No results found!

Chapter 11 - 11. Kiting Strategy

He heard heavy footsteps and immediately returned his attention to the Skeleton Captain, it was charging at him. He could not afford to spare his thought on Bill, and it looked like it was already too late for him. The Skeleton Captain swung its large arm towards Jack as if it was a mace. Jack jumped and rolled to the side as the massive hand clubbed down and broke the ground. Crack lines radiated outwards as the street floor could not withstand the powerful blow.

The monster was at a pause at the end of its large movement. Jack didn't want to let this chance go. He hastily recovered his balance and make a slash.

Power Strike! 14 damage.

"Damn!" He couldn't resist cursing out. Such low damage even with a skill. How high was its defense?!

The monster turned and made a horizontal swing with its backhand. It hit the air as Jack had backstepped a couple of steps.

Mana Bullet!

A beam of blue energy shot out from his staff and landed squarely on the Captain's face.

Critical! 21 damage.

It was critical but the damage was only a shy above 20. Without critical, the damage would be less than Power Strike. He backstepped further to create a larger distance. The Captain rushed towards him, he pointed his staff and use the staff's innate energy to do standard range attacks. Smaller balls of energy shot out and hit the Captain's body, he couldn't make an accurate aim to hit its vital for a critical again with the monster moving around like that. Damage of 7 appeared above its head.

As the monster approached, he ran away, creating a safe distance. The attack of this monster was too strong, but its speed was average. Luckily he had a boost to his speed due to the starting attribute points from his two classes, which placed his speed much above average than the usual Fighter or Magician class, probably even surpassed the normal Ranger class' speed. In this way, he was a little bit faster than this level 6 Elite monster.

He kept his distance to not less than five meters from the beast and kept on blasting away with the staff's standard range attack, he could not care less to deplete the staff's energy in this kind of deadly situation. When the cooldown of his Mana Bullet was up, he cast the skill immediately.

With this cycle, he kept on grinding on the Skeleton Captain's health while leading it in a big circling trail on the street in front of Bill's house. Luckily the street was not the regular small sized residential street, but the main street with a breadth of almost eight meters. This gave him just enough space to maneuver.

He didn't know how long he had been kiting this monster in circling motion, he couldn't let his guard down by getting sloppy, so he kept on focusing on the same repeating tasks while paying attention to the monster's Health bar on his monocle. It was around 60%. It felt so long already, and he was not even halfway yet? He felt exasperated. He looked at his own bars, his MP bar was around 40% already. He felt lucky that he had taken the Fried Rice that increase his MP recovery, if not, it would be much less by now. But with the way this was going, he would run out of his Mana first.

His stamina was still full, but he was not confident to engage the Monster in a melee brawl. Now he thought his decision to focus on his Fighter class had been a mistake, he should have put more experience into his Magician class instead. He looked at his staff, its energy was also half left. He surmised that it took around three standard range attacks to deplete 1 point of the staff's energy. However, this energy didn't regenerate by itself, so he couldn't use the standard range attack anymore once it ran out. The situation would become much more difficult then.

While he was kiting the monster, he didn't realize his circling motion had shifted. He was passing near where Bill's corpse was. When the monster also arrived near the corpse, it stopped. Jack was puzzled by it, but then his expression changed to dread when the Skeleton Captain reached out and grabbed the hilt of its saber. It pulled the weapon out and brandished the saber towards Jack. Jack imagined seeing a grin on its expressionless skull face. It let out a roar and made a dash.

Crap! Was it faster? Jack was shocked by the sudden burst of speed. He almost didn't manage to dodge when the saber came slashing down. He could feel the wind of the attack brushed past his hair, it was a very narrow escape. But before he could regain his balance, he saw from the corner of his eyes the Skeleton Captain's movement. He hastily brandished his sword in front of him. Parry! The saber clashed with his sword for the second time and caused him to fly back again. His health went down by another 65 points this time.

It was its weapon! Jack finally realized it. It must have given the monster an attribute boost which made it faster. Some weapons in RPG games possessed such a boost. Unlike his common weapon, this Elite monster's weapon was likely to be special. He had been getting used to the monster's weaponless movements, this sudden difference in speed had thrown him off guard.

However, by his calculation, he should still be slightly faster. As long as he didn't get careless, he could still maintain the kiting strategy. What he needed to be aware of was the Monster's throwing attack. It must be a skill of its that sacrificed its weapon for a ranged attack. The damage might even surpass the monster's normal attack, so it was of utmost importance for him to be cautious now that his HP was about half.

