Chapter 285 - 12: Bridge Of The Damned! (II) (1/2)

”F*ck!”

A single curse word escaped from Isabella's mouth as the closest Demonic Ice Troll struck down with its fists, its body a couple times larger than her. It crushed her Dark Shield as if it were a piece of paper.

After the dark purple circular shield covering her frontside crumbled into nothingness, she saw a large gash appear across her chest. It split open several inches, letting rainbow light leak out of it.

Nao saw the green hp bar floating above her head deplete instantly, dying. Her body collapsed onto the ground.

Nao could only sigh as the Demonic Ice Troll's Hate value soared, targeting him next. Hate was essentially the aggro count of a monster, and it was actually a stat itself in Yggdrasil. Similar to stats, its value ranged from 0 to 100. If a monster was not aggressive or if combat had yet to start, it would start at 0. If it ever reached 100 the monster would be hellbent on destroying you unless it got its aggro redirected.

It appeared as a red bar above a monster's head. HP appeared as a green bar while MP appeared as a blue bar. Nao still showed he had full bars on both.

While the Demonic Ice Troll was feared for its strength, it was relatively slow. Nao managed to keep dodging it. A couple moments soon passed before Isabella's body resurrected. She chose on site resurrection and appeared not too far away.

Unfortunately thanks to being Heteromorphics, players couldn't express themselves well. Their mouths couldn't move when speaking either. All they could do was express themselves through emojis or the tone of their voice.

Isabella quickly rejoined Nao. An angry emoji with smoke coming out of its ears appeared in front of her for a few seconds before she spoke out in anger.

”Damn it! I can't believe a beginner mob crushed me that easily. It tore through my shield so quickly. But now looking at it...it's rather slow, isn't it?”

Seeing Nao keep dodging the Demonic Ice Troll's swinging fists, she could only let out a sigh

”Sure appears that way. Care to go at it by yourself again? It sustained some damage from your strike earlier.”

”Hell no! Not without you buffing me at least. Got any spells available Iike that yet?”

”I thought this may happen so I kept a couple slots in the Tier 1 Spells for this. Don't worry, leave it to me. Think you can get this guy off me?”

”Got it! Dark Shield!”

Calling out her Dark Shield once more, Isabella rushed in. She managed to strike against the Demonic Ice Troll's blue sphere once more. Its hp went down under halfway and Isabella reacted fast enough to step backwards a ways. Its aggro soon changed to her.

Seeing Isabella do better this time, Nao immediately backed off and started to use his controls for the Arcane Eye. Moving his right hand, he locked onto Isabella. He didn't move his left and kept its range to a single person.

”Maximize Boost Magic, Physical Power!”

He let out his first spell of Yggdrasil, which was the lowest physical damage buffing spell. He used the metacasting mechanics on it to maximize its boost effect and raise it up a tier. The highest version of this spell would be known as Draconic Power.

Isabella soon saw herself wrapped around in an orange aura. It lasted a few seconds before it vanished. She saw her Phys Atk skyrocket. Seeing this she let out a smile emoji, before roaring out. She rushed in, striking out with her fist. It collided against the Demonic Ice Troll's sphere for a third time.

Sounds of glass shattering echoed around them, seeing a visible gash appear on the Demonic Ice Troll's body. It split into rainbow light and the monster suddenly vanished from sight.

Isabella and Nao saw a light cover their bodies for a second, earning their first experience points. Surprisingly it was enough to level up to Level 2!

Isabella blinked her eyes seeing her HP and MP refresh back up to full. Every level up did fully heal a player, which was nice for the early stages of farming. It meant they could last longer.

”We leveled up, just like that?”

”Yup, just like that. Level grinding isn't that hard in Yggdrasil. I don't think there is a level cap for regions either, just a minimum level requirement to enter dungeons. But the max level we can get to is 100. Do keep this to yourself though, not many would know this right now.”

”Of course. You knowing about future events is a great boon for us, but things won't always go as they want to. But that factor of uncertainty is what makes this fun, hehe!”

Even though their mouths weren't moving, it was weird when Isabella let out a giggle like that. She let out a smile emoji. Seeing this, Nao continued to speak.