[You absolute, toy.]
I didn't expect the system to insult me so soon, but as long as it brought anything useful, it could treat me like a pincushion of insults if it wanted.
[Skills]
- Chrono Blink
- Time Detonation
- Hourglass Edge
The skills were simple; the first one allowed me to travel forward or backward in time for three seconds, a more complex version of teleportation.
The second one was a bit more elaborate, but once again, it wasn't rocket science; it only meant that each swing of my sword would be met with a second swing, like time itself fracturing, so I could deal double the damage.
As for the last one? It was a simple buff, increasing my rapier's stats by making it contained in a temporal field that increases its speed.
And that was it.
"Better than nothing!"
I sprinted towards the patriarch, the boss immediately deciding I was a bigger threat and completely ignoring both Erick and Rein.
"Leon!" Rein yelled out.
"Don't worry about me! Get Jules and Bern and call for backup! I'll distract it for as long as I can!"
I ordered them, and now it was me and this boss, one-on-one.
FWOOSH!
BANG!
The boss swung at me, but it was now easier to dodge.
[Haste]
[Chrono Blink]
"RAGHH!"
The boss grumbled, and once more swinging, a flurry of strikes that threatened to kill me in one hit.
[Chrono Blink]
[Chrono Blink]
[Chrono Blink]
"I can't seem to find an opening!"
I grunted. I had a ton of mana, and my chrono blink barely consumed any, but if I were to continue, running out was definitely in my future.
The boss's skin was too hard to penetrate; even if this rapier was magical, I heavily doubt it would deal any meaningful damage.
But... the ability to teleport did give me another strategy.
The eyes and mouth.
Surely the insides weren't as tough.
[Chrono Blink]
Three seconds was all I needed when combined with haste to reach its eyes in that time.
BLINK!
[Time Detonation]
"Die!"
I plunged my rapier deep into its eyes, and with the help of time detonation... that single thrust happened two times with one action.
The pain from it was nearly unbearable, judging by the boss's wild thrashing.
"Ah, fuck!"
I cursed, slowly losing my footing on its head as it began to sprint wildly, trying to get me off its head.
[Chrono Blink]
Teleporting to the next eye, I did the same thing: time detonation plus a thrust of my rapier.
It was now completely bleeding from two eyes... well, used to be eyes.
And I used that as a sign to finally get off its head before it rams itself straight into a stone wall.
[Chrono Blink]
And I managed to get off just in time, because surprise, surprise, it quite literally did ram its head straight onto a wall.
But then again... it barely seemed to even damage it, only stunning it.
But now that it was blind, I could go for the eyes again, and this time try piercing its brain along with it.
[Impressive...]
'Still think I'm useless?'
[Don't get ahead of yourself.]
'Oh, I will!'
[Chrono Blink]
To hell with becoming inconspicious and hiding my strength, if I were in another world with a cheat skill, I'd use it the way I want it!
And the way I want it? Absolutely and unforgivingly effective.
THRUST!
The moment I reached the head again, it was the same, time detonation, and a thrust with my rapier.
But this time? I plan to go as deep as possible until I penetrate this elf's brain and end it for good.
And that made me realize something... I could also use chrono blink while mid-attack to make it even more effective.
[Chrono Blink]
...Probably too effective.
Because the moment I activated it again while my rapier was currently stabbed in its eye socket, the moment I reappeared, my rapier had already reached its brain.
And the elven patriarch who was just thrashing wildly beneath me had gone still, quite literally died while standing, as a result of the unbelievably quick death of having a sharp object appear on its brain without warning.
"E-Eh...?"