Ascension Of The Nephilim

608 Attacking the True Vine

Vivindel was surprised at the sudden progression of the events he saw before him.

He was shifted into another world and was caught off guard. He felt pain when he unconsciously attacked to kill Emeros.

And now, he was struck with many fireball attacks, and some parts of his vine body were burning.

The fire magic used was unnatural. It had a strange element that allowed it to remain and keep the ciders of fire ready to be born.

All of Emeros's team used a unique fire ore as the base to cast their magic. This fire ore would not just drain the magic stored within, but its very body would decrease at each use.

Vivindel's knowledge taught him that the more fire attacks he received, the more dangerous it would be, as his body would be in a constant state of fire that would be risky if the battle was prolonged.

He gathered his senses and concentration after retreating to launch a counterattack.

Emeros was right in front of him with the sword swinging.

"Die!" Emeros laughed.

SLASH!

The close-ranged slash dug deep into his body.

Emeros never had such intentions. Ever since he found the rules of the vow, he fought, keeping in mind the limitations of the vow he made. Emeros could not kill his enemy, but he knew that the enemy could not kill him or face the vow's effects.

"Attack!" Emeros shouted as he ran towards Vivindel and harnessed more fire energy. Emeros was using his own body to block the view and senses of the rest as he kept shooting fireballs at him.

He knew his measly fireball attacks wouldn't kill the enemy after three or four shots.

"AHHH!" Vivindel tried to resist the pain as his vines sent out, but the pain was so intense that he lost concentration, and the strength of his whip had lowered to less than half of its speed and force.

Emeros saw the attack and stabbed his weapon on the incoming vine and caused it to halt.

SLAP!

The whip of the vine still slapped behind Emeros, but it didn't hurt as much as an attack from a possible champion had.

Emeros, however, knew that the vine was part of the main body!

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Damage received: 139

Damage inflicted: 34

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The notification of the attacks never appeared, and he couldn't even use his powers to assess and gauge the enemy's life and stats. But this vine had it!

Emeros used his ability and gauged the stats of the vine.

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Vinewood Troglodyte (Mage Vivindel)

Level 29

Strength: 106

Magic: 82

Dexterity: 132

Vitality: 110

Intelligence: 154

Hit Points: 1023/1310

Force: 6

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As Emeros expected, the monster was strong and had benefited from having its base right under the battle zone of two warring races.

"Attack this vine!" Emeros shouted as he drove his sword down and stabbed the ground to pin the vine with his other hand shooting another fireball attack.

BOOM!

"Ahhh!" Mage Vivindel shouted as the rest attacked the vine that Emeros pinned down.

The team hacked out and cut the vine from the furthest area possible, and the entire vine was cut off.

"Behind!" Wesret shouted.

Brent, Philip, Don, and Tyra all quickly followed Wesrte to fight the orcs that were being controlled by the vines.

They all charged and made their attack and began to fight the orcs and activate the fire on their weapons. The blades had been coated with an oil that gave it a hot, flaming form.

Perment and Serena fought with Emeros to bring down the beast.

Emeros charged in and saw the empty husk of vines wood, and Emeros took it and used it as a shield.

He knew what his main role in this battle was.

Emeros watched as the vines would whip out to attack the rest, and he would moved towards that direction to block the attack of the vines that would strike his allies.

But with the husk shield, the attack of Vivendel didn't grow weak.

Emeros knew that this would happen and abandoned the shield.

At the drop of the shield, Vivendel felt a powerful blast in his soul, causing his body and even the orcs to stumble and tremble in pain.

SMASH!

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Damage received: 277

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Emeros was thrown back and fell. If not for the sudden soul shock, he would have received an attack triple the damage.

Everyone took advantage of this moment and made attacks on the orcs.

Perment brought out a large stone and began to chant words.

The fire gathered swiftly, and a beam of fire shot through the body of Vivindel, where the cinders from the previous attacks were made.

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Damage inflicted: 342

Damage inflicted: 21

Damage inflicted: 22

Damage inflicted: 24

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The fire began to burn around Vivindel, and Serena tossed a flask of oil on the body of Vivindel.

VOOOSH!

The flames burst out at the breaking oil, and the entire body of Vivindel was on fire.

"Ahhhh!" Vivindel wildly flung his body, but Emeros had arrived and stood in front of his allies with a bottle of potion drank to the last drop.

Vivindel was cornered and couldn't retreat. He saw the two behind Emeros prepping for another round of flaming elements and alchemy. Strange mixtures of powders and other potions were in their bag.

"Throw it!" Emeros commanded, and the vine quickly retreated and scaled to the top of the ceiling as it hurriedly tried to escape.

FWIP!

Philip was prepared and had his bow on hand. The plan was that everyone would fight the vine, but Philip would use an explosive round to blow it if it tried to escape.

BOOM!

Vivindel fell to the ground, and many vines quivered and trembled more.

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Damage inflicted: 187

Damage inflicted: 35

Damage inflicted 33

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The fire spread out all the more due to the explosion, and the many coverings that protected the True Vine were revealed.

Caught in the flames, Vivindel had no choice but to cut itself off the burning body.

A small red vine sprung out like a snake and escaped.

"There it is! The true vine!" Emeros shot out a fire attack at the fast creature. Unlike the Deadwood Troglodyte, the true body of Vivindel was a small red vine hidden in coats of vines and trees. But now that the flames of the outer body were reaching deep within its own body, Vivindel felt fear. Its bloody vine was very weak against flames.

It began to jump all around as Emeros kept shooting at it and dove down the creeping vines of the entire room. Its fear of the fire made it move erratically, not knowing that Emeros was not aiming for it.

STAB!

A painful monstrous screech echoed out.

Serena stabbed her weapon deep down the vine creep.

"I can smell you a mile away!" Serena smiled.

"A... vampire!"

Escaping through its vines was the best escape for this beast, but its blood form gave it away.

"Mercy! Mercy! I will submit it! I will heed!"

"Make a vow with me! Vow to serve me and tell me everything you know. And I vow to spare you and help you remove the taint of the curse. You will be as my allies are!" Emeros shouted as his hand gripped the long red vine.

"I... accept!" The flaming body of Vivindel trembled.

"Do it! Make the vow on me!"

At that, the vine reached out and touched Emeros on his back.

FLASH!

Emeros stood away as the small, snake-like vine rose and bowed humbly.

Recalling the strange vision, Vivindel knew it was folly to trick Emeros and quickly submitted the offer.

"Master... I serve."

Emeros, on the other hand, had a sour expression as he watched the stats of the vine.

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Vinewood Troglodyte (Mage Vivindel)

Level 12

Strength: 26