“…Haxks and Zephyr may be stronger,” Amara began with a troubled expression, “but the goblins outhem.”
“This is bad,” uttered Mana in a critical tohey’re both going to need healing if this keeps up.”
Gloria’s expression shifted to one of horror. “I’ve exhausted all my mana treating your wounds earlier,” she fessed with regret.
“I’ve run out of mana too,” Amara admitted relutly.
“…Then we have no choice but to resort to that.”
At Mana’s suggestion, Amara’s eyes widened in disbelief. “You ’t mean…”
“Mana version.”
“Dammit!” Daisuke cursed under his breath. “To think I’d feel this frustrated so soon after fighting Volturax and the golems. It’s being painfully clear that I ck certain skills, especially AoE and CC skills.
And not being able to be from the Dual Bder passive because I’m missing another on is just adding insult to injury. Plus, Intimidate doesn’t even work on the goblins anymore. Could it have something to do with these two?”
Daisuke cast a g the shaman and the demihuman who trolled the goblins like indispensable pawns. “Divide and quer,” he muttered with visible irritation. “These bastards are far more ing than they appear. That strange goblin might only be at level 26, but its unique rank implies that its stats are leagues beyond those of your typical level 26 monster. And to top it all off, it’s wearing armor. Zephyr’s clearly at a disadvantage.”
As the pup’s breaths grew bored and its stamina waned, it found itself uo mount any meaningful terattacks, relegated to a purely defeance. With each passing moment, its mana dwindled further, leaving it without the means to turide of battle.
The skill Extreme Speed required breathing room to build momentum, but the relentless flood of goblins made that nearly impossible. And while Berserk offered increased power, it came at the cost of defense and stability—and he needed all the stability he could muster right now to refrain from being torn asunder. Falling unscious ohe skill’s activation time epsed would also spell certain doom.
Moreover, Zephyr hesitated to use Divine Armament for his own be, reserving it instead for Daisuke’s prote given the skill’s extensive recovery time. If anythio happen to Daisuke, he would have utterly failed his given—
WHAMM!
The demihuman swung its club in a wide arc, crashing it into a group of unsuspeg goblins. Like bowling pins, the creatures were sent flying, one of them colliding with Zephyr and hurling them both into the cavern wall. A pained howl escaped the e as they crashed to the ground, the impact leaving them dazed and vulnerable.
Daisuke’s heart sank, rage and apprehension bining to form a dark and turbulent cocktail that coursed through his veins. The Lipanthyer’s Fang dahrough the air like a frenzied beast, cleaving and skewering any goblin that dared to draw near. Realizing he wouldn’t reach Zephyr in time to administer a potion, Daisuke poured all his efforts into his st remaining option.
[Name: Zephyr
Level: 29 | EXP: 131,370/131,406 (99.97%)
Race: Divi
Species: Wolf
HP: 372/5831 | MP: 147/1237 | Attack: 255 | Defense: 149 | Satiety: 31/100 | Loyalty: 44/100
Strength: 191 (+34) | stitution: 90 (+30) | Agility: 112 (+30) | Intelligence: 168 (+30) | Dexterity: 74 (+30) | Ce: 39 (+30)
Stat Points: 0]
Daisuke’s foarrowed onto Zephyr’s Experience Points that were three digits shy of reag one hundred pert. It was a risky gambit, but if he could dispatch just a few moblins in time, Zephyr would level up, instantly replenishing his HP and MP.
“Kieekeeh!”
The goblins cried out as the Lipanthyer’s Faed with swift and uing fury.
(99.97%)
“Kiiiieeehhhk!”
(99.98%)
“Kyeeeh!”
(99.99%)
But the gods were cruel.
Daisuke’s eyes widened in horror as the demihuman closed in oionless pup, its expression devoid of aion as it raised the hefty club overhead.
BOOOOM!
The ground trembled beh the force of the club’s dest, sending rocks and debris scattering like startled birds.
