75 – Other Times! (II)

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PART 1 – The Hunt! (I)

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Talya, Viper, Gakai and Hackel. Quite an unusual group of breathtaking beauties.

At Skarla's behest, the 4 wives have come together with the aim of passing on 2 messages. The first is that they don't need Skarla to kill a legendary beast, the second... we'll leave that for later.

The North is a vast land, a desert of freezing snow and the closer you get to the mountains, the colder it gets and the less chance you have of survival. Because of this, it has become home to many unique beasts and monsters that have taken advantage of the lack of human expansion into these lands.

We can find mystical deer and elk, bears as big as 3-4 story buildings, giant wolves, silver tigers and much more. An environment that is against humans, there is no room for their survival here and yet four beauties ventured out.

The magical items to protect their bodies from the cold were left behind. They covered their bodies with thick coats, feeling the cold like daggers hitting their faces, even the high-quality coats didn't help much the higher they climbed.

But among the four beauties, the smallest of them had snow-white skin and beautiful silver hair that seemed to be part of the landscape. Viper was wearing light clothes that didn't fit in with the environment, receiving envious looks from the trio suffering from the cold and not having the courage to do the same.

Viper is using breath control, circulating his internal energy and subsequently creating an extremely thin protective layer on his skin, which keeps his body warm and prevents the cold from causing him problems.

As for energy expenditure? Viper has trained hard and as she has spent many months in the north, she has developed her martial arts better to cope with the harsh northern climate. So she has the advantage in both training and adaptation.

Talya was close behind, she knew the same as Viper and trained longer, but this is where something called “Talent” showed itself. In addition to having a body modified by alchemy, Viper is extremely talented and is above level 10. She had a lot of accumulated energy which, when converted, gave her decades of Internal Energy, which made up for the time difference between the two.

In the end, even though so many years have passed, Talya, who felt so confident and thought she was only below Skarla in terms of cultivation techniques, has discovered that in the face of the talented and hard-working, effort alone doesn't help.

She realizes that if she carries on like this, she will be left behind among the four, as Gakai and Hackel were both talented monsters before they learned martial arts and have become even more monstrous now that they have.

As for herself, she has noticed that the only thing special about her is the fact that she is Skarla's cousin and first wife, which made her believe that this was the real reason Skarla never took her on missions, because she understands her capabilities and limitations.

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The cold wind was strong and intense. Guided by Viper, the group advanced towards their destination, where previous hunting parties had said they had sighted the dreaded Yeti.

On the way, conflict was impossible to avoid. An even colder night, tents pitched around a heating stone, restoring their lost strength, but the group's keen senses couldn't help but detect the strong presence of wild beasts.

Equipped with their weapons and armor, the quartet emerged from the tent. Hackel, with his palm outstretched and fingers slightly bent, accumulated magical power and chanted a few complex, magical words, before waving his hand and dozens of beams shot out around him, turning the whole place bright and luminous.

From the light, the monsters showed themselves. Large beasts with grayish fur, standing on two front legs, slightly curved bodies and hideous faces, with sharp, serrated teeth that shaped a grotesque smile.

This species of creature are called “Snowy Ghouls”, a subspecies of demonic beings that have proliferated across these snowy lands, which reproduce in great numbers and are most likely the main source of food for carnivorous beasts.

They were surrounded, there seemed to be around 30 of these creatures.

Gakai threw his coat aside, exposing his magnificent large, toned body, thick veins popping out as he smiled happily in the face of a bloody confrontation. In his hand was a large mace, extremely heavy and sturdy, a handmade gift from none other than Skarla.

ROAR!!!

Gakai roared powerfully, a reddish aura exploding from his body, the falling snow melting in the face of the high temperature. Gakai advanced to where there were more enemies who, not fearing her advance, rushed in with their sharp claws to tear her apart, advancing like wolves and being as flexible as they were.

A powerful sound came from the swing of her mace, the first swing being to ward them off and taking advantage of the strength of the swing, she took a second swing before bringing it down powerfully against the Ghoul who tried to attack her from behind.

