"Turn around," Alex said.
"Mhm…" She hummed in agreement as she didn't do anything after that. She was too relaxed and comfortable right now and didn't even want to move a muscle.
He understood her situation and put his hands on both sides of her waist before flipping her over. At the same time, the holes on the massage table closed so that she could comfortably lie down. A little pillow also formed under her head.
Alex admired her perky tits and her perfectly toned body. Laura opened her eyes and looked at him with a playful expression, "Like what you see?" She asked.
"I want to devour you right here…" He said with a throaty voice as his face came close to hers.
"Patience…" She said as she lightly pecked his lips.
Alex didn't say anything and continued his massage. He started by massaging her collarbones while lightly oiling up her neck. Laura couldn't help but gasp as she felt even her neck burning with arousal. As she was lying down on her back, each of the parts that Alex had massaged was rubbing against the table and she was already feeling extremely aroused.
At this time, she couldn't stop herself from bringing her hand between her legs as she tried to masturbate.
"Continue your actions and see how I tease you for the whole night…" She heard Alex's deep voice threatening her.
"I'd like to see you try…" Laura taunted him but obediently brought her hand back to her side, not wanting to risk it.
"Cutie…" Alex commented as his hands trailed the sides of her boobs and reached under them. He wasn't going to do her boobs for now.
As he massaged her underboob and stomach, Laura groaned with even more arousal as she squirmed in her place and arched her back. Her actions were a little counter-productive since her movements were making her sensitized ass rub against the table even more which amplified her arousal.
Alex didn't say much as his finger teased her belly button while rubbing the oil all over. With this action, Laura transitioned from ticklish squirming to aroused moaning within seconds as the oil took effect, making her belly button sensitive to his touches.
When he was finally about to reach her pussy Alex skipped that area and moved back up over her body. He was already done with her thighs and feet.
Next, he moved to his favorite toy— Laura's tits. His hands trailed up her stomach and caressed her underboob before grabbing her tits with firm hands.
That action was the one that opened the floodgates as Laura came again, her tits burning with arousal as the sensations finally made her climax.
As she screamed, Alex pinched both her nipples between her fingers and rubbed the oil over them while stimulating them. He paid extra attention to her breasts as he spent almost 10 minutes on those bunnies alone. It got so intense at one point that she couldn't help but cum again.
Next, it was finally time for her pelvis. Alex's hands trailed down to her crotch and he massaged her pelvic area while just brushing his hand over her clit before moving up, teasing her again.
Laura had gotten used to his pattern by now so her reactions were more physical than they were vocal. She knew that saying anything won't affect his teasing so she just enjoyed it all while moaning loudly since that seemed to bring some satisfaction to him.
'Let's do something more, this time…' Alex thought.
His next action scared Laura a little. He'd directly got on top of her and straddled her legs. "Alex?" She asked. "I'm just going to try something new…" He smiled at her with excitement.
At the next moment, Alex leaned down and kissed her belly button before trailing down to her pelvis, maintaining eye contact with her.
Laura finally understood what he was doing and was anticipatory of his actions. His lips finally reached her slit as the first kiss was over her clit and he then started teasing her labia. He sucked, licked, and kissed her labia and primed her pussy for his tongue's invasion.
Laura's hands snaked to his head and she ran her fingers through his silky hair while she tried to push him deeper into her core.
Alex could see her tiniest reactions and moaning and squirming while he teased her with just his tongue was a very satisfying thing.
Though Laura was getting more and more impatient as Alex kept teasing her. She wrapped her toned thighs around his head and tried to push him even deeper. Seeing her desperately trying to get him to lick her just made Alex want to tease her even more, [Say it…] He told her telepathically as he lightly sucked on her clit hood.
"Please~" She begged.
[What?] He was going to make her say everything.
"Please lick me." She begged between gasps.
[Where?] He was enjoying this.
"Please lick my pussy, Alex… I'm begging you." She screamed as she exerted all her strength to pull him closer to her core.
[That's my girl.] As if not even feeling her using all her strength, Alex gently pushed his face into her snatch, shoving his tongue into her walls.
Laura's reaction was instant as after all of that teasing, she was extremely horny and that stimulation was more than enough to make her cum. Alex enjoyed the taste of her juices and how her pussy tightened up around his tongue but didn't stop his actions. He explored her inner walls, making her hornier by the second. He even elongated his tongue to completely explore every nook and cranny.
Soon, he reached a barrier, it was her hymen. Laura's physique was special. To the point, where every time she fucks, her hymen would regenerate. Alex was contemplating whether or not he wanted to pierce through her hymen or not.
[Babe?] Alex asked her telepathically while he kept teasing her.
"Hm~" She couldn't really form coherent words as she'd already cum three times after Alex started eating her out.
[How about I pierce your hymen? Or do you want it to be my cock that does that?] Women were sensitive about these kinds of things so Alex decided to confirm with her.
"Don't!" If her panicked disagreement was any indicator, Alex made the right move by asking.
[If you say so…] He respected her wishes and left her hymen intact to be destroyed by his cock later. In the meantime, he explored her pussy while finding the most sensitive spots that make her squirm the most.
Soon, after losing the number of orgasms that Laura had, Alex was done with the massage and EP infusion into her body. But this was no more than foreplay for what was about to come. It was now time for the main task of the night.
Alex was going to form the level 4 bond with Laura.
…
Laura was still on the table, resting after that intense 'massage' and Alex was sitting on the side of the table while grabbing her tit as he was deep in thought. He was playing with her breast as he thought about how he would merge with her blood.
When Laura asked where her breasts came from in this thinking process, he told her with the most serious tone, "It helps me think better." Leaving Laura speechless.
She knew that he was going to bond with her blood so that her strength could increase at a higher rate. Her perky tits calmed him while he thought of the process of merging with her blood. This was going to be much more complicated than just her skin since after he merges with her blood, it couldn't change its biological functions.
He had to understand the composition of her blood before merging, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to seamlessly merge as he did with her skin. Her blood would reject him as a foreign entity and would hamper the bond.
'I have to concentrate on this…' He realized. Since this was the first time that he was doing this, he was cautious since he didn't want Laura to be in pain or get affected negatively by his presence.
After an hour of thinking, he'd finally made sure that his method was correct and he was now ready to merge with her blood.
Meanwhile, Laura's poor abused breasts were filled with red marks all over as Alex would get rough and squeeze them tightly whenever he thought of something important.
He looked over and saw that Laura's face was also a little red, 'She didn't even tell me that she was in pain… Masochist.' He realized that Laura may actually be a masochist. Due to her history of being experimented on and being subjected to constant pain throughout her life, her brain might have created the trait as a defense mechanism.
Whenever she's in pain, her pleasure levels would also spike and instead of feeling something negative, she would feel good instead. He also realized that she was really good at hiding this trait. She'd been going through very painful training with her, but she'd always reacted to it as if it was mere torture. She acted as if she had a very high pain tolerance and didn't react much to it.
'In her current vulnerable situation, her usual facade is crumbling…' Alex realized. He was happy that he was understanding more and more about Laura. The empathetic bond wasn't perfect when understanding the thoughts of the hosts. This was why it took so long for him to confirm that she was a masochist. He'd had doubts before, for sure, but only now was he able to confirm it.
'I won't mention it for now…' Alex didn't say anything about it.
"My bad, Laura…" Alex looked regretfully at her abused breasts.
"I-It's fine… I didn't want to distract you from your thinking." She said as her blush receded and her breasts also healed up, not leaving any trace of Alex's abuse.
"Such a thoughtful girl…" He smiled as he leaned in for a kiss. Laura gladly let him kiss her as her arms wrapped around his back. She wanted to make out for a while. Alex understood and got on top of her as he sucked on her lips as she did the same.
