Chapter 44 - Combo Madness!

The Hellspawn was approximately ten feet away and swiftly coming closer as Aeyai scanned but I a Magus stood there prepared, "That thing is ugly!" I snarled, my tantrum had not eradicated away, I was instead eager to test out my new strengths.

As it charges it reached its bulky forearms far out in front of its long jaws, with the momentum it gained the smaller hind legs were able to maintain balance, then those reptilian claws smashes the ground under with such a force that they cracked and crushed the earth below as small rubbles flew.

But those were not the only ones which flew; as in a sudden I was nigh eclipsed from the sun, the Hellspawn flung itself from the force it gained by pushing off the ground, its huge crocodilian head than morphed; its bottom jaws cracked and grew apart from the other revealing a tongue-less mouth with small jagged rocks for rows and rows of teeth.

The fangs were now two short spears of stone-made trying to impale yours truly;

I was already prepared.

Ugly, threatening and shooting-fast was the creature but, "Blink!" I casted, dodging its lunging dive way before it was even close, I knew it couldn't have changed its course in mid-air from the speed it lunges with.

And behind it I stood ready with loaded finger-guns, two of them; made from each fingers.

It was rather clumsy garnering me a smile as it stumbled and rolled on the ground from missing to impale a Magus.

It was then that I remembered, as I stared at this horridly laughable Hellspawn.

Hellspawns had no brains, no intelligence just relentless bloodlust.

So I grinned in recalling that fact, "O'What a perfect target you will be. Aeyai! scan that thing!"

<Scanning!>

'Please be below tier 4, please be below tier 4!' I prayed.

<Scan complete!>

<Crocodilian Hellspawn: Tier 4!>

<HP: 7771/7777(Based on MP)>

<Status: Unknown.>

"Fuck! Tier 4?!" *Phthoo!* I spitted, 'If only I could use Bang-Dem!'

"No matter! Daddy's got this!"

"BRING IT!" I roared, assuming a stance where I aimed my finger-gun at the Hellspawn who reformed itself from its stumble.

With a growl and crackling its bottom jaws together, like scissors of ugly and hellish made it charges at me for the second.

"Ember-Ice missile!" I chanted my new skill!

<Casting: 2!>

In my eyes was the transparent screen which allowed me to see my cast time, as a blend of red-yellow fire and ice blue mingled in my finger barrel.

<1!>

"BANG!" I thundered as I fired, a ball of ice and fire shoots through the air, two times as large as the Fireball and Ice-bolt.

Hitting the charging Hellspawn right in its opened jaws.

<HIT!>

<You have dealt 473 dmg!>

The impact slightly slowed and stung the Hellspawn, however it did not falter its mindless charge.

"You like that?"

"Overgrowth!" I casted another spell.

Massive vines sprouted from the ground beneath, constricting the Hellspawn's charge, warping in its legs all the way to the jaws.

"Nice! Stay there ugly!"

I took another aim at its ugly jaws, "Ice Blast!"

Ice blast was an explosion of ice in an area which have the chance to slow and halt health regeneration.

<HIT!>

<You have dealt 230 dmg!>

<You applied slow to the target!>

A chain of CC spells casted in quick succession; Now even if the constraints from overgrowth had worn off as the vines dissipated into the air, the Hellspawn's movement was still slowed and I find time to cast another spell at it.

Combos were my speciality, unorthodox was my technique.

"Wood Guard!" I casted another spell as I held out my palm, seemingly you might say that I reloaded my finger-gun.

Wood Guard was a skill that summoned magic reinforced spherical barrier of wood around a radius of three feet for ten seconds, but three feet was not barely even enough to encumber this Hellspawn but I - a Magus find a way to work my way around this limitation.

With focus I casted the woods which rises from the ground to slowly pushed the Hellspawn's neck to an opening at the top, this I had to do for the mass of the wood which wood guard can invoke was limited.

The opening at the top was planned, I knew that Wood Guard wasn't enough to cover this ugly beast.

<Passive activated: Magus's Bargain!>

<Your skill Overgrowth CD is reset!>

I took no time to dwell on my nifty passive as I quickly then casted blink while the creature was being prisoned in place from my crowd control spell, casting blink at the highest point that I could at the sky just above the Hellspawn.

There in the air was a fluffy Magus; now aiming two Finger-guns downcast and upon the pathetic abominations.

"FIREBALL!"

"ICE-BOLT!"

I fired two spells at the same time, my plan was to cook this Hellspawn while it was still put at place, bombarding with all my projectiles from above, so Ice-bolt was also necessary.

<Brutal Executioner is Off CD!>

"Use it!>

<Roger!>

<Buff activated!>

And immediately I was blessed with the CD reduction and just like that Ember-Ice Missile with a CD of 25 seconds was now ready once more.

