'Hmm.. What's it casting now? That's not a fire spell' Liam's thoughts didn't stop his charge, however the goblin shamans spell did.
[You have been affected by Dark Shackles. Movement speed down by 30% for 20 seconds]
"Shit" Liam couldn't help from shouting. He was still a metre away from being in range for his
Grezom also took advantage of the lowered movement of its enemy and ran towards Liam full force while also swinging his sword at the open back. Liam knew he couldn't take the hit so dropped to the floor a rolled forward, trying to take advantage of the dodge to get closer to the shaman.
Liam's luck paid off here and he was within range to used
'Tch. Just one more hit.' Liam clicked his tongue in annoyance at not be able to finish the shaman off. 'I'll just have to wait till this damn debuffs drops before trying again'
Liam knew he would be in for a tough fight but dodging Grezom's attacks while looking for an opportunity to deal the last hit on the shaman was proving difficult. There was still 5 seconds left on the debuff when Liam noticed a green light covering the shaman and it's life went back up to 50%.
'Sigh' Liam was exasperated to see that some of his work was lost but thankfully it didn't fully heal itself before setting up another fireball. However using Grezom's big body he made the shaman lose it's target was constantly avoiding the elites weapon.
The 5 seconds past without him taking a scratch, but Liam wasn't too happy as he was seeing the shaman cast the shackles spell again. He couldn't afford another speed drop, unfortunately his only skill is still on cool down for a few more seconds. So getting to the annoying pest before the spell hit him would be a tall order.
Grezom was still pressuring him with mighty swings from different directions, so Liam was constantly ducking and rolling to keep his life up. With only one potion in his bag he cannot take a hit from the elite here.
All this time Liam hasn't hit Grezom once, not because he can't, but he is trying to avoid the boss from changing it's pattern. He doesn't want to get caught off guard by a skill while trying to get rid of the shaman.
Liam was backing up and away from the shaman at thus point to get out of range. While this would make it difficult for him in the short term, he felt that it would be more beneficial than having a speed drop. For some reason the spell isn't based on line of sight so he can't use Grezom to avoid it if necessary.
Once Liam was 25 metres away from the shaman, he noticed that it stopped chanting. Evidently he has found it's range. Liam dodged the machete once again and strafed around Grezom as fast as possible before running towards the shaman which was moving closer to cast it's spell.
As soon as there was a 10 metre difference between them he immediately activated his not long off cool down
Seeing the last member of its subordinates drop, Grezom howled in fury and did something Liam wasn't expecting. The elite goblin backed it's weapon wielding arm behind it's head before cocking forward in a fast motion and releasing the machete from it's grasp.
"What?" Liam's shocked gasp echoed in the hall a seeing the goblin launch it's weapon at him, but his reaction was not slow. He dropped to the floor as fast as possible just as the weapon past over his head, trimming some hairs as it went. Liam could feel the violent wind ripple even after the weapon lodged itself it the ground not too far behind him.
'That was unexpected. Can't believe it threw it's own weapon away like that'
Liam got up and knew this was his chance to put the hurt on the elite. He ran towards Grezom who was also making his way over. Liam swung his sword twice on his right leg hoping to bring Grezom to his knees.
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The damage was quite good now that he has a new weapon equipped, however it didn't bring the boss down. Grezom just roar due to the pain before throwing a punch towards the insect that hurt it. Liam moved out the way and avoided the attack with ease. Grezom on the other hand didn't attack again and pushed forward towards the machete sticking in the ground not far away.
Liam hit the elite twice more but failed in stopping it from reaching out and grabbing it's weapon. With machete in hand Grezom fiercely swung it towards Liam who proceed to avoid the potential damage.
After missing it's target yet again, Grezom bellowed in anger before a small symbol appeared next to it's life bar. It was showing a sword with an arrow pointing up. Grezom buffed itself with and attack up skill.
As the buff came into effect Liam had made his way to Grezom's left side and hit him again and was in mid swing for a second hit, but before he could pull it off Grezom started to spin on the spot with his machete outstretched. Liam was caught completely off guard and took a huge chunk off damage and being knocked back.
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