With a crudely replicated quick strike technique, Eric took down an imp by slicing its head diagonally.He was still reeling from the backlash when another imp came upon him.He swiftly placed his weapon before him to block but the force of impact of the imp's blow sent him flying straight into a building wall.Before he was up again, the imp was upon him, claws extended. Eric shifted his body to the side, barely avoiding the claws. He swiftly thrusted the ever shifting overpowered weapon, it was already taking the form of a dirk.With a wet sound of metal piercing flesh, the dirk found its way through the Imps chest and through its heart.His mana points had replenished up to 30 mana points and pumping the mana points into the weapon, the dirk exuded the annihilating energy contained within it into the body of the imp, nullifying its remaining life force.[You've received 1200 coins for slaying an Awakened Grade 5 Lesser Demon Imp.][+3 Skill Points][+3XP points][XP: 264/300]“Aft

The Demon Imp Captain let out an earth-rendering roar into the sky with all its might, casting fear and panic into the hearts of the cohort.Eric frowned, even amidst panic, and hurled the Divine Smite at the demon. The Divine Smite, now in form of a spear, soared through the air and made its way towards the demon.The demon completely evaded the spear by teleporting away from its trajectory.The demon wasn't so keen on killing them yet, as it wanted them to feel despair and hopelessness.It roared again, this time, firing a thin beam of hellfire into the sky. Its wings lit up and unfurled with force.The forceful unfurling gave rise to an hurricane of immolating hot winds that crumbled the buildings behind it.“We can't win. We can't win!” Chuck said hopelessly, dropping his mace. “It's over.”“We've come this far, only to end our journey here? No no no!” Erica shook her head, unwilling to accept the situation.Everyone was also starting to despair and fear slowly. No matter what abi

The two groups squared each other down, tension rapidly building up between them.The space around Eric's hand flickered subtly, his head inventory ready to deliver his weapon to his hand instantly.Amy's amber eyes brightened little by little, ready to release her skill at a moment's notice.The air around Nelson's hand danced and undulated from the heat emanating from them.Maric's skin was already glistening, ready to release the silvery liquid metal.Erica breathed shallowly, a small layer of frost unnoticeably spreading across her hand.The air and light around Chuck seem to turn a bit grim as a visible frown lined his face.Mr. Baker was ready to project a forcefield around the cohort incase of necessity. His expression, undecipherable.Matt, however, had a white cybernetic Glock in his hands but he hadn't pointed it at the cohort opposite them.They stared each other down for about a minute, as though each side was waiting for the next to make the first move.“I'll ask you guys

The tower was being constructed, in the presence of the Wendigos outside the barrier, with Maric's metal and reinforced with Erica's ice Trait.Soon, an ethereal tower stood erect at about 14 meters tall with a body that glistened with unnatural light. It had several openings in it with turrets and cannons placed by Matt, making the tower a proper siege tower. They had even added a metal-ice wall, that was as thick as that of a castle's, all round the tower. Currently, they were all on this wall inspecting the tower from the outside.“Yeahhhh. That's not normal.” Eric shook his head as he inspected the tower.“What?! That's probably my life's work, when next would you see me do something like this again.” Erica asked, almost flaring up.“Calm down. Don't get me wrong. It's good and sturdy, very sturdy. But an hybrid structure of ice and metal? Does that sound normal to you?” Eric clarified.“Oh.” Erica simply said, contemplating his question.“It'll have to do.” Maric nodded and looke

They didn't bother with packing the bodies of the dead Wendigos and proceeded to just exit the dungeon. No one had the mental strength to start packing body pieces of a creature that would probably go for about 10,000 coins per body.“I'm starting to regret blasting these things to kingdom come. This is cool cash we're passing by.” Matt said in melancholy as he eyed the body pieces of the monsters.“Yeah sure. Only fodders like you would care for scraps. I'm definitely not interested in packing all of this.” Nelson spat hatefully as he walked, hands in his pocket.“Jeez, what's with the beef? Is it about that pistol joke?” Matt frowned and turned his attention towards Nelson who was walking in front of him.“Don't chat to me fam.” Nelson said sharply and hastened his steps slightly.Matt merely shrugged it off and they all kept walking.Chuck and Eric were the ones walking at the back of the cohort.“You defeated a dungeon boss single-handedly, well done bro.” Eric complimented him si