Chapter 121 - Challenged (2/2)

Boris knew the effects of the skill he used and wanted to capitalize on it to land more attacks on Shadow. So, after his attack was blocked, he continued to run towards the opponent who was pushed away, when he was suddenly struck at his knee by a dagger causing him to lose balance and fall by his opponent's side. Apart from that, he also got a notification that a cripple effect was inflicted on him.

Both Shadow and Boris rolled away from the other, after that bout. Boris realized that Shadow was not a newbee and definitely knew how to fight even if he hadn't played for long. He was no longer careless and began to treat him like any other star player.

The spectators were also quite impressed by the attacks and even the members of the fight club. They understood that it requires very good reflexes and quick thinking to be able land that attack when he was falling down and pushed back by Boris' attack. They were also curious of his weapon that could change forms.

”It is a special weapon,” said Thunder ray a berserker member of the fight club as they were discussing the weapon. He had one of the special weapons of the game which could morph form from a Glaive to a Scythe. He had confused the unique weapon with special weapons which could only morph forms and most can't even upgrade. Even his own doesn't upgrade in levels.

”You have seen that kind of weapon before?” asked Nix Maester who was extremely curious about the pair of daggers. He was also an assassin and wanted to get his hands on a pair of such weapons.

”They are rare, but nothing great. It won't be of much use in higher levels. I don't see a point of having those other than to climb some tough locations. Quite handy for a trek,” said Thunder Ray joking about those. ”Mine changes from a glaive to a scythe,” he continued as he showed off his own weapon.

This was quite new for most of the players as they observed the weapon in Thunder Ray's hands as he made it change forms. He even sent its details to them. It even had two different special skills for the two different forms and was a Dark gold weapon and had a very impressive design with shiny metallic l.u.s.tre.

”Still, you can continue to use it till level 20, instead of other weapons right?” asked Nix as Thunder nodded.

At this time, Boris who had a cripple condition was naturally slow and was limping. Shadow knew that it was the best time to take him down and started attacking from the direction of the injured leg, but suddenly Boris helmet glowed as a silver hue appeared before him pushing him back. He realized that he had underestimated the resources of the super guilds. It looked like every equipment of his had a special effect.

He decided to use the skill Void Strikes of his weapon, if he used any barrier again. Boris used the chance to run and go into stealth. It was clear that he had considered Shadow to be a strong opponent to everyone that was watching the fight.

”Well, it is clear that he qualifies. Do we need the fight to finish?” said Oceanis as he got up to leave.

”Wait till they finish the fight. What is the hurry?” asked Nix Maester.

”Dude! You have fun. I got a guild to run. Would be glad if you helped me though,” replied Oceanis as he selected to get out of the colosseum and informed his decision on the fight club chat.

Jinx looked at Nix with an inquiring look wondering if they should follow Oceanis.

”We will stay and watch the fight. I want to see who wins the bet. Talking about bets, anyone like to bet?” shouted Nix. ”My vote is on the new kid.”

”10 gold on Boris,” said King Rex.

”Throw another 10 gold for Boris,” said Thunder Ray. ”I am hoping you fitted with some good equipment.”

”Who is going to the bookie and what are the odds?” asked Merlin.

The others were stumped by the sudden question. None of them had an answer to his quest and those that were excited and about to bet all shut up.

”Party Pooper,” said Nix Maester looking at Merlin.

”Let us just keep the bettings to the usual competitions and the underground fights. We will have actual bookkeepers and reasonable odds,” said Merlin.

”Ya, you do that. I am betting 10 gold each with Rex and Thunder for equal odd,” said Nix waving off Merlin. ”You two are up for it, right?”

”Ya.”

”Of course.”

In the meantime, Boris and Shadow had been in the fight for quite some time. They were both in stealth and on the lookout for the other in one of the houses. Finally, a minute later, Shadow managed to find Boris and used a cheap shot against him and also used his clone to deplete half his health before he ran out of the house.

Shadow knew that once the stun wore off, Boris would have a few tricks as soon as he gets out of the stun. He left the clone attacking Boris, so that he wouldn't run after him. The fight had already taken more than five minutes and there is good chance some of the skills on Boris' equipment have already gone to cool-down.

Till now, Shadow had received negligible damage compared to Boris. Most of the spectators were already convinced that Boris would have a lot of difficulty to catch up to the difference in HP. As Boris came out of the house, Shadow jumped off the top of the house performing the aerial assassination skill as he activated the Void Strikes effect of his unique weapons. He aimed his weapons at Boris's neck causing a cripple effect along with bleed.

Boris found his view all tilted to the side and blurry due the hit on the neck. This was his first PvP fight in the vita-nova and he wasn't even hurt in a similar fashion till now in the game. He was frightened by the sudden change and the searing pain he felt in his neck. Moreover, out of habit, he had set his senses to full for the fight. It was common to do that before PvP and field bosses so that they wouldn't actually miss any light slow damage skills used on them.

Shadow managed to use this shock the opponent and continued to aim his attacks on the neck causing more damage. He had to agree that Boris' equipment was very good as it caused much less damage than he expected.

Before the Void Strikes time was done, Shadow morphed the daggers to the form of piolets and stuck them both in Boris' neck from opposite sides and began to use it to hold him as he continued to pull him around. With the two blades stuck in Boris' neck, he was bleeding out HP and unable to move his head around.

Boris could clearly see that the bleeding effect would continue as long the blades were in his neck. He was trying to pull them out with his hands but failed as Shadow's attributes were clearly better than his. With lack of option, he activated the special effect of his boots causing him to dash again and made the bleed effect worse.

The good thing, he could find about it was that he was out of Shadow's clutches. He had been beaten by the new guy whom he didn't even consider to be in the same league as him. It was quitea humbling experience for him. He followed it with the special effect of his weapon to put more distance and tried to run away from Shadow to get a chance to make a comeback.

He decided to let Shadow come to him. With such a high lead it is common for Shadow to seek and finish him. ”I can't let it go down like this,” he thought as he ran away into a house. While he was waiting in the house, his view suddenly grayed. Till then he didn't realize the bleed effect was still on him causing him to die.