His height was around five feet tall. Somehow, Noark's special ability doubler, Lighthouse Keeper, had a build more suitable for a warrior than a Blood Knight. Looking at him, I licked my lips.
This would have been much easier if I could have jumped.
The distance between him and me was about 130 meters. It was a distance he could have reduced with just two uses of that ability.
Well, what can I do? Now he's gone.
I left my regrets behind. What was the point of missing something that was already gone? If I didn't have a movement skill, I had no choice but to move with my own feet. That kind of thinking was also more aligned with the spirit of a barbarian.
«Erwen, Emily. You two hold your positions here».
«... And you, sir?»
«Volveré.»
«Back? Where...»
Where do you believe?
[You used Wild Burst.]
Letting out a roar, I ran forward. «Ooowoah!»
It wasn't the same as yelling at my ancestral god, but I couldn't help it. I still wasn't sure Raven had caught me. As with the Corpse Collector, there was a chance that he had simply exacerbated his previous misunderstanding.
yas.
When I ran forward, leaving the formation for the first time after having limited myself to defending my companions throughout the battle, there was an immediate reaction. It started with the Blood Knight. He was standing far away so as not to enter the range of the Multi Teleport, but when he saw me coming, he charged at me.
"Kak!
Do you really think that's going to work? A sword that uses fire instead of an aura? I can block it with a shield.
yas.
Ignoring the Blood Knight, I sprinted forward again. Of course, it was difficult to get rid of him with my agility, which left my back exposed.
Slash!
Although he didn't necessarily have to block the blow with a shield. Even if I decided to receive it with just my body, the most I would do would be a slightly deeper cut, which wouldn't cause a serious injury like losing a limb or something. It would just hurt a lot because of my low Pain Resistance.
It is as if he had smeared the sword with salt.
I grimaced in pain, but that didn't stop me from moving. If I were the kind of person who stops doing what he does out of pain, I wouldn't have gotten this far.
yas.
Like a salmon going up the river, I kicked the ground again.
In doing so, I received high praise from the Blood Knight. «This what...?!» I guess he was impressed to see me keep running forward regardless of being stabbed in the back. «Stop...!» It was a bit bland compared to the glowing reviews he had received until then, but the shock in his voice was quite satisfying.
Yes, when would you have experienced something like this before? With that aura of yours, you can usually cut anything, even a tank.
Cut!
The bastard stabbed me again without pause. Of course, there was no difference. Cuts or not, I ran forward like a runaway train. There was nothing he could do to stop me.
yas.
It was time for him to learn once and for all. You may not have realized it yet, comfortably resting on your laurels thanks to that aura of yours, but...
King!
The harmful ones were creatures defenseless against tanks.
¡Wiiiip!
Just in time, fire support came from behind me in the form of an arrow fired by Erwen.
Stab.
The arrow sank right into the bastard's arm. He had been dodging so well when they had us on the defensive... Did he want to hit me that much? He wasn't sure of his logic, but he had made an obvious mistake, and given the way his expression was already contorted, he knew it too. Being hit by a single arrow may not have been a big deal, but the subsequent attack was another story.
[Erwen Fornacci di Tersia has released Ruptura].
This was the ability that blew Amelia's double to pieces.
¡Splat!
When he activated the ability, the Blood Knight's arm crumbled into dozens of pieces and fell to the ground in pieces.
Well, that frees me from that annoying mosquito.
Dash.
Leaving behind Blood Knight, who collapsed from the shock of the explosion in his arm, I continued running. Of course, before long, the next obstacle appeared in my path.
«Wow, he's like an Ogre!» It was the dark magician, Lyranne Vivian, who was watching me unceremoniously from dozens of meters high. He cackled and cast magic at me.
[Lyranne Vivian has cast the rank four Corrupting Flame black magic spell].
It started with black flames falling from the sky like raindrops, but as was the case with most powerful area of effect abilities like this, the damage itself wasn't that intense. I got up from the ground, covering my head with the shield as an umbrella.
Well, it will do some damage to the shield... but that's nothing new.
Had there ever been a time when my shield was left intact after a difficult battle? It could offset repair costs with loot.
Dash.
With that in mind, I kicked the ground once more and jumped forward. Maybe that made my opponents feel the need to change their strategy.
[Lyranne Vivian has cast the Tombstone of Pain rank four black magic spell].
The rain of fire stopped and, in its place, a black fog appeared and enveloped me.
Judging by the effect, it seems that it is that ability...
If my hypothesis was correct, there was no other way to avoid this ability than to endure it with Mana Resistance.
In other words... my opponent won't be able to avoid it either.
The moment the fog stuck to my body, I quickly recited the order to my boss.
[You have launched Risk Liability.]
The effect of my newly acquired active Gachabone skill was simple. While active, the amount of damage it took doubled, but the amount of damage it could reflect through Probabilistic Retaliation also increased.
[By the authority of the transcendental body, the potential inherent in this ability is now unlocked].