The mace came down powerfully against his head and forced him to the ground, cracking his skull and splashing blood everywhere, in the middle of the opening, 3 Ghouls fired at her body, jumping on her, grabbing and biting.

Gakai smiled, neither fearing nor being affected by 3 creatures putting their weight, strength and teeth into her flesh. She only strengthened her internal energy, more smoke billowed out and a repulsive force pushed them apart, at which point Gakai acted and delivered an extremely fast spinning blow.

The 3 creatures had just retreated, but they were still in range and one of them only saw the huge mace hit his head, throwing his whole body to one side, spinning as blood spurted and his head split open.

The mace continued, reaching the chest of the second, connecting with it and taking it to hit the third, the two of them flying off into the distance. Gakai's mace covered in blood, crashed to the ground, smiling proudly and excitedly. - “Who's next?” - She laughed provocatively.

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On the other side, Hackel wielded a long sword over her shoulder, equipped with plate armor, advancing against her enemies without fear.

The Ghouls rushed at her and her allies, and that's when Hackel didn't hesitate, taking the sword from her shoulder, wielding with one hand what was made to be wielded with two hands, she adjusted her breathing, the blade just a few centimeters from touching the ground.

She vividly remembers all the training and tips, she has other even more vivid and joyful memories with Skarla, but the hellish training that made even her cry is engraved in her flesh, difficult to compare the training with her cock.

Hackel controlled her Inner Energy which is like Aura, only more delicate and easier to use, but depending on how you use it, it can be fragile, or monstrously powerful. She has trained so hard, she is the wife of the strongest woman on the continent and confidently believes that she will become the strongest person in the world before she even becomes a demigoddess.

She is the wife of an abnormally talented monster with an intellect superior to any other. How can she be content with just the basics, warming his bed and looking after the battalion of children they will have in the future?

Hackel refuses to be just another wife, so he trains until he feels like his arms are going to fall off and fucks that delicious, tight ass as if it were the last time, showing the efforts of his training to the one he has decided to devote his life and future to.

Faced with her incredible will and ambition, her Inner Energy vibrated, covering the whole sword and her body, while the Ghouls were already so close. Holding her breath, she moved forward, it seemed like only one step, but she covered 10 meters in an instant.

On the way, 5 ghouls were still running, until they noticed the disappearance of the target ahead and subsequently couldn't feel their legs anymore, couldn't move anymore, where all they realized was that they were falling, noticing their legs and waist, wondering why it wasn't connected to their bodies.

Hackel, with a sharp countenance, looked slightly at her sword emitting energy, no drop of blood or trace of it having been used. She touched her chest, feeling something manifesting, unaware that she had just developed something unique in this world, something that not even Skarla had manifested, because she simply wasn't that kind of martial artist.

Hackel has just unlocked something that in Murim would put her on the level of a Martial Arts Master, something that is not connected to how much Internal Energy you have, but rather to your will and mastery with the sword. She has just unlocked the [Will of the Sword].

She looked at the system manifesting, rewarding her with a skill:

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Sword's Will - A skill manifested through Martial Arts, connecting your will and sword, developing the ability to aim to cut anything in front of you. The more powerful your Will, the more powerful your cut.

Effect(1): Reduce Energy expenditure for sword techniques by 20%.

Effect(2): Add the “Willpower” Proficiency to your Damage and Hit.

Effect(3): Add X(“Wisdom” x Level) to your Energy.

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There are no levels to the skill, but she understands that it is a Skill she needs to develop herself, just the first step towards understanding the fundamentals of the sword. Hackel now understood when Skarla said that even she didn't know the true extent of Martial Arts and Internal Energy.

She was only at the tip of the iceberg, where she is unable to utilize all the capabilities it has to offer. Each individual can develop their own unique vision of Martial Arts, so never try to copy others, just try to understand the world in your own way and always try to be a better version of yourself.

Hackel laughed at how simple it all was. It was just one attack, she had been training it for years, but today, just by performing a simple attack, against such weak monsters, she had acquired something so great.

“The depth of martial arts cannot be measured... I see what you mean, my love.” - Hackel laughed and looked at the other ghouls advancing against her.

...

