Chapter 468 - 467 – Diamond’s story – Ruby King – Part 3.
(Dammit! This is annoying!) – thought Diamond as he tried unleashing a hail of attacks at the demonic archer, only to get interrupted by green explosive bullet, forcing the mage to use his mirror shield barrier to block off the attack… But just as he did, the archer fired off a volley of his own shots at the mage, forcing him on the defense.
(The best course of action here is to take down Banana first and then go after the sniper.)
(But I still don't know if Banana is working for the sniper OR if there is somebody waiting in the shadows.)
(Still, the detection didn't show anybody nearby…. But what if they know I have the [Last Watcher Of Watch Tower] class? They may had stayed more than 3 kilometers away in order to not get detected.)
(Banana knows that I have that class, since I was forced to reveal it the last time I've fought him alongside his employer!)
(The chances are high.)
(Still, that freaking sniper!)
(As soon as I try to focus on Banana, they just shot at me!)
(I can kill Banana easily here, since we are out in the open like this.)
(But he can take few hits before being taken down completely.)
(I need to hit him with ultimate or two to take him down on the spot!) – thought Diamond as he unleashed a barrage of black spheres which blew up the entire area where the archer was, before then firing off a massive sphere of darkness in the direction where the bullet came from, causing yet another explosion that swallowed the entire space where the bullet was.
(But the problem is, that whoever is behind is either aiming to tire me out by using good amount of my powerful skills, which possess extremely long cooldown… Or they are waiting to somehow "assassinate" me?) – thought Diamond as he was suddenly shot in his back.
"!?"
(What the hell?!) – thought Diamond as he was knocked off balance, which BH instantly fallowed up by firing countless demonic arrows, which were blocked off by Diamond's counter attack.
"!?"
[You have been afflicted with {Paralyze} status.]
(What?!) – thought Diamond.
[Grand Snipe: Backstabbing Cobra]
[Fire off a shot that will circle around the enemy and aim directly for their back. Upon landing a hit, apply a {Paralyze} status.]
"[Rain Of Hell: Python]!" – BH pullet the string of his massive bow and fired of an arrow which transformed into a giant serpent that instantly swallowed up the paralyzed Diamond, before then heading straight towards the ground and smashing right into it alongside Diamond.
[Skill: [Watcher Always Stands] has been activated automatically.]
[Negative status removed.]
[HP restored.]
[SP restored.]
[MP restored.]
"!"
Diamon managed to recover just in time as BH came in, smacking down his massive bow which caused an explosion of the demonic energy to occur.
"[Blink]!" – Diamond quickly teleported away as the demonic arrow came his.
Diamond teleported to nearby place, since he used a [Space Magic: Blink], a short-range teleportation skill…. And unfortunately for the mage, the sniper was ready for it.
"!?"
As soon as Diamond teleported, he got pierced right in his side with a shot, which instantly knocked the man off the air as he once again tried flying.
(The hell!? What kind of reaction time is that?! It wasn't even a moment after I teleported!) – thought Diamond as he fell down the ground once again and instantly BH rushed at the man and used [Demonic Blade: Cry], swinging his massive bow like a hammer and unleashing a demonic blade that struck Diamond before he could had a time to react.
The mage was knocked away as he then rolled in the sand.
"[Gravity Magic: Safe Zone]!" – However, Diamond quickly managed to deploy his defensive skill, deploying a dome around himself that blocked another demonic blade attack from BH as well as the sniper shot that the man knew was coming, but didn't seen.
"[Safe Zone Repulse]!" – Diamond his own barrier as it expanded everywhere and blew up like ballon, hitting and knocking back the demonic archer.
Diamond tried to fire another shot, but then he suddenly used another [Blink] to get into the air, dodging the bullet.
"!"
(He predicted my shot?!) – thought the sniper as she then saw Diamond heading straight towards her.
"…'
(So, he plans on taking me down first?)
(Is he stupid?)
"[Rain Of Hell: Devil Hate]." – BH unleashed yet again another ultimate, this time in a form of devil that was born from the demonic arrow's energy.
The arrow chased the after the mage who was trying to get to the sniper.
