NOVEL NEXT 52. Retreat
-Hafly’s Side-
“Damn it! Why does she have such a Trick up her Sleeve!”
”Calm yourself, we are fine.”
”But our Invasion can’t continue like that!”
”Why care about it anyway? We were only opportunistic, and she put up more Resistance anyone expected.
That’s just how it is.”
”Don’t talk about being opportunistic! You were eyeing the Power as much as I did, and we probably won’t be able to to buy Monster!”
”Yeah Yeah, you didn’t get it, right?”
”What, that we failed by such a big Margin?!”
”Reseller~”
Hafly was dragging every letter in the length, enjoying how she can hold it over his Head.
She waged Loss and Profit, finding that it was a great opportunity for what she gets when they win.
Meanwhile, other will begin to resell commissioned Blueprints, most likely at least.
She spread a bit of Gossip about the Profit Layla made with that, and she saw how there face had greed written all over there Face.
Some more literally than others.
And even though they sell it more expensive, it’s not like she could buy it anywhere else.
She only gets what she commissions, and while she misses out on Tailor made Monster and maybe a Source of Income, she thinks it fine.
Monster are Monster, and she needs more Blueprint, she would have to invest anyway in it and there isn’t any guarantee that she would have been chosen in the near Future.
And for income, she is good enough on it, especially since she could sell the Blueprints she bought, so it’s less then one might think at first.
”Yeah, I know what you mean, but you usually don’t gamble on such loose information.”
”What do you mean.”
”Duh, you didn’t think of it not being true?”
”What!”
”Don’t shout so loud! And I mean what i say!
It was a great opportunity for me to fight again and maybe even create my own Monsters, but mainly to demonstrate my Might!”
”Why would you care about that? It’s not like you can really fight others?”
”Well, hierarchies and so on. The Newcomer respected me less and less, while the People who know me seemingly slowly forget about it.”
”But wouldn’t be to much of a lost Advantage if the Information isn’t really confirmed? Why do you do that?”
”Look, it’s nice to know I thought of something you completely overlooked, but first close you mouth since you swallowed one of the little Bugs, second, your breath stinks, third, that’s not my priority.”
Halfy snaps out of it. She feels like despairing for her foolishness.
Even the Idiot knew, he just didn’t care.
Kinda understandable.
His Dungeon seems to be pretty isolated, but a Sapient race build itself around his Dungeon.
He get’s worshipped and Monster sacrificed, even sometimes a Sacrifice from the Sapients themself.
His Priorities are different.
But why is his first priority to demonstrate his Power?
Why is he so unimaginable stupid!
“So, where is Malfoy?”
”What about him?”
“Somewhere between when we send Sabjab in and we were called, he also wanted to join. He should still be in there.”
”How did I miss him?!”
”I don’t know, but should we worry about him?”
”Lucaros, he is a god-damn Dragon! We shouldn’t worry about him.”
”You’re technically right, but we should still worry, right? I mean, he is very destructive.”
”Awwwwwwwww sh*t, you fear he destroys everything?”
”I believe that was the Main Reason he joined.”
”Well, that’s,… wait, how did he get a Magic Item? Doesn’t it have to calibrated beforehand?”
”Dunno.”
*groans* “How helpful.”
-Dalia’s Side-
This Dragon is such an annoyance!
I seemingly can’t hurt him, for whatever Reason!
But he burns through all the Defence without trouble!
I only used three of the Snowflakes, having 13 remaining.
The current Status is that he is gaining ground and I don’t have an Idea how to hurt him.
Not that too!
The Bullrog began to stand up!
His Eyes are still a bit blurry and he is unsteady on his feet.
He looks battered overall, and not in a Condition were a walk is recommended, but he still does.
*GRAAAAAAAAHHHHHH*
I guess that’s his War cry.
Oh, he is rushing into the hole of the Dragon.
Never thought I will see an Bullrog crawling angrily.
He doesn’t seem to notice me, so I guess it’s good enough.
Now he is meeting up with the Dragon. Are they gonna cooperate?
*BOOM*
Nope. Why is he attacking the Dragon?
Now the Dragon is also angry.
Are the having a Dog fight inside a Tunnel?
The Dragon made the Tunnel bigger than himself, having no problem turning around.
He seems to have an overall Advantage, but the Bullrog just does t go down.
Why? The Dragons lands Attacks furiously, but the Bullrog nearly never bleeds from them.
The Breath of the Dragon burnt him, but it also doesn’t stop him.
He is going completely nuts.
Is that one of the so-called Berserk skills?
Not differencing between foes and friends, generally being in an enraged Mindset and a Strong enhancement.
Mostly Physically Strengthening, but sometimes Magically or even enhancing the Mind, as paradox as it sounds.
Also, the strengthening can depend on Pain or damage or the Time till it’s cleared is until there is no Enemy or a Special Target is killed.
Something like that, should a Berserk skill be.
Since he seems pretty though, but doesn’t enough Damage against the Dragon, maybe a defensive-type Berserk skill?
I heard that one of the greatest Calamities Sapients ever faced was a vile gigantic Creature which goes berserk if harmed to a certain degree.
The Berserk type skill especially strengthened defence.
Said Monster was already though before, but after that, was said impossible to harm.
I also remember that some Scholar or something wrote about the Skill.
I remember that he theorised the Skill was called “Will to Live” or something.
A berserk-type skill that was looked down upon, since it only activates when being already beaten up.
Enhanced Defence doesn’t matter when one mindlessly rushes at the Opponent.
The Scholar then wrote with that as an Example, that skills can be used more creatively.
“Will to Live” never was a something for escape or similar, it was a battle skill.
One to ensure to outlast the opponent and walk away alive.
And the Monster used the Function offensively, to destroy whole Cities.
Then there were more examples how Crafting skill could help to detect forgeries or sneak skill could help to better watch out for Perron sneaking on on you.
One could say the Content was valuable, but how is she supposed to do it?
Dalia begins to snap out of her Daydreaming, having a fight to focus on.
Wait, why can the Bullrog even hurt the Dragon?
Her Snowflakes began to get broken shortly before touching it!