Zach sighed in relief and thought, ‘When I saw my body on fire, I assumed my body was malfunctioning because of blessings. But it’s just because of the skill.’
’But still, using a top-tier skill with a god’s blessing is an overkill,’ Zach uttered inwardly. ‘Even I don’t have a skill that can be used with blessings.’
Aurora had also used a skill with Lyda’s blessings, and even when Aurora’s Lyda strike wasn’t a top-tier skill, it was overpowered.
Zach looked at his HP, which was rapidly decreasing every passing second.
’I have to know what this so-called Mana Control skill does. Otherwise, I won’t be able to counter it. But how?’ Zach asked himself. ‘This Chick doesn’t seem to be the talkative type who blurs out everything while doing something.’
”What did you say?” Zach asked Chick.
”I used my top-tier skill— Mana Control with the god’s blessings I received not long ago,” Chick repeated herself.
”Mana what? Is that really a skill, or you are just making this up to sound cool?” Zach asked.
He was intentionally playing dumb to provoke Chick and make her spit out everything.
Of course, the success wasn’t guaranteed, and it wasn’t given that the Chick would give out the information like that.
However, Chick was already feeling sad and furious after getting betrayed by her own sister and boyfriend. Her soul was close to breaking point, and she was at the edge. One little push and she would have broken.
”I am not lying! This is really a skill!” Chick yelled out loud. “Why does no one ever believe me?! Why does everyone always make fun of me and doubt my success?! Even when I reached level 86 without anyone’s help, everyone thinks I cheated!”
”…”
Chick pointed her finger at Zach and said, “Since everyone thinks you are the strongest, I will defeat you in front of everyone and prove my worthiness!”
’Defeat and not kill?’ Zach raised his brow with an amused look on his face.
”My skill will deplete your HP to the same level as your MP! And it will use your MP against you to deal you damage! This skill alone isn’t good enough, but when I use it with god’s blessing, it is undefeatable!” Chick asserted in a loud voice.
’Yeah, that does sound like overkill. Seriously, a kill that uses players’ MP against them? And even deal the damage to deplete the HP?’ Zach let out a weary sigh and thought, ‘She can easily kill any player, even the top player in the game.’
’And the irony is that this skill, or rather, this girl has become my nemesis.’
Since the HP DMG was propositional and dependent on the MP the player had, this skill was most effective on Zach.
Unlike the other players whose MP capacity was limited, and they needed to increase it using accessible points every time they level up, their MP capacity couldn’t surpass Zach’s as he had infinite capacity.
Thus, the Mana Control skill would be troublesome for Zach.
”However, what if I have no MP left? She wouldn’t be able to use my mana against me if I have no mana left.” Zach smirked and uttered, “Go wild, my demons. Have fun until I run out of MP.”
Zach let the 100 of rank 2 undead demons out of his shadow. Even if they consumed MP from Zach and his MP turned zero, the skill damage would automatically stop.
Or, the skill effect would naturally stop if the skill-caster died.
Chick’s primary class was Gunslinger, and her secondary class was Warlock. So she couldn’t attack Zach using the Melee technique. And as long as her skill was active, she couldn’t use any other weapon or spell, or the skill would break.
The hundred, black-massed, with golden cracks all over their bodies, rank 2 demons dashed and spread around the ring.
All the bystanders and spectators stepped back in surprise after seeing the demons again.
Most of the people present in the garden were part of the players who fought against the demon invasion. And there were NPCs too.
They were still traumatized by the demon invasion, and after seeing the same demons again in front of them, they couldn’t help but shiver in fear.
Everyone, except Aria, Victoria, and Ninia, was baffled by the situation. And the most shocked of all was none other than the Chick.
The demons leaped at her to attack her, and out of fear, Chick stopped the skill and started attacking the demons.
Since the battle had already started a long time ago, the Chick missed her opportunity to equip a weapon. Hence, she had no other choice but to fight using her magic spells.
Chick used advanced magic spells that implied that she had been working hard to survive.
’Why does no one ever believe me?! Why does everyone always make fun of me and doubt my success?! Even when I reached level 86 without anyone’s help, everyone thinks I cheated!’ Zach recalled what the Chick had said a while ago.
’I am not saying she is pitiable, but I do feel sorry for her. The poor girl was treated harshly by her loved ones, used and betrayed, thrown aside for something better, replaced for nothing but a… a… what?’
Zach’s mind stopped working for a second, as though he had lost his sense of thinking.
’Wait… she said the skill uses my MP against me. But my class is a cultivator, meaning my body— or soul, which is trapped in this game— is also affected by that skill. This normally wouldn’t happen to other players, but… argh…!’
Zach’s headaches were back again, and the trigger was the Chick.
’She already stopped using that skill, so why is this still affecting me? Is this a side effect? Or perhaps after effect?’ Zach thought to himself.
’Either way, I have to kill her.’
The Chick had already killed over 20 demons using her magic spells, and she was fighting them without any sign of fear in her eyes.
Zach noticed that he got his MP back, which he had used to revive the demons— once the demons died.
’This won’t work. I will have to use a stronger demon…’
”Kill her, Rank 5 demons…”
Three rank-5 demons emerged from Zach’s shadow and cleaved the Chick into three pieces.
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