Chapter 142: Saori vs. Kaian.

Chapter 142: Saori vs. Kaian.

Profile:

Name: Kaian Kleidal

Level: 69

Race: Pantherae

Age: 32 Years

Job: Relentless Gale

Status:

Health: 3689/3689 Mana: 623/623

Strength: 1541 Intelligence: 421

Vitality: 1342 Wisdom: 804

Agility: 2161 Stamina: 2612/2612

Effects: [Strengthening Flame]

Skill:

Magic skills and related:

[Mana Control Lv. 1]

Physical skills and related:

[Unarmed Technique Lv. 8] [Unarmed Mastery Lv. 9]

[True Spear Technique Lv. 1] [True Spear Mastery Lv. 1]

[Stamina Strike Lv. 6] [Sundering Enhancement Lv. 7]

[Piercing Enhancement Lv. 8] [Crushing Enhancement Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Claws Lv. 7] [Enhanced Fangs Lv. 3]

[Kleidal Clan Spearmanship Lv. 5]

Senses and movement skills:

[Stealth Lv. 8] [Accuracy Correction Lv. 9]

[Enhanced Enemy Sense Lv. 7] [Concentration Lv. 6] [Prediction Lv. 7]

[Probability Correction Lv. 7] [Danger Perception Lv. 10]

[Enhanced Vision Lv. 7] [Enhanced Auditory Sense Lv. 5]

[Enhanced Olfactory Sense Lv. 6] [Tracking Lv. 9]

[Night Vision Lv. 10] [Presence Killer Lv. 7]

[Evasion Lv. 10] [Acrobatic Lv. 10] [Air Walk Lv. 1]

[Terrain Maneuvering Lv. 8]

Resistance:

[Physical Super-Resistance Lv. 2] [Absolute Pain Tolerance]

[Mental Corruption Resistance Lv. 1] [Bleed Resistance Lv. 4]

[Poison Resistance Lv. 6]

[Paralyzation Resistance Lv. 5] [Torpor Resistance Lv. 1]

[Fear Resistance Lv. 5]

[Holy Resistance Lv. 2] [Fire Resistance Lv. 5]

[Water Resistance Lv. 4] [Earth Resistance Lv. 4]

[Wind Resistance Lv. 5] [Dark Resistance Lv. 6]

Stat growth and related:

[Health Recovery Lv. 6] [Stamina Recovery Lv. 7]

[Enhanced Health Growth Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Health Capacity Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Strength Growth Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Strength Enforcement Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Vitality Growth Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Vitality Enforcement Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Agility Growth Lv. 5]

[Enhanced Agility Enforcement Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Stamina Growth Lv. 5]

[Enhanced Stamina Capacity Lv. 3]

Others:

[Handicraft Lv. 2] [Dismantle Lv. 10] [Terror Aura Lv. 5] [Bloodlust]

[Starvation Lv. 8]

Job Skill:

[Spear Mastery Lv. 8] [Wind Pressure Resistance Lv. 5] [Gale Stride]

[Infuse Weapon: Wind]

Ability List:

Unarmed abilities:

[Gale Steps] [Gale Kick] [Firm Stance]

Kleidal Spear abilities:

[Bladespiders Strike] [Eight Folding-Strikes] [pantherae Pounce]

[Hunters Javelin] [Ambush Charge]

The stalemate caused by Gaels appearance ended and the battle flared into action again. Uno, Song, Sarasa and my clone reengaged with the armored human and the bear beastman. Gael and I, on the other hand, attacked Kaian the panther beastman, the rabbit beastman, and the bird beastman. Nobody went ahead and said it aloud, we just knew who we had to fight and focus on.

As we were both Dark Mages, Gael and I planned to use [Shadow Dash] to close the distance to the two backliners, the loopridae mage and arvisan crossbowman. However, as Gael had to chant his spell, I decided to just clad him in my [Shadow Armament] and forcibly pulled him into my shadow instead of waiting for him to finish chanting.

Once we traveled to my spells destination through the shadow world, I threw Gael out of my shadow to use him as a decoy. As I informed him about it telepathically, he managed to adapt to the situation and narrowly dodge the incoming fire spell and crossbow bolt. After those variables were gone, I emerged from my shadow, but, instead of finding my targets undefended flanks, I discovered Kaians spear rushing to greet me.

