Second World Novel

David’s sharp hearing picked up the incoming danger. He quickly retracted his lockpicks and used Roll to dodge. Jobreak stopped his charge before hitting the door.

David deftly aimed his gun and fired at Jobreak once he finished rolling. Jobreak’s high attributes let him evade the shot. The bullet instead hit the door and a damage number appeared.

‘It can be broken!’ Both Grace and David had the realization after seeing the damage number. The door was not durable enough to nullify their current levels.

Jobreak also noticed the damage number. He regretted dodging David’s shot.

“Oswald, our priority is the door!” Grace said. She used Mace of Selfishness.

At the same time, David used Bulletstorm.

Both their attacks were aimed at the door. Because of that, Jobreak had no choice but to use his body to block. His skin turned rigid as he used Battle Monk’s Steel Body. All the damage that battered his body was weakened.

While Jobreak endured the punishment, Oswald turned into a streak of light and zipped past him. As he did, Jobreak received multiple slashes.

Oswald’s Deadly Flash Strikes brought him to Jobreak’s back. He was now directly in front of the door but he didn’t go for the door yet. He hit Jobreak’s back using his martial art, Twin Moon Fangs. Because he also had Rogue’s passive skill, backstab, his attack power was multiplied.

Jobreak stumbled away from the door due to the hit. He wanted to turn back and strike Oswald but his body refused to move as Grace’s Mace of Selfishness hit him again and again. Each of the mace strikes caused him to stun momentarily.

Without any obstacle, Oswald used his skill, Hundred Images Assault, on the door.

Although Oswald had fallen behind Grace in terms of levels, he continued to be diligent in training martial arts Jet had taught him. He also went to Heavenly Citadel to join the martial arts practice from time to time. He was a native who enjoyed martial arts once he experienced it. His diligence allowed him to touch the basics of mana manipulation.

With this technique, he could better control his skills. The Hundred Images Assault had his body split into multiple shadows. But unlike before when his split selves rained down assaults in all directions, this time he was able to concentrate all his strikes onto a target, which in this case was the door.

The door wasn’t durable from the start. It broke apart after the multiple strikes.

Through the broken door, they saw a dwarf in noble clothes who seemed both surprised and confused. Grace used Inspect and found that the dwarf was indeed their target, Dograr Mountchest.

“Oswald, bring him out of this place!” Grace exclaimed. She then split the long mace in her hand into two. With them, she rained down fast attacks using Phantom Beating Sticks. The rapid attacks forced Jobreak to focus on her.𝒏𝚘𝑽𝑬𝓵𝗇ℯxt.𝑐𝑜𝔪

David helped by continuously firing his gun aiming at Jobreak’s eyes, but the dwarf had danger sense. This let Jobreak move his head at the last instant. David couldn’t score a clean shot, but it still caused Jobreak to be constantly distracted. This helped ease Grace’s effort.

While the two kept Jobreak busy, Oswald rushed into the room.

“Who… Who are you…?!” Dograr asked in a panic. Although he was in captivity, he also didn’t know who this human that barged into his prison.

“We are here to save you. Come with me!” Oswald exclaimed.

“But… Who are you?” Dograr asked again.

Oswald didn’t have the patience for this. He was used to assassinating people, not saving them. It’s a good thing that Dograr was not chained. The dwarf was also very weak. Dograr was only a level 20 elite. So, Oswald had no problem overpowering him.

Oswald grabbed the dwarf and forcefully dragged him out of the room. He was on his way to the stairs when Grace suddenly crashed into the wall in front of him. This caused him to stop.

Physically, Grace was unable to contest against Jobreak who was higher level and strengthened by both beast form and berserk. She was utilizing her martial arts to expertly dodge Jobreak’s axe slashes while continuing to rain fast hits on the dwarf. She was fully focused on Jobreak’s two labryses but she was unmindful that Jobreak had grown a tail after transforming into the croc form.

This powerful tail swiped from below and smacked Grace. Jobreak intentionally hit her at an angle so she flew in Oswald’s direction. This stopped the assassin from reaching the stairs with Dograr.

David rushed forward to replace Grace in keeping Jobreak occupied, but one slam by Jobreak’s labrys onto the floor caused a small earthquake. This skill caused everyone in that room except for Jobreak to lose their footing and be unable to move.

While his opponents were unbalanced, Jobreak lifted his labryses. The weapons glowed as wind energies started swirling around it.

“If we can’t keep you here, then you have to die…!!” Jobreak exclaimed.

Everyone understood whom Jobreak meant. Dograr had a terrified expression on him.

“No…! Please! Don’t kill me…!!” Dograr pleaded.

But Jobreak didn’t cancel his attack. Instead, the wind energies turned even more turbulent. Everyone understood whatever this skill was, it was AOE. There is no dodging.

Grace used Generosity of Hope. If her allies died from the attack, they would be revived again. Unfortunately, Grace saw that while Oswald and David were covered by the sanctification’s light, Dograr was not. The dwarf noble was not considered her ally, perhaps because Dograr hadn’t accepted the fact that Grace and the others truly came to rescue him. He thought they were some strangers who also tried to kidnap him for some reason. Oswald forcing him out of the room didn’t help the case.

Grace immediately put herself in front of Dograr. However, everyone knew it was useless to shield someone from an AOE attack unless they had a skill similar to Sentinel’s Cover or Jack’s Elemental God Barrier.

“DIEEE…!!!” Jobreak shouted as the wind energies he accumulated erupted into a fierce hurricane.

Gashes appeared on the floor, walls, and ceiling as the hurricane spread outward. David, who was the closest was assailed by this hurricane. He had summoned his shield drone and placed it in front of him for protection, but the wind came from everywhere. He was repeatedly slashed by the wind and his HP zeroed.

Oswald used Vanish, but the hurricane hit everything inside the room. He was immediately struck after he teleported. He received repeated damage but as a native, his high HP allowed him to survive.

As for Dograr, he already saw death when the hurricane came. The elven girl put herself in front of him but he knew that was pointless. However, what happened afterward was the weirdest thing he ever saw.

All the winds that came in his direction suddenly changed course and flew toward the elven woman in front of him. Or more correctly, toward her hand that was stretched out. All the winds entered her opened palm. It was as if she sucked all those destructive wind energies into her palm.