38***Man With A Plan (Part 3)

I sat there...

scrambling for as long as Angus could give me...

and this plan is the best I could come up with...?!

'hehe.. he.. hehehe...'

*smack!*

I brought my hands up to my cheeks and slapped them so hard they went ember! I don't have time to be going hysteric damn it!

But still, you'd be amazing not to loose all hope if the best idea you could come up with in a life and death situation like this is a poor knock-off from Cod of War, a game so old, my grandparents played it as kids! And yet, I'd be lying if I said that its practicality in this situation isn't as outrageous as it is a gamble. A gamble that's literally a fifty-fifty chance of getting either a 0.1% or a 0% chance at killing this thing!!!

But, what can I do?! My brain had already taken too much time entertaining this ridiculous notion, and Angus might as well be held held together by a piece of string right now, so it's do or die for me now! I can only hope this works!

I pulled out the last Beetle Leg I had in my inventory, a Stick, a Stone, and a few vines, and immediately set to work!

"Angus!" I shouted at her the instant I was finished, turning the mini's and Phinral's attention to me in turn!

"Run!" I yelled as I ran at Phinral with all my might, keeping an eye out for the first few Glide Worms. It would have been better if it were one of the mini ones, but they die upon impact, so I'm not wasting time on that!

Two Glide Worms were the only ones alive that I could see, and I kept looking at them intensely until I finally saw one go over one of his mouths!

'Perfect!' I thought to myself as they dive at me with Dive Bombs! I went through the checklist for the rules that I could remember for this move I'll need to do for this to work, in that space of time.

'1. It can only be done with a living and a none living objects. Check!' I ticked of in my mind as the first worm came at me! I redirected that one with a small Shield Bash to the side, and spun around with it to meet the second one!

'2. The move will activate on the most recently touched objects.' I spun around and dodged the Glide Worm at the side, reinforced my wrist, ankles, and waist coming around with him and throwing it back at Phinral!!! 'Check!'

*REDIRECT!!!*

A New Move Has Been Added To The Reinforced Combat Series

'Huh? Nice, a new move! But not now! I still have this fish to fry!!!' I mentally shouted as my mind started to wander! I've been keeping somewhat track of this guy while Angus was fighting him, and I found out the one thing crucial to this plan... his attack pattern!

'He always does two Acid Rains before doing his Rotating Fang, then falls back and does two more Acid Rains, rinse, wash repeat. I called Angus back after the first Acid Rain, which means that a second one is coming now! And if I'm lucky...' My thoughts broke of as I saw the worm fly over one of the mouths! At the same time, Phinral rippled and the mouths opened, right on time!

I couldn't stop myself from grinning as I jumped into the air to do a Shield Thrust into the ground! But before I carry on,

'3. Objects that switch keep their momentum!'

"EXCHANGE!!!" I cried out as I my shield switched places with the worm I touched! The worm crashed into the the ground under my fist, causing a small explosion of goop and data dust to fly as I drained the last of its life!

At the same time, the mouth beneath were the Glide Worm previously was, received a staggering surprise as a Carapace Shield meet it with a piercing strike!!! It closed instantly on instinct, but was then met with a nasty surprise!!! I used the stone to sharpen up the edges, increasing attack by shaving off durability! Now as the mouth bit in with almost little regard, the shield was now secured! A long vine hanging from the shield like a kite tail, completed the setup!

This move was used when I was up against the X-Gremlin, when I was trying to save Angus. Truth be told, I didn't see any notification that I got a new move, but I died almost as soon as I got it, and I didn't check for it again due to... yeah, so it was fifty-fifty at best with the odds against me! I guess what I'm trying to say is, it worked!!!

I then pulled out another item in my hand, some Lizard Skin, sliced into confetti!!! I had to stifle a laugh as I remembered what gave me this crazy idea.

***

The entrance of the dungeon

"Ack! Ah, not again!!!" I screamed out in disbelief as yet another attempt out of many turned to ashes once again!

