Chapter 147 - 146: Quadruple Beneficial Magic
Chapter 147: Chapter 146: Quadruple Beneficial Magic
Zelir’s firm reply also boosted the morale of Marcus, Valles, and the others.
Indeed.
’With an Upper Level Mage watching our backs, what is there to be afraid of?’
’You’d never get this kind of support on a real adventure.’
"Hey, hey, have you guys considered that I’m just a Junior Swordsman?"
Watching the One-Eyed Giant charge aggressively toward them, Gray felt his confidence plummet, his face turning a little pale.
’Even with a buff, I’ll probably just get squashed with one slap.’
"What? Are you scared?" Marcus shot Gray a sidelong glance.
As the Warrior who had to stand on the front lines, he didn’t show the slightest hint of fear.
"What are you talking about... I’m no coward!"
Gray took a deep breath, steadying his Spirit.
"Then let’s fight!"
"That’s all I needed to hear." Zelir drew Night Peace.
"Fine..."
Lena, watching from the side, saw this and temporarily abandoned the idea of preparing an Energy Storage Magic to annihilate the One-Eyed Giant.
’Then I’ll look forward to your performance.’
’In any case, with Manlin’s Healing Skill as a safety net, even if they get seriously injured, it won’t be a major problem.’
At the same time, Bev, Yanni, and Lante all retreated to the rear, as did Leiden.
They knew very well that they weren’t capable of joining the fight against the One-Eyed Giant. It was better to stay back and not cause trouble.
In the observation area, Lante and Riley clenched their fists.
They watched without blinking as Zelir’s squad prepared to face the One-Eyed Giant, an involuntary excitement rising within them.
’This is a Challenge-rated Demon!’
Bev’s expression, however, was tinged with worry, and she unconsciously bit her lower lip.
’Please don’t let anything happen...’
The appearance of the One-Eyed Giant also made Yisi and Hank, who had been guarding from a distance on either side, a little more alert.
’A Challenge-rated Demon. Should we intervene...?’
But they quickly saw that Lena and Manlin seemed to have no intention of letting the squad members retreat.
On the contrary, Manlin had even raised her Magic Wand.
"Are you ready, Zelir?" Manlin asked with a smile.
"Ready...!" Zelir’s Spirit was highly focused, his eyes fixed on the massive Demon drawing ever closer.
"Then let’s begin."
Manlin’s voice fell softly as she raised her Magic Wand.
The first spell was released silently.
An invisible, formless ripple emanated from Manlin, instantly sweeping across the entire battlefield and precisely enveloping every member of the squad.
"Hmm...?"
Gray suddenly felt his body become lighter, as if a great weight had been lifted, and even his steps became much swifter.
Immediately after, a second ripple swept over them.
This time, Power surged into the squad members’ bodies like a rushing river!
Marcus felt his shield arm fill with explosive Power.
A third ripple!
Everyone’s physical toughness was enhanced, their skin and muscles becoming as tough as tanned leather!
The final ripple fell upon Zelir alone.
In that instant, Zelir felt the flow of Magic Power in his sea of consciousness become much smoother and faster.
This would significantly increase the speed at which he could sketch Spell Structures!
Moreover, his level of Magic manipulation had also improved.
Beneath Technique Celestial Calculation, four new spells appeared in succession!
Swift Blessing, Analysis Progress - 2%
Gift of Barbaric Strength, Analysis Progress - 2%
Indestructible Body, Analysis Progress - 2%
Spring Resonance, Analysis Progress - 2%
Instructor Manlin had cast four Amplification Magic spells on the five of them in a row!
Blessed with various buffs, an unprecedented confidence surged within the five of them.
Zelir took a deep breath.
Facing the charging Giant, the last trace of fear in his heart was completely replaced by a soaring battle spirit!
According to the Monster Atlas, the One-Eyed Giant’s greatest threat was the eye on its head.
It could charge up and release an Aurora Energy Beam, a Magic with extremely high single-target damage.
That also meant... the protection of Fog Flowing Gauze was useless.
However, the One-Eyed Giant’s greatest weakness was also that eye. As long as they could successfully destroy it, its threat level would be greatly reduced.
In addition, as a Giant, the One-Eyed Giant’s physical constitution far surpassed that of ordinary Demons.
Not only was its Power immense, but its skin and flesh were also extremely tough and dense, providing decent protection against all sorts of attacks.
With his thoughts clear, the strategy became obvious.
"Alright... first, we’ll destroy its eye!"
Zelir quickly gave the order, "Marcus, charge to the front! Valles, you and I will focus fire on its eye."
"Rivaya, if Marcus gets into trouble, you can temporarily take his place to draw the One-Eyed Giant’s attention."
"Gray, just harass it from the side."
"Understood!"
The One-Eyed Giant had already charged in front of the squad, its massive shadow looming over them.
Zelir and Valles charged their attacks simultaneously.
Under the enhancement of Instructor Manlin’s buffs, the power of their Arcane Missile and Thunder Arrow had clearly increased significantly.
Two streams of light aimed for the One-Eyed Giant’s pupil, intertwining as they shot forward!
However, before the attacks could hit, the One-Eyed Giant simply closed its eyelid.
"BOOM! BOOM!"
