Monster Integration

"Fuck," I cursed.

I had cursed not because of the cultist's self-destruction, but because of how close Wanya had been with the cultist when that had happened.

I felt worried for a second before feeling relieved when I sensed Wanya.

She is quite battered, but she is alive and now moving toward the second cultist, who is trying to escape.

The second cultist is in quite bad shape, too.

The first cultist had self-destructed, because she didn't want to get captured. It had nothing to do with the second cultist.

To them, it is a fate worse than death. 

The organizations and Alkaz had no mercy for these people. Seeing that, many cultists chose to self-destruct rather than get caught.

The cults also placed the seed inside them, which makes it easy for them to self-destruct. They could do it within a second, making it hard for those fighting them to stop the self-destruct or get away in time.

While I was focused on the self-destruction. The cultist I was fighting tried to run away.

I reacted quickly and appeared in front of him, making him attack me. 

CLANNNG!

I defended against the attack, but another one came a moment later. It is powerful in the form of a giant purple wave with its huge edge sharp enough to split me in two.

It was a powerful attack, but I had stopped it, and it attacked again and again.

It was not stopping even for a second, attacking me with everything he had got while trying to get away from me.

I won't let that happen; the cultist is mine and I will defeat him. It is without question and the thing that gave me the confidence that its poisonous power is useless against me.

His is a poisonous constitution, and it is dangerous. Especially in an environment like this, but to me, it is not.

Though my teammates seemed to be struggling with it. 

They are being affected by poison inheritance energies, which are strong in this environment. Thankfully, there are my seals, which are protecting against it.

However, they are weakening.

Wanya's seal barely has three minutes' worth of power. The seal had spent a lot of power to keep the poisonous energies of self-destruction from harming her.

Still, it was not thoroughly able to protect her; she will need to take further treatments to remove the poison from her body.

BANNNNG!

I was just thinking about that when another explosion rang out.

The cultist fighting against Elra had self-destructed and looking at things; she was not able to defend it as well as Wanya did.

She had fallen, heavily injured and if she didn't receive medical attention quickly enough, things would go very badly for us.

"You should let me go or I will self-destruct like them and let me tell you, I practice a method which targets the power of self-destruction to the single enemy,"

"If I self-destruct; then there is no way you will be able to survive," he threatened.

"You are more than welcome to blast yourself to the smithereens," I challenged.

It got surprised hearing my answer before the anger appeared in his eyes and he attacked me with a power he had never used before.

I didn't hold back either and activated my burst at 100%.

I need to, without it, I wouldn't be able to deal with an attack, as powerful as the one coming at me.

CLANNNNG!

His saber clashed against my rapier and I shook but reacted quickly to defend against the second attack.

He is angry and uses every bit of the power he has. Shaking me with every attack he has and trying to get away, which I am stopping despite being suppressed by him.

I may not have much as offensive power as him, but I am sure as hell could defend and stop him from escaping.

It will not escape; I wouldn't let that happen.

Though it is far from enough. I have to defeat him, as there are people I have to save. It is not just my teammates, but also the thirty people whom these cultists were using for their nefarious purposes.

BANNNNG!

Another cultist had exploded, sending Gamin back with such force that when he crashed against the hill, he fell into unconsciousness.

There are injuries all over his body, and the seal is completely spent. His condition seemed to be as bad as Elra, or even worse than hers.

Seeing that uncertainty appeared in my eyes. 

I need to capture this cultist alive, but also need to help my teammates before their condition becomes worse.

'You can let go of him and focus on the healing of our teammates,' said Wanya. Even she understood how bad things are and how quickly we need to react.

'Give me a minute,' I said to her, and focused on the enemy.

A minute won't be enough, but I will have to make do. If I didn't, I would leave him and do what my team leader asked me.

There is no change appeared in my fighting style. I am still defending, but he seemed to feel something that changed as his gaze had become uncertain.

He started to become desperate in his attack, taking more risks. Giving me bigger openings, some I really wanted to take, but I had controlled myself.

Yes, some of them could give me a shot at him, but they could also harm me or even get me killed.

I have to be careful.

BANNNNG!

A few seconds passed when the second cultist fighting Wanya exploded, but this time, she seemed to have been prepared.

Though she had expanded the power of the seal and now the poison would affect her, she didn't seem to care, seeing she was coming toward me.

"You have really forced me," said the cultist and came at me. 

"I will see you in hell," he roared, but a moment later, his expression changed, and a great shock appeared in his eyes.

He tried to self-destruct like all the cultists, but couldn't.