The battle ended in a single exchange.
One moment, the transformed B Rank still believed he could overpower Ethan and was about to devastate him with its explosive attack.
The next, Ethan had already moved past him.
His attack had been so impossibly fast that even Kaela, watching from only a short distance away, had nearly missed it. For the briefest instant, it looked as though Ethan had simply disappeared before materialising several metres behind the grotesque beast.
Only then did the aftermath reveal itself.
The hulking half-kangaroo creature frowned in confusion. Its elongated muzzle twitched, and its bloodshot eyes darted around wildly as though trying to understand what had just happened.
But that's when its arm dropped to the ground, and the pain and reality of what had happened hit it all at once. It let out wails of agony, but it seemed as though its loss of a limb wasn't the cause.
The creature staggered, its entire body suddenly betraying it.