His hands weren't free as they trailed all over her body, giving her a ticklish feeling wherever his hands roamed.
A couple of minutes later, his hands reached her recently abused breasts and his thumbs rubbed her nipples while his hands enjoyed the feeling of the softness of those beautiful tits.
Laura didn't realize it, but as Alex's hands rubbed over her breasts, they left a black substance all over them. The black substance acted as a really large sticker that completely covered her breasts while stimulating her nipples and breasts.
This was something that he'd tried with Natasha before. These titty covers were a perfect construct to stimulate her breasts. They would make her feel as if her breasts were sucked, mauled into different shapes, pinched, and more. Her nipples weren't left separate as those covers would pay special attention to those lovely nubs.
As Alex continued, his hands trailed down to her pussy.
He formed a similar black construct over her pussy as it covered her labia completely while forming a sort of cover over her slit. The thin cover also extended inside as it reached the area just before her hymen and stopped.
Feeling her pussy being invaded by some weird liquid that coated her walls, Laura's reaction was expected as she opened her eyes in panic and stopped kissing Alex. He looked into her eyes with a gentle look and gave her lips a little peck, "Don't worry…" These two words had the effect they needed as Laura calmed down and closed her eyes again.
Alex pecked her again before pulling back. The way Laura opened her eyes with frustration evident in them was something that he enjoyed very much. She moved her head ahead to kiss him, but after just a peck, Alex pulled back again. He smiled as he played with Laura.
"Alex~" She called out coquettishly and blinked her eyes with a desperate look. She was just playfully acting that way and Alex knew that she wasn't someone who usually acted like that, but it still turned him on.
He gave in and kissed her again while also pushing his tongue into her mouth while toying around with her body.
Soon, Laura was satisfied as she pulled back to take a deep breath. "We should start…" Alex said.
"Mhm…" Laura nodded, "Hold me…" Laura said as she tightly hugged Alex. He knew that she was a little apprehensive about the process and hugged her back. He wouldn't be able to do much more since his full concentration was going to be on the merger process. That's why he'd made these augmentations over her breasts and snatch. She would be constantly pleasured with a preset process as Alex would be busy with the merger.
Why did she need to be pleasured like this in the first place? That is because as he merges with her blood, it would produce the usual effect of turning her on during the process. And unlike what happens usually, this time it would be inside her body. It would practically be like an itch that she couldn't scratch as her blood boiled and made her body burn with arousal. She wouldn't even be able to cum satisfactorily due to that. That's why Alex had to make augmentations that would help her take care of the heat that she would be experiencing soon.
Finally, Alex started the process and Laura's entire skin felt a burning sensation, "Alex~" She clung to him tightly. This sensation was due to Alex extending his bond to her blood through her skin. Knowing Laura's current predicament, the augments over her breasts and her pussy started acting. Her breasts felt like they were being toyed with while her nipples were being sucked. At the same time, her core was also being stimulated as her clit and inner walls were being rubbed in a way that stimulated her constantly.
It didn't take much time for Laura to cum as Alex kept mixing with her bloodstream. The merger hadn't even started yet and she was already in a lot of heat.
Soon, there was a little amount of black substance mixed into her blood while it was constantly being pumped by Laura's heart all over her body.
Alex would need an equal volume of his symbiote body within her blood to merge with each of the cells in her blood. But he couldn't instantly double the quantity of her blood without rupturing her veins. That's why he was going to keep mixing his symbiote body into her blood while merging so that the process forms a cycle.
Finally, the merger started. And at the same time, Laura felt like her entire body was burning with unending arousal and stimulation. The cells of her blood were traveling throughout her body as Alex merged with them. This led to her feeling like her entire body was burning. This included her brain. The moment that merging blood passed through her brain, Laura convulsed with a scream as she tightly hugged Alex with all her strength, biting his neck.
Alex didn't mind and let her do whatever she wanted as he pleasured her while merging with more of her blood. Just as a bit of his body merged with her blood, he infused more of it into her blood so that the infusion cycle could continue without any issues.
The augments that were covering her breasts and stimulating her snatch were acting with full force to make sure that the heat generated by the blood is dissipated.
The whole process took about five hours and Laura could swear that she'd climaxed more times in those five hours than she'd ever climaxed in her whole life. That's how it felt to her. Before one orgasm would even finish, she would be hit by another one. She'd easily cum hundreds of times in those five hours.
At some point, Alex had also started infusing EP directly into her blood to increase the augmentation of her physique quickly. The EP infusion would have the best effect as she was climaxing endlessly. It would also have a very good effect on the merger process.
But all of that effort was worth it.
[ «Status- Host #6»
«Name: Laura Kinney (X-23) (Earth-Z)»
«Bonding Rate: 17%->22%»
«Bonding Level: 4»
«Powers: Peak Superhuman Physique (40->100 Tons)— Low Cosmic Healing Factor -> Cosmic Healing Factor— Bone Claws (Vibranium-Adamantium Alloy)— Blood Berserker— Melee Mastery— Weapons Mastery— Espionage Mastery»
]
The strength of her physique had finally hit the Peak Superhuman Point. It was going to take quite a while before she reached the Cosmic level as that would require her to be able to level entire buildings with a single attack. Though her current strength was enough to at least destroy a building after a lot of effort.
'But we'll need to train even more to get her used to her strength…' Alex realized that this augmentation was going to be problematic for her unless she trained.
Even the Bonding Rate had increased by quite a bit. And all of that was before they even had sex. Something else that made Alex happy was that she had finally increased the grade of her healing factor. He didn't know how much of a difference this would make, but he expected that she would at least be able to regrow lost limbs with ease.
This Level 4 bond also gave rise to an ability that was unlocked after merging with her blood.
‹Blood Berserker›:: When the symbiote forms a Level 4 bond with its host, it can supercharge the blood that's flowing through the veins of the host and increase the physical stats of the host. But there is a period of weakness after the merger process where the stats are halved from the base stage for a couple of hours. Augmentation— 2x. Cooldown: 24 Hours.
This was going to be very useful when it came to a desperate situation where Laura would run into an abomination that she couldn't kill.
Although Alex lost quite a bit of EP with this blood-EP infusion, it was worth it as the strength of the physiques that he could create also increased a lot after this.
[ «Skill Acquisition»
«EP: 20»
«EP Generation: 1.2/Day»
«Owned Skills: ‹Peak Superhuman Grade Physique Creation (110 Tons)› ‹True 6th Sense› ‹Intermediate Lightning Manipulation› ‹Weak Magic Affinity› ‹Host of the Scarlet Witch› ‹Lesser Heat and Sound Resistance› ‹Biological Manipulation› ‹Basic Matter Transmission› ‹Advanced Energy Transmission› ‹Camouflage› ‹Host Enhancement› ‹Devour› ‹Copy›»
]
He'd directly utilized 20 EP to infuse into Laura's body but his Physique Creation ability had also advanced to the Peak level which was something that he was satisfied with.
Alex looked at her puffy red eyes. After 5 hours of nonstop cumming, she'd been way too overstimulated as after just after the first hour, she'd started crying with each climax.
By the third hour, she'd even started begging him to stop, which didn't have quite the effect that she wanted. The stimulator augmentations that he'd created started going at her even harder after he heard her begging him to stop. This is because her begging awakened his sadistic desires and made him want to dominate her even more.
By now, she was out like a light as she didn't have any strength to even move a finger.
'There's a bit of a problem with this bond…' Alex thought. He just noticed that her blood cells were dying. This was understandable since more blood would be produced by her bone marrow after those cells died. But this was the problem. Alex wasn't merged with the newly produced blood. He would have to constantly keep merging with her blood to keep the new augmentations to her abilities. The Level 4 bond was very unstable as it kept regressing.