The Arcane Missile and Thunder Arrow were completely blocked by the thick eyelid!
After the smoke from the explosions cleared, it was clear that the two attacks had only blasted away a bit of flesh and hadn’t been powerful enough to pierce through.
’How can an eyelid be so ridiculously tough...’ Valles was stunned.
Immediately after, the One-Eyed Giant’s eyelid lifted.
In its undamaged single eye, a purple light suddenly flared!
Aurora Energy Beam, erupt!
A purple beam shot out, aimed straight at Zelir.
The One-Eyed Giant could subconsciously sense that Zelir was the biggest threat.
’Kill him first!’
"Zelir, look out!" Valles shouted urgently.
Zelir felt a deadly threat lock onto him.
He didn’t even have time to think, relying completely on the reflexes of his buff-enhanced body to duck sharply to the side the instant the beam shot toward him!
"SWISH!"
The purple beam barely grazed past Zelir’s body, blasting a huge boulder behind him to smithereens!
’Holy shit...’
Zelir was still shaken, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
’Thank goodness for the agility buff from Instructor Manlin. Otherwise, I would have been in big trouble just now.’
"ROAR!!!"
Missing its attack, the One-Eyed Giant let out a furious roar.
It grabbed a nearby tree, put its back into it, and with a series of "CRACK-CRACK-CRACK" sounds, ripped it straight from the ground to use as a weapon!
"You won’t get past my line!"
Marcus braced his Shield and charged forward!
The enormous ancient tree came crashing down!
"RUMBLE!!!"
A tremendous sound echoed as the ground beneath Marcus’s feet collapsed, leaving a huge crater in its place with countless cracks spreading outward.
But Marcus had still managed to withstand the blow!
’The key to victory lies in destroying the Giant’s single eye.’
’We have to find a way to blast that thick eyelid protecting it to pieces!’
The only ones in the squad capable of that were Zelir and Valles.
The formation scattered at this moment.
Zelir and Valles positioned themselves at the One-Eyed Giant’s front-left and front-right, respectively, keeping a wide distance so they wouldn’t both be wiped out by an Aurora Energy Beam.
Rivaya circled around to the One-Eyed Giant’s back-left, while Gray sneakily moved to its back-right.
With that, the squad had completed a full encirclement of the One-Eyed Giant, allowing attacks to come from any angle.
"THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP!"
The One-Eyed Giant swung the tree trunk like a madman, smashing it randomly at Marcus.
Each blow made the earth let out a dull groan, sending rubble and dirt flying into the air.
The scene looked just like a giant bear taking its anger out on a doll.
Under the One-Eyed Giant’s savage assault, Marcus could only grit his teeth and desperately hold on, almost completely engulfed by the clouds of dust kicked up by the relentless smashing.
A stream of light whistled in from the flank!
Thunder Arrow!
Fighting Qi enveloped the Glazed Arrow, aiming for the Giant’s eye.
A dull explosion sounded, and more of the flesh on the Giant’s eyelid was blasted away.
"ROAR!!!"
The One-Eyed Giant roared in pain, but it didn’t stop its attack on Marcus.
The One-Eyed Giant lifted its foot and kicked squarely against Marcus’s Shield, sending him flying.
"Ugh...!"
A pained grunt was stifled in Marcus’s chest. He skidded more than ten meters along the ground, rolling several times before coming to a stop.
After knocking Marcus back, the One-Eyed Giant locked onto Valles, who had just attacked it.
Its Perception was quite sharp; even without opening its eye, it could quickly pinpoint an enemy’s location through sound and smell.
That was how it had discovered Rivaya when he was scouting earlier.
The One-Eyed Giant opened its eye, its pupil suddenly glowing.
Valles felt a chill run down his spine, and his body subconsciously moved to dodge.
Just as the Aurora Energy Beam was about to erupt, a more ferocious Arcane Missile struck from another direction.
Zelir had seized the rare opening and viciously slammed his Magic into the surface of the One-Eyed Giant’s eyeball.
"RUMBLE!!!"
This time, the Arcane Missile directly hit the eyeball. The ensuing Magic Power explosion engulfed the Giant’s entire head in blue light.
Arcane Energy poured into the eyeball unimpeded.
"AWOO!!!"
The charge for the Aurora Energy Beam was interrupted as a spray of blood burst forth.
The single eyeball was ravaged. The thick eyelid was blasted outward, with only half of it still hanging from the socket, constantly dripping a nauseating fluid.
But this attack hadn’t completely destroyed the Giant’s eye; it only made it even more berserk.
’Compared to that Archer, this Mage is a bigger threat!’
’I have to kill him first!’
The One-Eyed Giant shifted its target, preparing to launch a fierce assault on Zelir.
A phantom-like figure quietly appeared behind the One-Eyed Giant.
Rivaya pushed his speed to the absolute limit.
Combined with the buff from Instructor Manlin, it took him barely an instant to launch his surprise attack and close in on the One-Eyed Giant.
Backstab!
His body spun as he moved at high speed, the cold light of his dagger flashing as he plunged it in and then dragged it sideways.
Fighting Energy tore through the One-Eyed Giant’s flesh.
However, because the One-Eyed Giant had practically no neck, Rivaya could only open a long gash in the area where its nape should have been.