Talya had made a decision a long time ago when Skarla returned from her mission on Letiphia's behalf, much stronger and bringing home several wives.

She understood that she needed to be strong and she needed to cover up her flaws, or simply be so difficult to deal with that she would help her win any fight. So she asked Skarla to teach her various weapon styles, until she found one that was extremely difficult to use and subsequently handle.

Kunai Chain Dart. A chain connected to a sharp blade called a kunai, almost like a dagger, only with a very different design. She uses two of these as her main weapon.

At first it was extremely difficult to use, but she learned to manipulate one over time and then two, followed by increasing the chains. Energy expenditure is high, as we're talking about two long chains, so it takes more energy to wrap them with her martial arts, which results in the need for faster combat.

But in exchange for the excessive energy expenditure, she has developed phenomenal control over her chains, which she has now demonstrated.

Running at the ghouls, she crouched down and fired the two Kunais, making a cross movement with her arms and standing in the shape of an X, which made the kunais and chains move in a circular pattern.

Two ghouls who were in the front line tried to dodge the initial trajectory, it was very obvious, but with Talya's movement, the kunais moved and stuck in the ghouls' bodies, causing sharp pain as they were pierced, but it wasn't the end.

Talya injected energy and lashed out with the chain, which caused the energy to increase intensely and when it reached the tip, it exploded, sending the two ghouls away with huge holes in their bodies.

More ghouls advanced, Talya thrust the chains high into the air, then pulled and waved them, which whirled in the air, intense rumbling and metal friction resounding as they hit the nearby ghouls, until both kunais slammed into the back of a single ghoul that screamed and was thrown to the ground.

Talya pulled the chains into the air, swinging the ghoul's body, using it to hit the others nearby until it broke free. Sweat dripped from Talya's face, she was feeling her energy being drained and pulled on the chains, grabbing the kunais while adjusting her breathing.

More ghouls advanced against her, the chains wrapping tightly around her arms as they connected and passed around her back. She advanced fearlessly, no longer in her coat, wearing simple leather armor, as her combat style had long since turned to something agile and deadly.

With a leap, she used one leg to step on the ghoul's claws, kicking them away, and advanced, driving one of the kunai into its eye socket and down onto its back, pulling its head and not hesitating to slit its throat with her other kunai, blood splattering.

She saw the attacks coming and lunged forward, still clutching the ghoul's neck, her legs spun and she finally let go, firing the chain into a ghoul's chest, grabbing and pulling herself up, out of reach of other ghouls.

In the movement, she spun around and with her kunai in hand, plunged it into another ghoul's mouth, sliding to the ground shortly afterwards, raising her hand to the taut chain above her head and pulling, injecting energy to stick to the ghouls' bodies and using all her strength, spun the ghouls' bodies around, hitting the rest.

Talya's combat is beautiful, like a dance, with her agile and explosive movements, exuding the traces of her current version that has spent years waiting to be useful, refining her skills and strength, acquiring a lot of patience in the process, learning to control herself, especially when she became a mother, where she learned to have a less foul mouth.

But even with the incredible skills she had refined for so long, she was still exhausted. Using so much physical strength and energy exhausted her, but she could still fight. The ghouls were about to surround her.

“You've improved a lot.” - A calm voice rang out, Talya observed Viper who held one of the chains and abruptly waved it, the chain whirled, the kunai on its tip circling them and accurately hitting the throats of 6 surrounding ghouls.

Talya frowned at this. - “Your attacks are excellent, your strength is good, but you lack experience.” - Viper began to aim and handed him his chain.

“You're using a complex weapon that assassins would normally use, but you've upgraded it for use in frontal combat, where you've compensated for the lack of time by training your skills in manipulating this complex weapon, with energy control, but we know that you don't have enough energy or control over it to last long in combat.”

“I know, you're stronger.” - Talya rolled her eyes, showing her impatience and inferiority.

“It's not a question of us being stronger, because if it were just that, you have superior attributes to everyone here, because you've trained with Skarla for much longer than the rest of us. But understand that I'm much older than you, I've been training since before I was 10, naturally I've trained using chains and all kinds of weapons over the last few decades.”

