Chapter 689: Nightmarish Combo
As I try and close in on Jornes, another ball of iridescent light appears in front of me.
Rather than trying to hit me, it feels more like she’s trying to stop me from reaching her. It’s scary to do as she wants, but with her high number of strange skills, I want to avoid carelessly approaching her. Rather than forcing my way past the [Ruin], I should take a safe distance and let her exhaust her MP. Getting into close range of an opponent whose tricks I don’t all know is unnerving, and taking a hit in order to force my way closer could expose a fatal opening.
Rather than forcefully approaching, it’s safer to keep my distance and watch what she does. I pull back as the [Ruin] explodes in front of me.
She didn’t use [Magic Scale Magnification]… It looks like her objective really was to prevent me from getting closer. It’s worrying that she got what she wanted, but it’s also a good sign that I was able to read her intention. The problem is what she’s going to do now that she has her distance..!
『[Doppel Pain].』
A skull of dark mist appears next to her. I haven’t seen that skill before…
【Normal Skill [Doppel Pain]】
【Ignores resistances to apply the poison, curse, and paralysis status conditions to the user.】
What’s the point of that…? It sounds like nothing but downsides. Does she have some other skill that uses them to power herself up like the ymir had? None of her skills seem like they’d do that…