Chapter 628: Giran's 1st trial (4) |
After raising their Agility, Allen's group were able to see the giant silver wolf being chased by a tiger.
(It's looking good. She's slowly catching up. Though that sneaky Giran keeps using underhanded feints.)
Shea had challenged Giran many times by now, giving her experience on how to deal with him.
She was slowly encroaching closer and closer to Giran.
But Giran had also learned how Shea moved, so sometimes he would move in unexpected ways and pull away again.
"Grrr!!"
But Shea persevered and continued chasing after Giran, closing the gap again.
'You've gotten better… That's an impressive speed for a human.'
"It's all thanks to my friends!!"
But she was still taking too long, and eventually she would run out of time.
"Shea! Use your Divine Technique! You just need to hit him once to win!!"
Allen shouted loudly at Shea.
"Grr?! Got it!! Divine Wind Consecutive Hits!!"
Even though Shea had almost turned into a beast, she barely registered Allen's words.
Once she activated the Skill, her Spiritual Power shrouded her body and formed long claws on her limbs. She quickly accelerated and began lashing out her claws at Giran.
(Now that's a helpful attack. There's almost no cast time and she gets to move closer!)
Allen felt like that was a Skill perfect for the situation, as Shea was getting closer to Giran while she punched wildly.
'You've barely learned it, so two strikes is the most you'll get out.'
Giran grinned a little as he said that, before his body was filled with divine power and his body multiplied.
"Hey, why is he splitting apart already!!"
Giran had done that in the past, splitting into 5 copies of himself.
The first 2 were hit by Shea and vanished, as they were fakes.
Giran had responded at the same time as Shea had activated her Divine Technique.
"I'd say that Skill is a good fit for Shea. Though she only got 2 of the clones."
[The cycle of Skill activation]
1) Use the amount of Mana (Spiritual Power) necessary
2) Have the weapon for the Skill equipped
3) Activate the Skill by shouting its name
4) Regain one's footing (and jump back depending on the enemy)
5) Wait for the cooldown to be over before going back to 1)
[Shea's cooldowns and cast times modified by her equipment]
-Bracelet 1: Skill cast time reduced (50% reduction)
-Bracelet 2: Cooldowns halved (50% reduction)
-Soaring Dance: Skill cast time reduced by 40%, Cooldowns 40%
"Of course, I Rosalina have also used my Divine Technique after all."
Rosalina also added that with a proud voice.
Allen had told Shea to change her equipment to increase her movement and Skills speed.
Now she had more than 200000 Agility, letting her catch up to Giran.
"Shea! You should be able to use more attacks if you Level Up that Skill. The cooldown shouldn't be too long, so activate it again as soon as possible. The next time it should be able to take out 3 clones! Only one of them is real!!"
(Please get what I'm trying to say!)
"...Grr!! Got it!!"
After a short pause, Shea replied energetically.
Allen and Shea had realized that the Divine Technique allowed Shea to catch up to Giran.
Skills had various characteristics, but two factors affected their cooldown the most.
[Skill characteristics and cooldowns]
-The more Mana (Spiritual Power) consumed by a Skill, the longer the cooldown
The Divine Technique Shea had used against Giran, [Divine Wind Consecutive Hits], used 10000 Spiritual Power, and had multiple hits.
(A 1 hour cooldown means it's actually 18 minutes. And the other buffs will last for…)
-Cooldown calculation
50 minutes x 50% x 40% + 18 minutes
-Duration of Sophie's Divine Technique [Spirit God's Blessing]
Base Mana: 31078
Divine Technique [Spirit God's Blessing]: +18000 and 1.3x extra
Skill [Mermaid Singer]: +25000
Weapons: 35000
Accessories: 23000
Golden Egg: 3000
Duration: (31078 + 18000 + 23000 + 25000 + 3000) x 1.3 + 35000 = 165101 ÷ 100 ÷ 60 (seconds) = 27.51 minutes
*Because stats from accessories aren't boosted
-Duration of Rosalina's Divine Technique [Soaring Dance]
Base Mana: 37293
Divine Technique [Spirit God's Blessing]: +18000 and 1.3x extra
Skill [Mermaid Singer]: +25000
Weapons: 30000
Accessories: 44000
Golden Egg: 3000
Duration: (37293 + 18000 + 44000 + 25000 + 3000) x 1.3 + 30000 = 195480 ÷ 100 ÷ 60 (seconds) = 32.58 minutes
-Duration of Shea's Skill [Full Beast Mode]
Base Mana: 9073
Divine Technique [Spirit God's Blessing]: +18000 and 1.3x extra
Skill [Mermaid Singer]: +25000
Weapons: 0
Accessories: 0
Golden Egg: 3000
Duration: (9073 + 18000 + 0 + 25000 + 3000) x 1.3 + 0 = 71594 ÷ 10 ÷ 60 (seconds) = 119.32 minutes
Allen quickly calculated how many times the Divine Technique [Divine Wind Consecutive Hits] could be used in the fight. It had a cooldown of 1 hour, but with a 70% reduction it was only 18 minutes.