When used in combination with Transcendence, it had an interesting effect.
[In exchange for the temporary deactivation of the Immunity to Probabilistic Retaliation Damage effect, the activation probabilities have been set at 100%].
It was a guaranteed Gacha.
¡Whooom!
As soon as the ability was activated, the black mist sticking to my skin began to harden. This was the function of Pain Tombstone: temporary restriction of movement.
¡Shoop!
While you were trapped, you couldn't avoid any attacks.
«¡Yes!»
Jeez, that hurts like hell.
¡Crunch!
I screamed and held on for about two seconds, and the hardened mist shattered like porcelain an instant later and fell to the ground. The inner surface of each piece was riddled with sharp, protruding spines.
Ha, what is this, a medieval torture device? But I guess I'm glad I'm the only one they destroy.
Once the hit was recorded, Probabilistic Retaliation was activated.
Drag, swipe.
A skeleton rose next to me, its joints creaking. Maybe it wasn't a critical hit this time, as there wasn't a fun sound effect.
[Your Ordinary Luck reflects 30% of the damage taken back to the enemy].
He still made 30%, not 15%. Additionally, since he had taken double damage, he could return fire four times more than normal. Well, even that seemed a little unfair to me.
«U-Uh...?!» Still, my opponent was a soft, fragile wizard, right? I figured this might work as revenge. «What is this?!»
The moment the skeleton reached out into the sky, a coal-black mist covered the broom witch.
¡Shoop!
The haunting screech echoed to the bottom. «Kyaaaaaa!»
Wow, what a pair of lungs. Is that why they call her the Wailing Witch?
Dash.
I dragged my body, covered in large and small holes, forward again. Perhaps because it dealt a fixed amount of damage, the wounds were not twice as deep, even if the damage was twice as deep. However, it still hurt a lot.
Maybe that's why she's not dead either.
As soon as the spell was lifted, Vivian plummeted to the ground screaming before grabbing hold and using a float spell to narrowly escape colliding with the ground.
It seems that his wounds weren't even that deep...
I expected even 30% damage to end up being a wombo combo on a mage.
Perhaps he managed to reduce the damage to some extent by activating something like a mana shield in the split second before the spell's impact?
That was definitely disappointing.
«Arghhh...»
However, the attack served its purpose. Since I was busy writhing in pain, I wouldn't have the energy or presence of mind to bombard myself with magic for a while.
«¡Gruhhh!»
After solving the dark wizard's problem and beginning to quickly reduce the distance to his group's rear, the Corpse Collector used some corpses he took out of his subspace to block my path. There were seven in total. It looked like I had taken out undead specifically designed to prevent the tanks from reaching me, because each one of them was big enough to make an oversized monster cry.
If I have to stretch my neck so much to see them even using gigantization... so they are about six meters tall?
Once again, I thought about how easy it would have been if I still had Jump, but it wasn't a serious problem. It wasn't just any tank. A wall in my path? There was no need to go around him.
[You have thrown Swing.]
All I had to do was get rid of him.
[The range of all your attacks triples.]
With an elongated hammer, I hit the head of the six-meter-tall giant zombie. Even though he was probably an undead for tanks, this blow was enough. That was because the swing was based on strength, and with the special effect of the Demon Crusher, the damage it dealt increased by 500%. Not to mention that it was a descending blow, which meant he got a 50% Armor Penetration bonus.
¡Kwa claim!
How could a summoned beast face something like that?
¡Shoot!
In one fell swoop, the giant corpse was reduced to a pile of rotting flesh, and blood gushed from it like a great fountain.
This poison is a little strong.
[You have been poisoned (Stop).]
[Your poison tolerance level is greater than 100. The poison range has been set to Low].
The poison sank into my skin and was absorbed. It hurt, but it wasn't enough to stop me, especially when my target was right in front of me.
I'm almost there.
I quickly ran through the opening left by the giant fallen corpse and stared ahead. The distance to the target was about thirty meters.
But what...? Why is this cocoon so close?
Have you come here to summon the giant corpse? About four meters away, I could see the Corpse Collector. Even at first glance, it seemed very confusing, and it would have been rude to pass by.
[You have launched Balancing.]
[The range of all your attacks triples.]
Without wasting a second, I threw my hammer at him. Instead of dodging, he chose to defend himself, using an ability he hadn't seen in a while.
[Abed Necrapeto has released Bone Armor.]
It took more than a few hammer blows to break it last time. I was wondering what it would be like this time. And soon I was able to find out.
¡Crujido!
The armor surrounding the thrower's body came off with a single hammer blow, exposing the skin beneath.
[Abed Necrapeto has released Ephemeral Immortality].
In an instant, the bastard was engulfed in flames and turned into bones. It was a rank three essence, the highest level invincibility ability that existed, one that converted your Spirit and Special Ability stats into Physique stats to make you immune to damage for one minute.
Wow, I didn't think you'd bring out the invincibility ability after a hit.
