Daisuke gently lowered Elena to the ground, her body fragile and limp in his arms. Even in unsciousness, her eyebrows were furrowed in a pained expression—a testament to the excruciating agony wrought by the sed-degree burns that marred her body.
“Stay here and look after her,” Daisuke instructed Milo before turning his gaze to the others. “We won’t be safe here for very long unless we up this floor.”
“What’s the game pn?” Lyanna asked with urgency, her eyes sing their surroundings for any signs of danger.
Daisuke’s gaze swept over the group, his mind rag to formute a strategy. “There shouldn’t be that many Inferno Wolves left,” he said, his tone calcuted. “While you four deal with the rest of them, Zephyr and I will hold off the Fluardian until we all regroup.”
Rexar frowned, his apprehension evident. “Shouldn’t it be the other way around? You dealing with the pack while we hunt the Fluardian?”
“He’s got a point,” the tank chimed in, nodding in agreement. “Wouldn’t it make more seo focus our numbers on the bigger threat?”
Daisuke shook his head, his eyes unwavering. “No, we need o clear out the wolves as quickly as possible,” he expined patiently. “Two people won’t be able to elimihe pack before they disperse, and if they attack while you’re all fag off against the guardian, or worse, if you’re surrounded, we’ll all be wiped out. If fewer people front the boss, it’s less likely to rampage while giving chase. That will give you four enough time and space to up the wolf pack. Don’t argue, just go; we don’t have the luxury of debating this any longer.”
A muscle twitched in Rexar’s jaw as he gnced down at Elena, his worry for her evident. Lyanna bit her lip anxiously but rose to her feet, her bow at the ready.
“Alright,” she said resolutely, her determination shining through. “Let’s do it. Just don’t die before she officially thank you for earlier.”
Daisuke nodded.
To Milo's dismay, the chamber emptied as everyone made their way out just in time to withe impending threat. A formidable wolf paumbering at least twenty, approached with a vicious snarl.
As they lunged forward, the tank stood firm, meeting them head-on. His raised shield crashed into the pair, smming them forcefully against the unyielding cavern wall like hammer to a nail.
Lyanna’s arrows flew with deadly accuracy, finding their mark in the eye sockets of the detestable beasts. Rexar grabbed a lunging wolf by its thick fur, smming it into the hard ground with brutal efficy. The samurai warrior, swift as lightning, drew his sword and sliced through the monsters with a masterful precision remi of slig sashimi.
The tension alpable as Daisuke faced off against the imposing Fluardian, but not before swiftly looting the spoils strewn about from the fallen pyers. His hands moved with the dexterity of a seasohief.
The beast’s eyes followed every movement ravenously. Zephyr could sehe impending csh, and the air seemed to hum with anticipation. His snarl echoed through the chamber, oic eyes brewing a fierce storm. Then, like a tempest unleashed, he recklessly charged forth.
The guardian, a colossal wolf-like creature, matched Zephyr’s challeh a thunderous growl. With swifthat betrayed its massive size, its enormous front paw rose and then desded with the force of a catapult, eg with Zephyr’s tiny form.
The pup ropelled like a onball, hurtling helplessly towards the cavern wall. Daisuke quickly threw himself into his path, being a living shield.
BOOOM!
The impact was devastating; Zephyr crashed into his chest with bone-crushing force, snapping several ribs like brittle twigs. Agony coursed through Daisuke’s body, knog the air from his lungs. Their bined momentum smmed them mercilessly into the wall. A deep iion formed, cracks radiating outwards like veins.
“Cough!”
Blood spttered from Daisuke’s mouth. His eyebrows knitted as he gnced down at Zephyr. Despite the damage, the e was still mindlessly rearing to go, his fur bristled in absolute fury.
[Berserk]
[Rank: Rare
Cssification: Active Skill
Lvl: 1
Proficy: 0%
Unleashing the primal fury within, Zephyr enters a state of frenzied aggression, enhang his strength and speed at the expense of self-preservation and some levels of self-trol. In this state, Zephyr bees a relentless force, unleashiating attacks upon its foes until either victory is achieved or its own demise.
Skill Effect:
?? Upon activation, Attack Power, Attack Speed, and Movement Speed surge by 45% for 5 minutes. However, posure, Defense, aerity plummet by 50%, 30%, and 20% respectively.
?? After the skill epses, Zephyr will be uo move for 10 minutes, and mana will be reduced to zero.
