The werewolf clutched one claw around the dragon’s neck. The climber president tightened its grip so that it couldn’t unleash a fireblast directly into his face. With the other claw, he slashed into the creature’s scales.

The dragon screamed and tried to fly upward to relinquish the werewolf’s hold on it.

The climber president was faring better than Max had expected him to against the dragon, but he didn’t see what the old man would do next as the dragon sent them flying upwards.

The werewolf slashed its claws at one of the dragon’s wings.

Once distracted, the dragon was no longer flying but trying to avoid the incoming attacks from the werewolf. It started to flutter in the air and then hurtled down towards the street level.

“What if there’s people down there?” shouted Casey.

“Then they better get out of the way,” said Max.

A dragon and a werewolf hurling into the ground was going to leave a massive dent and Max was pretty sure the defensive wards weren’t used to protect the literal streets.

The dragon and werewolf hurtled downward like a meteorite until—

KABOOOOM!

A massive explosion and tremor followed the two creatures smashing into the ground.

99

Samuel wiped dirt off his long black jacket as Sakura stared at him from across the arena battlefield.

The wind howled around them.

“You think we didn’t plan for this,” Samuel said, stretching out his hands.

So the cocky bastard had contingency plans. He was slightly less arrogant than Sakura gave him credit for. Oh well. She stood with her fists up, readying herself for whatever attack he brought forth.

The arena ground cracked and a fist made of stone burst forth from the dirt. Followed by another.

Next thing she knew two rock golems had pulled themselves out from under the ground.

“I have monsters everywhere,” cackled Samuel. “And with A-rank cellular manipulation, I can do whatever I want with them. Like use them to kill you!”

So the battle suddenly became three on one, but Sakura wasn’t scared. The rock golems were C-rank at highest but probably lower. Maybe Samuel could use them as a distraction, but they were mere pawns.

“Big whoop,” said Sakura. “You can control some lesser monsters. You’re nothing but a bully and a control freak, Samuel. Bring it on!”

The rock golems rushed forward.

They raised their heavy boulder sized fists to pulverize her with.

“Don’t underestimate my minions,” shouted Samuel.

The rock golems had a particularly powerful smash ability. The attack dealt damage that multiplied its strength stat by at least 1.5 meaning it could severely hurt things above its rank.

Sakura couldn’t let herself be hit by these things. She would be forced to dodge.

The rock golems delivered a hammer blow right where Sakura was standing.

SMASH!

The woman managed to backflip away from the attack in time.