-and had to quickly swat a knife out of her face.

She turned her attention to the insect that interfered. Tina used the opportunity to move her spear to her leg and shock her. Her body stiffened and Tina moved her spear away before slamming it into her leg. Given the spear’s weight, it would have shattered a normal woman's leg easily. Yet after slamming it she felt like she had hit a wall, with how unpleasant the recoil felt.

The brief moment she removed her spear was enough for the woman to escape backwards and take a better look at her surroundings. She was now going to keep a close eye on the three women behind the large one.

(“What a bitch. She's smaller than Elizabeth but I'm the one who's getting overpowered!”)

Tina got back to her feet.

“You owe me one Pinky. Without me, she'd probably be stomping your head in.” Lily commented.

“Shut up, my sneak attack would have worked regardless!” Tina snarled while dusting herself off.

“Tina,” Elizabeth interjected.

She got into a stance and focused on her enemy.

“She appears to be substantially stronger than you. React accordingly and stop acting like you have the advantage here.”

“Yeah…” She weakly responded.

The woman had been walking back, trying to lure Tina away but it seemed to be no good. It looked like this wasn't going to be as simple as the men she killed.

“Whose blood do you think that is?” Lily asked.

“We were the first ones down here, so I'm not too sure about the fate of our priest friend,” Elizabeth responded. “He may have created a monster in hopes of killing us. But the monster wouldn't let themselves be tamed.”

“So we don't have that priest guy to worry about anymore? Thank Gabriel, that seemed like it was going to be a pain in the ass.” Lily said while stretching.

“Let's confirm that after we deal with this woman first.”

The woman finally made her move and quickly approached Tina.

(“You're stronger than me, you short bitch? Fine then, get a look at my new technique.”)

She held the spear in one hand and placed the shaft on top of her other hand. It soon began pushing the spear up with nothing between them.

(“I guess that red hair was on to something. Time to test it on a real enemy.”)

The spear shaft floated slightly but the one-winged enemy paid it no mind as she approached. Until she got within range.

Like a machine gun, Tina let out several spear thrusts within a moment's notice. It left the monster with a shallow scar surrounded by an electrical burn.

She rubbed it gently and turned back to Tina, now outside of the spear’s maximum range.

Her brow was covered in sweat but she had a smile on her face.

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(“Hehehe, I know my spear thrusts are usually slow. Which is why I don't do them most of the time. But now I'm quicker than the average spearman, shit, I don't think anyone in this parish can match this speed.”)

She looked towards the woman waiting for the next moment she stepped into her range.

The woman clasped her hands together and formed a small ball at the end of them.

(“Whats-”) Her thoughts couldn't even finish before Elizabeth shouted at her.

“Stop her!!!”

Tina wasted no time, moving from her position and rushing down the woman.

She swung the spear into her side and the woman blocked it before getting shocked. Tina supposed that was it, but she slid down the spear while being shocked, to close the small distance.

Tina tried to pull the spear in to stab her with the blade but the woman's grip on it was too tight. Given her strength, Tina had no reservations about letting go of the spear and backing away. The woman threw the spear into the darkness behind and turned to Tina. She was covered in burns. Given the way she stood and her complete lack of reaction, they were either superficial or she had no concept of pain.

“What a pain in the ass,” Tina commented. “You had to go and throw my spear away huh? Think you're fighting honourable doing this shit?”

The woman paid her no mind and approached.

(“It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds to-”)

She was already in front of her. She didn't even blink yet she had lost track of when she had approached. She tried to back away and ended up having her chest plate sliced open and thankfully nothing more.

The woman swept her legs with a kick that left Tina's ankle in agony. Another kick was aimed at her head but Elizabeth managed to stop it with her sword. It left the sword bent. She used the edge of the blade to stop it.

This left a gash on her leg but nowhere near the amount of damage that should have happened from doing that. She shouldn't have even had a foot attached to her leg after doing that.

The woman slashed her claws at Elizabeth, and the latter had to pull Tina behind her and simultaneously move to roll between the monster's legs to get behind her.

The two began exchanging blows with Elizabeth's sword getting the worst of it.

After the fifth clash, her sword was looking more like a piece of scrap metal.

(“Her strength is no joke.”)

She quickly delivered a kick to Elizabeth and Elizabeth had to block with her sword once more. She moved a claw to scar her face but Elizabeth had the foresight to sweep her remaining leg on the floor.

She fell to her back and quickly kipped up into a spearheading into her. It pierced nearly an inch into her chest and its user moved her hands onto it from behind the woman.

“How's the weather in hell?”

She converted all the mana she could muster into magic and gave her Tina’s own take on death by electrocution.

The woman struggled and tried to make her way out but Elizabeth grabbed her hands to try and stop her. Even Elizabeth couldn't fully restrain her but she could guarantee her nails wouldn't impale Tina.

The smell of burning flesh started to fill the air and the sight of the two women enduring the voltage was one to behold.

A few projectiles were thrown at her head, with none piercing her skull.

Tina began unashamedly smiling as she felt the blade of the spear going deeper into the woman's chest.

The monster had enough and moved her head back to headbutt Tina. Tina didn't react to it quickly enough and had her face bloodied with one strike.

Tina didn't let go of the spear and the woman pulled herself forward, bringing Tina forward as well, delivering another headbutt on the pink-haired woman by bringing her head back.

With a sound that could only be described as nauseating, Tina's hands let go of the spear and Elizabeth whiffed a blow directed at the spear when the monster backed away.

The other three women wasted no time backing away as fast as they could. But they had nothing to worry about as the woman was most focused on Elizabeth. She took the spear out of her chest while at the same time, Elizabeth wasted no time bringing her hand down to the unconscious Tina. It wasn't even a question of if she could fight. Her face was bloodied and the central part of it was smashed beyond recognition with those two headbutts.

In an internal view, you would have seen it was the skull itself that was smashed. This was no time to be stingy with the healing.