"This… When did you get this Ability?"
Layla had her mouth open in surprise when she saw an unharmed Eren standing on the battlefield. He was riddled with puncture and slash wounds a moment ago and now he looked like he was flexing his bare body.
Ivor was also shocked by Eren's Ability that healed him in the blink of an eye. He wondered how many Trump cards the butcher had and if he could ever compete with him on the same level.
Eren looked at the hand with which he had snapped his fingers. He smiled to himself before thinking about a certain someone.
'I owe you one, Aunt Nina.'
Eren had to say the Ability he had acquired from aunt Nina was simply awesome. It did not only heal him but also made him feel rejuvenated. One could say that it was a complete package. The only downside of using the Ability was its moderately high mana consumption. This is in addition to the fact that it would get less effective if he kept on using it in quick succession.
The butcher wanted to try out this Ability with Oliver's guards. After all, he had only used this Ability to cure himself of post-coitus fatigue when he was with Nina. That wasn't really what could be called a litmus test for Instant Reset.
But since the opportunity presented itself in the form of Ivor, he went ahead and performed the field test. And he was very happy with the results.
"Are you…"
Ivor was about to say something to Eren but the latter gestured for him to take a break. He stretched his arms and legs and did a few jumps in his position to feel the change in his body. He then started stretching while thinking about a way to break past Ivor's golden armor.
Eren looked at the cracks in Ivor's golden armor, which developed right after the latter kicked him and sent him away. They were in the process of repairing themselves, giving Eren a general idea of how his Sin Series Ability worked.
'If I understand intent-based magic well, then making Ivor less proud of himself should make my job easier. I don't know how much control he has over his emotions or if the armor has any special powers. But whatever happened just now pretty much solidifies my conjecture.
But do I want to take the easy way? This guy is just like Renita in this aspect. He'll keep coming for me until he manages to beat me. That is if I don't beat him when he is at his peak, something he wanted to do to me.'
Eren made cracking sounds while rotating his neck clockwise and counterclockwise as he thought. Instead of hurting Osan Junior's pride, he focused on defeating his Ability entirely. That way, Ivor would have no reason to challenge him again anytime soon.
'Hmm. First of all, I'll also need elevated body stats.'
Eren also had a way to temporarily increase his body stats. He communicated with Argo in his demon beast space and activated the transcendent spell he would rarely use.
Demon Beast Transformation.
Eren's body also started changing when he activated his beastly transformation spell. His eyes turned beastly and his fingers turned into Argo's vice-like claws. His limbs became buff as they sported more prominent muscle definitions.
The butcher also had large eagle wings sprouting from his back that gave him flying capabilities. The beast-like wings were a bit more difficult to control than the spell-generated Wind-Fire Wings. But the beast wings were more durable and practical to use for an extended period in battle.
'Next, I need to change my weapon. Daggers are not very useful when fighting an armored rich boy.'
In Eren's hands, the Diceros Left and Right vanished. Harjahar's Hammer was summoned in their stead, indicating the butcher's intentions to cause blunt-force trauma to his opponent.
Eren smiled wickedly at Ivor before commenting.
"Let's see how proud you feel when I'm done with you. Heads up."
Eren disappeared from his position and appeared right above Ivor before striking his hammer right over Ivor's head. The hammerhead suddenly grew larger, and now boasted a surface diameter of 6 meters. The force it generated was enough to make meat patties out of a lower-ranked entity with a single swing.
Swoosh. Zoom. Boom.
Ivor had just raised his arms subconsciously when he felt like a mountain had collapsed on him. The ground beneath his feet cracked and depressed. And he was almost brought to his knees with a single attack.
The Osan Junior gritted his teeth when he felt like his backbone was crying for some kind of divine intervention. The armor had reduced the physical damage output of Eren's attack by almost half. And still, Ivor felt like this would have been enough to make him give up if it wasn't for his determination.
"Aaaaaaaa!"
Ivor pushed against Eren's enlarged hammer with all he had and made the depression on the ground worse in the process. However, he was able to alleviate the force he felt in his body for a brief time. And this brief time was enough for him to use his movement spell.
Ivor appeared a few meters away from his previous position only to be met with the next hammer swing Eren had launched on him using the Blink spell. The fake OWB was forced to use the next Trump card he had.
Beast Contract Spell!
Lightning Wave!
Ivor had changed his contracted beast after getting out of Purgatory. He specifically hunted it down after learning about the beast's peculiarities.
The surrounding area was flooded with lightning water. A partially visible, green lightning-clad eel appeared out of thin air that protected Ivor from Eren's blow. The summoner of the contract beast was now protected inside the beast's belly.
Eren felt the effects of the enhanced shock he was subjected to by Ivor's contract beast. He couldn't control his mana properly and his muscles felt like they were not willing to listen to his orders anymore if he didn't do something about the shock.
Ivor used Eren's condition to get away from him once again. The butcher also flew to a higher altitude to save himself from the green lightning vines. They were now abundant inside the 5 feet deep mass of water spread across the battlefield.
AN: Eren uses the beast transformation spell in chapter 584. Ivor is seen using the Lightning Wave and the Beast Contract spell in chapter 639.
