Knowing an opponent's specialty could be an edge most of the ti, however, it also needs soone's higher than normal insight to see the intricacies on a written record. Although my Adaptability allowed to understand and be familiar with what's written in the two books, given that I'm still weaker than most of the Transcendents here, it will be hard to truly implent it.
That's the reason why I didn't put a lot of attention to it after reading it once. For Monady to say that it could be used against our opponents, it sounds like an exaggeration.
However, it appears that I underestimated these Dark World Transcendents. Not only Irja but also Udann and the other two also agreed to her statent.
That is why in the following hours when we went back to hunt down the scattered scouts of the reds, the five of them demonstrated and proved to that it's not an exaggeration.
During the first hour, we encountered a red scout who accidentally entered the 100-ter range, Monady imdiately chased after him using her own Movent Skill which allowed her to appear like a crimson teor speeding through the ground.
In a panic, that red scout burst forth his Energy to try and get away from her.
Under my eyes fully observing that situation, before the red scout could enlarge the lower part of his body to run away, I saw Monady shot two compressed energy attacks to the joints which connected his legs to the upper part of his body. Those energy attacks were filled with the properties of her Transcendent Pathway, when the two energy attacks reached him, it tried to drill a hole onto his legs.
Because the guy was moving, it failed to accurately hit him but the horror in his eyes could be seen clearly.
Upon seeing that, I recalled so of the contents of the book where it talked about that certain weakness. The enlargent of the part of their bodies will be almost invincible when it solidifies completely. However, if they are slow enough to be interrupted, they will suffer a backlash.
To nd that weakness, the Gigant World denizens, it was also written there that they have to make sure that those vulnerable parts of them are protected.
Nonetheless, that point was what Monady exploited.
When that scout noticed her aim, the panic in his heart grew that he used everything he could do to get away from us.
Following that encounter with the red scout, more similar instances happened, sotis with a group of two, three or even five.
Because of the loss of the five Rank 2 Transcendents from us, the area of activities of the Gigant World denizens shrank down to half of their original reach. Instead of letting their scouts go past the giant golden circle in the circle, they restricted it to just before it to avoid being ambushed by us once more.
That's the reason why those we encountered could safely escape, we couldn't chase after them or we would beco surrounded by them in their territory.
Also, thanks to that exploitation of weakness, whenever the reds noticed that our aims were based on those supposed weaknesses of their skills, they would imdiately retreat.
Perhaps they had already started to think of a counterasure to our current strategy
When we couldn't encounter Gigant World denizen anymore, Monady made us retreat back to deal with the scattered golden statue. Along the way, she also relayed the information back to Grenol and Grenol inford the others about the exploitable weakness of the enemies
"Too bad, we couldn't get more rings. They beca a turtle in their territory." Faren comnted after delivering a crimson-colored energy-based attack towards the foot of a golden statue.
With how relaxed it sounds, it's easy to guess that we're having an easy ti dealing with the golden statue in front of us.
"Don't be too greedy. Grenol and Rodney are devising a new plan for us to take this win. We have to wait for that, for the anti, let's clean these golden statues." Monady reminded her fellow Dafirae Tribe mber after following up with her attack which made the golden statue stagger.
Like Faren, Monady also seed to be relaxed even when the swings and attacks of the golden statue could threaten any of us if it successfully connects.
It's not that they were stronger than the ones with us earlier, it's because I kept my Domain of Valor and all five of them were buffed by it.
"Can you please stop chatting? Take it down. Rember, his skill cannot last longer than a few minutes." Irja whose role was to bombard the golden statue once more irritably comnted.
This girl is the one complaining for . No wonder the others think that there's sothing going on between us.
Upon hearing her words, Monady shook her head and started intensifying her attacks on the golden statue's right leg. Udann and Axter were the ones in charge of the left leg.
Unlike before, although I'm just standing and watching the whole process of taking down a golden statue, apart from observing if the statue is about to be destroyed, my Transcendent Senses was also spread out to keep an eye out in case the reds appeared.
Thirty seconds later, one of the golden statue's legs was destroyed by Udann and Axter's joint attacks. Following that, Monady and Faren increased the intensity of their attacks to hasten the destruction of the statue's other leg.
