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[ Guardian\'s Protection ]

The guardian\'s protection was a skill that would increase the defensive capabilities of the user and the target he wished to protect, other than that it would also connect the two, and any damage that the target would be cut by half, the half being transferred over to the user. A brilliant golden shine covers both Tank and the orc as his shield starts glowing as well, a small dome suddenly appears and covers both of them.

The reason why Tank used the [ Guardian\'s Protection ] was that he feared that even the aftereffect of the blow could seriously harm or kill it. Not to mention that Tank had no idea if the chieftain would again show incredible speed and go around him. When he and the others fought he didn\'t really have a need for such a skill, most of the time he would do his best to block any powerful attacks while the others were focused on dodging hits and damaging their opponent as fast as they could.

Not only would the [ Guardian\'s Protection ] harm him, but it could lead to him flinching and not blocking a hit properly which could lead to a disastrous outcome. Compared to most novels and games where tank-class combatants often used such skills in order to protect their comrades, this was the real world and people could feel pain and injuries, if he wasn\'t careful about using the skill and he got damaged without expecting it, his enemy could use the chance to seriously injure him, kill him or simply blast him away and attack the others.

During the period of more than a month since he had acquired the skill, he only used it 3 times, all of those times were during a battle where their opponents were near defeat and he would use it just in case someone got hit since he could properly adjust to the pain and damage when he wasn\'t actively trying to fight or block someone.

[ Eradicating Slash of Chaos ]

The attack was amongst the most powerful skills the chieftain had in his arsenal, his glaive suddenly turned pitch black at the moment of impact as a powerful force could be felt in the hall. Tank\'s dome was broken after a short contest of strength, the golden glow covering him was barely able to put any resistance as the glaive hit the shield.

The powerful Rank A shield deformed slightly right away as the glaive hit it, the blue mana shield covering it flickered as it was almost fully broken from the blow.

"Argh!" Tank spat out blood as he was forced down on his knees by the attack, the impact traveled through his whole body and his insides were damaged. His body had turned into a bronze color as his ability was activated to its fullest in order to mitigate the damage. Compared to any enemy they had faced so far, the chieftain was without a doubt the most powerful one. His full-out attack was able to not only bring Tank down on his knees but also damage his shield which was a Rank A item.

The elite orc on the other hand was blasted away by the shockwave of the attack, he had hit the wall with his back but thankfully there were no injuries as the defensive bonus the skill gave managed to mitigate most of the damage. Without wasting any time the orc runs towards the giant wooden door, he knew that staying any longer was useless as he would be more of a danger to Reign and the others than to the chieftain.

The chieftain tries to follow after him but gets stopped by a multitude of attacks, Laura used her power and summoned a dark-purple spear that was sent his way with breakneck speed. Beast used his [ Wind Arrow ] and before the boss could even respond to it, it was already in front of his face.

A powerful attack hit the glaive that was in front of Tank and managed to lift it off and allow Tank to create some distance between himself and Azar.

[ Upwards Flame Slash ]

It was a skill that Wolf had used against the phantom of the boss of the hidden dungeon, Groll. A fiery eruption propelled his sword upwards and increased its speed and power greatly, on the other hand, Greenie was already in the air above the chieftain as he sent punch after punch towards the boss.

Even with his incredible defense and armor, Azar still needed to be wary of the attacks that were sent his way, he quickly switched to wielding the glaive with one hand as he clenched his left hand and punched toward the two attacks that Laura and Beast had launched.

[ Space Breaking Punch ]

The seemingly slow attack was finished before they even realized it, the air in front of the fist rippled before cracks formed on it and a powerful wave of mana was sent flying towards the spear and arrow that only managed to last for a couple of moments.

Over 40 of Greenie\'s punches had already landed on Azar, his head and shoulders felt as if they were under a great load as each of Greenie\'s punches carried great weight behind them. The boss angrily looked up and slashed at Greenie with his glaive.

[ Rising Dragon ]

A green dragon formed by mana covered Azar\'s glaive as it neared Greenie, before it could land however Reign had arrived in front of Greenie and clashed with the blow. Not only did the dragon give a boost to the attack but it was also launched from it, both Greenie and Reign were sent flying as Reign\'s swords were bit by the dragon. Both of them hit the ceiling of the hall while Shadow used the moment to appear behind the boss and stab his leg again.

This time however the boss was ready, as soon as Shadow had appeared the ground beneath him cracked as an explosion of green mana engulfed him, at least that\'s what the boss expected to happen, but luckily for Shadow, he managed to activate his [ Shadow Body ] skill and dodge the explosion.

"Tch, you pests are starting to annoy me with your speed, perhaps I should break all of your legs first before cutting them off and feeding them to you." Azar hits the floor of the hall with the pommel of his glaive as he stares at Shadow and the others with anger in his eyes. Ever since he had appeared on Earth, he was fully concentrated on creating his territory, compared to Reign and the others he couldn\'t get a territory before taking control of all the anchor points.

If not for the incredible power of the ape he would have already controlled the whole town, slowly but surely he was increasing the strength of his subordinates and himself so that one day they could take the head of the ape and claim the town as theirs.

With the arrival of Reign and the others however everything changed, not only did he lose 2 anchor points but his men were all killed, his base was almost destroyed and traitors had appeared, even if he kills all of them today he would still need to spend an incredible amount of time in order to get everything back.

"It seems we can\'t really expect to win against this guy without truly going all out," Wolf stated as his body was suddenly covered in flames. A flicker of lightning appeared beside him as Reign was back with Greenie.

Beast had put his bow back in the inventory as he summoned the black lion, a sphere of light engulfed both of them before disappearing. Beast\'s current look was almost the same as when he would fuse with the golden lion, the only difference being the color of his fur and a ball of light that was located in his abdomen, that was the light that the lion had stored up previously.

Laura\'s whole demeanor changed as demonic flames covered her whole body while a dark tome suddenly appeared in her left hand. She was ready to burn all of the life-force she had collected so far in order to attack the boss with everything she had, during the 3 days that Reign was unconscious she also studied the dark tome and managed to learn another spell, after getting an idea she managed to infuse the spell with demonic energy which further increased its power, not only that one, even the dark flame was something that could be strengthened by it.

Tank on the other hand slowly walked towards the boss as his metallic skin glistened. With a determined gaze, he looks at the boss before switching his sight to Reign and the others.

"Leave the blocking to me."