“Now, what should I do?”
That is indeed a good question to let out to the world. I mean, in the spam of 2 seconds one of them that is to my right will be in range. No need for magic or anything of that sort, just dash towards him and I will end the dash right on his feet, ready to strike him down. If I do so, another three will be near me as they are just a few meters behind that one. I can strike two of them down without any troubles at all as they are shoulder to shoulder and while I do so, another 2 seconds have gone by, allowing for the last one to be close enough to me and consequently allowing me to strike him down in that instance. Then towards my left if I wait exactly a second another two will try their luck at me. With those two done, seven of them are behind me, although still not close enough for either of us to do anything to each other. Just wait for 5 or so seconds and the battle will resume. As anyone can see, on both of my sides and even in front of me, there are Shadows ready to consume me, devour me whole and strip me from everything that I have with it. I could go to them instead of waiting, take them out one by one but, what is the need for such work from yours truly if they are already coming towards me? Not only that, with so much disparity between our strengths, do I really need to be this careful? No, there is no need. Just stay still and wait for exactly 5 seconds and once the last second has “ticked”, let the bloodbath begin.
Or should I say, Shadowbath?
The first second goes by and the Shadows are still nowhere near me, exactly as expected. The second, second is next but the same still happens even though they are closer to me than before. The third second passes, a time where two Shadows are close enough to me to actually strike me down. To make it worse for me, they are on each of my sides, leaving me with only the possibility to dodge forward. The fourth second is up and one of the Shadows is ready to strike me. Reinforcements have also arrived, ten of them to be precise but in their cases, they still are far from me. The fifth second… The last second until their demise. Or should I say mine? It would be for your run of the mild adventurer but for me? The Hero of this world? Even though one of the Shadows has his hand wide open, with his claws ready to tear me apart into several pieces, and even though he actually took a swing at me, I’m still not worried at all, after all.
I can easily block it or dodge it.
Woosh! Bam!
It was a simple block on my part, I simply raised my hand towards the one that was about to hit me, acting like a wall in the process. Nothing dramatic happened, I simply and abruptly stopped his movement as my hand is basically an immovable object to him and one with such strength behind that I forcefully stopped said movement of his. What I mean is that, I grabbed his arm (whatever that is) mid action, stopping him right in that moment. After this, the counter attack will shortly begin or in this scenario, it’s better to say that-
The massacre will start.
“Well, even though you will be the first one, no hard feelings. I do have much against you and your existence but the same applies to your friends.”
Pow!
I pushed his arm backwards and slightly upwards, getting out of the way and leaving me with a clear sight and path to his core. None of the others could react to what I did to their friend, let alone the one I actually did to. It was another straight punch whose speed and power are nothing special but to them, it was a deadly strike. It was more like a quick, precise jab directly aimed at his weakness, more than strong enough to defeat him. However, while this one is down, there is another one right next to him, mere moments from doing the same as he tried before but, in this case, this one might be successful as somehow, he was able to have impeccable timing, striking the moment I hit his friend.
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“Humph, I’m not that slow, you know?”
Oh wow, I do sound a little cocky as I say this, now do I? Whatever, the same will happen… Nah, no need for me to repeat myself. This time, right before he tried to hit me, I dashed forward, towards the last one of the group, “surprising” all of them as I more than doubt they would ever expect something like this from their “meal”. This one, he seems to be the same type as the ones that looked like a standing bear, they are nothing special but they pack a stronger “punch” than the canine ones however, they are slower than those ones, by quite a bit actually. Quite boring to be honest…
Yeah, this is not going to end well for them.
“Martial Arts – Sonic Punch!”
Swiish! Bam!
Close to the speed of sound and with a loud and acute “swiish” sound to it as my punch forcefully breaks through the air and the resistance that it creates towards moving objects, I hit the Shadow right on his core however, thanks to the power behind my Martial Arts skill, I completely obliterate him, forming a massive hole on his chest. Well, after what I did, this one ain’t surviving this, I more than can assure you that. Time for the next one! Or in this case, ones as I will decimate several of them at once!
“Martial Arts – Tiger Paw!”
Pow! Blast!
Even though those three shadows are the ones further from me, with this Martial Arts skill, Tiger Paw, this skill can easily and quickly reach them. From the name itself, anyone that hears it can guess how it will look like but, here’s a quick description of it. I first opened my hand, facing the palm towards my target/s in this case. After that, I ready up just like I would if I was throwing a punch aimed at someone’s gut. Rather than being a punch, I thrust forward the palm of my hand and thanks to the skill an aura surrounds it, an aura that has a slight white colour to it and a shape of the paw of a tiger. Said paw then “travels” forward, stopping only once it hits something sturdy enough, “exploding” upon impact thanks to the massive weight that this thing has and of course, the sheer strength behind it. Ah yes, getting hit point blank will easily explode someone else's body into nothing more than a gruesome scene that none should even know about, let alone imagine it. Not only are you hit by the palm of my hand, one that will hold tremendous force behind it but also by the skill itself and as anyone can guess, in that moment, there is no difference in strength between them. You are basically getting hit twice in a row.
GROAR! Magic noises!
Have they finally understood the situation they are in? Some of them shout at me with a deep growl while one of them, probably the strongest one, readies up a Shadow Ball. However, this one seems to be powering it up way past its limits as he probably understands that, otherwise, it won’t do much against me. Seriously man, it took them way too long to react to me and my immense strength. I might be bored and because of it, slowly becoming annoyed but, I still know fully well what the hell I’m doing. I’ve been slowly increasing the strength of my skills so that I could get a reaction from them, even though they have noticed me, they are not taking me seriously at all. With someone with so much magic energy right in front of them, it would force them to be in a state of euphoria as the sheer instinct of desire and need to consume magic would literally destroy any type of rational thoughts that they might have. And yet, here I have these ones just barely noticing me, doing the bare minimum. Maybe they are getting paid minimum wage?
This is not normal at all.
