A Girl's Life in a Gaming World

Alex has long woken up from the feeling of her skin burning from the fire and black smoke choking her throat. She tapped Ezekiel's shoulders countless of times, giving him a sign that she was awake. 

However she noticed that her body was not in its optimal state to fight, so she decided to continue pretending to be unconscious. She wanted to catch the enemy off guard, and since both of them learned morse code with their family's military background, she told him her plan while she continued her act. 

The fire around them continues to drop her health to rock bottom. It was only thanks to Ezekiel's healing that she took her time to creating a plan. But after running for so long they are now running out of time. They need to move fast or else Ezekiel's health will also hit rock bottom soon, and he can't heal the both of them simultaneously. They only have one try of catching the enemy off guard, and if they fail, it will truly be the end of them. 

And soon, the opportunity came with them being separated from the fireball's blast. Thanks to the advantage of having low visibility due to the smoke rising from the area. The goblin shaman now has to focus his attention on one of them. And just as they expected, the goblin shaman focused his attention on her. 

Perhaps she angered the enemy so much that even though she was defenseless on the ground, he still used large-scale magic to kill her. Or maybe he runs out of magic to use; she'll never know. But it was thanks to the tornado he casted that her plan ran smoothly. 

The raging tornado converged the fire and the black smoke in the area around it, lowering the visibility around them more. And with this, she managed to go move unnoticed, leading to their successful surprise attack. 

"..."

The moment Alexandria suddenly appeared behind Ezekiel. The goblin shaman was surprised for a moment; he thought that the magic he used was enough to engulf her whole. But seeing her awkward movements, he can tell that she is almost at her death's door. 

Facing Alexandria's fist, the goblin shaman's eyes flashed with a hint of disdain. In his eyes, her fist can't do a thing against his barrier when she hasn't even broken the barrier when he used his friend's staff. How can her mere fist break his barrier? 

Neglecting her attack, he conjured ice spears to finish them off once and for all. However, just when the sixth ice spear is about to be conjured. The wooden staff that had bounced off from the barrier earlier came flying back right at him, aimed at his throat with greater speed and momentum. And just as he expected, the attack did nothing to his barrier at all. 

On the other hand, before the staff completely bounced off from his barrier, Alexandria finally arrived in front of him. The goblin shaman let out a cold snort, the killing intent in his eyes intensified. He stopped casting his magic midway as various strands of cold air were spreading out around him, sending a shudder through anyone who would take a look at it. He launched the eight ice spears at her. Even with the burning forest around them, the coldness was still intense! 

Frowning slightly, Alex had no choice but to give up charging forward. With a step of her right foot, she dashed to one side and leaned backward at the same time. Since she is at a point-blank range, the tip of a spear almost grazed her chin. 

Seeing that the staff was halfway from bouncing off the barrier, Alex hurriedly pushed backwards with her right feet, returning her body to an upright position. At the same time, she reached out the right arm she was hiding from the goblin shaman's eyes with bulging muscles and popping veins in front of him. 

"Dragon's Art," Taking a deep breath, Alex whispered in the air as she focused all of her energy on her clenched fingers, then thrust it at the wooden staff. 

"Dragon's Overlapping Fist, Tenfold!!" Alex roared as her fist connected with the staff. While the staff collided with the barrier, unexpectedly creating a resounding explosion. Afterwards, Alex was sent flying backwards, while in midair, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Clenching her teeth, she managed to do a flip. After landing on the ground, she had to take five steps backwards in a shaky manner before she can stabilize her footing. She had already pushed her body to its limits three times in a row, with each time leaving her in a more difficult situation. 

An unbearable pain spread up from her fist, which was eventually stopped by her on the shoulder by pressing an acupoint. Her entire right arm was now ghastly pale as it hung on the side. She could not even feel it at all.

However, she didn't have the time to examine her body as she noticed the cracks in the goblin shaman's barrier. She is unwilling to give her enemy a chance to take a breather. So with her crippled right arm and tattered body, she raised her left fist, her eyes glittered with ferocity. Then she forcefully pushed her feet off the ground and charged at the goblin shaman. 

The goblin shaman's eyes were filled with horror and disbelief, and there was even a trace of... bafflement. He watched as his barrier trembled from their attack. However, his nightmare had just started; the entire barrier started trembling nonstop. Afraid that his barrier would break, he raised his staff and channeled more mana in it to further strengthen its defense. 

He is clueless of what she did with his barrier. At first, the force of impact had not been powerful. But in a matter of seconds, wave after wave of pressure suddenly exploded, just like how a nail was driven into a wall. When hit continuously, these waves of pressure spread out nonstop from the tip of the staff and surged straight up through all over his barrier. The wooded staff slowly continued to penetrate as a force of impact pushed the staff in the same spot again and again. Three or four times would have been nothing at all. Five or six times would have been bearable. But, when attacked by more than eight times, even if he poured in all his mana in the barrier, it could not withstand it!

The barrier trembled so hard as if they were about to snap, and it seemed to be giving off light crackles. A layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead as he poured more mana on his barrier. Yet, his effort seems to be wasted as the tenth wave of Alex's fist strike came pierced the goblin shaman's barrier. 

"Noooo!!!" The goblin shaman screeched in panic as he watched his barrier disappear in thin air.