"You're her little boy toy aren't you?" The clone held onto Enzo's neck, blood dripping from the corner of her red eye sockets as she sized him up.
She was made in a lab, with the sole purpose of killing Victoria draken, so naturally she hated her. Even the influence of the sentient blood could not dial down this hatred one bit.
She hated Victoria even though she had never met her In her entire life.
-bam!!
The sound of impact resounded followed by bones cracking as she struck Enzo in his lower abdomen before tossing him to the ground.
"I never had toys as a kid" The clone commented, her eyes twitching, a clear sign of her many defects.
"It'll be fun breaking one of hers" she smiled sinisterly kicking Enzo while he was down, sending him flying.
'This b*tch!!'
Enzo gritted his teeth holding his stomach as he fell hard on the ground a few meters away. This clone was powerful, much more so than he imagined. And even with all his boosts he was barely keeping up.
"Huuuu" taking in a large breath of air, Enzo flipped himself over and watched as the bone amour around his abdomen repaired at a steady pace.
"I have to move," Enzo muttered as he noticed the clone moving towards him at a steady pace.
Seeing this he simply rolled into a shadow in the ground and appeared around 2 kilometers away. This was not enough to keep him safe of course, but it did give him time to stand up….if only barely.
"Running away, she would be embarrassed" The clone appeared once more in his field of vision having moved a great distance in less than a few seconds.
"Running away? You must be joking. I just can't keep looking at that imperfect face of yours. What are you supposed to look like? Lady Victoria? You don't even have normal eyes" Enzo mocked loudly egging the clone on.
One of her more noticeable weaknesses was her obsession with Victoria, she constantly compared herself to her.
"Hm? You're one to talk, lesser creature!!" She barked with frustration as she appeared infront of Enzo in an instant striking him at his core once again.
This time of course, Enzo was able to block her attack effectively despite it shattering his amours hands.
"Is that all you've got? Damn, the real Victoria would eat you up in an instant!!"
Enzo laughed seeing that his provocation was working he pushed her buttons some more.
"Insolent!!" She moved once more hitting Enzo over and over again pushing him further and further back.
Enzo wasn't particularly strong, much stronger than the others but compared to her? He was nothing but small fry.
However, it didn't seem to matter how hard she hit him. He just kept getting up and mocking her. It was the most infuriating thing she had encountered in her life.
'I can feel my heart beating in my head, this is the worst feeling ever!'
Despite Enzo's words he truly felt despair at this moment, he was fighting against something leagues ahead of him, his ribs were broken, he was bleeding internally and he had a near concussion.
Yet here he was still provoking her, as if some sort of masochist who derived pleasure from being beaten.
"You better shut your mouth or else I'll take off your leg and beat you to death with it!!" The clone barked clearly, more frustrated than ever.
Hearing how much better Victoria was than her was driving her mad. This kid even went into details talking about her kindness and how sexy she was. It was more than mocking….he was shaming her.
"Hehe, and you know the funniest thing?…" Enzo struggled to get up, spitting out several mouths of blood looking at the woman in front of him with a mockery clear in his eyes.
"I've not told a single lie!! She's just better than you!!" Enzo laughed maniacally this time with his hands out as if ready to accept his death.
As his vision blurred he broke into a smile watching the clone clench its fist to deliver the killing blow.
However, it didn't know…..
It didn't know that all this while Enzo had just been playing it for a fool.
"Thank you Enzo"
A soothing and familiar voice resounded from the side as Enzo's eyes panned over.
"That's 30 minutes" Enzo muttered falling on his butt as a smile broke on his face.
Victoria said 1 hour to everyone else, but had secretly confirmed to him that she only needed 30 minutes.
In 30 minutes she would decimate the army of infected and come over to help, this was what gave Enzo the confidence to do all he needed to do.
Enzo turned to Thane on the side and smiled slyly as his body repaired itself.
He thought he would be arriving to see the corpse of Enzo laid bare before him.
Fortunately for Enzo this was not the case.
He was alive.
"It's you!!"
From the side, Victoria's clone shouted with hatred at the sight of Victoria.
Her entire life was predicated around this one so-called immortal being. She was made to either be her or to kill her. She had no purpose other than that and she hated Victoria for it.
She hated her more than she hated the people that made her .
"Hm?" Victoria turned to the side with a frown….
'This girl looked like her' she thought in her mind, but before she could complete that thought the girl blasted towards her without warning, claws bared.
-Woom!!
The air parted at the moment of impact sending dust particles everywhere, but just as it settled Victoria's silhouette could be seen holding her neck in the most embarrassing way possible.
"You insignificant imperfect replica. There are so many of you roaming around" Victoria muttered with disgust as she looked at the clone.
In actuality, she wasn't the only clone around, at least half of the dismophed beasts in the army back there had traces of her blood and DNA in them.
In fact, it was because of this very thing that allowed the sentient blood this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Her blood.
-crack!!
Without wasting a moment of time, Victoria broke the clone's neck and walked away as if she was nothing to even look at.
"Nibbleskin, stay here with this thing and don't hesitate to kill it if it causes trouble" Victoria muttered as she walked closer and closer towards the altar of the sentient blood pool.
She was here for much more than just the liberation of her followers.
The sentient blood had issued a direct challenge to her by attempting to reach godhood on the same planet where she was, and its main objective was to devour her to do so.
It was brazen and full of itself to challenge Victoria, but there was merits to its challenge.
After all, nearing Godhood was a massive feat so few had managed.
"Let's see, you parasite…." She muttered under her breath.
"Let's see which of us will become the Red God"