Gabe put the strength of a hundred elephants behind his kick, thanks to his ability of increasing his weight as much as he wanted to.The only downside to his skill was that he would feel his heart becoming heavier and harder to breathe for sometime. Otherwise, he could add more weight to his body.Despite Gabe putting enough strength into the kick, he was not satisfied with the result.After all, Atarah wasn’t even blown off her feet. She slid back on her feet and managed to stay on feet.Gabe tightly clenched his fists. (I was trying to kill her with that move, but I barely broke two ribs. The ethereal energy around her body also injured my foot. It feels cold and it’s hurting from the frost. To think that even her vivre has the attribute of coldness attached to it… defeating her won’t be easy.)[It’s not just the vivre around her body, but her body itself was strengthened by vivre.] Systa’s voice rang in his mind. [ Her ribs should have shattered after taking your attack, but they

The two elemental energies fought for supremacy, and Mia who was watching their battle felt nervous. She wanted to jump in and help Gabe, but she wasn’t sure if she’d really be able to help or end up becoming a burden again.Mia thought that she had become strong enough, but after seeing how differently an experienced fighter like Atarah was using their techniques and tactics, Mia’s confidence took a big dent.With each passing moment, the intensity of the battle magnified.Atarah sent swirling arrows of ice at him nonstop.Gabe threw his arms at the arrows, deflecting them in every direction, redirecting some of those arrows back to her.Gabe reformed his energy into a spiraling tempest of lightning that spun towards the opponent. In response, Atarah conjured towering blue ice walls to shield herself from the attack.Gabe broke through the shield with effort.As if she expected that, projected shards flew with deadly precision toward him.Gabe couldn’t dodge in time, and the shards st

“It’s one thing that James lost, but for Atarah to lose to this brat…” The number one ranker of the Jaguar Squad, Stark, spoke. “This is quite shameful.”“Indeed,” Fang, the second ranker, opined. “I feel a little embarrassed since I’ve trained James for over a month now. For him to lose without even taking an opponent’s limb is quite disappointing. I hope he’s not dead.”“James is the last ranker, the number 10 of the squad,” the zeroth ranker and the head of the Jaguar Squad, Zephyr, replied. He had a sharp mustache and was cleanly shaven. “He’s the weakest, but Atarah is the ranked fourth in the squad, and she let her younger comrade lose. So, she failed both as a teammate and as an individual fighter. She needs to be punished for her mistakes later. But for now…” He glanced at the number five ranker, who was a green-headed female, Pixie.Pixie stepped forth and treated Atarah’s injury with her vivre. It was as though she was conducting surgery with her vivre, using it as needles to

Nicole finished her work in the hotel and walked out with Systa who was in the form of a little girl now.“Why do you look like that?” Nicole asked her.“Look like what?” Systa asked her back.“Look like you’re weighing life's burdens on your shoulders?” Nicole said.“I was just thinking about something,” Systa replied.Nicole picked her up onto her waist.“W-What are you doing?” Systa quickly said, her cheeks flushing. “This is embarrassing. Put me down.”“Get used to it,” Nicole pinched Systa’s cheeks. “You know, I watched Gabe grow, but I missed watching a girl grow. I didn’t have a daughter, you see. So, I feel like keeping you with me for as long as possible.”“S-Stop pulling my cheeks!” Systa found it annoying because her skin was not perfectly authentic human-standard.“Stop acting like that,” Nicole stopped pulling the cheek and gently rubbed it. “You’re a girl, so you’re going to raise kids one day. You shouldn’t get angry easily. Your worth will be decided by how good you ca

Alleria was sent flying through multiple walls, and she ended up crashing into the tables of the precious customers.“That hurts…” Alleria’s cheek bruised, and she bled from a corner of her mouth.“W-Who are you?” The customers were all shocked because this woman was wearing armor underneath her cloak, and there was even a short sword at her waist. “Are you a cosplayer?”“Who was that little girl?” Alleria got back up, looking quite irritated because her cloak was dirtied by the food, so she had to remove it. She looked sturdy despite her age, and she was nearly six feet tall. Many men in that hall hadn’t seen such a well-built woman with attractive looks like that before. “Call herself as my grandmother,” she cracked her neck, releasing the gas bubbles from the joints in her spine, “let’s see if you’ve really got what it takes to utter such words.”She rushed into the bathroom, but to her surprise, Systa and Nicole were gone.“What?” Alleria frowned. “I didn’t see them leave. Where di