Harbinger of Justice: A LitRPG Adventure by Robert S. Keene

Author:Robert S. Keene [Keene, Robert S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

31

ROOT OF FAILURE

Hirrus was unsure of how to proceed. He didn’t know how to defend himself against her choking attack, and it seemed to be healing her. It was a problem he needed to solve, and if he didn’t come up with something, it would only take her five or six more uses of it to kill him, considering that his Cosmic Barrette’s healing was dramatically reduced with only one available target.

Cerberus seemed to be enjoying herself.

She started towards him, swinging her maul like a pendulum forward and back. Hirrus took a careful step back and then lunged, hoping to catch her off guard.

Rapid Rip tore through her, but right as he lunged, the ring of fire formed around her. His dash attack passed through her harmlessly, though the dash carried him far away enough to avoid the column of flame that followed.

“Come on,” Cerberus said in a singsong voice, giving him a rude gesture that showed off the bone-inlay visage on her bracer, “you wanted to feel the noise, didn’t you?”

Instead of approaching, she flung another of those shimmering rings at him, forcing him to dodge, and then again when it bounced off the wall behind him. As soon as he dodged, she lunged with her maul, and despite himself, he backed off again, trying to get some space to form a plan.

She was moving as fast as he was, and her maul swept in at him twice, the sheer weight of it—and her high BUR—forcing him to parry with both weapons to avoid getting his skull caved in. Stopping short suddenly let him get some space, but only enough to fling another shimmering ring of energy at him. The unexpected attack caught him full in the chest for another 5,000 damage.

“You came all this way for little ol’ me,” Cerberus said, putting on a pouty face. “And now you’re just gonna dance around? Not going to give me a proper fight?”

Hirrus needed to overcome her all at once, before she could grab him again and recover from what he could throw at her.

But for that, he needed time. Something she was not going to give him. He had to force her to give him an opening.

Hirrus flung out his hand, going back to his first hard-fought victory over an adventurer. The SnowBarrage Arcana flung a cluster of ice and snow at her. It wouldn’t do much damage, but it would slow her cast speed, giving him a moment to—

Her maul came up and met the cluster of projectiles.

A ribbon of rainbow hues followed the weapon, and where the snow struck it, it rebounded at Hirrus. He suffered 1,800 damage from his own attack, and his casting speed was slowed instead.

Cerberus cackled with glee, her grin wide and her dark eyes dancing.

Hirrus could read in her expression that she had a joke ready, but had to get over it herself to choke it out without laughing even harder.

He fixed Cerberus with a glare.

And then he fixed her with a glare.

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