NOVEL NEXT Chapter 79: Blade
The four of them ran off through the Barrier without wasting time. Geth watched as Zolis skirted around the edge of the chamber. It wasn't long before the others had merged into the small crowd, their presence wasn't even noticed.
He and Filthy were able to see when one of the brothers would step just a little too far, interrupting someone's block. Hulk exaggeratedly slung back his shield one time after blocking, striking one of the enemy members in the head. The already injured man fell unconscious to the ground.
If it wasn't such an intense situation, Geth would probably find it a bit comical. He was even able to see Zolis grinning widely while watching the show. Rolling his eyes, he turned his attention to the brothers again.
'With the... assistance.. of Hulk and the brothers, the enemies are dwindling fast.' Geth mused. Another of the Hobgoblins had fallen, and six more men were lying on the ground unconscious or dead.
With the extra numbers added by the three, the six that still remained hadn't noticed their numbers dwindling much. Geth turned and looked at the others, he gave a signal to follow closely.
He walked through the Barrier, feeling the cool sensation of the Mana as he crossed. They covered ground slowly at first, but as a Hobgoblin took out the next of the enemies Geth picked up the pace.
Zolis sprinted forward, leaping into the middle of the fray. Harris and Farris quickly crouched behind Hulk as he activated some type of defensive Skill.
Zolis' hammer hit the ground and the earth began quaking throughout the cave. A wall of fire shot up, catching the unsuspecting Hobgoblins and enemy party by surprise.
The event caused the four fighting the Boss to lose concentration. The man with the ax was struck by one of the Boss' lightning spells, which then chained over into one of their mages.
'Perfect!'
Geth sprinted forward and cast State Change under the temporarily stunned axeman. It wouldn't take him long to recover, but it could buy him some time. A deep puddle formed, dropping the stunned man under the surface.
The man with the sword snapped his head back to see the unfamiliar face sprinting towards him. A look of incredulity showed on his face, soon turning over to anger.
"Stop that man!" He shouted loudly at his companions.
His order was useless. One of the mages was still stunned and the other already had two arrows buried into his thigh. The injured man looked at his boss in a panic.
"Blade, do som---!" The man's scream was cut off as he managed to dodge an arrow hurtling towards his head. He followed the direction the arrow came from and spotted Filthy running in the distance.
He began casting different frost spells towards the archer, trying to slow him and get some damage off. Small walls of ice formed in front of him, protecting his vitals. Even so, arrows would still graze his arms or legs as he reached around to cast Ice Spike.
Blade didn't have time to worry about his companion, before Geth was even on him he'd taken a hit for almost 30 hp and he couldn't tell where it was from. On top of that, the Boss had gained some distance in the confusion and was charging up another spell.
'The best way to kill him would be to let the Boss aggro him and take him out while he's distracted. He's slow, I'll get to the Bosses backside quickly.' Blade thought.
He turned and began to sprint towards the Boss. Blade had barely made it three yards when he noticed the space in front of him distorted. Stopping quickly, he found that a semi-transparent 30-foot wall had appeared, completely blocking his path.
The sudden stop caused Geth to get within four feet of him. Again, another tick of almost 30 damage dropped from his hp.
Blade became angry, he couldn't let this go on. Even with his gear equipped, he had less than 1,000 HP. Thirty more hits like that and he would die, not even knowing where the damage was coming from.
Blade rushed forward with his sword raised high, he was much faster than his current adversary. In a blink, he appeared in front of Geth, a wide and wild grin showing on his face.
'This man must be a mage, he can't even turn his head fast enough to see my movements!' Blade thought. His sword swiftly swung into the man's completely open neck. He began laughing maniacally at this fool who dared to approach him.
It was only a moment later that his laughter was cut short, a lump caught in his throat. The man's eyes were staring straight into his, and he had a wry grin plastered upon his face.
Blade looked back at his sword. He found that where his sword had met the man's skin, a mere scratch had appeared on his neck. Fear made its way to his face as the wound closed faster than he could even jump back.
The strange man spoke as another tick of damage threatened his health points.
"Damn, you really thought you had me huh?"
Geth chased down the man who'd just leaped away from him, casting Barriers to keep him in range of Corruption Aura. Blade was fast.. much faster than Filthy or anyone else he'd come across, but the man lacked power.
'It's like he hasn't added a single Attribute outside of Agility, maybe some Intelligence?' Geth could see the guy's MP but he was moving too fast to read the actual number. It was less than four digits, as was his HP.
He continued trying to stay in range as Blade kept skirting away. Every now and again the man would slip in, deliver a weak blow, and then dash back. His antics were annoying, and Geth was in a hurry.
The Boss was constantly firing spells, shattering the Barriers after a mere few blows. It had to be noted that his Barriers boasted a whopping 676 HP without him having any buffs active.
'I haven't had the opportunity to test my magic resistance against something so powerful. I suppose that I'll find out my limits today.' He thought while taking another of Blades' sword strikes. This one he managed to block with his left hand.
Just when the man's health bar had dropped a bit under 75%, Geth heard an angry yell from behind him.