Seeing that Erin had suddenly gotten serious right in the middle of their conversation, Layla ran behind one of the wingedlizard's body for cover. Unfortunately, it was beginning to disintegrate, but while it was still around, she burred the crystals under its body, and took out her bow and arrow.
The only problem was that she didn't have enough MC to use her ability in any meaningful way, so she'll have to rely on her bow's active ability to make up for it.
Soon, the first person came into view, or what would be more correct were a trio of pale skinned people with ginger hair wielding a sword.
Immediately, all three had charged at Erin, a flurry of blades coming her way. Erin was able to block all 3 of them by concentrating. So long as she kept her umbrella above her, her 29 agility stat was enough.
"Its that person again!" Layla whisper yelled, before drawing back her bow. She was about to aim an arrow at Pierogi when a sudden gust of strong wind had distracted her.
Turning to see the source of the wind, Layla saw a short girl with short lavender hair throw wind blades in her direction.
Layla jumped out of the way, leaving behind the crystals. She was about to aim when the other girl flung her flaming whip at Layla. It lashed at her body, creating a burning pain on her side.
She fell onto her back, but grabbed 3 arrows and quickly shot them at Amy's direction, regardless of aim.
Two had missed, but one had auto corrected to land into Amy's knee.
"Argh!" Amy groaned in pain, raising a hand, "You'll pay for that!"
Using her ability, the air around the ground began to twist, creating a mini tornado of sand to throw at Layla. Amy flung her arm out, sending it at Layla, to which she instinctively went to cover her eyes. However that gave Amy enough time to fling her whip once again.
Erin meanwhile, was hearing commotion going on behind her as she continued to block against the 3 swords. For some reason, Layla wasn't able to support her. Was she getting attacked right now by someone from the other team?
Feinting an attack with her legs, the middle clone was about to jump over it, when Erin used her speed to thrust her rapier into the clone's chest, causing it to dissipate.
[+10 EXP]
[245/400 EXP]
[+ 1 HP]
[HP 64/65]
Before Erin could recover, a pillar of earth had jutted out and hit her in the face.
[- 5 HP]
[HP 58/65]
Erin stumbled back, then saw a newcomer a fair distance away. A boy with purple hair and a scar on his chin.
"Momo really was right, where's your little ice powers now, ice queen?" Earl had taunted.
[Inspect]
[Earl Hampton]
[Ability: Earth]
[Health: 25/25]
[Blood type B-]
Gritting her teeth, Erin sprinted towards Earl, dodging the pillars he made in her way. Once she was close enough, she stabbed her rapier into his chest, pushing him back.
[Ability cannot be used again for 2 seconds]
He coughed out blood, but despite him having a blade in his chest, Earl had a wide smile.
Lifting up his hand, a small pillar of earth shot up from under Erin's umbrella hand, causing her to drop it. Immediately, she could feel its effects.
[You are now in direct sunlight]
[All stats will be reduced by 70%]
[HP 17/19]
Erin had wavered in her stance, her knees buckling from the scorching sun.
"I didn't expect you to get so weak in the knees for taking your umbrella," Earl teased before commanding the earth around Erin's umbrella to swallow it whole.
Erin's anger boiled with a heat that matched the sun's, and she threatened with her face close to his, "You'll regret that."
While Earl's body was still skewered, Erin lunged her head to his neck, and bit into it.
[+2 HP]
[HP 19/19]
[Blood Bank 98/100 ML]
[Blood type B+ has been absorbed]
[+ 1 Agility point has been added]
Startled by the sudden bite, Earl found himself incapable of moving. It was as if he was paralyzed by a venom, except, there was no way for Erin to have some sort of venom ability. He felt his consciousness fade, and his body fell to the floor.
Before Erin could fully recover, the two clones, now turned 3, had attacked Erin on all sides. No longer did she have the speed she had before, and couldn't keep up anymore with the flurry of blades.
[- 9 HP]
[- 6 HP]
[Blood bank auto activated]
[HP 19/19]
[- 8 HP]
[-6 HP]
[Blood bank auto activated]
…
Erin was constantly getting hit from all sides, and ruining her chest piece. The sun was making her too sluggish to do anything in time. It had not only reduced her stats, but also her health, and despite her constant healing, it only meant she was getting more and more hurt.
[Blood bank empty]
[HP 19/19]
It was getting hard to concentrate with all of the notifications, but right as Erin decided to use a shadow skill, she was stabbed straight in the chest.
[-7 HP]
[HP 12/19]
Erin coughed out blood, and right when she was about to act, she got stabbed two more times.
[- 10 HP]
[HP 2/19]
All three Pierogi's had removed their blades from Erin, and she fell to the floor. Her body
[Your hunger grows]
[You can no longer suppress your need for blood]
[Your HP will decrease by -1 HP every hour until you have consumed human blood]
Erin felt her own consciousness fade, just barely hearing some cheers before it all went to black.
—
Layla was managing to keep up against Amy. Her bow's active ability being the one thing that made up for the lack of MC cells. The two were tied in strength, both of them giving the other significant wounds.
'Come on… I think I might have enough MC for one more attack…' Layla thought to herself.
Layla was constantly moving, hiding between the bodies and giant dark brown rocks. She had to keep moving, even with the lashes done on her body. Getting on top of a rock with a flat top, she drew back another arrow, and fired it at her opponent.
It had scraped Amy's arm, flying past her, but then the arrow redirected back into her arm, making a U-turn in the air.
"Arg!" Amy growled, then whistled, which caused a short boy a small distance away to pop out of hiding.
Drawing her bow back for another arrow, Layla expected this boy to be physical backup to help in the fight, but as Layla let go of the string, someone had snuck up from behind her, grabbing her legs with gauntlets.
Garret had been the one to grab Layla, causing her to trip and fall on top of the boulder. She tried to kick him, but as she was scrambling to fight him off, a flaming whip had wrapped itself around her. Amy then yanked it, making Layla smack onto the sandy floor.
Layla grit her teeth in agony, the whip was burning hot against her body, and her body was growing tired from the pain.
"Arggh!" Layla screamed.
Amy got off of her rock, and willed her weapon's skill to no longer be active, much to Layla's relief. It was then that Layla noticed Amy's wounds were all healed. She no longer hand the arrows in her arms or legs.
"Thank you Jerry! You're a reallll life saver," Amy smiled, saluting to the short boy Layla saw earlier.
Jerry solemnly nodded, duty bound.
Layla fought to stay conscious, but she wasn't super human, and the pain from the burns caught up. Soon, Layla fainted.
"So," Amy said, placing her hands on her hips, "Where did they store those crystals?"