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Chapter 252 – Restrained Beast

  The moment he waited for hadn’t disappointed him. More questions tio rise in his mind. Question that needed answers. ‘Their powers work on a fually different level than ours. Is it truly a spirit or non-corporeal entity? Or is it just a maion of his ability? So many things I must know!’

  His eyes quickly started to analyze what he had of Haruo power. All he had at his disposal was the animal, whiot a lot for him to go from. ‘A lion, is there meaning to it? Signifi this rather than another animal. It’s clearly te to be a real lion. None have ever been known to be that rge. So it’s fictitious, but he is using it as a model. Judging from the mane, I’d say it’s a Cape Lion, but they’ve beeinct for a while. Definitely not real. Does this mean he uses his memory or imagination to create the animals? Would imply this is not a spirit then.’ Too much specution, that was all he could clude. He needed more sample points. A single animal wasn’t enough.

  ‘He’s not wasting any time examining my power,’ judged Haruo. Both of their insight aive skills were high. The more each revealed the more dangerous it would bee for the other. Weakness came out quickly in such a situation. ‘I’ll have to be careful with him. I already don’t want to fight, but he’s going to push me to do so. Last time I was able to manage, but he’s clearly more resourceful and talehan them. He’ll find a way through my defense in time.’

  Haruo stared across the Field at Teris with equal iy. The man had nothio show, but Haruo couldn’t miss a moment with him. ‘The possibility this reaches the point where I’ll have to fight back is very high. If that happens I should try to end it quickly, just to keep things fring out.’

  Just examining the situation reached its end. A new a would obtain further information. The deade, a nepeared in his hand. “Let’s see how your pet hahis.” Another identical vial of shape and color apahe other. “From here on out you’ll have to use that brain of yours to figure things out. No more hints.”

  “Fine.” The previous warnings came as a little surprising, but it did give Haruo a good sense of the man he faced. He was fair, if nothing else.

  Chapter 252 – Restrained Beast

  The battle began, though calling it one might have been overselling the se. Haruo remained defensive even with Teris throwing the vials at him. It seemed more aimed at the lion than him. So dodging it was easy.

  Shattering in the grass, a hiss came from the burning as the liquid poured out. Anything it touched pletely dissolved in moments. ‘Acid, perhaps the same from before. I never saw the rea it had. But it’s clear he’s trying to uand how my power works. Breaking down the animal would certainly give him some valuable information.’

  An expected result for Teris, however a simple challenge barely provided any io him. He would just have to keep trying. ‘He’s not attag still. He seems set on not making an offeioe his situation. It won’t be like before.’

  It sort of went against his method, but his style didn’t fit well with someohat had as fast reas. A normal pace from other humans was what he was used to dealing with. More vials appeared in his hands, but the t increased with him fanning them out behind his fingers. It was like taking a shotgun to the problem. An i solution, but still the only option. He o get a hit.

  ‘Numbers, makes sense. If they all move as expected, then it shouldn’t be a problem. But he use his power…’ Haruo needed no preparation, even with the escation. The watchful eyes kept locked on each of his movements. He would be able to be ready.

  Released into the air, dozens of gss vials spun end over end towards Haruo in the animal. The spread on them went wider than initially telegraphed. Dodging didn’t prove to be an issue, in fact it was even easier. Until he realized one of the vials wasn’t like the others. It was already reag before he could do anything.

  explosio off throughout the array as more hidden vials appeared. The yield was low enough that the risk didn’t e from the bst, but what the bst did. It mao spread and accelerate the acid in all dires. Avoiding it would have been impossible. The lion uood that a in front of Haruo to shield him.

  ‘Hmm…looked more like the lion acted rather than anded by him. Does it have a mind, its own intelligenbsp; I would have figured that he’d and it. An iiail…’ Ohe smoke cleared away, it gave him a better look at the beast. Holes dotted its frame from where the acid burhrough.

  Nothing serious, yet.

  When the regeion began Teris i peaked again. ‘So the damage be healed. That’ll be problematic, but how much damage it take?’ More tests were required.

  Summoning up more of his usual, things advao the stage. Rather than holding them this time, they flew out from under his sleeves. It became easily apparent for the reason. He stopped dealing in only a few that he could hold. The t went beyond the norm. Many rolled around on the ground while he tio unch more.

  Haruo's stoic faarrowed a little watg the se. ‘Such a rge scale, but judging from these they aren’t the same timed attacks. Guessing this is a proximity like charge and given his previous attack, likely a variety of pounds.’ He k down pressing his hand to the earth for a moment. ‘He’s observant, anything I do he’ll pick up on unless I distract him.’ Finally, he started realizing a proactive role iuation.

  Within sight of him was one of the unknown pounds. A quick assessment based on the cave him a good enough guess. He picked it up and threw what he believed a safe distance of three meters in front of him, between Teris and himself.

  The bst however was more powerful than he expected and caused a rea throughout the Field. Explosions popped up from flying debris, but the main one covered all the way back to Haruo. Intense heat burned against his skin, but it was still no more than like opening an oven door.

  ‘Testing? Or a s?’ woeris, until the smoke cleared. Then he uood. Wolves appeared alongside the lion. ‘A subspecies I don’t reize, probably a small regional type. Still the fact that he wao hide him calling these means that seeing it would give more clues to how his power funs.’ He grinned a little with excitement. W the problem was when he was at his happiest. ‘Even when you try to give me nothing I’ll still get something. Every a is a new piece of information for me.’