Kuso! (Shit!) I cursed as I blocked his attack with my tanto.

Hey, hey, how about we let our weapons talk? he declared with a smug grin.

Stat-wise, Kaian and I were quite close if I ignored Hestias and Tasiannas buffs. If I were to compare him to a previous enemy, then he would be considered the more agile version of Narube, that bandit leader our party fought against to free those Carine villagers. Honestly, I would have forgotten his name already if it wasnt for Gael and Kaian mentioning him.

Anyway, with how close our stats were, it made it hard for me to not use [Humanization] to increase my stats and create an advantage for myself. My whole face was covered in my [Shadow Armament], so it wasnt possible for them to notice that Id gotten furrier than before. Still, I wasnt planning on letting any of these mercenaries leave without being in chains or in a grave.

Especially not this pantherae in front of me!

Using my [Shadow Armament], I directed two of my [Dark Tendrils] to pull the daggers attached to them towards Kaians back, planning to stab him with them. He, instead of dodging them, gave me a swift kick to my chest to create some distance between us before turning around to knock the daggers down with his spear. He then stomped his left leg into the ground and shouted Ambush Charge to dash at me with incredible speed.

Saori! Gael shouted out, but I didnt need his warnings to react to this attack. With [Foresight], reacting to this attack was a given.

While I was recoiling from the attack, I had already taken out one of Hestias newer contraptions. I infused some mana into it and threw it into Kaians face before shielding my eyes. With a small delay, the ball of rock split apart and a glaring light exploded from it. If Hestia can make spotlights, then she can also make flash bombs.

Grk?! Fuck! Kaian cursed as his attack missed, unable to react to my dodge.

[Uno, Song. Now!] In the time while I was dodging, I called my wolves to use [Dark Bolt] to destroy the two last light sources of the hallway, completely turning it dark save for the fire at the stairs. The more shadows and darkness, the more I can use my spells to their fullest potential.

I aimed my tanto at Kaian and dashed to stab him with it. Kaian used [Gale Steps] in combination with [Enhanced Enemy Sense] to side step all of them, despite his temporary blindness. I was preparing to use my own weapon ability to counteract his movements, but a sudden crossbow bolt stopped me from advancing for a single second, giving Kaian enough time to launch a counter.

Bladespiders Strike! Like the swing of a scythe, he swung his spear at me to dissuade me from coming close long enough for him to recover his sight.

Gael! I called out, but when I looked over, he was not only preoccupied with the mage, but the bear brawler managed to join the fight. The armored human was keeping my wolves at bay and already destroyed my shadow clone, meaning less manpower was needed for his front.

My wolves might have been reborn as C rank monsters, but they only had the bare minimum of skills that a garm would be born with, including the [Dark Magic] that I taught them. Stats were important, but skills decide battles on equal grounds. I wasnt sure how these mercenaries took down one of my shadow clones, but I guess their teamwork was decent enough to overcome that hurdle.

Still, Gael wasnt in trouble. His face was calm and stoic, and his movements were precise and focused. He was dodging each strike from the brawler by a hairs breadth while leaving small cuts on him in return. The mage was trying to help, but without getting a clear shot, she wasnt shooting any more spells. Considering Ive been fighting with a fire mage for literally my whole life, I can safely presume she was worried the building would collapse if she carelessly fought.

Hey, where are you looking at?! I am over here!

With a sharp clank sound, my head turned to the chatty feline. Dont worry, I havent forgotten you! Just Blink!

Kaian flinched backwards as I disappeared from his sight for a single second, and in this time, I somersaulted and elongated my leg with [Shadow Armament]. Shadow Descent!

Kaian dodged out of it in time, but my kick still left a small hole in the floor. I didnt let him recover through, as I threw some toxic sludge in his direction. As expected, he dodged the poison, but that left him without the momentum to dodge a larger attack in the next few seconds.

Dark Tendrils! Claws of Darkness!

Two black magic circles appeared one prevented him from moving, while the other summoned a large claws of darkness, ripping a chunk away from his chest armor. First blood belonged to me.

Good! Good! Youre good! Youre fuckin amazin! Pantherae Pounce! with a maniacal laugh, he destroyed the tendrils and leaped into the air like a jaguar, before boosting it further with [Air Walk]. Even with [Foresight] and [Danger Perception] warning me, I couldnt prevent him from pinning me onto the ground.

