Rebirth: Childhood friend of the heroine-Chapter 234 - 233- Hunt(3)

'The training with Natasha really changed everything…' Rebecca thought.

Before, she had always held back—without meaning to. Some part of her feared letting go. But Natasha helped her see it. Helped her fix it.

To reach her full strength, she had to stop playing safe.

She had to fight like someone unafraid to bleed. Like someone who trusted their body to rise again.

She could regenerate. That was her gift. And that gave her freedom.

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Now, she was no longer a cautious fighter pretending to be strong.

She was a vampire who had awakened her true self.

One who had embraced her third evolution—completely.

"Haah~ that was such a great feast," Edric sighed in satisfaction as he stood up, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand before licking the last traces of blood from his fingers.

The taste of an immortal's flesh—it was something else. Rich, intoxicating. The moment her blood touched his tongue, a hunger had surged through him like wildfire. Nothing he'd ever eaten compared to it.

"You were eating a woman in front of your girlfriend… wow, Ed," Amanda teased, a smirk tugging at the corners of her lips.

Edric froze, eyes going wide. "W-What are you saying?! That's not what I—!"

Amanda laughed, brushing his flustered expression aside with a wave. Rebecca didn't laugh, but the corner of her mouth curled just slightly.

"Alright, let's go," she said, her voice calm. "The others might need us."

The two nodded. Amanda jumped onto Edric's back with a grin, and the trio shot forward through the trees, the wind rushing past them.

Rebecca's thoughts drifted.

Alex…

She hadn't felt him through their Bond for a while now. No pulse of warmth. No faint trace of his aura. It was quiet.

Too quiet.

And that scared her more than anything.

Her heart clenched.

Please be okay…

"There!" Edric's voice snapped her out of her thoughts.

Rebecca blinked and turned toward the clearing ahead—just in time to see Natasha hit the ground hard.

Her eyes were closed. Her body was torn and bloodied.

Sarah knelt beside her, desperately pouring magic into her wounds, but the panic on her face told the truth: it wasn't working.

Rebecca's stomach dropped.

Further ahead, Celestria was still standing, still fighting—but her movements were slow. Her breathing ragged. The monster she faced looked barely scratched, while she looked like she was running on fumes.

Rebecca's heart pounded in her chest as she and Edric pushed their bodies faster.

They couldn't afford to be late.

Not now.

Amanda leaped from Edric's shoulder, mana already gathering in her hand as she prepared to summon an Ice Pillar—but then—

"Huh…?" she blinked, stumbling mid-air as her body suddenly felt heavy.

She landed awkwardly, barely catching herself before falling, but her legs were unsteady—like the ground was spinning beneath her.

The moment she got close to the inhumane monster, something twisted in her mind. Her thoughts slowed as if sinking into molasses. Her vision swam, and her body refused to respond.

She couldn't focus.

Her balance was gone. Her head spun wildly, and a wave of nausea surged in her gut.

Edric collapsed beside her, face-first into the dirt with a heavy thud. He didn't even try to break his fall.

Rebecca was the only one still standing, but just barely. Her eyes twitched violently, her breath ragged. She wobbled on her feet like a puppet trying not to collapse.

She turned her gaze toward Celestria.

The blond warrior was still forcing her spell forward, pushing the massive monster back—just enough to keep it away from Sarah.

But even from this distance, Rebecca could see the truth.

Both of them were shaking. Celestria's stance was cracked, and Sarah's healing spell was flickering like a candle about to die.

Whatever this monster was doing—it wasn't normal.

'It's using some kind of skill… something that messes with the mind.'

Rebecca gritted her teeth.

Her hands trembled, but she forced her power to respond. Her fingernails grew longer, and her blood crawled up her arms—turning cold, solid, sharp.

Frosted claws formed from frozen blood.

She wasn't going to fall.

"Cela!" Rebecca shouted, her voice cutting through the chaos.

Celestria didn't hesitate. The moment she heard her name, she vanished from her spot, jumping back without question.

That was all the opening Rebecca needed.

With a surge of strength, she launched herself into the air—claws outstretched, her blood-laced talons gleaming like frozen blades.

Osthalf turned, scoffing as he raised his massive forearm to block. He didn't flinch. His durability was unmatched, and he knew it.

But then he saw it.

The smirk on Rebecca's face.

And something in that smile… unnerved him.

TRIIIIIIING

A thunderous shockwave slammed into his back, breaking his focus. His eyes widened in disbelief.

She hadn't left.

Celestria was still there.

The blast hurled him forward—and in the next moment:

SQUELCH

Thick, crimson tentacles slammed down from above, piercing into his shoulder with brutal force. The impact drove him to one knee, blood spilling as the ground cracked beneath him.

Rebecca landed in front of him, panting, her body swaying.

She was barely holding on.

Her vision was swimming, her thoughts fogged by the monster's strange skill—but she didn't let go. Her claws trembled, her eyes flickering with strain.

But she refused to fall.

Not yet.

She gritted her teeth, blood trailing from the corner of her mouth.

Even as her mind frayed at the edges, she forced her spell to stay alive.

One more push.

"Gah!" However, suddenly, the force on her shoulders increased and her hold from the tentacles slipped.

Osthalf suddenly rose to his feet and pulled the Vampire by her tentacles.

"Guh!" Rebecca groaned as her throat was grabbed by the huge hand of the inhumane.

"I heard Vampires can regenerate even their broken heads?" He grinned as his grip around her neck began to choke her.

"Aghh!" Rebecca thrashed and clawed his arm but to no avail. He was an unshakable wall!

*TRINGGGGG*

Another shockwave from behind made Osthalf grit his teeth in anger.

He turned towards the vermin and threw the vampire at her.

Celestria had no time to dodge before Rebecca collided against her—sending the two women hurtling away.

"Tch!" The inhumane clicked his tongue upon finding ice locking his legs.

"Ahhh!" Another human jumped at him.

Osthalf growled, his body suddenly growing taller.

Edric panicked as he was grabbed mid air and tossed into the air before a heavy punch sent him crashing back to the ground.

**BOOOOOOM**

A huge crater was formed as Edric crashed—his eyes blank.

Amanda's face went pale...she wanted to reach out to Edric, but right now, she was facing a twenty-foot-tall monster.

Even being stomped by him in this situation would be her death.

The monster laughed, "Want me to spare you? Then how about you strip and dance for me?"

Amanda growled and replied with her spell.

Osthalf scoffed and swatted the ice glaciers from above him as if he were swatting away a fly.

Amanda had already used most of her Soul Energy and was inches away from her lower limit.

She was barely standing on her feet but the fighting spirit was still in her eyes.

The monster huffed and raised his foot to squash the girl to death—when suddenly,

*SQUELCH*

A huge ice spear impaled the monster from behind.

The inhumane trembled upon seeing his stomach which was easily pierced despite his heightened durability.

He slowly turned to his back ...there levitated an angel...his dark wings lazily levitating the being.

However, before his face what caught Osthalf's eyes was the huge hole in his stomach.

His eyes widened, and soon, the forest rumbled with an evil laughter

"HAHAHAHAHAH!" Sarah trembled at the laugh as she also turned towards Alex....and her eyes widened.

Osthalf no longer cared about his death as he mocked, "YOU ARE DEAD! THERE IS NO CURE TO THAT WOUND! PHAHAHAH!!!"

And as the inhumane said, slowly Alex lowered himself to the ground....and fell to his knees.

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