Chapter 99: Fighting the Ogre Shaman (2/2)

I heard Jayna gulping her saliva down as she inched closer to me.

”He's stronger than we thought.”

She commented. With the change in her, she also started to have an idea on how to gauge her opponent's strength.

”Didn't we also get stronger? Trust me. I won't let anything happen to you.”

We could only helplessly escape from the Peak 4-leaf Dark Elf before but now, we'll be challenging one by ourselves.

Hearing my words Jayna nodded and got behind me. I took away the stone club we're holding and switched it with my sword. Jayna did the same by switching it with her staff.

Filling my sword with Flux Energy, I moved behind him.

Stabbing someone from the back? Of course, it's a better method. There's no honor to be gained here so…

As soon as I signaled for Jayna to start, my sword lodged itself at the Shaman's back. By doing so, my concealment was undone.

When the Shaman felt that, he reflexively turned around which led for my sword to fail to penetrate his body further.

But that's enough.

When he turned around, the Energy Explosion left behind the stab on his back was triggered.

”Guuak!”

A groan of pain came out from his lips.

Jayna already covered the entrance with her vines to prevent any sound from coming out. Though I wonder if that would really block out the sound, it's better than nothing.

The Shaman Ogre's face couldn't hide his surprise. For his fellow Ogre to attack him? It's a notion he didn't possibly imagine. But with us using some kind of energy, his surprised face turned to rage.

He opened his palm and that greyish black clump of energy materialized. It expanded and covered his body.

His hunched back immediately straightened and his aged face seemingly grew younger.

Is that some kind of ability to get him back to his peak?

His pressure really grew but only a bit.

”Jayna!”

I shouted to Jayna to start.

Hearing a clear language from us, the Shaman Ogre became more enraged. His muscles grew tighter and became thicker than the Ruin Dweller's, he swung his arm and tried to throw a punch at me.

Raising both of my Energy Shields and using the Sword Skill, Counter, it stopped his fist and stopped his whole body for a split second.

During that time, four types of vines came rushing through from behind that immediately restricted the Shaman Ogre's body.

For a Shaman to use physical attacks. I'm impressed.

Err… it was just me who dubbed him as shaman, maybe he's actually the Chieftain. As the only one who could make use of the inherent energy of this dimension, he's surely the strongest.

But yeah, with the two of us here. It's not in my record to have a drawn-out battle.

Opening the Energy Field, using the Orb of Enhancement, throwing him the Aura of Ailment and activating the Spiritual Twin Phantom. I boosted myself to the maximum. If this is not enough, I'll get more buffs in the future.

With Jayna's vines restricting him while slowly burning his body with her Earthfire, the Ogre Shaman tried to resist, pulling each vine off his body. But Jayna was trying her best to hold onto him.

Using the opportunity she created, I used the first Sword Skill, Flash Draw, creating a gaping wound on his chest. I turned around and shot consecutive Energy Slashes hitting his back and opening more wounds on it. His blood was already gushing out of him as he finally took off Jayna's vines.

Materializing more of his greyish-black energy, he tried shooting it at both of us. I sent an Energy Shield to Jayna while I rolled over to dodge it.

Using Energy Phantom, I moved back behind him again while his eyes were angrily watching the Phantom running in a different direction.

Filling my sword with more Flux Energy. I stabbed the Shaman Ogre again to the holes and wounds created by my previous attacks.

Leaving enough Energy Explosions, it all exploded simultaneously. With the continuous howl of pain from him, it eventually reached the peak before it suddenly stopped. He just howled the last bits of his life and fell down to the ground as a corpse.

Just to be sure, I push myself up to stab at him again. Seeing no reaction, I slumped down to the ground, exhausted.

Jayna immediately came over and supported me up. Both of our disguises were almost blown off by that energy ball he shot at us. Right now, our disguises were in tatters as if someone bit off of it while our real bodies were also peeking out from the holes.

”He's tougher than we imagined. Can we still make the disguise from that… corpse?”

He needed to be bombarded with enough explosions before he died. Just how tough is a Peak Rank 4? What about a Rank 5?

Ugh... It's really better to stay at the back than be in the frontline like this.

”Don't worry, I saw his body before this, there might be some imperfections but I'll use his corpse as a reference.”

Jayna assured me while helping me stand up.

Now that we're about done here, I wonder what's happening on Yumiko's side?