"Your arrogance is astounding!" the half-human, half-bear Oni exclaimed.

Despite this, he wasn't the first one to attack Adam.

It was always the dogs that didn't bark that had the strongest bite, and this applied to humans as well.

The first one to attack Adam was the monk. He quickly glided his finger over his string of Buddhist beads, and a curse mark instantly appeared on Adam's body. However, before the curse mark had a chance to take effect, Adam had already invoked and fused with Mummy.

In this form, he possessed immense technomantic resistance, and the curse mark completely vanished, having been absorbed by Mummy's bandages.

Right as Adam completed his transformation, the wolf-like Oni had already appeared behind him before slashing his claws across the back of Adam's neck. However, his attack was only able to raise a...