Infinite Realm

"Haha. Leave him be, let me handle him." Swift Blade chuckled as he ran towards Rock.

Sato stared at him with a visible frown on his face but in the end, he left Rock to the hands of Swift Blade to do as he pleased.

It wasn't that Sato was scared of Swift Blade neither was it because he didn't have enough strength to beat Rock, on the contrary he had more than enough strength to do so.

Sato chose to take a step back and let his ally handle the the opponent because he felt that there was no reason for him to struggle for the kill. As a 'righteous player', he couldn't receive experience from killing a player and since he already got a valuable loot from Devis' death, he felt that there was no need for him to struggle for Rock's life. Rather than sow a potential seed of hatred in his ally, that could possible tear the team further apart,Sato decided to retreat.

On the good side Sato could make this ally of his see him a brighter light plus he could also use this period to recover his HP and also wait out his skill's cool-down. On the bad side, he would lose out on a possible loot which the value and rank is unknown and possibly offend the man. With his opponent's strength and support, it would be better for Sato not to get in a conflict with him unnecessarily. Any sensible man would see the right choice and take it.

Rather than chase after an unknown prize, Sato obviously chose to settle for the best viable option. Of course, this didn't mean that he would he take a step back when a great treasure is presented before him.

Putting his hand into his bag, Sato took out a health vial and downed its contents into his throat. At the same time, he set his sights on the battle in front between the players and the boss.

Sato didn't worry much about Yukino facing off Three Kills after all she was a titled Pinnacle expert. To have gotten her title as a 'Queen' Yukino must have had the strength to back it up. Also, Sato was trying his best to avoid any big figure so the idea of helping Yukino was quickly banished from his thoughts.

. . . . .

"Krawww !"

With the improvements he[1] had received from the talent [Limit Breaker], Sygrart's strength had increased a bit. Normally the players would have been able to handle it but since they had divided, with most of the physical class players busying themselves with Sinland, it became quite a difficult chore for them to handle Sygrart by themselves alone. Despite that, they still held on, thanks to the combined effort of Chesces' commands, Griffin's MT abilities and the timely assists from the mages.

"You humans have humiliated me far enough. Die!"

Sygrart roared as he used both hands and conjured a spear of flames that took form in front of him while a shield enveloped around him.

It seemed that Sygrart was vexed at the fact that despite the reduction in their numbers, his foes were still able to hold him back.Thanks to the games engine and mechanics, this anger resulted in a further slight increase in Sygrart's strength on top of the effects of the [Limit Breaker] talent. This was reflected in the spear that just took form.

Unlike the previous green flames Sygrart had been using, this one had a bit of blue mixed within it, giving it an ethereal and alluring look. Despite looking fascinating and exceptional to the eye, this attack was extremely deadly. Like the saying, all that glitters isn't necessarily gold, this attack was in no way 'gold' to the players despite its dazzling appearance. The flaming spear was an utter confirmation of the saying 'danger hides in beauty'.

Even with the distance between them and the attack, the players' alarm senses were not just tingling but ringing, you could even say it was roaring. The air around the spear had even heated up and became somewhat twisted and wavy due to the high temperature.

"If that hits me, then I'm gone…" Griffin said in shock.

"Then don't let it!" Chesces yelled. "Mages, interrupt him!"

The mages began casting spells and launching it at Sygrart but because of the shield around him, their attacks didn't affect him. The melee players didn't dare to get close because they were afraid that the spear would suddenly launch at them.

"Hehehe." Sygrart grinned before pointing both his hands that formed the spear towards Griffin. As he did so, the flaming spear that took form a bit ahead of him, also pointed over to Griffin.

"[Minor Bulwark] !" Griffin roared as he raised his shield to an appropriate height to properly intercept the attack.

Seeing that this attack was even stronger than the previous ones, Kylian decided to stop holding back and yelled

"[Nature's Buff] !" [2]

The [Nature's Buff] spell was a high level spell that he had found in a field hunt. Though it couldn't be described as an OP buff spell, its effect were still alright for current players but it is even more useful for MT classes.

Despite seeing all their actions, Sygrart still kept his grin on. Pushing his hands forward a bit, Sygrart propelled the flaming spear and with a 'boom', it set off towards Griffin.

'Impressive' Chesces was inwardly awe-struck by the speed of the attack.

If even Chesces was impressed by the speed, less should be said of Griffin, who was the spear's target.

'Shit!' Griffin inwardly cursed.

Of course, as the target of the attack, Griffin wasn't in the position to admire the attack.

*Boom*!

A loud explosion sounded out as the spear collided with Griffin's shield.

"Did he survive?" Even as Kylian wanted ti complete his statement, they saw a figure fly out from the smoke before landing 5 metres away.

"Griffin!"

Indeed, the body that flew out belonged to Griffin however, he wasn't quite dead yet.

"Where's the boss?" Fudo suddenly asked.

"!!!" Everyone turned towards where the boss originally stood with shock in their eyes.

"Arghhh!!!" A scream sounded out.

"That's…" Chesces abruptly turned towards where the mages stood.

What awaited his sight was the boss standing close to Drunken Hog. No, not just standing close to, more like Sygrart held Drunken Hog by the neck like a chicken awaiting to be slaughtered.

"Damn, how did he get behind us so quickly?" Chesces cursed.

Even though he asked this, Chesces already knew part of it, he was still surprised. The idea behind the boss's move was that the boss had made use of the explosion, which resulted from the collision of the flaming arrow and Griffin, to form a distraction. Rather than finishing off Griffin as one would normally expect, Sygrart used him as a distraction and then sneaked over to the mages' side. With everyone's focus on griffin, they had temporarily forgotten about Sygrart as they wanted to know whether their MT was still safe and sound. This easily gave Sygrart the chance to go behind them and capture one of the players and the players, who were still stuck in their old-fashioned thoughts and ideas about monsters, never expected this to happen.

From this, it could be seen that they still hadn't completely adjusted to facing a monster with true intellect, unlike those puppets that only pay attention to the MT or the highest damage dealer.

"Die."

*Crack*

*Boom* *boom* *boom*

Sygrart continuously applied pressure to Drunken Hog's neck till it broke while also bombarding his body with fireballs, using his free hand. Under such continuous onslaught and with a very serious critical damage, Drunken Hog's body had given up his ghost.

"Damn." Chesces cursed but he didn't dare to rush towards Sygrart. He was but a false MT, if he actually dashed towards the boss, he would be doing nothing more than jumping into the mouth of a tiger. Only with Griffin by his side could he manage to hold the boss back.

. . . . .

'It looks like they won't last that long…'

AN :

Once again, the boss is described with 'he' rather than 'it'. Its official, unless I'm addressing an inanimate creature.

[2] [Nature's Buff] : Active : Increase basic attributes by 5% with a 7% increase in [Endurance] and [Vitality]. There's also a +5% buff in [Mana Affinity] for mages.

Cool-down : 30 seconds.

[3] Emperor's Might gained a lot from their field battles so don't be surprised anymore.. The forces they can mobilize is far beyond the other guilds.