Chapter 55: Survival of the fittest (2) 

**PVO: Clayton** 

At that time as instructed by the boss I put my stats where he told me, But the boss hadn't finished talking then he said, also put some of the points in other stats like agility and intelligence, which were hard to raise, but I had already put everything in vitality and defense. 

 So when I went back up in rank, I raised these stats. As the boss had said, they were hard to raise, but I still put most of them in defense and vitality since I had discovered that I was the toughest among my companions and no one could defeat me, I was the only one who could withstand more than two hits from the boss of the group and I wanted to keep it that way. 

Now I regret it. I should have put more into agility. Tired of him avoiding me, I used my trump card, raised my shield and ran towards him with my whole body, putting a lot of my mana in my legs and circulating it through my body as the boss taught me. 

"Elemental Knight's Art, third stance: piercing strike!" 

At that moment, the shield acted as a weapon. According to the boss, this art can be used with any weapon, but he also said that even the most flexible art has limits and does not work with everything. But I discovered that I can use the third stance with the shield. Even the boss was surprised that I could do it. 

This was my ultimate move. The man attacking me was taken by surprise. With my shield pushing his sword back, the force of the blow disarmed him. I took the opportunity to smash his face with my mace. 

"Elemental Knight's Art, first stance: Heavy Strike!" With a great blow to his face, I saw his teeth fly. Even so, I didn't stop and kept hitting him until he stopped moving. 

"Ha-hah-a, I did it!" The third stance was a move I couldn't do more than three times because of the great expenditure of mana and strength. The boss said that by the time I learn the rest of the stances, my mana will be higher because of my promotion and it will be easier. Still, it tires me a lot. Exhausted, I look around to see how the others are doing as I rest. 

I can see Walter, who, like me, wields a shield and is in charge of defending. His element is water. He is good at defending, but he doesn't like to attack. I saw how he was just defending against the three-star. He doesn't seem in distress, so I diverted my attention to Tom. 

With his big sword, almost the size of his body, he was facing his three-star opponent. I tried using a sword like that too, but I didn't like it, even though it looked cool. The boss recommended him to put most of his stats into strength and agility. Apparently, he has something like a trait or something that makes all his wind sharp. I want something like that too, but the boss said I have to wait and learn a lot if I want one. 

Then, Nora, for her part, wielded a normal sword covered in metal mana, making it harder and more dangerous aggressively attacked her three star. 'She was as pretty as ever.' I saw that she was fine, and looked at the rest. 

Roí, her axe wreathed in flame, was charging head-on at the enemy. The rest were being held at bay by Miyuki, Misha and Chris and Erlys was performing concise strikes and disabling the two-star guys. Miyuki was chanting something in a strange language. 

"Eizh alan an amzer-glao, e krouan arnododoù skorn glas, 

 trawalc'hit ha skornit va enebourien." 

"Spears of Piercing Ice!" 

Was a spell of his ice element. That made spears of ice, piercing the limbs of enemies. 

"Adalek kalon an douar, e tiorro dindan ul lusk a vuhez, 

 gant nerzh ha didruez, dalc'hit hag enankit." 

"Strangling Creeper!" 

As usual I couldn't understand what he was saying, but then vines sprouted from the ground to restrain some enemies and even suffocate them. 

 Misha, the only archer, hung back shooting quick and silent arrows that pierced the enemies, Since she wielded the wind element. apparently she got attached when she first used the bow and hasn't put it down since. 

The battle continued, I recovered and went to help Walter eliminate his three star type, Eirlys and Roí and the rest who had also incapacitated all the two stars helped suppress the last three star types. 

At that moment, from beyond the bushes, came a fireball attack. Somehow, I ran and stopped it with the shield, but it sent me flying backwards. 

It was the first time since the fight started that I felt pain. I was rolling around on the floor and felt like everything was spinning. 

"Cof, cof, blegg!" When I stopped, I coughed and blood came out of my mouth. I looked ahead and saw a new group of five people coming. I heard them talking. 

 "I can't believe they're having trouble with two-star kids. They are an embarrassment to our guild," said the man who looked like the head of the new group. At that moment, one of the two-star guys who only had an ice stake in his leg and was on the ground said: 

"Superior, there is something wrong with these kids. They can fight and match three-star awakened ones. They have arts and magic." 

 "..." 

"..." 

There was an awkward silence between the two. 

"Are you an idiot, why the hell are you fighting those kids if they have arts and magic being just kids? It's obvious they're backed by nobles... damn, what kind of mess did we get ourselves into?" 

 It seemed like we were being mistaken for nobles. But that wasn't what was important, I couldn't tell how strong they were. I felt heavy just standing in front of them. It reminded me of that moment when I first fought with those dog heads that had axes. At that moment, I felt weak, feeble and insignificant as if I was fighting something that was so far out of my reach that the only option is to run away. 

"Tch... there is no other option left. We have to eliminate these kids and hope their backup doesn't find out." 

At that moment, the man turned his gaze to me. My breathing stopped. This was on another level from what I felt with the dog heads. I couldn't move a muscle. I watched as the man ran toward us. Two on his back were chanting magic and the other two were after Eirlys and the others. There was nothing we could do. 

Unconsciously, I closed my eyes waiting for the pain, but no matter how long I waited, nothing happened. When I opened them, I could see the edge of a sword in front of my eyes, but nothing happened. Looking closely, I could see that his limbs were tied with a chain of lightning? I saw the rest and even the mages in the back were bound with chains. 

"Well, lesson over," I could hear footsteps coming behind me and the unmistakable voice of the boss. At that moment, I felt his hand on my shoulder and, looking to the side, I could see the boss. 'I knew the boss hadn't fallen for something so simple. The boss is invincible.' 

"Click!" 

At that moment, the boss snapped his fingers and the chains started dragging the guys, including those who were still conscious from the first group. 

"Well, I see you all did well, I hope you will take this experience as a lesson, don't trust unknown people easily and don't trust yourself there is always someone who is stronger than you I hope you will engrave this in your minds it will make you live a long life." 

when i heard what the boss said i realized he was right i didn't think anything and i just wanted to hunt the snake i was also about to give him poison because i was told it was a potion for cure. People are different from beasts they are more cunning and not easy to beat not to mention that if the boss was really hurt those guys would have killed us, so I kept the boss's words in my memory forever.

"You bastard! You were faking all this time? You used us as learning material?" shouted one of the bound men, immobilized by the lightning chains.At that moment, the boss said something that chilled my blood.

"Now that I have these guys restrained. Kill them."