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Berserker potion. It had the effect of disabling your pain receptors for a certain amount of time.
The last time, I used one of these was against that humanoid phoenix and I used it after taking a huge amount of damage from it so I can continue to fight. That haymaker broke my ribs and the fist left my chest with a burning scar.
Although my body has fully recovered from it, there was still a dark scar on the middle of my chest, which contrasted with my natural skin tone.
Ever since that day, my party refused to let me buy another berserker potion due to how I use it, normally, berserker potions are used before starting combat when against a large number of enemies but I used it whenever I was on the verge of death to give me the ability to fight longer which was considered suicidal by all since you can longer sense how close you are to death.
However, I still had my death perception to do that and though it felt weaker than before, it still worked during all of that. So back in Kliyer, they still refused to let me buy it but I was calm and casually took a single potion of it on my back while pretending to browse a shelf of health potions then I passed the male clerk and slipped the number of coins needed to buy it under the pretense of browsing the other side of the store.
My lips parted with the bottle, the potion was far more potent meaning the effect lasted longer, ten minutes to be exact. I drew my longsword after that and started running at it.
Twenty-four lasers come at me, seven in front, nine on my left, and eight on the right. As both the left and right lasers approached me, I stopped myself and then dashed back, the left and right lasers passed me, and I slashed diagonally twice lightly before jumping dodging the side, dodging the other three.
Looking back while I ran, there were still five lasers that curved around and were still chasing me and the monster's left claw was about to slice me however, I tried to jump over but my left leg got caught on its sweeping forearm which made me fall, face first.
I immediately stood up and wiped my face using my backhand and also wiped the blood off my nose with the same backhand; Death perception tells me of an incoming death above and I see the five lasers that curved around after missing me because of my mistake.
I slash with the closest one to me with a downward diagonal slash, following up with a quick light upward then a left dash, an upward diagonal slash, and for the final one, I used the flat of my longsword to disperse and absorb the laser.
A part of my longsword smokes a bit but after a single second, it cooled down. My eyes rest on the mouth however a hand was covering it, the left hand.
Twenty-five lasers were fired and the other raised its fist and tried to crush it in response, I quickly rushed towards its left wrist, and four lasers hit the ground while the others curved around and were hot on my trail.
The hand was easily dodged by a left dash, my body felt a huge shockwave from it which almost made me stagger but I managed to stay balanced and continued running.
I exhaled to calm my beating heart and then, as I approached and was about to crash at it, I quickly stopped my momentum and dashed to the side, twelve lasers hit the wrist while those that were more behind, curving up to the sky before curving around again to try and hit me.
The damage was minimal but it burned a small layer of skin, making it slightly easier to slice at. I looked up again and started running towards its right wrist but this time, it raised its hand and tried to slash me then I ran towards it and passed the arm above me.
I heard a loud sound and looking back for a moment, there was a small portion of the dirt, being thrown into the maze's walls.
I then ran behind its body as it tries to hit me with the back of its arm and possibly pass through the wall and trigger a space to spawn monsters. My longsword passes my left shoulder and immediately slashes at the body with a diagonal strike but it was thick like its other body part.
Knowing that I immediately ran ahead and two lasers hit the wall, passing it and disappearing after hitting the ground there were only three lasers left which successfully curve around but I intercepted the second one and hit the ground instead, the right hands tried to get hold of me but I went back on the back of its body and went out that way instead.
I duck slightly and pass the right arm, then I stop myself and perform a vertical slash at the burnt spot on its wrist. The damage was shallow but it was at least better than slashing it if it wasn't burnt. After that, I immediately dash back as the two lasers hit the ground, missing me due to my death perception.
Before it could fire its next twenty-six lasers, I immediately went back and slashed the wrist again on the same spot. It was harder to cut through and was more shallow this time.
The twenty-six lasers fired and I immediately ran towards the monster's semblance of a bicep, it tried to grab me but it proved fruitless as I simply jumped over and used its bicep to absorb the lasers, I heard four shockwaves behind my back and immediately stood up and ran to the left towards its hand but it still tried to push me through the walls but I simply went over its arm again.
I looked up and passed twenty-two lasers that curved around and followed behind, the right hand was also right behind and was starting to catch up with the lasers to the point that it started hitting the lasers instead.
At the last second, I dodged to the left before using its fingers as a staircase and jumping over the right hand which hit its backhand, and the rest of the lasers, nine of them to be exact which didn't reach their target.
I walked over to the left wrist using its right arm as a platform before it could pull away slightly and tried to grab me, I quickly jumped back and slashed vertically then I bit my longsword and drew the silver sword and stabbed as hard as I can before running away.
As I was circling the right hand, it raised its fist and was now heading my way, twenty-seven lasers fired at me and I immediately started running, however.
'Urk, why now?!' I screamed in my mind as my left leg began to weaken and lag causing me to fall slightly, I tried to stand up but it was already too late as the fist was closer. Seeing no choice, I stuck my longsword to the ground and prepared to absorb the blow.
The claws passed me as I was in between them and I absorbed the hit, my body felt weak from the shockwave alone but I held on as I started to be pushed back, and seeing no choice, I resigned myself to fate as I was pushed back and soon passed through the grass wall and activating a space, I then roll to the right and twenty-six lasers missed me due to not knowing where I was but this caused two more spaces to activate.
As the first space began spawning its insect monsters, I ran to the hole and back to the arena. I saw the same monster sitting there and was preparing its twenty-seven lasers and then there was a loud boom.
As the silver sword was stuck in its actual flesh, it began to sizzle then more before finally causing this much destruction however I was still somewhat surprised as I didn't know that silver weapons were more effective, the fouler the creature is.
The silver sword was stuck to the ground currently and was also clean, it seems even its dark blood also was affected by silver which may have been the sole reason that it exploded.
I sigh in relief, its entire left forearm was no longer functional however this battle was still not done, as it had its lasers, its right hand, and not mention the insect monster that was coming into the arena.
And without any delay, I started running at it and the insect monsters quickly followed behind, the damn thing roars at me but surprisingly didn't fire any of those fast cylindrical objects. It was clear that it planned to use the insect monster to attack me as it would only be attracted to those who activated their respective spaces.
I clicked my tongue and that was all as I started clearing my mind of any thoughts other than this battle, as I ran I exhale before finally activating Undying Focus.