Her shadow now loomed over her which cast a dark silhouette that dwarfed her small frame. It radiated an utterly intimidating, ominous presence.
I got the distinct impression that she had as many lives as shadows she stole based on her previous display with the soldier who tried to chop her head off, but it looks like she decided to help us out by culling the army’s numbers. However, it’s become evident that her ability is multi-faceted. She can either use them as extra lives or sacrifice them herself in order to gain a boost in power- or whatever her monstrous shadow might do for the silver-haired trickster of a girl.
“I’ll spank this hag as swiftly as I can, you do your best to survive until then!” she teased with a cute wink, which only served to make her even more nightmarish considering what she’d just done.
Don’t get it twisted, though; without a shred of a doubt I still
would
. Honestly, her displayed prowess only made me more interested in the girl. I have a kink for strong females as stated multiple times before, but I’m not into getting dommed, which would most certainly happen if we somehow found ourselves in a steamy situation together, so first I had to grow in strength.
Vex then turned towards Elara who was just about to pierce her frame with her thin blade. Their duel began in earnest.
27 vs ~80
Still bad, but slightly better.
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<Let’s capitalize on their momentary shock.> Ayame said as she lunged forward to slash at one of the soldiers, followed by the rest of the frontline. However, they couldn’t just go on a reckless rampage since they had to protect the fragile backline.
“[Quake Stomp]!” Soren’s voice boomed as he invoked his spell, and the ground beneath us shook violently. I met his move head-on, chanting the same spell. The two seismic forces collided midway, canceling each other out in a powerful tremor that sent a ripple through the earth.
Soren scoffed annoyedly. “Tch! I guess it should be expected from the weird hybrid Wizard that you are to have this spell in your arsenal. Do you have an answer to this, though? [Boulderfall]!”
As he uttered the words, massive chunks of rock materialized high above us and began descending with great speed. It was clear this was no basic-tier spell. Boulderfall was an intermediate-tier spell, which put it a level above my own Boulder Throw. It has become evident to me that those of the ’mancer’ classes, Like Geomancer, Pyromancer, and Aquamancer had earlier access to these advanced spells compared to my Elemental Sovereign class, but in exchange they could only cast a single element while I already had access to four and would likely gain even more down the line.
He was right. While I could shield myself, the entire area where our allies were was simply too vast to cover alone.
Before I could begin to despair Abudha’s voice rang out. “We leave our part of the frontline to you momentarily, Wrath, Ambition.”
Just like that, Abudha and his four Heralds leaped into the air with their bodies arcing upward. They ascended in unison in order to meet the boulders mid-descent. As they reached the apex of their leap, each monk raised a fist. In perfect synchronization, they chanted; “[Sky Shatter Strike]!”
Their fists collided with the descending boulders from the sides of them, which led to an explosion of kinetic energy erupting upon impact. The rocks were forced off their intended path of their caster and instead fell in the ranks of our enemies, injuring a dozen or so. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
I had the urge to give Abudha a standing ovation, I never expected Monks to be this strong. While the spell name ’Sky Shatter Strike’ might be a bit overly grandiose for what it does, they still helped us out greatly.
Soren’s face twisted in frustration when he saw that his attack was not only neutralized but even used to our advantage. He took a wary step back, realizing his mighty spells weren’t going to be enough to win the battle easily for him.
I decided to mock him a bit, knowing it would be very effective in this instant. “Was you pretending to be a closeted homosexual also part of your guise, or did your inner desires accidentally seep through back then?”
“I’m straight, you masked loser!”
“And I’m a pretty little princess. We can keep saying nonsense all day long if you want.”
“Fuc-”
“[Backstab]” The reason why I kept talking shit to him was due to the fact that I knew Blossom was sneaking up on him. By now, she was situated perfectly behind the Geomancer with her claws extended, ready to maul the life out of his wretched body.
However, just as Blossom’s claws were about to sink into Soren’s back, a flash of steel intercepted her attack. Lyra, the tanky swordswoman who served as Soren’s unwilling bodyguard slave, had stepped in at the last moment. I had to give it to her; if she noticed Blossom so fast she was no slouch at all. Her shield arm slammed between them, deflecting Blossom’s claws. My dog-girl’s strike wasn’t completely wasted- Soren still let out a pained hiss as her attack grazed him, managing to inflict a deep wound across his shoulder.
Blossom didn’t attack again or even scoff in frustration- she instantly leaped back with her full speed, disengaging from the confrontation before it could even properly begin.
She knew better than to engage a heavily armored knight in a duel, especially when the time wasn’t on our side since we had to cull the army’s numbers before they overwhelmed us. Blossom had to find new targets now.
Lyra positioned herself firmly in front of Soren. “I’m truly sorry but I’m literally incapable of letting you hurt him…” She said with eyes that were nearly dead from the dread she was feeling. Her bastard of a master not only kept parading her around like a sexy object, but he even betrayed their team. While we might be criminals, we were still trusting the two of them to do their part. For a seemingly honorable knight like her, being forced to turn traitorous must be paining her heart greatly.
Soren grabbed at his bleeding shoulder as he stared daggers at me, knowing full well that Ghost was my subordinate. “Argggh!!! It fucking hurts! You’ll pay for this, Devil!” His voice was filled with venom and he reached into his pocket and gulped down a potion- presumably one with healing properties.
I couldn’t resist a smirk. “Your shield maiden might protect your physical health, but she can’t do anything about your hurt ego, can she?”
“[Pyroclasm]!” Selene’s mighty fire spell erupted.