Chapter 74 – Foiled Ambush

Chapter 74 – Foiled Ambush

The Serpentine Lizard’s attacks were especially ferocious. Even if Eternal Sin’s defense was very high, he would still find them somewhat difficult to endure.

「Hiss! Hiss!」Just as its scarlet tongue flickered in and out, the lizard opened its jaw and spat out a green globular substance. Upon contact with the air, it near instantaneously turned gaseous, rapidly expanded, and enshrouded everything within a two-meter radius in a poisonous mist.

−30… −30… −30… Damage values continuously rose above Eternal Sin’s head with each passing second.

Each one of the Serpentine’s attacks dealt more than eighty damage to his health. At the rate the battle was currently going in, he wouldn’t be able to hold on for much longer.

“Death Speech, hurry up and cast Dispel!”

The team’s Priest, Death Speech, responded and hurriedly cast Dispel as a gentle ray of pure white fell on Eternal Sin’s position. The light reacted with the poisonous mist and within an instant, caused it to dilute by a great degree.

Eternal Sin glanced at his health bar which only had a hundred and sixty health remaining, though he didn’t have much time to ruminate over it as the Serpentine Lizard resumed its assault. He raised his greatsword in an effort to resist its attack, but the lizard latched onto him and bit out a chunk of flesh.

−76

Tendon Break!

Eternal Sin struck out in retaliation. The Serpentine Lizard’s movements immediately turned sluggish as it temporarily entered a crippled state. Taking advantage of this brief window, he hurriedly drew back in order to open some distance.

Just at that time, Lei Fa (Lightning Magic), the Elementalist, finished his incantation and cast Freeze Frost, whereupon a thin layer of ice began covering the Serpentine Lizard and slowed its movements even more.

This freeze effect was trademark of an Elementalist’s Ice Magic.

Death Speech promptly followed up by casting Lesser Heal, while Eternal Sin downed a Basic Recovery Potion to supplement the healing. After the initial burst of healing, the red of his health bar continued to steadily rise.

Even while recovering, Eternal Sin stayed on full alert as he knew that Thief didn’t go too far. If he emerged and caught them off guard, it would be difficult to predict the outcome of the battle.

Just as his health replenished by three fourths, the cripple and freeze debuffs wore off, and the Serpentine Lizard came rushing forward.

Sub-Elite monsters were truly too difficult to deal with. Even Eternal Sin, who wore Death’s Sacrifice +2, lost health at such a rapid pace. If it were another team with worse equipment, they would’ve long wiped by now.

Despite their combined efforts, the Serpentine Lizard still had a little over seventy percent health remaining.

「Candy, have you found him yet?」

「No, I have no idea where that slippery bastard ran off to.」

「Everyone, remain alert. Su Yan (White Smoke), be ready to use that spell!」

「Understood,」Su Yan replied promptly. After having known each other for so long, Eternal Sin only needed to say a few words and she would understand what was needed of her.

Although Nie Yan couldn’t listen in on what Eternal Sin and his team were conversing about, he knew it concerned him. However, they were heavily overestimating themselves. As a Thief with over ten years of experience, he wouldn’t allow himself to be caught so easily.

Their team isn’t bad. They might actually be able to kill it… He stared intently at the ferocious Serpentine Lizard. A Level 7 Sub Elite, who knows what sort of items it’ll drop?

For the time being, he didn’t have any immediate plans of going against Eternal Sin and his team. However, it wouldn’t necessarily be too late to decide after the two sides wore each other out a little further.

Eternal Sin brandished his greatsword. He fiercely slashed down on the Serpentine Lizard’s body and dealt incredibly high damage.

「What are your manas at?」Eternal Sin asked in the team chat.

「67%.」

「78%.」

「32%.」Lei Fa cast his gaze at Eternal Sin’s expression, afraid that he would get angry.

「Why is it so low?」Eternal Sin furrowed his brows and asked.

「When the battle started, my mana wasn’t fully recovered. Then later on, I used several high-damage spells…」

「Enough, just conserve what’s left of it.」Eternal Sin didn’t say more after listening to the Lei Fa’s explanation.

Lei Fa switched to the low-mana-cost Ice Arrow. After a while, his mana was still low, so he drank a Basic Mana Potion and restored his mana to sixty-seven percent.