70 Chapter 70: Brook vs the Nosferatu

'Shit the sun is setting' I thought as I had a standoff against the Nosferatu, noting how the moon's grin grew exponentially larger as the sun grew closer to setting. It made me realize I needed to make a move now. With little thought, I activated Glacial Dread, bringing my stats to insane highs as ice began to form, condense, and cover the ground in every direction. This caused the already scattered vampires to retreat to avoid the growing cold. However, the same couldn't be said about the Nosferatu, who simply stood there. Much to my surprise, the ice could not even get within 5 meters of them. But that didn't bother me as I focused on my next move.

Holding my arms out with palms up, I focused my will on the concealed item within my cloak pockets. With a mere thought, the small ball of dark blue ice emerged. It swiftly transformed from a compact sphere into a more fluid-like substance, enveloping my hands like a set of formidable gauntlets before solidifying.

As I readied myself, the first to spring into action was, unsurprisingly, Fool. He darted swiftly towards me, prompting me to make a futile attempt to swat him out of the air. My frustration mounted as I failed to intercept him, and soon enough, he opened his mouth to speak.

"Hey its been a while, you grew much stronger, look at this weird sound I can make BLAH BLAH BLA_ WOW" I cut him off as I summoned chains to bind him to the ground, before I simply stepped over him while ignoring his attempts at small talk.

*Stay down* I wrote getting a small laugh from the fool as spoke in response

"couldn't if I wanted! HAHAHA!" His laughter reverberated momentarily before fading into the background. Stepping forward next was obviously Hierophant, who morphed into a form so grotesque it defied description.

Attempting to describe him would be an exercise in futility, for every moment his form shifted, his body transitioning from a strange, furry beast to that of an insect, while his arms displayed characteristics of at least four different animals simultaneously. But these were minor transformations compared to his sudden growth, which saw him towering nearly thirty meters tall. As his arms took on the attributes of a pistol crab, he unleashed dozens of small, super-heated air pocket attacks. How they functioned outside of water remained a mystery, but evading them became my immediate priority. With a smooth sidestep, I dodged an attack aimed at my original position, the ground exploding with the force of the assault. Yet, I couldn't afford to admire the spectacle for long, as I found myself weaving through more attacks.

I didn't retreat, instead choosing to close the distance by running and deftly dodging anything that came my way. However, before I could get within striking range, I found myself raising my hands to block a clothesline from the vampire king, who appeared out of nowhere. Using his momentum, he sent me flying backward into the air, an opportunity that Hierophant did not let slide. He immediately grew two more pistol shrimp arms and began to fire at the airborne figure. Fortunately, his shots missed as I utilized simple ice magic to freeze the water in the air at my feet, allowing me something to kick off and evade the Hierophant's attacks. This frustrated him as he watched me engage in a close-range fistfight with his king, making any form of ranged attacks highly likely to hit a friendly.

There wasn't much to say about the king other than he had a significant stat advantage of at least 20. Not only that, but he was incredibly skilled, delivering precise attacks while dodging mine, nothing like his TV show self. This realization became more clear as the king, after receiving a punch that sent me sliding back. The vampire king leaped into the air and delivered a heavy kick to my head, sending me crashing to the floor. I quickly recovered though as I made distance between us, noting how my jaw hung loosely on my skull.

'Fuck this is bad'' was a constant thought as I found myself forced to dodge the Hierophant's attacks. He took the opportunity to attack now that I was far enough away from the king, not giving me time to breathe as I attempted to make my way towards the Hierophant, only to fail as I found the king in my way once again, beginning our song and dance. This time, I was a lot more cunning.

A example being when the king attempted to punch me I summoned dozens of small chains to break the ground under his feet causing hi the course of his punch to alter as I then delivered a frost strike to his chest and attack that close to nothing but I didn't let that deter me as I became far more viscous with my attacks.

Sadly, I was unable to dodge a grapple attempt from the king, who attempted to crush me. As we made contact, I wanted to smile, as my mouth opened, unleashing a concentrated breath of cold onto the king's face. He tried to protect and cover his face, but once he let me go, I grappled his head and continued to breathe cold air onto his face. The king attempted to tear me off his face, but I would never let that happen, as I activated everything, be it my frozen fortitude or vitality steal heck I even used Permafrost. Sadly it was at this moment the sun set.

"HE HE." That's all I heard as I felt someone gripping my jaw, forcing it shut and cutting off the cold breath. The king, now not needing to defend against my attack, hit me with a heavy blow, sending me flying. As I caught sight of Moon, her grin twisted so high upon her face that she would make the Grinch feel embarrassed, revealing a nearly uncountable amount of sharp, serrated teeth.

'What am I going to do?' Thats all I could ask myself as the previously bad situation just got worse with the addition of Moon.

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Was thinking of making this one solid fight scene but didn't have the energy so sorry yall

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[Name: Brook. D .Newport]

[Race: Undead]

[Species: Withering skeleton warrior]

[Class: Death Knight{Frost}]

[Rank: 2]

[Level: 43](1,400,002/2,000,000)

[Health: 342/342]

[Mana points: 98/98]

[Stat points: 0]

[Strength: 115]

[Endurance: 114]

[Agility: 114]

[Wisdom: 49]

[Intelligence: 49]

[skills: [Scrutinize: Lv Max], [Frost Strike: Lv Max] [Chains of Ice: Lv Max] [Permafrost: Lv Max], [Cold Breath: Lv Max], [Frozen Fortitude: Lv Max],[Chilled Servitude: Lv 6], [Glacial Dread: Lv 8], [Desolate aura: Lv 2], [Vitality steal: Lv 1], [Soul Ice]

[Note: Why did you come here alone?]

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