Iguva - Pain + Magic Arrow

Three shots of light flew from before Iguvua’s face. Zaryusu was startled by the lack of casting motion and instinctively held his sword up as a shield, but the bolts of magic went by it and sent a heavy, dull pain through his body.

This was Silent Magic: Magic Arrow. Silent Magic didn’t have any preparation that could be hindered, and Magic Arrow was ordinarily impossible to evade. Even Zaryusu couldn’t dodge it.

Gritting his teeth, Zaryusu lashed out with Frost Pain.

“Guh! Damn you, lizardman!”

Magic Arrow may have been impossible to evade, but it didn’t do a terrible amount of damage, either. It wasn’t about to take someone like Zaryusu, who had punished his body to its limits, out of commission.

Another round hammered into him. The pain reverberated at his core. Zaryusu suppressed it and swung his sword.

This back-and-forth repeated a few times. Zaryusu gradually slowed. The ache was leeching the agility from his movements. The difference between him and the undead who knew no pain became obvious.

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Then came three attacks, of which Iguvua was able to block only one. The other two cut into his body. He had resistance against cutting weapons, like a skeleton, and the additional chill damage had no effect, but this was still an extremely bad situation for him to be in.

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Volume 4, Chapter 3.5