“ZEPHYR!” Daisuke’s frantic cry cut through the chaos like a bde.
The goblin raised his club with mild anticipation, expeg to find it slick with blood and gore. Yet, to his surprise, there was only the familiar wear and tear etched into the sturdy wood.
All eyes turo the edge of the pteau as flickers of goldericity danced in the air. There stood Zephyr, his small form bathed in the lingering glow of a warm, white light. Behind him, Amara and Mana stood with weary smiles, their bodies exhausted and faces worn. They had successfully executed the Mana version spell, a delicate teique allowing the caster to siphon a portion of an individual’s mana for their own use.
Precision aramount as extrag too much mana could mean a fatal case of mana deficy for the donor, while too little left the caster waiting through an agonizingly long cooldown period to recast the spell.
After Zephyr used Extreme Speed to withdraw, Amara swiftly atteo his wounds. Now, the Divi peered down upon the lowly mohat dared to bare their teeth, its oic eyes swirling like a storm, hellfire swelling in its jaws.
“K-Keekieh?!”
The goblins gnced up at the lupiy they had unwittingly angered, but found no sympathy in his glowing eyes.
WHOOSHH!
Daisuke soared upward, his figure silhouetted against the merciless bze that ed the cavern with its raging fury. The goblin’s agonized cries faded beh the thunderous roar of the inferno. When the fmes finally subsided, only the shaman and the demihuman remained, shielded by their protective barrier amidst the charred remnants of their fallehren.
“I suppose this means… we did alright?” muttered Amara with a relieved smile as she eased down to the ground.
“Make sure to… make him pay for taking my leg,” Mana decred, her eyes narrowing as she gred at the shaman. Then, with a weary sigh, she sank beside the healer, both girls slipping into unsciousness.
“Don’t worry,” said Gloria, her voice steady and reassuring as she huddled beside them. “I’ll watch over them.”
DING!
[Zephyr’s level has risen!]
[Zephyr has learnt the skill ?Razor Fang?.]
[Zephyr has learnt the skill ?Razor Cw?.]
[Razor Fang]
[Rank: Epic
Cssification: Active Skill
Lvl: 1
Proficy: 0%
Mas rge bde-like fangs through densed mana to bolster biting attacks. The more mana and physical forvested into the skill, the deadlier the fangs bee.
Razor Fang and Razor Cw share a distinctive synergy—based on the order of their utilization, they trigger either a ter shield or a ter attack.
Skill Effect:
?? When activated after Razor Cw, there’s a 15% ce ering a ter shield sting 3 seds. If the ter shield is struck, damage equivalent to 450% of Zephyr’s total mana is absorbed.
?? Each strike carries a 25% ce of activating the ?Lifesteal? skill.
Mana Cost: 20
Skill Duration: 30 Seds
Skill Cooldown: None]
[Lifesteal]
[Restores health equivalent to 15% of the damage dealt to enemies. Critical strikes recover 45% of the damage dealt as health.]
[Razor Cw]
[Rank: Epic
Cssification: Active Skill
Lvl: 1
Proficy: 0%
Mas rge bde-like cws through densed mana to bolster scratg, sshing, and pierg attacks. The more mana and physical forvested into the skill, the deadlier the cws bee.
Razor Fang and Razor Cw share a distinctive synergy—based on the order of their utilization, they trigger either a ter shield or a ter attack.
Skill Effect:
?? When activated after Razor Fang, there’s a 15% ce of unleashing ?Cerulean Blue?, an offensive ter attack.
?? Each strike carries a 25% ce of activating the ?Magicsteal? skill.
Mana Cost: 20
Skill Duration: 30 Seds
Skill Cooldown: None]
[Cerulean Blue]
[A bolt of blue lightning desds from the heavens, dealing damage equal to 350% of Zephyr’s total mana. Enemies within a oer radius are also subjected to 150% of this damage.
