CAT WARLOCK: This Darklord Feasts Upon Horror-Chapter 280: Mater vs. Berserker

Crow and Mater arrived at the Atlas Seven’s HQ first before leaving for their mission. When they entered the conference room, all of the members of the Atlas were there.

Crow looked around then walked to John.

The man approached him and hugged Assassin tightly.

"My man! You are so good!" John said.

Crow tilted his head slightly in confusion.

"The Union just rewarded us with two million credits. Your mission alone must cover our quarter report for the investors!" John laughed out loud.

Linda squinted her eyes and clenched her fist tightly.

"We need to have a celebration, Assassin! A party at the most luxurious penthouse in Aeliz!"

Crow answered with sign language, ’Can’t. Have another mission this afternoon.’

"That soon? You just came back?" John said.

’I’m just doing my job,’ Assassin shrugged.

John smiled and turned to the other, "See, motherfuckers! That’s how a member of Atlas should be. I expect you all to fill your quotas. Or else you can forget about your membership."

Linda laughed, "He is just lucky!"

John raised an eyebrow, "Lucky? Or is it strength? He just made four times what you did in six months."

"Maybe. But I am stronger than him. My power requires me to be destructive!"

’Internal conflict? Use this, Crow. Let’s break them up.’ Mater communicated to Crow.

’On it, Master!’

Crow turned toward Berserker. He typed in his device.

"You are currently the second highest paying member of the company. Just behind Titan. And yet you can’t even make one million for six months? I think I better take your role as co-captain then." The mechanical voice of the device echoed.

"Oh?" John smiled. He wanted to put Berserker in her place for a while now. But he didn’t.

It pained him to admit that Linda was as strong as him. But no one really knew how strong Assassin was. And John knew he never did anything he wasn’t sure of.

"You know what, Assassin. You’re kind of right. Why don’t I promote you to co-captain instead?" John said.

"You are not going to do that!" Linda shouted.

"Why shouldn’t I?" John shot her a glance.

Crow tapped John’s shoulder and stepped up. He typed in the device.

"A battle. Now. If I win, I’ll be co-captain."

Crow wagged his finger toward Linda in a disrespectful manner.

"And what do I get if I win?" Linda smirked.

Crow turned to Olivia. He typed the device again, "How much am I getting from the previous mission?"

"You get 50% as usual, Mr. Assassin. 1 million credits."

"Alright then. If you win, you get my shares." Crow answered.

Linda punched her fists together, "Challenge accepted!"

Tony, the Spy Master smiled. His entire body transformed and now looked exactly like Assassin. His main specialty was shape-shifting.

"We can finally see how powerful Assassin is." Tony said.

Ray, the Weapon Master, was dangling a small karambit in his hand.

"I bet on Assassin." Ray said.

"I also bet on Assassin." Haley the Magician said.

"Assassin will win." Zachary the Holy Bolt said.

"Grrgh!" Linda gritted her teeth. No one believed in her. "Just you wait. I’ll prove you all are wrong!"

’Let me handle this bitch, Crow. I want to see how strong she actually is.’ Mater communicated to Crow.

’As you wish, Master!’

Olivia quickly arranged an arena for the two. They had many arenas inside their HQ. Their arenas were modeled after the Institute but not as advanced.

The others stepped inside the observation.

Crow and Mater were already in the arena. On the opposite side was Linda.

"What? You’re scared, pussy? You need your little cat to help you?"

Crow typed in the device, "You are too weak, Berserker. My familiar will take care of you."

John couldn’t hold in his laughter. He slammed on the glass window while laughing non-stop.

Linda squinted her eyes. She grew taller and had even more muscles on her. Her veins ran on her entire body like crawling snakes.

Linda’s main Psychic Power was Adaptive Physique. She trained her body to be bigger, stronger, faster, and more durable. This Psionic Skill was theorized to have no limit and could raise the Psychic power as much as they trained.

The leopard licked its mouth once. Then stepped forward. He didn’t use any of his spells. Linda was purely a Peak Rank-1 being. Using spells would be too unfair.

Linda bolted at Mater at a blinding speed. She delivered a straight punch toward Mater.

"Too obvious of an attack, Linda." Ray said.

Mater simply ducked down, escaping her fist. He then jumped onto her and bit into her neck.

Her skin felt like metal. It blocked Mater’s teeth for a blink of a second. But as soon as he used more strength. His teeth sunk into her flesh.

Linda screamed in pain and kicked the leopard off her.

The holes on her neck slowly disappeared.

"That is what makes her so formidable. A tank that can heal itself." Haley said.

"Sure. But she can’t even overpower a familiar." John said, "Fucking useless."

Linda punched into the floor, causing a shockwave to spread. It pushed Mater back a few steps and was also a mental attack.

But Mater could resist it completely. His claws bit down on the floor and held himself in place.

Crow wrapped his arms and tapped his foot in a disrespectful manner.

Without a word, he was saying he wasn’t impressed.

Linda growled again. She grabbed the small rod on her waist. It extended into a long metal staff. Her Psycho Force reinforced the weapon.

She also used Enhancement Augmentation, an upgrade from Body Enhancement.

She lunged at the leopard again. The beast caught the staff with his mouth.

"How?!" Linda widened her eyes.

Mater raised his eyebrows at her then swung her and the staff in the same motion.

Linda slammed onto the wall of the arena, creating a dent on the wall.

"You filthy beast!" Linda climbed on the wall, "You made me do this!"

A red aura wrapped around her.

"Oh? Linda is using her signature move. Fury of a Berserker. Should we stop the fight?" Olivia said.

John waved his hand dismissively, "Assassin didn’t even do anything yet. He got this in the bag."

Linda grew even bigger. The staff grew with her and transformed into a giant war hammer.

"I’m going to whack your little pet now!"