It wasn't an issue to keep merging with the newly produced blood, but Laura wouldn't be able to sustain the sensations that would result due to this merger procedure continuing. It wouldn't be as overwhelming as just now since the newly produced blood would be easier to bond with. But not being as overwhelming didn't mean that it would be sustainable.
Sadly, Alex didn't have any way to fix this other than merging with her bone marrow so that the newly produced blood is already merged with him at the time of its conception.
'I should let her rest for a while before I wake her up…' Alex was going to talk with Laura about this first. He was still merging with her newly produced blood to make sure that she doesn't regress to the previous level.
Bonding with her blood provided many more benefits that were less pronounced which he was going to talk to Laura about later.
***
A few hours after cumming into unconsciousness, Laura woke up feeling extremely hot and bothered. This was a surprise to her because ever since she'd bonded with Alex, she was in prime condition every morning.
"Alex? What's going on?" She asked as she looked at Alex who was sitting at the side, "Mhm~" Before he could answer her, Laura felt a rush of hot blood going throughout her body and making her feel extremely turned on.
"Am I on some sort of aphrodisiac?" She asked as she panted with arousal. Soon, the burning pleasure started receding a little.
"Well, kind of… The blood bond ended up getting messed up…" He told her.
"In what— Mhm~" Within a minute that rush of arousal was there again, "What's the deal?" She asked with a sort of urgency as the heat receded a little.
"You're not on any aphrodisiacs. At least not exactly. When I bonded with your blood, I bonded with the intention of staying bonded with your blood. But blood cells aren't immortal. They die and more are produced by the bone marrow. You understand what I'm going with here?" He said.
Laura nodded while suppressing the arousal that kept rocking her body every minute.
"I can make it such that your blood cells don't die and extend their life cycle but that would come with its own problems. The new blood that's produced won't have anywhere to go. And what happens after that? Your arteries rupture due to having too much blood. And that's not to mention that I'm still not bonded with your newly produced blood."
"Fuck…" She shivered again as the heat rushed through her body.
"I do have a solution but that involves me merging with your skeleton," Alex told her and she understood where he was going with this.
[Don't you have this problem with my skin?] Laura decided to communicate telepathically since it was getting annoying to speak while feeling a rush of pleasure every few seconds.
"That's because the cells that create new skin cells are also parts of the 'skin' that I merged with. Your newly created skin cells don't have the same problem as your blood. Not to mention that skin cells die much slower than blood." He patiently explained to her while stopping himself from putting her under him and having his way with her. Seeing her sweaty body as she tried to suppress her arousal was a big turn-on.
[Can you even merge with my skeleton?] She asked. It was natural that she was skeptical since her entire skeleton was made of an Adamantium-Vibranium alloy.
"Don't worry about that. Do you want me to start?" Alex was confident. Merging with her blood required him to be concentrated since it was something that was constantly in motion. He had to merge with her pumping blood as it went through her body at every second. The skeleton was easy. The fact that it is a metal made no difference to Alex.
[Sure. I can't exactly function normally while feeling this kind of unending arousal all the time.] Laura agreed pretty quickly.
"Perfect." He said as he got on top of Laura's body and kissed her again. He started toying with her body and made her cum within a few seconds. Her arousal that she was suppressing was also out with full force as her climax came in the form of an explosive squirt.
The next couple of minutes were spent in foreplay as Laura reached a climax every minute due to the effects of Alex merging with her blood constantly.
Finally, when he started merging with Laura's bones, her reaction was similar to what happened when he was merging with her blood but even more intense.
The whole process lasted about 8 hours this time and he knew that Laura had gone through way too much this time and would need at least a couple of days to get back into shape, both mentally and physically.
But the upside was the huge boost that her prowess received, which translated to his own strength increasing too.
[ «Status- Host #6»
«Name: Laura Kinney (X-23) (Earth-Z)»
«Bonding Rate: 22%->26%»
«Bonding Level: 4->5»
«Powers: Superhuman Physique (100->200 Tons)— Cosmic Healing Factor— Bone Claws (Vibranium-Adamantium Alloy)— Blood Berserker— Melee Mastery— Weapons Mastery— Espionage Mastery»
]
After reaching Level 5, her physique strength directly doubled as she also reached the 25% threshold in the Bonding rate, passively producing 0.2 EP per day.
Along with that the Blood Berserker skill also received enhancements.
‹Blood Berserker›:: When the symbiote forms a Level 4 bond with its host, it can supercharge the blood that's flowing through the veins of the host and increase the physical stats of the host. But there is a period of weakness after the merger process where the stats are halved from the base stage. Augmentation: 2x at Lvl 4, 3x at Lvl 5. Cooldown: 24 Hrs at Lvl 4, 18 Hrs at Lvl 5.
After this skeleton merger, Alex was sure that Laura would be able to seamlessly use his ‹Intermediate Lightning Manipulation› to the fullest and would be able to use it very well.
'I might as well just devour Thor after I get strong enough so that I can get his Lightning Divinity…' Alex thought. From devouring Electro to targetting a god as strong as Thor, Alex's ambitions had grown to very high levels along with his strength.
[ «Skill Acquisition»
«EP: 20->15» (Ch-80)
«EP Generation: 1.2->1.3/Day»
«Owned Skills: ‹Superhuman Grade Physique Creation (110->200 Tons)› ‹True 6th Sense› ‹Intermediate Lightning Manipulation› ‹Weak Magic Affinity— Mana Sense› ‹Host of the Scarlet Witch› ‹Lesser Heat and Sound Resistance› ‹Biological Manipulation› ‹Basic Matter Transmission› ‹Advanced Energy Transmission› ‹Camouflage› ‹Host Enhancement› ‹Devour› ‹Copy›»
]
The biggest benefit of Laura's recent strength explosion was that this was just her base physique. After Alex's ‹Host Enhancement›, her physique would directly hit Low Cosmic Levels as she really would be able to level buildings.
‹Host Enhancement›:: Enhances the host's base stats and auxiliary powers that the host of the symbiote possesses. Passive skill (Can toggle on and off). Auxiliary power enhancement depends on factors like the type of the powers and compatibility with those powers. Enhancement increases with the level of the bond— 2x at Lvl 0, 3x at Lvl 1, and 4x at Lvl 2, 5x at Lvl 3, 6x at Lvl 4, 7x at Lvl 5.
With Laura's passive enhancement due to the bond, her physique strength was directly in the Low Cosmic Levels with a 7 times enhancement. Alex was excited to have her give her new strength a run.
With everything done and taken care of, Alex decided that he wanted to test out his new prowess too. As he took care of Laura, he formed a clone and let it go out to test out his new prowess. He felt that he should know where he stands in the general scheme of things so that he doesn't get too arrogant.
He slipped out of the bunker and decided to start with the most basic ‹Grunt Class› abominations.
It was currently early morning, the time of sunrise. This meant that the abominations were currently going around en masse. So it was easy for Alex to spot an abomination just as he got out of the bunker.
He didn't have to be afraid of being captured by the abominations as he could terminate that body with a single thought so it wasn't an issue even if he was ganged up on.
'Fuck!" Alex ran at the abomination at full speed and realized that he couldn't control his speed well enough. This was a surprise to him since he was actually in full control of these physiques. There was no such thing as being unfamiliar with his body for him. But true to his identity as a symbiote with a supercomputer for a brain, he easily got used to his new strength within seconds.
Then he rushed to the abomination and threw a punch at it. There was no technique to that punch. It was just raw strength.
With that single punch, the abomination directly flew a hundred meters away and collided with another abomination. This one was a ‹Buff Grunt Class›.
