Just as Soren, Lavenza, the Charger and the Mer-Hobgoblin were to start the battle, Soren decided to do I quick check on these two monsters so he can assess his situation.
Name: Torque, the Cunning One
Race: Mer-Hobgoblin (Rare)
LV: 13
HP: 154
MP: 88
STR: 43
VIT: 22
AGL: 51
INT: 22
WIS: 33
RFL: 27
LCK: 31
S (A): Lacerate, Backstab, Cover Strike, Double-Edge, Marked Strike, Mana Burst
S (P): Stealth, Dismantling Mastery LV.3, Knife Mastery LV.4, Body over Mind, Mind over Body,
Titles: Assassin (Apprentice), Hunter (Novice)
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Lumious, the Enlightened One
Race: Crystal Charger (Rare)
LV: 15
HP: 238
MP: 180
STR: 36
VIT: 34
AGL: 52
INT: 45
WIS: 28
RFL: 32
LCK: 33
S (A): Crystal Dash, Bite LV.7, Night-Vision, Sensor, Crystal Aura, Light Ball, Flex Up, Muscle Up, Mind Up
S (P): Horn Regen, Light Mastery LV.2, Heartseeker, Body over Mind, Mind over Body, Crystaliser
Title: Survivor
The moment Soren saw those statuses, he cursed innardly because he had to deal with two rare monsters. Krus already showed that he was nasty with that "Rare" prefix on him, so having to deal with two was definitely going to be way harder than usual. also the amount of unknown skills would make this battle extremely unpredictable and the two of them could easily die from one wrong move.
The one who moved first was Lumious, the Crystal Charger, towards Torque, the Mer-Hobgoblin, with pure anger on its eyes. Torque saw his first opponent and readied himself to block the attack. Once the two of them closed their distance, both the knife and the horn clashed with each other and after the attack, it stood there for only a couple of moments. The two of them just now just exchanged blows as a means to test each other's power and after thay exchanhe, Torque charged towards Soren with his knife.
Soren saw the attack and got himself in a guarding position to block the attack. As the attack was coming, he noticed the knife shine with a white light and decided to dodge to the side instead. Whatever that white light on the knife blade was, it was certainly not something he would want to head on, even if he blocked it. After that failed attack, Torque continued slashing at Soren with reckless abaddon, while his blade had that white light. Because Soren couldn't dodge all of the attacks, he was forced to block some of attack with his sword. The white blade didn't seem to damage the sword, but if he let Torque get a hit on him, he would definitely get quite an injury.
With both of them exchanging attacks for the first couple of minutes, both Lumious and Lavenza were on edge and while the exchange continued, the knife's blade suddenly started glowing both red and white and the next exchange of attacks ended with Soren sustaining an injury on his left arm and Torque having a grin on his face. Soren was suprised by the sudden change in the movement of the attack, so he barely made it to block the attack and avoid major injuries.
"Tsk." Soren was irked that this monster had such moves up its sleeves, so he decided to stop being on the defensive and go on the offensive. After giving a quick nod on Lavenza, she returned a nod to Soren, understanding his plan to provide cover fire.
In the next moment, Soren started charging towards Torque while keeping an eye on Lumious. Lumious on the other hand was starting glow red and its horn was glowing blue and then started charging towards Torque as well. Soren was slightly suprised that Lumious wanted to fight Torque as well, but maybe it was pissed off with him or sonething, so he didn't mind the extra help, as long as said extra help doesn't screw him over.
Soren then brandished his sword on Torque, while he dogded slightly backwards and just as he was going to ready another attack, he saw Lumious coming from behind Soren that was aiming for him and had to dodge to the side. Now Torque was forced into the defensive with the constant changing attacks between Soren and Lumious and he had to get himself out of that jam, but as it tried to gain some distance, Lavenza would always throw a couple water shots force him to flinch and stop him dead on his tracks.
