The thunder rumbled and the rain was still at its peak downpour. Emerged in the darkness was a man appearing covered with dark shadowy miasma. A [Shadow cloak] skill was seen covering his body.
Lightning flashed, revealing his face in the process. His scarred cheeks and his right brow were scarred too with a vertical slit. A small cut on the right eye.
Gerald was infuriated as well as William. Troan was still in tears.
"Who are you? Are you the one who killed them?" Gerald asked.
"And if I say no? Would you believe that?" the man answered.
"Screw off!" William shouted.
It was not being said but it was very obvious to them.
"Of course that's him!" Troan shouted.
"Gerald! Let us teach this bastard a lesson! We have to make him pay for what he has done! He deserves to be tortured forever!" William bellowed.
"Haha! Feel free to be angry, you have all the rights. The Dark fellowship will surely rule humanity and nothing can stop that," he said then chuckled.
"Killing my students will be the greatest mistake of your life! I will kill you!" William shouted.
"Ha! That's it! That's the spirit! We'll see if you can manage!" the Rogue replied.
"Dark fellowship? So you are once again on the move after all those years? So you are all gathering strength and forces all this time? For what? To take revenge?" Gerald asked in disbelief.
"Oh, so you were there at that time in the past? Yes, it has been so long, and finally! We will uphold terror and sweep clean all good!" he bellowed arms wide.
"You are all lunatics!" Gerald bellowed.
"No, no. You all act high and mighty, honorable and righteous but you can't even trust your student's words. You refused to believe that humans are not corrupted deep inside. Well, you will pay the price for doing that with your life!"
"Troan! We will handle this, leave this revenge to us!" William said to him.
Gerald roared as he was infuriated and dashed towards him. Drawing his sword from his hilt. The enemy disappeared from his sight and used his skill [Backstab].
He became a shadow from his sight and then went outside his line of sight. Appearing on his back then stabbed the gaps of his armor on the neck.
Ting!
The metal sound echoed in the vicinity. Gerald sidestepped a bit and the dagger was hit on his shoulder pads. William covered him as he slashed him with his sword.
Gerald then put on his helmet and then used his skill [Shield of aegis],
William used skills [Zealous will], [Crusader], [Shield of aegis], [Elemental damage discharge], [Elemental reflecting armor].
Gerald used [Heavy hitter], [Protector domain], [Invulnerable], [Valor], and [Slaughterer].
Combat skills were ready to use too like [Slash], [Return], [Block], [Counter], [Deflect], and [Shield charge].
Upon equipping his shield, he bashed him with his shield using the skill [Shield bash]. Making the enemy be thrown off towards the side.
The enemy dashed towards him and then conjured daggers on his hands. Throwing it to Gerald and William then using his skill [Afterimage] Dashing towards the side then used [Stab]. Gerald jolted as he was hit on the side. Thanks to the skill he has, it was not able to pierce his skin, just a slight cut on the blade.
He then used [Elemental damage discharge] that coated his sword with the elements and [Iron flesh mastery] that made his skin as hard as Iron.
He dashed towards him and they soon clashed. Gerald slashed him diagonally and the enemy rotated while parrying.
Throwing his dagger in blank space aimed at the gap of his helm right on his eyes. He ducked slightly and the dagger hit his forehead.
William was hit and his [Elemental reflecting armor] was releasing a burst of elemental damage. From explosion to chilling frost and stunning lightning.
Ting!
The enemy then knee kicked him and then William was hit on the head. Staggering him a bit in the process. It was then the enemy backflipped and rained him by throwing daggers.
It was a skill called [Leap throw], making Gerald have a hard time as the daggers were banging on his shield. He immediately ran towards the side to evade several projectiles.
Running towards where will his enemy lands. It was then he saw that the enemy became a shadow and swam in the darkness right on this footing. It was a skill that Gerald was familiar with.
It was called [Shadow travel]. Making him turn to shadow and travel fast as long as it was night or was in darkness.
Gerald used [Slash] on the enemy and it was parried. The enemy threw a dagger and he used the skill [Return] to make the projectile return back on the caster. He used [Block] after a rain of daggers were sent on him.
The enemy used stab but he used [Counter] and it was a slash on a cheek that the enemy has been made.
Upon wounding the enemy, the enemy used [Throw dagger] and Gerald used [Deflect] with his sword. Making him masterfully repel them.
It was then, that [Shield charge] was used and the enemy was hit on the chest. Slightly shaken and crouched while being flung, feet rubbing the ground as he was sent away.
"Hahaha! It was fun but the playtime is over," the enemy said to him.
As he said, it was also the time when his skill [Shield of aegis] has expired. To his surprise, he felt weaker and weaker with every ticking of the clock. It was then, that he realized that the enemy poisoned him.
It was a skill of the enemy that coats their weapons with poison. It was called [Poison coating]. It has a slow effect and will make you paralyzed sooner with your fighting. Will make you feel harder to move with every second. Leading also to death if not mitigated with the antidote.
It was then, that the enemy used his skill [Shadows]. The enemy was the unforgiving type. But was underestimating weak enemies, especially Troan.
The shadows were hundreds in numbers and they all had daggers on them. It was then, that Gerald roared. The enemies assaulted him all at once. Gerald slashed and blocked their attacks. Bashing several of them.
It was then, that he used his skill [Heavy hitter]. Making his weapon weigh a ton and cleaving on the enemies that he faced. Others were sliced into two with his slash.
He went aggressive and defensive at the same time. Facing three or more all at once. William supported him with assists and together they stand side by side.
They dashed and leaped towards him and he either bashed or slashed them. Others blocked his attack and were flung to the weight of the slash.
Bang!
Making their number decimated in just several seconds. But the more he struggled, the more his blood was transporting the poison faster. Making him weaken greatly.
The fight lasted a quarter an hour and the enemies were slowly culled. Also, the poison was crawling on his flesh and was eating him from the inside out.
He was panting and only several shadows were left. Sweat was trickling his face and he lost his grip on his weapon. Clunking it to the ground.
It was then [Valor] was used and all debuffs and negative statuses were cleansed, including the poison. They soon watched the enemy have more [Shadows] emerging from the original. Making them a bit down their lips in the process. More endeavor has to be made.
They battled and the enemy [Shadows] used [Mana crack] and [Skill purge]. Several ones were killed but some attacks went through their defenses. Making their mana damaged due to [Mana crack] and seep out of them and skills unable to be used due to [Skill purge].
It was then, that they attacked the enemy on their front and he was surprisingly very agile. A skill that they were familiar with, [Evasion outburst]. Having such skill has such greater prowess compared to none. A very useful and life-saving skill. A burst of evasion was made and they were put to a stalemate. He was just casually evading their slashes with finesse and flexibility.
"Damn it!" William bellowed.
The two inwardly cursed. They haven't thought that the enemy has such skill in his arsenal. It was then, that they were surrounded. They fought till their last ounce of strength.
"Troan! Run! We can't win this!" William shouted.
"We will still meet again! I promise!" Gerald shouted.
"I will remember! You promised!" Troan replied then ran.
It was then that Troan bit his lower lips. Thought that it was still not goodbye and not the last time they will meet. Taking one last glance at them then picked up the pace of his running, far away from them.