“You're using a lot of strength on the chains, but you don't have the strength for that now. What I did was to use the enhancement to make the kunai blades sharper, so I hit your exposed throats. You have to focus on killing, not showing off. It was an incredible demonstration and I applaud that, but we're on a mission, not putting on a show. That's why Skarla didn't bring you on missions or send you on several missions, which was the opposite of us.” - Viper looked at Hackel and Gakai, who were listening to everything from the side.

“Skarla said about you being extremely impatient and overconfident in your abilities.” - Hackel said and continued. - “She said you're talented, but you've never faced real challenges and it was her fault, so she took advantage of the fact that you chose those chains as a weapon to train your patience, because she loves you and doesn't want to see you kill yourself.”

Talya growled and thanked him for his words.

“You're still weak, so train and level up. You're her wife, hold your head high!” - Gakai snorted, receiving a look from the pair who tried to encourage and point out Talya's weaknesses.

“Fuck you, you muscular goblin!” - Talya snarled and soon a brawl of insults broke out.

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PART 2 – The Hunt! (II)

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After the confrontation with the Snowy Ghouls, a lot of XP was gained, because the monsters are strong and the environment is very favorable for them. All this influences growth.

Hackel and Viper haven't received much, due to the difference in their levels, but Talya and Gakai have received a lot and both are approaching Level 12.

If it weren't for the Martial Arts and cultivation techniques granting them power far above their level, they would have a much harder time winning. That's why Skarla forbade them to use magic items, which would have made their lives much easier.

Having moved camp, they rested until Hackel said. - “It would have been interesting to bring Tifariel here. It would help a lot with her martial arts.”

“Cultivation. Martial Arts are the fighting techniques, she's not learning that yet, but she's already learned the Ice Cultivation Technique.” - Viper pointed out.

“It doesn't matter, it's all about Martial Arts. I've heard so much of this shit that I feel like my ears are about to fall off. The worst thing is listening to Skarla's huge monologues about all sorts of weird texts and quotes from people I have no idea who they are, but she calls great sages and supreme martial artists.” - Hackel rolled his eyes.

Viper remained quiet, keeping her eyes closed.

“You're complaining now, since you studied philosophy when you were a princess, so you had a lot of advantages. I grew up with her, listening to her say all those weird things, forcing me to memorize, something that took years. I couldn't even read! I can't even remember the times I fell asleep while she was explaining.”

“Did she poke you when you slept?” - Gakai asked, inadvertently rubbing his forehead.

“At the time she taught me, we were in the middle of the forest or rocks, so she used branches reinforced with Inner Energy to hit me, or rocks.” - Talya laughed bitterly, remembering the difficult times.

“She used books on me. Hitting me on the head with them, I think I fainted once because of it and she acted as if nothing had happened.” - Hackel growled and his gaze fell on Viper, those of the others too.

Viper just lifted a mask to cover his mouth and nose, pretending to sleep. - “Don't leave us alone, tell us something.” - Talya nudged him.

“I have nothing to say, she never disciplined me while I was listening to the Cultivation Scriptures, nor about the philosophies behind Martial Arts and Internal Cultivation Fundamentals.” - Viper said calmly, receiving looks of enmity from the trio.

“Are you going to tell me that you didn't sleep for a single moment? You listened to all that with your eyes open, without diverting your attention?” - Hackel growled, not believing it.

“I was a Veremor Shadow, test training as a child, so I know how to control tiredness, sleep, boredom and much more. My focus is far superior to yours.” - Viper snorted, being proud, but knowing it wasn't entirely true.

In fact, she didn't lose focus and listened attentively, but that didn't mean she understood. In the end, Skarla disciplined her for not being able to understand what she was saying, even when she elaborated so much.

Philosophy is not her strong suit, which is why Skarla ended up teaching her Demon Arts, which are simpler to understand and less philosophical, but of course, at more advanced levels, the philosophy of Martial Arts comes back, and with force, to help her master the Demon Arts and as a result, until she reached this level, she went through several understandings and changes, learning deep philosophy, whether she wanted to or not.