With this constant barrage of attacks, Torque was starting to become angry and then, a red aura was enveloping him and the moment Soren clashed blades with him, he was suddenly pushed back by the amount of power displayed by Torque and Lumious had a similar situation with Soren by being pushed away by a sudden increase in force. After pushing them away, he turned his blade white and red again and then charged as fast as he could towards Lavenza to take her out instantly. In that moment as well, Soren's hands showed again glowing shields and forced his body to move towards Lavenza to protect her. Once Torque slashed downwards with all of his might towards Lavenza who barely had a moment to react, suddenly Soren appeared in front of Torque and took the brunt of the attack by blocking both with his sword and arms.
The result of the attack ended with Soren getting pushed away again, but this time he was disarmed and also had a deep cut on his arms thay caused them to bleed intensly. Torque was pissed off that his attack had failed again by Soren's meddle, so he decided to turn his attention to him so he can make sure get rid of the nuisance that kept ruining his kills again and again.
"DIE MEDDLESOME BRAT" Torque screamed with all of his might after charging with all of his speed towards Soren while he was still disarmed.
Just as he was going for the killing blow with another charhed attack, Soren then barely managed to make a Mana Wall to protect himself from the lethal attack and the attack almost broke through the wall. In that moment, Soren charged a Water Ball and shot it towards Torque, whose knife was still half-stuck in the Mana Wall. The moment he managed to take the knife out of the Mana Wall, he ate Soren's Water Ball on the face before it was followed by Lavenza's 3 Water Balls that she had been charging of a little while. After the Water Balls, Lumious threw a Light Ball at Torque to make sure he was knocked back away and then went to Soren to give his sword who was near him.
"Thanks." Soren said to Lumious with a painful but happy expression while struggling to hold his sword.
"Tsk. That guy is nasty, for sure." Soren said with an angry and fierce expression on his face. Torque was someone that is not to be underestimated. He had to take him out fast, before the battle dragged on any longer. Torque also got up from the sand after feeling a decent amount of pain all over his body. That combo of five magic ball spells, was close to knocking him out, so he also had to end it and fast if he wanted to survive. He knew that trying kill the little sea serpent was nearly impossible with the merman blocking all of his attacks and dealing with the charger was straightly out of the question since these things threw some really slimy attacks, so his first kill had to be Soren who was already in pretty bad shape, but his Mana Wall was definitely going to be a problem if he wanted to land a clean hit to take him out, so he had to rely on its trump card.
At that moment, Torque glowed red yet again and charged with fury towards Soren. Soren was barely holding on and he wasn't sure how long he could last before his injuries caught up with him. At the moment that Torque was going to cast his downward strike yet again, Soren conjured another Mana Wall, but this time Torque suddenly released a shockwave that broke Soren's Mana Wall instantly, so Soren was forced to guard with his sword. Torque wouldn't let anything to ruin this kill, so he threw another shockwave to disarm Soren and then threw another one and continued doing so to disarm him. Soren who was taking the shockwaves, felt his conciousness leaving him slowly bit by bit and while it it was doing so, Soren's eyes were starting to glow green slightly bit by bit. Both Lavenza and Lumious could barely get near with the constant shockwaves coming as well.
'Damn- Sto- I can't-' Soren could barely even make any thoughts with the shockwaves constantly hitting him, but while doing so his eyes were glowing more and more with each shockwave.
"GO DOWN ALREADY!" At that moment, Torque threw his most powerful towards Soren and then threw everything he got in that attack.
"I REFUSE!" At that moment, Soren's eyes shone a bright green light and then his sword was glowing with a green light as well. At the time, he didn't notice it, but an interface appeared at his side that said:
[Overdrive Mode had been engaged. Unlocking all locked skills and doubling all your and the allies stats.]
Lavenza's eyes were also shining a bright green and in the next moment, Soren cut through the Torque's knife and pushed him away. In the next moment, both Soren and Lavenza threw their best attacks with Lavenza throwing a barrage of water balls and after the barrage, Soren then threw an attack in a L-like motion that cut off Torque's right arm and his tail, then sliced downwards to take Torque's left arm before he attacked in a spining motion that beheaded Torque, thus ending his life and giving the kill on Soren.
"My win... Git gud..." At that moment, Soren fainted from the fatigue and blood loss.