Chapter 45: Rampaging Vivian! (2000 Monthly Tickets Bonus!)
2015-02-01
Author: Floating Tower (诸生浮屠)
Soren was fighting while keeping an eye on Vivian’s situation.
Although he knew that Vivian’s strength might surpass his own, he couldn’t shake off his concern and occasionally focused on the little girl. At first, her fighting style made Soren frown, as she was throwing spells out like a swarm, relying on her powerful casting ability and spell intensity to crush her enemies. However, after using the “Cloud of d*ath” spell, her combat skills began to improve significantly.
Soren thought the little girl had quickly grasped the combat techniques, but he didn’t realize that the control of her body had switched multiple times in such a short time.
For a reckless little troublemaker, spells just required a simple “BIU~BIU~BIU.”
The battle continued.
With a slight impact, a massive Dragon Head Warship appeared near the Ghost Ship, and many noticeably stronger half-breed Lizardmen emerged, engaging the Undead from the Requiem. Among them were some strangely featured Lizardman priests, who quickly chanted bizarre demonic languages and raised their hands to unleash a wave of spell light.
— “Dispel Undead!”
This is a basic ability of priests, granted by any deity.
The effectiveness of Dispel Undead varies depending on the priest’s strength; it can directly destroy undead, intimidate them, or deal significant damage. The Undead are special binding-type spirits, and the opposing priest’s profession level wasn’t high enough to do much damage, but a few weak wraiths were still destroyed. Dispel Undead can be used consecutively, and Soren naturally wouldn’t give the priest another chance, immediately activating his own abilities.
— “Greater Invisibility Spell!”
— “Transformation: Slayer!”
Soren’s figure gradually disappeared, and then, in an instant, he appeared behind an enemy, stabbing a half-breed Lizardman in the heart with his curved blade. The enemy, evidently experienced in combat, started tightening their formation to protect their spellcasters, clustering together to prevent Soren from getting close. Among them seemed to be Sea Bandit Fishmen, and he could vaguely see Soren’s rapid movements. However, even that couldn’t stop Soren’s approach.
— “Frenzied Charm!”
A strange light flickered in Soren’s eyes as the legendary cloak “Sadness of the Desert River” activated for the first time in battle. One of the half-breed warriors in front of him became momentarily confused, and then immediately turned to slash at the priest who was casting spells rapidly. This strike not only interrupted the priest’s spell but also severed half of its palm. Under the control of the charm spell, the half-breed warrior recklessly attacked, injuring several of its own allies and causing chaos around.
— “Hide from Sight!”
— “Shadow Travel!”
Soren was quite wary of spellcasters; his figure vanished from sight, then appeared directly from the distorted shadows, instantly killing the nearing tier-three priest. Since the enemy couldn’t see his position, they were puzzled by the Greater Invisibility Spell. Unless it was an area spell, it was hard to target Soren’s trace.
Cold lights flashed!
The half-breed warrior, driven mad by the “Frenzied Charm,” achieved remarkable feats, allowing Soren to eliminate seven or eight enemies almost effortlessly. At that moment, the charmed half-breed warrior was also injured, and Soren directly struck, decapitating it. Just then, the Swamp King appeared; although Soren had never seen it before, he recognized it at a glance.
— “Finger of d*ath!”
Faster than Soren was Vivian, the little girl raised her hand and shot out a dark red beam of light.
The Swamp King was struck directly, but its figure merely swayed slightly before it patted its chest nonchalantly and let out an angry roar!
Soren shook his head internally. Vivian’s battle experience was still quite limited; dealing with such legendary warriors, their saving throw and resistance abilities were frighteningly high, and without absolute spell strength suppression, d*ath-type spells had little effect on them. Indeed, the Swamp King didn’t care much at all. Its innate spell resistance was extremely high, and it also had the blasphemy bonuses from its demonic corruption; d*ath-type spells were hardly effective against it.
— “Blasphemous Aura!”
— “Blasphemous Words!”
