445 Chapter 445 - The Enraged Shadowmist Assassin (2/2)

First, a Warrior had plenty of HP thanks to the job class's high rate of growth toward this particular stat. Second, War Without Wounds was fully clad in heavy armor, so the defense it afforded was far higher than that of a robed Mage. Third, War Without Wounds used his skill Charge, and the Verdict for this attack was many times higher than Gu Fei's act of grabbing the BOSS's hand. With all these three reasons stacked together, even though War Without Wounds was sent flying with that attack, the damage he sustained was not as bad as Gu Fei's and was far from getting a heavy injury. Had Gu Fei been in War Without Wounds' shoes, there was no way to tell if he could have landed on his feet.

This one sacrificial charge from War Without Wounds was truly the key in saving Gu Fei. Taking in that impact of the Charge head on, even though the Shadowmist Assassin's advance was not halted, it at least slowed down the BOSS from reaching Gu Fei quickly. This slowing down gave Eternal Dominion an opportunity to attack. Locking his arms around the BOSS's waist, he proceeded to execute a Seismic Toss onto the Shadowmist Assassin and tossed it out.

The Shadowmist Assassin had even managed to do a reverse kick right at Eternal Dominion as it was being tossed into the air; another Fighter would have simply taken this hit. According to the rules of the system, any target that had been subjected to a Seismic Toss would be immobile before it landed on the ground, but who knew that the Shadowmist Assassin would be unaffected by this and would even be able to retaliate?

However, this was Eternal Dominion, after all. As a professional kung fu practitioner, he exuded a fighting awareness from head to toe, so there was no way he would be so careless as to let such an attack land. This reverse kick from the Shadowmist Assassin was instantly blocked by Eternal Dominion with his backhand. He was aware of course that a kick from a BOSS would not simply be just that, so he even activated the Chiwave Shield on the said hand.

The Chiwave Shield was destroyed by that kick from the Shadowmist Assassin, causing Eternal Dominion to retreat several steps as his HP lowered. However, the Shadowmist Assassin was unable to entirely shrug off the effect of the Seismic Toss, so it still went flying out. Still, it was able to adjust itself while mid-air and landed upright on the ground.

The Charge and Seismic Toss at least bought enough time for Gu Fei. The spell efficacy of the self-proclaimed Golden Ratio Priest Young Master Han was much stronger than the average Priests, so Gu Fei was already standing upright from that Cure of his.

The Shadowmist Assassin moved once more, as Gu Fei steeled himself for the incoming attack, but who knew that it would actually dash right toward Royal God Call, instead.

All their defense was surrounding Gu Fei, since everybody no longer doubted that the BOSS, which had kept its eyes on Gu Fei all this time, would change target. Nobody had truly expected the BOSS to do something like this at such a crucial moment.

Therefore, none of them was able to assist or provide any sort of cover for Royal God Call in time.

Furthermore, Archers were a ranged job class that possessed the highest Agility. Their Strength was not too shabby, either, but their low HP, which was not even comparable to Mages, was their biggest weakness. While their defense was stronger than that of a Mage, that bit of defense was as good as negligible when faced against a level 60 BOSS.

Adding the fact that the job class possessed zero melee ranged skills, Royal God Call only had one option in mind: RUN!

Flee and buy some time for his comrades to rescue him.

That was what Royal God Call thought as he turned to flee. Help was, indeed, quickly on its way, as Gu Fei raised his sword and chanted, and a crackling Electric Wall appeared right behind Royal God Call just a beat after.

However, the Shadowmist Assassin disregarded this spell in its entirety and ran headfirst into that Electric Wall.

Electricity crackled and a human sized tear appeared on this lightning barricade. The Shadowmist Assassin's entire body was arcing electric current and spark as it continued its way forward, undeterred. In several steps, it caught up to its target and lashed out with its dagger…

Royal God Call's choice of turning around to flee became the flaw that caused his death in this moment.

Electricity was coursing through the Shadowmist Assassin's entire body; meaning, it was still carrying the Paralyze status that came with Lightning spells. The unique effect that came from the Paralysis effect was the restriction of skill usage. Had Royal God Call taken that basic attack from the front, he might not have died. However, turning around to flee had only exposed his back to the enemy.

An attack from the back by an Assassin would deal additional damage – this was the unique characteristic that Assassins had. As a BOSS with the same job class, this particular characteristic was further amplified. Adding the increased Attack Power from being enraged, Royal God Call was easily insta-killed after taking that one stab...

With a loud roar, the Shadowmist Assassin once again shook off the electricity coursing through its body and returned to hide in the fog. A look of confusion could be seen on the remaining six players.

Over on his side, Ye Xiaowu could not help but reveal a devious smile at the moment.

The aggro formula was completely reset once the Shadowmist Assassin was enraged.

Why would an enraged Shadowmist Assassin still retain Assassin's Sangfroid? Do you take us game designers as fools? Ye Xiaowu thought to himself.