"Guh…" Edric groaned—all bloodied and bruised as he lay on the floor with his mouth slit open and eyes barely parted.
Alex stood over him, his foot on Edric's heaving chest and his axe coated with blood which didn't belong to him but his dear friend Edric.
Amanda had a pale expression, yet she didn't complain nor stop Alex from putting down the man she adored so much.
The expression on the other's face also showed concern, but none of them went to support Edric nor to stop Alex, who had left Edric in such a pitiful state.
To explain what caused such a result, we need to go back a few minutes.
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"So…haah….this is it." Alex was out of breath as he and Edric finished a long spar to exhaust the latter.
They were currently experimenting with what would happen if Edric followed the natural instincts of this transformation. Will he be able to gain more power and control over his transformation? Or it would be nothing but just another failure?