There’s a 10% ce of paralyzing ehose inflicted by the ?Paralysis? Status suffer 50% more damage from electrical type-attacks.]
[Magicsteal]
[Restores mana equivalent to 5% of the damage dealt to enemies. Critical strikes recover 15% of the damage dealt as mana.]
The two remaining goblihed with fury at the loss of their kin. As they leered at the oddly revitalized wolf pup, Daisuke kicked off the ceiling with all his might, hurling downward like a tractor beam.
SWHISHH!
Before the shaman could retaliate with a protective barrier, its arm, clutg the staff, was sent flying to the side.
“Keeeriiick!” the bastard howled in agony.
“That’s payback for taking that girl’s leg,” Daisuke muttered, purple blood staining the Lipanthyer’s Fang.
Zephyr peered down at the demihumahe bridge of his snout, returning the creature’s ptuous gaze. Suddenly, the pup vanished from his lofty perch, leaving the creature bewildered. Switg to its olfactory sehe demihuman attempted to track Zephyr’s movements by st, but the pup was too fast to follow.
WHOOOSH!
Zephyr streaked past the demihuman like a blur, fangs fed of densed mana effortlessly peeling off a se of its leather armor that was once seemingly iructible.
For the first time siheir duel began, the creature’s expression twisted in disbelief and frustration. It had clearly uimated Zephyr’s agility, and now with the hordes of goblins gohere was nothing to hihe e’s speed.
As Zephyr darted off again, the goblin braced itself for the attack, pnning to shift from defeo offehe moment the wolf’s momentum waned after his assault.
The creature’s breath caught in its throat as four streaks of light, remi of cw marks, glinted in its widened eyes. A pained roar tore from its lungs as mana hardened and sharpened like steel, etched a bloody path across its eye, down its face, and along its torso.
In a sudden shift, the goblin swallowed its cry, tightes grasp on the club, and with all its might, swung the on in a tight arc.
GG!
The creature’s eye dited in shock as its wooden club collided with a translut wall of energy. The ter shield tolled like a bell, sending ripples across its surfa a honeyb pattern before dissipating. Though the goblin’s attack had nded, Zephyr merely staggered back a few steps, pletely unscathed.
Before the goblin’s hairless eyebrows could pull down into a tight scowl, it glimpsed a curious flicker of electricity. In an instant, its body was ensnared by a paralyzing current, coiling around it like a serpent.
PISHH!
The shaman’s bloodied and swollen faapped to the side with each blow, purple blood staining the cave floor with every strike. In addition to depleting its mana from repetitive use of barriers and offensive spells, it had also lost a signifit amount of blood along with its precious staff.
Daisuke’s fists hammered into the creature, driven by a cocktail hteous fury and the o release pent-up tension. His fists found their mark again and again. With every strike, he felt a measure of relief, but above all, he longed for this harrowing ordeal to e to an end.
Summoning a Magic , Daisuke callously looped it around the shaman’s neck before delivering a swift kick that sent the creature careening into the paralyzed demihuman. With a dispy of his own remarkable agility, he circled the struggling goblins, binding them both in the s.
“Zephyr!” he called out tellingly.
The pup didn’t need another word to prehend his rade’s meaning. The air crackled with energy as the e tapped into the depths of his polden wisps of electricity danced around his legs as he called uporeme Speed, his oic eyes stirring with an eerie storm.
Without hesitation or remorse, Zephyr surrendered himself to his predatory instincts and desded upon the goblins like a twister. Reinforced fangs and cws fshed in the dim light as he unleashed a relentless barrage of attacks, each strike leaving behind a trail of shimmering golden sparks.
The goblins howled in agony as the onsught intensified. Bolts of blue lightning arced through the chamber, searing through flesh and boh unstoppable force. In mere moments, the onidable foes were reduced to sm husks, their cries silenced by the wings of justice.
DING!
[Haxks has sin the Hidden Boss ?Demihuman Goblin?.]
