Seeing the enemy vanish, Shade swung the black wooden staff in his hand behind him without a second thought. Standing on solid ground and bolstered by Red Dragon Force, this blow actually sent the monster that had abruptly appeared behind him flying.
"Sure enough, it's not as good as the neighbors'. Back at Saint Derain Square, I was the one sent flying. Are the opening moves for creatures like this all exactly the same?"
When you use Laguerre's Leap, your opening move is also to appear behind the enemy.
The monster that had been sent flying pushed itself up in the mist with its four hands. The upper half on its back let out a beastlike roar at Shade, then it vanished into the fog again and appeared behind Apothecary Miss.
Though the Eleventh Ring Sorceress had never encountered anything like this, she had already discerned its method of attack from Shade's earlier assault.
Without needing Shade's reminder, the Apothecary dodged the pounce in a flash, then lifted the hem of her skirt and kicked the monster that continued lunging forward. The motion looked somewhat comical, but it truly sent that burning mutated corpse flying diagonally ahead. Apothecary Miss was incredibly strong. Other than Shade himself, he had never seen any Ring Arcanist display such tremendous strength in battle—High-Ring Arcanists generally fought with spells and Thaumaturgy.
"Thunder Spear!"
Crackling lightning immediately pierced the chest of the monster, whose body could not maintain its balance after being struck, linking its flaming front half with the abruptly appeared rear half. Then the Thunder Spear exploded, and crackling lightning engulfed the monster's body.
Yet when the lightning faded, the monster, whose body was convulsing continuously, had not died.
"Was the attack not strong enough?"
Shade asked suspiciously, but Apothecary Miss did not cast