Alex wasn't afraid as he approached them and attacked again. The initial abomination that he'd hit was already fully regenerated from the damage that Alex's attack dealt it.
Since there were now two enemies, Alex had to start using his technique, otherwise, he would just keep getting him.
These abominations had extremely good reflexes so he had to work hard to actually beat them. Especially since he and Laura hadn't even tried to fight a ‹Buff Grunt Class› yet. They weren't sure if they had any abilities.
Alex spent about 10 minutes familiarizing himself with his new strength and messing around with the abominations. it was just the buff one that he had to be wary of. The basic grunt had long been killed by a heavy kick to its head.
Soon, he decided to take care of his opponent since he'd gotten more than enough of an idea about his newly enhanced strength.
Soon, he fought and countered its attacks for some time while looking for an opportunity. When he got it, he pressed his hand against the abomination's back and said, "Disappear." A condensed ball of Chaos energy was released from his hands directly into the abomination.
It instantly exploded into a mass of blood and innards as Alex was practically drenched in the abomination's blood.
'Doesn't work for me…' Alex realized that Wanda's intent casting doesn't work for him. It made sense because he wasn't the Scarlet Witch. His relationship with Chaos energy was very weak and he could only manipulate it due to his bond with Wanda.
'Maybe after the level of the bond with Wanda is increased…' He hoped.
[+0.05 EP]
'Nice…' Alex thought as he terminated the body that had just devoured the ‹Buff Class› abomination. After Alex exploded the abomination, its head was still alive and it released a loud roar. This caused the area to get swarmed by hundreds of abominations within seconds and Alex had to terminate his clone since he wasn't too interested in a drawn-out fight.
Once he comes out here with Laura they both would be able to easily take care of most of these abominations without even breaking a sweat.
'At least I know how much more EP these buff ones can give me…' Alex thought. These abominations could give him 5 times more EP. Alex wanted to see how much the regenerative class abominations could give him.
Alex decided to have some more fun with the abominations for the rest of his time. Laura was going to be out like a light until the next day so Alex sent out another body from the bunker to farm a little.
During that time of 24 hours, Alex killed a large number of grunts and buff abominations, but he wasn't able to kill any of the regenerative ones that he'd run into. He'd tried, but even after using his strongest attack— where he would gather the atmospheric lightning to launch a condensed bolt of lightning— he wasn't able to kill the regenerative abomination.
But he had confirmed something after that. Those regenerative class abominations were going to be extremely difficult to kill. Even if he and Laura could wreck those guys, killing them was going to be a whole different thing.
'Unless…' He had an idea but it would require some testing.
That 24-hour period was for both farming and scouting. As he looked around for abominations to kill, he also looked for their nests. And he'd realized that there were at least 30 nests in the 1000 miles around his bunker alone. And all of those nests were covered by similar blood domes that camouflaged their presence. The only way that Alex could detect them was through the use of his Mana Sense.
Though, he had an indistinct feeling that the first nest that he'd run into was distinctly different from the others. It just felt a bit eerie to him.
All the nests had similar architecture with different kinds of abominations roaming around while a central 'mother' would spawn more abominations. There was also some underground entrance for some unknown purpose that Alex was curious about but couldn't see into. He wasn't able to probe into the underground area since although his Mana Sense's range through the dome was high enough, the interference of the blood dome ended up reducing the range significantly.
He'd even scouted different types of leader classes and quantified the ‹Leader Class I› abomination.
‹Leader Class I›:: Peak Superhuman strength that's approaching Low Cosmic. Can control 100-1000 abominations with basic instructions. A semi-conscious mind with the ability to understand the situation and react accordingly. Can only be commanded by a ‹Leader Class II› or higher. Its appearance is similar to the ‹Grunt Class› but with a more compact muscular build that's closer to a human.
The only anomaly to all this style was the first nest. It had no underground area. And Alex had been feeling that something was wrong in Earth-Z ever since he'd gotten the ‹True Sixth Sense›, that's why he'd hurried through two levels of bonds with Laura. Though he felt that even this might only barely be enough.
The positive thing though was his gains through that time, he'd made quite a bit of EP.
«EP: 30»
It took him 24 hours to collect 15 units of EP. And he was going to get a whole lot more when he goes out with Laura.
…
By the time the next morning rolled around, Laura finally fluttered her eyes open.
'This feels nice…' She felt extremely comfortable and fulfilled after her sleeping for so long.
She got up and sat at the side of the bed, stretching her arms as the blanket that was covering her slid off to reveal her in all her naked glory.
"Alex…" She called out.
"Morning, Laura." He entered the room and stood there while leaning to the side and admiring her figure.
"Like what you see?" She asked as she brought her arms under her chest and wiggled her breasts.
"So much." His eyes were glued to her chest.
"My eyes are up here." She was enjoying his attention.
Laura felt really close to Alex today as if she was able to understand him to some inextricable level. And she could directly feel the adoration that he had for her. She was essential to him, and she was happy to realize that.
"I don't think so." He smiled, not taking his eyes off her chest.
"Do you just want to see, or do you want to play too?" She offered while jiggling her breasts.
"Well if you insist…" Alex smiled and walked to her.
…
After some light morning fun, Alex decided to explain all the benefits that would come with after new blood bond and skeletal bond.
After this, Laura genuinely did not need any air or nutrition to live. Alex could directly infuse the necessary nutrients and oxygen into her bloodstream to keep her functioning as long as necessary. There were many more benefits that came with Alex bonding with Laura's blood and skeleton but that had to be explored.
He also told her about the ‹Blood Berserker› ability that was possible after he bonded with her blood and skeleton.
"So, it's going to make me extremely mad and increase my strength?" Laura asked apprehensively.
"What is it?" Alex asked. He knew why, but he wanted the details.
"Well, I've told you about how I was basically created as a clone of Wolverine and brainwashed as a weapon from the day of my birth, right?" Laura confirmed.
"Yes," Alex agreed.
"What happened was that those people also brainwashed a trigger into me. It's a scent. Whenever I smell that scent— I think Trigger-42 it was called— I go crazy and kill everything around that scent. Especially the scent bearer. Or at least that's what used to happen until Jean helped me out with everything and stopped that trigger from affecting me." Laura told Alex while snuggled into his arms.
"I see…" Alex was quiet.
"That's why I don't really like this Blood whatever ability that you are talking about." She said.
"I understand. But this isn't like that. The so-called berserker ability is just overloading your physical attributes. You'll still be in full control of your actions." He patiently explained to her.
"You sure?" She asked.
"Yes. Trust me, you'll be fine. If you're really apprehensive, then we can go out and try out the ability on some abominations. Your current strength is enough to completely destroy any abomination that you come across…" He told her while thinking inwardly, 'Unless it's the Hulk or some being with cosmic strength…' He didn't tell her that since he didn't want to put a damper on her excitement.
"Fine. Let's give it a go. If I do end up losing control, it's not like I can hurt anyone here…" Laura's tone was slightly melancholic.
"We'll go look for them once we're safe…" He told Laura.
Just as they were enjoying their time together and discussing their future there was a loud banging sound coming from outside the bunker.
"Huh?!" Alex was completely caught unaware as he instantly extended his Mana Sense outward to see what was going on outside the bunker.
And that was when he saw a sight that chilled him down to his non-existent bones. Their entire bunker was wrapped in a blood dome. The same blood dome that usually hides the abomination nests.
The dome didn't just cover the overground entrance of the bunker, but the entire area around the bunker. Their bunker was practically wrapped in a sphere of blood that prevented Alex's natural senses from seeing through it. But that was only the start.
