As soon as the words fell, the two charged at the three knife-wielding goblins without hesitation. All three were level 10 Goblin Archers who had picked up melee weapons to serve as the front line.
With all his attribute points invested in Intelligence, he had gained a total of 24 skill points. Back Hop was at 83% proficiency, short by 1/5—meaning it needed 6 skill points to reach full proficiency. The remaining 18 points all went into Cutting, bringing its proficiency to 60%.
Mel kept his body turned sideways and assigned his skill points to [Back Hop] and [Cutting]. By filling the final gap in Back Hop's proficiency with skill points, its movement effect should have become cooldown-free.
He moved in a zigzag, constantly using Back Hop. It was his only movement skill and his only way to close the distance quickly.
Ravi was already dumbfounded. He could not believe Back Hop could be used like that. Was this really the same skill? How proficient did someone have to be to chain it together so smoothly? No, human thought alone could not keep up with it. It could only be done by instinct, by muscle memory that seemed inborn.
Before the previous Back Hop had even landed, he had already decided the direction of the next one. He was moving forward while hopping backward.
"Your friend Mel is seriously amazing!" The knight gripped his shortsword and clashed with two goblins, but he was driven back in an instant, a gash cut into his vambrace.
Ravi was not doing much better. The level gap was too great. Even fighting with everything he had, his chest was still slashed open. The goblins before them overwhelmed them in both strength and speed.
"Healing!" The priestess lay by the broken edge, continuously casting healing