20demayo 280. Quit Complaining and Work Hard
280. Quit Complaining and Work Hard
Ike clenched the skill in his hand and shouted, in his head, Absorb!The skill, in its full form, only existed for a split second before it vanished into Ike. Even then, it exuded a monstrous aura, stronger than any skill he'd experienced so far. Even Lightning Dash couldn't match up.
The figure grabbed at him, but before it reached him, a wave of powerful energy burst from his body. It pushed the figure back and sent them tumbling.
Before they could get up, Wisp, Scar, and Rufus all jumped on it and hammered it with their strongest attacks. No one needed to say anything. They had all came to the same conclusion without words. Ike, and this new skill he'd obtained, was their only hope of victory. They needed to buy time. Now that the figure was attacking instead of chatting, they had to fight. They either fought, or the figure killed Ike, which is to say, killed their only hope of victory.
Vi dropped from the sky and joined the melee. With the figure's footing gone, and four of them beating it together, they managed to keep it grounded. Fire roiled around them, and gouts of fire spurted up from time to time, but the four of them refused to back away. Even as they accumulated burns, cuts, and bruises, they kept pounding it, desperately buying Ike the time he needed to absorb the skill.
"You think you can defeat me? You pathetic losers? You should give in and accept your deaths!" the figure roared.
Wisp landed a good punch right on his face. He jerked back, stunned. "Yeah, and maybe you should accept your death. Ever think about that, loser?"
The figure roared. As it roared, a blast of fire threw everyone back. It started to climb to its feet, only to fall back down. At some point, Wisp had stuck spider thread to its back and tied it to the ground. It growled again. Fire raged over its skin and burned the thread off, but too late. Ike's companions had all jumped to their feet and surrounded it once more to continue the beat-down.
They hammered it, but their hardest hits did little. They could scratch its charcoal skin, but not deal serious damage. Meanwhile, their wounds only continued to accumulate. They couldn't defeat it. Couldn't win this fight. All they could do was hold on and hope that the skill Ike got was strong enough to tip the scales.
On Ike's part, he immersed himself in the skill. He was aware of nothing but the skill. The skill was his whole world. Its power blasted through his body, scouring him down to the last cell. It was
New Skill Obtained.
(Legendary) [King's Reign]
With a blast of gold light, so thick it was almost material, the skill activated.