Chapter 60 - Reaching Their Limits... (1/2)

Kicking off the ground creating a small shock wave, Cynrik charged forward at the screaming Myer. As he moved, Cynrik channeled Dark Mana into his hidden blades before unsheathing them, ”Can take down an Elephant.” And jumping at Myer, who was angrily grabbing at his stump of an arm.

Cynrik ignored his body's protest as he willed himself to exceed the limits of his adolescent body. Pumping his legs as hard as he could, Cynrik accelerated faster than ever before, leaving a trail of afterimages as he appeared in front of Myer and started rapidly hacking away at the man with his Darkness Mana clad hidden blades.

Myer, who was still in excruciating pain, lost his cool entirely and began trading blows with the boy, who seemed to move as if he didn't even have bones. After landing a strike, Cynrik would bend his body at awkward angles and easily dodge the punches or kicks fired by Myer, causing the man to get angrier by the second.

What was frustrating him the most was how each attack he took seemed to deposit some kind of foreign poison into his skin. The small child dodged each of his attacks, causing Myer to believe the kid had eyes all over his body. No matter which way he threw a punch or kick, the kid would simply bend and dodge it while countering with two of his attacks.

With Frustration and rage spilling over, Myer activated his Killing Intent and Aura together in an attempt to slow the child down, but even that seemed to be useless.

Feeling the sudden increase in gravity, Cynrik dashed just out of its range and started firing off small fireballs until he saw the hazy mirage signifying the increased gravity disappear.

Contrary to the impression Myer had, Cynrik didn't have a massive field of view or a multitude of different eyes. Instead, he accurately read all of the subtle muscle movements Myer was emitting. In the first couple back and forth trades of blows, Cynrik had already picked up on Myer's fighting patterns and was using these to accurately judge the timing and direction of the incoming attacks before moving his body just enough to dodge the attack.

Unfortunately, Cynrik couldn't keep this up for much longer, and he knew it. Flicking his eyes to the notification window floating just to his left, he caught sight of his current Stats and had to stifle a scoff.

: HP 209/650 :

: Mana 72/411 :

: Stamina 98/325 :

'Fuck…' He couldn't help but swear after seeing how low his main three Stats were. Then, splitting his attention and doing a quick internal check on his body while once again dodging a swift snap kick that would have hit his head, Cynrik saw just how bad of shape he was in. 'My breathing is labored, and it actually hurts to inhale; I must have multiple fractures or even a broken rib or two. My legs and arms feel like they're on fire, and even my shoulders are screaming at me. This cant continue.'

Cynirk performed an aerial flip and delivered a kick directly to Myer's neck, whipping his upper body to the left and taking him off his feet, catapulting him into one of the cell doors. While in the air, Cynrik glanced at Brance and saw his brother was struggling back to his feet before landing on one knee with his left leg extending out to his side.

{Brance, status report.} Getting a quick word in, Cynrik jumped back into combat and began trading blows with Myer again.

Brance had been lying face-first on the ground for nearly five whole minutes. The first minute or so, he was unconscious, but upon hearing his brother taunting Myer, he had woken up and spent the remainder of the time allowing his high VIT to rapidly recover his body and tossing hidden Minor Heals on himself, bringing his HP back to full but rapidly draining his MP.

In fact, he had even obtained a new passive skill in doing this.

-Minor Regeneration: Using the Mana, and Stamina of the user, automatically heals any injury they receive. Speed of healing increases depending on the users, VIT Stat. This skill HAS HIGH CONSUMPTION OF USERS MANA AND STAMINA.-

At first, he was excited by the prospect of having an auto-regeneration passive, but after healing all of his injuries and seeing how low his Mana and Stamina had fallen, he became apprehensive.

: HP 960/960 :

: Mana 106/326:

: Stamina 147/480 :

To heal all his injuries, he had nearly emptied his MP, and even his Stamina was reaching dangerous levels. When Cynrik finally spoke to him, Brance acted as if he was still in pain and slowly getting to his feet.

{I'm fine, MP and Stam are low as hell, but I can get back in the fight.}

This was all Cynrik needed to hear; by placing several well-timed kicks and slashes with his hidden blades, he was able to turn control Myer, so he had his back facing Brance and giving his brother a window of opportunity to launch a sneak attack.