The umbrella whizzed through the air, piercing towards Resi who was forced to the ground. The woman smiled, knowing that she will pierce through flesh and blood. She was ecstatic as she thought about the spurting blood tainting the ground and its iron smell mixing with the air.
She used all her force and unfurled her umbrella, only to feel a hard collision that knocked her back a few steps. This confused her greatly as she didn't feel the texture of flesh and instead, she was knocked back. She was furious. Her hand gripping her umbrella with such force that her hands trembled, she looked over towards Resi.
There she saw an unassuming man with no great taste in clothes and had a shield on his right hand. He looked at her with such hatred and fury that she felt a tingle in her spine.
Ligi was glad that he was able to defend Resi in time. As soon as the man spoke trash about Gotang, he knew that Resi would not take it lightly. He prepared his shield and reacted in time when Resi was about to get pierced. With his eyes glaring at the woman and his body bent low, he defended Resi until he could stand up for himself.
The woman was thrown off-guard when she flew backward due to Ligi's reflective shield. The man in the middle showed a surprised reaction by raising his eyebrows. Even the buffed-up man couldn't help but gawk at the result of the woman and Ligi crashing.
"Hohh.....even though you said it reflected power, I wasn't expecting much but this....this is different."
The man with the finely combed hair and all-black suit turned his head back and spoke to Andy. He didn't seem all that much-surprised by Ligi's shield due to Andy telling him of its prowess. The blacksmith had truly betrayed them for the holy grail. Bang couldn't believe that he let his guard down for the blacksmith. He should have assumed that just because the system arranged a mission for him did not mean that the blacksmith was safe. Ge should have been more careful showing all their cards with someone he did not know.
The woman landed on her butt, skidding through the ground with a perplexed face. After she had stopped skidding, she looked up at the sky and displayed a deadpan face. Suddenly, her umbrella stood upright without her physically touching it. It trembled and shot off towards Ligi.
Ligi steeled himself even further and waited for the attack. His feet were not firmly planted on the ground. His toes were the only support he had for his whole body and his heel was in the air, suspended. He waited for the impact the umbrella stopped in front of him.
The umbrella was suspended in mid-air as it unfurled itself. With the umbrella opened, Ligi's vision was obscured. He couldn't see what was in front of him so he got a bad premonition. Then out of the side of his eyes, he saw movement in his right. The woman appeared at his left with her hands holding a black teacup made of the same black powder as her umbrella.
This was the right moment that Ligi prepared for. With his feet in a versatile position, he was able to twist and turn his shield towards the woman and her mysterious black teacup. The woman was once again surprised that her surprise attack didn't work and she bit her lip in frustration.
She splashed the black powder inside her black teacup and most of it was deflected by the shield but some of it went over and splashed Ligi's hair. The woman saw this and smiled as she got ahold of her umbrella and attacked Ligi on the opposite side.
Her black teacup vanished in the air and as her hands touched the handle of the umbrella, it contracted back into a lance-shape. She accelerated to the left with black soot leaving a trail on the ground to where she was. She unfolded her arms and thrust her lance-like umbrella towards Ligi.
Ligi saw this and steeled his heart. He knew what to do in this situation and since his feet were in the proper position, he was confident in reflecting the attack. With his toes acting as a spring, he turned his shield towards the attack. He turned but it felt like the woman was attacking too fast. No, he was just moving too slow.
Ligi tried his hardest to turn but there seemed to be an invisible constriction that prevented him from moving too fast. The blade of the lance-like umbrella hit Ligi's left arm. Thankfully, the shield was able to reach the blade in time deflect it from hitting his heart. If he was even a little bit late, his heart would have been pierced and he would have instantly died. Once again, Gotang had saved his life from the grave by teaching him this technique.
Ligi retreated with a bleeding arm but it didn't seem to reach the bone. It did not hinder him from the fight one bit due to his adrenaline numbing the pain. Lobo moved quickly and picked up Resi away from the fight. Once Ligi saw this, he also retreated from the fight.
"Blaire, do you want Bodt to take care of this?"
The man in the middle with a spotless full-black suit spoke to Blair with a stern tone. He did not seem like he was asking with concern. From the pressure emanating from him, it was more of like a threat than a question.
"Tsk...I can deal with him just fine. I was just testing him out."
Blaire stood up with her back straight and assured the man in the middle that she could take care of Ligi. Her black uniform was still clean without any injuries. She knew she could take on Ligi because there was one glaring weakness that Ligi had. He had no attack. Even though it seemed like Ligi had great defense, it meant nothing if he could not defeat Blaire. Blaire could attack again and again until Ligi was tired and his defense lets down and then go in for the kill.
Lobo also gathered the same opinion when he watched their fight. It wouldn't be long until Ligi gets careless and becomes vulnerable. He had to do something. He thought of what Gotang would have done to help Ligi.
