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After hesitating for a moment, he walked over with heavy steps.
"An unknown enemy..."
He spoke, but his voice was muffled.
Maria's expression turned icy the moment she saw the other person.
Nausea... vomiting...
Maria rarely felt her body sending her such strong sensations.
The moment Maria saw the other person, she could feel the foul stench emanating from their body.
A strong sense of disgust welled up in her heart.
However, Maria managed to suppress her murderous intent well, simply bowing her head calmly.
Who are you?
"This is not an amusement park."
Maria's voice was cold, making her stance crystal clear.
Strangely, the man in front of him didn't react at all; he just kept breathing heavily, his voice growing louder and louder.
"An unknown enemy..."
"The territory of the empire..."
"Eliminate..."
"The Duke..."
He growled, and the sounds of words became fewer and fewer, replaced by more and more growls.
Finally, as if he could no longer contain himself, he suddenly threw his head back and let out a long howl!
"Ah--!!!!"
With a shrill roar, the black mist within his body could no longer be suppressed.
The thick black fog began to spread wildly and relentlessly in all directions.
But before these black mists could reach Maria, they were blocked by an imperceptible barrier.
At this moment, the other party's body began to undergo significant changes.
His black military uniform began to swell, and the pipes seemed to come alive, waving and probing in the air. His legs split into four pieces, which then grew back rapidly.
Dozens of eyes opened simultaneously on its body!
On the face, neck, hands, chest, abdomen, legs...
These eyes, which had been looking in all directions, all shifted at the same time, and finally, without prior agreement, fixed their gaze on Maria!
The man in front of her had his mask pulled back.
But Maria could no longer see his face.
It looked as if half of his head had been chopped off, with several bloody tentacles bursting out of his body from above!
"Aww--!"
At this point, this person had finally transformed completely into a monster...
"..." In this situation, Maria gradually fell silent.
She stared blankly at the twisted monster in front of her, remaining silent for a long time.
Maria only came to her senses after the other party had completely transformed.
"Oh..."
She lowered her hat brim slightly, her right hand gripping the blade.
"You... aren't you going to abandon your companions?"
Maria spoke softly.
She could sense that there was more than one person around her.
Several other people were also secretly observing this area from the shadows.
However, Maria didn't want to pay any attention to those people.
She is currently dealing with her feelings.
Excited...
It's been a long time... I've been in this world for almost a month or two now.
Maria hadn't felt this familiar presence in a long time.
She had once loathed the pervasive beastly aura in Yharnam... She had more than once longed to imagine what a world without beasts would be like.
But after she left, she realized that something seemed to be missing.
Even if Maria resisted, she had to admit that she had stayed in Yharnam for far too long... so long that her normal life seemed insignificant in comparison to her time in Yharnam.
She had become accustomed to slaughtering her prey.
Every cell in her body had long been accustomed to the days of searching for those mad beasts in the darkness, Lantern in hand.
She disliked killing, yet killing was deeply etched into every inch of her skin!
How can Hunter not hunt?
Receiving no response, Maria's eyes widened, and she vanished in an instant!
The beast in front of them seemed to sense the danger, roared angrily, and slammed the thing it was holding into the ground with both hands!
"Bang!"
Countless streams of black energy burst through the ground and spread outwards!
But...
"Oh..."
Maria was already upon him!
"Bang!"
There was nothing fancy or elaborate, and no preparatory setup whatsoever.
Maria delivered a brutal and straightforward punch that pierced the opponent's brain!
What would be a fatal wound for an ordinary person is meaningless to the monster in front of him.
It was merely knocked back by the blow.
But even faster, it regained its footing!
It growled, growing increasingly furious.
After doing all this, Maria simply raised her weapon slowly, her body ramrod straight.
In the moonlight, the bright blade reflected those grey eyes...
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This is a completely new power system...
Maria turned her head, dodging the monster's roaring attack, and then took a few steps back.
Perhaps because she has obtained the power of the Outer Gods, Maria's body is now extraordinary.
After just a few exchanges, she was able to determine that the source of the power of the person in front of her was not the same as the Originium Golem she had just seen.
Maria was far more disgusted by the power of these people than by the Originium.
The sight of those things writhing in the shadows made her nauseous!
"Bang!"
Another punch was thrown, and the mutated man took a few steps back.
But all the eyes around her remained greedily fixed on Maria's body.
After a brief respite, it suddenly shot its head tentacles toward Maria!
The creatures of flesh and blood made a rustling sound as they slid through the air!
Sharp as a flying arrow!
Maria, however, remained unfazed and turned to draw her longsword.
He sidestepped, then swung his blade!
"Pfft!"
The incredibly sharp blade severed the monster's tentacle in an instant, and blood gushed from the wound!
"Aww--!"
A non-human roar erupted from its throat. The monster suddenly took a few steps back, covered its face, and began to struggle and roar angrily.
Unfortunately, Maria's attack was far from over.
With another quick movement and a blink, Maria dashed in front of her opponent.
He raised the Blades with both hands, aiming at the opponent's brain.
Thrust!
Pfft!
The Blades pierced through the opponent's head without any resistance, leaving a trail of bright red blood.
Maria didn't pull it out; instead, she raised her hand and pressed it against the back of the blade, suddenly increasing the force.
The sharp blade swiftly sliced down from the top of the opponent's head...
It severed the bones, flesh, and blood along with it!
Maria wanted to cut the monster in half!
But this mutated life form is clearly not a simple being.
Just after Maria finished swinging the blade, it roared and the straight bloodstain on its body began to heal rapidly!
"Sometimes... isn't it bad for weapons to be too sharp?"
Seeing this, Maria, who took a few steps back to create some distance, also felt somewhat helpless.
If she had been wielding a weapon like Saw Cleaver, even with its incredible regenerative abilities, the monster in front of her would have needed some time to reassemble its shredded flesh.
But... she's holding a long sword now... an incredibly sharp long sword.
The wound inflicted by such a blade was not considered large for this monster.
Furthermore, because it's just cutting rather than frying the body into mush, it's even easier to repair.
This made Maria realize for the first time that having such good weapons wasn't necessarily a good thing.
Even so, the mutated monster clearly sensed Maria's terrifying power.
In just a few exchanges, it had absolutely no chance to retaliate!
Maria completely overwhelmed it in both speed and power.
Even after he released his own domain, his own 'kingdom', the other party's actions seemed completely unaffected.
Its overwhelming power, devoid of any skill or technique, filled it with utter terror!
But... clearly, this monster didn't know what retreat meant. It only became more enraged by Maria's attack, so enraged that it began to roar and charged towards Maria recklessly!
Maria, however, remained completely unfazed.
She simply stared at the other person's body and slowly assumed a fighting stance.
Then...
"Sulfone--!"
With another slash, Maria could see the eyes that filled the monster's entire body swing out.