Strongest Superhuman System

Chapter 52: An Ant is Nothing but An Ant.

"Rarggggh!!!"

Tyler suddenly appeared from behind the tree with his flaming fist drawn back. He used the tree as a distraction and he was planning to catch the calamity class off-guard so he could get a hit in, but the result of his hard work was so disappointing as the calamity class only raised its arm in the air once more and caught Tyler around the neck like a child!

"Urk!"

Tyler grabbed the Calamity class by the arm and tried to pry its hand off, but there was nothing that he could do as it was too strong! It felt impossible to even make the arm budge! What is this strength!?

On the other side of the clearing, Fiona had finally woken up and she held her head in shock as she gently sat up and looked around at the burning bush. Why was she on the ground? She didn't remember anything that happened after... oh yes, that monster attacked her and she used her blessing on it. But the blessing didn't work like she thought it would. Her blessing failed against a monster!?

That has never happened before!

Fiona quickly looked up and she was shocked when she saw Tyler being held by the calamity class. She immediately stood up and began to think! She didn't know how she got here, but that didn't matter right now. She just needed to come up with a way to get Tyler out of the Anima's grasp.

She knew that even though her blessing didn't work against the Anima like she expected it to, she was able to stall it for a few moments. Maybe she could use that to help Tylor!

Fiona focused all of her mana and she immediately spread out her blessing using everything she had to try and grab the Anima's attention. She might not be able to put it under her control, but she could distract it long enough to give Tyler a chance to escape.

But this turned out to be the wrong choice. The only reason why Fiona's blessing worked against the Anima the first time was that it had never felt it before and it was surprised by the feelings of love and protectiveness for Fiona that suddenly appeared in its head.

Now that the anima already knew what Fiona's blessing felt like and it knew what sort of effects the blessing had on it, the Anima was more resistant to the effects and its resolve didn't even shake for a moment as it glanced at Fiona. There was a small twitch on the Anima's face and Fiona stumbled back as she realized that the Anima was smiling.

Fiona's mind went blank with shock at the unusual sight. Fiona has never fought against an Anima this strong before and she has never heard of an Anima that was expressive in any way. Since when could they smile?

"Foolish human. Your species have grown inept in their own hubris. I shall show you the error of your ways. The way of the wild."

Once Mark was sure that Tylor was alive, he turned to Fiona and called her over. Fiona jerked like she had just snapped out of a haze as she heard her name, but she managed to comport herself and slowly came forward till she was standing beside Tylor. Fiona kept glancing at the Anima in front of them and she was prepared to run in case there was any sign of an attack coming from the monster.

But the Anima did not move a muscle as it just kept looking at Mark.

"Don't worry about it. It's not going to attack you. Just take Tylor to the helicopter and try to get him some first aid before you guys leave. His neck is probably broken."

Fiona nodded and she grabbed Tylor. Fiona jumped off the ground and into the trees before disappearing into the forest. Once she was gone, Mark turned to the monster with a small smile.

"Now that they're gone, how about we talk? You can talk; can't you, Ant?"

"Do not call me an Ant. I am a proud Anima."

Mark folded his hands.

"Oh, but isn't that what you are? It's like telling me not to call a dog a dog, or a monkey a monkey. Regardless of how you look at it, you're nothing but an ant, Ant. But that is not what I wanted to talk about. I want to know where you take your prisoners. Are they kept in the tunnels below the island?"

The Anima began to trek forward as it released a low screech.

"The great Anima do not answer to mere humans."

Boom!

The Anima shot off the ground and charged for Mark and Mark could easily track its movement as it moved towards him. Mark's gaze was cold as he glared at the Anima and dared it to come towards him.

The Anima immediately felt a shiver go through its spine as it saw those eyes!