Chapter 24 - Totemic Incantation

Greta continually lost her sense of self and began attacking the clones of Fredo. She can now one shot clones of Fredo but he can still create multiple clones.

"Fire Totem." Fredo continued healing his totems and summoning new totems. The combination of the perfect offense and defense.

Lightning and Fire. Both of these elements gradually hit Greta and the damage is absurdly high.

"Damn it. I can't watch anymore." Zeta raised his wand and began chanting a spell.

"Stop." I commanded.

"But she'll die if she continue."

"Trust her. Just wait a little bit longer."

Greta inhaled deeply getting ready for something.

"That is... Zeta, protect the people in the cages. Everyone, cover your ears!"

"BEAST ROAR!" Greta shouted so loud a powerful shockwave emitted from her mouth killing most of the clones and the totems.

"AGH!" Fredo's ears started to bleed and his eyes spurt out tears of blood. Fredo tried to speak. "Lightning Totem, Fire Totem, Healing Totem!" All of the totems erupted from the ground but none of those words he said reached out to his ears. "I... I can't hear anything! AGHHHHHH! You dare. Hurt me. The King of Totems. Lord Fredo?! AGHHHHHHH! You'll pay you bastards. Even though I can't hear, I can still speak!"

"Shut up." Greta launched herself from the ground and jumped so fast it caught Fredo off guard.

"Fuah?! Duplicate!" Using the millisecond invulnerability from the duplication spell, he mamaged to dodge Greta's attack. "Protection Totem, Ability Boost Totem!" More and more totems usurped from the ground.

When Greta jumped to Fredo, she also aimed for the wall behind him. She rebounded from the momentum and launched herself again to Fredo.

Using his Duplicate skill, Healing and Protection Totems, he can tank most of the damage Greta is doing.

While he was tanking her attavks, the lightning and fire totems continued to damage Greta despite her being on the offensive.

"Take that you lowly beastwoman. You can't beat me! You'll be the sacrifice of my master!"

"Tsk." Greta, her exhausted body, weakened state and her losing her sanity every second took a toll on her body. She's close to dying.

"I'm... I'm sorry Zieglind but... I need to intervene." Zeta tried to use his wand again.

"No. Look at her. Do you really want to stop a woman like her while her objective is right in front of her?"

"But..." Zeta took a close look at Greta. Even though she was in beast form, he could see her eyes shining like a warrior prepared to die.

"Don't worry. She'll evolve in this fight. Trust me."

If my theory is correct. The conditions are all set. The question is when will it activate.

"Beast Roar!" She again used that damaging skill but Zeta protected most of us and the prisoners from the defeaning noise.

Fredo predicted this and blocked the shockwave using his totems.

Greta then rushed with her claws. Launching herself from the ground to Fredo. She jumped so fast and then rebound to the nearest surface she could get on. But everytime she did this she would get hit by the totems Fredo set up.

Greta finally stopped her barrage of attacks. And then a red aura emitted from her body.

[Your party member, Greta, unlocked a hidden skill. Her skill Rage will now evolve to Hunter. She can now maintain her sanity will using this skill. Her strength will double if she attacks the marked enemy.]

"What... Is this?" A menu popped up infront of me. I guess I can see the progress of my allies when they get something new.

"What do you mean Zieglind?" Zeta worriedly asked.

"Don't worry. Greta got this."

Greta's sanity came back. She was no longer an enraged beast. She looked so calm and analyzed her surroundings. You could say... She's the calm before the storm.

"Hunter, mark Fredo." She already knew the skill inside out. Her before aura of red when she used Rage now changed into a calm green color. Fredo had a red circle on his body.

"What is this?" Fredo looked at the center of his body finding several circles marked. His arms, head, stomach and feet were all marked by the color red.

"Fredo. I'm going to get revenge for what you did to my village. Its now your time. TO GET HUNTED."

Even though Fredo cannot hear Greta, his face turned pale when he saw her eyes flickering in red. "No. I cannot die here! I refuse to! I can do so much more... For my master! Aghhh! Totems, full power! Drain all my mana!"

All of his totems grew larger in range. Especially his barrier and healing totems. His lightning and fire totems, their projectiles are now twice as large as before.

"Paladin Armor!" Despite Greta's health being so low, she still took the damage head on. "I'll remember you forever Fredo. Goodbye." Greta focused all of her power in her feet and launched herself to the air. With quick strikes, she blew away all of the limbs of Fredo.

Both of his hands and feet, his stomach filled with holes and his head blown away.

"Im...possible... Mas...ter..." Fredo's body lay dead in the cold depths of the dungeon.

"Ugh." Greta coughed out blood.

"Zeta, cast healing!"

"Yes!" Zeta casted a channeling healing spell.

I ordered La to heal Greta and I used heal and great heal to heal her faster

[Heal and Great Heal leveled up to Level 2. Increased range. Heal can now target up to two people]

Zeta held Greta in his lap and she was still sleeping.

"Devour Fredo."

[Healing, Barrier, Lightning and Fire Totems. Summons a totem but effects differ from each other. All totems are same range. Healing, heals 50% HP per hour, if 1% of health is missing from an allied unit this will activate. Barrier, provides +100 defense and an hourly barrier to all allied units that shields you no requirements. Lightning, a continuous lightning damaging enemies near the totem needs confirmation. Fire, shoots a fireball, needs confirmation. Totems have 3 tiers. Basic Totem, Elite Totem, Tower Totem. Can store mana in a totem to last even if the caster is away. Mana will not be consumed unless the requirements of the activation of totems are met.]

"Claim all." Its a pretty complicated spell. But it'll do."

Greta woke up and immediately got away from Zeta's lap. She stood up and went over to me.

"Nice fight Greta."

"Thank you for giving me the chance to take revenge my lord. May my dead friends rest in peace."

"I told you to call me normally. *sigh* What are you going to do now?"

"Huh?" Greta curiously asked.

"I'll grant you an out. You could leave peacefully with your parents and live a normal life."