18 Protection Squad (1/2)

-Near Hobgoblin's Area-

His body emits a red strong aura. It was horrifying!

This is troublesome, I think it's better to just run and leave him behind. Wearing armor like that would just slow him down.

”Hey, guys... want to just run? This will be a tough fight. If he attacks me with that I'm sure I'll get killed.” I am now trying to convince them to just run away.

”This is the first time you said something like that. Are you going to back out now?” Elou raised his one brow.

Really? Are you telling me that now? Damn it Elou, I thought you would just say ok...

”Fine! Don't attack him yet. He will just absorb your attacks and buff himself.” It will not be good if he reaches the same power as Handy. That attack would be a taste of hell.

”Hey, midgets! Are you just going to stand there? That archer looking guy looks dumb, I'm pretty sure he loves to eat a banana with that face. BWAHAHAHA!” Haha. You think it will work? Provoking us won't...

”DON'T MAKE FUN OF MY FACE! TAKE MY ARROWS!” Jeez. Elou! He's too easy going. I never thought he will get mad so easily.

Elou shoots arrows like a speed of light. Damn it!

”Elou! Stop that you'll just buff him up!” I shouted but... he doesn't look like he wants to stop at all.

The boss' HP is still going down. He can only use rage mode if his HP is below fifty percent. That's good news to us but the rage mode effects are really bad. The lower his HP is, the more powerful his attacks are.

”Don't get near him! Spam your long-range attacks!” I said while charging my mana.

”Your attacks are pitiful! You think I'm going down without a fight?” Yeah, yeah, you can't even get near us and you talk like that.

”He's just bluffing. Just spam your long-range attacks and don't let him make a move. BWAHAHAHA!” Now it's my turn to piss him off.

I can see that he's having a hard time. Defending from multiple attacks without support is like just being a punching bag. He may be strong but if he can't get near us it will be useless.

He glows even more! This time I'm sure his HP is almost out.

They are almost out of mana and ammo too.

It's time for some explosion!

I rushed towards the boss and prepared my attack.

”I know you would run for the kill! But do you think I'm going down?! Take this!” From the position of his sword, he will use a side slash.

”SONIC SLASH!” Eh? That's a different move. In a panic, I rolled down to avoid the attack. It created a massive wave which cut the trees near us. But thankfully my reflexive instinct saved me. The others are pretty much scattered and none of them got caught by his attack.

And now he's preparing an overhead strike. But I anticipated that move...

The moment he slashes his sword to the ground, I spun fast enough to avoid it.