I Know the Secret to Surpass Level 100

Panting, Francoise raised his sixth shield. While Elliot was busy trying to defeat Malice's main body, one of her clones spotted Elena leaving. She sent her clone to chase the woman when Francoise and his grandchildren met her.

"I didn't know she would become this strong," Francoise panted. When he fully cast his shield, Malice's clone fired a giant broadsword made of dark energy at them. The old man held his breath as he watch the sword break his shield, which also shattered at the moment of impact.

"You were idle for all these years because you were gearing up," Francoise said. "You really are one hell of a woman."

"What did you expect me to do? Just randomly waste the days away?" Malice responded. "No, while you were busy running around trying to hide Elliot and defending him from the Paragons, I was holding my powers, keeping them until such time that I need it.

"What surprised me is how weak you got even though most of your powers were dormant," Malice chuckled. "Must be your age, old man."

Francoise couldn't help but laugh with her. Malice was right. Even when he was holding back all these years, he was still way past his prime. His body could not keep up with the battles and most energy that he saved up disappeared once his limiter broke.

"Old man Francoise might have gotten senile, but we're still fighting with him," Midnight said.

Francoise coughed after he said that, "But I'm not senile though —"

"That is true," Sun added. "He's old and cranky, but he's still strong. And he has us."

"Hey, hey, hey," Francoise tapped both of their foreheads. "I'm just old, but I'm not senile and cranky. Jeez."

"Your talking makes me want to pulverize you quicker," Malice groaned. She raised her right hand and conjured several large swords. "This relationship of yours does not have a lot of advantages, especially if you want to defeat me."

"It doesn't," Francoise chuckled. "But it's definitely enough to make you distracted."

Malice narrowed her eyes, just realized that Elena wasn't with the trio anymore. She was looking around but it was a huge mistake, Midnight appeared right beside her. His legs were already morphed— now taking shape of a pair of bird legs with claws that were sharp like swords.

"What—"

She was unable to finish. Midnight has already launched his kick at her, the woman groaning before being blown away by the impact. She didn't realize the full strength of the man, making her grunt and Midnight smirk.

"Combo Skill," Midnight yelled. "Midnight Sun..."

Malice felt a presence behind her. She quickly conjured a sword and gripped it. The woman turned and slashed her weapon, but there was nobody ther.

"Dawning Dusk!" Sun yelled. His legs were also morphed with the same pair as Midnight, although his legs were white and his brother's were blsck. "Take this!"

Sun pointed all sharp talons at Malice. The woman could not defend herself on time. It was all so fast that the moment she tried to raise the shield, the blades were already right in front of her.

Malice groaned. She used all her strength to increase her speed, parrying the attack but still taking damage. "Why you little—"

"We're not yet done!" Midnight yelled. This time, he revealed his form. "Black Beast, Chimera of the Dead!"

His torso was humanoid in shape, with his chest being covered with black feathers. His arms were long and slender, with his hands reaching his knees and his claws reacing his ankles. His legs were humanoid in structure, but they slightly bend forward. His feet only had three large toes, but it overall looked like it increases his speed.

His face was still the same, apart from the black lion-like mane around his face. The fur of the mane were raised in the air, as if it was floating in water. His eyes were black and his grin was wide.

Midnight's skin were still the same pale and porcelain-like, but his body was covered by the different parts of beasts. Some parts of his original skin still showed, making it look like his original body was covered with different parts of black-colored beasts.

"What in the hell is that?!" Malice gasped. It was the first time for her to see such creature, this making her look all kinds of surprises. "A chimera? But chimeras do not live on people. They die after a week or so."

"This form does not die," Midnight grinned. "It only adds on to its parts."

With a single blink of an eye, Midnight vanished from where he stood. Malice was looking around and feeling around her in case of an attack. When she felt a presence, she ignored it, expecting for the same trick that they used earlier.

But she was wrong. Where she felt the presence was exactly where Midnight was. The man grinned as he slashed his razor-sharp claws at her, wounding the Black Queens face and chest deeply.

"What in the hell?!" Malice growled. She was only a clone, but she felt things like the original body. They share the same feelings, so when she gets hurt, the main body gets hurt too. "You're too fast."

Midnight disappeared and then reappeared beside her, continuously launching his slashes at her. Midnight was fast and agile. He was there one moment, and before Malice could even feels the presence, he was gone, only leaving an attack at her.

Not allowing herself to be embarrassed further, Malice had to do something. She had to stop Midnight and the only way to do that was to borrow powers from her original body. She knew that her real body would allow such request because she was chasing after the new host.

"If Elena escapes, then it would be the end of me. I have to get more powers," Malice said to herself. She let Midnight claw out all over her body before she finally snapped. The real Malice allowed her to borrow, and it was all what she needed.

"Now, prepare yourselves!" Malice yelled. All her wounds were immediate healed as she raised both of her hands above her. She grunted, feeling all the energy coming from her real body.

Before she could continue, Sun sprinted towards her. She tried to fire an attack at him when she realized that the boy wasn't running exactly towards her, but instead around her.

"My grandpa has a huge battle intellect and he's the best," Sun grinned, pulling a white chain that appeared in front of him. A veil in the space around Malice was lifted. It revealed a thick white chain around her. The chains were linked to the chains that Sun was holding, so when the boy pulled it, the chains surrounding Malice wrapped her entire body.

"Shattered Stars."

Malice looked up. Another veil in the space was lifted, but this time it was from above. She saw Francoise hovering above her, seven layers of magic circle being cast. The old man was grinning as he fired his attack at the magic circles, a beam of cosmic energy bursting from the seventh circle and raining down at Malice.

"You're really still an old bitch with a new body," Francoise laughed.

"Francoise the Mastermind," Malice chuckled. "I underestimated you."