A body in harmony

"THAT... THAT BASTARD!" she shouted, clenching her fists as her mana surged once again, the winds around her becoming wild and untamable.

[Defeat Cassandra Vermillion]

The notification appeared before her, an absolute command, and Strax smiled—it was something he had expected.

'The strength I'll have to use here... Without using my transformation, and without assimilation... This will be complicated,' he thought as he analyzed the woman charging toward him.

Cassandra's energy intensified, like a hurricane forming with every step she took. The wind around her spun violently, her imposing presence making the air around Strax feel suffocating.

'Shit!' He was standing, gasping for breath, his hands burning from the effort of maintaining control over the newly acquired mana. The wind around him seemed to try to cut him, and he used all his mana to force it into his muscles to protect himself.