Jake didn't bother checking his health points.
A single mistake would result in his defeat.
He understood this much.
He couldn't allow her to catch him!
Jake threw himself into a motion. Despite not having any arrows around the battlefield, he still could rely on his dexterity and perception skills.
He eluded all golden chains bolting at him. It looked like he was in a parkour park. A few encounters with them were too close since Jake could have heard them whistling in his ears.
He ducked the golden chain, threw himself into a roll, and then quickly rose. He ran around like a madman whose future depended on dodging those chains!
Odin's tattoo burned.
Jake thought, 'I know! I know you're a raw damage, but...'
But he feared even Fenrir's Arrow wouldn't be enough against Meredith.
That was when Meredith's chains returned to her side.
She furtively checked her stats before nodding to herself.
"Yamata No Orochi," Meredith whispered.
Jake didn't know what she did, but his perception skill alarmed him. His instincts were ringing within him, telling him about the incoming danger.
The danger soon took form.
Meredith produced an absurd amount of chains. She no longer had six golden chains but so much more that Jake couldn't count them. Those chains weaved around each other, thickening their mass.
In less than a few seconds, Jake could see through her scheme.
Her chains formed an eight-headed serpent. Each head had two black chains, their crimson-red auras shining within their skulls.
The weight of those chains and the abundance of mana within them caused this skill to be an ultimate weapon strong enough to fight against armies alone... or teams!
Jake stood like an ant before it.
He felt how powerful it was.
At its feet, Meredith stood still. Her mana barrier was on a much higher level now that she used this skill. Only destroying eight heads could get Jake to her side!
This skill was her original skill, which she created after studying Yamata No Orochi for her school project.
Meredith's voice resounded across the floor. "Stronger and faster... You can no longer run away from me, Archer."
Jake's heart thumped aloud.
His eyes widened, and Jake gazed at Yamata No Orochi.
It was such a beautiful skill.
It was such a demanding skill.
Meredith must have worked a lot to make it a reality.
Yamata No Orochi must have frightened and shocked countless enemies... but not Jake.
It compelled him to go beyond limits, and he loved that.
He saw a single way to win against it and defeat Meredith.
He broadly smiled. His peculiar Joker Smile hit the audience like a smooth criminal.
Simultaneously, all eight arrows went through the eight-headed serpent's skulls. The necks of Yamata No Orochi didn't even prove to be a challenge, as arrows quickly converged on Meredith's barrier!
She was assaulted from two sides, either attacked by three arrows!
Because each arrow carried Fenrir's presence, its damage was beyond what Meredith could handle.
Eight claps of thunder swept through her small head.
Meredith's mana barrier cracked into a thousand particles, leaving her utterly defenseless.
All chains burst into pieces as well.
She caught her head as she received a backlash from having her trump card and mana barrier destroyed in a short time. It was difficult to remain on two feet.
Meanwhile, Jake landed.
He drew the highest anchor.
The thunder cracked.
The arrow flew straight at Meredith.
Alas, his fingers were too strained by constant battles and The Eight-Headed Fenrir! Ultimately, the arrow missed its target and lodged itself in Meredith's shoulder.
The second thunder resounded.
She puked a mouthful of blood, and so did Jake.
Meredith raised her trembling hand.
Jake's heart sank into coldness. 'I can't let her... hit me...'
Fortunately, she didn't have the strength to break the arrow within her shoulder. Jake teleported to it. He held one of his twin swords and thrust it straight into her chest!
At the same time, Meredith surprised Jake by taking out a black chain.
Those black chains were his bane!
Meredith fell onto her rear as Jake draped her. He was now atop her.
"You will die," Jake spat as he used his weight to drive his sword deeper into her chest.
"We will both die," Meredith replied as a matter of fact.
Jake leaned closer to her ear now that his sword was quite deep into her. "I'm not so troubled by that."
"...I don't mind it, either," Meredith replied after a few awkward seconds.
The chain was wrapped around them, ready to kill them both.
Jake licked his lips.
He said, "Go out with me."
"You really asked me out when we're about to die?"
"Yeah, you only have a few seconds to reply in those awesome circumstances."
"How about you tell me what you like about me?"
"Your tits and—"
BANG!
[You have died.]
[The Meredith has died.]