This was a planned ambush. Through the use of his Mana Sense, he could see a stretch of countless abominations surrounding the entirety of the bunker. They were even approaching the bunker from the underground by digging tunnels through the ground.
pαndα---noνɐ1,сoМ He and Laura were truly surrounded from all sides. And Alex could feel the presence of more than just the grunt and animal class abominations. There were 5 ‹Leader Class I› abominations mixed into this huge crowd of hundreds of thousands of abominations. And more were still gathering.
'I knew that something might be wrong, but this…' Alex was a little shocked but soon calmed down completely.
"Laura we might be in trouble…" He told her and there was another banging sound.
"The Bastion?" Laura asked apprehensively. She's always thought of the abominations as no more than mindless monsters like zombies, so she didn't expect that they would be able to track them both and attack them in the bunker.
"Not that bad. It's abominations. There are almost a million abominations surrounding us and at the front are 5 ‹Leader Class I› abominations that are going to be an extreme pain to kill.
"Fuck…" Laura just realized how fucked they were. But instead of panicking, she'd gotten extremely calm and her mind had started working to understand what they could do.
"It's fine. Think of this as a testing opportunity. We have more than enough firepower to get out of this encirclement." Alex had a bloodthirsty smile on his face. He was going to get a shitload of EP today.
"We can just—" Just as Alex was about to continue, there was another banging sound which was followed by a thumping sound. The abominations had broken through.
***
Just as the thumping sound came from the entrance of the bunker, the ground in front of Laura broke open and revealed an ‹Animal Class› abomination that Laura hadn't fought yet. Laura was too weak previously to have been able to effectively fight too many abominations, so they'd steered clear of the ‹Animal Class› ones early on. Without Wasting any time, Alex covered Laura in her combat suit and enhanced her stats fully.
The abomination that appeared had huge pointy claws for digging while its face was reminiscent of a badger but with a huge maw and sharp teeth. It had crimson eyes that were homed in on Laura's figure that was clad in a leather combat suit with black and yellow skin tones. There was a hint of greed in its eyes as it looked at Laura.
'That's new…' Alex thought as he noticed the eyes of greed that were directed at Laura.
At that moment, two more abominations broke open the ground and were coming out.
Without wasting any more time, Laura jumped up from the bed and came up in front of the badger abomination, leaving a slew of destruction in her wake. The bed that she was on was destroyed and her jump was too high, she'd damaged the ceiling of the room with her jump.
She appeared in front of the abomination and then wobbled to balance herself again.
"This is going to take some getting used to…" She commented.
[It's fine, just punch it in the head.] Alex told her.
"Here goes nothing," She said and punched the head of the animal class before it could even react. Laura was just that fast after all her enhancements. Even though she had to balance herself, the abomination still couldn't react and its head exploded.
"Fuck…" Laura complained as she felt the brain matter hit her face. Before she could do anything, the leather suit came up to her face and covered her head too, clearing out all the splashes that she'd had. Her entire body was covered at this point.
By now, the two new abominations had also reached Laura while 5 more had breached through the ground. The rate at which they appeared was just going to increase.
Laura's claws extended and she charged at the two abominations, jumping up and slashing one of them with her hand claws and the other with her foot claws. The abominations died, but sadly for Laura, she wasn't able to control the force that she used in her jump, she left cracks on the floor after she jumped and then slammed into the wall after killing the two new abominations.
"Goddamnit!" She didn't feel the pain, but it was annoying nonetheless.
eαglesnᴏνel [Keep going, you're doing great…] Alex was enjoying the show.
"Fuck…" Laura said as she saw one of the two newly killed abominations regenerate even after she'd sliced its head in half.
[The regenerative class ones are also mixed in… We'll have to go all out.] Alex got serious, [Laura, slash it again. I'll devour it the moment it dies. I'll be doing this for all of the abominations now.] He told her.
Laura grunted in agreement and slashed two of the 5 newly appeared abominations while making her way to the regenerative class.
Just as she slashed the two abominations, a mass of black exploded out of her claws and devoured the abominations within an instant.
When Laura reached the regenerative abomination, she pushed both her claws inside its stomach and picked it up above her head before ripping it apart. Practically bathing in its blood.
[You much be glad that I've covered every inch of your body.] Alex said in her head.
[I am, that's why I can do whatever I want.] She said happily. The more strength that she used, she realized that the situation wasn't really dire. At least not yet.
Just as Laura's claws were about to let go of the two halves of the regenerative class abomination, Alex exploded out of her claws and ate it up before it could regenerate again.
[+0.1 EP]
This one was probably the weakest regenerative class and gave ten times the EP that the basic grunts give.
Laura didn't have much time to react as she had to block the claws of a bear abomination with her own claws. Though the surprising thing was that she ended up getting pushed back by the huge 10-meter-tall behemoth of a bear. Granted, she wasn't able to perfectly utilize all of her strength currently, but it's a surprise nonetheless.
[Get rid of the other two first.] Alex told her. The bear would take a while to get rid of so Alex wanted her to take care of the other two assailants first.
Laura instantly changed targets and moved her center of gravity to allow the bear's claw to send her flying right at the two other abominations.
Both of her claws pierced through the heads of the abominations and killed them instantly while at the same time, a black mass enveloped their bodies and devoured them, not leaving anything behind and giving Alex more EP. At this point, more abominations were coming through the ground, but Laura had a precious few seconds to take care of the bear abomination in front of her.
Just as Alex devoured those two abominations, his tendrils extended to the ground and helped Laura stop midair. He helped her turn around to face the bear abomination that was upon her.
She slashed her leg at the abomination which was promptly blocked by its claw. but this time, Laura wasn't pushed back and the attack ended in a stalemate.
As she landed on the ground she brought her hands to her chest in a cross shape while ducking under the abomination's attack. Then, in an explosive movement, she jumped up and screamed, cutting off the arm of the abomination.
The red glow in the abomination's eyes got brighter and it released a warcry in Laura's face and slashed his other claw at her. Just as Laura parried its claw with both her claws and moved to attack it with a kick, the abomination made a move of its own and kicked her abdomen with its claw-bearing leg.
The attack threw Laura away from him and she had three stab wounds in her stomach from the attack. They rapidly healed up and Laura was back in top shape while Alex formed two support tendrils that stopped Laura from colliding with the wall.
Using Alex's tendrils as a springboard, she jumped back at the abomination that was focusing on regenerating its arm. It wasn't a regenerative class abomination so its healing factor wasn't as overpowered.
Taking advantage of its momentary distraction, Laura's claws stabbed into its chest. She then extended her hands outwards in an attempt to rip apart the abomination, but she was unsuccessful. She needed some sort of leverage to do it.
Though her attack was pretty successful as the abomination roared in anger while shaking her off. Especially since she'd stabbed the abomination in its heart and it would take some time to recover. Though the holes would close up, the organ would need some more time.
Realizing the danger to its life, it started playing defensively and waiting for the next group of abominations to arrive.
Laura understood and decided to take the fight up a notch. She'd been using the bear as a training partner and she was now able to exert more and more strength in a controlled manner. Since it had started playing defensively, it had served its purpose.
With this thought, Laura's green eyes took a slight sky blue hue and there were crackling sounds coming from her body. Soon, her claws also started glowing and their silvery metal sheen became blue.
And finally, the two claws that were extending out from her hands had sparks of electricity meeting between them. She was currently a supercharged battery. She didn't realize it, but Alex could also sense clouds forming above the bunker as if it was about to rain.
'I may not have realized how much my own lightning abilities would be augmented after such a high-level bond with Laura…' Alex thought. She was currently in lightning mode and the lightning abilities that Alex had were enhanced to ridiculous degrees.
The best part was that this action didn't require any explicit communication between them. Alex understood Laura's thought process and instinctively allowed lightning to flow through her skeleton. This was all an implicit communication that happens between a symbiote and its host. But due to Alex blocking the empathetic connection and turning it into a one-way thing, he'd hampered this implicit communication.
