Chapter 47 - T...Titans? (1/2)

Arriving at the door, Brance watched as his brother nimbly and barely dodged each of Burts's attacks. He couldn't help but find it ridiculous as he watched the grown man who stood well over six feet tall swing wildly at a child who barely stood at three and a half feet tall, jump and roll around the room just out of reach.

To add to the insanity, as he moved around the room, Cynrik was accurately narrating the whole fight.

{Overhand swing with left arm, forward dash, left front kick, followed by rapid jab strike with the left, JUMP, annnnd backflip...} Cynrik ended the chain of action with a well-timed backflip that put him just out of danger from an incoming dagger strike.

Cynrik's eyes darted away from the behemoth attacking him towards the door, where he saw his brother standing frozen in place, watching the fight occur. {OI, TOSS ME A GLOWLY BUFF OR SOMETHIN, I'M DYIN HERE!}

Seeing the momentary pause in combat, Brance snapped out of his daze and cast a Light Affinity skill called Minor Heal on Cynrik.

- Tier 0 Light Affinity Skill –

- Minor Heal – Creates a small orb of Light Mana that heals the target's HP; the amount of HP recovered uses the following formula, Users INT X MIND / User Level-

-Cost 30 MP

- Cooldown = 1 minute 30 seconds

A baseball-sized white glowing orb blinked into existence, shot from Brance's outstretched hand, and collided with Cynriks left arm.

- You have been healed for 96 HP-

- Current HP 211/460 –

When the small orb burst on his arm, Cynrik felt a stinging sensation spread through his body as it started to heal the damage he had sustained quickly. Brance had used this skill on him several times during their training in the HBTC, and while it could replenish health points and even instantly heal minor injuries, it would do nothing for broken bones or, in this case, the cracked ribs that were forcing him to take short sharp breaths.

{This room's too small, and we cant fight together against this oaf.} Taking a step back, Cynrik glanced around the room, trying to develop an idea to handle Burt, but was coming up short.

” YOU BRAT, WHERE ARE MY KIDS!” After only a few seconds, Burt began his assault again and was back to chasing Cynrik around the room, giving Cynrik no time to focus on formulating any viable options.

While Cynrik was back to jumping and dodging, Brance was waiting for the cooldown for his Minor Heal. Although he could rush in and try blocking some of the attacks, he was fully aware of the strength Burt held. His shield was nearly bent in half after only a single strike earlier, and while he may be able to take a couple more attacks head-on, he had a feeling he'd only end up in the way. Unfortunately, Brance wasn't as quick or agile as Cynrik, so all he could do was toss heals like a cleric until his brother came up with some sort of idea.

'Fuck, ok, Brance is stuck over there for now. Since this room is barely big enough for me to move around thanks to my size, if he jumped in, I'd have to reduce my movement radius by more than half. The only good thing is that he could act as a meatshield temporarily, giving me a chance to start stacking up damage.'

Cynrik's brain was in overdrive as he frantically lept forward, narrowly avoiding Burt's dagger yet again, and rolled under his legs before popping back to his feet behind Burt. Using his SunFlare, Cynrik hacked at the tree trunk-sized leg directly in front of him; then, he would swap back and forth with his ISS attacking the same point with fluid motions.

'Shit, each one of my attacks is only leaving white scratches on him; at best, I'm making a single point of damage per hit; the hell is this freak made of iron? Tobs, can you use my memories to generate some kind of HP/MP bar I can see while in combat?'

- Generating a heads up display that only the Host can view will cost 30 SP per Host-

{Brance, don't freak out. I'm givin us a HUD.} Cynrik jumped up and used Burt as a springboard flinging himself several feet away and landing just in front of Brance. {Tobs, do it for both of us.}

- Deducting 60 of 80 available skill points. -

- Generating Host's Heads Up Display (HUD). -

- Synchronizing HUD with Host's Inspect Skill.-

- The Host has designated three stats to be shown.-

- Showing Target's Level to the left of the HUD.-

- Showing Target's Health Points (HP) in red.-

- Showing Target's Mana Points (MP) in blue.-

Just like in video games, two thin bars in each of the designated colors materialized and hovered directly above Burt's head.

- HUD has been generated; the HUD will appear over the target when the Host uses Inspect. -