  The white color of the wolves matched that of the lion. Everything down to the rger than normal size fit in line. However, the more important hat Teris picked up on was that the wolves moved in an aggressive manner. They looked like they stalked their prey, already fanning out. The pack of six wolves each kept ta Teris. Infrequent low growls kept their i clear.

  ‘Most curious. The animals actually seem ready for a fight, yet the expression on his face hasn’t ged. He still looks pletely detached from the situation. Is it because he use his pets by proxy and keep himself removed?’ Encirg wolves turned up the tension in the air as the mood shifted down quickly. ‘Looks like I’ll have to make a move and stop thinking. I’ll have more time ter once I deal with this.’

  Monit the progress of the wolves’ advance, he picked exactly the measures needed. His hands slid through the air moving through a stratern, traced by his fingers. It was a series of vertical lines evenly spaced. “Got it.” His hand came to a stop and his index finger moved as though it pushed a button, even though it was only the air.

  The a wasn’t for py. Immediately in response, a sudden bst of water with rapidly freezing properties stretched out in all dires. The nearby wolf couldn’t react quickly enough, falling for the trap. It only partially ehe animal.

  Another air buttoriggered arap, this time smoke, but quickly turo fme as the particles busted. The beast went up in fmes running about uo put it out. Further explosions and traps went off finally putting it out of its misery.

  More traps went off for the remaining four wolves. The effects varied with differing amounts of success, none were ever the same. It made the diversity in the vials clear.

  Both of the mehi calcutions based on what they learned. Haruo o know more of what to expect, but didn’t pn for such accurabsp; ‘So he has aic memory. The hand motions are his means of recall like pushing buttons on a panel. Aopped using normal means of catalyst. They were all created by his mind, so he set them off whenever he desires. He’s gotten more serious.’ Out of the wolves, he still had three that survived. Rec from their injuries, they would be ready soon.

  Teris had a new wealth of information based on his traps. ‘I clude now that what he’s creating doesn’t have a physical body iraditional sense. It’s still affected by its surroundings, but doesn’t hold the same properties. Poisons and paralysis have no effect, the ily froze it, but didn’t cause any damage to limbs or internal structure. They be destroyed with enough effort. The animals are his power, whatever he uses mas them and they are created out of that source.’ He felt it still too early to clude if they were spirits, but the theory lost some support from his current findings.

  Refilling the Field with more of his vials, he readied the round of tests. The wolves seemed ready for the attace again. Their stalking already began. Encirg them, Teris stood at the ready to dispose of them, yet the opportunities didn’t e when he expected. ‘They’re avoiding the traps I revealed before. They know whies have no effect.’ Gng over at Haruo, it made him wonder once again about his previous findings. ‘Is it their instinct or is he trolling them? It seems uhey’d uand that quickly. How he see from his position if he is anding them?’

  New questions came to Teris, but they would have to wait for ter. The wolves came close enough to leap for an attabsp; Their timing was exact to be sure it was a three-prong strike from fnking positions.

  A white glove materialized on Teris’ hand as he produced a vial. The wolves immediately uood the familiar color, the ice trap. However, already itted, their course couldn’t be ged. Teris poured out the tents of the vial in an endless stream. Using his gloved hand like a brush, he actually seemed to trol the course and strength of the water flow as it froze. Uhe wolves trapped in ice, his hand never froze.

  ‘A special glove he use to manipute the water? It probably be used with many of his pounds to alter them at his will.’ As much as Teris learned about the intricacies in Haruo’s power, the reverse remained equally true. He o see the man’s defense for his pn.

  Haruo held one of the vials spread out over the Field. The color was a faint pinkish hue, but more e. Eapound had subtle differences, mostly by color. He could tell the slight alterations, likely meant to be easy identification for Teris and stump his oppos that ck a dising eye.

  Throwing the tainer across the teer distance was a simple effort for him. Strength behind his arm easily shattered it on the ice as it tio vi over the wolves. Fmes ignited as the fluid spread out. It quickly grew out of trol following the path that Teris mapped with his hand. The wolves looked to be engulfed as well until the ice shattered, ed by fire allowing them to break free.

  Freedom grao the beasts, they dropped down. Scattered fires persisted along their bodies, but had no meaningful effebsp; They wasted no time jumping bato a, wanting t Teris down, ending the fight immediately, as desired by Haruo.

  Pinning Teris down, the three wolves cwed at him w up to the finish. However, vines grew up from around his body tg on quickly to the wolves. As they grew rger, it pushed the wolves off Teris and into the air until they were pletely entangled.

  Removing himself from the greenery, Teris stood up nearby. His haed on one of the vines grown out to a thiess greater than his body. “Incredible pnt. Highly reactive to any sort of movement. It loves to grow and around anything that moves.”

  ‘That’s not normal growth, he must have accelerated it somehow. Such sce isn’t possible with current teology, meaning he’s not limited himself to just the present day. He’s iigated future advas. This makes him even more uable.’

  “You’ve gotten more active finally. You’ve been far too passive to have been taking this seriously. I’m guessing you’ve still got plenty left to show.” A new tainer appeared in his hand, but it was no lohe standard gss vial. metal and sealed with bolts, the multi-faced shape defied Teris' established motif. “Know what I’ve got stored in here?”

  Haruo had no response for him. It was a rhetorical question. The whole poi to draw his attention to it. However, the tainer ed him. ‘What requires su unusual design? The implication is that it is dangerous.’

  His hand moved towards the seal oal tainer. “A fabricated element of the os lies inside.” A strange light began to break through the partial opening in the seal. Everything in the area died expanding outward.