First Group Fights

"Aim for the middle of the chest!" Enzo yelled.

He said it loud enough for the whole group to hear because Hephaestus had not yet said it.

Bella swung her katana towards the crew member who brought his own sword up to block it, but they never clashed.

Bella's attack was a feint. She stopped her strike before it could reach the crew member, so the monster ended up swinging and hitting air.

She spun around to dodge the sword and reached the other side of the beast by the end of her spin.

Enzo stabbed his sword into the heart of the monster from the front while Bella did the same from the back.

[Critical hit!]

[-1,500]

[Critical hit!]

[-1,500]

Enzo pulled his katana back as the crew member picked its sword back up and swung at him.

He had to jump to the side to dodge the cutlass, but the monster made the mistake of overcompensating again.

The sword completely missed Enzo and hit the ground where he was standing a second ago.

Bella stabbed her katana into the heart once again.

[Critical hit!]

[-1,500]

Enzo didn't even bother stabbing into the heart and just cut the monster's head off.

[-800]

[You have killed a level 14 Crew Member]

[+100 Exp]

The headless zombie pirate fell to the ground.

Enzo looked around to see the rest of the group was still fighting, but he could tell they would finish their fights soon.

The zombie pirate only gave him a few silver coins after being looted, which he split with Bella.

"Should we help?" Bella asked.

"Nah, let them finish on their own." Enzo said.

Everyone was already split up into groups of two, there was no reason to help even further when they could all obviously handle themselves.

Finally when the group all finished their fights, another fight brought itself to them.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

"Amazing! Such teamwork!"

Enzo whipped his head around towards where the voice came from.

Behind them, another player group stepped out from behind the trees and into the clearing Enzo and his group were standing in.

"Who are you?" Enzo asked.

He made a hand single behind his back for Jane to move back. She didn't see the signal, but Bella understood what he was trying to convey and brought her to the back of their group where she would be protected.

"You don't know who I am?" The man asked incredulously.

Enzo looked up at his ID tag again to see if he missed something.

[Man Eater]

[Level 14]

[HP: 1,000/1,000]

'Nope, never heard of him before.'

"No, I have no clue who you are, but can we please skip the whole 'I'm a douche and I'm going to get mad when people don't know who I am' routine?" Enzo asked.

He could tell his type from a mile away, so instead of fighting with their words first it would be better to just get into the imminent physical fight now.

A frown formed on Man Eater's face before he drew two swords.

He held one in each hand and it was obvious that he is a class that dual wields.

'Either a Warrior, Berserker, or a Swarm Keeper.' Enzo thought to himself.

He then looked at the weapons of the rest of Man Eater's group in an attempt to check their classes as well.

From what he could tell there were 2 warrior type players other than Man Eater, there were 2 healers, 2 magicians, and a ranger type class. The ranger type class was obviously a swarm keeper due to the swarm of bees flying around her at all times.

"Eevie take one of the magicians. Prometheus and Pepper take the other magician. Ivar take the swarm keeper. Phaestus take the lead warrior. Cereal take the other warrior and I'll take the last. Clerk support." Enzo barked out orders while everyone readied their weapons.

He put away his katana and took out his daggers to fight the warrior type player he was aiming for. The player was most likely a templar as he wore robes and armor that had crosses and other church symbols on them. The player pulled out a longsword, so Enzo thought it would be better to use his daggers in this fight.

[Knight of Retribution]

[Level 14]

[2,500/2,500]

Enzo calmly walked up to the Knight as his teammates did the same with their assignments.

"You're going to regret being so cocky!" Man Eater said.

"Ahhh shut up and just fight." Hephaestus said to him.

"Hehehe! I'm going to fight a real person!" Kenny shouted in excitement.

Enzo rolled his eyes at his friend before launching himself towards the Knight.

His group followed his lead and launched themselves at their respective assignments as well. Jane was the only one in their group to stay back as her class is geared to support, not direct fighting.

Knight of Retribution brought his sword up to his head and brought it down with much more speed than Enzo anticipated. Luckily, he was still faster than the Knight, so he didn't get hit by the sword.

Enzo dodged and tried to counter attack, but the Knight brought his sword up quickly and deflected the strike of his daggers.

Enzo was flung away a short distance but stayed on his feet until he had to roll away due to another strike coming from the Knight.

It was then that Enzo noticed the weak spot. The weak spot of the Knight was located at the center of his forehead.

'David and Goliath I guess…' Enzo thought to himself.

It was a simple joke he was making to only himself, but it gave him an idea.

The reason he wasn't just using his bow in this fight is because he wanted more hand to hand combat experience, but that didn't mean all range options were taken away. He remembered that his daggers have a rope attached to them that was currently wrapped around his arms.

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Don't forget to check out the second book in this series "Rise of the Seven Sins: The Gluttonous King Slime" and add it to your library if you enjoy it. Thank you for the amazing support on both this novel and the new one, I appreciate it a lot.

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