"Are you still trying to tan that Lizard Skin brat?" Angus asked as she threw some daggers into the air to break them in.

"Of course! If I tan these, the Durability and the Defence will be higher than if I left them alone! I'll do it even if it kills me!!! Ack!!" I shouted out in frustration as yet another attempt bursts into flames, singeing my face!

***

'To think I'll be using it for that same reason. I sense irony!' I thought to myself as I threw my makeshift confetti into Phinral's face before hitting him with an Explosive Palm!!! Fire erupted instantly in his face as each strand of the hyper active skin burst into flames in an instant! Each strand burning bright and hot, so suddenly that Phinral got hit by Stun. It wasn't for long, maybe 3 seconds tops, but it was long enough for me!

I went Full Coil instantly and grabbed the vine, then with one quick jerk, I slammed his head into the ground with the weight of my entire body behind my movements! His head bounced back up a little and on its way back up, I pulled out... another Carapace Shield! I turned that last Beetle Leg into Beetle Meat and Carapace and made a small shield out of the Carapace! Under the effect of Sharpened, it's attack raised and became much like the one before!

I ran around his head for a bit before finding a mouth of the perfect size, somewhere near the top of the head, and Shield Jabbed my shield into it! Goop flew everywhere as he reared his head at the pinch of pain, throwing me off, but not before I unreeled the vine attached to the small shield and grabbed unto both it and the first one!

'I don't have much Essence! Gotta make this count!' I thought to myself as I turned my last bit of Essence into Explosive essence and ran it to my feet!

I used Jet Booster, sending myself flying in an ark as the tension redirected my otherwise directionless momentum and threw me onto his back! Now I only have my Stamina holding me up here!

'Angus, head to where I was, take up the Glide Worm Wings there, and prepare to throw on my signal!' I whispered quickly to her as Phinral started trashing about like a fish out of water!

My life dropping fast, I held onto my makeshift reins with all my might, went Full Coil, then whipped to the left and threw him into the wall! I then quickly whipped to the right, slamming him into the other wall! I then reared him up and rode him Broncho style as if I was a pro... whitch I was not, so my hp. dropped like a rock with that maneuver! It took some effort, but I finally turned him up into the air...

and right into the roof!

Large cracks formed all over the wall in mere moments, which then brings me to the final step of my plan, for as you can see... I wasn't making him crash into the wall just for recoil damage!

'Now!!! At the two largest cracks!' I barked immediately to Angus with whisper before jumping off of Phinral as he corrected himself!

Moments later, two 'booms' went off, and the large cracks grew bigger before a large portion of the wall fell on top of the unsuspecting Phinral!

The weight of tons of chunks of wall came crashing down on him, chipping off sizable chunks off his already low life, and by the time it was over, only a small amount of red was left!!!

I tucked and rolled to get out of the way, and Angus rushed - well... wobbled over to my side as the cascade ended!

"You... crazy... little... b****...." Angus said as she came up to me.

"Lang... uage..." I managed to heaved out in retort.

*RUBMLE!!!* *RUBMLE!!!*

"He... still has... some... hp. left." Angus stated as she tried to catch her breath and combat her Fatigue.

"Come... on. Let... 's... kill... it now!" I said in response, trying to get up, but to no avail!

"Ha...! Sucker...!!!" Angus said in a mocking tone as he got up and limped over to Phinral. Seriously, now its on!

I got on my stomach and started crawling with all my might! I know it sounds like we were a good distance away, but we were really just a few feet from him, and I reached one of my vines in no time!

I started pulling myself along at an increasing pace, Angus steadily increasing hers in toe to combat my newfound speed! We went as fast as we could, yet we both reached at the same time and grabbed our weapons and plunged them into his weak spots as soon as possible, and with all our strength just as Phinral was getting up!!!

Then the last of his hp. gave out!

Phinral The Leech Has Been Defeated!

Fifth Floor Cleared!