The Depraved One (4)

'Things are not looking good for me...' Zok thought to himself. He looked over at Kaira and even she was hesitating before attacking the ponytail man. Since the giants were strong enough for Zok to break a sweat, it was obvious they were much stronger than Kaira.

Earlier, Zok had been feeling confident in taking them down for two reasons. First, he believed he was stronger than them and second, he had his bracelet to help him. But now that both of the reasons were proven false, Zok wasn't so sure about getting into a fight headfirst with a couple of giants 8-foot tall giants.

However, running wasn't an option either. Firstly, he had a mission he had to complete or Okun knows what the system would do to him. But the second reason was more important than the first... he had to keep his identity a secret. So far, Zok had managed to know that the Shamans only know that he had somehow managed to survive from the chaos caused by the Arachnid and Taheton. But they weren't aware of his changed appearance, as the twins took a while to deduce who Zok actually was.

Thus, he had to get rid of these two basta.rds if he wanted to keep his identity secret for some more time. If he didn't then not only the shamans would get to know how he looks now, they'll also get to know that he was somewhere in the nearby area. Which could prompt them to start looking for him and even he knew he was nowhere as strong to confront them if he wasn't even strong enough to defeat the two people in front of him.

'It would have been fine if I was facing only one of them. In that case, I could have focused on dodging their strikes and letting my Dodger class do the rest. But with two of them, it wasn't going to be an easy task.' Zok turned to look at Kaira, 'Kaira does not have any supernatural powers as I do. If she went up against that man by herself, she would probably end up getting horribly injured... but if I could...'

Suddenly Zok was hit with a plan. If he could successfully pull it off, things would get considerably easy for him. However, if the plan failed, he was going to die or worse, he would be given away to the shamans. Still, it wasn't like he had a choice in the matter. It was the law of the wilderness, to kill or be killed and Zok was rather comfortable being the one to do the killings.

He let out a heavy sigh as he tightened his grip around his spear, 'Kaira, distract the other man. Whatever happens, do not get close to him. While you are at it, try to push him back but only if you can.'

Kaira wagged her tail once to signal that she understood Zok's command. With that out of the way, Zok fearlessly charged at the man in front of him.

"Hmph! Looks like you don't have a wish to live anymore." A smile popped up on the baldy's disgusting face as he swung his Axe at him again.

Zok was hoping for the man to do something like that. Just as he was about to enter the man's reach, he quickly activated the power of the bracelet and that coupled with his speed managed to throw baldy off and he missed his attack.

'3 attacks to go.' Zok smiled before quickly deactivating camouflage and taking a swing with his spear at Baldy's hand.

Just like Zok had thought, the twins required time to sense him while he was invisible. If he was quick enough to strike and did not give them enough time, they would not be able to quickly react to him camouflaging himself.

On top of that, they were not fast enough to dodge his attacks at close range. The baldy tried to dodge it but just like Zok had presumed, he wasn't fast enough and the spear managed to graze the skin. Since the cut wasn't deep, thus the damage wasn't much either. But it was exactly what Zok wanted to happen.

[Skill: Poison Fang (lvl 4) activated! The Target was successfully poisoned!]

[The target would lose 10% of their HP over the next 5 seconds. The skill is now under a cooldown of 20 seconds.]

[The Target has been burnt from the Acid damage from the <Spear of Searing> and would lose 5% of their HP over the next 5 seconds.]

But that wasn't all.

[Skill: Fake smile (lvl 2) activated! The Target was successfully confused!]

[The target would remain confused for the next 5 seconds. The skill is now under a cooldown of 9 seconds.]

Zok had hit the jackpot. All of his skills had activated simultaneously giving him the chance he needed. As soon as the Baldy was confused, he started recklessly swinging his axe around. Which helped Zok level up even faster with minimal effort on his side.

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The level gap has been reduced by 2 level(s). All of the user's stats have been increased by 10 points for 10 minutes.

Current probability of winning: 41.69%

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Next up, he had to get rid of whatever little bit of mobility Baldy had. So while he was still confused, Zaen stabbed the spear into the back of the man's knee with all his strength. Blood came pouring out of the wound like water from a waterfall. His plan worked better than he had expected! But as he was about to go and aid Kaira, he heard a yapping noise.

Through Hivemind, he knew Kaira had been hurt. It wasn't a life-threatening wound, but it was safe to assume that Kaira was out of the fight. At that moment, all of Zok's plans went to drain as his brain went into overdrive. He was so focused on the man who hurt his wolf, he didn't even realise there was a notification in front of him.

[The Depraved One is paying attention to you.]