Now that he'd bonded on an extremely deep level with Laura, both physically and emotionally, the connection had grown strong enough that it was able to go through the blockage. And Alex didn't have any problem with that. He actually liked this implicit connection that he was feeling with Laura. This was why he wasn't trying to suppress it again.
Right now, Laura looked at the bear abomination in front of her with a bloodthirsty smile.
"Come to mommy…" She said with a smile on her face and charged at the bear with an inhuman speed while leaving a trail of lightning in her wake.
Laura arrived in front of the abomination and even as she stood in front of it, tiny bolts of lightning were being attracted to the abomination from her visage.
'My speed has been enhanced again…' Laura realized as she slipped again and Alex's tendrils kept her upright so that she doesn't slam into the body of the abomination.
[It's like you're a baby and I'm acting as a walker for you…] Alex joked with Laura.
[Shut it.] She growled as she slashed her claw at the bear abomination while discharging an unholy amount of electricity from her claws.
As if a literal bolt of lightning blasted it, the inside of the bear abomination's body was charred by the lightning and it was completely stunned. The fact that it wasn't dead yet just goes to show how much endurance it actually had.
Laura didn't waste any time before stabbing its head and a black extended out from her claws, enveloping and devouring the dead bear.
[+0.1 EP]
The bear gave the same amount of EP as a regenerative class, which was an achievement in itself. Alex expected it to fall short since the regenerative class abominations have way too much biological energy but the bear exceeded Alex's expectations.
[Move to the exit. Our lightning abilities can't show their full potential in this enclosed underground bunker.] Alex told her. If they moved out into the open, Alex would be able to call upon the thunder in the sky to burst out with a large-scale attack. Since Laura could regenerate from practically any attack, it wasn't a disadvantage to be out in the open. Even if she got sniped she would be fine. On the contrary, she would be able to go all out and kill many more abominations in an open area.
Just as she walked out of the room, she was ambushed by a dog abomination and two buff grunt abominations.
Already aware of their presence, Laura dodged the huge maw of the dog that was more like a huge wolf than a dog, and stabbed its underbelly with both her claws. She then split it apart, letting Alex devour all its mass.
She moved her attention to the two buff grunts that had also attacked her and she had to dodge the attack of one of them while blocking the other's attack. She expected that she would be flung back after tanking that attack but instead, she could stand her ground and successfully block all the force from the attack. She was so used to being much weaker than the stronger grunts that she was still in that mindset and it would take some time to get used to her new strength.
Not dwelling on the successful defense, she swing her leg at the abomination with an impossible maneuver that was supported by a large tendril that extended out of her back. Laura and Alex had been training for weeks now and their coordination was very good by now. It wasn't perfect and they still needed to work on it, but it was getting much better with time and regular practice.
The claw that extended from her leg pierced through the chest of the abomination and went up to slice the upper half of its body into two parts.
As one of them died, the other attacked her without any delay, leaving her with a nasty gash on her back.
Though the injury promptly healed and Laura turned around and killed the other abominations too.
With that, Laura made her way through the corridors to the stairs that led to the main entrance of the bunker. As she made her way through the corridors, she kept running into more and more abominations, which she promptly disposed of. She knew that their biomass was useful and allowed her and Alex to get stronger. That's why she didn't leave any abominations alive in her wake. Alex was also fully supporting her. Two of his tendrils were extending out of her back and were promptly supporting her in whatever way necessary.
Whenever she was ambushed by an abomination while too busy to react, the tendrils would promptly take care of the abominations. This was only possible due to the fact that the ‹Host Enhancement› wasn't just a one-way thing. Just as it enhanced Laura, Alex's capabilities were also stronger when he was with his hosts. This was especially prominent with Laurasince the high level of their bond meant that Alex would be just that much stronger.
They both were working with perfect coordination as they mowed through the abominations while the two tendrils extending out of Laura's back acted as defense, support, and attack appendages. This was only possible after the extensive training that Alex and Laura were going through.
Nothing was left in their wake as Alex made sure to devour all of the biomass that was left after killing the abominations.
Just as Laura made a turn to the room that led to the stairs leading out of the bunker her head was abruptly pulled back by Alex. And in that instant, a claw grazed her nose and left a gash on her face.
[Another ‹Animal Class›, with similar strength as yours.] He informed her as the tendrils extending from her back pulled her away from the abomination.
That was when Laura got a good look at the abomination. It was a four-legged beast with the body shape of a panther but much larger in size, even as it stood on all fours, its height came up to Laura's face. Its maw was dripping with saliva as it growled while looking at her. There were two larger teeth that were extending down from its upper jaw.
By now, Laura was very much used to her new strength and didn't waste any time before engaging with the abomination. Extending her claws, she lunged at the panther who also jumped at her in retaliation. They clashed and landed on opposite sides of each other. After Laura's attack, the extended canines of the panther had been chipped.
Having lost in the initial confrontation, its eyes glowed red and the panther roared angrily before attacking Laura with even more power behind its attacks. As it attacked her, it was especially annoyed by the two appendages that were extending out from her back. They would block its attacks, help Laura to dodge and attack in impossible maneuvers and outright interfere in its attacks and prevent them from connecting with Laura.
After a couple of seconds of the stalemate, Laura finally saw an opening and took it. Slicing through the stomach of the panther and cutting it in half, which Alex promptly devoured.
It was easier for Laura to kill the panther even though it was objectively stronger than the bear. The reason was that she was quickly getting more and more used to her strength and she was able to use her skills to the fullest.
Laura looked up the stairs to see the previously empty stairs being swarmed by abominations. The entire fight lasted no more than a couple of seconds and Laura was already surrounded by more abominations.
[This is going to be a pain…] She grumbled before moving quickly to the first abomination that was on the stairwell.
She jumped on its head and stabbed it through the skull before it would even react and then moved to the next one. She kept jumping from abomination to abomination while killing them as she made her way to the top of the stairs.
Meanwhile, the clouds in the air were crackling with what could only be known as anticipatory lightning. Alex was using all his manipulation to gather the thunderclouds in the air, not actually realizing the effect since they weren't visible and were extremely far away. He would be surprised at how much better the effect of his ability was.
At this time, a pair of blood-red eyes were looking deeply at the sky filled with dark clouds that were crackling with thunder.
Finally, after about 10 minutes of relentless killing, Laura finally made her way to the top of the staircase.
[Great… More abominations.] She resisted the urge to roll her eyes as two more ‹Animal Class› abominations lunged at her with a speed that matched her.
But things would change now, Laura was close enough to the surface that the lightning's effect could finally show. It naturally started showering down on the all around the entrance of the bunker. It was so bright that even through the densely packed entrance, Laura could see the bluish-white glow that symbolized the presence of lightning.
Instead of her natural reaction of apprehension, she felt elation. She felt some slight surprise followed by a realization that this was only natural. These weren't her own feelings. These were Alex's feelings that were extending through their bond. She felt like she was growing closer to him and he could feel the same. Their bond was naturally strengthening and that applied to their abilities too.
Laura hadn't stopped moving for even a moment, and feeling herself getting even stronger as her connection with Alex seemed to be deepening, she released a bellowing warcry and charged through the hordes of abominations with an unholy speed while slicing through them. The huge appendages extending from her back did their best to support her actions by attacking the abominations and defending her from their attacks.
eαglesnᴏνel Not all of them were killed, some were left alone, they were the ‹Regenerative Class› abominations. They need specific conditions for Alex to devour them. Conditions that weren't met in the current hurried situation.
But that didn't mean that Alex would leave his resources. He'd cleaned up every dead abomination and absorbed its biomass and EP without a moment's delay after they were killed.
