Chapter 1918. Among Yourselves

1918 Chapter 1918. Among Yourselves

Though Belphegor had many opponents ganged up on him, he was attentive to his surroundings. He was aware when Red Death vanished from his detection. He paid more attention to the mana within his ice aura. His sense swept the surroundings. There was no trace of her presence.

'Did she use a teleporting skill to move away?' He thought.

When he was still pondering about the situation, he sensed a sudden burst of energy behind him. It only lasted an instant. Following that burst was the stinging pain of getting stabbed. He received critical damage from that stab. That burst of energy was gone as soon as it appeared. When he turned around, there was nothing.

This was Death Executor's level 80 skill, Death Shadow. It was similar to the Stealth Mastery from the Ninja class, only much more powerful. This skill let Red Death blend into the shadow. As long as she was in a place with minimal lighting, she was practically invisible. This was why she asked Badass for the spell that darkened the environment, so she could utilize this skill to the fullest while in the daytime.

This skill gave Red Death other advantages aside from blending into the shadows. Her speed and the damage she inflicted increased while this skill was active. If she happened to receive an attack while hiding in the shadow, the damage she received was decreased by 80%. So, even if the enemy tried using an AOE attack to draw her out, she could remain hidden and tank the damage.

All her mana was concealed when she blended with the shadow. The first attack she landed when she came out of the shadow was guaranteed to be critical. This skill lasted five minutes. She could go in and out of the shadow as many times as she wished in that duration.

This was what she did. She kept zooming in and out of the shadow, utilizing the moments when Belphegor clashed with the other combatants.

Belphegor was peeved. His icy aura didn't seem to affect this shadowy assailant much. The time by which she appeared and disappeared was too short for him to react.

When the archdemon lord's gravity field ended, Belphegor suddenly stopped moving and crossed his two arms in front of his head. He looked like someone who had been cornered and gone into full defense. Nameless and the others didn't waste the chance. They redoubled their offense.

Belphegor abruptly opened his two arms when his assailants were at their closest. An energy shockwave radiated out of him, stunning all his melee assailants. Four of the floating ice weapons, which had lost the clones who wield them, returned to him. They attached themselves to the end of his ice chains, turning those chains into flails.

Belphegor's arms started swinging at high speed. His swings created multiple afterimages of the ice flails that hit everything around him. This swinging attack was a skill. It caused tremendous damage to those in his vicinity. The Archdemon Lord received repeated damage but survived due to its high HP. Red Death's death clone was not so lucky. It failed to escape the strike zone. It perished after receiving multiple hits.

If Nameless didn't have God's Shield and God's Protection active, he would have perished as well. He had a backup life from Grace's Generosity of Hope but preferred not to waste it. He kept retreating until he was out of the strike zone.

Only Badass kept on attacking from range. With Devilize and Devil Possession, he could be said to be their highest DPS contributor, even higher than Red Death. Red Death herself stayed within the shadow. All the damage she received was greatly reduced. She was also in Devilize form so she could tank the damage. She didn't dare to come out, though. Belphegor's skill struck every inch around him. She would get smacked the instant she came out.

"You, mad woman!" Grace put herself in Red Death's path.

"Move aside!" Red Death gave Grace a spin kick.

Grace was startled by the attack of her teammate. She barely blocked the kick.

"What the...!" Both Nameless and Badass were shocked by this turn of events.

Even Belphegor stopped moving when he was about to lunge. He massaged his chin and watched.

Grace's strength during Devilize outclassed Red Death, so she didn't budge from the kick. Red Death didn't mean to truly attack. She just wanted to give Grace a scare, so Grace stopped blocking her. She ran past Grace when Grace was still dazed by her kick.

Contrary to expectation, instead of getting scared, the kick pissed Grace off instead. Grace's hand shot out and grabbed Red Death's arm before she advanced too far. Red Death suddenly found herself getting yanked by a very strong force.

"I said, move back...!" Grace yelled and flung Red Death far away.

Red Death somersaulted in the air before landing on her feet. She gritted her teeth. She was also pissed now. She lunged back.

Grace didn't waste any more words. She simply stood in Red Death's path. If she had to knock some sense into this woman's head, so be it!

Both women were ready for a clash as they neared one another, but something interrupted them. An ice spear pierced Grace's back. The speed of this spear had been so fast that Grace failed to react by the time she sensed the backstab. Her body was flung forward by the impact force. She crashed into Red Death. The two fell rolling on the ground.

Thanks to Grace's insane defense aided by Devilize, the backstab wasn't fatal. She still lost almost half her HP because of the back attack bonus.

The ice spear was thrown by Belphegor. The devil was sneering. He said, "As amusing as it is to see you fight among yourselves, I prefer to wrap this up as soon as possible."