And another factor that lessened her punishments while she was learning was that they were on a mission, so Skarla was very gentle with her, hardly disciplining her, only when she got very frustrated, which was rare, as Skarla is extremely patient.

In the end, she took it easy.

As a result of her words and confidence, the trio were angry. All four are Skarla's wives, but Viper was treated differently, and that's not fair in her eyes.

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The hunt continued, heading for the mountains. Little by little, they were adapting and were noticing notable changes in their cultivation, from a more refined control over their energies to a significant increase, especially in Hackel's case.

By learning “Sword's Will”, her reserves of Internal Energy increased significantly, along with this, her control increased stupendously. She was the second best at protecting herself from the cold, second only to Viper.

On the journey, many monsters and beasts appeared along the way, but the group took care of them with ease. There were no real challenges, but Talya and Gakai's level increased, becoming stronger and saving their points in case of need.

Hackel and Viper envied this, leveling up, it had been so long since the last time. Viper hasn't leveled up since the conflicts against Sueika many years ago. In that place she reached Level 13, close to 14, where in the following days she reached 14 and has been stagnant ever since.

Level 15 is so close. Viper longs for it and knows she'll get it as soon as she kills the Yeti.

As for Hackel, she was Level 10 in the tournament, reached Level 11 after the tournament and trained hard, reaching Level 12 and getting closer to 13. Since then she has been stagnating at Level 13.

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As they hunted and killed, the levels increased, Viper approached the limit and with that approach, they had found something.

In the snow, a huge footprint, bigger than any creature they had encountered in these mountains in recent days. - “That belongs to the Yeti.” - Viper said without hesitation, knowing from the descriptions that only he has such a giant footprint.

“There are others. From the shape and number, as well as the path, it's something that walks on two legs and can't be far away.” - Talya then said, pointing in the direction the footprints lead.

“Come on, it's time to complete the mission!” - Viper said seriously and drew his daggers, the others did the same, advancing against the formidable enemy that the slightest mistake could cost them their lives.

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The quartet advanced following the large footprints, they continued climbing until they discovered a huge crater, the mountain still rises, but this place... looks like an arena, a perfect stage for an epic battle.

On the large frozen rock wall connected to the mountain, they can see a massive figure sitting, their senses picking up the strong sound of the wind, along with the chewing and crunching of bones.

The Yeti, a giant creature around 8 meters tall, with a body like that of a gorilla, but with a white coat and a more monstrous and intimidating appearance.

“This won't be easy.” - Hackel said as he drew his sword. Without saying a word, Gakai confidently descended with his mace over his shoulder, Talya following close behind and Viper disappearing. - “Okay, no talking.” - Hackel snorted.

The trio moved forward, Gakai and Hackel taking the lead, Talya moving back a little and it wasn't long before their presence was detected by the creature that was eating some animal it had hunted.

Standing up, it proved to be a little taller than they thought. Its heavy footsteps resounding, snow exploding and flying everywhere, the intimidating aura of a legendary creature made their bones tremble.

They weren't even at Level 15, but they were facing a creature above Level 21. Fear arose, a pressure falling on their bodies, this didn't seem like something they could face.

Confident Gakai felt it, she was the bravest and most reckless, but she felt like she was facing death.

For the first time, they thought that Skarla's judgment about this mission was wrong.

The Yeti watched the trio paralyzed with fear, standing less than 10 meters from them, curious as to why these ants were here, about to grab one of them when the hairs on his neck stood on end.

He quickly turned his head and followed by his body, a shadow came from somewhere and shot at his face, the target was his neck, but the Yeti's senses were too heightened.

Viper reached the face before it could protect itself, its feet settling on the creature's forehead and cheek, in the center we can see the huge eye dilating, then the sharp swords piercing the eye and spinning.

ROAR!!!!!!!

A thunderous roar that made the air vibrate and the snow stormy occurred, the Yeti hit the face with its palm, but by centimeters it didn't hit Viper who, extremely calm, slid his blades down its arm, stepping on it and running down, controlling the fall and carrying out various attacks and leaving wounds on this massive body.

Its fur is extremely thick and resistant, which seems to be protected by a light layer of even harder ice, followed by thick skin that must be no less than metal.

