Chapter 104 Elementals (1/2)

Inside the dark and eerie forest, Soran carried Vivian on his back, and Gloria followed him with gentle steps from behind. Aladdin was in the front, leading the group. The Halfling didn't have many comments about the fact that there was an eight-year-old girl in the team. After all, they all saw Vivian's incredible explosive power. A round of Arcane Missiles could kill many enemies in seconds and save lives at critical moments. Even after the use of Arcane Missiles, Vivian still had nine level 0 spells and one level 2 spell, which could be helpful.

Soran didn't think that small little Vivian would grow up so fast. It seemed that it was very likely she was a Divine Child since her rate of learning new spells were faster than Soran's.

The group trudged through the forest for a day and by noon the next day, they were close to the Elemental Portal. This was the portal left many years ago. It was relatively hidden, being in a canyon near the Emerald Mountains. Ever since they got close to the portal, the number of trees and weeds decreased gradually. This was because the excessive elemental energy could also affect the growth of plants; excessive energy of a single element could form a forcefield like structure that could gradually push out other elements.

The ground was dry and somewhat dusty. The surrounding rocks were large and weathered, some even looked like ancient statues.

One of the statues looked like the Spirit of the Land, a higher form of Earth Element. It was also the incarnation of the legendary earth spirit which usually slept deep underground. Only some special ritual could wake them and summon them to the surface. The group entered the canyon with grave expressions. Soran put Vivian down and let her walk behind with Gloria. At the same time, he pulled out his curved sword and looked around vigilantly. Aladdin walked lightly with his daggers in hand and kept an eye on his surroundings.

So, how powerful are spellcasters?

Let's take a look at the two subsequent spells that Gloria used. After chanting an incantation, a light glow surrounded everyone.

”Greater Grace!”

Grace also called ”Cat's Grace” was a temporary effect that increased agility by 4, and up to a maximum of 25. The common Grace spell was a level 2 spell, a single target buff spell. What Gloria used though, was a level 6 spell which gave a group buff and lasted twice as long as ordinary Grace spell. Soran was immediately enhanced to 24 agility, and Aladdin reached the maximum agility of 25. Since Aladdin was a pure Rogue and had a Profession Level above 10, his agility would be higher than Soran's.

”Greater Haste!”

When the second glow of magic fell, Soran's movement speed was doubled instantly. His sprints were now faster than the Olympic champions. He was able to run 100 meters in just four to five seconds. At the same time, his attack speed was much higher than before, so the number of swings he could do in a second had increased by one. This spell was also a group buff; the number of people blessed depended on the caster's level, and the duration of the buff depended on the spell's level.

After Gloria had cast the two spells, she proceeded to cast protective barriers for both Vivian and herself.

The two casters were basically free now.

That's how spellcasters were. They would only lend a hand when the situation was dire, and would usually flip the situation around with spells.

Aladdin moved excitedly, then jumped four to five meters ahead. He twisted his body around after landing and ran seven or eight steps across the wall as though performing acrobatics. Then, he slid to the ground slowly and said happily, ”It's been a long time since I worked with a Wizard. I really miss being buffed by spells! ”

Soran also moved his body freely, adapting to the speed and agility which the buff gave. If he didn't adapt to the increase in agility, there would be deviations in battle. But they were both experienced Rogues, so they only needed a little moving around to grasp effects of the buff.

These two buffs were the most often used buffs for Rogues, as they gave them greatly improved agility, speed, and damage output.

Gloria gently nodded her head, glanced at the two Rogues and said, ”kill it quickly as you can. The buffs only last for half an hour.”

Half an hour was plenty of time for them.

Soran made a gesture towards Aladdin who was next to him, and then the two men moved forward separately from east and west. Experienced Rogues could replace a Fighter since their ability to fight head-on was not bad. Aladdin made a gesture and then stormed into the valley. He raised his hand and swiftly threw out some hidden weapon.

Elementals had no fatal weaknesses, nor did they have any vital organs. Even the Undead could be struck down by a blow to the spine or its Soul Fire, but Elementals could only be killed slowly by wasting away their life force.

These creatures were also immune to backstab.

Of course, it had a weakness. It's like fighting a Lich, if one could hit its Soul Fire in its orbit, then it would deliver lethal damage; but success was quite hard to come by.

To deal a one hit kill to the Elementals, one must accurately hit their core which was usually in some part of their body. However, the strength and weapon-grade needed to achieve this was very high, and with Soran and Aladdin's current equipment, it was basically impossible to penetrate the Elemental's body.

Many supernatural lifeforms would have one point of weakness. Thus only an accurate shot to the weakness would bring critical damage, and only after critical damage was dealt that one could unleash Backstab Fury!Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Of course, all of this was only possible if the person had the legendary skill [Expose Weakness].

They heard rocks moving and crashing.

Amidst the dull loud noise, a huge object as tall as three meters appeared. It looked like a human that was made with earth and rocks. It had limbs, a trunk, and a head, but the head was just a rock, and the outline of the face could only be seen vaguely. The Earth Elemental weighed more than half a ton and left deep footprints on the ground when it moved. It rushed like a bulldozer while pushing aside all the rocks that were blocking his way.

Tang!