Sizzle—!
Hearing the crackle of electricity.
"You brat, without giving me a warning first—"
As Ulag burst into curses, he was just about to duck.
But the bolt had already howled over his head.
"Damn it!"
He was completely unaffected, but the ogre staggered a step without falling.
With a low growl, it snatched up its bone club and continued smashing it toward the dwarf before it.
Ulag raised his shield.
Clang—!
The tremendous impact traveled up his arm and through his entire body.
As he slid backward, he struck the ogre's wrist with the rim of his shield, knocking the bone club from its hand.
The instant the ogre lowered its head to look at the club, sizzle—!
A second bolt of lightning pierced the ogre's skull.
This time, Ulag did not duck.
As the ogre crashed backward, he grumbled as he pulled his steel shield from the mud. Glancing at the two new dents on its surface, he clicked his tongue.
[Lightning Bolt Proficiency +3, (8/40)]
"If I'd known you had so much mana, maybe I could've taken two fewer hits."
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"Sorry." He Xi walked over and looked at the two massive corpses. "But Brother Ulag, you really had it running around in circles."
[Mountain Dwarf · Ulag's Favorability toward you has increased, Parsing Points +5]
"Hmph. At least you've got an eye for quality, brat."
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Grot had already walked over to Ulag and gently placed a hand over the bruise on his shoulder.
A gentle glow seeped from his palm.
Not far away, Zoya was already crouching beside one ogre's head.
One hand held its upper jaw in place, while the dagger in her other hand slipped into the base of a canine tooth at a precise angle. With a light