Now that he knew of its speed, he put more distance from it. He only attacked once it entered his range, and quickly pulled away again once an attack was made. It was done hastily the early few times, which caused him to miss twice, wasting the staff's energy. But once he got used to it, he got back to the rhythm of previous kiting, albeit at a slower pace.

The saber made a few close calls, his heart was beating like crazy every time it brushed past his body. He had never had such an adrenaline-fueled fight for a long while. He felt like he had gone back to the first time when he had first played VR games. At that time, even though he knew he was perfectly safe, the virtual reality made him thought it was real.

This time though, he knew it was real, and he could not afford a mistake. He knew he got the get-out-of-jail-free card from his inherent Immortal Soul skill. But after that, he would have 24 hours without protection. He could not say he would not encounter another life-threatening situation again within those 24 hours, so he should still treat this fight with utmost caution.

When the Skeleton Captain's HP bar reached 50%, it abruptly stopped. It lifted its left hand which was not holding a weapon up high. It seemed to make some gibberish voices out of its tongueless mouth. Then it slapped its hand downwards. An eerie black light condensed at the ground where its hand was. The ground started breaking and as more black light poured forth, He saw a figure formed within the light. When it dispersed, another skeletal figure was seen holding a club.

Skeleton Thug (Basic monster, Undead)

Level 3

HP: 350

"F**k!" Jack couldn't help to curse out.

Don't want to lose your reading progress

0 Comments

View All

Rated Novels

Ongoing
Incense is traffic, I am the Internet Immortal

People fight for a breath, Buddhas fight for a stick of incense, and the incense is the nourishment for spiritual practice.Facing the numerous gods and Buddhas showing off their magical powers, Gu Yunli chuckled and said:The data center is my physical body, and cloud service is my innate magical power. Chanting mantras is like dialing, and burning incense is like surfing the Internet. When incense equals traffic, let's see how you can compete with me!I will push the ancient times into the Internet era!

Ongoing
Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

I was reborn and began enjoying the high life at the Fallen Pavilion as the pampered young master of a prestigious family. To take me home, my lovely aunt personally visited the VIP room. I could even make a threat to have the immortal ice queen dance for me under the moonlight and captivate me with her beauty in the evening. Even the notorious foxgirl fell in love with me and followed me across the world like a loyal puppy simply because I was so handsome.But... Isn't this too good to be true?

Ongoing
Path of the Extra

After a tragic accident that claimed the lives of his parents and little sister, Leo, just 17 years old, found himself shouldering all responsibilities alone.By some miracle, he survived the past four months on his own—attending high school, juggling multiple part-time jobs, and enduring sympathetic gazes that pained him.The only respite he found was in books, which offered him an escape and some semblance of joy.One day, while engrossed in the book 'Path of Heroes: Battle Against the End,' his life took an unexpected turn.Halfway through the story, he inexplicably found himself transmigrated into the world of Path of Heroes, inhabiting the body of Azriel Crimson—a character never mentioned in the story's first half.An extra.Someone seemingly irrelevant to the plot.Unfortunately—or perhaps fortunately—fate had other plans, and Leo soon discovered that being a mere extra was not his destiny after all.

Ongoing
Bringing Culture to a Different World

Joshua found himself in the body of a demon prince in a different world, a prince known for his eccentric hobbies.Uninterested in the battle for the throne and worried about the future of the demon race, Joshua decided to bring forth earth's culture and conquer the new world through... entertainment!Step one, make movies to change the people's impression of demons...

Completed
It’s Lonely To Be Invincible

Lin Fan was transported to another world, into the body of a normal disciple. Given the environment he was in, Lin Fan faced the risk of being killed at any time. However, something was out of place.Starting the system.Ding: You’ve received an infinite level buff: ImmortalityFrom then on, everything changed.To Lin Fan, if anyone could kill him, he would concede defeat. Otherwise, he would turn them into mincemeat.To his opponents, they have given up because it was impossible to kill Lin Fan.

