Trial by Fire
The tensile but elastic tentacle slammed into him from an impossible angle.
'Let's hope that it was the only magic it could use. Otherwise, with that strong physical body, I'd be deep in shit!'
Damien pulled his body out just in time. The tentacle just whizzed past him at high speed. Damien could feel the breeze on his face.
'Fast! Does this bastard have no weaknesses at all?'
Crack! Crack!
The wooden tentacle gained a lustre and became darker.
'Fuck me backwards! Level 2!'
In a conversation with Sylvie, he was taught the categories of monstrous beasts by him.
Whoosh. Clang!
Damiens sword shook visibly. A metallic clang resounded.
'The wood turned to metal. Physical transformations! Special class!'
More variety of magic would flow his way, and he knew it. Damien felt a chill.
'I have to end this! Otherwise, this rolling meadow will be my grave.'
Damien activated his boxing skill.
He could see the monster's weakness almost immediately and a path to move towards it.
'This is level 4...I am guessing the brighter spot is the weaker one.'
He dashed towards it. Almost immediately, the monster understood Damien's intentions. All the vicious tentacles shot forward!
Clang!
The first one clashed with the sword.
Crack!
The second broke the sword into two.
'Faster!'
"Folding Space!"
The space in front started to twist as Damiens figure distorted and shot forwards!
'Faster! Faster! I need more time!'
He realized that it was now or never. One of the two time-runes in a tetrahedron started to shine.
"Time Lag!"
The tentacles that were about to reach him slowed down but he maintained his speed. A scratch appeared on his neck. His left cheek split open from tentacles he was unable to dodge.
'This! The mana consumption of time magic is too much! I won't last!'
He was forced to activate his incomplete tetrahedron. After all, he needed five runes to complete it.
Boom!
Just as his mana was about to get depleted, he slammed his fist into the trunk of the monster.
An ear-piercing screech made his ears bleed.
-Vampiric Absorption activated
The mana sphere regained its blue luster.
Boom! Boom! Slam!
Damien was only able to rub two in when a massive tentacle slammed him onto the ground!
The massive tentacle then positioned itself, ready to pierce a hole in Damien's chest.
Shoosh!
The tip of the tentacle flared up and the silvery lustre turned into red. The heat emanating from the tip above told him all about it.
'Fire! This is going to kill me!'
"Space Isolation!"
Layers of thin transparent barriers set up in front of him.
The tentacle slowly moved towards him. The barriers cracked without any resistance.
'Shit! Shit! Move! Why do my legs not budge!'
The mana in the space tetrahedron soon became half-filled. The sphere in the center pumped mana into it but the usage was too much!
-Skill: Vampiric Absorption lvl 2 ->3
The temperature began to rise. His hair gave a charred smell.
"Aaaaah!"
-Throes of Death activated
-Pain Resistance activated
-Skill: Mental Fortitude lvl 1->2
Damien was on the edge of death but the reaper of his life kept closing in.