Is this really a Game?!

The battle that ensued between Reign's team and the elites was a long and arduous one, not only were they completely outnumbered by the elites but they had to deal with the constant barrage of attacks that were being sent their way from all the monsters nearby. Most of the monsters dared not get too close to the battle that was taking place, not only were the elites stronger than them but Reign and his teammates as well, of course, were an exception and charged at them, only to meet their end either by the elite that was fighting or Reign and the others.

A couple of minutes had barely passed before the other elites joined the fight, fighting one high-level elite was hard enough, but when joined by another the battle immediately became more difficult. Reign was now not only fighting the scorpion whose tail he had managed to cut off, but a two-headed wolf had also joined the battle.

( Author: Yes, another wolf, my creativity is off the charts I tell you )

The wolf was unlike anything Reign or the others had ever seen, not only was its physical prowess incredible but each of the two heads could fire off an elemental attack. The right head of the wolf could spit out compressed orbs of air or air blades that were incredibly sharp and could cut through the hide of the other monsters with ease. The left head on the other side was able to fire a freezing beam and icicles that could not only pierce through monsters but would also freeze the wound and the area around it. Reign had witnessed first-hand how one of the icicles stabbed a nearby monster through the leg before freezing a chunk of it, not only was the monster in pain thanks to the wound but the ice made it nearly impossible for it to move its leg.

The elves were in a similar situation, they had used the element of surprise with great effect, but once more monsters together with some elites arrived their progress was halted. Aelrinder was fighting against 2 elites just like Reign and the others while the royal guards and the elite soldiers were locked in battle against the other elites that had arrived.

The two teams did admirably as they each fought against the elites, even though they were individually weaker compared to the elites they were able to cover each other and fight evenly against the monsters, the royal guards were fighting against 3 elites while the elite soldiers were taking on 2.

Beast and Laura were the only ones that were still without a real opponent, more and more monsters were coming their way but they would quickly fall to their long-range attacks, those that did manage to get close would get attacked by Beast's beasts and die.

They were currently the ones that were killing the largest amount of monsters, since Reign and the others were locked in battle against the elites they simply didn't have the luxury to focus on anything else. Beast's arrows fell down on the monsters like shooting stars, each of the arrows was only able to deal a small amount of damage to the monsters, but after using his [ Rain of Arrows ] skill Beast was able to shoot hundreds of arrows at the horde, soon the whole battlefield became littered with arrows that were slowly disappearing.

Laura was using her whip every time the monsters came close to them, but for the most part, she would use her demonic energy to launch missiles that were similar to Reign's [ Magic Missiles ] skill while other times she would simply bombard the horde with concentrated bursts of demonic energy that would explode and cause mayhem.

Shrriieekkk

The scorpion suddenly uttered a cry of pain as Reign had managed to plunge his katana deep into the back of the monster, the wolf was trying to help the scorpion out but Reign made sure to keep him busy with his lightning spears that were being launched its way. Without the wolf interfering the scorpion wouldn't be able to survive for much longer, not only had Reign stabbed deep inside of it but his lightning was also discharged inside, the more time passed the more the scorpion's insides would get fried.

Reign was lucky that he managed to cut off the stinger of the scorpion otherwise such an attack wouldn't work as the latter would be able to attack him with ease, without the stinger however the scorpion's back was its weakness and Reign made sure to take advantage of it.

"Just fucking die already!!" Reign increases the amount of mana he used as his black and white lightning erupts around him, the scorpion's shrieks became softer as the monster started swaying left and right. Happy with his victory Reign took his katana out before suddenly positioning both of his swords to his left.

Bang!

A fearsome blow was delivered to Reign's left side as he was sent flying, multiple monsters tried taking advantage of the situation and launched attacks at Reign whilst some immediately jumped in hopes of tearing him apart.

Swish

Multiple blade lights were seen in the sky as the monster that had charged at Reign died, their bodies were cut into pieces while the long-range attacks were all intercepted. Reign landed on the ground with a bit of blood seeping through his closed mouth, his face had turned serious as he gazed at the monster that attacked him.

Compared to the other monsters this one was smaller as it was only 2 meters tall, thick gray fur covered its whole body as the creature stood atop the now dead scorpion. A long-tail swayed on the wind as the creature's bloodthirsty eyes stared at Reign, its sharp claws glimmering in the light while two sharp fangs could be seen protruding out of its mouth.

[ Lvl 49 Khari ] – Variant of Werewolves

Description – The Khari was a race that evolved from werewolves, physically their appearance stayed relatively similar to their ancestors but their minds had changed, not only were the Khari much more cruel and barbaric compared to the werewolves, but they had an innate need for fighting, if a Khari went more than 5 days without battle then they would enter a crazed state and destroy everything around it before dying. They were the eternal enemies of the Lycans, another variant species of the werewolves that had managed to gain intelligence and the ability to change their bodies to a human form. Kharis are intelligent and never back down from a fight.

Upon seeing the monster in front of him Reign turned serious, he had been conserving his strength earlier as he knew that more enemies would attack him and the others and he wanted to use his full power in order to catch the monsters by surprise and deal a big blow to them, it wasn't only him as the others were doing the same.

Unfortunately with the appearance of the new monster in front of him those plans had to be scrapped, not only was the Khari a variant, but it was obvious that his power was above a normal elite, the pressure coming from the creature alone was enough to prove that.

Reign released his mana as the area around him turned silent, the monsters that were previously itching to charge at him and tear him apart were now looking at him fearfully as an incredible mana pressure was shrouding the area, and even the Khari had turned serious as it gazed at Reign.

In a blink of an eye, both of them disappear and clash repeatedly, the Khari's sharp claws were not there just for looks, even Reign's powerful katana couldn't destroy them. The tough hide of a monster next to them was suddenly torn open as the Reign dodged a swipe of the Khari's claws, it was like a hot knife had passed through butter, the hide was unable to give any sort of protection to the monster as blood started gushing out from the wound.

The horde of monsters suddenly started retreating from the area where Reign was fighting against the Kahri, even the two-headed wolf was staring at their battle with caution while trying to join, its long-range attacks were powerful but even it wasn't confident of hitting Reign now that he was using his full power.

Wolf and the others could feel Reign's mana pressure, since he wasn't following the plan it meant that something had happened, a powerful enemy had appeared and forced him to go all out. Wolf and the others follow after him and stop holding back.

The elves on the other hand had too much on their hands to wonder about what was happening, they could feel the immense mana pressure that was being released on the battlefield but it was only Aelrinder who was able to recognize who it was, his shock was great after finding out that Reign had so much power, not only him but the full power of all of the others as well surprised him.

Previously he thought that amongst them only Reign would be able to fight evenly against him, but now he understood that each one of them was as powerful as he was.