21 Climbing the tower (1/2)
'Priest ?' thought Li Wei, 'Isn't it supposed to be the mage? Anyway, it will be even easier.'
What Li Wei did not know was that his opponents were randomly selected. Unfortunately, like many other games, RNG was also present in this one, so as to make each attempt at climbing the Tower of Heroes different.
Li Wei took a stance and observed the priest while waiting for the fight to begin.
The priest was different from the other ones Li Wei saw. The equipment he was wearing were totally different; he had a small mace as a weapon and instead of robes, was wearing a metal armor. After all, weapons did not have any class requirements so any classes could use any equipment to adapt their own style, but some are of course better than other.
'Well, let's take this opportunity to train using 2 swords' thought Li Wei.
[Would you like to begin the seventh fight?]
The awaited announcement finally came and Li Wei immediately said: ”Begin !”
[Floor 7: level 7 Priest, begin the fight in 5]
[4]
[3]
[2]
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[Begin!]
As soon as the signal was given, the priest directly dashed towards Li Wei. Yes, it was the priest that initiated the attack, he used [Empower] onto himself which gave him 2 strength. It was equivalent to the [Strengthen] of Warriors but had higher Mana Cost and lower Duration.
However, from Li Wei's point of view, the priest was moving rather slowly and he could clearly see each one of his movements. The difference in level and stats was obvious, Li Wei stepped to the side and dodged the mace. He then immediately stabbed the priest on the side.
”-17”
Li Wei followed up with the other sword completely suppressing the priest. Swinging his swords left and right, up and down, Li Wei forced the priest into a defensive stance, but the mace was not a good weapon for defense.
Left with one-third of his HP, the priest violently swung the mace towards Li Wei, forcing him to take a step back. He then quickly jumped back himself and cast [Heal], ”+25”
However, Li Wei did not let him go, he immediately used his newly acquired skills, [Blade Draw]. The wind slash directly hit the priest, making him lose balance. That was quickly followed up by a well-timed [Chaos Sphere] which left the priest with a sliver of HP.
While [Heal] was still on cooldown, Li Wei dashed forward, swinging his swords towards the priest. The latter made a desperate attempt to strike Li Wei, but the latter just took the blow and stabbed the priest at the same time.
[Congratulations for defeating the seventh floor. You are awarded 0 exp since your exp bar is locked]
[Restoring original state, moving to the eighth floor.]
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[Cleave], Li Wei's sword pierced through the body of the ranger which was quickly covered by a white layer.
[Congratulations for defeating the ninth floor. You are awarded 0 exp since your exp bar is locked]
[Restoring original state, moving to the tenth floor.]
Li Wei easily cleared the eighth and ninth floor, with his battle experience and level advantage, it was quite easy. On the eighth floor, was a rogue, he tried to overwhelm Li Wei with fast attacks, but unfortunately for him, Li Wei also heavily invested into Dexterity, allowing him to move as quickly as the rogue. And so, the eighth floor was quickly cleared.
On the ninth floor, was a female ranger, despite her weak appearance, she was very fast and kept running away from Li Wei while shooting her arrows, this was a common technique in video games known as Kiting. While Li Wei was running after her, he tried fancy moves like cutting the arrows in mid-air with his swords, but he failed, even though he could roughly guess where the arrows would hit, it was difficult to intercept the arrows in such position. Li Wei also discovered that using [Howl] could slightly alter the direction of the arrow, making it miss.
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The mist quickly appeared and covered the arena, seconds later the tenth floor was in view. A warrior walked out of the mist, he was tall and muscular, wearing a full set of heavy armor and an axe on his shoulder.
Li Wei calmly watched the warrior step onto the arena as he himself took a stance. 'The real challenge only starts now.' thought Li Wei
[Would you like to begin the tenth fight?]
”Yes! Begin ”
[Floor 10: level 10 Warrior, begin the fight in 5]
[4]
[3]
[2]
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[Begin!]
Both sides remain motionless, Li Wei held his stance, waiting for the warrior to attack him. But the warrior was standing there motionless, he was not even in a fighting stance, his face was covered by his helmet and could not be seen, but his body posture was showing his arrogance.
The arena remained still for a few seconds, but then, Li Wei could not wait any longer, he directly dashed towards the warrior, raising his blades.
[Strengthen], Both sides used their skills.
As Li Wei was approaching the warrior, the latter grabbed his axe with two hands and made a full rotation. Seeing that, Li Wei could only force himself to change direction, charging into the rotating axe was clearly a bad idea.
But as Li Wei stepped on his right, the warrior stopped his spin and swung his axe towards Li Wei.
From the corner of his eye, Li Wei noticed the shiny light charging towards him, he instinctively ducked, resulting in the axe barely passing above his head.
'sigh that was close...'
Li Wei quickly recovered and stabbed towards the open side of the warrior. ”-14” But before he could land a second hit, the warrior used [Howl], disturbing Li Wei's movement and quickly followed up with a swing of his axe.
Li Wei once again stepped on the side and stabbed the warrior, ”-13”. Li Wei then spun onto himself and stroke the warrior with the other sword, ”-15”. However, the warrior did not let Li Wei continue, he did not use his axe, but instead used his elbow to hit Li Wei's face.