Mana Cost: 40% of Max Mana
Skill Duration: 5 Minutes
Skill Cooldown: 24 Hours]
Dammit! Is he uo think clearly due to the Berserker state?” Daisuke thought, frustration evident in his eyes. The backsh is brutal, and the activation time should be reag its end. I o this fight as quickly as possible, but how?
DING!
[Your panion, Zephyr, has learhe active skill ?Divine Armament?.]
[Divine Armament]
[Rank: Unique
Cssification: Active Skill
Lvl: 1
Proficy: 0%
Tapping into the vein of divine providence, Zephyr envelops his entire body in a translut armor fed of holy magic, signifitly bolstering defehis sacred and formidable barrier protects against both physical and magical attacks.
Skill Effect:
?? Enhances Physical and Magical Defense by 65% for a duration of 3 minutes.
?? As proficreases, the intricate details of the golden armor beore pronounced.
Mana Cost: 50% of Max Mana
Skill Duration: 3 Minutes
Skill Cooldown: 45 Minutes]
Daisuke’s eyes widened in surprise. That’s incredible! He excimed inwardly. No wohe cooldown time is almost an hour; this skill is absolutely epic!
“Nice. I see a way out now,” he murmured with a smile, even as he slipped a pair of berries into Zephyr’s mouth. Then he popped oo his own.
[Vitaberry]
[Gathered from the Vitality Tree, Vitaberries serve as the key ingredient in craftih recovery potions.
Item Effect: Replenishes 150 health
Cooldown: 20 Seds]
[Etherberry]
[Etherberry bushes require plenty of water and moonlight to grow, and it is rumored that exposure to mana supposedly helps to accelerate their growth to maturity. Etherberry are a crucial po in the creation of mana replenishing potions.
Item Effect: Replenishes 150 mana
Cooldown: 20 Seds]
WHOOOSH!
The guardian’s snout glowed with an ominous purplish-bck fme, which foretold of an impending disaster. In response, Zephyr leaped from Daisuke’s hand, his small frame still radiating a bright crimson aura from the Berserk skill.
“Zephyr!” Daisuke’s voice carried a note ency as the Bonepick materialized in his grip. “I want you to keep your distand use four skills: Divine Armament, Gallop, Antagonize, and Ember. While you’re keeping it distracted, I’ll move in and try to take it down.”
FWOOOOSH!
The versation tly severed as a river of fire desded akin to the infernal breath of Hades, determio e everything in its path.
Zephyr swiftly evaded the fiery fangs by a hair’s breadth, blessed by the swiftness of his skill. With a provoking roar, he successfully seized the guardian’s attention, winning its aggro. Then his small form was enveloped by an invisible barrier that momentarily fshed with protective light.
DING!
[The proficy of the active skill ?Ember? has advao level 2! Ember now transforms into Emberstorm!]
[Emberstorm]
[Rank: Normal
Cssification: Active Skill
Lvl: 1
Proficy: 0%
With a primal howl, Zephyr ignites his inner fire, unleashing a searing bze from his jaws that engulfs enemies like the vicious seas at Sirens’ Reach.
Skill Effect:
?? There’s a 25% ce of inflig the ?Burn? Status.
Mana Cost: 30
Skill Cooldown: 7 Seds
Skill Cooldown: 15 Seds]
As Daisuke made a beeline for the Fluardian, he observed with satisfa as Zephyr’s fmes engulfed the creature’s face with a vengeance.
The chamber seemed to shudder with the beast’s agonized roar as it struggled, its hulking form careening into the cavern wall like a wreg ball.
Capitalizing on its disorieate, Daisuke lunged forward like a reckless cheetah at an elephant. His dagger struck out, aimed at the creature’s seemingly vulnerable body.
“Ugh!”
However, it quickly became evident that vulnerability was an illusion. His dagger failed to pierce the coarse fur, let alohe thick hide beh it.
Dammit! It’s like striking sandpaper!
Even with the exceptional pierg ability of the Bonepick, the harsh reality remai was a level 1 on. To quer this monstrous adversary, he’d have to identify and target its oints.
As the savage beast relentlessly pursued Zephyr to exact revehousand-fold, it left behind a trail of destru in its wake. Yet, Daisuke kept close, his eyes trag the creature’s ls, then narrowing in oendons. , his focus shifted to the eyes and underbelly.
“I know what I o do, but I’ll need some help,” he murmured before sending a mental and to his Status Window to equip the retly acquired loot.
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