"E-I! MISSILE!" casting it immediately raining it down, then my three other offensive skills were now just ready.

I knew I had to do it fast for I was falling down, as I should.

"FIREBALL!"

"ICE-BOLT!!"

"FUCK YOU!!!!"

My last shouting curse was necessary, it was the, 'Combo closer.'

<Adrenaline Rush: 1.67%>

As strands of rouge pink grew yet again in my thrill.

I now landed near the Hellspawn as dark smokes covered its ugly, my wood guard then much like the vines dissipated away.

I was not afraid of whatever would happen for I could just blink away, however I payed its sturdiness some respect.

<You have dealt 2350 Combo dmg!>

"It's a good thing that you never distracted my eyes during my fights. Good going!"

A while passes, no movements were made,

<Crocodilian Hellspawn: Tier 4.>

<HP: 4718/7777.>

<Status: Unknown.>

"Same status as before!?" said I, my eyes did not lose its focus on the smokes which enshrouded the Hellspawn.

"Why isn't it moving?" I probed, yet my finger-guns were ready.

Then from amidst the smoke I heard its jaws chattering yet it still did not pounced as a mindless beast at yours truly.

"It has the shapes for eyes but there were no eyes were they?"

<Affirmative!>

"Then that means it can sense mana? because that's the only thing that makes sense!"

<Affirmative!>

"Mirror Image!" I casted another new skill or spell, it allowed me to summon a clone which deals no damage and is able to use spells; it can however talk and I could control its movement, a perfect decoy for every situation.

I let my clone check on the Hellspawn as I stepped back slowly and gently.

But as soon as the clone neared the Hellspawn, the thick smoke than fades allowing me a sight.

My Combo had done it's damage as it should, for it was epic and the reason why the Hellspawn did not pounce at yours truly was the fact that it just couldn't.

I had blew and crumbled three of its limbs, leaving only a small single hind leg.

Although I was in awe to see its unyielding relentlessness; facing its horridly ugly jaws at my clone, all its mental yearned to skewer through my body.

I ordered my clone to squat ride besides it, just to rub salt on its dumb defeat, the ugly thing can't even turn to face my clone. Only if it has the intelligence to understand that it was heavily looked down upon.

"Wahahah! Not too tough now are ya!" I snorted in my hysterical laughter.

But then; whilst a Magus was in his grandiose glee, I felt my clone which was to last for thirty seconds disappeared in a beat with a swooshing wind and a crashing sound.

Immediately alarmed I glared back at where I had sent it.

One of the crumbled arms of the Hellspawn had now grew back, it was likely that it clawed and crushed my clone as it left a mark at the ground; then surprising a Magus further, I saw its other limbs which were more damaged than the first were now growing back seemingly out of thin air, as the darkish-red like fast growing moss grew and grew reforming its lost limbs.

Darkish-red; rock like skin grew with their red crystallized veins.

I always had thought that only the higher tiers could grow their crumbled bodies back but now it was clear that this was a common trait for evey Hellspawns.

A ruthless combinations of regeneration, mindless aggression and no signs of weaknesses until completely destroyed.

With haste I readied my finger-guns although my buff effects were now on cooldown, I had a chance to bombard the disabled Hellspawn once more, a ripe time since it was still recovering.

"FIREBALL!"

"ICE-BOLT!"

"E-I MISSILE!"

"ICE BLAST!!"

"FUCK YOU!!!"

Like a gunslinger showering his target with two pistols, I casted my own take of it, only more powerful with spells, crumbling his regenerating limbs.

<Your skill ICE-BOLT CD is reset!>

"ICE-BOLT!!" I shot it out as just as it resets quick and again, just for the sake of it.

<You have dealt 1775 combo dmg!>

<Enemy has 2943 HP left!>

"How accurate is that!"

<100%>

"Good going but man that thing is tanky, how much gas do I have left?"

<You have 797 MP left!>

"Well that ruled out using Again!." said I, craning my neck down to spite the limbless Hellspawn.

Even if the abomination was mindless, my 'need to spite.' level was through the roof.

It was an opportune time to strike the Hellspawn but I was out of skills since all my offensive skills were on cooldowns.

"Hey Ugly! Your brainless head may think that I don't have any more juices for now but I'm soo englighten to tell you that,," I smirked, as I stretched my neck from side to side, cracking my knuckles as my little legs made its way to the limbless Hellspawn; who still was chattering its jaws.

"Activate Refraction!"

<Skill: Refraction Guard.>

<Activated!>

My grin was wide, and wider with every footsteps I made getting closer and closer.

"I am also a VERY!! Hahahah!, Physical Magus!" I crackled, a deranged maniacal laughter, as streaks of pink now grew more vivid on my hair.

<Adrenaline Rush: 3.8%>