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Eva cast her Control outwards, scanning far and wide . She wasn't like Draco who had the cheat-like Divine Eyes which could see almost everything within a certain Rank/level .
In fact, if she were a common player, she would have to gingerly traverse the Area Zone carefully while looking out for enemies . But with her Control, she easily identified around 12 Rank 2 monsters within range .
Each of them was alone, as monsters of higher Ranks tended to be solitary creatures unless they lived with their mates . Situations like the orchard and whatnot were impossible if not artificially set up that way .
As Field Zones were natural occurrences, it was obviously unlikely for such a situation to be present normally . Case in point, the current scenario .
Eva turned to the other ladies and looked at them seriously . "We are going to clear out this Area Zone in order to strengthen ourselves . After that, I'll construct a department of the organization when we're done . "
"The monsters in this zone are fewer than those we encountered in the Plains of the Colossus, but they are far stronger . They are all 1 Rank above us . "
The other three became solemn . Roma and Hikari were generally new to the world, but their time with Draco allowed them to learn the combat standard of the world, and their recent time with Eva reinforced that .
As for Zaine, she was lazy but not ignorant . In fact, apart from Eva, she might be the one who best understood the hellish task they were about to undertake .
The three shared a look and nodded to Eva . "Guide us, Big Sister . "
Eva smiled and led them towards the best target for them to start with, a Rank 2 Specialist Aqua Bear . Even though a monster like this would be more intelligent, it only had physical abilities, which would make the battle more controllable .
Eva had no delusions of grandeur . If she had a Divine Class like Draco, forget being with the three beauties, she alone could solo this zone . Divine Classes were broken like that .
However, she currently had a Rare class, the Shadow Assassin . Her total stats were just barely above the starting stats for just one category in a Divine Class .
Hikari was totally defensive and support based . In fact, it was her presence that largely gave Eva the guts to risk such a fight .
Roma was a ranged damage-dealer and crowd-control, as well as a summoner type . As long as there was enough time and Worldly Energy, the sky was her limit .
Zaine was a ranged damage dealer as well, despite her delusions of grandeur . Her damage output was not high due to her relative level, but her versatility and speed as a ranged fighter were the best .
And there was Eva herself, who was a ranged and melee fighter simultaneously . Of course, with her gear, she would be handling melee fights . She would be tanking in general and dealing damage on the side .
But neither Draco nor Eva were comfortable with letting Hikari take on that task when they themselves were skillful enough to do so . As such, she was turned into a ranged support and healer, which was best .
With her battle plans drawn out, Eva and co encroached upon the Aqua Bear's territory . The beast was currently gnawing on some bones of what looked like a large fish .
「Name: Aqua Bear – Specialist Rank monster
Level: 76
HP: 800,000/800,000」
When it saw them, its eyes lit up and it threw away its toy . Fresh meat right from the factory! How could the Aqua Bear begrudge these women if they wanted to badly to fill up his stomach?
Without any prelude, Eva used Short Blink to appear behind the Aqua Bear . Next, she chained it with Shadow Tendrils .
「Shadow Tendrils – Active skill
Effect: Summon shadow tendrils to bind, pierce, or harass an enemy target . Tendrils last as long as you have Mana to burn and consume 10 mana per second .
Cooldown: 7 minutes」
While bound, the Aqua Bear roared and began to resist . Eva felt her mana bottoming out rapidly . Spells like this would last as long as you had mana, and the stronger the resistance of your enemy, the more mana they drained per second .
Eva first struck with the Chrono Blade at a strong point, activating the Light Cleanse passive skill which reduced overall defense by 30% . She needed this to negate the 30% defense boost the Aqua Bear received from Rank Suppression .
After all, it was a melee monster that had poor speed, but incredible physical defense and offense . If the Rank suppression was to be added, then she would have a hard time taking it down .
Eva then added her Void Blade to the mix, striking at the Aqua Bear's tendons which were a weakpoint . This induced a natural critical hit thanks to the Shadow Kill passive skill .
Since she wanted to end this battle as best as she could, she also utilized her Light Energy from her bloodline . It drained a small amount of BP to coat her sword in razor sharp Light Energy thanks to her training .
Normally this would only add on a small amount of damage, but this time it was quite a bit thanks to the boost of 500% from Lightfire and 300% from the Eye of Heaven .
-15,000!
What, expecting a higher amount? Heh heh, clearly overestimating the power of a Rank 1 player and underestimating the Rank gap .
Eva had a normal class with her highest stat only being Dexterity which had 89 points . This made her speed godly, but she only had 12 points in Strength, so how could her melee damage be much?
Not only that, but there was also level suppression which cut down her already struggling stats by 25% due to the level gap .
Then, there was the 30% damage reduction from a Rank 1 foe to a Rank 2 one, meaning that after her base damage and the 500%+ 300% was added on, that final number was cut down by 30% .
Luckily, she had negated the 30% defense increase with her Light Cleanse passive skill, or this damage would have been reduced by another 30% .
Then there was the biggest culprit, which was the Aqua Bear's own natural defense . All of this blended together to make Eva's well-timed and beautiful strike look like a fart .
Hehe, when watching Draco slaughter waves of Rank 2 monsters like they were weeds, Rank 2 monsters seemed kinda weak didn't they? What was the big fuss about them if Draco killed them like dogs?
The answer had been proven here . Without the Light Energy from her bloodline that was boosted by 800% thanks to the two items, Eva might not even have dealt 1,500 damage after all calculations .
Alone, it was clearly impossible for Eva to kill such a monster . Even with her great skill, she could only ensure her life as she escaped, but killing the Rank 2 monster was impossible .
But was Eva alone?
At this time, Roma raised her hands as her eyes glowed green and her hair mimicked Medusa in becoming like a weave of snakes . With a short chant and a wave of energy, hands burst through the earth .
The Witch Slaves had arrived and entered the battlefield the moment they were spawned . As they rushed to assist Eva by sharing aggro, Roma also used Necrotic Hands to bind the Aqua Bear .
She chained this with Evil Curse, which gave the Rank 2 monster a \u003cConfused\u003e status for 1 minute . After using her quick cast skills, she began to chant, preparing a more powerful spell .
Zaine was not idle . Her eyes flashed as she used her Illusion passive skill to try and pull the Aqua Bear into a false mirage . The Rank 2 monster slowed down its struggle and went slack for a few seconds in bewilderment .
At the same time, Zaine threw out many knives towards the monster which she then controlled with her mind to form a macro-blade that ripped at its skin brutally .
Hikari cast White Light Blessing on the Witch Slaves and Eva as well, doubling their damage and defense . She would have to do it quickly over the span of a minute or more as she buffed each person individually .
It couldn't be helped, she didn't have the power to do so before . Now however, she was buffing them in batches of 10 per second, which was a great achievement .
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