Notifications of kills and life gains continued flashing rapidly across Moon's vision as the slaughter continued within the concealing mist.
'Killing humans is profitable compared to hunting beasts,' Moon thought as his lives total climbed higher with every attack.
Within sixty seconds of creating the fog cover, more than forty awakeners and fifty creatures had been permanently eliminated, their bodies scattered across what had beco a graveyard.
The commanding figure who had been watching with his crossed arms, slowly relaxed his stance, his right hand moving to the sword sheath at his waist.
~Shing-swish~
The blade slid from its sheath without resistance.
"He's both powerful and cunning," the swordsman muttered to nobody in particular.
Then, he turned toward the massive S-Rank hedgehog positioned beside him. "We will fight him together. There's no advantage to risking unnecessary injury, especially when reinforcents might arrive to support him soon. He was foolish to engage this many alone, we need to take advantage of that before it's too late."
The hedgehog acknowledged the swordsman's words with a rumbling roar of agreent.
Both the beast and swordsman waited in silence with a handful of surviving subordinates, their eyes focused on a silhouette that began erging slowly from the edge of the fog bank.
"Open fire!" the swordsman commanded imdiately.
Long-range awakeners began unleashing their attacks at the approaching figure, while the hedgehog contributed by launching two of its sharp spikes through the air like spears.
Multiple attacks converged on the target at once. The figure had barely cleared the mist's edge when the barrage of attacks struck him at once. But as the attacks landed and the target collapsed, the outcasts all had looks of shock on their faces. The swordsman remained calm. Clearly, this outco was a possibility that he had anticipated when calling for the attack.
It wasn't their intended enemy—it was one of their own awakeners, severely injured and stumbling blindly from the fog in desperate search of safety.
The wounded outcast had been desperately escaping the hidden enemy that had taken almost all of his lives when friendly fire struck him down. He died instantly, his few remaining lives extinguished by his own allies.
The mont the outcasts recognized their mistake, a massive fireball erupted from their blind spot.
The hedgehog and swordsman, with their sharp reflexes and combat experience, imdiately leaped away from the blast zone and managed to escape the worst of the damage.
Their subordinates weren't nearly fast enough.
BOOM!
The explosion consud the remaining defenders entirely, reducing them to charred corpses that would never respawn again.
Looking at his permanently dead subordinates scattered around the blast crater, the swordsman turned toward Moon with a deep frown of both anger and growing dread.
"How... how are you killing them instantly? Death should only cost lives, not end existence entirely!"
Moon erged from the fog for real this ti, calm and collected.
"Why don't you find out for yourself?" Moon replied in amusent.
Lightning began crackling nacingly around both of his hands as he prepared to launch an attack directly at the swordsman.
ZAP!
The hedgehog reacted with incredible speed, releasing one of its massive thorns in an attempt to intercept the lightning attack.
The lightning bolt struck the thorn instead of its intended target, lightning arcing across the beast's natural weapon.
The swordsman seized his mont of opportunity, launching himself forward in a rapid charge towards Moon.
"Cover !" he shouted to his S-rank beast companion as he crossed dozens of ters within seconds, his blade positioned perfectly to decapitate Moon's head in a single clean strike.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Massive thorns began flying toward Moon from the hedgehog's position.
Moon ignored the flying thorns that could kill S-Rankers entirely, focusing his attention on the incoming swordsman. The thorns weren't guided, which made his decision much simpler. By engaging at close range with the human opponent, the S-rank beast would struggle to find clear shots without risking friendly fire. And by the ti it managed to adjust its strategy, Moon planned to have already finished this confrontation.
Whilst he could kill it using lighting Raiju, Moon decided to keep it. Fighting two S-Rank opponents rarely ca as an opportunity. 'They will be good training partners. I also have new skills to comprehend…'
Moon imdiately activated his class slot skill, absorbing the swordsman's entire skill set in an instant.
[Class Slot {1/1}]
[Class: Swordmaster]
[Skills: Piercing Sword, Bird Dance]
[Duration: 24 hours]
———
[Piercing Sword]
[Rank: Uncommon]
[Proficiency: 0%]
[Details: You are proficient with the sword, whether its to attack or parry.Your sword strikes have a 10% Armor Piercing Effect]
———
[Bird Dance]
[Rank: Epic]
[Proficiency: 0%]
[Details: Unleashes a rapid, flowing sequence of slashes that mimics the unpredictable flight patterns of birds. Attack speed 10%. Attack power 10%.]
He retrieved an A-rank sword from his storage ring—one of many weapons he'd acquired from the outcasts he'd eliminated earlier.
The swordsman scoffed with obvious contempt. "A mage thinks he can compete with in swordsmanship? Against an S-rank with a unique Swordmaster class? Presumptuous!"
Their blades t in a thunderous clash of steel against steel.
The swordsman's expression instantly changed from arrogance to pure shock as Moon executed a sword technique he knew very well.
"Impossible... How are you using my own skill?" the Swordmaster stamred, his earlier confidence vanishing.
Moon's lightning discharged at the mont of contact, stunning his opponent for a crucial split second. He pressed his advantage ruthlessly, landing a deep gashing strike across the swordsman's chest that sent blood spraying across the battlefield.
The wounded fighter leaped backward to create distance as soon as the stun vanished, but Moon pursued relentlessly, his movents becoming more graceful with each passing mont.
Fear began to take root in the swordsman's heart as he realized sothing that went against everything he knew about awakeners, their powers and the system. Moon was growing stronger with every second that passed, his mastery improving in real-ti.
'He is not a hybrid. A hybrid can never be this strong at magic and swordsmanship. What is he? A dual class…such a thing exists?'
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