Blade of Tyranny - Chapter 55

Chapter 55: A Combo of Ice and Fire

Once out of the village, all five of them dashed towards the Wood Nymphs’ Forest, and reached the outskirts around twenty minutes later.

They promptly ventured inside, pushing forward continuously into the Heartlands and clearing away any nymphs they encountered on the way.

“Item sharing rules: all five of us would have different requirements since we are all different classes. If there are drops of items for other classes such as Thief, it would be auctioned in the party to the highest bidder, and everyone gets a share of the payment.” Nie Fan told the group beforehand, reasserting the party’s item sharing rules.

“I’m fine with that.” Wastrel said, spreading his hands.

Shadow Sadwind agreed to that sharing method as well, while Xue Yu and Lin Suyue naturally wouldn’t protest.

“We’ve almost reached the Heartlands.” Shadow Sadwind said beside them then; he was quite familiar with everything here.

“We’ll clear it in fifteen minutes.” Nie Fan added in the party channel. After all, he still had many things to do, not to mention that he had come to the Wood Nymphs’ Forest only to get the Skill Tome of Feral Lycanthropy. As such, he couldn’t afford to waste too much time here.

“Fifteen minutes?” Xue Yu was taken aback—that was too tight a timeframe.

“Clearing the Heartlands in fifteen minutes? No way. I heard others say that they only cleared it halfway after thirty minutes, and had to retreat since the last monsters were too powerful.” Shadow Sadwind said—it was as much as an exaggeration as it was impossible for Nie Fan’s declaration to clear the Heartlands in fifteen minutes.

“They’re them, and we’re us. Anyway, we have to work together when we enter.” Nie Fan said as he slid a glance at Wastrel over at another corner. He could tell that Wastrel actually has a strong ego despite his lazy appearance, and wouldn’t be too eager to follow others’ command.

“I’ll do what you ask if your commands aren’t mistaken.” Wastrel replied. The reason he never joined other groups before was because he found all the leaders unreliable and yet insisting on keeping command for themselves, and simply decided to leave and go solo after several party ventures. Still, he would like to see how Nie Fan would clear the Heartlands of the Wood Nymphs’ Forest in fifteen minutes.

“Alright, That’s a promise.” Nie Fan started towards the entrance of the Heartlands after getting Wastrel’s affirmation. A single screen of light was keeping them outside, and it would send a powerful repulsive force upon touch.

[System: Will you use the Nymph Heart to enter the Heartlands of the Wood Nymphs’ Forest?]

Yes!

The Nymph Heart in Nie Fan’s bag turned into a streak of white light then, and was gone in a flash.

With the Nymph Heart used, Nie Fan walked a few steps ahead and could enter the screen without being obstructed.

Xue Yu and the others followed after seeing him do it.

“Wastrel, you’ll be in charge of luring monsters.” Nie Fan said, before turning to Xue Yu and Lin Suyue, “You two will be in charge of healing.

“How many on one batch?” Wastrel asked in return, turning towards him.

“Anything goes. As long as it’s within your limit!” Nie Fan said.

Wastrel was quiet for a moment even as he looked into Nie Fan’s eyes, before dashing off ahead.

There were six Level 25 Black Nymphs moving up front, and Wastrel rushed towards them to unleash a Willbreaker Howl. As [-2] and [-3] damage signs began to pop up over the Black Nymphs’ head, they roared and charged towards them.

Wastrel retreated while continuing to lure them. He did not do so blindly, and was instead always switched paths so that the Black Nymphs up front would obstruct the advance of the Black Nymphs to the rear, so that only two Black Nymphs could attack him at any moment.

It was obvious from Wastrel’s footwork that he has good technique, and he was probably only Level 24 because solo leveling was too slow for Warriors.

Meanwhile, Xue Yu and Lin Suyue kept casting heals on Wastrel, refilling his HP.

At the same time, Shadow Sadwind picked a target to cast a barrage of spells.

Bang, bang, bang! Damage points above hundred appeared over the Black Nymph’s head—Shadow Sadwind’s attack was indeed quite high, although he was left dumfounded by what he saw in the very next second.

Nie Fan had summoned a thick and firm Bloodthirsty Vine out of the ground that coiled tightly around another Black Nymph. The Vine then slapped the creature with a few loud thuds, and damage signs around four to five hundred popped up over the Black Nymph’s head.

‘Is that… a vine spell?’

After that, Nie Fan immediately launched Black Oil at another Black Nymph before shooting a Mini Fireball at it. Flames ignited instantly like fireworks with a bang, and [-600] damage signs began to appear continuously over that Black Nymph’s head too.

Fire spells had higher damage since the Black Nymphs were vulnerable to fire!

And soon enough, both Black Nymphs dropped to the ground.

Nie Fan himself was quite satisfied with the carnage he wrought. Things were definitely different after changing items as he thought, and after easily killing off two Black Nymphs, he proceeded to the next one.

On the other hand, Shadow Sadwind felt a little dizzy.

What damage was that!? The attacking power of those spells were five times his own and certainly horrific!

Nonetheless, Nie Fan had also stirred Shadow Sadwind’s competitiveness. With a low cry, he shot a Freezing Sphere at one of the Black Nymphs, and even as it erupted with a loud bang that froze the creature, he followed it up with Flame Burst that exploded with a thundering rumble. The Black Nymph was sent stumbling backwards, with damage over three hundred showing up on its head.

A combo of ice and fire!

Nie Fan stared at Shadow Sadwind in surprise. He did not expect him to have such a killing move—the data his father left him had listed the ice and fire combo as well, but it was also limited to the two spells: Flame Burst and Freezing Sphere. They could work together to deal exponential damage, and was more fearsome than the Black Oil and Mini Fireball combo.

After all, those spells weren’t novice skills like Black Oil and Mini Fireball which could be learned in the village library. Both Flame Burst and Freezing Sphere were rarer and could only be learnt after Level 20.

Still, in spite of the vicious chain effect, the damage dealt could hardly match Nie Fan’s Black Oil and Mini Fireball combo since Shadow Sadwind only had both at Level 2. Nie Fan’s skills were on the other hand a stunning Level 5!

Shadow Sadwind was naturally taken aback that his own combo did not even deal half the damage Nie Fan did.

In fact, he was far too lacking, and felt a profound dejection even as he looked at Nie Fan.

“That’s a good combo, but it still makes sense that your skill damage is lower than my Black Oil and Mini Fireball combo. After all, my skills are already level five.” Nie Fan could tell what Shadow Sadwind was thinking.

Shadow Sadwind was relieved at those words. So that was the reason: Nie Fan actually had two Level 5 skills. That said, he also could tell that Nie Fan’s Bloodthirsty Vines wouldn’t be low leveled or it would not be so strong that it could slay one Black Nymph by itself.

In no time at all, Nie Fan killed off five Black Nymphs while Shadow Sadwind got one as well.

Meanwhile, Wastrel stared at the corpses littering the ground in shock. He stared at Nie Fan, his eyes full of mixed feelings.

No wonder he was bold enough to say that they could clear the place in fifteen minutes. He’s a freak!