99 To Win (1/2)
Azhar casted [Bowman's Stand] to have even just a chance at harming Old Thane before he darted around, his eagle tattoos granting him speed. With his naturally quick build and trained movements, he darted around Old Thane with a speed that would have left an ordinary men unable to even track him.
Old Thane stood still; his fists relaxed at his side. After all, he had no pressure to do anything. If Azhar did not attack, then he would just tire himself out with these movements.
Sure enough, Azhar did attack, striking from the old man's back, right where his blindspot was.
Old Thane swiveled around at the last second and grabbed Azhar's fist in his hand. The action was simple, but Li recognized the significance of it. With his eagle tattoos boosting his already formidable agility, Azhar moved at nearly the pinnacle of human speed to the point where Launcelot, a trained fighter of merit, could not at all react, winning only through prediction.
But Old Thane had reacted. He did not predict Azhar's moves like Launcelot did, he just used his own senses and physical prowess.
”Surprised?” said Old Thane as he tightened his grip on Azhar's fist, crushing it into a bloody pulp in his bear's paw of a hand. He landed a colossal blow on Azhar's chest, careful not to knock the man out, with his other fist, sending the hinterlander flying backwards with a shattered sternum.
”We of the Northwastes are of far superior breed than you sun-soaked southern pups.” Old Thane nodded to Li for more healing. ”We spend nary a year as a waddling babe before we stand. We fight when we can walk, wading through blizzards and storms to beat our next meal to death.”
Li healed Azhar and checked Old Thane's status again as he had not expected the old man to be able to move this quickly. Certainly, he knew his stats had improved with his newfound youth, but nothing to this level. He was also sure the old man had not used any sort of skill or ability.
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[Thane Bloodfist]
Level: 55
Race: Human
Class: Warrior
Specialties:
-Brawler
-Berserker
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Stats:
STR- 150
AGI- 130
INT- 30
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Racial Passives
-Human Neutral: Humans are unique in that they possess more stat and skill points than other races in exchange for having zero racial bonuses. At the same time, they have no racial weaknesses either. They take normal damage and are effected normally by everything.
-Awakened Jotunsblood: Humans of the Northwastes are naturally stronger, faster, and tougher. They heal from wounds quicker and possess sturdier wills resistant to mental interference. They possess a powerful spirit capable of keeping themselves alive even through lethal wounds. This passive seals away without consistent exposure to bloodshed.
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Items/Equipment:
-Linen Shirt (Upper)
-Leather Trousers (Legs)
-Common Boots (Feet)
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As expected, the old man was different.
He had a hidden racial passive that made him flat out superior to other humans in terms of sheer physicals.
Li quickly calculated that though Old Thane was level 55, his stats were fitting for those slightly over level 60, and considering 60 seemed to be the absolute pinnacle that humanity could reach in this world, it was no exaggeration to rank the old man among the physically strongest humans in the world even without considering his skills and abilities.