3 The Hard Fight Ensues

Watching the party closely I decided to first target the DPS swordsman to test the party's reaction. Having fixed my target I dashed forward to the swordsman, as I expected the tank quickly got in front of the swordsman to block my advance, his huge tower shield plus spinning morning star combo made it hard for me to run pass him in either of his side, the monk ran behind me to trap me in a pinch. 'A good plan, but unfortunately for them even if I only have one wing left it sure as hell is able to help me jump a couple of meters high.'

Woosh!

I jumped high above the reaches of the tank and his morning star. But then, like a lightning bolt an arrow was shot by the ranger as if she was waiting for me all this time to jump. Maneuvering my body with the help of my wing I was barely able to dodge the arrow as it scratch my shoulder. The swordsman then took the opportunity when my guard was low and I was in mid-air to stab at me with his long sword. I smacked away the sword with the back of my hand in a precise angle as to minimize the damage done to my hand. Much to my surprise when I look at the swordsman I saw a stunned look with a touch of panic. After the exchange I jumped backwards again to once again keep a distance between me and the party.

'Damn, even after that I still underestimated the enemy who is that damned guy who made that damned guide. Surely, they won't anticipate that jump otherwise. Whatever, at lease I got what I wanted, looks like the biggest threat is that monk and tank teamwork, their most annoying is a hundred percent that ranger, the hardest to kill is both the monk and tank due to their teamwork which almost looked like telepathy probably due to a lot of training, but clearly the weakest part of their group is the DPS. Probably the youngest and most inexperienced of the party.' I thought to myself, after that short exchange I got a lot of info on how they work.

I jumped forward towards the tank and monk front line formation again just like before to make it look like I was planning to do the same thing again. They did the same thing as before by kiting me into a pincer formation. Like before I was ready to jump again which made the tank smile with a trace of disdain and ridicule. 'Ha! A monster is a monster at the end of the day. Their dumb enough to fall in the same situation twice' he probably thought as I said to my self. Bending my knees I kicked the ground, but this time I didn't jump rather I used the momentum to kick the tower shield as hard as I can until I even heard some bone in my leg cracking.

BANG!

The powerful kick caught the tank off guard as he was launched backwards a few meters backwards. Which is all part of my plan because behind the tank was exactly the young swordsman who instantly panicked before being hit by the huge body of the tank. I took the opportunity to dash to the both of them and brandish my sharp nails at the young swordsman's neck which entered his skin and instantly tore apart his throat. After I killed the swordsman I quickly aimed for the tank, but unfortunately, the monk had already caught up at this point. With a scream of madness and anger he kicked me at my face which I blocked and used the momentum to launch myself away from him and the tank.

"NO! NO! NO!!! How could this be! How dare you do that to my brother!" Screamed the monk from the top of his voice. His voice filled with grief and anger.

"Nice partner! Just like before! Rile him up some more! I may be able to help you after I eat some of his emotions. I'll help you make him easier to trigger by provoking his mind a bit with my manly voice." said the gem in my voice so confidently that I even began to imagine it patting his chest how ever that works.

"So, decided to join the party after your little nap huh? OK i'll provoke them and buy you some time so be sure to help when you're ready." I said to it.

"Deal! Just buy me approximately 20 to 30 minutes, that should be enough!" said the gem before going quite once again.

....

The fight has been going on for a little more than 20 minutes now, the gem said that he needed a bit more before he can release it's magic. In this span of 20 minutes I managed to deal quite a significant damage to both the monk and the tank, but due to his madness and adrenaline the monk acted as if nothing happened, even after I broke his left arm he still uses it to punch me at me for quite a number of times even though every time he uses it the voice of cracking bones was heard just like music. In retrospect the tank is tired and his armor is already bent in so many ways, plus his head is bleeding which disrupts his vision quite a bit. The ranger is still as active and healthy as ever. Whereas here I am near death due to the number of crazy strikes from the monk and the numerous arrows that is still lodged in my body. The worst thing is even after his madness the monk and knight still works especially well together.

After a short rest to catch his breath the tank and monk quickly charges again at me, but this time they uses less tactics and more brute strength, probably hoping to exchange an attack which I obviously is unable to overcome. But, at this critical moment my pocket suddenly glow as dark light shone in every direction as if sucking in the light. Suddenly as if time itself has stopped everything stopped, including me, the monk, the tank, the ranger, even an arrow that was shot by the ranger not long ago.

"I'm done, partner! Now I want you to wear he in one of your ear and we can share this body together!" said the gem loudly.

"What the hell!? What do you mean share my body! No way i'm giving up my body to you! Screw your mom!" I shouted, what does it mean to share my body? It means that everything I do will be done with this creep, I have some private business to do you know!

"Well, first, we don't really have a choice it's either that or you will die here and I will be taken by them as loot, second it's not really take control, it's more like a partnership or symbiotic type relationship, thirdly, do you want to actually leave this area?" said the gem mischievously, as I heard this I could even imagine it grinning to me like a devil, but even if it's the devil I don't care as the final part of the sentence if too much of a temptation for me to refuse.

"Ah, screw it! Let's do this!" I shouted throwing caution out of the window, what could possibly be worst than living here anyways, at lease now I have someone to talk to.

I quickly grabbed the gem from my pocket and put it on my left ear. Suddenly, time resumed but I was covered in a thick fog of darkness as I screamed out of pain as I feel as if my body was split in two. One half was me, but i feel the control of my other half is slowly vanishing until I can barely move them as I feel something else controlling it, but it didn't stop there. I suddenly felt that I was also starting to lose control of my right side, it was at this moment that I realized something.

'GOD DAMMIT! This gem bastard lied to me! He's planning to eat all of my body. Like hell i'm going to let it do that. A mere gem dares to fight against a final boss of a dungeon?? No way i'm going to let it do that!" I shouted in my mind as i gathered every inch of my being to fight back and resist the gem.

"HAHA! A mere low-leveled monster dares to challenge a depiction of the abyss itself?! Your actions humor me mortal!" The gem was cackling like some ancient devil.

"Damn, i'm going to lose at this point. Is this really my life? Just being a slave to a low-leveled dungeon then losing my body to some random gem bastard?" I started to feel a strange feeling of tranquility for some reason as something else emerged from deep within my soul. I feel my body moving on it's own.