But even with such a great defense, Viper still made it bleed, even if the damage was insignificant compared to how much they had to inflict to bring the creature down.

RUGGED!!!!

Roaring furiously as it tilted its body, the Yeti fiercely waved its arms to try and catch Viper, its wounded eye already freezing shut. His attacks were big and easy to dodge, the problem was the speed with which he swung his huge arms, which made Viper get more serious about dodging.

ROAR!

A smaller roar sounded, a green giant had leapt up and with her mace raised, covered in energy, struck his stomach, the Yeti's massive body shuddering, but far from doing any real damage.

The enraged Yeti waved his palm, about to grab the falling Gakai, but at that moment two things happened. The first was a chain shooting out, catching on her leg and pulling her away, preventing her from being grabbed, and then a figure was already in the air with a long sword.

A sharp sensation spread through everyone nearby, the Yeti frowned, his eye seeing the tiny figure waving the sword, spinning in the air and slashing his arm, opening a huge wound.

RUGGLE!!!

Pain coursed through him in an instant, blood spurting out, and just as he was about to wave his other hand to strike Hackel, another irritating current appeared, grabbing his leg and pulling it too.

The Yeti glared at the trio, advancing, but forgot about the fourth member of this group, the one who had hit his eye. Viper latched onto his back, accumulated great energy in his blades and slashed with both, making huge cuts that caused blood to splatter.

Viper protected himself with an energy barrier, which was the best move, as he felt his energy being consumed to maintain the barrier. It turns out that as soon as the Yeti's blood comes into contact with the air, it stops being warm and becomes extremely cold.

It wouldn't be strange to compare the Yeti's blood to monsters that have acidic or poisonous blood. And if it hadn't been for the barrier, she would probably have turned into a popsicle by now.

She propelled herself forward, expecting the Yeti to attack her, but it didn't, he decided to prioritize the trio, stomping on the ground, making the whole environment shake, a strong storm covered the whole place and the Yeti's leg that sank into the ground shot forward, throwing earth, stone, snow and ice.

The trio flew off, Viper on the other side cursed and ran. - “GET OUT OF HERE! NOW! HE'S GONNA JUMP!” - Viper roared at the top of his lungs, amplifying his voice with energy.

The trio was still in the air when the Yeti jumped. It was at that moment that Talya reacted quickly, wrapping the two in her chains, snarling as she pulled and injected energy into the chains, resulting in an explosion that propelled the two away and subsequently her.

BOOOOOMMMM!!!

The Yeti crashed to the ground, its thunderous roar reverberating as the storm grew more intense, making it difficult for vision and voices to spread. Viper was reaching for the Yeti, aiming for its legs, when she sensed danger and leapt, spinning in the air and dozens of ice spikes piercing out in all directions.

She shouted to warn it, but her voice, even amplified, was drowned out by the storm, but it was possible for her to distinguish some cries of pain, knowing that they had been hit, but not knowing how many or how serious the injuries were.

The Yeti didn't stand still, he was able to see and feel his enemies, having the advantage in this situation. His palm descended and it was at that moment that something hot appeared.

BOOM!

An explosion hit his palm, the Yeti growled at the fireball that exploded. Hackel growled and pulled a thorn out of his belly, which pierced his armor. Blood splashed out, but she consumed a potion, as well as taking some scrolls from her stash.

Skarla forbade the use of magical equipment, artifacts and so on, she didn't say anything specifically about magical scrolls.

Hackel didn't hesitate to use “Fireballs”, “Ice Arrows”, “Wind Blades” and much more. No one knew she brought it, but no one cares about that now.

The spells managed to stop the Yeti for a few moments, which protected itself from them, giving the group time to remove the thorns from its body, use its potions, circulate its Internal Energy for greater efficiency in absorbing the medicines and finally spread out to return to combat.

Finally, Hackel cast the spell “Firefly”, targeting the Yeti, which was soon covered by several glowing dots around it, becoming a huge glowing target in the midst of the storm, which surprisingly gave them a few more seconds, as the Yeti was confused by the glow and tried to move away.

