Blitz. Swoosh. Pull.
Blink.
"Aaaaaargh!"
A feminine scream. A strong smell of blood was prevalent.
Eren versus Reva Rain. Second round.
Eren sealed off all his senses by coating himself in his soul sense whenever he attacked the Paladin of Pain. It was assured that he would get minimally affected by her Ability– Reverse Rain.
His soul sense was also focused on protecting him from being debuffed by the illusory rain. As a result, he went blindfolded whenever he attacked Reva. Meaning he didn't know what he would get from the "organ dispensing machine."
'Hm? Let's see what I get this time.'
Eren looked at his hand and found a kidney. He scrunched his nose before commenting.
'I wanted pancreas this time. But never mind. I shall try again.'
The freshly yanked kidney disappeared into thin air, stored in an isolated space. The butcher looked at Reva Rain with keen interest while preparing to use the "organ dispensing machine" again.
***
Eren collected many organs from Reva Rain while she was still alive and kicking. The butcher wanted to focus on the fight unfolding between Demonmir and Altair. After all, he hadn't seen a Grandmaster-ranked entity fight for real.
But he knew that taking care of the Paladin of Pain was equally critical. Killing her was like cutting Demonmir's right arm. Plus, the butcher already had old grudges to settle with Reva.
The healer found it both a curse and a blessing that she was endowed with such potent healing power. It allowed her to survive the horrible procedure performed by Eren in real time. But it also cursed her to sustain more and more injuries without dying.
Her life force was dwindling because of Eren's constant attacks on her. The most frustrating part about his attacks was the fact that she couldn't defend herself against them because of his ocular Ability, which worked especially well against her. All she could do was use her Ability on him at the same time he operated on her. She hoped he would go away as soon as possible without attacking her after being exposed to such intense emotions of pain.
Reva Rain had gotten smarter.
She didn't go too far from Demonmir. And she didn't stay alone this time when she faced Eren. She would force the butcher to fight with her while the other rankers were around. Their inclinations or other distinguishing characteristics didn't matter to her. She just used Reverse Rain blatantly while surrounded by rankers lower than her, allowing her to expedite healing through their suffering.
Meaning Reva used her Ability to cast a debuff on rankers. The other rankers weren't as accustomed to pain and suffering as Eren was. They suffered a lot under Reva's AoE, cursing both Eren and Reva for making them a part of their clash without even asking them.
Reva benefited from the pain this group of rankers faced. She used those feelings to heal herself from Eren's attacks. The butcher attacked her again, introducing her to a world of suffering.
Eren made full use of the Sedating Gaze and his soul sense. He chose not to process the visual signals captured by his completely white eyes because of the Ocular Ability's activation.
The butcher sealed off most of his senses, including the sense of touch. So he wasn't in complete control when he attacked Reva. Eren risked himself by entering Reva's influence sphere like this. He was completely vulnerable to her or third-party attack because of his compromised senses.
So in a way, he gambled on his life with Reva's body parts as a prize. Apart from the heart, head, left leg, and pancreas, the butcher was very close to creating a complete set of Reva's body.
The butcher really meant it when he called Reva a body dispensing machine.
What's more? The butcher had access to premium-grade potions. He used them against Reva Rain to recover himself and his mana storage. These potions allowed him to always give his all in his fight against Reva.
The butcher had another reason to shut off his senses. It was done so that he wouldn't be seen as some maniac while operating on Reva. Since he was forced to fight blindly with Reva because of her Ablity, he didn't have to justify his acts.
With her logic-defying healing powers, Reva restored more than half of her body. The more she suffered, the more intense the Reverse Rain was.
It caused other rankers and even Eren to suffer from heightened pain. The heightened pain allowed her to heal from even the most severe injuries within moments.
So the cycle of pain and hatred kept repeating itself.
There was some part of Reva that enjoyed the constant feeling of pain– the forcefully slumbering demon soul fragment within her. This fragment thanked the butcher for stimulating Reva's pain receptors in such a manner.
Reva had lost count of the number of times Eren attacked her. She had slipped into autopilot survival mode to tackle the most dangerous situation in her life. As a result, she neither created nor smiled while her body parts were dissected one after another.
The Paladin of Pain looked at Eren with a subtle hatred that wasn't too apparent on her face. Even her psyche was affected by the seemingly never-ending cycle of pain she endured.
Of course, Eren wanted to hit Reva's vital spots when he hit her. However, the healer protected them using her special defensive spell, preventing the butcher from killing her.
Reva's healing powers, however, approached their limits. Her dwindling life force and newly replaced organs compromised her battle potential.
The Paladin of Pain had already used her Trump card against Eren. But the latter acted as if he knew most of them beforehand. It was as if he knew how she fought and had already come up with countermeasures in his head.
The butcher was persistent in his attacks and never allowed her to take a breather. So when she was finally brought down to her knees, neither of them was surprised by her condition.
The butcher even marveled at the fact that she had the will to survive for this long.
