บท 58: The Battle with Argent II

Argent grew her nails into claws and aimed at Sirius. The nails looked extremely sharp when she swung at Sirius because he trimmed some fur off of him. Sirius immediately became wary and maintained distance. Sirius is now the priority target of Argent because of his abnormal attacks that pass through barriers. All that the party has to do now is protect Sirius for ten minutes which is the cooldown of the skill Phantom Rush. It seems that having Supreme AI is also a weakness since they experience human emotions. Since Argent seems to be the prideful and looks at every person below type of woman and is probably the reason for her downfall and why the God of Death punished her. It seems that in order for Sirius to survive, Adrian has to have a spiteful tongue to shift the NPC's aggro.

" Hey, abandoned wench. I am pretty sure it was your nasty temper that got you cursed in the first place." Adrian hurriedly said because Sirius could no longer dodge because Argent seems to slowly but sure catch up to Sirius' speed.

"What did you say?! Insolent Brat!" Argent shouted as she shifted her aggro towards Adrian.

Adrian immediately sensed danger so he took flight. It seemed that Argent was not in her right mind because she jumped to the air to catch Adrian. When Argent jumped through the air, she seemed to lose her barriers which the party did not fail to notice. Adrian hurriedly thought of an ingenious but nasty idea.

"Kanlaon burn her!" Adrian ordered as he cast some spells behind her.

[Kanlaon dealt 10 magic damage to Argent Soulscreech]

[Kanlaon dealt 19 magic damage to Argent Soulscreech]

[Kanlaon dealt 13 magic damage to Argent Soulscreech]

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Argent cast a wind barrier to deflect the flames coming towards her but still received some damage and cast wind magic to propel her forward. Adrian smirked at what she did because she was already struggling. It seems she is still not at full power and is trying to recuperate by sucking the energy from the Silver Moores but she lost that connection when she followed Adrian to the air. She needs to be physically in contact with the area that she is draining energy from.

Due to Argent's vision being clouded by the fire breath that is being spewed by Kanlaon, Adrian used that as cover. Adrian punched Argent's face which is the most valued part of beautiful women. Argent was furious because an inferior demon dared to hit her mesmerizing face. There was a bruise but there was no drop of blood even though Adrian's giant gauntlet hit her nose dead center.

[Player Equinox has dealt 135 physical damage to Argent Soulscreech]

[Player Equinox has dealt 335 magic damage to Argent Soulscreech]

[Player Equinox has dealt 159 physical damage to Argent Soulscreech]

[Player Equinox has dealt 367 magic damage to Argent Soulscreech]

...

"As expected from a Legendary Named NPC but can you handle being thrown like a bag in the air." Adrian thought as his eyes glinted with malice.

Though there was no bruise in Argent's face, the force still sent her flying towards the Quantum Spacemine that he conjured earlier on. The result was as Adrian expected. Argent was sent flying back towards Adrian's direction and she was hit again flying towards another Quantum Spacemine. Due to the recoil of being bounced back and forth, Argent's mind was clearing and she was starting to think rationally again.

[Player Equinox has dealt 335 magic damage to Argent Soulscreech]

[Player Equinox has dealt 159 physical damage to Argent Soulscreech]

[Player Equinox has dealt 367 magic damage to Argent Soulscreech]

...

Even Kanlaon started participating with the beatdown when Argent was blown off course and Kanlaon would hit her back to Adrian with his tail.

[Kanlaon dealt 289 physical damage to Argent Soulscreech]

[Player Equinox has dealt 159 physical damage to Argent Soulscreech]

[Player Equinox has dealt 367 magic damage to Argent Soulscreech]

...

Marlon gulped at the sight of a one sided beat-down from his best friend and thought, "Note to self: do not antagonize Adrian".

This continued until Adrian could no longer continue due to the lack of stamina and mana. Argent was flung back towards the ground which she spewed a few words before crashing down.

" You would experience extreme torture, demon! When I return back down, I would take my time killing all of you." Argent shouted while gasping due to the wounds on her neck not healing fast enough because of the bleed status effect.