Viper, who had been waiting for the right moment, rushed at the Yeti's legs, brought his fists together, growled and struck at the Yeti's heel, but a thick layer of ice appeared, preventing the attack and suddenly the leg waved in his direction.

Viper took cover, but was catapulted away, snarling and spitting blood, the pain spreading through her body.

ROAR!

Roaring Gakai arrived, the Yeti's palms heading in his direction and he was ready to change trajectory, knowing about the annoying chains, but who would have thought that the two kunais would pierce his palms, even if it was something shallow, the real aim was the ripple in the chains that amplified the impact of the energy, causing an explosion.

Boom!

With the explosion, the Yeti's palms moved apart, paving the way for Gakai to fiercely strike his belly, an explosion of energy erupting in the process and pain invading the Yeti.

In the moment of distraction, Hackel took advantage and had already jumped over Gakai, stepping on his back, propelling himself forward and hitting his face, a deep cut appearing and by less than 40cm, it didn't hit his eye.

ROAR!!!!

His thunderous roar rang out and suddenly his head came down, he headbutted Hackel who was already held by the chains and pulled away, but still hit her, catapulting her to the ground, burying her in the snow.

The Yeti didn't hesitate to put its foot up and trample Hackel, but Gakai acted quickly, giving up on attacking her torso to rescue Hackel. Throwing his body against the leg about to hit the ground, he charged himself with energy.

BANG!

With a loud thud, the leg missed its main target, but Hackel's scream rang out and throwing herself to one side, she got up and ran, leaving her sword behind, holding her now broken dominant arm.

It turned out that the Yeti's foot had fallen on her arm. Quickly consuming a potion, she circulated her energy, but it would be a long time before she could use her arm again. Growling, she picked up a splint. Talya and Gakai took the confrontation away from her, giving her time to put her arm in the right position, pour more potions, one of them to deactivate the pain.

Gasping, she opened her storeroom and took out another sword. - “Skarla my love, when we meet, I'm going to fuck your ass very hard!” - Hackel growled. Laughing, she rushed into combat.

Viper returned, throwing several daggers at the Yeti's back, many of which stuck and with that she jumped, using them to climb. The Yeti moved abruptly, Viper grabbed its fur and somersaulted.

She reached her trapeze, with ropes in hand, she had already thrown them, which wrapped around the Yeti's face and fiercely pulled them, leaning down as she drew her swords and began to cut into the Yeti's flesh, which shook its head and struggled.

Viper used the ropes, throwing more of them around the Yeti's body, getting out of its range. Using the ropes as support, she mutilated its flesh, running up its body, climbing and never stopping attacking;

Finally the Yeti stopped, thought, and began to burst all the ropes around its body.

Gakai, farther away, roared and hit the air, more precisely, it hit Hackel's feet, which she asked for, which was propelled into the sky, started spinning like a beyblade, getting dizzy, but reaching its goal and delivering a powerful, deep cut to the Yeti's head.

ROAR!!!!

Her roar reverberated, where at the same time, Talya was in the air, Gakai threw her after, even if the force was less, but it was the goal.

The kunais hit the Yeti's face, the chains rippled and the explosion followed, the Yeti's head being thrown back. Viper acted quickly and his storage accessory has everything, as well as reinforced ropes, there are also reinforced chains.

Using the chains controlled by her energy, she wrapped them around the Yeti's neck, just above its buttocks, and pulled with extreme force. At that moment Gakai arrived, grabbing one of the chains, Viper focused on the other and went to the ground. They both pulled.

The Yeti roared, holding firm, overcoming the strength of the two girls. Grabbing the chains, he was about to break them, but he left his front vulnerable and that's what the girls wanted.

Hackel, screaming like an Amazon warrior, struck his broad, exposed chest, a huge gash spreading from his chest to his navel. Blood spurted and the kunais pierced the exposed flesh, another burst of energy resounded and the Yeti couldn't stand it any longer and finally collapsed in the face of the girls' efforts.

But just knocking him down was far from enough. Gakai had already jumped up and hit the Yeti's forehead with his mace. Viper jumped up and pierced its chest with his swords, Hackel opened its belly and Talya took the opportunity to use up the rest of her energy for another explosion in its open belly.