An evil energy field spread out, and the Swamp King grinned as it uttered a blasphemous language, which seemed to carry a special magic, causing Soren to momentarily daze and a hint of confusion to fill his eyes as a wave of data jumped out:
“Influenced by Blasphemous Aura!…”
“Target is an evil life form that has performed blasphemy rituals; within the range of Blasphemous Aura, all your saving throw resistances are reduced by 2!…”
“Influenced by Blasphemous Words!…”
“Triggered forced Will saving throw!… Will save succeeded!… You successfully resisted the intimidation state!…”
………..
Even though Soren quickly regained his senses, he was still half a second too late.
At that moment, the Swamp King swung its giant anchor at him, and Soren didn’t even have a chance to dodge, biting his teeth, he raised his dual blades to block the blow.
Bang!
Soren’s figure was sent flying.
Even after transforming into a Slayer and gaining power from the Dragon Power Spell, achieving an astounding 25 points of strength, he was still knocked back by the Swamp King’s blow. Soren crashed through the wooden railing, landing while spitting out a mouthful of bl**d, and immediately jumped back up.
Rumbling!
The massive anchor was swung out by the Swamp King. It turned out that the anchor was connected to its body by a chain, though because of its massive size, it didn’t appear very obvious.
“I definitely can’t confront giant beings directly!”
Soren bit down and swallowed the bl**d, landing on the mast before turning into a fleeting shadow as he charged down. The Swamp King retracted its anchor with a swing of its chain and then roared as it smashed down. Soren’s figure twisted oddly in midair, actually using his toes to push against its arm for a moment, then leaping into the air again. Its huge size granted it sufficient strength bonuses, but it also made it a bit sluggish.
Splash!
bl**d splattered.
Soren’s dual blades crossed over the Swamp King’s neck, feeling as if he had struck resilient dragon skin, not managing to break through its muscle layer.
“Brother!”
Vivian’s sharp voice rang out. Upon seeing Soren injured and spitting bl**d, her pupils turned red, and a pair of small demon wings manifested behind her while a tattoo appeared on her cheek. Suddenly, she opened her mouth and let out an incredibly piercing howl, causing all creatures near her to bleed from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses, and many enemies died on the spot.
The terrifying soundwave swept through!
Vivian suddenly pointed towards Soren’s back, and a strange shadow appeared behind him, lunging toward his back.
— “Maze Spell!”
A bizarre spatial fluctuation appeared.
Before the shadow that suddenly appeared behind Soren could let out a scream, it was devoured by the warped space, sending it into an interdimensional maze.
— “Teleport Blink!”
— “Time Stop!”
Everything within a thirty-meter radius centered around Vivian was frozen, including Soren beside her and the Swamp King in front of her. A glimmer of bloodlight appeared in the little girl’s eyes, her expression filled with fury as she roared in her sharp, childish voice: “b*stard!… How dare you hurt my brother!… I will k*ll you, monster!…”
Vivian’s expression was extremely angry, her brows almost resembling a pair of ‘upturned willow brows.’
She lifted a destruction magic sword that was as tall as she was and swung it directly at the Swamp King, and feeling that it was still not enough, she consecutively slashed seven or eight times before finally pausing to catch her breath. Being small and of a young age, her strength wasn’t great, so being able to strike that many times was purely an explosive state; after finishing, she felt exhausted.
Time resumed!
Soren seemed to sense that something had just happened, but just as he prepared to find another opportunity to attack the Swamp King’s vital points, he unexpectedly found Vivian standing in front of the Swamp King!
“Not good! She’s in danger!…”
Soren rushed over instinctively without thinking, immediately wrapping his arms around Vivian’s small body, and then he stepped back swiftly.
Rumbling!
A dull crash sounded as it fell.
What was happening before Soren’s eyes completely exceeded his expectations. The seemingly tricky Swamp King, at this moment, was actually splitting into numerous pieces; its body was covered in sword marks, but bl**d did not seep from any of the cuts as if it had been disintegrated by some powerful force. The Swamp King’s massive body fell, breaking apart into many chunks of flesh as it collapsed.
This was simply impossible!
Soren was stunned by what he saw, as for him, it was barely a second ago, while for Vivian in his arms, thirty seconds had already passed.
Everything before him shattered Soren’s common sense!
But.
He quickly realized one thing; achieving such an effect seemed only possible with the legendary spell [Time Stop].
Vivian had killed the Swamp King!
………..(To be continued ~^~)
