The two women fought fiercely as if sworn opponents. Both of them have first-class special classes bestowed by divine beings. Both of them wore unique-grade set equipment and brandished unique-grade weapons.
They also had unique-grade bloodlines, courtesy of their respective Gods.
Red Death possessed the bloodline of Shadow Devourer. It was a unique-grade bloodline that required the essences of darkness-type monsters. This bloodline was ideal for the Assassin class. Aside from boosting speed, it also provided shadow-related abilities that ease the owner on sneaking and ambushing.
Grace had the bloodline of Grandmother Oak, which was also a unique-grade bloodline that was strengthened by absorbing the essence of magical-type monsters. This bloodline boosted its ownerās defense and self-restorative ability and also powered up healing spells. Graceās base class was healer-type, so this bloodline fit her nicely.
They were equally matched in terms of equipment and bloodline. But in terms of martial expertise, Red Death was better. Grace was not a stranger to martial art after training diligently following Jetās teaching, but she couldnāt compare to Red Death who had spent years training.
However, Graceās higher level gave her better stats. This allowed her to better cope with Red Deathās expertise. Her keen perception helped her to better see Red Deathās attacks and reacted accordingly.
On the occasions when she couldnāt dodge Red Deathās assaults, she would trade life with Red Death. She had higher HP and defense. She also had healing spells that healed her missing life afterward. Hence, she had no worries about such a reckless fighting style.
She used Greedās Will to damage all nearby enemies, who were Red Death, Rayne, Long, and Delgado. The damage then was used to heal all nearby allies, including Jackās wolves.
With her at level 72, she had access to another two skills from her special class, Emissary of Avarice.
The skill she got when she reached level 60 was the Mace of Selfishness. This skill conjured a giant mace that smashed down at a target, dealing 1000% magical damage. If the target was hit, the mace continued to another nearby target up to a maximum of five targets for the first level.
Unfortunately, Red Death was too agile and fast. Grace failed to hit her with this skill and thus the skill ended after the first hit.
At level 70, Grace received another skill, Armor of Ego. The skill covered her body with a layer of green energy. The armor increased her defense by 200%. The armor had an HP bar equal to her HP. If she was hit, the damage would be taken by the armor instead. The armor had the ability to self-regenerate 0.5% HP each second.
This meant that if the armor of ego didnāt receive any damage within a bit over three minutes, it could fully recover its HP from near death. To make it worse, this armor could receive recovery effects. Most of the time, the armor would run out of its duration instead of being destroyed, which was five minutes if the skill was level 1.
With this Armor of Ego, Grace could tank through Red Deathās monstrous damage.
In her annoyance, Red Death activated her Mad Slayer classā first skill, Mad Kill. The skill let Red Death deliver a flurry of stabs, similar to Dragoonās Hundred Spears. Each stab dealt 100% chaos damage and ignored the opponentās defense by 20%. Red Death also had a 50% damage reduction when this skill was being executed, allowing her to go on full offense without the worry of being vulnerable during the assault.ššøš„šš©š°š¢xt.š°šš
She also activated her set equipmentās skill, State of Madness, which improved her offense further. This skill boosted her damage output following her rage, and the sight of Grace did piss her off for some reason.
One was excellent in offense, the other was sturdy in her defense. Both appeared to be in a stalemate.
On the side, Rayne was at an advantage over Oswald because of his higher level, but the advantage wasnāt steep. Oswald had martial arts, while Rayne didnāt. Red Death didnāt bother teaching Rayne. Hence, Oswald was able to cover that difference in level with his expertise.
On the other side, Long was being harassed by Therrasā copy and the golden wolves. These minions couldnāt harm him. Some of the wolves had even died. Yet, their disruption was enough to keep him from giving aid to Delgado.
Without anyone providing aid, Delgado could only suffer through Jackās punishment. Jack didnāt hold back. His Formless Flowing Sword Style powered by mana manipulation quickly took out Delgadoās remaining HP.
When she fell. Long made a quick study of the situation.
With the appearance of Grace and Oswald, the table had turned. He was not confident he could take out Jack with the current number of allies. Additionally, he also felt very tired. Repeatedly using the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms drained his energy. Not to mention he also used his other ancient art to block Therrasā Earth Core Bomb. His movements were not as sharp as before.
Thatās why he couldnāt take out the Therrasā copy and the golden wolves in a short time. By the time Delgado fell, he only managed to take out Therrasā copy and eight of the golden wolves.
He sent a message to Red Death, āRetreat!ā
He then turned and ran away using the Speed Run skill. She didnāt wait for Red Deathās response. If she was late to flee, it was her own mistake.
Jack saw Long run. Jack didnāt want to let this one go. He used Shooting Dash. But when he was about to reach Long, the sky wyrm suddenly came at him. Jack had no choice but to stop. Long jump off the edge of the cliff then. He used his companion token to unsummon Abasi who was already low on health.
Therras flapped his wings to chase Long, but the sky wyrmās long tail coiled at Therras while its jaws tried to bite Jack ferociously.
Jack and Therras had no choice but to deal with the sky wyrm. The sky wyrm was already low on health due to fighting Therras. It took them only a short time to kill the sky wyrm.
After the sky wyrm was dead, Jack looked over the cliff. Long was nowhere to be seen. Long had viciously sacrificed his pet to cover his escape.
While Jack was dealing with the sky wyrm, Red Death had also escaped. Graceās speed was nowhere near Red Deathās. She wasnāt able to chase if Red Death intended to flee.
Oswald had the speed to chase, but Rayne had the flying dagger skill. His flying dagger kept Oswald at bay while he and Red Death made their escape. Grace told Oswald not to continue chasing. Oswald wonāt be able to take on those two by himself.
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