"So the next time the Skill will get rid of 3 clones."
"And that will leave 2 left. This means there's a 50% chance to hit the real body, that's good."
Cecile and Sophie also realized how that would let Shea complete the trial.
By using 10000 Spiritual Power, the Divine Technique [Divine Wind Consecutive Hits] had reached Skill Level 2, giving it an extra attack, letting Shea get rid of 3 of the 5 clones.
Shea and Giran's bout continued for 18 minutes.
"..."
'It seems you're able to use it again.'
Giran had noticed the slight change in Shea's expression.
The 5 clones spoke at the same time, noticing the cooldown of the Divine Technique [Divine Wind Consecutive Hits] was over.
Allen let 5 Bird E summons fly out to let him see Shea's fight better.
The 5 clones were running a set distance away from Shea.
(It's almost time. Merus, stop hunting ghosts and come already.)
'Hm? Alright.'
Merus appeared here, after reaching S Rank by hunting ghosts in the Paradise of Primordial Beasts.
'...Lord Merus.'
The sudden appearance of Merus there caught the attention of one of the Giran clones.
"Grrr!!"
'Oops, I can't get distracted by that now, that was a close one. Time to replenish the numbers.'
*Poof*
Shea had noticed the clone that got distracted by the former First Angel Merus' entrance.
(Giran still sounds confident, maybe they're all clones. Shea will have to get rid of all of them at the same time, so maybe I should let her raise her Skill Level. Though no, Giran can always split into more than 5 clones.)
Seeing Giran's attitude, it seemed like the only way to defeat him was to take out all 5 clones before he could replenish them.
If Shea's Divine Technique Leveled Up, then she would have more hits and would be able to take out all 5 clones at the same time.
But Giran's confidence seemed to show he could make more than 5.
Allen wanted to use that confidence against him though, and he continued to survey the battlefield through the Bird E summons.
"That's 3 down! I'll only get one chance!!"
(Yes. Take out the other two in one go.)
"Grrr!!"
Shea made a feint to move in an unexpected direction.
'I don't know where you're aiming, but…'
"Now! Do it!!"
"Merus do it too!!"
Giran was unable to finish his sentence.
Allen shouted so loudly the entire Sanctuary shook.
A chance had suddenly appeared.
It felt like everything slowed down and Allen was looking through a slow motion camera.
That was just when Giran's 5 clones had arranged themselves with a row of 3 and the other two in a line behind them.
Shea's body was filled with Spiritual Energy.
'Just while I was talking…'
"Divine Wind Consecutive Hits!!"
'Catalog! Weapon change, bonbon! Crazy Dance!!'
3 clones vanished in front of Shea.
Then the whip vanished from Merus' hands and was replaced by a pair of purple bonbons, like those worn in the wrists of cheerleaders.
He raised his hands and legs, dancing in support of Shea, and eventually he winked and the Skill was activated.
That took Giran by surprise, but he still began regenerating the missing clones.
But Shea's 4 legs were far more powerful than before.
She left scratch marks on the Sanctuary as she ran, tearing apart a 4th clone.
Only Giran remained, standing right behind the 4th clone.
'Hm?! I-I can't allow this.'
Giran tried to dodge, but his body was already casting the Skill to regenerate his clones, so he could not cancel that to move away.
"Raaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!"
Shea roared loudly as she charged at Giran.
'Ghah?!'
Giran's 100 meter long body was struck by Shea and sent flying into the air.
"