Unlike Sorcerers , Warriors don't use mana , they don't need to , all Mp in their bodies is transformed to the so-called Aura, a translucent second layer of skin that would protect the body , and reinforce their muscles and arteries , making the Warrior able to use one more than one hundred percent of their physical capabilities . As they level up, their Aura would become more intense at the point where some high level individual would subconsciously let loose of a part of it which put the people surrounding them under an invisible pressure . Gorden didn't reach that level yet, for the moment he could control his aura to intimidate and daunt a targeted individual.
"Now, let's get serious" Gorden unleashed his full aura, all seven meters around him were affected, even small innocent flowers were pressed on the ground under the strong pressure.
Several walls of earth were created between the two parties, Melanie made her move first , she chose to defend , now is Gorden's turn, he rushed forward , destroying the walls one after the other with only a hit of his sword ,his speed is much greater than before, at first he depended on his stats and race advantage but now with the aura his strength and speed shot up a notch . As he spotted out Melanie , he directly used one of his Mastery skill, 'Heavy smash', he leaped above her , intending to use the swords sharp ends to pierce mercilessly through her, however, Melanie was prepared for the attack , she dodged it and safely retreated at the side , Gorden landed heavily on the empty ground ,forming a big hole of about two meters diameter, . This Mastery skill is dangerous , if one take a direct hit , all his bones turn to powder, however it has a loophole ,once it's unleashed the user can't change the direction of the attack , thus , if the opponent has quick reaction and speed , the onslaught could be avoided .
Using this opportunity, roots shot out from the ground and earth gathered trying to bury the monkey, however, the two swords were faster, they cut them into pieces the moment they appeared. Melanie continued to control the roots and the earth, to delay her opponent for some seconds, but he soon freed himself and quickly closes the distance between them.
Several clashes sound echoed, the scythe blade blocked the swords slashes , and the handle was used as a defense , but Gorden's strengths surpassed that of Melanie , each time the swords landed on the handle, the impact was like if a heavy rock has fall on it , Gorden was using another of his Mastery Skills 'Destroyer', constantly attacking with his both swords like a ferocious beast , putting Melanie into a passive position , however, slowly Gorden countenance turned pale, his strikes weakened and his movement slowed down , on the other side , Melanie got used to her opponent speed and attack frequency , her reaction became faster, and now, the moment that she waited for arrived, when the sword hit the scythe handle , she pushed it , then hit Gorden 's abdomen with her 'deathly slash ' , a bloody wound appeared there, and Gorden was forcibly pushed one meter away , thanks to his Aura that protected him, he wasn't sent flying like the first time .
Gorden panted, he doesn't understand what happened to him, his muscle trembled, and his heart was throbbing furiously, a heavy sense of tiredness hit his boy and his vision started to blurry, his condition worsened, in fact , he already felt exhausted just after he unleashed his aura, it was his determination and stubbornness that pushed him to continue the fight, however, now it was impossible he was at the verge of collapsing.
[Finally! This monkey is more sturdy than I thought]Melanie relaxed her guard; she knew that Gorden was no longer a threat.
"What did you do to me?" He didn't have to be a genius to see that his condition was not natural; he knew that his opponent has a hand on this.
At his question, Melanie didn't explain, she can't, thus, she just pointed at his left arm . The wound that was created by her first deadly slash was still bleeding, more than normal, a lot of blood fall on the ground, and if someone looked at the battle ground it was dried red by blood, Gorden's condition was all due to a heavy blood loss, but it's still unclear to him .
'My wound wasn't that deep, and it was supposed to start closing by now, so why?'
As if she read his thought, Melanie lifted her hand and suddenly a part of the blood on the ground started floating until it gathered on her palm forming a small red sphere.
"Blood infinity? How is that possible? Only Vampires have the power to control blood…." Gorden entire body collapsed on the ground, he wasn't able to endure it longer and lost consciousness . Her goal was finally achieved, from the start she knew that she didn't have a chance to win against a level 26 , thus , she came up with this plan , first, injure the enemy, second and most difficult step , control the bleeding , the aura was constantly pushing back her mana from entering his body which let her with only one solution widen the wound, and make sure blood wouldn't coagulate and stop the bleeding , third ,wait until he collapsed. Does sound like if she cheated and used under handed method to win? Perhaps, but it doesn't matter. In a life and death fight, all means are allowed; she won't hesitate to use them.
"That was incredible!" Bob walked toward Melanie "If he knows that you are at level 23, he would have the urge to bury himself in a hole, a very deep hole"
[I'm no longer level 23, fighting someone with a higher level is very effective, during the battle I already level twice]
"Wait, does it mean that we are now at the same level? Well ,it's quite understandable with your cheat element, but if you didn't acquire the blood infinity from the tiger corpse, what would have you done ?" Bob had once told her about the vampires and their incredible control of blood magic, thus , Melanie tried to get this peculiar infinity, and truly , some minutes before Gorden appearance , and thanks to the tiger bloody corpse, blood infinity was obtained successfully .
[I would have found another way to win]
"Are we going to kill him?" Bob pointed at the fainted red horned monkey.
[No , let him be , when he woke up, he would surely come back for revenge and at that time he won't be alone , it's a good opportunity , I need to fight strong opponent to level up , I can't depend only on the hunt]
"Aren't you afraid that he would come up with the king of the forest? If that happened we would be in a dire situation "
[You said that the kings are all above level 25, perhaps even above level 30, if he is an enemy we can't handle, we can escape, but that would be in the worst situation, we must continue leveling up, and in my side gaining more infinities]
"Where should we go next?"
[Let's go deeper on the west, after I recover my mana] In the fight she used almost all her mana, in creating spikes, walls, and controlling the roots , her Hp also decreased , but at least she level up .
(-Melanie-
Race: HEADLESS SORCERER
/Element : Void /
Anima: Ame
Profession: SoulSlayer
LV : 25
Mp : 20/350
Hp : 210/300
Stats ;
Agi :35 Sen : 28
Str : 23 Def : 19
Vit : 20 int : 25
Skills ;
Analisis Lv 4
Stealth Lv 4
Fast Learner Lv 2
Mastery Skill;
Wild Wind's Claw
Silent Death Parade
Deathly Slash
Shield Form
Abilities:
Mana Control
Affinity Zero
Soul detection
Soul view
Infinities:
Blood infinity
Water infinity
Earth infinity
Wood infinity
Stat points :10)