Chapter 135 - Evolution (1/2)
Both the ”Bloody Berserker” and Evan were badly wounded. They both had no arms, but unlike the young man, the monster just needed to drink blood to regain its strength. Of course, this wouldn't make the ”Bloody Berserker's” arm grow back, but the monster`s condition would be much better than Evan's.
However, that would be so in a normal situation. No one knew why, but when the ”Bloody Berserker” had completely eaten Evan's arm, strange changes began to happen to it. Naturally, Evan should not have expected anything good in such situation.
Evan didn't understand exactly what was happening now, but it was obvious that his opponent was getting stronger and stronger. Evan was in no hurry to attack since he didn't know what to expect from the ”Bloody Berserker” at this point.
As for the teachers, they were well aware of what was going on with the monster, but they hadn`t expected it to happen right now.
Arve frowned and calmly said: ”Bloody Berserk is evolving, but why? It was severely weakened, and besides, it was wounded during the fight. It shouldn't have evolved by drinking some blood and eating some flesh.”
Arve didn't like when something inexplicable happened. This situation interested him and annoyed him greatly at the same time.
Draven said slowly: ”I agree, it's really strange. In the usual situation, for a monster to evolve, he needs a dozen years of eating well and fighting a lot. Only then can it make a big step forward. This monster, on the other hand, isn't even in its best form, and it's unbelievable that it's evolving right now.”
Arabella looked at Evan with interest and said quietly: ”This guy tried so hard, but unfortunately for him the worst thing happened. There have been a couple of times in my memory when monsters evolved during the test. But, I've never seen it happen to a final monster. Evan definitely shouldn't be gambling.”
Arve looked at Arabella and asked: ”Shouldn't we finish the test? This is unprecedented, we shouldn't let a student fight the evolved ”Bloody Berserker.”
The girl nodded and was about to give the signal to summon Golem, but was suddenly interrupted by Draven. He grabbed her by the arm and at that moment Arabella thought.
<What is it with Draven?>
Draven stared madly at Arabella and mouthed, ”Wait, don't you dare interrupt this fight, we're not likely to see anything like this again.”
Arabella was shocked: she had never seen Draven act so impulsively before.
”Well, if the guy gets killed, it will be on your conscience.” She said it briefly and continued to watch the fight.
The other teachers were dumbfounded by Draven's actions and the decision of the head of the Academy. Every one of them was convinced that Evan needed to be rescued immediately. At the moment, he was not fighting a strong opponent, but was trapped in a cage with a wild beast. That was what all the teachers thought, regardless of the color of their mantles. Even the teachers in gray mantles thought that Draven had behaved too recklessly.
However, their dissatisfaction could not change Arabella's mind. She decided to make a concession to Draven, but he must see to it that Evan lives to the end of this test.
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Evan kept a close eye on the changes that were happening to the ”Bloody Berserker”.
After it had completely devoured Evan's arm, a terrifying aura began to emanate from the monster, and it itself froze in place, as if waiting for something to happen.
Suddenly the monster's muscles began to shrink dramatically, and, moreover, it became shorter itself. The ”Bloody Berserker” was originally three meters tall, but now it was only two and a half.
After a few seconds, the transformation of the monster was over.
Crack.
With a flick of the hand, it flung all of its armor onto the floor, it didn't need it anymore. Evan gazed intently at the changed monster. Outwardly, the ”Bloody Berserker” looked even weaker than when at the beginning of the test.
It was incredibly skinny, every bone visible under its skin and some strange symbols appeared on its neck.