Is this really a Game?!

Chapter 168 Fusion

A bright light suddenly shines from Beast and Blackie, their two bodies were now spheres of light that were fusing together. The spheres fuse and in their place, a figure made of light was materialized.

The light slowly goes away as parts of the figure show themselves. First were the legs, Beast's previous green armor was now darker in color as fur could be seen coming out between the gaps of his boots and greaves. His height had changed slightly as he was now about 10 cm taller compared to before.

His arms also got black fur, coming from the hands till the elbow. His hands had also changed, the rugged fingers that Beast had from using his bow for so long were no longer there, in their place longer and thicker fingers could be seen from which long sharp claws were coming out.

His face is the one thing that changed the most, the delicate features that gave him a harmless, childish look were gone, a sharp jawline with a short beard was now present. His eyes were much sharper than before and they gave off the feeling that you were staring at a wild beast that wanted to do nothing more than to devour you.

His hair was longer now with purple streaks on it while his ears had changed completely. They were now completely wolf-like. His teeth were now also similar to an animal's, they were now much sharper while his fangs were longer and they almost came out of his mouth even when it was closed.

Reign and the others looked at Beast's new form as they marveled at it. They could feel the pressure and mana that Beast now had, it was much stronger than before.

"I feel incredible," Beast says as he inspects his arms. His sense of sight, smell, and hearing were much sharper than before and he was able to inspect the orc's faces with relative ease. If he focused enough he was able to see everything on their skin, the short hairs coming out from their chest, their pores, everything.

He smiles as he looks at the panicked orcs that were slowly backing away, they could feel that they had no chance of victory against the person standing in front of them. Beast chuckles a bit as he vanishes from the spot before reappearing in front of them.

Shadow Flicker

Yes, not only could Beast gain more stats when fusing with one of his tamed beasts, but he could also use their skills now, the only drawback is that they cost him a lot more mana, not to mention that the fusion itself was very taxing on the body, he could use it for 1 minute only right now.

Depending on what animal he chooses to fuse with he would also lose some of his skills, or he would simply be unable to use them, like right now, thanks to the changes on his arms and the sharp claws he had, he was unable to use his bow.

Of course, it wasn't that big of a drawback since he was so much stronger now. Before the hobgoblin in front of him could even try to run away its eyes opened wide as a fountain of blood spurted out from his throat that was cut open by Beast's sharp claws.

His hands suddenly turn dark purple as he swipes at the remaining three hobgoblins as they all try to block

Dark Claws

His reinforced claws effortlessly cut through their weapons before cutting apart their bodies. Blood and pieces of flesh fly everywhere around them as Beast looks at the 3 orcs with a calm expression on his face.

"It seems the skills are at about the same power level as before, that's good." Beast mumbles as two orcs lunge at him. With an effortless movement, Beast swipes his claws as 8 streaks of black light cut apart the orcs.

Shadow Slash

The remaining orc was standing on the ground as it looked at Beast with eyes full of terror. The orc knew that he was going to die, all of his mates died without being able to even touch this monster that was walking towards it. The orc tried to move his body but it was to no avail, the sight in front of him and the enormous pressure Beast was exuding made it hard for it to even breathe properly.

With ease, Beast grabs the orc by its head as he lifts it up. The orc suddenly started struggling as it grabbed his arm in an attempt to get away from him, its legs kicked the air desperately before suddenly stopping.

Black Lightning Discharge

Black lightning erupts from Beast's hand as it fries the orcs brain in moments, Beast simply tosses the dead body on the side as he looked around himself curiously.

Reign and the others slowly emerge from their hiding spot, all of them looked at Beast with shock in their eyes. It wasn't the power that he showed, even though he was much more powerful in close combat than before he was still at the same level they all were after using some of their skills, it was his behavior and sheer disregard of life that shocked them.

At the beginning of the game, Beast couldn't even kill a goblin without vomiting, it was only after a long period of time that he was able to kill enemies without thinking too much about it, but even so, Beast had never killed any monsters up close with such brutality as he did now.

"Hey guys, pretty neat right?" Beast smiles at the others as he stands in the middle of the bodies, his bloodied face gave off a feeling of being a lunatic that killed for pleasure.

"Beast, what the fuck was that?" Reign asks him in a serious tone as he looks at the mutilated bodies around him.

"Hmm, what do you mean?" Beast felt the anger in Reign's tone and looked at him with a weird expression.

"What do I mean, what the hell is all of this, you could have simply killed them, but you used them as toys, completely mutilating their bodies." Reign continues as he looks warily at Beast, he wasn't really angry at what he had done, he was just wary of Beast in his new form, the way he talked, the way he moved, it was all very different compared to before.

"I was checking out my skills, they were good practice targets." Beast shrugs his shoulders as he walks towards the others, "Anyway it's done, the skill works better than I expected, there's just one more thing to check."

Beast says as he takes out one of his arrows from the quiver. He uses the arrow to cut his forearm before putting it back in the quiver, Reign and the others looked at him with a weird expression as he smiles, "You'll see why I did it."

Beast's body shines again as he stops in front of them, two balls of light split from his body as Blackie and Beast show up from the balls of light as Beast had a weird expression on his face.

He looked back at the bodies as his face paled a bit before looking at his hands. His blood trickled down from the wound as his hands started shaking slightly before he clenched them in an attempt to calm himself.

"Hey, look at Blackie." Shadow suddenly says as they all looked at the wolf that had a concerned expression on its face while staring at Beast. Blood was trickling down on his left leg as the others widened their eyes.

"So the damage is transferred to both of them." Wolf says before looking at Beast, "So, are you going to explain what just happened, looking at how pale you are it seems that something changed when you fused."

"Yeah." Beast gulped after answering, he looked at Reign and the others before continuing, "It seems that when I use the ability and fuse with one of them, it's not only my body that changes, my emotions and thoughts also fuse with the beasts, in turn even though I am in control I also act differently, even when I did all of that I honestly felt nothing until I changed back of course."

"I thought as much, your behavior was simply too weird compared to how you usually are, well, as long as you are still you, I guess it's fine," Wolf says as he pats Beast on the shoulder.

"Yeah, you gave us a bit of a fright there buddy." Tank comes up and puts his arm around Beast's shoulders as he chuckles, "But you know what, you were much cooler than usual, I'll give you that."

"Thanks, I guess." Beast smiles weakly as he pets Blackie who was next to him. He looks at the wolf warmly before re-summoning it.

"Well, now that we are done with that, let's go back, it's been a long-ass day." Shadow yawns as he starts walking back to the territory while the others follow him.

Beast was behind them, he looked at his friends warmly before focusing on the notification in front of him.

[ Warning, fusing with a beast can lead to the player losing himself, please use it with caution. ]