Chapter 70: 13.2 Solo Instance?

"Here I come!"

[*SWISH!*]

"Oh my lord!"

I couldn't help but voice out my sheer surprise as I somehow managed to duck under the Emperor's initial swing, his golden staff soaring above me as I felt my back hit the stone below. Immediately, I already knew that I was far from ready. The sheer speed that I'd need to go toe-to-toe with this man would be astronomical!

[GROUND POUND: 12%]

My eyes widened as an orange circle then appeared on the ground around me. Already knowing what it meant, I quickly scurried out of the thing's radius before the cast time ever ran out.

"Prepare yourself!"

[*SLAM!*]

Dust got kicked up into the air as the man slammed the butt of his staff on the ground, the stone cracking beneath him as the resulting shockwave almost lifted me off my feet. And that was me not being inside the attack too!

[*BANG!BANG!BANG!*]