Pride Online

Chapter 610: VS “Anubis” (2) Part II

“W... What? This much damage without doing anything?”

Wisana explored himself and found out that no wounds were caused by the attack just now.

Shin glanced at Anubis. It did not even pay attention to Wisana since its eyes were still fixed on him. Its malicious intent was shown through its eyes. He noticed that the scales behind it started to move.

The side where the feather was tilted a little when Wisana was charging at Anubis. But that was not the point. Why did Wisana get damaged, even though he was not hit? Maybe the scales had something to do with it.

‘It’s an Egyptian god with the face of a black dog. A God of Death who judges spirits with his scales with a bird feather on one side.’

Suddenly, he heard Wisana’s words in his head.

The God of Death judges the spirits with its scales. Those scales might be the cause of all this weird dimension. Vincent was attacked without even touching the enemy just yet. And why was he the only one being attacked? If it was an attack from the field, it should have hit everyone in the area and he would have been hit, too. Therefore, there had to be some condition for the enemy to be affected.

What did Vincent do just now?

The more he thought about it, the more he tried to look around. He eventually understood it.

Magic!

Yes, the scales only worked on magicians. Anubis intentionally created this dimension to seal Vincent’s magic and put itself in a berserk mode to focus only on him.

What a prick!

“I know now, Vincent. Listen, you can’t...”

BOOM!

He had not finished yet when Anubis took that chance to charge at him as if it realized that Shin had already figured out its plan. The aggressive red eyes dashed so fast towards the boy that he widened his eyes in surprise.

Swooosh~

The boy swung his beloved weapon, the ferocious combination! The unexpected ambush was not a problem for Shin at all. Having only one arm seemed to not be one either since he had already switched his fighting style from a direct hit to an evasive hit, which proved how capable he was in the fight!

“Shin!”

Wisana shouted so loudly when he realized that the enemy did not pay attention to him and suddenly charged at the young crusader.

“Damn it! Are you ignoring me?”

He pushed himself up and started to cast a spell so fast on his hands again. Shin’s eyes widened. He could barely escape Anubis’s spear and stepped backwards.

“Don’t cast any spell, Vincent! If you do...!”

“Aghh!!”

Wisana gushed out another gulp of blood. The tall figure dropped to the floor.

630,001

The damage appeared above Wisana, even though nothing had touched him at all. His amber eyes clearly showed confusion. He looked at his hands. It was the second time that his magic vanished like that.

“My magic’s gone again... Does that mean...!?” Wisana shouted.

“Yes, Vincent, that scales suck your magic. You’ll lose your HP immediately as soon as you cast a spell. This field is a magic breaker. Don’t use magic!”

“What...?”

Wisana’s lips parted in shock. He turned to look at his friend, who was still being struck by Anubis. The amber eyes, then, switched to the scales. He noticed now that the side with the feather slowly sank down.

It sucked magic...

If his guess was right, fifty percent of the spell caster’s HP would be drained, too, comparing the first lost to the second.

“Damn it!” He swore and looked at Shin.

“Do something, Vincent,” Shin shouted. “You don’t have time to whine right now. This guy is in its berserk mode and it’s focusing only on me. You’re the only one who can do anything.”

“Without magic, I’m useless!”

Wisana shouted back. He did not give up, but it was the painful truth. Everything he had been doing was with magic.

This was too much!

All of his weapons were taken from him. Jinnie and Maysa were not here to give him mental strength as usual. He could not see any chance at all. How could he do anything?!

“Damn it!” Shin shouted before pushing Anubis’s spear away again. “Find a way! Are you giving up now? We’ve come too far for a ‘I can’t do anything’ already, Vincent. Are you saying our five days of training were in vain!?”

The man halted and looked at Shin. Even if he was with one arm and one eye, he did not give up. He only thought that...

We had to win!

Yes, we had to!

‘Even with the worst situation, don’t back off. Take a deep breath and look up to the sky. If you’re still alive, there’s always a way.’

Suddenly, a familiar sweet voice sounded in his head. It was the kind words that were always with him, even in the worst situation. It was from a woman who was his teacher and the one he loved and respected the most.

Wisana pushed himself up again. Even though he was soaked in blood, his strength was drained, his amber eyes still glowed with determination. It was just like that time when he fought Lord Inferno for the first time. His eyes shone with happiness, even though he was at such a disadvantage.

Seeing that, Shin went back to Anubis.

“Why do you always need a push?”

Shin went back to fight equally with Anubis.

Judging from the fighting style of the God of Death, Shin was confident that the field’s ability covered the user, too. That was why Anubis stopped casting its spells, even though its spells were strong enough to take both of them down as easily as picking a nose.

Of course, Wisana noticed that, too.

Once his head was cooled and he looked around, his Whisper ability got back to him again!

“Check Anubis’s status.”

His eyes narrowed as he whispered. Then, he opened up the screen that could penetrate the enemy’s status. Even without Jinnie, it was still easy for him to do.

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Monster Data (real-time)

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Name: Anubis

HP

76,125,000

SP

72,003,100

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Status

Speed Break (Speed reduced to 50%)-6.45 minutes

Power Break (Power reduced to 30%)-7.27 minutes

Defend Break (Defense reduced to 30%)-7.10 minutes

Berserk Mode (Double up the power and double down the defense)

Punishment of Scales (Special field that prohibits magic)

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Seeing that, Wisana frowned tightly...

What was this? How did Anubis’s HP drop to only seventy million?

Calculating from all the attacks that hit it, it should have been about one hundred and sixty million. Something had been draining its HP by more than half... Wait a minute!

Before Anubis pulled its heart out, it lost about sixteen million, which was too much to be true. He and Shin struck it the same way and it only cost a hundred thousand each. That strike must have been something special. Sixteen million... It was ten percent of one hundred and sixty million. That should have been the cost that it promised in order to call those scales out.

“Yes! And it guided our attention to its crushed heart that we totally forget about that!”

Wisana muttered while looking around the room. His brain kept functioning.

That was so smart of you, Anubis, to use such a shit show to fool us. God did not even have blood. Giving away ten percent of your HP to summon the scales and build this dimension was highly possible. But what about another seventy million?

Why did it sacrifice another half of its HP for... Wait!

Wisana turned to the scales again. His amber eyes opened widely in awe. Then, he eventually grinned.

“That’s it.”

He said softly and ran off.

Shin glanced at Wisana, wanting to know what he was about to do. He definitely had figured something out. That was good!

“Then, I’ll stall some time for you!”