The deer let out a cry so loud that it almost ruptured their eardrums.

Clovis struck the deer with the Overlord Slayer to stop him, but the deer seemed to have expected it. It took the sword once before swinging its head to smash Clovis with its antlers.

Jay stepped forward and struck the beast's feet with his Grand Impact. It pushed the beast, but it didn't injure it.

Unfortunately, this attack was not enough to stop the beast's movement. Only Christina could stop the beast from attacking.

As a result, the antler smashed Clovis and launched him into the building.

Bang!

His body crashed into the building, breaking part of the building.

"Clovis?!" Melody shouted. "Are you all right?"

"No need to worry. I'm fine." Clovis endured the pain. The attack earlier hit him quite hard, but Clovis had been activating his Abyss State the whole time, meaning that the regenerative power in his body was revolving at full speed, taking care of his internal injury. "Don't get distracted!"

Kanaria took a deep breath, regaining her composure. Before the beast could attack Jay, she fired at the beast, knocking the body sideways.

Unfortunately, the beast managed to support the momentum and stop itself from falling. Still, this was one of the reasons Christina was so against trying new things. This gap allowed the beast to get an advantage over them while she was away.

But it looked like they had bought enough time. When the deer was about to launch another attack, its body swayed in another direction, stomping something that wasn't supposed to be attacked.

"!!!" The deer was surprised, feeling the familiar sensation again.

It turned out the beast stomped Christina, who was blocked again.

"You are going to have an earful from me after this, Clovis." Christina gritted her teeth.

Clovis smiled wryly, but he couldn't stop. "Melody."

"This is the recording." Melody played the recording for Clovis.

He listened carefully. They didn't have a lot of time, so he had to make sure to determine whether he could use it in this battle or not. That was the most important fact. In this battle. As long as it did not take him too long to learn it, it was better to wait until they returned before practicing this technique.

However, Clovis was actually surprised to learn how simple it was. Or at least, the way she told him was simple enough for him to understand the concept.

"Releasing the unique ability continuously?" Clovis frowned. "I could use it in rapid succession, but is this not what she means by 'continuously?'

"To draw out the killing intent…" Clovis recalled the time Mara showed this technique to him. At that time, she covered her hand with that killing intent before sending it away.

On the other hand, Christina used this power to coat her shield so that it would become the target.

Although the way they used it was different, they had one similarity. They exerted their unique abilities continuously.

"Killing intent…" Clovis muttered. What the Abyss State used was the killing intent. The Abyss State absorbed the killing intent from the beasts and accumulated it to create the foundation for the Abyss State.

This was also why Clovis could manifest this power for the first time during that fight. He was furious, which caused the killing intent to leak out.

"Emitting killing intent… It is something that I can use the whole time, but coating something with that killing intent…"

Clovis finally understood the meaning of her words. This was the second phase of the Abyss State.

The basic phase was to unleash the killing intent, while the second phase was controlling that killing intent.

He still couldn't use it yet, but there was something he could actually try.

"Killing intent…" Clovis took a deep breath. He closed his eyes while putting his blade in front.

All this time, he emitted killing intent because he planned to kill someone or something. But this time, he released the killing intent for the sake of containing them.

Usually, the killing intent came out of his body or his eyes, but this time, Clovis was trying to emit the killing intent from his hands.

'No. Back then, Erwin passed out when he first met Mara in the eyes. The killing intent would remain the same, but the direction would be different…'

"!!!" Suddenly, Christina, Jay, Kanaria, and Melody felt chills down their spines. Even the deer couldn't help but be attracted by this killing intent.

"What is this killing intent?" Melody gasped. Her body was shaking uncontrollably.

"This feels similar to super injection!" Kanaria gnashed her teeth. Everyone could remember how terrifying the super injection was. What they could get depended on how much they resisted the killing intent.

The amount of killing intent that suddenly covered the battlefield was similar to the killing intent of ten thousand beasts.

"This is…" Christina smiled wryly. "Don't tell me… he could use it right away? But that doesn't mean he's free from the lecture. He has endangered the group because of this attempt…"

The deer seemed to be unable to resist the killing intent. It let out a cry as Christina activated her Provoke.

"Not good. The killing intent is too much. My unique ability loses its effectiveness!" Christina ground her teeth. This was why she hated something untested. "Watch out! I can't stop it!"

The deer charged toward the building with its antlers in front, planning to destroy the upper part of the building where Clovis was.

Clovis suddenly jumped off the building, his killing intent soaring around his blade. It was as if the blade itself was the one emitting the killing intent.

"Beast Manifestation Technique, Overlord Slayer."

Clovis swung his blade down as the deer smashed him with its antlers.

But the conclusion was different from what they had in mind. The killing intent let out a roar as if the beast in charge of the killing intent swallowed other beasts to make itself stronger. The roar felt much more alive than anything that Clovis had shown before.

*Roar!*

The beast felt like it bit the right part of the antlers and ripped it apart.

"!!!" Those who saw it couldn't help but drop their jaws. "This power…"

Christina dropped her jaw, wondering if she could actually stop this attack or not.

However, they couldn't be happy yet. Unbeknownst to them, there was another party almost arriving at their battlefield.