The Ancients World

Chapter 37: The Trials of Monrell VI

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I am going to probe his defense with some normal attacks to see where his defense and speed is at. He has a perfect stance with no openings and I cant see a way to unleash powerful attacks while his guard is so good. I take slow steps forward approaching with my swords and his body tenses up. I suddenly rush hard and begin attacking fast and with fury.

[King Florian Lvl. 25 Trial Boss]

700,000/700,000 HP

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

I cant break past his sword and parry skill. He certainly has serious defense just like the forums said. I have spent enough time attacking and he is not going to be someone I can beat with skills and mind games alone. This is going to be a battle of attrition. I could use protected by heaven, but I may not be able to defeat him before the time runs out. I should only use it after I whittle down his health enough.

The parry skill he has will prove to be a problem as well. If he has a high skill level with parry then he can block more blade attacks then I can. It would also mean that it cools down faster and he can use it more often. I guess the system really wants me to lose this battle. I'm really glad that I had the foresight to purchase healing potions. I will most certainly be using them in this fight, this is probably more difficult than when Pesticide did this trial and completed it. The weakness is going to be a hard thing to exploit as well, but if I can do it. It will make this battle easier.

As I am thinking up a game plan, Florian takes the time to test my defense and skills as well. I am faster then he is since he is wearing heavier armor than I am. He uses some pretty impressive sword skills as well. I recognize most of them and I can tell he has one of my favorites from my time in the future. Feint blade is a great skill to trick enemies into a more deadly situation, when you are against an opponent using it the best thing to do is to create some distance so you wont get fooled. I jump away from him and make distance between us.

He has way more active skills than I do. He has a combat and defense advantage. I hate to say it, but the only advantage I have is my class. I hate using my class as a crutch, but I have nothing to break the defense of this man. The only way to exploit his weakness is to get past that defense, I have to test how many attacks in a row he can parry. I charge forward and begin to attack with normal attacks to see how many times he can use parry.

[King Florian Lvl. 25 Trial Boss]

700,000/700,000 HP

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300

I sneak in 19,300 damage on my sixth attack. So that tells me he can only use parry 5 times in a row before he needs to wait to use it again. I can tell by his posture that his pride is a little hurt that a no name person came and did even a speck of damage to him. He isn't losing his cool like Veven though. "I guess you know more about my abilities than I know about yours. You are talented, I can see why you have the confidence to fight me head on like this." He wants a conversation now. I will not engage in talks, its more than likely a way to drop my guard and get in some killing blows. I may be powerful, but he can still kill me fast. He lunges at me with my lack of response.

-9,000(Dodged)

-0(Actual)

-9,000(Dodged)

-0(Actual)

-9,000(Dodged)

-0(Actual)

-9,000(Dodged)

-0(Actual)

I quickly dodge his fast attacks and create more distance between us. He looks like he wants to continue his assault, but stops after I land a good distance away from him. He was smart to do so, I would've been able to retaliate with strong attacks since I have a speed advantage. Its a good thing I wasn't touched by the Radiation Blade. I would be in a deadly debuff state at the moment. If I want to reach that blind spot I need to get him exhausted and tired, but his endurance it probably his best stat. I find it annoying that this battle has come down to has more patience's. I intend to win this battle though, so even if it takes days I'll be sure to plan every move carefully. I charge in fast with the intent to do some actual damage this time since I know how many times he can parry an attack now. I ready my attacks and begin my assault.

[King Florian Lvl. 25 Trial Boss]

680,700/700,000 HP

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

Now that his parry skill is in a cooldown state I activate my slash skill to deal some real damage.

-35,705

-35,705

-35,705

I don't let up on my attacks, I have him reeling from the surprising strength of my skills and damage out put. With my slash skill on cooldown for a few seconds I switch to normal attacks.

-19,300

-19,300

-19,300

-19,300

-19,300(Parried)

-0(Actual)

I pull away now that his parry skill is back. I can feel his animosity towards me now that I have done some incredible damage. I took a big chunk out of his total health pool. I know that he will be even more on guard and will start to actively harm and balance the damage done in this fight. I watch him take a stance, it seems like he is about to activate a powerful skill. I inspect his health to see how I should plan my next moves.

[King Florian Lvl. 25 Trial Boss]

496,385/700,000

I watch his armor glow in a bluish hue, if I had to guess I'd say that is the skill Rooks Support. It raises both attack power and speed along with his defense rating. He is looking to hurt me now, that damn blade is going to cause some serious problems here in a minute. The only way to remove the debuff is to either die or cure it. Lucky I still have that permanent healing buff from the Holy Willow Tree. The passive perk will heal me more than the radiation can do damage. There is no away I can avoid damage this battle. I am having to really lean on my amazing skills and perks. This is truly a fight I am not supposed to win if I didn't know his weakness. He charges me and begins to unleash powerful attacks and feints in hopes of damaging me.

-13,000(Dodged)

-0(Actual)

-13,000(Dodged)

-0(Actual)

-13,000(Dodged)

-0(Actual)

I jump away very far. If I stayed within his blades range I was surly going to get hit. He looks in my direction and takes his stance again. "Who the hell are you? I'd never seen someone so gifted other than my uncle!" He must be wondering how I can even go toe to toe with him. I wont answer any questions or humor his curiosity. I am 100% focused on winning, and with him asking me questions and talking to me I can deduce he is not in the same mindset I am in. He is no longer focused like before. That advantage is now mine.