Chapter 284 Defense 2 (2/2)

After three roups of four; just the saame Later on, in the ten minute eable solo The Grinners came from all four cardinal directions

Unlike the first Grinner Aldrich killed, these ones were ani deuaranteed unless they were under the Greater classification or above It was a tossup whether lesser or regular deenerally, it was said that lower tier deher

[Death Bolt sealed]

The four de frozen chunks of their lesser comrades beneath heavy, rapid footsteps More lesser deh getting rid of the Grinners while trash mobs harassed Aldrich

But Aldrich was prepared for this And quite excited, actually He got to use the scythe's active

Right as the four Grinners converged on Aldrich, their burly fists cocked back, he swung his scythe in an oed all around Aldrich, buffeting the Grinners back Countless little shards of ice in the wind acted like bullets, punching through all the lesser de Winds], and it effectively created a deadly co ice shards

The Grinners covered their ainst their skin but unlike with their weaker brethren, the shards did not break through Instead, they spread apart on i layer that contributed to the [Frozen] status effect

Any unit in this area was [Nearsighted] due to the foggy wind and the ice shards whirling about, but on top of that, Aldrich as the user of the scythe was actually invisible

Abusing his invisibility, Aldrich cast [boneripper] Rippling black energy encased his left hand

Wielding the scythe in his right, Aldrich got to work on the nearest Grinner He crashed his curse wrapped hand against the de like it was made of liquid before shattered rib bones burst out in a spurt of flesh and black blood

This exposed the Grinner's beating, dark purple heart, and Aldrich stabbed into it with his scythe, instantly killing the Grinner's flesh body

During attacks, Aldrich was still visible, so the other three Grinners rushed towards hi winds, he disappeared like a phantoht behind one of the Grinners and cast [Bonebearing Curse]

Froer, an X shaped black symbol floated forward The Grinner sensed Aldrich and whirled around, hitting hiht shi+eld on his skeletal ar a few meters back

The other two Grinners heard the iht, and rushed towards Aldrich

"Got you" Aldrich saw the [Bonebearing Curse] reach the Grinner's chest The X marked itself on the flesh, and the Grinner seized up

"Fight!" roared Aldrich as he leaped backwards, dodging the two Grinners as the slammed their fists down at hi one of his brethren The [Bonebearing Curse] controlled any flesh and bone creature, and though the Grinner was technically a demon that was a spirit at base, it still inhabited a physical body that Aldrich could now manipulate

"That leaves one" Aldrich would have to beat down the last Grinner with pure dae No [boneripper] curse for a cheap instant kill due to its relatively high cooldown But if there was one thing that Aldrich knew a thing or two about, it was in giving out beatdowns

Especially beatdowns that led to executions

Aldrich tossed his scythe at the Grinner's head The scythe spun rapidly before the blade dug itself right into the blank white eye of the Grinner's mask Black blood spurted frorunted as it jolted back, grasping at the scythe to pull it out

With [Negative Surge] buffing Aldrich's li kick at the de bone, the de disabled

Aldrich did not kno exactly a deet, so he worked hat he could directly see He drew three fingers together and jaers broke through the mask and reached into soft, squishy flesh

What Aldrich knew about dealing with Elden World units was that they no longer operated off of a pure HP bar Their vitality was eneral durability In essence, how tough their skin, ans like the heart or brain, then they died no h their vitality was

The same principle applied to the flesh constructs that the deht, hooking his fingers jaet off," said Aldrich

Chrysa floated upwards

With her clear, Aldrich casted [Burning Agony] His entire body burst into flames as his heartbeat pounded audibly The flaers jammed into the de away the brain within a few seconds

The Grinner grew limp, and Aldrich pushed the deround, motionless