Chapter 345: Purple Thunder Battle Axe (1/2)

“Thunder Axe will take revenge for me. You will be put on a stake and burned to death, lowly traitor!”

Arthas glared at me angrily with bloodshot eyes, but he didn’t even have the courage to strike back at me with the broadsword in his hands. The warhorse beneath his legs was foaming from his weight and the strain of having to run away from its master’s enemies. Still trying to escape, the noble shouted on top of his lungs, “Just you wait, Karinshan, you immature and inexperienced child! The hammer of justice will smite you, and the council will pluck your crown from your head! History will prove the absurdity of dictatorship once more!”

……

Crack crack!

I ignored his drivel and continued hacking away at his body mercilessly. Arthas might have 200k HP, but there was no way he was surviving this. His HP had dropped to less than 25% in less than five minutes, and I was certain that this devilish lord would die by my hands if I had another minute or two!

It was at this moment I heard the rumbling of horse hooves from the distance. Thunder Axe had finally returned! Not only that, he was somehow running faster than all of the mounted knights behind him despite his short height!

Looks like I need to speed up even more!

But Thunder Axe reached me in just the blink of an eye. The shorty leaped into the air and landed right in front of me, hitting me on the shoulder three times in a row! A burning sensation seared my senses as sparks flew everywhere. Thunder Axe was no slouch, it seemed!

1585!

1492!

1594!

But a smile broke across my face when I saw the actual amount of damage he did to me. Ever since I gained the Obsidian Dragonscale Armor, my Defense became so much stronger that not even a Level 110 Dark Gold Rank boss like Thunder Axe could endanger me. The triple-strike skill was clearly meant to kill me, but all it managed to do was delete around 4600 HP from my health bar. Considering that I had over 7000 HP, the dwarf was still a long way from killing me!

Swhoosh!

Bloody energy gathered around my left hand before spreading throughout my whole body. Tenacity of the Dead!

+1835!

Then I chugged an enhanced Rank 8 Health Potion. Just like that, I was back to full health!

Thunder Axe’s eyes turned as wide as saucers for a moment. He probably wasn’t expecting an adventurer to recover this well in a 1v1 situation against him.

However, he also noticed the bloody energy that marked me as an Asura and an undead. Fury immediately burned in the hill dwarf’s eyes. “You’re a damned undead!? Come at me then. Don’t even think about killing our lord! I will drag you down to hell if it’s the last thing I do!”

But I denied his wishes and backed away from him consciously. After moving sneakily to Lord Arthas’s back, I raised my sword and fired a Thousand Mirage Slash!

Boom!

I never moved my sight away from Arthas. No matter how many times Thunder Axe attacked me, I simply ignored him and attacked Arthas with the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf. By controlling two characters at once, I was able to maintain my DPS and slow down Arthas’s running speed tremendously through positioning. Of course, a human being couldn’t actually split their mind in half. What people called “dual multitasking” was really just switching between my control interface and the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf’s control interface really, really quickly; about two or three times per second in fact. Moreover, this was no ordinary multitasking. I had to minimize the damage Thunder Axe could do to me, reposition myself constantly so that the knights would always get in the way of Thunder Axe, and use the Greedy Wolf to block Arthas from escaping!

The good news was that my mind felt as clear as the still water of an ancient well. I knew exactly where the NPCs were and how they were going to move, and I reacted perfectly as if we were all enacting a drama on a script. I was in a state of mind that only the absolute best players could reach, and I was glad that the skill had finally returned to me. It really had been a long time since I felt like this. I’m going to resurrect my peak form completely through this battle!

Chiang chiang chiang!

My sword tore apart the metal armor covering Arthas’s back. At the same time, I felt a chill when Thunder Axe struck me for almost 2000 damage. It didn’t matter though. Thunder Axe’s attacks were ultimately not fatal, and I could always maintain my health above 25% using Tenacity of the Dead, potions, and Regeneration of the Undead.

Arthas abruptly charged away from the crowd and raised his broadsword into the air. He shouted at the elite knights behind him, “Brave knights, now is the time to swear upon your noble honor and fulfill your promise! For the glory of the royals, protect me with your life and stop this damned undead in his tracks!”

An involuntary smile crossed my lips. My response to that was to lock onto Arthas and activate Thunderous Charge!

Whoosh!

I cut through the crowd and stunned Arthas for five seconds straight. Then, I swung my sword wildly while stomping the ground using War Crush. The skill hit him three times in a row and damaged him like crazy!

My excitement grew as Arthas’s HP dropped further and further—

19%!

14%!

9%!

5%!

1%!

Nice. Now is the time to deliver this sinful noble lord to his grave with the most appropriate skill I have, Pardon!