Chapter 329: Outside Affects Inside

Adrian is now riddled with wounds all over his body compared to the Scythe Ego who has lesser wounds than him. He did not know why but the Scythe Ego is getting stronger and stronger as the time passed.

"Is its power up related to what is happening outside?" Adrian thought as there is no other information on why his battle is becoming much more difficult.

As Adrian is continuing to bear the onslaught of attacks from the Scythe Ego, he suddenly felt that his opponent suddenly flinched. Adrian did not waste this chance to deal big damage towards his opponent and activated the first ability of the scythe that he is using.

Skill: Soul Eater

Tier: Legacy

Type: Active Sweep

Effect: Do a 360 degree attack to your surroundings using your scythe psyche armament. The attack radius is determined by the amount of essence that the user injects into the skill. Enemies hit by the outer radius will also lose a percentage of their mana that is absorbed by the user. Damage dealt by the skill 150% of the total damage of the user.

Inner Radius: 1 meter to 2 meters

Outer Radius: 2 meters to 3 meters

Essence Cost: 20 to 30 essences

Mana Absorbed: 5% of the current mana of all enemies hit

Cooldown: 10 seconds

Cast Time: Instant

Adrian played it safe by using the farthest distance that he could so he used thirty soul essences. The scythe that Adrian held extended and became a size bigger to a size of three meters as he did a 360 degree sweep attack. The attack is successful as Adrian saw the Scythe Ego's health and mana bar get decreased but he is also seeing its health going down bit by bit even though he was not attacking it.

"The Scythe Ego suddenly became sluggish. Is my body getting brutally battered outside? If they could affect my battle in my subconscious then I hope they could greatly help me by pummeling my body outside. I still cannot believe that I am praying that I get beaten up." Adrian thought to himself as he thought on how to weave the two other skills provided to him.

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"Rangers and other players that could attack via long range! Focus your attacks on the demon. Tankers be ready to support the backline as the demon could use Blink. Melee players, you can do what you want just be careful and not get damaged by the demon." Faust commanded as best as he could but even he knows that it was just a temporary measure.

Faust knew that he could not easily take control of everyone's movements because there are different factors that occur during a battle. He just hopes for the best that they could pull through with the situation but he could deduce the path that the possessed demon player uses.

Faust analyzed that the possessed demon player always prioritizes those that he could defeat immediately like low health players or players with low defense. This is one of the reasons why he told the tankers to protect the backline as they are the most likely targets.

Faust also gave free reign towards the melee players because if he restricted them then they would be more chaotic. He also did this because he could slip up with a command if he controls the entire group by himself. Even the best leaders need to give freedom to his team members in order for the task to become productive.

Faust suddenly noticed that the health of the possessed demon player drop just a little when he appraise it again but they did not even managed to scrape him. He then thought of the description that he got when he appraised the player.

"It seems that we are not the only ones who are fighting whatever it is possessing him. If I manage to free him then that would make him indebted to me and we will then have a higher chance to invite him in our guild." Faust thought to himself as he chanted his sure hit skill.

"Heat Seeker!" Faust chanted and four balls of fire manifested behind him that are the size of basketballs.

The four balls of flame suddenly formed faces and this is because of the fire elemental that Faust successfully made a contract with. His control of the flames might not be as powerful to that of Soleil who is a half elemental but he still boasts immense control of the fire element.

The possessed Adrian tried to dodge the fire balls coming at him but could not even after using Blink to try and dodge. The four fireballs hit the possessed Adrian cleanly and dealt a decent amount of damage that decreased his health by 10%.

Faust expected that his skill will only deal this amount of damage because the health of the enemy he is facing has been transformed to that of an NPC. If the demon player still had his stats right now then he would have reduced his total health by 40% because the spell that Faust used is of the Epic tier with a six hour cooldown.

Snow then followed up Faust's attack with a sure hit spell that decreased the possessed Adrian's movement speed.

"Chilling Wind!" Snow chanted as her whole body released a cold wind that blew towards the possessed Adrian's direction.

The possessed Adrian's movement speed slowed down by 50% for the duration and Snow should be thankful that Adrian's passive skill that resists debuffs did not activate. Faust and Snow simultaneously chanted one of their most powerful spells while the others tried to pin the possessed Adrian in his position.

With the huge slow debuff, the possessed Adrian can finally be easily hit with spells. The players surrounding him all use this chance to chain crowd control and damaging spells at the possessed Adrian. The group of players finally found their momentum and kept at it.

They even praised Faust and Snow for letting them have this chance but in reality it was the possessed person himself that granted them this chance. It's just that they have not deduced what was really happening unlike a certain skilled vice guild leader.

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Adrian became more aggressive as the Scythe Ego became more sluggish. Adrian would always try to aim for the Scythe Ego's neck but it still had good reflex to dodge despite it having its concentration apparently halved as it was fighting not only Adrian but also the ones outside.

Adrian missed his chance to strike at the neck and it cost him a great deal of health because he was hit by the Soul Reaper skill of the Scythe Ego. Adrian's health dropped below 50% but he did not back down and used the second skill attached on the scythe and he was not the only one thinking the same.

Skill: Burning Souls

Tier: Legacy

Type: Active Crowd Control

Effect: Choose a direction to send a phantom where all enemies that are touched by this phantom will be stunned for a certain duration. Those that are touched by the phantom will also have their shadows attack them using 50% of their total damage during the time they are stunned. The number of times they are hit will be dependent on the stunned person's attack speed.

Duration: 3 seconds

Range: 5 meters

Essence Cost: 40 essence

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Cast Time: 1 second

"Burning Souls" Adrian muttered hastily.

"Burning Souls" the Scythe Ego muttered in a robotic tone.

The phantoms that the two of them released have different colors. Adrian released a phantom that is colored the exact same as the nether mist while the Scythe Ego released a red colored phantom. The two of them activated the skill at the exact same time and but got hit at different times.

Adrian got hit by the skill one second faster which means that he will get released from the stun one second faster than the Scythe Ego. Adrian waited for his chance to use the final skill of the scythe psyche armament to finish off the Scythe Ego whose health is continuing to decrease but he needed to suffer the effects of the Burning Soul spell first.

Adrian's shadow became a perfect silhouette of his form as every detail is spot on. The silhouette then hit Adrian about seven times during the duration he was stunned which damaged him greatly that brought down his health to 18%. The Scythe Ego suffered greater damage because of its higher stats than Adrian.

After the seventh hit of Adrian's shadow, Adrian immediately used the ultimate skill of the scythe psyche armament.

Skill: Shadow Reaper

Tier: Legacy

Type: True Invisibility

Effect: Become one with the shadows and vanish from the sight of everyone around you. Your invisibility will not perish even if you get hit by spells and attacks. You can also pass through all terrain during the duration of your invisibility. Your next basic attack will have 1000% of your total damage and will cancel your invisibility. This only applies to one target.

Duration: 1 minute

Essence Cost: 50 essences

Cooldown: Six Hours

Cast Time: Instant

Adrian immediately used the skill and his body became invisible. The Scythe Ego showed signs of panic and also use the ultimate skill immediately after he was released from the stun. The Scythe Ego would have been able to escape but the blade of a scythe suddenly pierced its body.

Adrian's form became visible once more and he was actually just in front of the Scythe Ego. The look of disbelief could be seen from the scythe ego but Adrian just smiled smugly. Adrian's smug smile immediately became a look of disbelief when the Scythe Ego disappeared into particles of light.

[You have successfully completed your Emergency Quest. You will receive your reward.]

[You have killed yourself. Do you wish to revive now?]