Chapter 86: Battle of the Tanks

Chapter 86: Battle of the Tanks



'A battle of the Tanks, huh?'

Adam moved to a different stance- this time, his round shield was close to his chest and his sword was hiding behind it.

Koil often acted rashly without thinking twice. But now, he didn't make any uncalculated moves.

He knew that his opponent wasn't just any ordinary Mercenaryman. This time, it was an S- ranker. It was perhaps the strongest Mercenaryman he could possibly face.

"Hey, magician," Adam said to the young woman behind him.

He didn't use her name because he didn't know it.

"Y-yes!" Hana replied nervously.

"What spells do you know?" Adam asked.

To learn Magick-related skills, one would have to learn Spell Scrolls. There were many mercenaries who focused entirely on becoming magicians.

"Uhm, Fireball, Minor Healing, and Weak Telekinesis!"

"Focus on healing me." Adam said, "Don't use your stamina on anything else."

"Y-yes!" Hana grabbed her wand with a soft, yet serious look. She didn't want to disappoint him.

"Oh, you want to rely on others to support you? Haha." Koil said with a mocking tone.

"Don't kid me." Adam side-eyed Rae, who was standing still without doing anything. "You also have support, don't you..."

Koil's eyes widened in surprise. 'He managed to find out that Rae is also a magician? The hell...'

'This is not a one-versus-one fight.' Adam thought to himself.

'It is also between two magicians. I think their magician is superior, as she seems to be their leader. She will definitely assist Koil.

'This will be a troublesome fight, especially since my weapons are weak. I'll need to find a way...'

With the campfire flickering on the side, the campsite had turned into a mess.

Already, four from the raid party had died. There had also been plenty of casualties on Ameryn's side.

The moonlight shone over Koil and Adam. They slowly crept towards each other.

Koil's fingers, which were wrapped around his hammer, twitched slightly. His adrenaline was boiling inside him. He didn't want to wait any longer.

Thus, without further ado, Koil raised his hammer to bring it down.

A small opening appeared in his defense.

Adam quickly lowered his shield and stabbed his sword into the small opening, catching Koil off guard. The blade stabbed into his waist.

"Argh!" Koil screamed and had a small drop in his health.

[-28 HP]

[Koil - HP: 572/600]

[-1 HP]

This small damage didn't mean anything to him.

However, he still received a bleeding effect as his waist was bleeding. It would slowly drain his health if he didn't treat it quickly.

Koil brought his hammer down with full force. It was heading straight towards Adam's head.

would be difficult to kill an S-ranker, but this was shocking.

A whirlpool of wind appeared in front of the wand.

As she was about to launch the attack, a figure suddenly jumped in front of her.

"Atom Slasher!" Knoxx slashed up and split the wand in two with one swift motion.

The wand broke apart and harmlessly fell to the ground, while the attack vanished into

nothingness.

"Knoxx..." Rae clicked her tongue and took her spare wand from her inventory.

"Your fight is with me!" Knoxx shouted while his chest bled heavily.

He killed around three members from Ameryn's side, but he also received some heavy

damage.

Adam looked over to Knoxx and chuckled. "Alright. Hana, you can go assist him."

"Are you sure?" Hana asked with concern in her voice.

"Yes." Adam turned to Koil with a smile. "It has turned into a one-versus-one fight. I have

my pride as a man, y'see."

"O-oh." Hana's lips curled into a smile.

Even though it was a very serious situation, he could still die.

After all, Koil was Ordergiver-one rank above Adam-but she still felt like he wouldn't lose,

not with that confident smile on his face.

She headed towards Knoxx and waved her wand, immediately stopping his bleeding, and then used the healing spell one more time, giving him some extra health.

"Thanks!" Knoxx shouted and rushed after Rae.

She immediately retreated, as in close quarter combat, she would get destroyed by Knoxx.

She knew she would have to get some good distance between her and Knoxx to chant her

incantations.

However, Knoxx wasn't allowing her to escape.

In such situations, magicians were very weak!

Somehow, the sticky situation had turned around.

The ambush seemed to have failed.

The rest of the party members were participating in the fights with other dark-cloaked

figures.

However, none of them were losing.

Instead, their morale seemed to be increasing more and more.

It was the work of the Armor of Crimson Hounds, worn by Adam.

Allies received a morale boost, while enemies had the completely opposite effect.