Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~

Chapter 670: Wind God Vess' trial (2)

as the walls started getting brighter, they moved to the center of the building where the wind god vess was. the ground beneath them looked like a grid of graph paper.

the wind god vess was floating in front of them, looking away uninterested.

"we'll get through today."

standing in front of luvanka, shea declared with determination.

'i'm tired of hearing you say that all the time. though actually, it was fun.'

"it was fun?"

shea began wondering just how long vess had been confined there with nothing to do. it was easy to imagine it had been long enough to break the mind of a human.

'we're getting through this.'

while shea pondered about vess' words, luvanka also spoke from behind her. he did not want shea to get too lost in thought.

'let's go, full beast mode!!'

'let's follow the plan.'

'i know.'

'come, and then give up like always.'

using full beast mode, shea used her thick hind legs to leap at vess. the platform was 5 meters wide, and the next one was 50 meters away, but she jumped from one to another without issue.

vess started wrapping his hands in blades of wind. he was trying to find a way to stop shea from going in circles around him. but then she suddenly switched directions and jumped straight at him.

while vess was looking at shea, luvanka came from behind him.

'your plan is too simple! wind god iron-cutting flash!!'

vess used a skill on luvanka that was jumping at him from behind.

'absolute defense.'

instead of attacking, luvanka had a defensive stance, using his 6 arms to protect his face and body.

his body hardened and the fur on his body became tougher than steel. but vess was so powerful that he still ended up bleeding.

'luvanka?!'

'don't worry! end this!!'

the two small tornado blades coming from vess' arms could not fully defeat luvanka in one hit.

'hmph, so you tried to distract me!!'

while vess was using a skill, shea tried leaping closer. but vess had anticipated that.

'humph!'

'whirlwind legs!'

vess' attack was faster than shea's.

'i don't know what you're doing, but do you think you'll win like that?'

the special skill [beast blood] and awakened skill [mythical beast mode] only lasted for 1 hour. they needed to get a 10 hit combo within that time and use the divine technique [ruthless leopard god attack] on vess.

'hmph!!'

luvanka swung his fist at vess, who also punched back and made sparks fly between them. that usually happened when someone had a lot of endurance.

shea watched and started to feel optimistic.

luvanka was finally strong enough to push vess back with his attacks.

'alright! we can win!!'

she watched how luvanka had gotten strong enough to push vess back.

'you think this will make any difference? whirlwind legs!!'

'asura charge!!'

'nghuh! don't get carried away!!'

'mghah?!'

vess activated the skill [whirlwind legs], so luvanka tried using the special skill [asura charge] to fight against it. vess' upper and lower body spun in opposite directions, using his whole body to attack, but luvanka's attack was higher and he pushed vess back.

but shea was on that side, and vess got ready to kick her as he was sent in that direction. shea tried to block with her arms, but she could not avoid being kicked back.

by then the divine power of the skill [whirlwind legs] had dispersed, so it was only a basic kick. shea twisted her body in mid-air and landed.

connecting skills into a combo did not only involve hitting the enemy. the skill level and usability of attack skills also played a role.

[conditions for activating attack skills (whether they can hit the opponent)] -if the skill level is high, then the movements to activate the skill are faster and easier to hit -if attack is higher, then it's possible to overpower a skill even if it was activated at the same time* -if endurance is higher, then a skill can be activated even while being hit by a skill -if agility is higher, one can dodge enemy skills and activate one's own *meaning that the movements for the skills started at the same time

the fact that luvanka had been able to push vess back meant that his attack was higher.

[wind god vess' stats comparison] -full beast mode shea has lower attack -mythical beast mode luvanka (beast blood) has higher attack -full beast mode shea has higher agility -mythical beast mode luvanka (beast blood) has lower agility

luvanka had higher attack thanks to beast blood, and shea had higher agility.

'don't get carried away so easily.'

vess reminded them that having higher attack did not mean they had won yet.

'alright! get him against the wall!! let's use an infinite combo!!'

'yes, it's time to overcome this trial!!'

the two shouted their plan, so vess was able to hear them.

'the wall?'

vess turned to look at the walls of the building in the distance.

at that moment, shea jumped up towards vess.