Grck! I groaned, narrowly redirecting his spear away from my head with my tanto.

Eight Folding-Strikes, he continued with his attack, but, as the room was dark enough to hinder everybody without [Night Vision], I had a way out of this. With [Shadow Dash], I escaped from both his pin and his devastating spear strikes.

As I reappeared, Kaian already aimed his spear at the shadow I moved to, having already prepared another [Eight Folding-Strikes], but that was when I began using the darkness of the room to its fullest. As everything was now covered in viable shadows, I could unleash all my spells having to aim all the time.

Dark Tendrils! Black appendages emerged from my [Shadow Armament] suit and grabbed onto the ceiling, pulling me up. With [Multi-Cast], [Continuous Cast], and [Delay Cast], I began slowly littering the room with additional black magic circles for [Dark Tendrils], all ready to activate at my signal. It was my take on Hestias spotlights system.

With each magic circle activated, tendrils appeared and pulled me to them before returning back into their magic circle. And I repeated it over and over again, jumping to one circle then to the next without stop. Like a cricket, I switched my position at a blinding speed, giving Kaian no chance to predict my position as I was alternating to whichever I felt like.

[Uno, Song, Sarasa. Return!]

[Yes, Alpha! We hunt!]

Similar to how I could use the darkness to my advantage, so could my wolves. They might not have [Shadow Dash] just yet, but as shadow garms, they could still enter shadows and move through the shadow world. They overcame the armored human by avoiding him completely to return back to my shadow. And once I had a good angle, I threw them out.

Arooooowwww! they howled as they pounced out of my shadow and onto Kaian. He cursed and used his weapon abilities; however, my wolves werent there to attack, but to distract.

[Shadow Armament Lv. 7] (+1) [Shadow Pack Lv. 1] (New)

[Enhanced Mana Growth Lv.4]

[Enhanced Mana Capacity Lv. 2]

[Enhanced Strength Growth Lv. 6]

[Enhanced Strength Enforcement Lv. 5]

[Enhanced Intelligence Growth Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Intelligence Enforcement Lv. 2]

[Enhanced Vitality Growth Lv. 5] (+1)

[Enhanced Vitality Enforcement Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Wisdom Growth Lv. 5] (+1)

[Enhanced Wisdom Enforcement Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Agility Growth Lv. 6]

[Enhanced Agility Enforcement Lv. 5]

[Enhanced Stamina Growth Lv. 6]

[Enhanced Stamina Capacity Lv. 5]

Others:

[Dancing Lv. 2] (+1) [Mathematician Lv. 3] (+1) [Merchant Lv. 1] (New)

[Accounting Lv. 1] (New) [Monster Tamer Lv. 1] (New)

[Identify Blocker Lv. 10]

[Identify Lv. 10] [Terror Aura Lv. 5] (+1) [Bloodlust Lv. 4] (+2)

[Battle Mind Lv. 6] (+1) [Lifetaker Lv. 3] [Mana Weave Lv. 10]

[Sewing Lv. 10] [Elemental Mana Weave Lv. 6] (+1)

[Royal Etiquette Lv. 4] (+1) [Cooking Lv. 10] [Dismantle Lv. 8] (+2)

[Humanize Lv. 8] (+1) [Telepathy]

Ability List:

Unarmed abilities:

[Just Blink]

[Shadow Descent]

Dagger abilities:

[Shadow Pierce]

Spell List:

Custom Spells:

[Create Water] [Smoky Haze]

Dark Spells:

[Dark Bolt] [Dark Tendrils] [Shadow Dash] [Dark Slash] [Shadow Clones]

[Shadow Snake] [Enfeebling Winds] [Claws of Darkness]

[Umbral Pendulum] [Abyssal Bomb]

Space-Time Spells:

[Haste] [Storage Magic]

Titles:

[Belzacs Successor] [Otherworldly Reincarnator] [Hestias Retainer]

[Pack Leader]

A note from AbyssRaven

A month has passed so here we go, Dragon Hestia! A stark contrast compared to her human form, right? Well, that was pretty much the goal since the beginning. Hestia as a dragonewt is cute, while her original form is supposed to shower people with terror, fitting for somebody descendent of the black tyrant dragon, Kargryxmor.

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