The Yeti roared and struggled, the girls quickly retreated, gasping, covered in sweat, a lot of Yeti blood splattered on their clothes, armor and skin, causing several frostbite.

They huddled together and started laughing, gasping and taking potions, consuming a few pills to recover their Inner Energy.

The Yeti hadn't died yet, but in a rage he sat up, gasping and shivering, his wounds already frozen and bleeding. He put his knee on the ground and just as he was about to get up, his mouth opened and he vomited a large volume of blood, the largest so far.

His whole body began to tremble, his thunderous roar of pure agony resounding throughout the mountain. In the end, the plan wasn't to hurt him to the point of killing, but to inject as much Internal Energy into his body as possible and destroy him from the inside.

The Yeti didn't know how to protect himself from this and with four different forms of Internal Energy colliding in his body, it was obvious that this would be the result.

His huge body collapsed, his breathing weak, his body trembling, his organs a mess, his veins ruptured. If it hadn't been for the monstrous strength of a legendary beast, he would already be dead.

In his final moments, he watched the quartet of beauties who had taken his life, he didn't want to die, but it's not up to him.

Energy coursed through the quartet's bodies, massive sums of XP falling on them, their levels increasing and Viper reached Level 15. In that instant, the world changed, she froze and her skin cracked.

This shocked them all, thinking that something bad had happened to Viper, but the cracked skin fell away, exposing Viper who looked a little younger, her skin more delicate and more changes taking place.

With the help of reaching Level 15 and various restrictions being broken, Viper accidentally reached the 1st Metamorphosis. She blinked, confused, not understanding what had just happened.

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PART 3 – Message!

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Groups of modified wagons were carrying the huge creature, the Yeti that had terrorized these lands for so many centuries, which many thought was the real ruler of the north.

Now this same creature was being paraded through the northern lands, rumors spreading of the 4 Master Level Warriors, Skarla's wives, who had single-handedly brought down a legendary beast.

Within weeks, they reached the lands of King Edric, who welcomed them and observed the impressive beast, which he would never in his life have the courage to face. Many have tried in the past, leading armies, but have been annihilated.

But four women who weren't even Legends brought his corpse. They received looks of respect, fear and reverence.

“King Edric, can we talk?” - Viper said smiling and Edric had no right to refuse.

They are heroes now, slaying the beast that has claimed tens of thousands of northerners over centuries. If he refused, he would certainly arouse suspicion.

...

“Lady Viper, what can I do for you?” - Edric smiled politely while there were only the two of them.

“King Edric, Skarla is not happy with the way things are going.” - Viper said calmly and Edric frowned.

“I don't understand what you're talking about, I haven't done anything.” - Edric looked confused.

“Don't play the fool. Skarla has shown respect and is willing to marry her first son, my son, to one of her daughters. She's given you so much, supported you so much, only to act in bad faith with us?” - Viper's gaze was sharp, preventing Edric from speaking.

“Skarla is on an important mission, so she didn't come personally to take care of the situation, but things are different with me. She sent me a message and killing that beast was only a fraction of what we can do.” - Smiling, Viper stood up and looked him in the eye.

“You've lost Skarla's trust, so this is your first and last warning. If you continue to act in bad faith towards us, we may see it as an act of harming us and we will annihilate that which harms us. As for the north, it's not as if you're the only king willing to work with us, especially after all the prosperity you've been showing.”

“Understand that if you're no longer useful, we can find someone who is. Perhaps replace you with one of your children or wives, as kings can contract an illness and leave early.”

Edric shivered, Viper's aura now no less than the first time he saw Skarla exhale some of her power. He knew that if he did the wrong thing, his head would no longer be on his neck.

But even if he wants to say something, perhaps beg or reconcile, he hasn't been given the right to speak.

“We expect a letter and an apology, along with a fat compensation for the death of a Shadow. I knew her, she was a good woman, I think I'm angrier because of it.” - Viper smiled, he seemed to feel it, but it was the smile of a demon that could kill him.

Leaving, she went to find her daughter-in-law, to see how she was.