"Ligi, I'll help you attack."
Lobo offered his help to Ligi. Even though he knew that Blaire was beyond his capacity, he wanted to help nonetheless. He could throw in some slashes to pressure her in some way or he could even take some of the blows for Ligi. As a leader, he couldn't just stand here doing nothing.
Bang stood there without any clue what to do. He was still stealing glances at Andy, infuriated at the betrayal. His head was now filled with fury as he couldn't think of anything else. He ignored the fight happening between Ligi and Blair because of his tunnel vision towards getting revenge on Andy.
"No, I can take this on my own."
Ligi spoke to Lobo which surprised him. Lobo did not think that Ligi would reject his help. He looked towards Ligi and saw that there was a red hue in his eyes. His eyebrows were slanted downwards as he looked towards the man in the middle. Lobo recognized the hatred that Ligi felt towards the man who insulted Gotang.
He was also infuriated at the man but his instincts told him that nothing good would come out of it. He was knowledgeable enough about the upper echelons of the town to know that he stood no chance against a leader of that caliber.
If Gotang was here, he would have retreated the moment the leader presented himself. The holy grail was not worth the death of every person in the Defending Tip. Even if they survived here in the Dreaded Valley, you can be assured that everyone you loved in the town will be dead before you even reached the gates.
"Ligi, don't be reckless."
Ligi knew that if he was all defense, then he would lose the fight and that would mean that he couldn't defend Gotang's name. He needed to be aggressive; he needed to attack. For the first time, Ligi ran towards Blair with his shield up front in an attempt to bulldoze his way towards her.
Blair was surprised at the reckless actions of Ligi. The way that they exchanged actions before, she gathered that Ligi was the defensive type. She thought that Ligi was a wait-and-see type of guy so she was surprised that he, all of a sudden, attacked her without any regard for himself.
She smiled at Ligi like looking at a kid. She did not feel at all threatened by Ligi's dash towards her as she thought of a nice idea to finish off one of her targets.
She side-stepped away from Ligi as she launched her lance-like umbrella towards Resi who was on his knees, facing the ground.
Ligi saw this and immediately tried to run back and defend Resi from the attack but it was too late. The umbrella was already aiming towards Resi's heart. Ligi subconsciously reached out his hands to reach out to Resi.
This was the consequence of Ligi acting without regard. He was too aggressive and Blair took advantage of that fact. She ignored the obvious attack by Ligi and tried to finish off Resi who was down the ground. She smiled as she saw her umbrella whizzing through the air, rotating to create a better force to pierce through Resi's heart.
Ligi tried to run. He gathered his strength in his legs and burst out power to accelerate towards Resi to try and save him from the piercing umbrella. He regretted ever trying to act recklessly as this had caused Resi prone to be attacked.
His feet felt like it was on quicksand, absorbing every force he tried to run towards Resi. The umbrella was moving too fast and he was too far from Resi to realistically reach him in the amount of time given. He could do nothing more yet he subconsciously reached out his hands to try and protect Resi even though he knew it would do nothing.
All of a sudden, the shield on his right arm separated itself and shot off towards Resi. The shield split off into three smaller shield-like shapes that appeared almost instantly next to Resi compared to the rotating umbrella. The three smaller shields revolved around Resi, creating an invisible defensive membrane.
The rotating umbrella reached into the barrier and collided with one of the revolving shields and the shield stopped. The sound of metal hitting metal resounded throughout the battlefield as the rotating umbrella skidded through the barrier and deflected off its original course.
Everyone was silent as even Ligi, who created the shield, was surprised at the new occurrence. He didn't know what had happened as he subconsciously tried to reach out to Resi and the shield suddenly shot forth. He stopped in place, astonished at himself.
The rotating umbrella pierced into the ground and disintegrated. The black powder traveled through that air and returned to Blair who had a look of surprise and fury painted across her face. She didn't think that Ligi had another defensive skill that could travel and protect other people. She bit her lip even harder as it started to bleed.
She reformed her umbrella by her side and pointed it at Ligi. She did not think that she would have this much trouble dealing with a measly kid who knew nothing about the world.
Ligi retreated into his position and the three small shields revolving around Resi came together and formed a bigger shield as it shot forth towards Ligi's right hand. He felt weird not having his shield in his right hand but he was glad that he was able to protect Resi with his power.
Bang got a notification in his head as he witnessed Ligi unlocking a skill that allowed him to save Resi on time. He absorbed the information.
'Congratulations! Ligi has learned a skill. 100wp will be awarded.'
