Realm of Myths and Legends

ls could hear was the sound of his own beating heart.

Halls shifted his position as the chain from the Puppet Chained Assassin was already soaring through the air at a speed that wanted to tear him to pieces.

”So this is what it feels like. ” Halls could not help but have those words cross into his mind as everything around him just seemed to be incredibly clear.

Of course, this was not a magical moment Halls was having, but instead, it was due to the passive skill he obtained from consuming a grade one pill given to him by Izroth, the Five Cycles Pill.
But, it was not just any other Five Cycles Pill.
It was empowered by the Blessing of the Craft!

Name: Five Cycles Pill(III)
Rank: Grade-Three
Usage:…
«Superior Perception»:…
*«Extreme Sensory»: During a critical situation, the user of this skill has a small chance of having their sense of perception increased by 1,000% for a brief period of time.
This effect will not activate more than once every 24 hours.
Special Note:…

As Halls ’ shield rose to intercept the attack of the Puppet Chained Assassin, a thin layer of protective aura appeared around it.
Less than 0.01 seconds later, the chain of the Puppet Chained Assassin crashed into Halls ’ shield.

Ding! BANG!

A loud crashing noise filled up the entire surroundings as the chain met with Halls ’ shield.

«Blocked»
-8,525

Halls received a massive amount of damage, however, the price was well worth it.
The body of the Puppet Chained Assassin shook violently as an overwhelming force swept across the elite NPC.
Almost a full second later, a black streak of light could be seen traveling far and deep into the village territory.
The Puppet Chained Assassin who was just there a moment ago, was nowhere to be seen!

The black streak that just flew away far into the distance was, in fact, the body of the Puppet Chained Assassin!

Halls senses returned to normal.
He released a small sigh and shook his head after it ended.
He wished that he was able to enter such a state with his own free will.
How useful would such a skill be?

A smile appeared on Zi Yi ’s face as she clenched her hand together tightly after seeing that her plan was successful.

”You never cease to amaze me, Zi Yi. ” Luna stated as she gave a helpless smile.

”What just happened? Where did the NPC go? ” Halls asked as he approached Luna and Zi Yi while staying on guard.
Things had happened to fast and his Extreme Sensory only lasted just long enough for him to perform a successful Rebound.
Therefore, to him, it just looked as if the Puppet Chained Assassin vanished.

”That ’s a bit hard to tell at this point.
But, it should be quite far away by now. ” Zi Yi said.
After seeing the confused look on Halls ’ face, she chose to explain it to him.

When the Puppet Chained Assassin became enraged, not only did its attack power increase, but its agility and speed increased as well.
By the time he struck Halls, the strength of the elite NPC had tripled from its original self!

Then, Luna used her voice magic to increase the speed of the NPC even further! If a guess had to be taken, then after Luna ’s voice magic was used on it and just before it struck Halls, the Puppet Chained Assassin had nearly five to seven times its starting agility!

The way Halls ’ Rebound skill worked was that the more momentum someone had when attacking, the further they would be knocked back after striking his shield.

Therefore, the Puppet Chained Assassin who was moving at an unspeakable speed, was sent so far back that they could not even see its silhouette! There was even a good chance that it actually left outside of its intended aggro range and would be reset!

In other words, even if it did return to their location, it should no longer be enraged.
Without its enraged state, they were confident in handling one elite NPC even with just the three of them present.

As for why Luna did not simply use her voice magic to stop the movements of the Puppet Chained Assassin, that was because even if they left it alone for twenty seconds, it would have only gained even more strength in that time.
If they attacked it, then the effects would have simply worn off.

But, even if she used a version of the voice magic that allowed her to miraculously stun the NPC for twenty seconds while they attacked, it would not have been enough time to take care of it.

Though the biggest concern was that the crowd control effect would be ignored completely due to the nature of an enraged state.
After all, the possibility of crowd control effects working on an enraged monster was extremely low.
Therefore, after taking all of this into account, Zi Yi finally came up with the plan that led to their current favorable situation.

”Amazing… ” Halls muttered to himself.
Even he could see just how amazing it was that Zi Yi had managed to come up with such a wild plan without a lot of time to work with.

Crrrrrrrrrck….! Ooooooooooom!

The sound of something shattering and collapsing into itself drifted into the ears of Luna, Halls and Zi Yi.
When they all turned to look over in that direction, everyone could see cracks forming all throughout the black sphere.
There were shards of the black sphere breaking apart and falling down to the ground.

”Did she do it? ” Halls had a tone of excitement in his voice as he saw the black sphere being destroyed.

Meanwhile, Mariposa had a lovely smile placed upon her face.

”It would seem that I never cease to amaze myself. ” Mariposa said as she admired her work.
She felt that other spatial magic casters could only sigh in amazement at what she had just accomplished.

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