Finally, Laura reached the entrance of the bunker which was still shining with the regular blasts of lightning. The abominations had cleared out of that area and were leaving it wide open since the lightning was killing many of them.
The bolts started flickering as if welcoming the presence of Laura and Alex. Laura could feel what she had to do and she left her actions to her instincts. Finally exiting and reaching the open area after one of the bolts flickered away.
And there was a blast.
-x-X-x-
Just as Laura came out of the bunker, there was a huge blast as hundreds of bolts of lightning descended on Laura. Those bolts of lightning were so dense that they would've vaporized any normal being.
But instead of Laura's skin sizzling as it burned, and her brain frying due to the huge electric discharge of the lightning, all she felt was endless power. Power, that coursed through her veins, her skin, and her skeleton.
That endless power made her regain the blue glow in her eyes, but this time it was stronger and denser, overpowering the natural green of her eyes. If one looked into her eyes, all one would see would be a glowing blue color. This was the ability of ‹Atmospheric Burst›, derived from ‹Intermediate Lightning Manipulation› though it was much stronger than it would've been under other circumstances.
‹Atmospheric Burst›:: The user can attract the surrounding atmospheric lightning by gathering the charged clouds. The lightning will then rain down on the enemies to kill them or on the user to enhance their abilities. Cooldown: 5 hours
The cooldown was still the same sadly.
Her entire body started radiating thin arcs of lightning as they danced over her skin. Her extended claws acted as the perfect conduit for lightning and the bolts formed a net-like structure between both pairs of claws that extended out of her hands. Even her blood was coursing with lightning as it enhanced her reflexes and contained the stray lightning.
Alex was only bonded with these three aspects of her body. He was using her blood as a conduit to contain the stray bolts of lightning that would've otherwise fried her internal organs.
All this happened within mere seconds as Laura's loud roar was heard through the nigh-million-strong abomination horde that was also screaming. As the lightning stopped, there was a slight lull in the battlefield as the abominations almost seemed a little intimidated at Laura's display and her figure that was bathing in lightning.
[This is amazing, Alex…] Laura was feeling amazing and she knew who the reason for that was.
[Just get me the EP. I'll be more than satisfied if we can get stronger after this.] He told her.
Laura smiled after hearing his words and moved.
Just as she reached her first would-be kill after this transformation, her extended claw was blocked by a crimson-red sword. Laura's eyes instantly homed on the wielder of that sword and she realized that this was one of the ‹Leader Class I› abominations that had attacked the bunker.
[What's with the blood…] Laura mentally commented, [Blood domes first, now blood swords. And this thing is equivalent to my claws…] The fact that the sword could easily parry her claws was a testament to its durability.
[Pay attention. This isn't going to be an easy fight.] Alex brought her back from her rumbling, [You're getting overconfident…] He told her.
[Oh, come on—] Just as she was about talk to Alex sarcastically, the abomination moved quickly and sliced its sword at her midsection. Laura was an instant too late as the sword grazed her torso before she blocked it with her claws and was thrown back.
[Told you so…] She heard Alex's mocking voice as she flew through the air.
[All right, I get it.] She rolled her eyes.
Using her foot claws, she planted herself on the ground before blocking the follow-up attack of the abomination. This time, the leader was pushed back slightly as bolts of lightning started hitting it after extending from Laura's body. The bolts left a light char on its body after they hit the leader, leaving the area smoking.
Realizing Laura's situation, the leader jumped back and created what seemed like some throwing darts over its palm and threw them at Laura. Who promptly dodged them and tried to close the distance.
'Do abominations have some sort of Blood Manipulation?' Alex thought as he saw the leader effortlessly create the blood constructs.
The leader reacted to Laura's movement by sending some of its personally controlled grunts to attack her. It was going to try to snipe her.
[Don't get hit by the leader's attacks. They'll impede your healing factor.] Alex told her after noticing that the graze on her stomach wasn't healing up as quickly as it should. It would take a minute or so. And considering that it was a light graze, it should've healed up in an instant.
Laura grunted in response as she started attacking the abominations. This time though, there was a distinct difference in their actions. If before, they were just acting instinctively, now, they were acting with coordination. It wasn't any real trouble for her, the situation was sure as hell annoying. They were stalling her so that the leader could keep attacking her with its blood darts.
Laura understood the situation and acted accordingly. She willed more lightning to be released from her body as the sparks on her body increased in intensity and every time she sliced through an abomination, the attack would extend to its surroundings and attack the surrounding abominations. It was the same with the appendages coming out of her back, they were supercharged as they sliced and absorbed the abominations.
Soon, a third appendage extended out of her back and started working in perfect coordination with her. With the high intensity of the fight, the duo was able to better understand each other and their coordination was getting stronger.
Each of their actions had a sense of harmony as if the appendages extending out from Laura's back were her own. Even the lightning was responding better and better to her attacks. Their connection was getting stronger even now as they both were lost in the euphoric feeling of the connection between them while the battle raged.
Laura had a huge smile on her face as she sliced through the abominations that would now explode in a burst of lightning with every slice as she dodged the darts thrown by the leader.
Alex's appendages were even more brutal, stabbing through 3 or 4 abominations at once and exploding them in a burst of lightning that severely damaged the surrounding abominations. Alex made sure to devour every dead abomination as the ‹Regenerative Class› abominations in the horde would keep getting up and attacking them.
Soon, Laura had killed more than a thousand abominations as the leader wasn't able to send any more coordinated ones after her. This allowed her to pave a path through them that led to the leader.
And the leader understood that it couldn't keep delaying this fight. It could feel four stabbing auras on its back, observing it, evaluating it. If it dared to act cowardly anymore, those four auras promised anything but good for it.
Making the decision, it grabbed the blood sword and focused its intent on the sword, extending the blade so that the leader would be able to maintain the advantage of distance over Laura so that her lightning wouldn't affect it.
Not wanting her to have the initiative, it met Laura halfway as it interrupted her from slicing through another abomination by blocking her attack with its sword. Laura's smile under her mask widened as she was happy that the abomination didn't run and instead chose to clash with her.
Relying on the fourth appendage that had just burst out of her back to support her, she extended her leg up and cut off the abomination's hand, which promptly exploded in a burst of lightning.
Meanwhile, she finished up the abomination that she was already fighting.
"You're getting sloppy." She commented as she saw it with some smoke coming out of its body while a bit of its flesh was charred. The hand had already regenerated and the chars on its body also promptly disappeared. The regeneration factor of the leader class was comparable to the normal regenerative class. This meant that Alex would have to devour it as soon as it lost resistance.
The leader didn't react to Laura's taunt and swung its sword in her direction. Its maneuvers with the sword were trained enough to depict that it wasn't just working on instinct.
Laura blocked the sword as two appendages from her back attacked the leader in front of her.
The leader shouted a war cry and in the center of its open mouth, a blood sphere formed and blasted Alex's appendages that were about to pierce through its torso. The blood sphere hit Alex's appendages and pushed them back with an explosion of blood.
At the same time, the war cry attracted stronger abominations as two stronger ‹Animal Class› abominations arrived. They were another bear type and an ape this time.
Alex's four appendages extending from her back got busy with those abominations, so Laura would have to take care of the leader on her own. After releasing the blood bomb, the leader seemed a little winded and Laura didn't leave the opportunity, approaching it and attacking.
They exchanged a few moves and it was quickly determined that Laura was the superior combatant. Her reflexes were faster, her technique was better, and even her physique was stronger than the lone ‹Leader Class I› abomination. Especially with the overwhelming presence of lightning within her every attack. With all these factors combined, the leader was no match for her without some tricks.
