Sato stood there unmovingly, his hands tightly clenched. It wasn't that Sato didn't want to move, but more that he couldn't. There was a terrifying level of pressure exerted on his body.
"Blink." Sato used his skill to get out of the zone. Even though the pressure was able to root him in place, Blink is able to forego such effects. He wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead as he looked at the person that had casted that terrifying spell.
"A level 24 Assassin is causing you trouble?" A person holding a wooden staff with a sapphire crystal embedded on the top, spoke cockily.
Sato squinted his eyes as his head started to spin extra fast. This opponent is rather difficult to handle.
*Lacklustree (Spatial Mage)
*Level 75
*Human
As of now, Lacklustree was the number 1 mage in the world. He specialises in locking up the enemies movements. Being able to bump into him on such a huge battlefield is truly Sato's misfortune.
Sato looked around him where he soon realises that there weren't many options of escape for him. The north side was completely devoid of trees for it looked as if a large fire had came through and had destroy it all. The South side was where Lacklustree was standing, whereas the east side had the injured group that Sato was fighting with. The only option was to run westward!
However, just like how Sato had found an escape route, so did the number 1 mage in the world figure it out.
"Don't think you can run away from me!" Raising his spatial staff, Lacklustree started to cast his next spell.
Seconds later, a long slash mark appeared infront of where Sato was running towards. The dark purple hue accompanied by spatial particles flowing into the marking, was the Spatial Mage's signature spell, Spatial Rift.
*Spatial Rift - Opens an entrace into space. Any enemies that get too close will be sucked into the rift. When entered into space, the player will gradually lose his health with no hope of escaping.
The move that Lacklustree casted was used to trapped Sato, preventing him from leaving from any direction.
"You all over there! Go kill him!" The mage shouted orders to the injured team. When casting Spatial Rift, the mage has to constantly supply mana to it, hence he would be immobile. The spatial particles was visibly repairing the slash mark.
Seeing this, the furious team players immediately acted on it. They surely wanted to avenge their fallen leader and comrades. They ran towards Sato with vigour.
Yet, Sato did not panic. He knew that panicking would not help him solve his predicament. There was only one option left. Charge through the group of enemies and make it to the burnt trees terrain. With the passive ability, Wind Runner, he would be able to run on open terrain such as that swiftly.
Sato lowered his center of gravity discreetly. He did not want to give away his plan this early on. Keeping the frown on his face, it made Sato look helpless.
The first two warriors had already charged up on Sato. Slicing downwards, they had made it certain that Sato's only form of retreat was into the Spatial Rift. Or was it?
Just as warriors were 2 meters away from Sato, the Elven Assassin leaped into the air, making use of his lowered stance. He jumped over the two warriors, shocking them greatly. While in the air, Sato tucked his legs in, before kicking them out on the backs of the two enemy. Unluckily, they were too close to the rift, resulting in them being sucked into their death.
"You have leveled up."
"What?!" Lacklustree who was spectating was truly surprised at Sato's reflexes. Who would have thought that a low leveled assassin can outplay a Lv60 odd player?
Sato knew this wasn't the time for him to celebrate. He has yet gotten to safer grounds and is under fire from two formidable enemies. The enemy archer had already prepared to fire her arrow. She released it just before Sato landed on the ground. It signified that the arrow shot would most definitely hit Sato and fatally kill him.
As this was a video game, Sato was able to see the arrows trajectory and could more or less gauge it was going to hit his heart. If it were real life, it would be humanly impossible to react to this.
Yet it wasn't, so Sato took advantage of his high agility to try twist his body in the weirdest angle possible. Since the shoot was going to hit him, he needed to reduce the damage he was going to take. With the twist, the arrow shot had missed his heart and had scrapped right under his armpit.
"You have taken 100 damage from the skill shot, Arrow Snipe." The system sounded out in Sato's head. Due to Sato's low level, he wasn't able to equip better armour. In addition, his stamina stat was too low, causing him to low a significant chunk of health.
Sato landed in a spiderman pose, his eyes still looking up in fear of the enemy launching another quick attack. What he did not realise was that the enemy had thought the arrow skill would have ended him there and then. Who would have thought that he could once again survive?
"Whitie!" Sato shouted out into the large tree, where Whitie the tiger was waiting. Listening to his master's instructions, Whitie used Wind's Wrath, but this time, aiming towards the ground. "Boom!"
The soil that was loosened from the previous explosion had become similar to fine dust. Now, with Whitie's skill, they were able to create a dust storm as a cover.
Sato promptly climbed onto Whitie's Back. The loyal tiger seized the timely opportunity to run upwards to the flaming plains. The skill One With The Wind allowed them to move faster.
One With The Wind - Gain 200% extra movement speed when out of combat.
The well-thought-out plan was only possible as the player was Sato. His high intelligence allowed him to think outside of the box and make quick decisions. Within seconds, Sato had managed to leave behind his enemies and made it out of the encirclement.