Page 178 of I Ran Away to Evil 3
Julian
Julian could feel the shift in battle as things turned for the worse.
His own fight was rounding down, and he felt like he could best the giant with one or two more blows. His opponent had already taken a few hits from his shield and one from his sword, so he was flagging. On the last pass, one of John’s shadow men popped out and stabbed the giant while Julian had him locked sword to sword.
“Hey!” the giant glared.
Not the most honorable, but neither was ambushing with intent to permanently wipe out his party.
“Give up now, and I will show mercy.”
“Sorry.” The giant adjusted his grip. “Contract work. Doesn’t look good if you betray your boss.”
Julian stabbed at the giant. “It also doesn’t look good if you PVP.”
Party versus party was taboo in the adventuring guilds and dungeon delving community, and anyone caught party killing would have their guild membership revoked or even get banned from certain dungeons.
“I’m not an adventurer; I’m an assassin.” The giant pulled back. He raised his sword and fainted a sweeping blow. When Julian set his shield to block, the giant turned and threw his sword at the [Barrier] defending the platform.
The [Barrier] fell.
Julian activated [Multi-Target Shield], but not before watching Alice appear behind Gerda and touch the troll’s back. As the shield came up, Alice portaled away.
Julian’s heart stopped—until he realized that Gerda was otherwise fine. “[Piercing Thrust].” The giant had summoned a new sword from somewhere, and Julian barely managed to lift his shield in time to take the blow at an angle.
[You have been dealt 350Forcedamage. Valarian Royal Shield blocks 200 damage. You have taken 150Forcedamage. Health: 964/1274]
Julian cursed under his breath. He needed to finish thisnow. At his direction, John’s shadow moved to intercept the giant, but his opponent noticed and jumped back.
There was a flash in the corner of Julian’s vision. Visha had taken a blow to the stomach that sent her clean through two giant icicles … where she hit the left side wall of the cave. The trap that Gerda had warned them about activated, pulling the entire wall down on top of the elf, crushing her beneath the rubble. By some miracle or skill, no more stalactites fell from the impact.
Jeffry sent over the party interface,
[We’ve lost Visha.]
And that was when Tully lost his temper.
The human exploded in a burst of red light, charging across the cave at the beastfolk who’d hit Visha. His war hammer hit the ground instead of the transformed leopard who had been standing there previously.
Two things happened simultaneously. The leopard jumped on top of Tully, large claws attacking his back as the paladin stumbled from the impact. His strength was higher than anyone else’s in the party, however, and he did manage to throw the beastfolk off him.
At the same time, the force of his hammer sent shock waves throughout the entire cave, and the remaining stalactites fell all at once.
The giant in front of him vanished.
Julian braced his shield and sank most of his mana into defending his party members as a ceiling of varying-sized ice spears crashed down on top of them.
[You have been dealt 980 points damage. Valarian Royal Shield blocks 200 damage. You have taken 780 points damage.]
[Warning! Your Health has dropped below 15%]
[Warning! Your Mana has dropped below 10%. Rest is recommended or you may sufferNausea,Heartburn,Indigestion,Upset Stomach, orDeath.]
[Current Health: 184/1274]
[Current Mana: 23/500]
But that wasn’t all.
