Fierce Battle with Kailina

Inside the baron's castle, Kailina's armor had caved in at several spots.

She usually dressed so revealingly that, aside from a few crucial areas, she was practically naked.

But the fiery-red heavy armor she wore in actual combat covered her from head to toe.

Of course, it wasn't as excessive as Quint's armor as a shield warrior. Kailina's heavy armor still left some areas around her joints exposed.

As a heavy warrior, if she armored herself to the teeth, her movement speed would suffer greatly, and her attacks would not flow as smoothly.

"Comparing enemy and allied strength... Assessment complete..."

[Level: Lv30]

[Class: Heavy warrior (martial arts)]

[HP: 1971/3071 (recovering through healing)]

[Stamina: 661/1061]

[Attributes: Strength 27, stamina 24, intelligence 16, agility 19]

[Skills: Blazing Sun Slash (C-rank rare) LV21: A strike that inflicts burn damage on the enemy. Deals 2081-2261 damage, applies a burn effect, and reduces the effectiveness of healing on the enemy.

Body of Steel (C-rank rare) LV14: Negates 50% of damage received for three minutes, greatly increases strength, and causes enemy attacks to rebound...]

[Overall rating: D]

No wonder Kailina was so confident, daring to bring a healer to take on the Cyclops before even reaching the fourth tier.

She had two rare skills of fairly high level, and one of her active skills dealt over two thousand damage. She certainly had grounds for her confidence.

Kailina charged the Cyclops again, a flash of fire suddenly appearing on the surface of the greatsword in her hands.

From a distance, Lius cast another aura on Kailina, and her charge abruptly accelerated.

The Cyclops likewise seized the moment to attack, firing two Laser Eye beams from its enormous pupil.

Compared with ordinary giants, this leader-level miniboss did indeed have much stronger skills.

Not only were its Laser Eye beams thicker and faster to fire, but it could also fire them at all its enemies at once.

Kailina gracefully dodged the attack, but Lius, who was behind her, had been casting an aura on her and couldn't dodge in time. He was hit and paralyzed instantly.

Fortunately, Laser Eye didn't deal much damage. It was the paralysis effect that was troublesome.

The Cyclops wanted badly to finish off the annoying Lius behind her with a Heavy Strike from its hammer, but Kailina's greatsword was already coming down in front of it.

It blocked with its enormous, withered arm, and the greatsword slashed deep into the Cyclops's arm.

The next moment, Kailina was flung away as the Cyclops swung its arm in pain.

"Target attacked: 891 damage dealt."

"Remaining HP: 4595/10313."

The Ghost-Eyed Giant really was tough. Kailina's Blazing Sun Slash, stacked with Lius's aura buff, had dealt only a little over eight hundred damage.

Though that was because she hadn't struck a vital point, Lister truly hadn't expected a level 19 rare active skill to deal so little damage.

The Cyclops stood in place, clutching its injured arm with its other hand and breathing heavily.

It had two sword wounds on its chest, one on its thigh, and three on its back, along with marks from ordinary attacks all over its body.

Kailina was half-crouched, leaning on her greatsword with one hand as she prepared to rise.

But the next moment, vines suddenly wrapped around the thigh of her kneeling leg.

Kailina reacted quickly. The greatsword didn't seem cumbersome in her hands; on the contrary, she wielded it with ease.

"Swish! Swish!"

With two quick slashes, she cut away the vines around her leg.

Kailina was about to look for the enemy, but the surrounding vines hadn't stopped spreading.

After being attacked, they grew even more wildly, endlessly lashing out and wrapping around her.

"Lius, hurry up and give me a speed boost!"

With another horizontal slash, Kailina forced her way through the vines, running through the castle to evade them.

Baron Lai's castle covered a considerable area, but for Lawson, covering the entire castle with his spell was more than manageable.

The vines were even trickier than Lister had imagined. They could even spread out from the walls, wrapping around Kailina once again.

"Lius!! Where are you?!"

Kailina's temper flared. She was already struggling against the Cyclops, and now her anger soared.

Only when she spared a glance at Lius off to the side did she realize something was wrong and stop her futile shouting.

A silver figure had already rushed up to Lius. The next moment, a fierce blade flashed.

Lius's vine-bound body didn't move an inch as his head went flying, severed in an instant.

He was only an ordinary healer, and his body was even more fragile than Lister had imagined.

Of course, it might also have been because the Cyclops had already wounded him that he couldn't withstand even one slash.

"Enemy slain. EXP gained: 6773."

Lister nodded inwardly, quite satisfied.

Normally, killing people didn't grant EXP, but when they belonged to a hostile faction, it did.

At that moment, Kailina felt a chill in her heart when she saw the look Lister was giving her.

It wasn't because Lister's gaze was cold, but precisely because of the strange intensity burning in his eyes.

Kailina had never seen anyone look at her that way before. It gave her the eerie feeling that he didn't see her as a person, and a trace of fear surfaced in her heart.

Yet her movements were unaffected, even though vines had already wrapped around most of her body.

Her excellent physique still let her force her way through the vines, though she was a little slower than usual.

As expected, Lawson's group-attack skill had its limitations too. Against a high-level class holder with strong base attributes, it could only hold them back.

It was only against the group of Cyclopes outside that it could achieve such extraordinary results.

"Are you Lister?"

He held a long saber, wore silver leather armor, and had black hair and black eyes.

Although this was Kailina's first time seeing Lister, she immediately recognized him from certain features she remembered.

When Lister nodded, the fear and unease in Kailina's heart vanished instantly.

Anger and a sense of absurdity rose in their place.

"I thought you were lucky, kid, and was going to let you live a few more days."

"I didn't expect you to actually dare come looking for me! Hehe!"

Kailina was so angry she laughed, and a white glow suddenly spread over her body.

Though the vines kept wrapping around her, they all lost their restraining effect at that moment.

Kailina no longer paid any attention to the Cyclops on the other side of the castle, which was still struggling to break free of the vines. Greatsword in hand, she charged at Lister at tremendous speed.

"Clang!"

The greatsword failed to reach Lister, blocked instead by Simmons's greatshield as he joined the fight.

Her strike had failed, but Kailina was about to continue attacking. Even facing two opponents, she wasn't afraid.

But the next moment, a sound suddenly came from behind her.

Kailina reacted quickly, turning and blocking with her greatsword.

Lawson, his whole body covered in rock armor, looked like a rock giant. His size was comparable to the Ghost-Eyed Giant's, and he was about to kick Kailina from behind.

"Lawson Conner?"

"No wonder there are all these annoying vines!"

Only at that moment did Kailina realize who her other enemy was.

She had actually already suspected that the Conner Family might be involved today.

Ordinarily, members of the Conner Family rarely had opportunities to display their strength in Weier Main City, and the family as a whole kept a low profile.

That was why she hadn't dared be certain at first. Only now, seeing Lawson's face, was she sure.

"In that case, all three of you can die here."