1832 Chapter 1832. Everyone Gets Along
"F*ck! Get away from me!" Badass screamed as he tried fighting the Barghest back.
The Barghest was very ferocious. Badass could still endure due to his superb equipment, but he kept on losing HP. He forced himself to cast a fast spell, Demon Hand. His hands transformed into demon claws and he fought the barghest with them.
With the Demon Hand, he could keep the barghest from disturbing him too much. He wasn't able to cast Hell's Fire, but he had enough time to cast Hell Walker level's 70 spell, Demon's Shadow. When the spell was cast, an apparition of a flaming demon appeared next to him. This spell was similar to Berserker's Ancestral Possession. The demon apparition assailed the barghest and kept it from disturbing Badass.
When he thought he had kept the barghest at bay and could go back to cast the Hell's Fire again, he felt multiple impacts at the back of his head. He knew those impacts were the Rapid Shot from a gunner.
Several of the hits resulted in critical damage and caused the spell formation he just formed to fizzle again. He turned and saw David had approached just beyond his hell ring. His hell minions didn't seem to bother the gunner much.
From that distance, David easily aimed at Badass' fatal points. Critical hits gave a higher chance of disrupting spellcasting. David also placed himself opposite from his barghest. Badass' demon shadow could only protect him from one direction.
Badass was not only troubled by the critical hits disrupting his spellcasting, but the damage from critical damage was also not low. Even with his exceptional equipment, he wasn't a tank-type class. His HP was down to almost fifty percent from those hits.
"Damn it!" He cursed. He called his partner, "Nameless. I need help here!"
Nameless wasn't exactly having a good time. He hadn't been able to hit Freddie despite him clearly being stronger and faster due to the stat superiority of his special class. Even supported by his celestial hammers, he still couldn't land a hit. Freddie's drunken-fist style was simply too weird for him to follow. He had been so absorbed in his attempt to hit Freddie that he wasn't aware of Badass' situation. He was only alerted after hearing Badass' urgent call.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})He hurriedly used his Saint Knight's level 80 skill, Heavenly Protection. At the first level, this skill created a barrier on a target that absorbed 50,000 damage. At max level, the barrier could be given to five targets and each barrier absorbed 100,000 damage.
His skill level was high enough to provide the barrier for Badass and himself. Badass was saved from David's subsequent gunshots after the barrier covered him. Nameless also used Soothing Light to heal Badass' HP.
Freddie used the chance when Nameless was distracted to attack. His drunken-fist style swiftly changed to the praying-mantis style. His body spun. His arms were like scythes slashing away the celestial hammers as he advanced toward Nameless. Before Nameless knew it, Freddie was already before him.
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Freddie's praying mantis hand stabbed into Nameless. Nameless felt as if he had been stabbed by a spear instead of a human's hand. He didn't receive any damage because he was protected by his Heavenly Protection but he couldn't fight the force. He was sent tumbling back.
Freddie was casting a spell with his other hand when he made the stab. A wall of vines appeared behind Nameless. Because he was tumbling back, he fell right into the wall of vines. His divine armor prevented him from being entangled, but the vines were as if alive. They formed a fence around him and blocked him from leaving. This was because Freddie used mana manipulation to control the vines.
Freddie cast another spell, Wild Stampede. A group of rampaging wildebeests appeared and ran Nameless over while his movement was limited. He could only rely on his barrier to tank the spell.
With the protection from Nameless' barrier, Badass again tried casting Hell's Fire. He believed nothing should be able to stop him from completing this spell now.
While he was having that thought, three treants came barging through his hell ring. They received heavy damage due to weakness from fire, but they didn't care. The treant started pounding at him. Nameless' barrier still protected him, so he concentrated on quickly completing his spell. He believed once his Hell's Fire was cast, the enemies would be finished.
A grenade came into his face when he almost did. The grenade exploded. Nameless' barrier absorbed the damage. However, David's grenade was not a normal grenade. It was a modified version, stun grenade. The barrier might have absorbed the damage but not the effect. Badass was stunned and his spell was again disrupted.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})When he started casting again, Freddie also barged in. His mana-manipulation finger stab pierced the barrier. The barrier finally exhausted all the damage it could absorb and vanished. Without the barrier, Badass was ganged up on by Freddie, his treants, David, and his barghest. Badass' demon shadow could only do so much against so many opponents.
Badass' HP was quickly brought below half and Jack announced he was out. David and Freddie next went to Nameless who was still hindered by the wall of vines. They kept on blocking his path.
Seeing the situation, Nameless said, "I… I yield."
Losing the damage dealer of the team while he couldn't move freely. There was nothing he could do.
"Winner, David and Freddie!" Jack announced.
Everyone deactivated their skills. Anotherday went to pat Badass on his back.
"… You don't seem surprised by this result," Badass said.
"I don't," Anotherday gave a simple answer.
"You okay, kid?" Freddie asked Nameless.
"You are impressive," Nameless replied. "How do you control the vines like that?"
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})"It is called mana manipulation," Freddie answered.
"Mana manipulation…? I thought it was just a make-believe thing."
"It is not. Anotherday, Blackhole, and I are already starting to learn it," Handsome Joe said.
"But you are still lousy at it," Jet remarked, to which Blackhole and Anotherday chuckled.
"I did say I just started learning, didn't I?" Joe grumbled.
"Can I learn too?" Nameless asked.
"Sure. I will give you pointers if you want to learn," Freddie said.
"Thank you!" Nameless exclaimed.
"Uh, um… What about me?" Badass asked.
"You are welcome to learn if you want. We will be comrades from now on, won't we?" Freddie said.
Jack smiled seeing the scene. He said to Wilted, "I'm glad everyone gets along."
"Yeah," Wilted agreed.
John was the only one still scowling there. "Where the f*ck is that sailor…?!"
