Chapter 30 - Dueling Dual Carlisle (1/2)

Even though Cynrik was enraged, he still had the common sense to start casting skills. ”Haste,” his first choice, was to activate his new skill for his Wind Affinity.

-Tier 0 Wind Affinity Skill-

-Haste - increases the user's Agility by 15 points for 3 minutes.-

-Cost 50 Mana Points-

Green whisps of Mana manifested around Cynrik's body as his movement speed nearly doubled. But, that wasn't all, ”Shadow Veil” the next skill he activated was the skill he'd shown Brance not long after he awoke his Darkness Affinity.

-Tier 0 Dark Affinity Skill-

-Shadow Veil – The user cloaks themselves in a thin mist of shadows to reduce their presence from anything within five levels of themselves. If its user receives, any damage mist will be dispursed-

-Cost 25 Mana Points to activate, 2 Mana Points per second to sustain-

Brance's eyes widened as he watched his brother's figure speed up and turn hazy. Then, not wanting to lose out, he activated Haste to catch up and took it a step further by using one of his Earth Skills.

-Tier 0 Earth Affinity Skill-

-Earth Skin- The user creates a thin skin-like membrane around their entire body made of Earth Elemental Mana, Increasing the user's Defence by 20%-

-Cost 20 Mana Points to activate, 2 Mana Points per second to sustain.-

Brance's pale skin changed into a rock-like texture as he took things one step further by activating his first newly acquired Light Affinity Skill targeting himself and Cynrik.

-Tier 0 Light Affinity Skill-

- Bless- The skill grants up to two targets +10 STR for 5 minutes.-

- Cost, 25 Mana Points per Target-

Using three Mana-based skills at once put some strain on Brance's MP, but, seeing how reckless Cynrik was rushing headlong into battle ”Leroy Jenkins” style, he took the chance to cast a STR buff on him.

The instant Cynrik cast Shadow Veil, the bears lost sight of him entirely and changed their target to Brance. Letting out a roar, one of the bears pulled ahead of its companion and met Brance head-on. But just before it collided with Brance's shield, it screamed in pain as blood began spouting from the right sides of its maw. Bear One slid to a stop with bloodshot eyes while thrashing its head side to side in confusion and agony.

Covered in his Shadow Veil, Cynrik had arrived first at the target and lashed out with his left arm. During the slashing, he formed his hand into a claw and tilted his wrist upward, triggering the mechanism on his gauntlet, which extended the hidden blade. Feeling his blade bite into the bear's flesh, Cynrik quickly retracted his left arm. Then, while still moving forward, he twisted his upper body 180 degrees before lashing out with his right arm, making the same motion and dealing a two-hit combo to the bear face before moving on towards Bear Two.

Brance didn't miss a beat; the second he arrived at the bleeding Bear One, he violently slammed his shield into the already bleeding bear's face causing a loud sound to echo in the surrounding area and subsequently gaining Bear One's attention.

{I'll hold Bear One's aggro while you take out Bear Two.} Using his shield to deflect the bear's paw, Brance gave Cynrik the go-ahead to focus on Bear Two.

Bear Two saw its companion fighting and wanted to rush its aid but was stopped by a stinging pain in both its left side legs; looking down, its pupils shrunk to pinholes seeing blood gushing from its ankles before it lost its balance and collapsed onto its shoulder. Cynrik had used his hidden blades to slice through Bear Two's Achilles tendons forcing it to collapse in one strike.

With a loud thud, Bear Two slammed into the ground and slid to a stop. Without hesitation, Cynrik pushed off the ground with his lead foot, spun mid-air, and landed on Bear Two's back.

In rapid succession, and without hesitation, he began rapidly stabbing Bear Two in its neck just behind the base of its skull with both hidden blades, digging them to the base of the blade before pulling them back and stabbing again.

Feeling the sudden weight gain on its back and the searing pain in its neck, Bear Two roared in pain as it frantically tried to remove the invader by any means. Thrashing about and trying to swat off Cynrik was useless; however, as he quickly drew the sword on his back and jammed it into the same spot, he had been rapid firing with his hidden blades.

”RAHHHHHH,” roaring in fury, Cynrik used all of his strength to stab the sword through the tough hide to the sword's hilt, subsequently severing its spine, silencing Bear Two, forcing its head to the ground, dead.