(AN : I discovered that I had previously fucked up. Old Jiro is of East Crow while Old Juro is Sato''s grandfather. Sorry for the misunderstanding...)


    "Dream!!!" Old Jiro roared as the one-horned troll was almost about toplete it''s exit.


    Dream Tiger was already prepared as he had an arrow drawn on his bow. Taking aim at the one-horned troll''s right eye, Dream Tiger released his hold on the arrow.


    *Twang* [1]


    ''Martial technique : Bold Shot.''


    In other to avoid unseen circumstances like thest one, Dream Tiger had used a regr arrow attack. Despite being a regr attack, the force behind the arrow was quite impressive since he applied a martial technique to it.


    As a treasured yer of a tier 2 guild, it was only right for Dream Tiger to have learnt at least 1 martial technique. When you consider that his upation appreciates martial arts even more, it is highly possible for Dream Tiger to have learnt 3 martial techniques.


    The arrow had enough power behind it to possibly fully prate and pass through a block of steel with 2 inches thickness (AN: 5.08cm). With such lethality behind it, one could only imagine how much powerful it would be when performed with a skill. Without a doubt, Dream Tiger proved himself worthy of being East Crow''s hidden piece with this attack.


    "Kylian!" In other to prevent the other one-horned trolls from interrupting, Chesces signaled the only long-rangebatant in his team.


    "On it." Kylian hastily replied. Pointing his staff at the one-horned troll assigned to their team(the one at the centre), Kylian said in a low voice " [Nature''s enticement]."


    Suddenly, the one-horned troll in the centre froze and blindly stared ahead in a muddled state. It looked like a baby that was sin awe of bright lights except it was ugly.


    Despite the druid ss being a support ss like the cleric and cursemancer ss, it wasn''t a simple ss. You might even say it''s stronger than the other two. Apart from their healing abilities and high Mana sensitivity, druids have a plethora of control and damage dealing skills that grant them better flexibility in battles but as they say, the System is just. If not for their weak natural defense and health, they would have been an OP ss. Also at the early stage they don''t have a lot of spells essible to them.


    The skill [Nature''s enticement] was a control skill that could temporary stop the thinking of any living being or attract them towards the user. Even though it sounded like an MT skill, it had its roots from nature. As the priests of nature, it is only right for druids to possess such an ability that gives them an upper hand against living creatures after all, every living being is nature. (AN : What about robots?).


    Using the time the one-horned troll was puzzled, Griffin closed in and swung his sword at it, using [Justice sh] which was already off its cool-down, effectively dealing damage and gaining it''s aggro.


    . . . . .


    On the other side, the arrow had long arrived when Kylian had distracted the other one-horned troll. As it made it''s way towards the target, the one-horned troll saw the arrow approach but because it saw it toote, it couldn''t stop the attack so it ced its left hand over the right eye. The arrow ended up partly-embedded in it''s left hand even still, the troll didn''t release any sound of pain, only staring at the yers as it garnered strength and pulled itselfpletely out of the portal.


    "Swift de, tank. Dream, spread." As Old Jiro tossed out instructions, the team arranged themselves ording to the drill. Swift de stood in front while Dream Tiger moved towards his left while Old Jiro moved towards his right. This formation would help them interchange the monster''s aggro target role amongst themselves sparing the monster no opportunity to retaliate against anyone of them.


    The way it worked was that while, for instance, Swift de attacks the troll, it''s aggro bes focused on him and it rushes towards him. During this time, Dream Tiger and Old Jiro would continuously, attack dealingrge damage to the troll. Then Dream Tiger would stop while Old Jiro would continue attacking. This would shift the troll''s attention towards him and it would begin rushing to him. Of course the precondition is that Swift de doesn''t attack it.


    By constantly changing the role of the false MT, the troll''s concentration would be split in three, effectively dividing it''s attention and confusing it, giving the yers more time to attack and slowly grind it''s HP down.


    While moving, Old Jiro was chanting a spell with Dream Tiger loading an arrow.


    The one-horned troll swung it''s axe at Swift de who happened to be the closest to it.


    "You''re fast but I''m faster." Swift de chuckled before rolling on the ground as the axe swept above him, till he had gone past the troll.


    The one-horned troll quickly reacted, bringing the axe to a halt and turning back to hack at Swift de simply because it was annoyed that he had dodged its attack. However neither Dream Tiger nor Old Jiro would let it be.


    Dream Tiger shot an arrow towards it right eye again. The troll found this annoying even though it had reacted swiftly and dodged the attack. But by doing so, Old Jiro''s [Fire ray] struck its chest. Swift de ced the icing on the cake with a sh at it''s left leg biceps femoris.[2]


    [Critical hit]


    "Arggggh" (One-horned Troll 412/500)


    "Come on! Let''s go. We can do this!" Seeing as their 3 attacks had taken a somewhat sizeable chunk out of the one-horned troll''s HP, Old Jiro encouraged his teammates.


    "Graww!" The one-horned troll got infuriated by the continuous damage it received without having sessfully retaliated once. It''s eye glowed with a little tinge of red and though it wasn''t a berserk state, the troll''s fighting prowess changed a bit.


    It picked up its axe and rushed at Swift de whonded the critical hit. Old Jiro tried to gain it''s aggro by casting spell after spell on it, same with Dream Tiger who used his arrows, but the troll was quite fast and easily reached Swift de, who hadn''t retreated far enough, with two steps.


    When it closed in on him, the one-horned troll lifted it''s axe and brought it down on Swift de, with a very powerful momentum.


    ''Shit.'' This was Swift de''sst thought before he used [Parry] against the attack. Even though [Parry] was a defensive move that existed for both the Swordsman ss and the Guardian ss, the Swordsman version was slightly weaker than the Guardian one. Adding in the fact that Guardian yers have a better physique suited to handle attacks and assaults whenpared to a Swordsman, the end result forSwift de could only be spelled in one way;


    D O O M.


    AN :


    [1] onomatopoeia for the sound of an arrow being fired.


    [2] The muscles slightly beneath the hamstring. Behind the knee joint. But what do I know, I ain''t a medical student...


    So I''ve been thinking, why the hell does Chesces use a saber instead of a sword even though he''s a swordsman?!


    Also, I identally ended up making Chesces an important character. Well to the real Chesces, it seems that your luck is good.


    I think I should kill him off....