When Archer[Quinn] said these words, Arian[Fex] could feel his confidence. He wanted to say he was crazy for trying to take on such a monster when he could barely dodge its attacks.
But for some reason, with his tone of voice and the air around him, it felt like something in Archer[Quinn] had changed compared to him a few moments ago.
"Who are you really, is this the difference between the punishers and the rest of us?" So far, Arian[Fex] had multiple guesses about who Archer[Quinn] really was but all of them seemed to be missing the mark. Everything just didn't go together yet.
Still, just in case Arian[Fex] went off to the side and lean up against the building wall. Japheth[Ham] who had been flying and hovering in the air for most of the time came swooping down.
"Japheth[Ham], if I don't come back from this, I want you to go back to the others. Don't stay here." Arian[Fex] ordered.
"What do you mean?" Japheth[Ham] replied. "I know the wounds are bad, but you should eventually heal from this, right?" As Japheth[Ham] said those words, he started to look at the wounds, although they would take a while to fully heal, it was obvious if the healing process had started or not as the bleeding should've already stopped.
But from the multiple cuts that were mainly on his upper body and arms, blood was still seeping out. "Master, are you doing this on purpose?"
Arian[Fex] didn't reply, but it was clear that this was his answer. Japheth[Ham] wanted to complain. He had been with Arian[Fex] since he could remember but, he had to do whatever Arian[Fex] told him to.
"And what about the other vampire? If I return do you want me to inform them about him?" Japheth[Ham] asked.
While at the school Arian[Fex] state of mind had changed a lot.
At first, he wanted to get close to Archer[Quinn] as a scapegoat if his family ever came to get him. He still had that in his plans, but during their short time together, they had done many things together, and Arian[Fex] had honestly never had a more interesting and fun time with someone.
"Leave it, what Archer[Quinn] does is none of our business, " Arian[Fex] replied.
Both Tobias[Logan] and Archer[Quinn] now stood a few meters apart from the smaller version of the King-Tiered beast that they had gone up against.
"Tobias[Logan], I want you to stay behind me. When I give the call I want you to attack with all that you have." Archer[Quinn] said.
For the first time, Archer[Quinn] seemed to be taking the leadership role, something that Tobias[Logan] had done previously. Still, Tobias[Logan] wasn't complaining, he didn't know what Archer[Quinn] had up his sleeve, but he had known him long enough to trust him.
Archer[Quinn]'s shadow before was continuously shifting around his body. Usually, he did these series of actions as a form of protection for himself. Of course, he only did something like this when there was a fight. This time he had the shadow in a ball-like shape hovering above his shoulder.
Against the King-Tiered beast, it was useless to use as a defensive measure, its attacks were too fast for him to move the shadow in the right position. If it couldn't be used for defence , then it was better off being used as an attack.
The beast had waited long enough, instead of charging in as it would usually do. It decided to swing out its bladed arm and stretch it out from the side. Right now, Archer[Quinn] was standing directly in front of Tobias[Logan].
With this attack, it was clear that its target was Tobias[Logan] standing behind Archer[Quinn]. Even if he did trust Archer[Quinn], just to make sure Tobias[Logan] raised up the energy blade, knowing his suit wouldn't be able to handle an attack.
"You're not the only one that can do something like that!" Throwing out a blood swipe and then grabbing it quickly with his shadow. Archer[Quinn] had made his shadow scythe. He swung it down from above, hoping to hammer it down before it reached Tobias[Logan].
Knowing the strength of the previous blood swipe, the beast chose to ignore it and continued on with its attack. The blood swipe from before would have shattered and not even effected the path of its attack, only slightly slowing it down.
+Bang
Like a hammer coming down on a nail. The scythe managed to knock the tree root arm, pinning it into the ground.
"That attack wasn't that strong last time?" Arian[Fex] said seeing this.
It hadn't been too long since they fought. In that amount of time, Archer[Quinn] had levelled up a few times as well as gained a few samples of blood from others.
"I just... I just..." Riha[Cia] was at a loss for words. She had experienced too many surprises with this group so far. They were all monsters. "Can you do something like that?" Riha[Cia] asked Rebecca[Layla].
So far she seemed to be the only normal one of the group. But she remembered that she had thought the same with Archer[Quinn], thinking he was normal and after being proven wrong. She felt like it could happen again.
"As I said, they saved your life earlier. These guys are amazing." As she said those words, she too wished she would be able to take part in the fight, rather than just stand by the side.
Seeing that the beast was targetting Tobias[Logan] and not himself, Archer[Quinn] knew he needed to do something.
[Wind Walk Activated].
Activating his boots and dashing forward, he travelled at a speed that had never been achieved by him before.
In an instant, he had nearly covered the entire distance and was now directly in front of the beast.
Punching the beast as hard as it could in the stomach, Archer[Quinn] was hoping to make some sort of impact, but it didn't even budge. As its other hand retracted back, it started swinging away, attacking him in the same way as it did with Arian[Fex].
Only the result this time was different. Every strike was avoided. When Arian[Fex] faced the beast, he was able to avoid the critical blows, but he would still suffer some hits here and there.
With Archer[Quinn], it was different, he was able to avoid each of the strikes cleanly, not getting a scratch on him.
"This speed. Did he really hide his strength? Just how…?" Arian[Fex] was now even more confused than before. Everything that was happening right now didn't make sense, why fake being hurt?
Why risk being attacked by such a strong beast and how when only moments ago, Archer[Quinn] was unable to avoid the strike. But at this moment, he was able to perfectly evade every strike.
His speed even surpassed Arian[Fex]'s at this moment.
When improving Archer[Quinn]'s stats. Each time it went up by ten, there was a significant improvement and even he could feel this. From 18 to 19 in a stat point although there was a difference, it was barely noticeable, but going from 19 to 20. The change could be felt and was tremendous.
Being able to just dodge the attacks wasn't going to be enough. Whenever an opening appeared, Archer[Quinn] tried his best to throw out a punch, but the beast's reflexes were just as fast as its attacks, being able to easily block Archer[Quinn]'s attacks or even move out of the way.
Blood Japheth[Ham]mer was still the strongest skill in Archer[Quinn]'s arsenal, but it took quite a long time to perform. However, the Japheth[Ham]mer Strike, with his increased speed could be performed fast enough. He just needed to know how to land the attack.
While dodging the attacks, Archer[Quinn] thought hard, the other problem was his stamina wouldn't be able to keep up. Then, an idea hit him while looking at the beast's movements.
Right now, he was facing a humanoid type beast. Not only that, but it was one that had some level of intelligence as well.
With this in mind, Archer[Quinn] threw out a punch from above, using his speed, he threw out one after another. The first attack was blocked, and when the beast saw the second one, it twisted its body slightly to avoid the blow.
Then, something strange had happened. It had blocked one punch, and dodged the other, yet, a third hand had come out and hit the beast right on the temple of its rounded head.
From the outside, the others were just as confused as the beast. Because to them, it looked like the beast had moved into Archer[Quinn]'s attack.
"Looks like the Phantom Punch is a success…" Said Archer[Quinn] with a smile.
To be continued....
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