Bro, I'm not an Undead!

As Tulnas looked at the man to his side, he couldn't help but be surprised.

Festos of all people?

His first thought was to push him away as he didn't know what would happen from his curse but...

He found to his surprise that Festos was in some form of a daze as tears leaked from his eyes.

A surge of energy wiggled out of Festos' hand and rushed into Ginie's body, her broken flesh under the robes beginning to quake as shockingly, an incredible healing factor applied over her!

Tulnas was shocked!

His eyes turned to Festos once again and he saw the man mumble words to himself as he showed affectionate care for Ginie but the words... as he listened closer, were nothing more than contradictory statements that made his gesture... confusing.

"I hate you.... I know you loved me too... I don't regret your death... but I... wish you hadn't died... Please don't die! I was wrong... No! You evil wretch, do you have any idea what you have done?! Yes....I forgive you..."

Tulnas was lost for words.

He was only brought back to reality when he saw Ginie's body completely healed as the burst of energy from Skullius kept rushing into it ceaselessly, having regrown all her organs and closed up her open torso!

At the same time, he heard a loud resounding echo of steel clashing against something heavy and sturdy!

Natalika's blade was blocked by Guissepo as he raised his unprotected arm to guard!

Guissepo's gaze turned to Tulnas and Skullius.

"Extravagant indeed. So you both have other resuscitative trump cards?" Guissepo said as he looked on with a peculiar smile, pushing his arm to force Natalika away.

The swordswoman stopped her attacks as she focused her senses on Ginie, finding her to be turning stable.

She sighed in relief as her spirited felt rejuvenated.

Tulnas on the other hand cranked his mind as he instantly read between the lines while watching Guissepo's reaction to Ginie's healing.

'So this bastard used Ginie as a way to see if we had more tricks up our sleeve?' he thought as his eyes turned cold.

"Brother... brother Tulnas...." Ginie said weakly as she blinked, her face no longer contorted in pain. She started breathing heavily as she looked like she was about to cry.

She remembered full well what had happened but not why had saved her.

Tulnas started stroking her head as he wore a gentle expression.

"You're safe now," he said, his eye turning to Festos before returning to her. Ginie got the hint as she looked to Festos.

The man seemed to look confused as he frowned, looking between  Ginie and Tulnas.

He opened his mouth to speak but couldn't find what to say. He was quite distraught as didn't know what the flesh was happening to him nor understand what he had just done.

'I see...' Tulnas thought as he saw Festos' reaction to his own deed. From this, he inferred that there was probably so much more to the curse on this man.

"Thanks."

"Huh? What? What did..." Festos started babbling but Tulnas was already walking forward with large strides towards Guissepo who smiled at his advance.

"I sense extravagant enmity. Did I do anything wrong?" Guissepo asked to which Tulnas didn't render a reply.

He simply reached Natalika's side and patted her shoulder.

The female swordswoman immediately drew back as she headed to Ginie.

'Let's do it,' Tulnas thought, sending his intent to a certain being that nested within him. The last of tamed beasts. 'But first the barrier...'

Almost instantly, the ground under his feet shook as his body cooked up a rather strange power that gushed in excessive amounts!

The energy released a golden-orange glow, which made Guissepo raise a brow!

Tulnas turned serious as his exposed muscles flexed, in the next moment, his body bulging with strength, as it became tougher and stronger while expelled a wave of heat that accompanied the bellowing stream of power that started to cause a vicious gust of trouble air to envelope the entire cavern!

His eyes turned sharper than before and he hissed from his mouth a breath of heated air as he then made his move!

Tulnas shot up to Guissepo who was shocked by the burst of speed and the brightening up golden-orange layer of light that outlined the young Tamer as he then went on to give Guissepo the punch of his life!

The Evenfall cultist was able to raise his arms in a guard before he was knocked away by the punch that turned out to be heavier than he expected, causing a loud and destructive boom when it connected as the sheer force of it then blasted him a great distance!

Similar to how he had struck Tulnas, Guissepo's body flashed as it zipped through the air, the cultist only being able to steady himself when he had crossed over to near the invisible barrier!

He hadn't sustained any injury on himself at all but he felt the power from the punch still lightly ring in bones.

However, critically injuring him wasn't Tulnas' goal to begin with, it was to bring this bastard back to his objective so that he could kill two birds with one stone!

'Incredible! What extravagant speed and power! Sadly, it didn't come from his body. Something is supplying him with fuel for such a feat!' Guissepo thought as his body started to ooze with a strange neon light that had a blood-red hue, the substance making the space contract and trembled as it slowly rose from the man's body.

Tulnas dashed ahead, following to where Guissepo had landed as he saw this phenomenon unfold as the Evenfall cultist looked at him with anticipation!

'We were right. It's as we thought...' Tulnas aired his thoughts. 'This man is at the Master Stage.'

However, what stage this man was didn't matter as action was needed nevertheless.

Tulnas could see the invisible barrier seven meters away from Guissepo.

And this was enough.

It was close enough.

'Thanks Festos. I'll make this opportunity you've given me count.'

Finally.

Tulnas was free to let loose.

At the moment, the Tamer fearlessly faced Guissepo who seemed to be drawing on a power that was known for Master Stage combatants - the light emerging from his back which tinted the entire cavern with a red light.

Opposite him, Tulnas scoffed as something also started to emerge from his naked back. It was a peculiar mass, throngs of flesh and hairs growing over it along with bones and teeth as they eventually formed something unexpected.

A black-furred fox!

...!

Only its head manifested while being linked to Tulnas' back, the beast GRINNING as one of its eyes began to glow with an orange light, tremendous power flowing from it and into Tulnas body!

Skullius who was a distance away was shocked to see this thing as he recalled seeing something like it!

Heck, he remembered seeing things similar to both the fox on Tulnas and the neon, rising light from Guissepo!

'Is that...' he thought, his memory stagnating.

Tulnas laid his one hand over the other before his chest in a hand seal that made casting this complicated skill easier as mad power gushed from him, blowing over the entire cavern as strips of blue and orange energy rotated around him with a powerful, starry visual!

His legs spread apart for balance as his skin only got glossier from the luminous energy he expelled, causing everyone who was spectating to feel the thrum of energy bash through him and cause them to stumble or hold onto something!

"Ready?" Tulnas asked.

"Just do it," the fox replied in a hoarse voice.

The Tamer chucked as he finally wore his signature confident grin again while saying out the name of this high-end, Special Skill that require his and the fox's energy combined!

"False Territory Expulsion....!"