Chapter 370 - 364 : A Tough Battle To Fght

"This is going to be a tough match." Sato said through the team chat right after he landed on his two feet.

Sato didn't rush forward to attack the Kobold King now that it was down because that was too risky. Chances were that Sato would end up suffering an ambush once he got close to the Kobold King and that was something he had to desperately avoid.

The Kobold King had a HP value of 10000 which was currently the highest Sato had ever seen. Even after that heated series of attacks that were more than capable of taking down five level 10 monsters on the level of the Blood King Varg, the Kobold King came out with more than 89% of its health left. It should be known that this opportunity was made possible by Sato's abrupt withdrawal of [Drakken][1], leading to the Kobold King falling into a very short daze. Making use of that chance, Sato had attacked with [Drakken] and sent the Kobold King into another short pause. One could say that the Kobold king was very pitiful as there was a follow-up attack right after all of that, which now left it to the current state that it was. All of this was simply a result of one move from Sato which was slightly unexpected. 

Nonetheless, those series of actions couldn't be repeated as not only would the Kobold King be ready for it but [Drakken] wouldn't be able to unleash that terrifying air that had stunned the Kobold King previously. That aura was the entire air that had been amassed ever since Sato had taken the sword away from the Caventry. While [Drakken] still had a sinister and bleak ambience around it it wasn't as strong as before.

Since those sets of moves couldn't be repeated, it would be a lot more difficult to inflict serious damages. This was the source of Sato's worry. The Kobold King had a ton of HP and if they couldn't dish out enough damage, the Kobold King -who had a healing factor of 50HP/5 seconds- will be able to recover back to its peak in no time.

"How are you guys doing over there?" Sato asked Fudo on the team chat.

"Not so good but we are okay." Fudo's voice transmitted to Sato's ears.

To prevent themselves from being surrounded by the horde of kobolds, Sato had divided the team into 2 and the larger group was tasked with holding back the kobolds. As the kobolds were only around level 6-level 8, the team led by Fudo could be said to have it easier than Sato and the others. However, the staggering number of the kobolds made battling them a difficult task. They had already changed positions more than twice to the various ambush spots the team had selected and prepared ahead of time to cope with the number of Kobolds. At the same time, relying on a majority of the handcrafted runes Xue Yan had given to them, the team of 4 was able to hold their ground despite being heavily outnumbered. However, this meant that once they ran out of supplies or got tired, they would face their doom.

"So you guys have to be quick there. I don't know how long we can keep it up but it will probably only last for 7 minutes or so." Fudo said after some thought.

"7 minutes…okay." Sato nodded.

Meanwhile…

*Bruuu*

The rubble that held the Kobold King began to collapse as a towering frame slowly rose from the ground. There was a malicious glint in its eyes as it stared at the trio in front of it.

"Xue Yan you and Seiichi put all your attention into this fight. I will get entangled with it while the two of you force it to make a few blunders in the middle of the battle."

Now that Sato had the addition of [Drakken] to the fight, not only had his attributes experienced a substantial increase but Sato's threat level in the eyes of the Kobold King had increased as it decided to take him seriously. To Sato, the increased threat level was nothing in his eyes as the Kobold King would eventually take them seriously later on. Therefore, the introduction of [Drakken] to the fight was entirely positive and Sato wanted to use this momentum to push forward with more attacks.

"Let's start." 

Without further ado, Sato charged once more at the Kobold King but this time around, he was more confident in himself thanks to the increased attributes.

"[Star Shot]."

Star Shot : Active Skill : Fire an arrow that multiplies into 7, each containing 120% of the user's Attack Power. Cool-down : 30 seconds.

As his attacks counted for the weakest, Seiichi decided to use them to form distractions, hindering the Kobold King from potting Sato and for this act, [Star Shot] was undoubtedly a nice choice. Turning 1 into 7, Seiichi aimed each arrow at tricky angles and critical spots. Even if the Kobold King wouldn't concede much from these arrows, no one would like to sit still and get beaten.

"Futile!"

With one wave of its bone saber, the Kobold King had deflected all seven arrows with ease. 

However, during this time, Sato had increased his movement speed and was already within range of the Kobold King. In the next moment, the two collided weapons like decade-long mortal enemies who had encountered each other on the battlefield. There released a flurry of attacks right after the first 'greeting' with neither side surrendering to the other or even exposing a slight weakness.

[Bone Slash]

The Kobold King had forgone its previous tactics and had begun employing skills simply because it was extremely enraged by Sato.

7 seconds had passed since the heavy assault on the Kobold King and during this period the Kobold King had already recovered 50 HP.. Not wanting for all his hard work and effort to go to waste, Sato decided to take things up a notch.