Like a helpless ragdoll, the Rotrid's body was sent flying with a powerful kick from the side, allowing Raven to keep running forward.

[Remaining time: 4 seconds!]

'I should not waste any more time.' Raven thought and without hesitation began to dash toward the pillar of darkness, quickly leaving behind Paloma's figure in a cloud of dust.

"You fucker..." struggling onto her feet, the Rotrid wiped the purplish blood away from the corner of her mouth and quickly began to chase after Raven.

However, as the Restriction Halo was still active, decreasing her Avatar Traits by 60%, her speed became drastically slower, but not so slow enough that it did not allow her to get closer to Raven with each passing second!

'Just how many points does this bitch have in her Speed Trait!?' feeling shocked as even with a 60% restriction the Rotrid seemed to be just a little bit faster than him, Raven quickly extended his hand to the side.

And a second later, the ring attached to Paloma's neck flashed and appeared in his hand, instantly giving her back her powers.

"Now you are dead!" a scary smile appeared on Paloma's face as she raised her weapon and threw it.

Upon seeing the harpoon whistling at him, ready to drill a hole through his torso and shred his organs, a smile formed and Raven's face before he jumped up and spun around.

"I think this is yours, fugs," Raven said coldly and as the silver spear whisked away just an inch below his feet, he swung his arm and threw his Restriction Halo back at Paloma.

"Wha-" the Rotrid's eyes widened and tried to dodge, however, as if the ring had its own consciousness it followed her and in a flash attached itself around her neck once again.

[Restriction Halo had been activated!]

[Remaining time: 10 seconds!]

"Fucking again!?" Paloma hissed with fury and raised her head, just to be welcomed by Raven's fist.

"Yes, fucking again!" Raven laughed coldly and without holding back punched the Rotrid right square on her face, once again sending her body flying.

'Chance!' watching as the Rotrid was still lying on the ground, Raven bent his knees and like a rocket burst forward while he summoned his Monarch's Crown and placed it on his head.

In a flash, a massive pressure fell on his surroundings within a 50 meters radius, that invisible weight clearly pressing down on Paloma as she all of a sudden struggled a little bit to stand up!

'It's working!' Raven felt exhilarated.

Everything he has done so far was going according to his plan.

Starting with the fact that he made the Rotrid believe he didn't want to fight at all through the point where he caught her off guard with his Restriction Halo all the way to force her to throw her spear, everything was going perfectly

Like this, Raven did not doubt that he could win, which seemingly gave every human back on Earth a sparkle of hope after the first encounter.

'I can do it! I will kill her and put an end to all this right here and now!' Raven thought coldly in his heart, and once he was beside the Rotrid he summoned his dagger and swung it downward, right at her neck!

"This is the en-" just as Raven's dagger was ready to slice through Paloma's neck, suddenly a dark dot was spotted by him from the corner of his eyes, forcing him to quickly change target.

Swish!

Clang!

'Curse this! From where did this thing come from?' cursing inwardly with clenched teeth as he shoved a sharp claw away from his face with his dagger, Raven was forced to jump to the side, staring at the abomination circling in the sky above his head!

Moreover, just a second after he did jump, a silver spear came soaring from the other direction, impaling itself into the spot where he had been standing!

Unbeknownst to him, the necklace around his neck was shining with gentle silver light once again.

"Now you have really done it, human..." pushing herself up from the ground, Paloma extended her hand, and just as the Restriction Halo from around her neck flew back to Raven, the spear also zoomed back into her grasp.

Then, even before Raven could have reacted, the winged monster in the sky exploded into thousands of pieces, blood, shattered bones, and shredded organs starting to fall from above like rain!

And right in the sky, where the flying abomination had been hovering, the figure of the rotrid could be seen, her hand holding the spear visibly raised toward the sky.

Wait...

In the sky? But she is still standing in front of me!

Dumbfounded, Raven's face behind his mask paled when he realized that there was now not one but two Rotrids in the distance!

Two, completely similar-looking Rotrid, each wielding the same spear and emitting the same strength!

'So this was her Artifact's ability all along? Perfect Duplication?'

"You must be fucking kidding me! How is this even fair?" Raven yelled with anger, but not even a second later he saw something flash in his eyes, forcing him to raise his dagger to deflect the assault.

Clang!

'Although my Monarch's Crown is working, slowing her movements down greatly, the gap between the two of us is still huge!' Raven clenched his teeth as he pushed himself away, only to see the Rotrid from the sky throwing her spear at him, the sharp weapon now only inches away from drilling a hole through his skull!

"Fuck!"

With a loud curse, Raven waved his dagger, hitting the spear and steering it to the side, forcing it to miss his head and whistle away by his ear, leaving a deep wound through his right cheek and ear!

"This is just the beginning, trash!" the original Rotrid spoke coldly as she appeared a meter away from Raven, her spear already thrust forward and drilled right through Raven's left shoulder!

"Urgh!" feeling the pain assaulting his shoulder and going through his body, Raven tried to move away, but it was pointless.

Just as he did try to move while also planning to throw his Restriction Halo, the spear that was thrown by the copy flew back, drilling right through his other shoulder from behind!

"Bleargh!"

Throwing up large amounts of blood as he was drilled through both his shoulders, Raven wished to move but both his hands now were a waste. He couldn't make them move at all!

'F...uck! I was so close!' glancing behind, Raven watched as he was less than a mile away from the crater where the pillar of black light was, yet he failed to reach it.

Will he really die like this?

As he pondered upon this question, the copy of the Rotrid appeared in front of him and placed her weapon's tip before his neck while the original pushed her spear even deeper into his shoulder.

"Argh!"

Ignoring the painful scream, Paloma, the real one, raised her weapon together with Raven drilled on it like a piece of meat, and with a nonchalant swing, threw him into the far distance.

"Urgh..." groaning with pain as he felt his body drifting through the air, Raven opened his eyes tightly shut eyes, only to watch as the copy of the Rotrid descended upon him from above with a straight leg.

BAM!

Feeling as if several bones in his body cracked and groaned with pain even with his more than 110 points of Constitution the moment he crashed into the ground, Raven coughed up another wave of blood.

'So this is how it all comes to an end, huh?' Raven laughed with irony inwardly.

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[All Avatar Traits had been doubled!]

"Urgh!" feeling as his wound began to heal on its own, Raven struggled onto his feet.

However, even though all of his strength had been doubled, it all meant nothing if he couldn't use his hands. They were crippled.

"Just give up already." walking toward him with confident steps, Paloma and her copy stopped only a few meters away from Raven and stared at him with visible contempt.

"You can no longer win."

"Urgh... We will see about tha-, cough! Cough! COUGH!" just as Raven wished to speak, suddenly blood surged into his mouth, forcing him to fall on his knees and cough wildly

And exactly as this happened, the necklace around his neck began to glow, just a second before a massive explosion resounded behind his back and something whistled through the air right above his head.

"Watch ou-" Paloma was taken off guard by the sudden change of events and wished to order her copy to dodge, but it was already too late.

Like lightning crashing into an iron pole, a black flash hit the fake Rotrid and melted into her body.

Then, under the dreadful eyes of both Raven and Paloma, the copy began to swell like a swollen balloon before exploding into thousands of pieces!

Just like that, a powerful being with an aura and strength that was close to surpassing Rank 20 died, without any hope to survive!