It tried its best to beat Laura but once it realized the futility of its efforts, the leader decided to go with a pragmatic approach. The look in its eyes turned into a look of triumph as its body started bloating. Even as Laura pierced its head, the bloating didn't stop.
[That's my EP, you motherfucker!] Laura heard Alex scream inside her head and a huge mass of black exploded from her body, reaching the abomination within an instant and dissolving whatever suicide attack it was about to release.
[Pfft… Haha~] Laura couldn't stop mentally laughing as she was extremely amused by Alex's reaction. He had a million abominations to devour here and he was concerned with a few measly EP that this ‹Leader Class I› would give.
[+2 EP] The Leader Class gave 2 whole points of EP. Which was more than a Spider-Man.
[Whatever…] Alex said in her head as he retreated into her body after devouring the leader abomination, leaving only the four appendages that were reminiscent of Doc Ock's mechanical arms extending out of her back.
He also got some rudimentary control over blood after devouring that abomination, but it wasn't enough to quantify. At least not yet.
Although the leader was killed, the abominations surrounding Laura didn't seem to care as they kept attacking her. Intent on killing and eating her.
Laura was also far from done as the leader was no more than a tiny interlude for her. Her body was still filled with a massive amount of lightning that she desperately wanted to rain down upon all the abominations.
And that's exactly what she did. As she swung her claw and cut through an abomination, a dense ball of lightning was generated in front of her claws. After being satisfied with its size, she released it a bit further from her body into a group of abominations that were approaching her. Just as the ball hit one of the abominations, it exploded and took down tens of abominations.
This was followed by both Laura's claws and Alex's appendages. They kept on slicing through the abominations while also releasing grenades of lightning that would kill many abominations wherever they hit.
The next two hours went by in a flash and neither Laura nor Alex was done. But neither were the abominations. They just kept coming. Even though both of them were killing the abominations at an unholy rate, a million abominations were far from a joke.
'When will those guys be making a move…' Although Alex was enjoying slaughtering the abominations, his attention was on the four leader class abominations that were still observing Laura. He'd known about their presence ever since the fight against the first leader and was aware that they would be making their move sooner or later.
This is why he was saving Laura's main ability for those four. They would be able to take care of at most two of them at once. If all four joined the fray, it would be problematic. Especially with their ability to interfere with Laura's healing factor.
Another hour passed by and the horde wasn't thinning up at all, if anything, more and more abominations kept coming at Laura. But the good thing was that Laura was getting some very good combat practice. Her kills were getting more and more refined and efficient. She started getting more results with lesser movements and also leveraging her speed in a better manner. Even the coordination between her and Alex was seamless by now.
With these refined actions, the speed of taking down the abominations kept increasing. Since the leaders still hadn't attacked, they were probably waiting for Laura to tire herself out before they made a move.
That's why, by now, Alex had Laura feign some tiredness. She was in peak condition and would be that way for days as long as Alex kept her rejuvenated. He was going to bait the leaders to approach them soon.
By the time Laura killed almost two hundred thousand abominations, she seemed to have given the leaders an opportunity. The four of them descended upon her and surrounded her from four directions.
"So you finally showed yourself…" Laura's masked face was dripping with copious amounts of blood while the ponytail that was extending out of the back of her mask was dyed red from its original brunette.
There was no response and the four of them instantly tensed and simultaneously looked up at the sky where the dark clouds had been gathered.
At that moment, a huge bolt of lightning descended on Laura, just like when she'd just come out of the bunker. It had already been five hours and the cooldown had been reset.
The four leaders just calmly watched Laura powering up as they also got ready to attack her at a moment's notice.
Just as the lightning dimmed down, Laura's glowing figure was seen lunging at one of the leaders. She was going to take them down one by one. She pointed both her claws at the leader and launched two lightning grenades at the leader while approaching it. Just as the lightning exploded at the leader, Laura also entered the explosion and sliced the leader. Sadly, her attack failed and her claws were blocked by an axe that the attacked leader was holding.
Its body was charred and smoking but that's the most that the lightning could do to it. Its body was back to new within a second.
At the same time, the other three leaders reached Laura and attacked her with different cold weapons that were formed of blood. Along with the axe, there was the spear, the mace, and the daggers. All four of them used vastly different cold weapons to attack Laura.
Just as she pulled away from the axe leader, the spear leader stabbed her stomach which she dodged with the help of the tentacles extending out of her back.
Just as she dodged the spear, she had to block the mace with her claws as it was about to hit her head. The appendages extending from her back were supporting her in any way that they could, but Alex's symbiote body wasn't very effective against those blood weapons. They were a match for Laura's Vibranium-Adamantium alloy claws. It was natural that Alex wasn't able to take care of them without some other means.
At this point, Laura was getting overwhelmed by the four leaders while doing her best to dodge the attacks. Their ability to hamper her healing factor was causing Laura's efficiency in fighting them to go down since she was actively making an effort to defend. In other cases, she would just go for a suicidal attack and heal up later. But this wasn't possible right now.
Soon, Laura's disadvantages started showing. The weapons started piercing through Alex's protective armor for Laura and left minor injuries on her body that were taking time to heal.
"Fuck!" She screamed as she swung her claw at the leader who'd just left a nasty gash on her leg. Her frustration was increasing with time as the abominations' coordinated assault was proving a bit much for her to handle.
'Do I have to use it…' She inwardly thought.
'Yep…' She could feel Alex's thoughts and knew that this was the only option.
This wasn't done through the telepathy that Alex usually uses to communicate. This was an instinctive communication that had become an implicit process for Laura and Alex through the fight.
They were able to communicate with each other implicitly without having to put their thoughts into words. They could just understand each other's intentions.
'Do it!' She braced herself. She knew that this was going to leave her weakened for some time, but this was a risk that she was willing to take. Her apprehension came due to her past experience with berserk abilities.
Just as Laura's intent was understood by Alex, she felt like her blood was boiling and was rushing through her veins at an unholy speed.
‹Blood Berserker›:: When the symbiote forms a Level 4 bond with its host, it can supercharge the blood that's flowing through the veins of the host and increase the physical stats of the host. But there is a period of weakness after the merger process where the stats are halved from the base stage. Augmentation— 2x at Lvl 4, 3x at Lvl 5. Cooldown: 24 Hrs at Lvl 4, 18 Hrs at Lvl 5.
Laura released a war cry as she felt an unprecedented heat go through her body. And this was different from the heat that was generated during the time Alex infused her blood with EP and made her horny. This heat was solely making her angry. Angry to the point that her blood was boiling and she just wanted to release all of that anger.
Just as that boiling blood rushed to her muscles, her organs, her brain, that part of her body got overclocked. Within a second, her stats increased by another three times. This was a multiplier that was applied on top of the 7 times multiplier of the ‹Host Enhancement› ability. Her current stats were 21 times her base physical stats.
Laura, feeling like a volcano that was about to burst, lunged at one of the leader abominations with an unholy speed and cut it into tens of pieces before anyone could react. Though by the time the other abominations reacted and moved toward her, Alex had already devoured their comrade's unresisting form.
The abominations weren't going to get taken by surprise again and they were now even more alert. But the raw increase in her power was enough to easily overwhelm the abominations. In each clash against their weapons, Laura pushed them back and left some damage. She'd turned the tables with this one berserk ability.
Another minute later, the spear-wielding leader followed the footsteps of their mace-wielding comrade and was devoured by Alex. Leaving only the dagger and the axe-wielding leaders. Pushing her advantage, Laura made quick work of the other two leaders too. Alex promptly devoured them and he finally had enough samples of the ability to quantify the powers.
But he wasn't planning on caring about it for now. Right now, his focus was on Laura who'd changed her targets from the leaders to the normal abominations.
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