters away. Every single bone in his body broke. At that moment, all he knew was pain and for some odd reason, this caused him to laugh internally. His body shaking at the effort.

'Hahahahaha!'

Within him, he could feel the black Rune on his core trying its best to eat away at him, fueled by the Boss's last attack. In the distance, he could sense the last of the cavern inhabitants had fallen.

All that was left was him—he laughed even harder at that, to the point where he physically began to choke.

While he was busy drowning on his own blood, the Boss, Elites, and regular tree men rushed towards his position. Their powerful steps reverberated through him and gave him a perfect sonic image.

Suddenly, Lucas felt a powerful pulse in his core and the world slowed down even more in his perception. The strain from using his [Spirit Sense] was reduced to almost nothing, he could sense everything around him with even greater clarity. He knew Crash had done something but now wasn't time to ask questions.

Smiling, Lucas opened his blazing crimson eyes. His banged up body began to writhe and heal rapidly. Not only that, some strange crimson Runes began to appear all over his battered form.

These seemingly chaotic Runes began to rhythmically flash, all the Life energy within a hundred meter radius flooded his location in waves. Each wave followed the thunderous thumps of his heart.

The tides of energy was so powerful that the approaching humanoid were forced to halt their movements and protect themselves.

The weaker tree men had to brace themselves with their spears just to keep themselves standing in the fierce currents.This immense energy came from every corpse on the battlefield and the cavern itself.

Lucas felt a powerful euphoria at the influx of power as it immediately healed all his wounds. Soon, he was forced to bare his teeth and snarl as the energy overloaded his core and body. Erasing the Runes the bats, the tree men, and even he had drawn. Reverting him to a blank slate.

ARGHHHHH!

Forced to unleash that pained roar due to the excoriating pain, Lucas writhed on the floor as he wrestled with his Life energy.

"You're my energy! And you're going to obey my will!!"

Veins bulged all over his form as he struggled, his heart thundered while he turned bright red. His blood heated up far beyond boiling point as steam was ejected from all his pores.

Soon after, blood gushed out of every pore and orifice on his body, transforming him into a macabre spring.

Struggling to his feet, he tried to redirect the energy. Tried to guide it to do something constructive. He felt it follow his Will as his skeleton expanded then contracted at fixed intervals, becoming denser in the process.

His muscles grew larger and more well defined before shrinking back into themselves, mimicking the loop his bones were in.

"Argggghh, fuck!"

Clenching his bloody teeth, he brought part of his focus to another task—redrawing the Lightening Rune. He could feel the energy in his surroundings dipping so it was now or never.

With a steel like mind, the complex hexagonal Rune appeared and printed itself on his back. His muscles and bones stopped getting denser as the Life energy was fully absorbed by him. His hair had grown wildly, now covering his entire body like an actual wolf. His beast-like stature was now twice as large and brimming with blood lust. All signs of rationality all but gone.

AAWWWOOOO!

Letting out a powerful howl, a blast wave of Life energy surged from his location. Sending clouds of black dust into the air and knocking back every humanoid. Announcing his presence in the most primal way possible. He, Lucas Maverick was here, and the domain core would submit!

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