Ashes Of Gods: Return Of The Blade Emperor 34 Coordination 101

The howl of the silver wolf king signaled the start of the battle. The party separated in all three directions before Shesmu gave his orders.

"I'll evasion tank! Leo, you offtank when I'm out of gas!"

By the time Shesmu finished his orders the boss was already in front of him, ready to swipe him with his paw.

Shesmu rolled on the ground dodging the attack before getting back up. At the same time, both Leo and Ryan attacked with their own skills.

The wolf king, being attacked from both sides, no longer focused on Shesmu and was about to hit Leo. Shesmu attacked with a skill of his own.

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He slashed at the Wolf King's neck using his Empowered Slash Cancel. Red Blood gushed out from the wound painting Shesmu's right-hand red. The boss's attention was now fully on Shesmu.

Silver light gathered on the Silver Wolf King's right paw emitting a calm and elegant aura. He will Dash! The monster vanished from Shesmu's sight, and a black shadow appeared in front of him.

Without even turning around, Shesmu Dashed out, appearing above the boss that was a moment ago behind him. The wolf's attack shattered the ground, leaving debris and rocks that were catapulted in all directions.

Shesmu activated Demon's Slash and threw a black energy crescent towards the boss before gravity took over.

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Shesmu's ranged skill dealt insane damage to the wolf forcing it to fall down on one paw. Shesmu didn't waste any time and activated Empowered Thrust as he was falling. He performed an aerial Empowered Thrust Cancel; his target was the Wolf King's neck.

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While Shesmu was fighting with his life on the line, Ryan and Leo weren't sitting idly either. Whenever Shesmu landed a successful hit, or when the boss' attention wasn't on them, they would sneak an attack or two, making the Wolf King acc.u.mulate damage.

Shesmu was out of gas, all of his skills were on cooldown. Leo understood that and immediately changed his playstyle to a more aggressive one. Before the Wolf King could even recover from Shesmu's attacks, Leo jumped in and slashed at it. A couple of normal attacks and an Empowered Sword Slash was all it took for the boss's attention to fixate on Leo.

"Awoo!"

The wolf stood up. It raised its right paw and gathered silver energy. Leo knew the destructive potential of that technique, so he braced himself. He readied his shield and fell on one knee.

The Silver Wolf King's paw struck down Leo like lightning from the heavens. Leo's body bounced five meters in the air from the impact. His shield was thrown about and his sword was wedged into the floor on the other side of the room.

Shesmu used Inspect on Leo and breathed a sigh of relief.

Leo

HP: 150/950

That one attack can kill any of us but Leo in one shot. This motherf.u.c.ker is insane.

However, Leo's sacrifice hasn't been in vain. Even though he was only able to save five seconds by distracting the boss, these few seconds were enough for Shesmu to have his Empowered Slash off cooldown again. Before going into battle once again, Shesmu used Inspect on the boss.

Silver Wolf King(Boss)

HP: 19356/30000

Two rotations like this and we can do it.

After pushing one of Leo's feet into the grave, the boss was prepared to finish its job. It readied its legs and prepared to lounge at the half dead man when Ryan appeared in front of its face.

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With one slash, Ryan was able to procc two damages. However, he wasn't done yet. Before gravity could catch back with him, Ryan clung at the boss' fur with his hand then slashed at its neck once again. The boss was only able to react after it received three hits.

The Silver Wolf King shook its head left and right, trying to throw Ryan off balance. However, the latter only used its movement as a source of momentum to jump upwards, successfully landing on its back.

Looking at this display of skill, Shesmu just smiled. This wasn't the first time Ryan showed abilities and battle sense of a pro player, so he was no longer as surprised. It's just a pity that you don't have a good weapon, Ryan. In any case, wolves are known for dropping good daggers, so you'll definitely get one after we kill this doggy.

Shaking the thoughts out of his head, Shesmu snapped back to reality. All of his skills other than Demon Slash were up. He jumped towards the Silver Wolf King, garnering its attention. It was about to raise its paw to deflect the incoming attack when a sharp pain from its nap stopped it midway. Ryan plunged his dagger in it, making it lose focus of Shesmu.

Shesmu didn't waste the opportunity given by his friend. He performed Empowered Slash Cancel, slashing the beast's neck open. He started falling down, but before his feet could touch the ground, Shesmu continued his attacks and slashed at the Wolf King's left thigh.

Ryan continued his attacks while Shesmu went in and out, dodging the Wolf King's paws and countering with his own. This went on for a few rotations before the boss' HP fell to 7000.

It's close to berserk, gotta hold off my cooldowns.

All of Shesmu's skills were up, including Demon's Slash. However, he didn't use any of them as he knew that the moment the Silver Wolf King reached 20% was the moment it should be one shot. If it was not killed in one hit, there was no way for the party to not get wiped.

Plus, what's going with Leo. It's been a minute and a half, did that hit shock him that bad?

Every few seconds, Shesmu's eyes darted towards Leo's direction, checking if he showed any sign of life. Sadly, even though his Hp was regenerating, he still didn't open his eyes.

While Shesmu was looking at Leo, Ryan kept slashing at the boss from above its back. However, contrary to what it had done until now, the wolf rolled on the ground. Seeing the weird movement of the boss, Ryan performed Empowered Slash Cancel one last time on the Wolf King's nape, before jumping in the air.

Blood gushed from the boss' back before it rolled and left a red stain on the ground. After its roll, it stood on four paws and looked at both Ryan and Shesmu coldly.

"Awoo!"

Moonlight shone on the boss' figure and a silvery light came out of its every pore. The silvery glint that engulfed the Wolf King intensified and reached out to the heavens.

Shesmu knew that this was the berserk mode of the Silver Wolf King. As with the Goblord, this was a state where every move of the boss was a special technique. It was also a state where the boss could unleash his ultimate move. For the Goblord, it was the black and red ball of energy that destroyed half of the boss room. As for the Silver Wolf King, Shesmu didn't know.

The boss whose energy was running rampant disappeared from everyone's sight. Shesmu expected the boss to target him, but after half a breath, he couldn't feel the boss' presence anywhere near him. He turned to look at Ryan, and lo and behold, the Silver Wolf King was next to his friend, his paw shining a silver light and ready to strike down.

With no hesitation Shesmu Dashed in front of the boss, his target was the Wolf King's paw. He slashed at it and at the same time activated Demon's Slash. Knowing that just the combo of his normal attack and Demon's Slash wouldn't be enough to kill the boss, Shesmu decided to spice things up. Empowered Slash- Empowered Thrust! With those thoughts, Shesmu swung his sword.

Energy kept gushing out of Shesmu's abdomen and feeding his sword. After Shesmu's weapon hit black energy appeared, and then to top it off, Shesmu's blade glinted green. Black and Green energy clashed, creating a multicolored crescent that slashed through the Wolf King's body.

Time seemed to stop for a moment as the torrent of energy dissipated. In its wake, the Silver Wolf King was left motionless, a hole piercing through his body from his paw to his back. Then, half of the boss' body fell, before the other half followed suit.

[Congratulations, you created a skill combination!]