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CREW
-Ligi
•Power: Shield of Self Preservation
•Stage of Advancement: Infancy
•Quality: Wood
•Skills :
*Vent - Power put into the shield will be reflected
*Expand - The shield can grow up to 1.5x the original size
*Reach - Ligi's shield will shot forth towards a designated target and create a defensive barrier that will deflect the attack away from the target
•*locked*
#Demonic Vice (unrestrained)
•Power: Azrael's Personification
•Stage of Advancement: First Circle
•Skills:
*Ferali Effusio (Deathly Absorption) - Pulls enemies that Ligi sees towards him in a 5-meter cone radius
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"You having some trouble there, Blair?"
The man in the middle taunted Blair as everyone could see that her attacks were nullified by Ligi. She grasped the handle of her umbrella with such force that her hands started to tremble. Black powder started to flow around her as her anger flared up her black powder.
She bent low and accelerated towards Ligi with her black umbrella in her hand. She did not extend it forward but instead let it skid in the ground at her back. She looked directly at Ligi with anger plastered across her face. The veins on her forehead flared up as she opened up her umbrella.
The umbrella opened up showing the inner mechanism of the black weapon. Black powder fell out of her umbrella as it became debris that danced in the air. Wind started to gather inside the umbrella, like a cyclone that was brewing on a stormy night.
Black powder joined in the cyclone, forming a black-colored tornado ready to devour whatever comes in its way. She ran towards Ligi only stopping completely a few feet away from him. As she stopped, she used the momentum of her force to propel the cyclone away from her umbrella and towards Ligi.
"Soot cyclone barrage!"
She shouted as the tornado shot in the air, growing as it went closer towards Ligi. The cyclone gathered the air nearby and used it to become larger than Ligi. It rotated in the air with so much force that their clothes danced in the air and made their hairs flail around their faces.
Ligi could not dodge the tornado as it was launched only a few feet away from him. He tried to dodge to his left but it was too late as he was engulfed inside the tornado. He raised his shield in defense and his behind it as best that he could.
The black powder that was caught in the tornado became blades that sliced Ligi as the tornado revolved around him. Skin-deep cuts were now all over his body as he went into a fetal position to try and avoid the blades.
She did not waste this chance and made used her umbrella as a lance to pierce towards Ligi. The umbrella penetrated the tornado without any disturbances. The black powder inside the umbrella only served to make the blades inside the tornado much sharper.
She raised her lance-like umbrella and pierced towards Ligi's legs as it was the only place that his shield didn't defend.
"Watch out for your legs, Ligi!"
Lobo shouted a warning towards Ligi. He could not help Ligi in fighting Blair since he would only serve to disturb Ligi's rhythm. The only thing he could do was to warn him of any attack that could come his way so he did.
It served as a great warning as Ligi retracted his legs further. The blade in the top of the umbrella pierced in the ground as it missed Ligi's legs. Blair was frustrated as she retrieved her umbrella from the ground and prepared for another attack. Unfortunately for her, Ligi would not make it that easy for her.
He unfurled his legs like a spring and kicked towards Blair's legs. The attack was not fast since Ligi did not have any strength and skills in kicking but Blair still had to retreat due to the unknown factor.
Ligi tried to stand up while his legs were buckling due to the injuries he sustained from the tornado. After finding his footing with his feet, he raised his shield and revolved it in the opposite direction of the flow of air in the tornado.
As the tornado hit Ligi's shield, it was reflected away from it and lost its force and momentum as a consequence. The tornado that was surrounding him dispersed as it lost the black powder that was holding it together.
Ligi panted as he stood on one leg, full of cuts around his body. He looked beat up yet his eyes were fired up. He probably couldn't defeat her head on but he was also sure that she could not defeat him. They were now at a stalemate as Ligi answered every attack that Blair produced.
Blair stomped on the ground, frustrated that her attacks could not finish off Ligi. In the city, she could be considered a powerful figure. She may not be in the top ranking but she was sure that she was better than most of the people there.
She had to think of how to beat Ligi. She smiled when she figured out a plan.
"Is this only what the Defending Tip could do? Looks like even the leader's weakness is passed down to the members."
As soon as she stated that insulting sentence, Ligi looked up towards Blair with wide eyes. His glare was piercing through her with such anger that she knew that she succeeded in angering Ligi. She wanted to infuriate him to get him to lower his guard.
"You take that back!!"
That moment of outburst from Ligi was all Blair needed. As Ligi felt anger towards Blair, he suddenly felt a numbing pain in his stomach. He looked down and saw a black umbrella piercing his stomach from the back. Blood started to flow from his stomach as he felt his strength fade away from him. He fell to his knees as the pain overcame him.
"Ligi, no!!!"
Lobo saw how Ligi was suddenly attacked from the back. He saw black powder gather from the ground and form an umbrella that penetrated his stomach. He tried to warn Ligi but it was too fast.
Ligi felt his head ache as he was starting to lose consciousness. His sight started to have spots as he fell on the floor. There was only one thing that could save him now. Underneath his breath, he spoke without strength.
"Demonic vice activate."
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