Is this really a Game?!

Chapter 669 The Battle Begins

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Months ago, right when the game started, a riot occurred at multiple prisons in the city. Without electricity and guns, the guards of the prison were unable to hold the prisoners back, which led to many of them dying in the process.

The Butcher, Amanda Rainford was one of the prisoners that escaped. Upon escaping, she found herself wandering the streets of the city.

She didn't know anybody here, and thanks to the fact she was wearing a prison uniform, she, as well as all the other prisoners, were quickly chased out of the city by the combined efforts of the police and the residents of the city.

Amanda and the other prisoners soon found themselves in the forest, a place they soon realized was many times more dangerous than the prison. Some prisoners panicked at the sight of the monsters, some started slaughtering monsters and prisoners alike, and there were others started leading their own groups.

Amanda was none of that, she was all alone. She ran at first as she noticed how some of the male prisoners looked at her and decided to get away from them before it was too late.

She spent weeks in the forest by herself. She had to hunt monsters just so that she would have enough food to survive, but once she found out that she was getting stronger, her thirst for power was unlocked.

She hunted mercilessly, fighting many monsters during her stay in the forest, even starting her own group and leading over 20 people, only for them all to be wiped out by a field boss they unintentionally came across.

The only reason she survived was because the monster sent her flying to a river which then led her away. She woke up just as she was floating, but before she was able to do anything, she fell.

She fell about 23 meters as she had woken up just as she reached a waterfall, and that turned out to be the greatest luck she had.

Struggling to survive, she did everything she could in the river, only for something large to appear and unintentionally hit her, sending her flying to the waterfall. She landed inside a cave that was behind the waterfall and lost consciousness as the strike from the large river monster broke some of her bones.

Upon waking up, she found herself surrounded by some kind of weird goo, but upon closer inspection, she realized it was a monster.

I was a juvenile Abomination that had been weakened by a fight, and it was trying to devour her body in order to heal and become more powerful. Amanda was stuck, she had no mana at that point, and her physical power was abysmal thanks to her injuries, the only thing she could do was struggle against the monster as their bodies started fusing.

The monster was trying to assimilate her, and their souls started clashing. Two days passed, and in the end, it was Amanda that won the clash. Her body was as it previously was, goo from before had entered her body and transformed into a power.

She gained a lot of knowledge from the Abomination, as well as the recognition of the system as she was the only person on Earth, and one of the rare people in the universe to do what she had done.

Her innate ability had been locked till then, but it had been activated during the struggle, and upon winning against the Abomination, she managed to get another innate ability from the monster.

That ability was the power to mark people and use them as puppets, but instead of removing their free will, the ability was much more sinister. It would change their thinking, making it seem like they had always been faithful servants to her and every command she gave was done by the servants.

That was not the only thing she received from the Abomination, as the blueprints for the machines were another one. She knew full well the consequences of using the machines, but she then remembered the city, a place that was guarded by the dome, through which not even the will of the world could see.

That was when she started making plans, plans to become stronger and return to the city and rule it, which she did in the end. Her innate ability, both of them, had a large role in that, but her new innate ability was the one that allowed her to take over the city and rule it so easily.

As she became more powerful, the ability evolved as well, allowing her to fully control 10 people, and after some time, she had developed skills connected to her ability as well.

The skill [ Ten Heads of the Abomination ] was a skill that allowed her to summon her servants as long as they were not too far away. As long as her servants were in a radius of 10km around her, she could summon them to her, but the cooldown was a full week.

"The intruders shall be eliminated, her Majesty will be kept safe." The heads all answered in unison as they stared at Reign and the others.

Each one was a high-grade Tier IV combatant, and there were 12 more Tier IV combatants in front of the Butcher as well.

The Butcher slowly went down the stairs that led to her throne. As she did so, an invisible form of energy started pressuring Reign and the others.

Reign quickly went to the front of the party, and the pressure was suddenly removed.

"Soul Manipulation, she has it as well." Reign softly said to the others as they all stared at the Butcher with vigilance.

She had stopped, this was the first time her innate ability to control souls has been blocked with such ease. She narrowed her eyes and stared at Reign coldly before a smile appeared on her face.

"This is the first time I meet someone with a similar ability to mine."

"Let's see just how long you can keep it up though," Amanda said with a smile that sent shivers down the spines of Paul and some of the rest before she used her ability once more, this time sending a concentrated stream of soul power at Reign.

Still, nothing happened, Reign only stood there without even blinking, he was unfazed.

From Amanda's perspective, she could see how the stream of soul power reached Reign before suddenly splitting around Reign like there was an invisible barrier around him, protecting him.

Upon closer inspection, she could see that there was a barrier around him, one formed of his soul power, as well as a couple of souls.

'He can control souls?!' Amanda narrowed her eyes as she did the same thing Reign had done. Compared to Reign, she had no being inside her mental space that could take control of the souls and allow her easy access to them. She had to capture them and corrode them by herself before taking control of them.

As he saw multiple souls coming out of Amanda, Reign turned serious as he knew that this time, he had to fight seriously against Amanda as well as the souls she was using were quite numerous.

'Be careful boy, not only does she have a bunch of souls, but her soul power is not inferior to yours, it seems the potions she has been taking have reinforced her soul immensely, she might even be above you in that regard.'

'Then, instead of simply standing here, shouldn't I make the situation advantageous to me?' Reign asked with a smile before his lightning erupted around him.

"Let's go!" Reign suddenly burst toward Amanda with incredible speed, surprising her as she had been about to start attacking him with her souls.

Reign didn't only use his lightning, but light as well. The combination of light and lightning made him even faster, and those who were in front of Amanda were completely unprepared for him,  allowing him to pass them and arrive in front of her.

With his two swords, Reign slashed down, only to be met by Amanda's halberd.

The Tier IV combatants around Amanda tried to attack Reign, only to be unable to do so as Wolf and the others arrived as well.

Even though there were only 12 of them going up against 22 opponents, no fear could be seen on their faces.

Wolf used his flames and immediately sent them toward the group of 12, only for one of the heads to appear in front of him and block it. His sleeve got burned, as well as his hand, but it was only a slight burn, nothing dangerous.

Water suddenly came out around the man as he smirked at Wolf before attacking. Beast summoned Blackie, as well as 4 more Tier IV monsters to fight. Only Blackie was a high-grade Tier IV combatant, Spirit was a mid-grade Tier IV, one more monster was a mid-grade as well, while the remaining two were low-grade Tier IVs, but still, this was enough to even out the odds a bit.

Thanks to Beast's monsters, they had the same number of high-grade Tier IV combatants as the enemy, not to mention the fact that when it came to sheer power and fighting capabilities, each of them was above their enemy as well.