Since that had come into play, there was no need to spend any strength on him anymore, so I simply grabbed him by one of his arms and threw him away.
¡Zas!
After that, I jumped high as if I were jumping, which allowed me to get an idea of the terrain. The stakes my target had planted in the surrounding area fired various special turret-like abilities in a war game. The effect of the Lighthouse Keeper's main ability, Noble Idol, was as follows: by planting totems in the ground, he could alter the abilities he possessed. For example, single-target power-ups and curses could be converted into wide area-of-effect abilities.
I guess I was desperate.
Watching the totems fire flames and mana bullets, it seemed like he had disabled support abilities like Soul Acceleration and Regeneration and quickly switched to attack mode.
«...Monster.» Even after seeing me get here despite the attacks that hit me from all sides, the enemy did not flee. It must have been riskier for him to get out of range of his totems. Soon, he shouted in a desperate tone: «Come!».
What the hell? There's no way I'm going to get into that.
[You have cast Eye of the Storm.]
[By the authority of the transcendental body, the potential inherent in this ability is now unlocked.]
At this point, I thought I was within range, so I used my grasping technique.
¡Shaaaaaa!
A gust of wind rushed towards me.
«A-Aaagh!» My opponent got caught in the blast and flew into the air.
You sounded so elegant when you talked before, but I guess you scream like that when you're in trouble.
Aprieta.
With my shield-covered hand, I grabbed the guy's neck in the air. He struggled a little, but calmed down when I applied more force, as I should have done from the beginning.
Burn.
Letting my opponent fall to the ground and looking at him with contempt, I got to the point. «Those rings. I hope they are expensive».
The trip here had been hard.
Hit!
I grabbed my opponent by the neck again and hit him in the face with my forehead. Not only was it a bad angle to hit with the hammer, but now that he was close, he could see that he was also wearing a necklace. If he hit him with the hammer, he would crush him.
He was about to headbutt him again when his body became limp. Was he dead or unconscious? I expected it to come first, so I headbutted him two more times.
¡Crunch, chomp!
Disgusting. Anyway, that should take care of him. Now what should I do?
Now that I had achieved my first goal, it was time to rethink things.
Since I have defeated the Lighthouse Keeper, I think we can defeat the rest, four against three.
Should I retreat now and use teleportation, or keep fighting and beat up the rest of these bastards? I didn't have much time to think about it.
¡Boom, tree!
Even at that moment, the giant corpses were approaching me.
Yes, let's dive in for now.
He had been stabbed countless times, struck by magic, and even poisoned on the way here. Things like that could be overcome with willpower, but my PM held on by a thread. I had been holding the Iron Fortress to face the aura user and had even used Gigantization a moment ago. And that was not all. He had been firing off various abilities at his discretion and had even linked them to Transcendence. If my PM hit rock bottom, it would be difficult to stop an aura, making it difficult for me to protect my companions from the Blood Knight.
And on top of that it would be a problem if reinforcements appeared.
After making my decision, I turned back the way I had come, still holding my newly acquired booty by the neck. But what was this?
Why doesn't anyone attack me?
The giant corpses that had been charging at me formed a wall as if they wanted to protect something, and no spell came to me either.
«Necrapeto! What the hell are you doing?! Stop him! It's not like I'm going to kill you, anyway!»
Judging by the screams, it seemed that his wizard had also recovered. So what was happening? The answer soon became clear.
«If you want to stop him, do it yourself, Miss Vivian!», shouted a relatively intact undead in the name of Corpse Collector, who at that moment was nothing more than bones. «It seems like your magic works pretty well!».
«What...? Weren't you paying attention before? My spell was bounced!»
Now that I took a second look at them, I realized that they didn't really feel like touching me after what they had been through. It was fair: they had no information about me, and I was sure they didn't want me to break their skulls like the Lighthouse Keeper. Thanks to that, the path was clear as I ran, dragging his body behind me.
«What, are you going to fight me?».
Blood Knight, who had activated one-armed mode, now stood in my way. Then he asked: «Name?».
¿Eh?
«What is your name?»
Was that all I wanted to know?
I only had one thing to say to that. «If you're going to fight me, then fight. If not, get lost. I need to go back and eat...» I paused and waited for a response. «Did the cat eat your tongue?»
When I started running forward again, the Blood Knight stepped aside. «I'll learn it soon».
Surprisingly, Blood Knight didn't try to stab me in the back and instead let me go. It seemed like he had learned the taste of helplessness he had before. Right, how was I going to stop if I could ignore it and keep running, even if a sword stabbed me?
Sprint.
I increased speed in the final sprint and soon reached my destination. The magic circle on the ground glowed as if it was ready to set off at any moment, but the mage herself was frozen.
«What are you doing? Let's go».
At my insistence, Raven raised her head and looked at me. For some reason, his eyes seemed to tremble violently.
What's wrong with you?
When I looked around, confused, I realized that Erwen and Amelia also had similar expressions on their faces.
Wow, and I came back with some loot. It looks like they are looking at a monster.