Max, Liam, and Felicia walked out of the trees and towards the world boss, the situation was even dire than it was a few moments ago! The fact that Dawn, Clay, and Aspen were holding on by themselves could be called a miracle, but Dawn healing was so perfectly timed and calmly placed that it was keeping them in the fight much longer than expected!
Though she couldn't take all the credit, Clay was always a good tank timing his blocks perfectly and avoiding damage any time he could, but still maintaining the agro on the Sun Lion.
Cling!
[-50 HP]
[1,250/10,000 Remaining! (Sun Lion)]
Clay struck out with his sword doing some damage to the wolf, though at this rate it was hopeless.
A fireball formed in Aspen's hand as he aimed it towards the Shadow Wolf!
Wooooooooosh!
The fireball flew through the air striking the Shadow Wolf near the right side of its face!
[-150 HP]
[-1,100/10,000 Remaining! (Sun Lion)]
The Sun Lion angrily howled before smashing down with its massive claw towards Clay! Clay managed to block the claw with his shield, but he still felt like his knees were going to collapse from the pressure of the beast!
[BLOCKED]
[-120 HP]
[170/700 HP Remaining! (Clay)]
120 damage from a normal attack that was blocked with a shield! That was crazy damage!Suddenly a warm light blue light enveloped Clay healing him for some of the damage he just took. It was Dawn who used the spell Cure on him!
"Nice heal!" Clay said
All the fights up until now have been extremely easy as though they didn't even need to try, now he understood why that was. Dawn was an absolute monster of a Priest! The timing of her heals were so exact it was almost like she was a computer programmed for that specific task!
[+100 HP]
[270/1500 HP Remaining! (Clay)]
"My MP can't hold out for much longer, I have another 3 Cures remaining before I have to drink my MP potion." Dawn was growing weary. Keeping up this level of concentration under such an intense situation was exhausting on a mental level. One small slip up could cause everything to collapse, that's why it's important for her to remain calm as much as possible.
When Clay and Aspen heard that, they were silent as they continued to battle. They knew that Dawn tried her best and if it was any other healer they would have long since died. They could only silently wait until she ran out of mana and for their inevitable deaths to arrive.
Just as they were all in an extremely gloomy mood a shout sounded from not too far away.
"Hey, we've come to help! Invite us to the party with you!" Max said while charging out, behind him was a woman with a priest staff in her hands. Another person was there too, but he disappeared soon as they entered the battle range. That was most likely an assassin!
Clay seemed extremely shocked and speechless at least but quickly regained his composure. Help had arrived! They had a bit more hope at last! He quickly made a bit of distance between him and the Sun Lion and invited Max and Felicia to the party!
Dawn frowned a bit on the inside, she didn't know why but the feelings those two gave off was very cold and detached... She may just be imagining it, but she still was a bit on guard trusting her gut feeling.
"Mind handing me party leader? I have an assassin I need to invite to the party as well" Max said with that friendly smile of his.
Clay frowned a bit, asking for party leader was a bit much... After all, he was a complete stranger! But, this situation called for all the help they could get, so he had no choice but to trust them. "After you invite him, return the party leader back to me." Clay handed over the party leader to Max and soon another person joined their party. Because they were now a part of the same party the others could clearly see an assassin sneaking up behind the Sun Lion.
A small grin appeared on Max's face, he soon rushed forward towards the Sun Lion! "Look out!" he ran forward and blocked the attack from the Sun Lion!
[BLOCKED!]
[-180 HP]
[270/450 HP Remaining! (Max)]
Clay was furious that Max hadn't given him back the party leader, but he didn't have time to speak because the Sun Lion started focusing its attacks onto him again!
Dawn's expression grew a bit cold as she seen the actions of this shameless person.
[Party:]
[Name: Clay]
[Class: Warrior]
[Level: 16]
[HP: 236/1500]
[MP: 24/60]
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[Name: Aspen]
[Class: Mage]
[Level: 15]
[HP: 268/500]
[MP: 70/260]
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[Name: Dawn]
[Class: Priest]
[Level: 15]
[HP: 220/220]
[MP: 60/1000]
...
Yin and Yang were watching what was about to unfold and couldn't help but to look towards Mick and his little group of friends with a look of contempt and disdain. He already had a good guess at what they were planning. There was no way those three greedy people would ever share anything with anyone. As soon as they got the chance, they would stab them in the back.
A small smile appeared on both of their faces as they looked at the battle, they both looked down at the group of three with their eyes filled with killing intent. "Don't worry, if any of you make it out of this forest alive, may I, The Apostle of Life be struck down by the heavens themselves!" Yang took a very serious oath! One had to know that when one starts on the path to become the Apex of the World, any oath made to the heavens had to be kept or they really would be struck down! "I, The Apostle of Death swear the same!" Yin yelled
The two brothers slowly left the trees and appeared within view of the group fighting the Sun Lion.