Monster Integration

"You!"

Said the first Hogman, too shocked to say anything else. Seeing his friend getting killed in such a shocking manner.

Though it reacted instantly as I moved toward it.

"Die!" It screamed as it swung its halberd at me, with a power greater than its previous attack. The raging anger it is feeling for me helping it, harness more power from its bloodline.

Which couldn't help, but put a big smile on my face.

If it had done that before, it might have increased the difficulties slightly, but it is already on my net; nothing it will do will be able to pull it out of it.

Its huge fiery halberd and my sword reached close when a similar scene played out as earlier. 

The Hogman had slowed down, and like earlier, I evaded the attack and appeared in front of its chest before moving my sword toward its chest while it tried to dodge it.

If all my strings had been covering it. It wouldn't have even been able to dodge the attack, but I had used the strings on two, which were quite a tricky thing, given their power, but my clones helped.

Usually, my clones watched the battle and gathered data, but I didn't use that data. Unless it is absolutely necessary.

In this battle, I am actively taking their help, and giving them tasks.

As I had said earlier, this isn't a one-on-one battle where I could take a sweet time. This is a battle where I need to kill the enemies as soon as possible before they kill us, and for that, I am using everything I have.

My strings, my clones, and everything else, except for the forbidden power.

The things aren't that bad to force me to use it in the battle.

Puch!

My sword pierced through its chest and pushed through the load of energy. The load is slightly weaker than the previous; the dose earlier had nearly killed the Hogman, I don't want to do that.

A moment later; it entered my core.

As I finished killing them, I moved to search for the next target. This is a battle, and I couldn't waste any second. 

Hun!

I had just moved to search for the new target when I suddenly shuddered with all the hair on my body standing up.

I instantly saw the danger, and it was coming at me, in all the fury.

Seeing the Grimm, my heart couldn't help, but titan up. The Grimm coming at me is on both of my lists, but I had not wanted to fight it; at least not this early in the battle before I consume some powerful strengthening energies.

Now, I have no choice; I will have to fight and kill it. 

It will be a challenge, but what other choice do I have? It won't wait till; I am ready to face it.

It didn't take long for it to appear in front of me and as it did, its aura blasted to full power, and a bloodline phantom formed over it, before merging it. Taking its power to another level.

Seeing that, my expression turned worse.

It is coming at me was already bad enough and now; it wants to finish me off using its full power.

"Die!" It roared and swung its ax at me.

The Grimm in front of me is Jade Horned Rhinoman. A High Earth Sovereign, who is much stronger than the two Hogman I had faced.

If it had fought them, it would have been able to kill them within a minute. I was able to kill them at that time, but I needed to use my strings, while it would have done that job with its ax.

Those two were stronger than me, and this one was stronger than them by considerable strength.

Seeing the attack coming at me; I swung my sword toward it, with everything I had. I need to attack with everything, or I will be dead before knowing how?

CLANNNNG!

The moment its ax hit my sword; I feared it would tear it apart. The attack was powerful and those massive earth elemental energies were like a massive meteor wanting to blast me apart.

Puh!

I shook as the bones in my body cracked and I vomited before flying back like a broken doll.

The attack was so powerful that I am lucky; that I had designed the armor powerful enough to absorb the energies. If there had been anyone in my place; they could forget staying in one piece.

The energies would have torn them apart in thousands of pieces like they are doing right now.

The physical blow had made a mess inside me, but more formations activated and sent down the energies. These energies mixed with the strengthening essence and began to heal my injuries rapidly.

It hasn't been even a minute since the energies were released and they will keep coming for some time.

Not to mention, there are two Hogmen; who had just started to get covered in runes. However, it will take some time before I get the essence energies from them due to resistance and all.

So, I will have to depend upon the less powerful strengthening essence. 

Whose healing power isn't weak at all, especially when it merges with the energies of healing formations. 

I had asked one of my clones to take control of the energy. Focus on the places most important, which will help me harness the peak strength, despite the growing injuries.

Yes, the injuries will grow; the bastard had already appeared in front of me and is now swinging its ax again with even greater power.

It didn't want to give me any chance to survive.

CLANNNNG!

Once again, I bore the massive blow of its ax on my sword. It made more of my bones crack and made me bleed from all my orifices, hot of splitting my skin and sending me back at even greater speed.

There is no mercy in its eyes, just a desire to kill.

It appeared once again and this time, behind and attacked.

Formations lit up inside me and I used the momentum and my own power to spin, not caring about the pressure of using such a move.

If I didn't, I wouldn't be able to defend against the attack and that would mean death.

CLANNNNG!

Its ax clashed against my sword and counter momentum hit me; it was so powerful that it broke many of my bones as I stopped in my tracks.

The Rhinoman did that intentionally, seeing how it grinned, before attacking me again.

CLANNNNG CLANNNNG CLANNNNG 

Its attacks continued against me; it was using everything it had to kill me, while I was using every ounce of my strength to defend.

The bastard may be powerful, but it isn't powerful enough to kill me. I will not let it kill me. It will be the Grimm who will die and for it, the only thing, I have to do is to survive.

I will survive.

The Rhinoman seemed to see the will in my eyes. As the anger appeared in its eyes, and its attacks, begin to get even more powerful.