"That's it, I'm the top threat. Go!" Dave said over the chat as he raised his tower shield to block a clubbing attack from one of the orc warriors.
Mercy went into [Stealth] and moved toward the orc backline where the fur wearing shaman was standing, waving his staff and chanting. The assassin appeared behind the magic-using orc and stabbed him in the kidney, stunning him and interrupting his cast. Mercy's hands blurred as she continued to slice and dice at the orc's back, her dagger slashing deep into the armorless shaman's flesh with every strike. Massive damage values appeared in a stream of bubbles above the orc's head.
The chieftain simply ignored Blaster's approach and ran at Dave instead as he used [Battle Roar] to bolster his warrior's mettle. Ralph chased after the berserker chieftain. The orc leader swung his battleaxe the moment he was in melee range of Dave. But Blaster activated [Silent Resolve] to transfer the chieftain's aggro onto himself, giving Dave the opportunity to escape from the level 420 high orc.
Two of the five orc warriors, a spear wielder and a club swinger, sprinted at their highest priority threat target: Dave.
Fortress hurried to Dave's side and raised his shield, setting himself to tank the coming attacks. The warriors swung and stabbed at Dave without slowing but he activated [Block], nullifying the attacks.
Lone nocked and shot one of the orc warriors in the arm, causing the orc to drop his club and Perfect used [Twin Shot] shooting two arrows at once into another orc's eyes, blinding the pig snouted monster.
Dave shouted more instructions to his party, "Fortress, just stop your orc from hitting me. Everyone else keep harassing the other warriors. Spike, you stay out of the fight for now."
Dave continued his engagement with the spear wielding orc while the rest of the party used their crowd control abilities to keep the other orcs from swarming Dave.
The spear wielding orc lunged, overextending with his weapon. Dave sidestepped and stomped down on the shaft, grounding the tip and jerking the orc warrior off balance. Then Dave used the opening to shove his flamberge deep into the orc's exposed neck.
-60,668 [Critical!]
Dave was surprised at the amount of damage he'd done. A notification popped up and Dave skimmed through it while dodging the orcs' blows.
***
You have successfully performed the martial skill [Mikiri Counter]
[Mikiri Counter] is now added to your Fist-Fighting style.
[Mikiri Counter] A dexterous skill allowing the user to punish enemies who use stabbing moves, a correct use of Mikiri Counter exposes the enemy's vitals for a follow-up riposte.
If [Mikiri Counter] is executed perfectly, the next attack on a vital organ will have a 100% critical chance while completely ignoring the target's armor value.
Conditions of use:
Can only be used to counter an enemy's thrust attack.
User's strength must be equal to or higher than the target's.
Cooldown: None.
***
Your Fist Fighting Style has leveled up!
Your base damage when using fist weapons has increased by 10%.
Skills: [Advancing Dragon], [Dragon Awakens], [Dragon Kick], [Rising Dragon], [Infernal Tornado] have increased in level and damage accordingly.
***
"Neat," Dave waved away the notification and focused on the fight.
Dave retreated from an orc's club swing as Fortress held his shield up and activated [Block], nullifying another strike aimed at Dave's back .
"Thanks, Fortress" Dave shouted as he continued to dodging the spear orc's attacks.
Then a club-wielding orc landed a blow on Dave's ribs, he staggreed from the hit, grunting in pain.
[-12,888]
A bright white aura surrounded Dave relieving the painful grinding in his ribs, letting him breathe again.
[1,220]
Dave's HP started rising slowly, Flanker cast [Regeneration] on the party.
All five of the orc warriors cut off Dave's retreat. Dave was about to use [Immortal Apparition] to move away from the enraged orcs when he received another buff from Flanker.
***
Your agility increased by 20%
Your stamina regeneration increased by 20%
***
Dave dodged the incoming weapon swings and used [Shield Charge], slamming into one of the orcs and knocking the warrior out of his away.
Escaping from the circle of orcs, Dave lead them on a merry chase, through and around trees and other obstacles in the forest.
The party members assisted Dave by attacking the orcs chasing him.. Although the players didn't deal any damage,they were still applying various status effects from their crowd control abilities, slowing the orcs and reducing their damage output.
Demeri played fast rhythmic music on her harp.
***
Bardic Song of Courage
Effects:
Stamina consumption decreased by 20%
Strength increased by 5%
***
"What's the situation Blaster!"
"Gimme a sec, this bastard is tough," Ralph groaned. The chieftain was using the other orcs nearby to his best advantage. Whenever he used [Battle roar] the chieftain gained an increase in damage so Ralph had to fight him very carefully.
Even while running from the orcs and keeping their aggro, Dave noticed Flanker at the back, guarded by Spike. He was rather impressed at what he saw. Normally Flanker blabbed continuously, like his life depended on the number of words per second he could vomit out. But, here, in the middle of battle, the Pervert Priest was focused and calm. His healing was mana efficient and his buffs timely and effective.
'Huh, a real Battle-Priest. It shouldn't be a surprise, the other two TNT wouldn't tolerate or coddle a total screw-up in their party.'
Demeri switched to a song with a slower tempo. The orcs chasing Dave slowed when the song reached them. The chieftain's attack speed was reduced enough that Ralph was able to dodge and land his own attacks with ease.
"Great job Demeri," Ralph shouted. He dodged a swing from the chieftain's cleaver and struck back at the orc's neck.
Even though the orc was bleeding profusely from the attack, he covered his bleeding wound with a hand and haphazardly swung his battleax at Ralph.
***
Your party member Mercy has slain
High Orc Shaman level 420
***
"Nice work Mercy, help Ralph with the chieftain, we can finish the scrubs after," Dave said after ducking under another sword swing.
With the shaman out of the fight. Ralph and Mercy could take care of the chieftain without much trouble. Hopefully.
When the chieftain noticed his shaman's death he drew in a deep breath and roared powerfully, a long baying howling cry rose over the forest.
***
The High Orc tribe has heard their chieftain's [Call for Retribution], informing them of the death of the shaman.
They are [Infuriated] by the loss of their spiritual leader
The entire tribe is coming to take their revenge.
***
Chapter end
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