Completed
Nine Star Burden

It is a parallel world that is full of Star Power. Star Maps, Star Techniques, Star Pets, and the Awakened are rampant. Jiang Xiao, whose soul travelled to this world, has a special internal Star Map within his body and goes on to become a Medical Awakened.He initially wants to become a happy healer who can help his team members, but he ends up being labeled as a burden to the team.The entire story begins from the first week of High School.It begins… from that slap…

Ongoing
The Rise Of The Tamer Family

After humans had expelled demons from the Alkaid World, they formed different families and sects. The Alkaid World had welcomed the age of families and sects since then.The ninth-grade family or clan would rule over a city, the eighth-grade would rule over a county, the seventh-grade would rule over a state, the sixth-grade would rule over a kingdom, and so forth.Chen Yang was transmigrated to this world with the Akido Pearl. With it, he raised a group of beasts with powerful bloodlines and even built a farm to lead the Chen family to achieve the title of the Saint Family.

Ongoing
Why Should I Stop Being a Villain

In the midst of a ruined forest, due to the result of the clash between peak powerhouses, a body of a man lay. He was known as the 'Evilest Villain', the worst man ever born in humanity.His body was full of wounds with a spear piercing his heart. However, even in his final moments, he was calm and collected, with his usual cold face.The only thing on his mind was, "Forgive me, I couldn't keep my promise to you."He closed his eyes, ready to begin his eternal slumber in the darkness.Suddenly, a blue light appeared, with ancient text that read, 'Do you want to turn back time, my child?'He laughed and said yes.| Fate Devourer System |[Initializing......................24%][Authority: Deus Time Control (Rank ?!?) used][The Goddess of Time wishes you the best].

Ongoing
The Narrow-Eyed Villain of the Demon Academy

The worst and strongest villain.I became the narrow-eyed character Arsene Adel.“Revenge.”It sounded good.At least to the original owner of the body.But from my point of view, the goal is not revenge, but survival.I didn’t have the confidence to survive among humans, soㅡI went to the Demon Realm.Where I was headed,A school for demons that is said to be attended by the children of prestigious families in the demon world,……It was a school that terrorized the human world.

Ongoing
Guard The Sky Prison For A Hundred Years, You Will Be Invincible At Birth

In the 847th year of the Dayu calendar, Su Yuxing came across and became the prison guard of a small prison under the Dayu Dynasty.In this world of supernatural powers and monsters making troubles, Su Yuxing, who has no power to restrain the chicken, walks on thin ice.Fortunately, a "Sin and Prison Sutra" rewrote his fate."Guarding the ancestor of the Demon Sect for 30 years, he was rewarded: "Magic Toad Swallows Heaven Skill", 3,000-year Martial Dao Cultivation Base!""Guarding the Great Saint of the Monster Race for fifty years, get a reward: supernatural powers—laws of heaven and earth!""Guarding the Holy Maiden of Lianshengjiao for seventy years, get the reward: a house full of children and grandchildren!"....In the 947th year of the Dayu calendar, demons broke into the capital city of Yu, and the country of Dayu was in danger.At the foot of the imperial city, Su Yuxing, who has guarded the sky prison for a hundred years, suddenly opened his eyes."He Fangxiao is young, dare to disturb my Qingxiu?!"

Ongoing
Abandoned Disciples Go Down The Mountain, Sign In At The Beginning Of The Game To Send Generals To J

A world full of demons and monsters. Zhang Xuezhou stayed in Longhu Mountain carefully, and was not allowed to perform Fa-rectification for three years. He was driven away by the Head Teacher and became an abandoned disciple.However, the moment he stepped out of the mountain gate disheartened, the plug-in account was credited."Successfully sign in and get the general sent by Guling. ""Sign in successfully, get Yin Jue Pill, and increase Cultivation Base by ten years. "From then on, he practiced heresy, refined corpses to ward off ghosts, swallowed ghosts to increase his cultivation base, and acted without any taboos. Zhang Xuezhou: "Heh, I'm not targeting you, I mean, all the ghosts here are ****."

Ongoing
Mortal Mirror

[Traditional fantasy + mortal flow + no system]When my father was dying, he told me to live well, but I didn’t know how to live in the darkness with no light at the end of the tunnel.In this vast world, in the howling cold wind, only that small house with air leaks everywhere can bring me a rare warmth when night falls.The beatings and scoldings from the landlord's wife, the cruelty of the landlord, and the murderous intent in the eldest young master's eyes, all told me that if I didn't leave here, I would die without a burial place.Ants in the dark also have the right to look up at the stars.It is better to burn to your heart's content than to die in despair.If there is injustice in the world, it is better to ask the sky with a sword. The sword may not ring, but if it rings, it will shock people...Show moreAuthor's Other NovelsA mortal asks the heavens: I want to become an immortal

Read on App