CUAZENTA (3)
Stalane aimed her bow towards the Cuazenta, but she hesitated whether to release the arrows or not. It is because Syton keeps getting on the way.
She annoyedly groaned before she told Syton : "Move your ass away, will you? You're blocking them!"
When Syton heard this, he twerked to annoy Stalane more. It didn't only annoyed Stalane but it looked like the 3 Cuazenta was also got bothered thus getting taunted.
It fiercely launched another attack towards Syton which he quickly dodged. Just after he evaded the three Cuazenta, three arrows flew from his shoulders that pierced towards the deras. He almost got shot by it!
"Yeah, keep playing around. The next arrows will be aimed towards you instead" Stalane warned him, which obviously Syton didn't took it seriously.
While the three deras was stunned for three seconds, Syton immediately slashed the nearest Cuazenta. This time he put more power and mana on his sword.
Stalane saw how fast Syton moved his sword. She slowly puts down her bow while observing Syton, feeling dazed on what she's currently seeing. She then realized something.
"You're not putting everything you've got, aren't you?"
Syton was too busy attacking the stunned Cuazenta since he only got 3 seconds.
After 3 seconds, Syton felt that the dera was about to move so he jumped backwards to put some distance. He looked at its head to see the hp of the dera. He realized that he finally dealt some great amount of damage. The hp finally drops to 30% from 90%.
Syton smirked before he replied to Stalane's question earlier.
"That goes the same to you, right?"
Stalane got startled but eventually smiled at his question. It looked like Syton really knows how strong she truly is, wherein she herself can't even put some faith on her own strength.
Stalane breathe deeply before jumping to another tree to get a better view. She raised her bow and infused a skill on its next attack.
"Well for a minute I forgot that this was a competition between us. Don't worry, my next attack will finish these 3 deras" Stalane said.
When Syton heard this, he panicked. He was still enjoying the fight so how could she just end it?! He was still assessing and experimenting on his Path of the Sword.
"Wait, wait---"
Syton tried to stop Stalane but it was too late. Three arrows immediately stabbed the three Cuazenta, after it landed on them the arrows exploded.
It was Stalane's Blast on Hit. If a target got successfully hit by any weapon that the owner threw, it'll deal another extra damage on the opponent by exploding. The amount of explosion depends on how much the owner infused some mana.
With this, the Cuazenta was easily defeated by Stalane.
Syton watched this to happen. Although he was amazed by the attack made by his partner, he was still saddened by it since he was not even able to get the chance to defeat one!
"Hey!" Syton shouted after turning around where Stalane jumped down.
Stalane nonchalantly said, "I won"
Syton was about to complain but he just groaned. He turned his back on Stalane and went to grab the cards and icons that the Cuazenta drops.
He admit that he was playing around the three deras and was only trying to experiment his skills, but he didn't expect Stalane to ruined it! Stalane went along with him before but now she immediately finished the fight!
He shouldn't have challenged him earlier!
But a loss is a loss.
Stalane don't have any plan to stop stomping on Syton's ego by saying, "I already won 2 times against you"
Syton sighed in defeat before he regained his energetic self. "I'll win next time. I'll become more serious, so savor your wins now since you won't get any victory next time"
Stalane took this as a challenge before she shrugged, "We'll see"
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Nueve whistled after he saw how Stalane defeated the three rank 3E Cuazenta.
"One of them might've been already an Annex member. Just look how strong that attack was!" Nueve commented before he jumped to another tree.
Vier was following him from the ground.
"I don't know what you can see since I don't have your dice to make a weapon where I could clearly see anything that is 20 km away from me, but I did felt how the ground shake due to the impact of one's attack. Was that them?" Vier sarcastically said.
Nueve took his sarcasm as a compliment. He could proudly say that as a gambler he really have a high amount of luck. All the weapons that the dice gives him are usually in favor to his situation. But even if the dice gives him a disadvantaged weapon for a specific situation, he still could make it useful and turn everything around.
That's how strong he is as a gambler. A weapon class that perfectly fits him.
"Yes. Anyway, let's hurry. The Annex member already noticed our presence. I think we have to fight them" Nueve answered before he speeds up his pace.
They're now only 2 km away from where Stalane and Stalane was. It is also near the spot where the Annex members was hiding.
Nueve saw how the girl in a fox mask slowly smirked at them. Nueve widened his eyes when he realized what the smirk meant.
When he learned about how those Annex have already laid down a trap prepared for them, it was already too late.
Vier and Nueve have already walked on it.
Those Annex have been waiting for them all these times!
"What's this?" Vier asked in confusion after he realized how his surroundings suddenly changed.
"A trap. Be careful, Vier. We'll see each other probably 5 hours from now. If you can get out of there the faster, the better. I'll help you when I get---" Nueve's voice got softer and softer as seconds passes until his voice couldn't be heard anymore.
Vier was now left alone to an unfamiliar place.
He snorted as he murmured, "You should be the one who have to be more careful, idiot. I could get out of here within 10 minutes."