40 Groll’s fall
"Spirits of nature I call thee, Natures Aid!" The shaman's staff shone a bright green light as the boss' wounds slowly healed, making Reign and the others narrow their eyes at the sight.
"As expected the shaman can use healing magic, it's good that we didn't go all out at the start, alright guys, let's start with the plan, the faster we get rid of him the better," Wolf said as they all charged at the boss again.
"We're starting with the plan Beast, make sure you shoot with intent to kill, we don't want the big guy to suspect us or anything." Shadow threw his daggers at the shaman while saying so.
Clang!
"Still haven't learned your lesson huh?" Groll's phantom blocked the daggers with ease as he swung his hammer at Tank.
"Oh spirits, hear my call and give thy your blessing, Minor Strength." The shaman prayed again as a bright light covered Groll
Bam
The hammer collided with the shield multiple times and neither one gave off an inch, Tank was at a disadvantage as he needed to use both hands to block the ferocious assault. Reign attacked from the left again, trying to use the situation to his advantage but found his attacks blocked by the arm of the chieftain that was coated in mana.
"Dammit, even though my attacks manage to pierce through the mana the damage I do to his arm is almost negligible to him." Reign curses as he swings and stabs all while trying to get closer.
"Hahahaha, fall in despair humans, your end is near." The shaman snickered a bit as he watched the fight with a relaxed attitude.
Wolf was fighting the phantom that was now no longer mimicking Groll's movements, the higher freedom of action seemed to have made it weaker as Wolf found it much easier to exchange hits with it, being almost equal. Whilst fighting, suddenly, Wolf missed the hammer and the huge sword got slammed to the ground, the phantom immediately started lifting the hammer to deal a devastating blow.
"I was waiting for that you cunt, Upwards Flame Slash!" The ground underneath Wolf's sword suddenly burst into flames, the small explosion helping him to swing it up with great strength.
Clang!
The sword hit the hammer that was still being lifted and made its arm bend backward, making the hammer swing at its back.
Swish
Beast unleashed another arrow at the shaman, with Groll fighting Reign and Tank and the phantom being unbalanced he was certain the arrow would manage to find its mark.
The arrow managed to pass by the phantom and arrived at the shaman who was now a bit tense, holding his staff he prepared to defend against the arrow.
Tssss
The arrow hit a barrier that suddenly showed up, extending only 30cm from the shaman it managed to defend against the arrow for a while before breaking. It did its job though as the arrow lost most of its strength and was easily blocked by the staff.
"You little worms actually managed to get past me, not bad, but not enough." Groll smiled at them as he continued fighting, everyone tensed their eyes, being worried at the attack not working, but at the same time showing a bit of joy as well.
Tank suddenly grunted as he got pushed back by the attacks, bending down he used all of his strength to jump high in the air.
Shadow sent a dagger at the boss who didn't even try to block it as it was off-target, this happened a few times and he got used to it.
Wolf's sword erupted into flames as he followed Tank and jumped at the phantom who simply extended his hammer in anticipation to block.
All seemed normal to the boss until Greenie showed up, holding the wolves in his hand, and suddenly threw them at the shaman.
"Shattering punch, half power." He only used his shattering punch until his forearms, increasing his throwing strength, allowing him to launch the two wolves with ease, they zoomed above the boss and landed straight at the shaman, who was now defenseless without his barrier, they pounced on his legs and bit them.
[ Shadow blades ]
Four blades suddenly erupted from the shadow of the dagger thrown earlier, they head straight towards the now immobilized shaman, piercing deep inside him.
"Argh!" The shaman growled in pain and coughed out blood, his body was weak, and as a magic caster, any attack could be fatal to him.
[ Wrecking ball ]
Tank curled up in the air as he slowly started falling down, on the other side, Wolf's attack almost arrived at the phantom, before Wolf himself stopped it, using the hammer as a platform to jump away from it and arrive behind Tank. Hitting him with the side of his sword, he launched Tank towards the shaman.
"You worms dare?!" Groll yelled before moving to intercept Tank but stopped as his back erupted in blood.
[ Lightning charge ]
"What is it big guy, you getting angry?" Reign stood in front of the boss with a smile, lightning dancing all around him, coating him blue. "How about you stay here for a bit longer and play with me?" Reigns gave him a smile as he disappeared from the spot.
"What?!" Groll yelled as he tried his best to block Reign's attacks, the difference in speed proved to be too big this time as he failed and got more wounds. Getting angry, he tried to use King's Fury again but stopped as he felt a familiar sensation at his back.
[ Shattering punch ]
While the chieftain was confused and giving it his all to block Reign, Greenie managed to sneak behind him, hitting him with all he had.
Bam
A small shockwave erupted from the back, pushing back Greenie's hand and making him slide back 2 meters before managing to balance himself. He held his arm in pain as it got injured with the attack.
"Aaarrghh!" Groll shouted in pain as he bent backward, the full-powered punch managed to tear the muscles in his lower back and even crack his bones, the pain he was in was unimaginable.
Bam!
At the same time, a big bang was heard as Tank finally fell down on the shaman, squashing him in the process and killing him, the wolves managed to dodge at the last second as the shaman fell from the blades that hit him.
Seeing that Groll's eyes went bloodshot as he straightened himself, but that came for naught as he feels another familiar sensation, before he could try to dodge he again hears it.
"Compact"
The skin around the fist tightened up and the flesh slowly vibrated.
"Punch."
The power behind the punch exploded, once again opening the wound on his side, this time, two ribs got broken as well.
Groll ignored the pain as he swung the hammer at Reign who swiftly dodged it, already anticipating an attack like that.
Before Groll could attack again, Wolf arrived from above, punching his shoulder with a fist coated in flames.
[ Volcanic Fist ]
The area around the shoulder exploded, flames erupted and burned the flesh that got uncovered, part of Groll's face got burned as well, his right ear got hit by the explosion and was almost non-existent now, his right eye fully closed as the burns extended all the way to it, making it to painful to try and open it.
Bam
His hammer fell down to the ground as his arm lost strength to hold it.
Reign moved quickly, he knew that wasn't enough to kill Groll, he was currently in a state of confusion brought on by the explosion, his ears were probably ringing and his sight was bad, probably blurry. Giving it all he had, he arrived at his legs and slashed down at the tendons, trying to fully sever them and immobilize him before he could do anything.
Slash
He slashed deep inside one leg and succeeded at cutting the tendon, before he could celebrate and move to the other one, he saw the giant hammer being swung at him from the corner of his eye.
"I can't dodge it!" Reign said to himself as he simply jumped backward and put his sword in front, giving it his all to minimize the damage.
Bam!
This was the first time Reign got hit with the hammer, the huge force behind it made him think his arms were going to break. The attack ended and he got thrown back by a couple of meters. Falling hard to the ground, he spat out blood and tried to get up.
"Haaaa." Groll exhaled slowly, one of his hands was hanging limply as he kneeled down on one knee, holding the hammer with his left hand he used it to stop himself from falling after the last attack, he knew this was the end, even though four of his enemies were injured after his last attack he was in a much worse state than them, looking up he watched Reign with eyes filled with hate.
"So close, my plan was so close to being finished, why did you bastard have to come here?!" He shouted at them before an arrow came from the side and plunged deep inside his closed eye, making his head cock backward.
"At least, I will at least kill… one of you befo-" Before Groll could finish his words Tank appeared from behind him, swinging his axe with all his might he chopped down hard on his neck, cutting hallway inside it and making a fountain of blood spurt from it.
Groll widens his remaining eye before Wolf swings his sword from the other side, managing to cut his head off.
