176 Group Figh (2/2)

As Vivi spent some time thinking about it, she had to admit that it was better to be simple and clean as opposed to complicated and fucked up. Therefore, after talking with Laz a bit more and reading up on some of the games that used that system, Vivi had posted the group battle form to the website, the Flower and the Pond. With this info, Kennedy had used it as a base to train her team and since it was a gaming concept to begin with, everyone caught on quickly.

And watching it in action right before her eyes, Vivi couldn't help but admit that it was effective because it was simple. Everyone knew were they had to be and what they had to be doing, despite being attacked and already losing five teammates.

As they formed up, there was a noticeable gap in the front with only one person standing with a shield. Seeing this, Vivi didn't think too much of it and started walking towards the lone tank.

The tall female with the shield held her ground as the large wolf walked her way. She could barely keep her legs from falling out from underneath her when she noticed two more teammates walk up to her sides.

”Fill in the gaps. Secondary tanks into position and switch to defense. Once the beast is locked down, hit it with everything you have. Don't get behind it or we can't help you if we lose sight of you. MOVE IT.” Renee's orders came fast, getting everyone into position. Had Vivi been in her human form, she would have smiled at this since all of these tactics were things that Laz had told her and she had posted.

Since the team was doing as she instructed, Vivi was feeling rather proud. Of course, that wasn't going to stop her in the slightest. The simple fact was that she was much stronger than them with her realm and level matching Laz. In contrast, the members of the group were at most, mid level Condensation realm, having just stepped into it while most were still at the early stages of the low level Condensation realm. It was still impressive that they, as a group, were this strong.

As the team had now formed up, with three tanks in front and everyone else spread out behind them, Vivi began her assault. She charged the remaining tank girl, head on. As she was about to hit, the tank girl's hands flashed an almost invisible wall sprung up in front of her. As Vivi ran into it, she slowed just in time to make it seem like the wall had stopped her. Thinking this was their chance, Renee yelled out, ”ATTACK.”

Several gun blasts were heard as the bullets launched towards Vivi along with a glowing arrow, a spinning disk, what looked like plant vines, and several other colors and shapes. At the same time, a couple of people quickly approached to attack Vivi's body, their human forms distorted, giving way to various claws, blades, and scales among others.

Watching all this, Vivi realized that although they had memorized what she wrote, they had no idea how to actually put it into play. What looked like a well formed group devolved into nothing more than a mob pile up.

Sighing at this lack of progress, Vivi's eyes suddenly glowed a flash of gold before she charged forward, ignoring the attacks heading her way.

Slamming into the wall, she sent the tank girl and her two helpers flying before they could even brace themselves. They had backed off due to the various attacks their teammates were throwing around since they didn't want to get accidentally hit and because of that, they weren't ready.

After the tanks were down, Renee had no idea what to do at this point. In every group battle they had run before this, once the pray was locked down and everyone attacked, the beast would die without a doubt. Seeing this one ignore every attack and launch one itself broke whatever thought train was in Renee's head. The only thing that flashed in it was to once again form up.

Just as she was about to yell it, Renee heard a a scream of fear and looked over, only to notice that anyone close to Vivi had already been frozen and now she was zapping around, freezing everyone else at random. Renee's ability involved the vines that Vivi had seen earlier. Her ability allowed her to lock things into position and make it hard for them to move. But with her poor control and the power difference between her and Vivi, she never stood a chance.

Even before another thought popped into her head, she blinked her eyes once and noticed that the wolf was standing over her, as though it was about to snap it's jaws and rip her in half.

Despite being frozen in fear, Renee stayed standing, glaring at the wolf's whose hot breath was in her face. Just when she felt like she might pee herself from the pressure, she suddenly saw the wolf shake it's head and whine as though the smell of Renee had bothered it.

While not sure if she was angry or confused at being able to live, Renee watched on as the wolf slowly walked up to the table Malene and Kennedy had been sitting while drinking coffee and in a flash of light, the wolf was gone while only the young girl remained in it's place.

Seeing this, Renee's jaw hit the floor while her legs finally gave out.

Looking around at all the ice statues, Malene just shook her head while Kennedy leaned forward.

”Why didn't you kill her too?” Kennedy asked Vivi.

”She's not a bad leader, just inexperienced...” she replied.

”But you killed the rest of them?” Kennedy asked while handing Vivi a small cup of coffee.

”And now she will have to live with this failure for the rest of her life while the blood of her teammates will forever stain her hands...Shame...”