30 Fire And Chrome (2/2)

Wolf

Hp: 700/700

”Ryan, take care of the wolves at the left. Leo, the right. I will take care of the middle one then rotate.”

The duo nodded, accepting Shesmu's orders. The party spread out, each of them heading towards his target.

Leo was the first to reach the pack of wolves, making him their biggest focus. However, before the whole pack could aggro to him, DepressedRyan came from the side and stabbed two wolves successfully, stopping them dead in their track.

With perfect synchronization, the wolves have been divided between the members of the party. DepressedRyan took hold of the monsters on the left, evasion tanking them using his superior reflexes and high agility. Leo kept hold of the aggro of the wolves at the right by attacking them and blocking their strikes using his new swords, damping their damage.

DepressedRyan is one thing, but Leo really became better after all the fights he has been a part of. As expected, you only become better through a trial of fire and blood.

Shesmu unsheathed his sword from his back and looked at the wolf in front of him. It was confused on who to attack between Leo and DepressedRyan. Well, let's test out the power of this Cambione Blade. With these thoughts, Shesmu raised his weapon and performed an Empowered Slash Cancel.

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Overkill was an understatement. With the passive of the Cambione Blade, Demon Ki, Shesmu's Empowered Slash was enhanced further. The poor wolf had his head decapitated with one strike. At this point, he suspected that even if the elite version of these wolves were to come out, Shesmu would be able to one-shot it using just his Empowered Slash Cancel technique.

After dealing with his target, Shesmu turned to look left. DepressedRyan was able to effortlessly handle his opponents. He would slip in a stab, and before the wolf would even raise his paw, DepressedRyan would dodge the attack. He is predicting the attacks of the wolf. No, with how effortlessly he does it, it's not even a conscious process. His eyes see the miniscule twitches of the monsters' muscles and his body automatically decides the best course of action. He is… a monster.

In earlier fights, DepressedRyan has only shown his assassination skills. He would go in only when a kill was 100% certain, and he would go out like a shadow as if he was never there before. With that playstyle, Shesmu couldn't give a full judgment. However, now he knew for sure that DepressedRyan's skills were close to the apex of Ashes of Gods. A least in terms of battle sense.

Deciding that DepressedRyan wouldn't need his help any time soon, Shesmu decided to focus on Leo. While the latter was holding his ground against his enemies, countering with a slash or two of his own after an intense barrage of hits, his health was still being chipped at little by little. He was already down a quarter of his HP.

Shesmu looked at the situation and decided that it was as good of a time as any to test his other skill that came with the Cambione Blade: Demon's Slash. Shesmu activated his skill and raised his sword. Energy flowed from inside his stomach to the blade of his sword. The blade took a dark shade and glinted under the moonlight.

Shesmu slashed at the air and a black crescent was formed, heading directly towards the two wolves Leo was facing.

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The black crescent of energy went through the two monsters and split them in half. Blood and gore littered the ground and painted Leo's face red. The latter just cleaned off his face with minimum disgust.

”Thanks for the help, you saved me there.”

”No need for thanks, let's help Ryan.”

As if they practiced this scene multiple times, both Leo and Shesmu used Dash at the same time. In synchronization, each of them appeared behind one of the wolf DepressedRyan was fighting. With one slash to the neck, both monsters were decapitated.