Spirit Taming

Chapter 351: Monstrocity

Taking a firm stance, Reese left a single opening. A small but clear opening that even those in the depths of madness would notice. In just a blink of an eye, there was a blade coming toward his left shoulder.

"You really thought that I was so weak?" Reese seemed to have spoken in the same instance that he had left the opening.

Before anyone could see what had happened, Reese's abyssal sword had slashed sideways. The pressure that had come from the single slash was enough to cause the air to feel frozen. Much more than frozen, as if it had been forcefully stopped.

This was the pressure of the sword aura that both Reese and his abyssal sword had cultivated. Every single practiced move, every single drop of sweat, and every single second of his training had resulted in moves like this. Speed that surpassed any other swordsmanship with perfect execution of his ideals.

Changing pace, Reese took a moment to appear at the opposite side of his opponent. He slashed down yet again and made the other bladed arm fall to the ground. But upon seeing that his opponent didn't care at all for the injuries, Reese retreated slightly.

"Gahhhh! Damn you mutt!" The shout of pain made Reese aware that the Nebula academy student had just been seriously injured against Ethereal academy. Therefore, he turned his back on the opponent that was still rushing at him with an open and stinking mouth.

With a single leap, Rsee jumped and slashed the ice crystal wall apart revealing the now frozen zombie dog. Unfortunately, it also revealed the rotting teeth left in the side of the nebula academy student who had just been bitten.

"Deal with that one!" The Nebula academy student shouted in a panic thinking that Reese would also be taken down like he was. He was already losing blood too fast and could feel the darkness in his vision creeping closer.

"I already won though." Reese lowered his sword softly before adjusting it and placing it back in to the explorer's sheath. The final attack had already happened. Reese had attacked more than just the ice he had jumped over.

In the one swing, he had released the sword intent he had been harboring within his partner for years. The tiny shred of sword intent that all sword type beasts would desire to create between them and their tamer. The small little piece of sword intent that proved to all swordsmen that they were truly on the path of skilled swordsmanship.

This sword intent had escaped in the downward slash as Reese had brought the sword back up. To the untrained eye, he had just been lifting his sword again. But to anyone that knew swords or true weapon studies, he had released his sword aura in a very particular way. A way that created a blade of power which influenced the very air to slice through and cut his opponent.

That was why many were stunned to silence when the ethereal academy student fell to the ground cut cleanly in two. No one noticed that Reese gave the Nebula academy student a light tap on the head with his finger before grabbing his arm and pulling him close. "Now I landed the last hit on you. They won't get a single point.

Let's get you healed if you can end this, friend?" Reese couldn't call a battle ally anything but friend.

"Hahaha, what a turn, huh? Referee, I admit defeat to Nova academy." The referee immediately called the battle over as Reese helped carry his fellow participant right to Maria.

"I know it's not your side but Maria is the best healer right this second. Maria, can you stop the bleeding before the other healers come to get him?" Reese looked at Maria who was already working.

"Nice job keeping that zombie dog occupied. Illia really chose the right person to go first." Clark gave the Nebula student a pat on the shoulder before waving to Illia across the way. Every Nebula student sat back down knowing their fellow student would be fine.

After another moment healers came over and took the student away before they chided about how the blood was already stopped and there was even a slight calming effect that Maria's healing seemed to have. But that had just been a little bit of Lit's poison numbing the injury. The true calm had come from the fact that they had both just survived the battle.

"Jerold, your turn. Now that you have calmed down a bit." Clark saw that Jerold was no longer shaking in anger. He was calm and ready to fight.

"Reese, don't look angry like that. Do you think I can't tell that you can only use that move once? Or do you want me to watch you die after I invested in you?" Clark glared Reese down before Reese finally showed his true weakness. Reese had used all his energy and was not collapsed on the ground panting and sweating like a dog himself. "Go on Jerold."

Everyone watched as Jerold, a girl from Nebula, and another Ethereal student joined the match.

"Waaahhooooo I have myself a great little toy. You think I don't remember you? huh? You're that worthless brat that ran? Huh? Want to run again?

If you run enough I will only eat part of you. I promise, you can stay alive and keep the meat fresh! Come on. I saw you little rat. Run run run little rat!"

The Nebula academy girl looked at Jerold and saw that he was already brandishing a single dagger at the ready. " I take it that you have history? Our team leader spoke about a student from Nova academy that had a run in. Would you like my assistance?" She was very polite while she stroked the white weasel that had curled around her neck.

"No thank you. If you could please wait for me to handle this. I do have some history." Jerold didn't hesitate to take the chance to handle one of the people that he remembered had run him through the darkness. Though the trails that had ended with him being worse off than ever before.

"As you wish." The girl backed away leaving Jerold alone. It gave Clark a better angle to use his analysis on the white weasel of the Nebula academy student.

'Snow weasel- uncommon

This is a very popular beast for those that can tame them. The snow weasel is very social with its own kind but hides from any other beast. It is very agile in the deepest snow and is known for attacking then hiding. They will ambush their prey and attack constantly. Their bites slowly cause their prey to freeze.

They have the ability to grow in to their adult form, the glacial weasel which is known for having frozen fur all over its body and being able to swim in frigid waters while freezing them and traveling through the ice easily. But this is far from the abilities it has as a snow weasel. However, it is sure that if someone finds one snow weasel, there are at least five more somewhere else.'

This made Clark worry that Jerold would be facing a worse off opponent. However, when he saw the body of the ethereal opponent, Clark was worried even more. The boy facing Jerold screaming as if he was about to lose his mind and slinging taunts was covered in scars. It wasn't even clear how some of them had happened. They were from the top to bottom of the boy. Legs, face, arms, cuts everywhere.

"What? You and your friends aren't screaming yet. They should know you're going to be my meal. We have such a great hunger in us!" The ethereal academy students' skin started to move as if there were no bones under it. As if the muscles were all moldable.

'Walking skin- rare

The walking skin is a beast that many believe to be parasitic but is actually not. It will find a beast that it can control and devour its skin altering its body to mimic the skin. This beast is hunted for the cruel way that it uses a living being as a puppet. However, when tamed, it can be used as a way to enhance the physique of the tamer.

This beast allows for a potential for the beast and tamer to become one completely. If success is had, it will become a true beast with two bodies and high intelligence known as a skin walker. A skin that can capture a puppet and a body that can hide within another beast or tamer. A terrifying being that is banned by every single law in human society.

They have spiritual and dark typing that allows them to somehow manage to exist and appear from the unknown. How they produce offspring is still unknown but they continue to be hated. Even though they are banned, the tamers that have them leave people with a conundrum. Kill the beast and the tamer or allow them to live. This often leads the pair to be exiled instead.'

Clark's breath was caught in his throat as he read this. He had never thought such a disgusting beast and tamer would exist. He had not seen the darkest side of the world yet. He had seen terrible things and been a victim. But he had not seen something such as this. An atrocity that had come to the world.

A monster in all forms and fashion. "Jerold, kill that thing!" Clark knew Jerold understood this, but now he was pushing even harder knowing the truth.