At the rear of the squad, Reya looked at the two Gray Dwarves enveloped in a red protective shield ahead of her, murmuring:
"How can I break this shield? Do I really have to wait for it to disappear on its own?"
Suddenly, she jolted!
Her beautiful eyes widened, and a look of immense surprise mixed with a trace of regret appeared on her face.
Just now, a flash of inspiration pierced through her mind, like lightning into darkness.
Because she had figured it out!
That arrow!
The Demon-Breaking Arrow that Elise had sent!
Reya, slightly flustered, hurriedly retrieved a Serrated Arrow emitting a faint yellow light from a special quiver at her waist on the other side.
"Give me two seconds!"
With that, Reya nocked the Demon-Breaking Arrow onto her Strong Bow and swiftly drew the bowstring to its full moon.
Due to the excessive force, the bowstring emitted a taut sound, as if straining under the weight!
Upon hearing Reyaâs urgent shout, Raine narrowed his eyes; he knew Reya had mastered the bow skill "Aimed Strike," so he naturally understood the need for two seconds.
Raine bent his knees and lowered his shoulders, using a charging stance, exerting his full strength to pin the Gray Dwarf emitting red light tightly against the rock wall.
"(Underworld Common Language) Damn! Itâs the Demon-Breaking Arrow!" The magical fluctuations from the arrow in Reyaâs hand instantly caught Gray Dwarf Roseâs attention, and upon realization, his expression changed drastically.
"(Underworld Common Language) Omier, be careful!"
Before his words could settle, Gray Dwarf Rose charged swiftly toward Reya at the rear of the team, who was aiming to shoot.
Deeming it unsafe, Gray Dwarf Roseâs right arm muscles swelled, and in the next instant, he hurled the Warhammer in his hand heavily toward Reya.
"Buzz!"
The silver-gray Warhammer spun, whistling as it pierced through the air, rapidly hurtling toward Reya like a disk!
But in the next moment, a flash of silver sword light appeared with a clang!
Grande was instantly sent flying backward, his Half Sword collided fiercely with the Warhammer, dislodged and flew away, but this strike also created a rare opening for Reya.
"Swoosh!"
A nearly piercing sound of air being torn apart echoed!
An arrow emitting a pale yellow light seemed to leap through space; it disappeared from Reyaâs hand, reappearing the next instant in front of the Gray Dwarf on the left.
"Chizz!"
Red and yellow light flourished!
Following this, a sound like ripping paper erupted.
The red protective shield was pierced by the yellow arrow, passing through the chest of the Gray Dwarf wearing Scale Armor in front of Raine, embedding into the rock wall several inches!
Raine saw clearly how the Gray Dwarfâs eyes bulged suddenly, and the resisting force from the opposite side vanished instantly.
The opponent collapsed limply against the rock wall, eyes losing all luster.
"You... actually killed Omier! Go die!" Gray Dwarf Sos, witnessing his kin being slain, blushed furiously.
He picked up the Warhammer knocked away by Grande earlier, glaring at the culprit Reya, iron boots stomping as he charged ahead.
"Dodge, Reya!" Fabian yelled anxiously as he hurled a vial of poison toward Gray Dwarf Sos.
Sos deflected and broke the vial with a shield block, causing the pungent poison to splatter the ground.
Though it caused no harm, it stalled Gray Dwarf Sos for half a second.
Reya naturally noticed the fast-approaching Gray Dwarf; she turned immediately, toe touching the ground, but upon contact, felt her ankle soften.
Due to aiming for maximum damage with the Aimed Strike just now, she was nearly using 100% completion of the combat skill.
This left her, not yet a formal Classes member, needing several seconds to adjust and recover her bodily state, but the Gray Dwarfâs pursuit gave her no such time.
"Chizz!"
A blue and white ray illuminated the dark underground hall.
And the swiftly charging Gray Dwarf staggered from the sudden Freezing Ray!
Benefiting from Raineâs daily practice in precision, he hit the Gray Dwarfâs left leg with itâa large patch of white ice started to spread around Sosâs knee.
Everyone showed a hopeful expression, assuming the dwarfâs speed drastically decreased and Reyaâs crisis was averted; suddenly!
The foe muttered a brief spell, causing a spherical red glow to disperse the Frost Power around their knee rapidly.
Within just a second, the Gray Dwarf nearly returned to its former speed, continuing the chase toward Reya.
Seeing the foe draw closer and closer to Reya.
In a flash!
A figure rapidly charged from the side, colliding fiercely into the Gray Dwarf!
"Boom!!"
Raine felt as if heâd slammed into a slightly softer wall, with the red shield forming a basin-sized dent, yet the encapsulated Gray Dwarf inside seemed little affected.
"(Underworld Common Language) Seeking death! Then Iâll start with you!" With the relentless obstruction from the Howling Hunter Squad, Gray Dwarf Sos grew even angrier!
Raising his heavy Warhammer high, his arm muscles swollen, veins bulging, a hammer-shaped gray shadow howled downward at high speed!
Raine, after repeated practice with Armor-Piercing Strike recently, instantly recognized that the foe was executing the same skill!
Raineâs pupils constricted, he hurriedly blocked with his shield.
"Clang!!!"
Sparks flew!
As if struck directly by a meteor, Raine felt a severe shock from the Steel Shield in his hand!
Instantly, his entire left arm felt numb with pain, while his feet embedded over three inches into the ground.
Raine was certain that without the Brute Force Lv2 from Wild Boar Warrior enhancement, and having replaced his gear with a Metal Shield, he couldnât have withstood such an Armor-Piercing Strike.
He would have ended up with his shield cracked like Robinâs.
And face injuries beyond a mere cracked wrist, extreme tension.
Seeing his heavy blow fail to dislodge the shield in Raineâs grasp, Gray Dwarf Sos was momentarily surprised.
Yet in the next moment, he raised the Warhammer high again.
"Backstab!"
Fabian leapt high, his body stretching mid-air; swooshâa silver arc sliced down at the neck of the Gray Dwarfâs back emitting red glow!
"Thrust!"
Almost simultaneously, Grande dashed forward with an arrow step, gripping his Half Sword tightly, a silver line stabbing toward Gray Dwarf Sosâs side body.
Two silver gleams struck the red shield simultaneously, time seemed to pause briefly, both froze in the striking pose!
From their almost âgracefulâ striking stance, the combat skill completion might have reached their limit.
But the issue is...
Despite two visible dents, neither dagger nor sword reached the Gray Dwarf behind the energy shield, still inches away.
"Trash not even in Classes!"