BXBX NOVEL Chapter 86: Battle of the Tanks
Chapter 86: Battle of the Tanks
Adam moved to a different stance- this time, his round shield was close to his chest and his sword was hiding behind it.
Koil often acted rashly without thinking twice. But now, he didn't make any uncalculated moves.
He knew that his opponent wasn't just any ordinary Mercenaryman. This time, it was an S- ranker. It was perhaps the strongest Mercenaryman he could possibly face.
"Hey, magician," Adam said to the young woman behind him.
He didn't use her name because he didn't know it.
"Y-yes!" Hana replied nervously.
"What spells do you know?" Adam asked.
To learn Magick-related skills, one would have to learn Spell Scrolls. There were many mercenaries who focused entirely on becoming magicians.
"Uhm, Fireball, Minor Healing, and Weak Telekinesis!"
"Focus on healing me." Adam said, "Don't use your stamina on anything else."
"Y-yes!" Hana grabbed her wand with a soft, yet serious look. She didn't want to disappoint him.
"Oh, you want to rely on others to support you? Haha." Koil said with a mocking tone.
"Don't kid me." Adam side-eyed Rae, who was standing still without doing anything. "You also have support, don't you..."
Koil's eyes widened in surprise. 'He managed to find out that Rae is also a magician? The hell...'
'This is not a one-versus-one fight.' Adam thought to himself.
'It is also between two magicians. I think their magician is superior, as she seems to be their leader. She will definitely assist Koil.
'This will be a troublesome fight, especially since my weapons are weak. I'll need to find a way...'
With the campfire flickering on the side, the campsite had turned into a mess.
Already, four from the raid party had died. There had also been plenty of casualties on Ameryn's side.
The moonlight shone over Koil and Adam. They slowly crept towards each other.
Koil's fingers, which were wrapped around his hammer, twitched slightly. His adrenaline was boiling inside him. He didn't want to wait any longer.
Thus, without further ado, Koil raised his hammer to bring it down.
A small opening appeared in his defense.
Adam quickly lowered his shield and stabbed his sword into the small opening, catching Koil off guard. The blade stabbed into his waist.
"Argh!" Koil screamed and had a small drop in his health.
[-28 HP]
[Koil - HP: 572/600]
[-1 HP]
This small damage didn't mean anything to him.
However, he still received a bleeding effect as his waist was bleeding. It would slowly drain his health if he didn't treat it quickly.
Koil brought his hammer down with full force. It was heading straight towards Adam's head.
If it landed, Adam's head would pop like a watermelon and cause an Instant Kill.
Adam put his round shield over his head and braced himself for the impact.
'Fool, that shield can't stop my strike!' Koil thought victoriously.
As soon as the hammer came crashing down and touched a little bit of the shield, Adam suddenly tilted the shield to the side, which caused the hammer to slide off and miss him completely.
The hammer landed on the ground with a loud thud, leaving Koil stunned.
'What a perfect redirection...'
Adam thrust his sword towards Koil's throat. He aimed for the throat, but in nick of time, Koil dodged, but the sword still went through his shoulder, causing a searing pain to shoot
through his body.
"Argh!" Koil screamed in agony but managed to push Adam away before he could strike again.
[-60 HP]
[Koil - 499/600]
'Argh, that was a Critical Hit? Fuck!' Koil's face looked sour and annoyed.
"Sigh..." Rae brought out her wand and chanted a quick incantation. "Minor Healing, Koil!" Particles of greenish light fell over Koil and slowly healed his bleeding wounds. Koil felt the pain subside.
None of his health returned to him, but luckily, his bleeding stopped. If that didn't stop, he would gradually keep losing health.
"Ah..." Hana, after seeing that happen, grabbed her wand tight and also prepared to help.
"Don't." Adam, after sensing her emotions, quickly said: "Only use your healing to stop my
bleeding."
"Ah, alright!"
Minor Healing wasn't effective enough to recover a lot of health. Therefore, it was more effective to just stop bleeding.
Koil brought his hammer down with a mighty swing, but Adam knew exactly where he was going to attack and dodged in time.
The newcomers with Kiryoku wouldn't know how to sense the attacking intent well enough to know where the attack was going to land.
However, Adam spent years with the first level of Kiryoku and was very well-versed in it. He, in fact, became pretty good at it.
It was quite helpful with his Tank occupation.
'He knows Kiryoku. This is just like when I fought Rae...' Koil thought with a heavy expression.
'Kiryoku...' Rae's lip twitched. 'It took me nearly a year to learn the first level of Kiryoku. This guy hasn't even been in the New World for a whole month. What a monster!' 'Adam knows where the attack is coming before he even moves to strike. Is this Kiryoku?' Hana wondered excitedly. 'He is amazing! Did he already learn Kiryoku?!'
"Oh, do I sense fear in you?" Adam swung his sword and sliced Koil in the armor, which managed to tank most of the damage, but a small slash wound opened up on his shoulder. "Rgh..." Koil stumbled back with a cold sweat running down his face.
Again, he lost a little bit of health.
When the fight started, Koil had an advantage of over hundred health. Now, it was pretty
much equal!
[Adam - HP: 485/500]
[Koil - HP: 480/600]
"Tch, what is that fool doing?" Rae pointed her wand at Adam.
She came to the conclusion that, with only healing support, Koil might not win. She knew it
would be difficult to kill an S-ranker, but this was shocking.
A whirlpool of wind appeared in front of the wand.
As she was about to launch the attack, a figure suddenly jumped in front of her.
"Atom Slasher!" Knoxx slashed up and split the wand in two with one swift motion.
The wand broke apart and harmlessly fell to the ground, while the attack vanished into
nothingness.
"Knoxx..." Rae clicked her tongue and took her spare wand from her inventory.
"Your fight is with me!" Knoxx shouted while his chest bled heavily.
He killed around three members from Ameryn's side, but he also received some heavy
damage.
Adam looked over to Knoxx and chuckled. "Alright. Hana, you can go assist him."
"Are you sure?" Hana asked with concern in her voice.
"Yes." Adam turned to Koil with a smile. "It has turned into a one-versus-one fight. I have
my pride as a man, y'see."
"O-oh." Hana's lips curled into a smile.
Even though it was a very serious situation, he could still die.
After all, Koil was Ordergiver-one rank above Adam-but she still felt like he wouldn't lose,
not with that confident smile on his face.
She headed towards Knoxx and waved her wand, immediately stopping his bleeding, and then used the healing spell one more time, giving him some extra health.
"Thanks!" Knoxx shouted and rushed after Rae.
She immediately retreated, as in close quarter combat, she would get destroyed by Knoxx.
She knew she would have to get some good distance between her and Knoxx to chant her
incantations.
However, Knoxx wasn't allowing her to escape.
In such situations, magicians were very weak!
Somehow, the sticky situation had turned around.
The ambush seemed to have failed.
The rest of the party members were participating in the fights with other dark-cloaked
figures.
However, none of them were losing.
Instead, their morale seemed to be increasing more and more.
It was the work of the Armor of Crimson Hounds, worn by Adam.
Allies received a morale boost, while enemies had the completely opposite effect.