Chapter 450 - At the same time (1/2)

Ray continued to stand there unmoving. The others were confused, as he was standing in front of the beast, yet he was doing nothing. They were happy to see him, but if he didn't move soon or he underestimated the beast, then he would be in serious trouble. They knew the strength of the beast.

And it was as they thought. The beast wasn't just going to let someone stand there in front of it and do nothing. With two of its bladed limbs, the beast made a cross shape, hitting Ray with all its strength.

Raising his arms he had attempted to block the attack, but the strength of the beast was mighty, moving him across the floor all the way to the other side. When he finally had stopped, he stumbled slightly, falling onto one knee and had one of his hands on the floor.

”Ray, are you okay?” Slyvia asked.

Then they could see it, they all could see blood dripping onto the ground.

Both Harry and Kyle were worried. Just like with them, the beast was able to break through Ray's gauntlets. However, as they looked at him, the gauntlets were fine. He had king tier gauntlets on him whose main speciality was how sturdy they were. There wasn't even a scratch on them.

”Why is he bleeding then?” Harry thought.

On a closer inspection, they could see multiple puncture wounds. Something was able to go through his advanced level chest piece and they weren't just small wounds. He must have lost quite a bit of blood, and he was starting to wonder how long Ray had been like this for. What exactly had happened to him?

”He's coming!” Roy shouted, launching fireballs. But he had used most of his mana in the attack before. This time the beast didn't even flinch as it ran forward. The shadow surrounding its body covered every area, blocking the attacks.

”The fireball is too slow.” Ray said as he managed to pick himself up from the ground.

”Ray, you're too hurt, let's leave this place.” Martha said.

Ray then held out his hand, requesting something. Martha was a bit confused, and then suddenly she remembered something. She quickly gave him the bow to use.

[Please select the elemental ability you would like to use.]

Touching the king tier bow, it had given Ray the option to infuse any one of his elemental abilities, and he knew the right one to use. Infusing his magic, soon a blue arrow made of lightning started to appear.

It wasn't pure and would continue to move about widely, even shoving Ray back in the process. However, his gauntlets managed to absorb most of the pain and Ray could only feel a few tingles here and there.

Firing outward, three bolts of lightning quickly shot out from the arrow and hit the beast before the shadows could move. It had worked and the power of the king tier added to this, but it appeared to not do much damage at all.

Ray only had 5 points put into lightning due to how rare it was to find a lightning user. It was why he hardly used the skill in the first place.

He would have liked to create some clones of himself and fight alongside them, but he had used up a lot of Ki during his fight with the kingdom warriors from before. Because of all of this, there was only one thing he could do.

The beast was now close.

[Fire energy skill activated]

[Half of mana points have been consumed]

[Fire elemental attribute has been doubled: 200 ]

[Dragon's roar skill activated]

[All stats have been boosted]

A strange energy of those around him was felt in their bodies and there was a new found strength. His skills seemed to be working now, but he was low on mana. Which meant he would have to end this fight fast.

However, there was one other option. He could use the mana steel. The skill would allow him to consume mana of all those that were contacted.

”No, I will never use that skill again!” Ray shouted, now rushing forward.

[Activated Gauntlet skill]

Two red disk shapes came out from the top of Ray's gauntlets, and he had jumped in the air, hurling two fireballs towards the beast. Now they were at close range, the attacks would hit far quicker than before.

Still, the shadow was able to block the attack. The beast used its limbs as it attempted to slice at Ray. Using the red shields on his gauntlets, he hit them away to the side, burning them in the process.

There wasn't enough shadow to cover the large beast's entire body, like a true infected, and this was its weakness. While it was blocking the fireballs from above, Ray had a chance to injure it.