After several seconds Octavius leaned back still frowning I do understand now According to this he was part of a party that cleared a Lvl 35 dungeon about 9 hours after the system arrived in his world That certainly seems like a record but
The Rhino shrugged The reward for that was enough Aether for him to swim in it for quite a while it is no wonder he felt no weakness
The land beneath them lit up in brilliant light as the waves of colors were sucked down into the office worker people beneath them building to a brilliant intensity Then the floor seemed to collapse and everything turned dark
A voice spoke in the dark It is allowed She will remain as the Guiding Spirit for this village The rules govern only what you cannot do Since her situation is not covered it is not forbidden
Then the light faded further and Lyra blinked finding herself back in the main building of Donnyton
What What had just happened
Randidly stood sighing It would be too much to hope for that they would allow him to recover after brutalizing them so efficiently for a minute The Raid Team was surging forward towards him their faces grim
No helping it then He absorbed stamina and mana from the rings on his fingers 150 of the stamina and all 300 of the mana It would simply take too long for the mana to regenerate otherwise Having some stamina as a buffer would be good but it was pointless to absorb too much After all he wanted to be regenerating it constantly
He had taken advantage of the fact that he had a whole list of skills that they hadn’t seen or experienced before to knock them on their back foot and then he was able to knock out some of their more annoying members Of course this left the key players who hadn’t yet played all of their cards
Although he had enough health to tank Dozer wasn’t good defending a single person although he was invaluable at limiting Randidly’s movements near him Donny didn’t have the speed or the guile to handle an opponent who could avoid him but when he was confronted he was near impregnable Decklan wasn’t willing to commit until he felt there was an opening but when that strike descended And all the rest of them hadn’t yet learned how to gamble with their lives because there was simply no other choice
Grinning Randidly knew that the other side was currently feeling the pressure of having only a single healer That was the point
The true test would be who could continue on under the weight of that pressure And of course the weight of facing him
Standing slowly Randidly once more activated Agony Because he wasn’t using potions he couldn’t use Agony too frequently in case it decreased his health to the point he might actually die That would certainly be an ironic end to this spar But it certainly caused the assault to stall somewhat as each individual struggled against the consciousness warping pain
And one by one they stepped forward gritting their teeth He could see it in their eyes that they craved victory That they craved the strength to overcome this
Good If they didn’t this wouldn’t be any fun at all
Deep within his chest that strange frosted lava energy began to pulse burning freezing and filling him with excitement
Chapter 105
Daniel watched calmly as all of the final battle on the arena unfolded He carefully noted every skill that the Ghosthound used doing his best to mark down their effects based upon observation From there he tried to extrapolate information about stats
Ultimately he gave up the Ghosthound simply had too many skills and stat boosts from places to keep track of all of their influences There were simply too many variables to account for them all
Do you think we can really win against him Daniel asked setting his notebook to the side
Mrs Hamilton smiled at him amused Don’t be so caught up in his pace and past accomplishments Just look What is happening
Daniel looked seeing the rapid march of the squads as they rushed towards the Ghosthound’s form as he slowly stood His breathing was even but his eyes were narrow scanning the oncoming wave of bodies As they approached he simply allowed them to come making no move to dodge breathing slowly
When they arrived they pressed forward shields raised The Ghosthound’s pole dipped low smashing against the shins of one man who stumbled briefly That man was immediately met with a roundhouse kick which knocked him backwards and the Ghosthound was able to step forward into the small gap lashing out with his pole The squad parted flowing around him and Paolo and Kayle rushed forward both attacking at the same time with a cooperation that surprised Daniel
The Ghosthound simply grimaced his spear blurring to knock away every attack that came his way Seeing their chance the squad members surged closer
Suddenly it seemed like the flurry of attacks coming from all directions was too much for him and the Ghosthound suddenly let an attack through The woman’s eyes gleamed as she slashed downwards Unfortunately the Ghosthound twisted and the blow was shallow
His follow up was not
His punch took her in the chest cracking her centipede shell armor Gasping she fell to her knees blood dripping from her lips The Ghosthound hopped lightly over her then grabbed her and threw her out of the arena Two other squad members rushed forward roaring but the Ghosthound’s pole cracked them both in the head after they left the safety of their superior numbers to attack him
Those two too were thrown out and the Ghosthound calmly turned to regard the remaining group He sported several small cuts and blood slowly ran down from his ribs and shoulder The Ghosthound flexed his bare feet and grinned as if asking them if this was all they had
Donny’s voice echoed out and the squad rumbled forward rushing towards the Ghosthound once more
I see Donny ordering the attack but neither he Dozer nor Decklan are participating Daniel said frowning Of the most powerful only Kayle and Paolo are fighting and they are only doing so passively harrying him Why are they letting him defeat the squad members like this
Mrs Hamilton just smiled shaking her head Because they want to win Randidly can beat the squad members but it costs him Stamina And without Donny committing Randidly cannot strike a blow to eliminate them all at once
So it’s going to continue like this
Likely no the Ghosthound is not one you can corner so easily not even with our highest trained squad members If we are going to defeat the Ghosthound we need a little more
They both turned their gazes back to the arena not daring to look away
Randidly frowned Donny certainly had gotten callous He could rip through these fodder all night but it would deplete his already sorry stores of mana It would be much easier if the fight with the main force happened while he had stamina to spare but it appears they were content to wait him out
Fine he supposed it was time to bring the fight to them
As the front tanks marched forward Randidly abruptly raced to meet them pole raised He really missed his Spine Spear both for its size strength bonus and blade but he supposed this pole was a much better weapon for insuring there were no casualties He should have at least put a blade on this weapon But whining about it now would do no good With just a bare stick of wood he planted his feet activated Haste Empower Heavy Blow Mana Strengthening and Sweep and smashed forward with his pole striking the front line in a broad blow aiming to hit as many as possible
Four people were knocked over smashed to the side by the force of the blow knocked off their feet Although their stats might be much higher most people hadn’t realized that their superior physical strength did nothing to increase their weight It was quite easy to knock them up and helplessly away if they didn’t prepare for it Randidly planted his feet and was ready to rush forward but to his surprise a figure stepped up in front of him weapon raised It was the dark skinned young man with the iron ball for a weapon that had rushed him earlier at the beginning of the fight
A Phantom Thrust blurred outward striking the man in the nose The cartilage of his nose shattered blood spurting outward and Randidly moved to step past him