Chapter 561 - Arrived Back (3) (1/2)

The manticore jumped at Auron. The latter quickly raised his weapon to block the manticore's attack. However, he was pushed back by the manticore's sheer power. Because of this, Auron was separated from the new swordsman.

And, in just a matter of seconds, the new swordsman was surrounded by the other three enemy's members.

Seeing this, the new swordsman was furious. In the previous fight, he was surrounded by two elite soldiers. And, now, he was surrounded by three people. Furthermore, one of them was obviously stronger than the previous two soldiers he fought.

The new swordsman was lamenting on his bad luck. He quickly considered that his choice of coming to his team was wrong. However, before he could feel remorse deeply into his bad luck, he raised his weapon and fended off the enemy's attacks.

Unfortunately, it was easier said than done. The new swordsman could only fend two out of the three attacks. It was a pretty good feat. However, the one attack that he missed to block was the one coming from the leader. The strongest attack out of the three hit the new swordsman's shoulder.

The cleric was ready. She quickly cast her heal spell to the new swordsman. The heal quickly recover the new swordsman's health. However, the new swordsman frowned.

The wound on his shoulder didn't heal. Instead, blood still seeped out from the injury. The new swordsman knew what happened to him. He got bleed effect. And, the new swordsman knew where this bleed effect came from. It came from the enemy's leader's weapon.

The bleed effect was almost the same as the poison or burn effect. They would deal damage over time. Furthermore, the bleed effect could stack. As it stacked, the damage it dealt would increase.

The cleric quickly used [Recover] to get rid of the bleed effect on the new swordsman.

Meanwhile, Auron was occupied with the manticore. He saw that the new swordsman was in danger. However, he could not help him at all.

The manticore was very difficult to handle at Auron's current level. However, he could not ask for help from the other members. They were already busy helping the new swordsman.

With the help of Axton and Auron's mage, the new swordsman's burden was eased. However, it was still not over. He had to wary of the enemy's leader's attack. The leader's weapon was really powerful. Out of 10 attacks that managed to connect to the new swordsman, half of them produced a bleed effect on him. 50% chance of bleeding was a rare option and could only be found in a high leveled weapon.

However, it was not only the new swordsman that was busy defending himself. The enemy's archer was also in the same difficult position.

The archer had a difficult time dealing with Cedric. Moreover, Cedric had a higher level than the archer. The archer tried to hold out as long as possible.

Auron was blocking the manticore's bite. During this time, Auron could only defend passively as he could not find any opening to attack.