Thanks to the Domain of Valor, although so of them would be occasionally hit by the swift swings and seemingly overpowered attacks of the golden statue, none of them suffered a serious injury.
This feels like a normal raid battle that could often be seen on an MMORPG. Ganging up against one mob like this whose specialty is just its hard defense and higher hit points, it's just a matter of ti to take it down.
And that is if there are no distractions…
Not long after the golden statue fell down, Irja and I moved closer. She started targeting its head while the four lee fighters turned to its arms.
And like the first ti we took down a golden statue, I jumped in when it's about to be destroyed, using the sa still-unnad Sword Skill.
Under their eyes a seemingly desperate attack landed on the golden statue's head, ending its struggle.
Upon seeing that, Monady and the others who weren't there during the first golden statue takedown disbelievingly stared at . Ignoring their stares, I faked another exhaustion when in fact I was waiting for the energy from the stolen kill to gather above my head.
"Is that necessary?" Faren asked, a little distrust in his eyes. Perhaps for him, my jumping in at the end was unnecessary. Well, everyone will surely think of that, they can finish it without after all.
That's why I pulled up an excuse. "Is it bad? I want to help as well. It's a skill I can only pull up once per hour but as you can see, it's a bit destructive."
"True. Besides, it saves us so ti to deal with it. Pick up the dropped stones and let's move onto the next." Monady stared at for a while before slowly nodding.
Observing the others' reactions, apart from Irja who had a slight smile on her face and Udann who's already used to dealing the last blow, Axter also had the sa expression as Faren. He also thought that my ddling is unnecessary.
Perhaps, my reason could convince them now but if I continue doing it, they might start suspecting sothing, especially if I suddenly broke through in front of their eyes when I got enough.
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Ti continued to pass and the number of golden statues indicated on the map started to dwindle. After that first instance, I didn't steal the kill for the second and third golden statues. Instead, being the one who's bombarding its head, Irja got the two kills. Only when it's the fourth statue did I swooped in again to get another kill, leading for my progress to steadily climb up to my next breakthrough.
And now, we're dealing against the fifth statue. At the mont, most of them are already too relaxed at taking it down.
With a smile on their faces, they're all in a good mood thinking about the basketball-sized stones that we got. No one knows how beneficial to use it yet but from how much energy is stored in it, they believe that it can help them progress in their Transcendent Pathway.
Going by the sa tactic that's already felt like a routine, the four were destroying the statue's legs while Irja continued to rain down different types of energy-based skills towards it, reducing the pressure on the four.
Like the first four instances, I kept letting my Transcendent Senses spread out.
When Monady and the others managed to take it down, my senses picked up sothing from the darkness from beyond the 100-ter mark, like a surge of energy from a rushing opponent.
Upon sensing that, I pulled out so of the Blast Stones we got and threw it in that direction.
Thanks to its explosions, the darkness parted for a bit revealing a tall figure covered in a yellowish aura dodging the other blasts following the first one.
"They're here!" I imdiately shouted upon spotting him even if I only managed to see one.
As soon as my words ended, I also sent out Energy Explosion Projectiles to the place I predicted he would appear from.
However, before the projectile hits, I clearly saw how the Energy Explosion Projectiles were deflected easily before the tall figure erged from the darkness.
"You four, no five. Are you having fun?" Along with a sowhat crazed laugh, the newcor stretched his arm and an overwhelming Energy gathered on his pointed finger.
Because Irja and I were beyond his 100-ter range, he only first saw the four surrounding the golden statue and changed it to five when he saw one of Irja's skills landing on it.
Upon taking in the face and figure of the newcor, I instantly recognized that he's not among those Gigant World denizens they were fighting against when Udann and I arrived in this space.
He's one of those scattered red circles. And judging from his Energy Intensity, the way he easily deflected my Energy Explosion Projectiles and how confident he sounds, this guy's UPL is probably more than 500 or 600 at worst. He's in the later parts of Rank 2 Transcendent!
Looking at him, there's that certain feeling that no matter what I do I will be able to beat him, alone. However, it's not as hopeless as when I was faced with Alwyn or Remilia.
"What the?! Are the scouts blind?" Ignoring his question, Monady almost cursed upon seeing the newcor. Judging from how she instinctively took a step back, she also felt the difference between the two of them.
Now… is he this confident because he thought no one can beat him or are there any other things at play here?
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