Pride Online

Chapter 167: Unexpected Technique Part V

“...What would you say, Lucy? Should we stop here?”

Finally, Wisana spoke up again, opening his palm at the other as he asked.

“Right now, all your abilities have already been disabled by me. And you’re also having two curses in your status like this, we can count this as a condition for being unable to fight, right?”

Lucy did not say anything in reply, because she could not. And at that moment, she was desperately trying to pull these disgusting knives out of her arm. Her amber eyes which used to look calm were now flashing with burning anger.

“They can’t be pulled out, except it’s me who does it.”

Wisana gave the answer that made Lucy pause, then she gazed up at him.

“...UGH!!”

She groaned out of her throat like she was extremely frustrated. Then she launched herself straight at Wisana instantly. Even though her speed when she did that did not drop at all, she did not have any magic points left, so it was impossible for her to use the Jumper.

“...Unnecessary convictions.”

The cocky one curled up an amused smile, but he did not even think about evading. He was just standing there still, waiting for the other to directly attack him. ...And Lucy responded to that arrogant manner by spin-kicking his stomach harshly. But the second her foot hit Wisana’s body, she felt like she just kicked in a thick kind of metal!

300!

THUD!

A ridiculously small number popped up above Wisana’s head, while the one who was bouncing off was Lucy herself. In fact, she caused some damage to this guy in front of her here, but she was the one who was blown away!

“Did you forget about my armor points that immensely increased?” Wisana shrugged. “...My movement speed might be dropped to the same level as a snail, but you, whose all the MP got sucked away, will never be able to attack through my armors.”

“...Tch!”

Lucy sprang herself upward to stand quickly. Her eyes looked down at the knives stuck in her arm as she clenched her jaws tightly.

Did that guy plan all of this from the start,

Or did he just figure it out the second that he got attacked?

If it was actually her second guess, then this guy was an absolute monster!

Then Lucy sprinted forward, aiming to attack once more. But this time, Wisana just did not stand still anymore. He brought his inventory window up, before smiling delightedly. Seeing that, Lucy paused, hurriedly stepping back, because she did not know what kind of weird items this man would possibly bring out to attack her!

But it turned out to be just a couple of potion bottles.

One was for maximum HP restoring, the black potion.

And the other one was to restore magic points and dispel debuffs, the blue potion.

“...Don’t worry. I just want to relieve a bit of the curse and restore my HP, too, just in case. Because if I get hit by you one more time, I’ll be put in an awfully long sleep for sure.”

After he finished, he drank the potions right away, making green numbers pop up above his head, say 20,000. At the same time, there was also a bright light circling around him as a sign that the slow curse had already been cured.

Then his amber eyes glanced up to catch with the blonde girl’s.

“You’re really not giving up now, right, Lucy?”

The question was answered by Lucy putting her boxing guard up. And that got a small sigh out of Wisana.

“It can’t be helped, then. But be careful. I’m still unable to control their power, you know.”

POOF!

Right after his words, the tall figure disappeared from her sight completely. Then, the wind blew past her, making her flinch. And suddenly he showed up behind her at the speed of Jumper skill. And of course, Lucy’s eyes could still catch up with this kind of speed, no doubt.

Even her abilities were disabled, but her speed did not drop down that much!

She thought as her slender hand slapped back with full force, making Wisana hold his hand up to defend that attack instantly. Obviously, Lucy would not let go of the chance of the other approaching her to waste, so she turned and attacked him in a big combo quickly!

However, this time, all her attacks were totally ineffective. Not only that Wisana just easily dodged them, but it was also that he could read right through every movement of the enemy’s techniques.

That was what Wisana was doing. ...The young man could already avoid Lucy’s attacks from when she just started clenching her fist, even. Moreover, sometimes, Wisana had already bent himself away before Lucy even finished thinking.

He was moving as if...

As if he knew what she was thinking!

After attacking for quite a while, here came her carelessness. Even though it was just by a split second, it was still enough to cause a disaster. Wisana took the chance in that blink of an eye to draw a weapon that was hanging around his chest out. The amber eyes of the girl widened as she was shocked. But in the blink of an eye, there was no way for her to get away with this.

CHUNK!

As expected, that cursed knife stabbed her shoulder deep to its whole length, making the slender one step back away instantly.

But no damage points were popping up anywhere. In fact, she did not feel different at all.

“...I guess I missed the fatal spot a bit.”

Wisana’s voice spoke up with a smile that looked regretful. Unlike Lucy, she held the other hand to touch that knife, while she was bringing up her information screen to check. Because she did not know what kind of awful curse this guy could possibly put her in again!

“Don’t worry. It’ll act up soon enough.”

The cheeky one answered like he could hear her thoughts. And Lucy clenched her jaws as she looked like she was about to sprint in and continue attacking him. Then, the young man held his hand up in front of him to stop her.

“5...”

He said as he lowered one finger down. And of course, Lucy raised her eyebrows confusedly.

“4... 3... 2... 1... and boom.”

BOOM!!!

79,310!

At the end of Wisana’s counting down and lowering all of his fingers, a large thunderbolt struck down right on Lucy’s head with full force. At the same time, the damage points popped up as that slender figure collapsed onto the ground!

There was obviously a black burn on her body. Even though she was not dead yet, the body still got affected by the thunderbolt that suddenly struck down on her.

“...See, if I could stab that knife right into your chest instead, it would have been over by now,” Wisana said as he sighed. “...At such a disadvantage, you still managed to dodge the attack on your fetal spot anyway. You’re obviously like a monster.”

No, you are the monster!

Lucy shouted in her mind. ...How did it turn out like this? A while ago, she was totally predominating in the fight. Also, her levels were many times higher than his, too. But with one attack and those two curses, that was when she got adverse and now, she was the one losing.

He was already this good while he was only on level 48.

And when his level was up to a hundred, who would be able to fight this guy then?!

“...Well, can you give up now?”

Wisana asked the same question again. But with these words, Lucy started raging and wanting to fight again. It was true that she was losing him in every way. But why would she let him win so easily when technically she was way beyond this guy?

Also, for that annoying tricky way in his fighting.

And for his cocky grin on her nerves.

She would never give in to him that easily!

Then the slender figure that was all injured tried to get up again strugglingly. The wound from the lightning blade started fading away with the knife, telling her that the thunderbolt curse only worked once at a cut.

...That was the chance for her to keep fighting!

After that, Lucy pointed to Wisana with her right hand immediately. ...Her action looked like she was casting some magic spell. Seeing that, Wisana narrowed his eyes instantly. She had been silenced, and there was no way that she would be able to cast a spell now, right? ...But why was she acting like that? His instinct also warned him that this woman was about to do something that could cause him death!

As fast as he thought, there were sparks of red and black light circling around the tip of Lucy’s fingers, swirling as they gathered into a small ball of energy. ...After that, it blended in that hand of hers, causing an immense amount of pressure that made the whole area shake again.

“...This is bad. She’s about to use that!”