The arrow wouldn't let go as it was straight up homing at him and the sniper saw it and got ready to fire their next shot.
At this rate, the devil will catch the mage and the sniper will aim to finish the job.
…
But this was that the mage was waiting for.
"[Domination Magic: Ruler Of Attack]!" – Diamond manifested a wormhole in the direction of the massive demonic devil arrow that was just… Swallowed?
"???"
"Wait…. What?" – said confused BH that didn't knew how to react.
(Did…. Did he just instantly channeled my skill?)
(But that was my strongest ultimate?!)
However, right as BH stared at the mage, a second wormhole appeared, which fired off the same attack which it just swallowed.
However, the arrow didn't turned around and chased after the Diamond like before…. No.
It was heading towards the sniper.
"!"
(WAIT! THE FUCK?!) - thought BH as he instantly took out a walkie-talkie like device.
"FUCKING SHOT IT! HE TOOK CONTROL OVER MY ULTIMATE!" – shouted BH into walkie-talkie, confusing the sniper who was receiving the message.
"…"
"But that thing is-"
"IT CAN FUCKING TRAVEL FOR KILOMETERS! AND IT HOMED AT FREAKING YOU!" – shouted BH into the device, which instantly put up the sniper on the high alert.
"!"
"[Grand Snipe: Mage Joke]!" – without hesitation fired off her own ultimate, firing off a bullet of anti-magic that flew directly at the devil which was coming in her direction.
The devil and the bullet of anti-magic collided with each other…. But the devil overpowered the sniper's shot.
"!?"
"THAT THING HAS ANTI SKILL TRAIT! SHOOT IT MANY FREAKING TIMES!" – shouted BH, causing the Miv to start firing over and over at the devil, ripping apart its body with each shot, before then finally managing to get rid of the creature as it started getting closer.
"Shit! The fuck was that?! Why the fuck your attack was going after me?!" – shouted pissed off Miv.
"I don't know! He suddenly did something which ate my own attack! I never seen or heard anything about this! Must be a new skill or something!" – replied BH.
"!?"
"WAIT! WHERE IS HE?!" – shouted BH and Miv also panicked and began looking around using her scope, trying to find the mage… But not finding him anywhere.
Be it in sky or the ground.
(What the hell?) – thought Miv.
(There is no place to freaking hide here!)
(Even if he has some stealth skill, I still would be able to spot him with my scope.)
(If he isn't using stealth skill, then where the hell is-)
"!"
(SAND?!) – thought Miv as she instantly used [Grand Snipe: Hunter's Nightmare], using her scope to detect everything and anything in the sand…. But not spotting anything.
(Common… He needs to be somewhere! Where the hell is he?!)
"…"
He wasn't there.
Diamond wasn't hiding the in the sand.
He was hiding in one place where they wouldn't notice him… A place so obvious that nobody would look.
In the skies.
But not just above the desert…. No.
Diamond was extremely high above the sky, straight up right where the sun was above and using its blinding light as his cover.
As soon as Diamond devoured BH attack, he started spawning his teleportation skills one after another, but not aiming to go towards the sniper's location, but instead get as high into the air as possible, to the point it was unimaginable.
"…"
(Fuck! This doesn't make freaking sense!) – thought BH as he took out his spy glass and started looking around with it.
(Did he changed directions?) – thought BH as he started looking around himself.
"…"
(No… But he couldn't had disappeared.)
(I've already used detection skills, but no results were found… That means that the fucker is nowhere near me.)
(So he is only focused on…. No!)
(It could be a distraction!)
(He could be still going after me!)
"…"
(But fucking where?)
The sniper and the archers were both panicking as they realized that they had completely lost sight of the mage.
Their powerful sight nor detection skills worked.
But they both knew there was no way for the mage to hide.
The sniper was checking the ground with her scope and skill, analyzing the ground but not finding the man hidden beneath the sand.
The archer thought about ignoring the mage for the moment and instead firing at his guild members…. But he knew that if he was the target, that split change of focus would result in him possible getting wiped on the spot.
"!"
And as both they were desperately searching for their foe, they both realized that they didn't looked in single direction.
The sun.