Argent crashed back down to the ground. Adrian managed to deal more or less 30,000 damage to Argent. Only a bit more till they reach the 10% max hp threshold. Argent was trying to stand up but was unable to because the crater that was formed suddenly turned into a mud pool that constricted her movement and most of all dirtied her clothes which was unacceptable to her. She started searching for the insolent fool who did this and her eyes landed on the elf that did not participate in the aerial assault on her.

Skill: Mudpit

Tier: Rare

Effect: Turns the area selected into a muddy pool in which all units in the area are constrained for 3 seconds and cannot use movement skills that uses the lower body. Deals 50% of magic damage per second to all enemies inside the pit. The area converted to a muddy pool would only be activated once an enemy stepped on it.

Cooldown: 15 minutes

Cast Time: Instant

Mana Cost: 250 MP

Argent started searching for the insolent fool who did this and her eyes landed on the elf that did not participate in the aerial assault on her. She glared at Marlon but he was not faced but smiled instead and was once again casting Gaea's Blessing. In Pandemonium interrupted spells would not consume their cooldown but would have a temporary cooldown and consume the mana that was used to cast the spell. Rare spells with a long cast time would have a temporary cooldown of five minutes and an increment of another five minutes per rise in tier which means Marlon's skill had a temporary cooldown of ten minutes. He also started casting the skill when Adrian told him that he was out of mana and would send Argent back down to the ground. He managed to successfully cast the magic this time without being interrupted by Argent's scream.

"Gaea's Blessing" Marlon said as the scenery before them started to change into a flowery field and Argent started feeling her connection to the Silver Moore starting to be cut off as soon as the ground she was standing on started transforming. It was even using some of her life force to bloom the flowers and plants.

Argent was beyond irritated but she had to admit that she underestimated her opponents by a lot which led to her face being bruised and her beautiful clothes being ruined. She would not make the same mistake once again.

" Spirits of the damned come to me and protect your Mistress!" Argent shouted as the invisible souls that taunted and induced fear to the party started to manifest and show their real bodies.

The ghosts were like gases that were made of white smoke with the eyes and mouth having illuminated by some yellow light that was emanating from inside their body that was made of gas. They numbered in the thousands and were swirling near Argent protecting her from Kanlaon's breath and Sirius' attacks.

Monster: Spirit of the Damned

Level: 30

HP: 500/500(100%)

Description: Souls of humans that have been turned into monsters due to the perversion of death magic. They were turned into mindless souls destined to roam the world until they disappear into the void and not be able to be reincarnated. Totally immune to physical damage.

When Adrian read the description, he was so pissed because a total immunity to physical damage. He immediately drank mana potions that filled his MP. He had an idea how to clear all the ghosts that has been increasing by the minute. Marlon looked at Adrian and asked him.

"Do you have an idea? I would love to clear every ghost here."

"Actually, I have. Thankfully our stats are boosted in this battle or else I would not be able to use this skill." Adrian said excitedly.

Skill: Vortex

Tier: Legendary

Effect: Creates a black hole above the caster that pulls in enemies in a circumference of 50 meters. The closer to the black hole the stronger the pulling force. Deals 300% magic damage to all enemies pulled per second and stuns them for the duration of the skill.

Duration: 10 seconds

Cast time: 30 seconds

Mana Cost: 2000 MP

Cooldown: 3 hours

When Adrian used the skill, the world around him looked weak. He could feel immense power in his hand. As if a star was condensed in his palm and it started floating upwards. Numerous ghosts tried to stop Adrian and he was about to get hit but the ghosts were repelled by an invisible force which is expected for a legendary skill. It cannot be interrupted once cast. When the star-like thing reached ten meters into the air, Adrian snapped his hands and an explosion was heard with the sound of glass breaking. Argent tried to use her scream attack but could not because of her bleeding vocal chords. It is even a shock that she could muster words.

A black hole was conjured and sucked every ghost in the area which immediately disintegrated once inside the black hole. Argent was even sucked and bones cracking can be heard faintly but the party was looking at the marvel of the black hole and its might.