Chapter 215: Awesome! (1/2)

Fine, it was a pathetic appearance—but having every item at +7 was still quite formidable even if Marni was slapped into the ground so hard that he couldn’t pull himself out of it. Moreover, he only lost one-fifth of his HP and didn’t die immediately!

After all, Marni was still the self-proclaimed toughest tank amongst all Players since those who had changed class to Holy Lancers recently had not familiarized themselves with the playstyle of that class. Additionally, his whaled items as well as his innumerable death experiences that now allow him to face anything with great composure!

“You’re alive!” Selene stared in shock at the man who was digging himself out before frowning. “But… I saw…”

Selene was very sure that she had seen Marni die, and not by falling off a cliff or into the ocean, but crushed between the talons of a devil.

By logic, there was no chance he could play dead.

With that in mind, there was only one reason why he was still appearing here!

“I got it!” The girl exclaimed in epiphany. “You’re that man’s twin!”

What other reason could there be?

Or what, these humans had suddenly acquired the ability for limitless resurrection because they became converts of some unpopular deity?

Meanwhile, Marni did a double-take.

“Huh?”

Nonetheless, Selene appeared convinced she had the right idea, and summoned vines with her elven magic to dig out Marni.

The devil was no mere backdrop, however, and it immediately sensed that Marni didn’t die after it had slapped him into the dirt.

While it was unsure why a mere human would survive a blow with eighty percent of its strength, it was still a demon and naturally intended to try again.

Be that as it may, Marni didn’t come alone to the fight—other Players were also arriving at the battle, and as per tradition, they greeted the World Bosses by launching their ultimate skills.

The devil merely smiled in disdain when it noticed that the newcomers were all humans.

Though not one to brag, the creature was the member of a supernatural species that had lived over a thousand years. Its strength and knowledge far surpassed any younger specimen of its own kind, and although it hadn’t recovered its mana because it had just broken its seal, it did recover considerably.

And what had it not seen in the thousand years since it lived? It didn’t even have to evade the magic of the puny humans. It would be even better for it to kick up some dust around itself and appear unscathed when they assumed that they had brought it down, just so that the humans could experience despair for interrupting its fun!

Hence, it pretended as if it couldn’t react in time, allowing the Players to fire all their skills at his face.

‘Tch, those spells do sting… could the humans have rebuilt their magical society that well in just a thousand years?’

Still, the barrage of spells exploded as the demon expected, blowing smoke that immediately shrouded the devil in its entirety.

Its lips parted then in a sly smile.

Appearing immediately would be meaningless. It just had to wait for a moment and show up when the humans believed that they had won, and only then could it strike the heaviest blow into their morale!

Even so, before it could even show itself, the Players launched another overwhelming barrage of spells, catching the devil off guard and knocking it off its feet.

‘Damn it, these humans are really cautious! Still, that hurt less than the first wave… Hmph! They would definitely think that I’m beaten now, this wave must have been to check…”

The devil grimaced in pain as it slowly got to its feet. ‘Thankfully, I didn’t scream either. They are going to be all the more shocked when I show up now!”

And yet, the third barrage of spells shot towards it before it could really get up, noisily knocking it down to the ground once more!