As I look at it, it looks at me back too. Still with its intelligent eyes along with condensation in it.

This is really starting to piss me of. Everything looking at me with condensation. This feeling of being looked down upon sucks. So, no matter what I will kill it like those who looked at me with condensation before.

Before attacking I give my command to last few eagles trying to bombard the giant bat. But before my eagles manage to land on him he dodged them with speed that is hard to believe that is coming from creature that big.

But it still managed to dodge all my eagles with ease. As soon as it finished dodging my bombs, it starts to take to the air and looks down on me even more.

As I see look in its eyes something in me threatens to snap. I can feel red hot fury climbing up my throat. But more it tries to climb up more I shove it down. Suppressing it, controlling it.

No matter what I will never lose control like last time. No matter how much power I manage to gain. Power I can’t control is no power at all.

But I can feel something changing. More I try to suppress my red-hot fury with my will more I can feel my head getting clearer. More cool and fresh. Like drinking water after thirsting for a long time.

More I get like that more I can see giant rat’s actions. And just as it starts to attack me I can see it.

It dives down on me. And just as it crashes into me I manage to charge my gauntlets and punch it in its snout. But my struggle fails to prove effective as I get thrown back hitting crystals behind me crashing them. I finally stop after flying for almost ten meters.

Damn it. It hurts like hell. I think most of my bones were broken by that collision. But as I struggle to fight back the darkness I can feel warm stream of vitality coursing through every inch of my body to heal it.

I can feel my little tree trying its best to supply me with vitality to heal me. And as my body starts to heal at accelerated pace I can feel it being strengthened. Along with that my something in me starts to burn. Not fury. But something else. I can feel it. Rising.

Telling me to fight, fight and fight some more. Only then can I get the power I desire. And as I let that feeling rise above I can feel myself getting drunk on adrenaline.

After almost thirty seconds I finally manage to get to my feet and look at the bat. I see my wolf fighting it, no, more like being its sandbag. But it still holds on clawing and biting into bat’s wings. Unfortunately, it seems it will take more than that to hurt that flying rat.

So, I guess I can only try that.

I start to charge my gauntlets and greaves with elemental mana. As soon as it is charged to the full, I jump into action. I start to run at that bat and as soon as I get in range it looks at me and opens its mouth.

As I expected sonic wave like the ones before it used, it was something different. Instead of sonic blast it was a high frequency vibration. As it is directed at me I can feel my innards being shook. And as its frequency increases I can feel my innards shaking even more.

Before I know it, I vomit out a blood. But as it destroys my innards, I once again feel the warm stream of vitality coursing through my body. Before it kills me with its vibration my wolf manages to clamp it mouth shut.

As that happens my body starts to heal again. And I start to charge into the bat again. I get into range and hit its snout again. But this time explosion follows my punch.

BOOOOOOM!

As I charged my gauntlets with elemental mana and used elemental mana to execute the first technique of the Nameless martial art everything about it is charged with more explosion.

As its face gets blown with high amount of fire I gets thrown back. But not as much as I got thrown back during our last clash. As soon as my fire extinguishes, it gets back on its feet. Its face is only got singed a little bit.

I anticipated that. Now for my real trump card. As soon as I punched the bat I jumped as high as I can and started to fell.

As I was falling I recalled second technique of the Nameless martial art. Second one consists of kick. I use my feet to execute it. I will mana I will into my feet into two section and will them to spin in opposite directions. And as those two sections of energy meet the moment I execute my technique and impact from their collision gets out. That impact is the main point of the second technique.

And as I was falling I follow the instructions and starts to spin my energies in different directions and aim at the bat’s head. But just as I was about to kick it in the head it opens its wings to its full span and starts to beat its wings. And for some reason when it does that it gets ridiculously fast.

And before I realize it, bat is hovering above me. Still with condensation in its eyes. And this time it unleashes sonic wave after opening its mouth.

SCREEEEEEE!

And since its bigger, that means its sonic wave is even stronger than the smaller ones. And smaller ones’ sonic wave hurt sufficiently already.

As I was airborne I crash into ground hard after being hit by its sonic wave. Once again, I can feel my bones breaking with crunching sounds. It still hurts like hell. But probably because of the adrenaline rushing through my veins I don’t feel it as much as I did last time.

Obviously, warm stream starts to course through me again. But this time it seems it will take a little bit longer. Seeing me in this state bat dives down one me again. But just as it was about to start its descent my wolf uses its only long-range weapon.

Crimson fireball explodes on its left wing. All it does is left a small burn mark on it. but it still manages to get its attention. It simply glances at my wolf and ignores it. I think it know that if it kills me my wolf will dissipate too.

But that glance gave my wolf to enough time to stand over me. Staring fiercely at the bat in the sky. The pressure it’s exuding is increasing for some reason. And as it increases even the bat is looking at my wolf differently.

I see caution in its eyes. Even then it still dives down once again. And charges at my wolf. As soon as it gets in range my wolf takes a deep breath and unleashes its fire breath. Even though it can’t hurt it, it still manages to make it change its trajectory making it fall right next to us.

And my wolf jumps on it. Once again ripping and biting into it. Even though it is still useless against the bat, it still manages to buy me a time to heal. After being beaten by the fucking flying rat more than minute my wolf finally starts show signs of its energy running dry. As it starts to transparent.

As I see my wolf getting pummeled once again red-hot fury starts to climb up. But along with that other feeling starts to rise even higher.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

And as that feeling rose I can feel my body being pumped even more adrenaline. Also, as my body gets broken and put up back again I can feel it getting stronger. Sturdier, more compact and more powerful. As they say “what doesn’t kill you simply makes you stronger”. But I will say “will try to do it again unless you kill it”.

So, I will make sure to kill this fucking rat.

Once again, I charge my gears. This time I will crush your skull. I stand up and starts to charge the bat again. And as get in range I see my wolf finally blinking out of existence.

“Next time, I will make you even stronger.”

As my wolf vanishes bat directs its attention at me. And once again opens its mouth. You think since there is no one to get in your way you can kill me with that?

But this time, just as it was about to unleash its vibration I take a deep breath and uses my fire breath.

While training with my gears I found an unexpected use for my mask. Apparently, my mask is made from mana crystal like my gauntlets and greaves it actually can amplify my mana. So, if I use my fire breath with my mask in I can amplify my breath even more.

And as I unleash my breath I see a blue fire instead of crimson one. I can feel its increased temperature and force as I actually get pushed back.

Since it was about to unleash its vibration attack. Its mouth was open and my fire burns ins mouth.

SCREEEEEEE!

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!”

Finally, some feedback. After running out of breath I stop my breath and jump into action once again. I jump as high as I can with help of my greaves and free fall again while charging my greaves and spinning my energy in my feet.

And just as it finally manages to get rid of my flame I descend on its ugly face with my heels. And as I execute the second technique, there is no explosion, no boom this time. There is only crunch.

Crunch sound coming from bat’s skull getting crushed under my heels. Second technique doesn’t unleash high spinning energy like the first one. It unleashes the impact that is caused by the collision of two separate mana. So, in essence second technique is simple brute force. But force so strong it can crush anything.