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[14th Everdusk 2103], CGA Branch, Dyna Crest country, Test Dungeon.
The boss was coming straight towards my head, and I barely managed to dodge it. However, what happened next was something I couldn't sense.
A slash of wind cut through my cheek like a blade.
{-14 HP}
"Argh." I held my cheek where the cut appeared. As the notification appeared, it made my eye twitch as it showed this event as well.
"What is this sh*t?" I said as the system even provided the reason behind it.
[System has detected the boss using two passive skills:
"Yes, rub some salt on my wounds. It will work better," I shouted at screen, which didn't reply and just shut off by itself.
But the least good thing now was that the mobility of the horse was reduced due to the limited area, making it difficult for the boss to catch and kill me. If he had met me in an open area, I would have been dead for sure.
"Okay, go my loyal subordinates and create problems for his stead to rush towards me," I commanded my two skeletons, who were standing beside me like spectators.
With my command, the two boneheads started moving toward the boss, who was directing his horse's head towards me to rush again.
To my surprise, the speed of my skeletons were also affected by the stats assignment, which began with of my stats.
Their speed was high enough to reach the boss and start attacking the horse's body, causing it to lose some control and move recklessly.
But sadly, it wasn't enough to knock the boss off the horse. Before they could inflict more damage on the horse, the boss, he slashed his sword, finishing both of my summons. However, it was enough to use my skills.
[ShadowBolt] [BoneFangStrike] {-32 MP}
Two skills were used one after another, with the fang moving ahead and the bolt behind it, but both targets were different.
The fang, which was supposed to hit the boss, was easily defended with his sword, but the real attack was behind it and was carefully planned by me.
The shadow bolt was a shadow element spell skill that could be ignored if not focused on clearly in darkness here. The boss, who was clearly focusing on the fang, didn't notice it. But the bolt wasn't directed toward the Skeleton knight; it was aimed at his steed.
As it directly hit the head of the Skeleton horse, the impact was strong enough to bring the horse down to the ground.
The boss was now on the ground, shocked by what had happened.
"You cheap, dirty trickster! How dare you harm my companion in front of me? Today, I will show you the true terror of a Storm knight of the La###en House," he said as he stood up. Much to my surprise, he didn't even move and slashed his blade toward me from many meters away.
A slash made of wind emerged from the attack and launched toward me. Before I could move away, the blade was already in front of me. I barely had the chance to dodge or evade the attack and hurriedly bent down on the ground as the wind blade passed above.
As I was thanking my instincts for dodging this powerful attack, something happened, and a cut appeared on my shoulder.
Blood squirted from the wound as I clutched my shoulder in pain, but I didn't fall as before. The memories of my past life were still merging with me, and the pain and suffering I had received back then were much worse than this injury.
{-57 HP}
'What is this humanoid boss, class? This is too much power for a Tier 0 guy... wait, is he a higher-level being pretending to be low-level? No, if that were the case, I should have died,' I thought as the voice of the boss fell into my ears.
"Oi, devil worshiper, how do you like my gift just now? Is it to your liking? Don't worry, I'll personally put another mark straight onto your chest, and you won't need another one," he said in his hazy voice. Even though the horse was now looking better, the skin above its face was severely damaged by my attack.
Yet, he stood up, ready for battle with his rider. The rider jumped onto the horse's back, preparing for the final rush to finish off the intruder whom he believed could be easily defeated now.
I could see the boss's and horse's HP. The boss's HP was mostly full, with just a minor drop, while the horse's health was critically low, holding on with just twenty to thirty percent.
"Aren't you underestimating me too much?" I said to him, but the boss didn't reply, either unwilling or unable to.
As he started rushing toward me to finish the matter, I wasn't scared at all. My grip on my weapon was tight, and just as he was about to reach the required range, I used my skills to address one of the problems I was facing.
[ShadowLeap] [PowerStrike] {-40 MP}
I disappeared from my place as the boss tried to pinpoint me, but it was too late. I was already in front of his steed. My sword skill slashed straight through the horse's body, even damaging the boss's armor slightly. Just before I could further cut or damage him, he left his place and fell sideways to save himself.
But the horse was unfortunate and got cut in half from the middle, falling onto the ground.
As I just cleared my half problem here, even the wound had stopped bleeding now, but the stinging pain and difficulty in moving the arm were still there as I didn't have the privilege to stop here.
"RRRRAAAAAhhhhhhhh~~~~~" The sound of screaming occurred as the boss looked at his horse with pain in his eyes, perhaps after losing his companion.
"You dirty worshippers, first you killed my lord and now you even take away my steed for the second time. I won't let any of you live easily, I swear to kill every single one of you with my own hands," it shouted, leaving the horse's skeleton corpse aside and rushing towards me to attack. Now it was acting like a berserk boss, attacking restlessly without any precise decision.
But I wasn't going to get caught in these attacks as my speed was high enough to easily dodge his attacks and even counterattack in such a state.
But the real pain starts now. The pain of slow HP reduction, which will take half of my time here, I am sure of it.
And it began with my attack on the frenzied boss....
-- To be continued --