Ronga ran at him, leaving Junhyuk speechless. He had already fought Ronga in single combat and lost, but now, Junhyuk had better items, and Ronga had already died many times since then, losing plenty of items himself.

There was a chance that Ronga had paid a visit to the dimensional merchant and gotten something amazing, but barring that, Junhyuk shouldn’t lose another duel.

Ronga might be buffed, but Junhyuk had Elise with him.

He didn’t really want to duel, so right before he ran ahead, he said, “Stay back and support me!”

“Wait!”

Elise extended her hand toward him and buffed him.

[Elise, the champion, has buffed you. Your extra attack chance increases by 10 percent, and your critical hit rate increases by 5 percent. These buffs will last five minutes.]

Even if Ronga was buffed, Junhyuk didn’t think he would lose. Junhyuk had both the buff monster’s buff and Elise’s buff.

His sword lengthened, and Ronga turned his body away from it to dodge it. Knowing that Ronga would try to dodge a potential Spatial Slash, he smiled. Junhyuk kept on shrinking and stretching his sword, and every time he did, Ronga turned away from it, his eyebrows twitching in frustration.

“So, that’s what you’re doing!”

Tricking the enemy was a basic battle tactic. Junhyuk smiled as the gap between the two closed to fifty meters. It was time to end things.

Junhyuk knew it was time to use his Spatial Slash, so he sped up. He couldn’t give Ronga the chance to use his combo power.

There werer now forty meters between them, and Ronga sensed something.

Ronga continued on his path toward Junhyuk, who took that as his chance to use the Spatial Slash. However, Ronga took a turn and avoided a critical hit. Junhyuk had his own acceleration triggered when he used the Spatial Slash, but Ronga had still managed to dodge it. His instincts were incredible to allow him to do it.

The enemy hero received only 21 percent of damage. Thinking that Ronga had gotten lucky, Junhyuk triggered a Spatial Collapse. Ronga might have gotten lucky once, but he couldn’t do it again. The Spatial Collapse struck the hero, and Ronga became unable to move.

The Spatial Collapse took 52 percent off of the hero’s health. At the same time, Junhyuk teleported to slash at his enemy. His attacks took another 22 percent off of Ronga’s health.

Ronga was left with 5 percent of his health. In that short while, Junhyuk had used nearly everything he could to kill Ronga. A satisfied smile appeared on his face as he brought his sword down one last time.

Suddenly, pink speckles of light sprinkled over Ronga’s head. That was something that Junhyuk had already seen.

Behind Ronga, Junhyuk found the warthog, who was standing right next to the portal. As soon as Junhyuk looked at the hog, the expert entered the portal.

There were another four portals scattered throughout the map, and there was no way to know which the warthog had taken. The warthog’s heal had been ma.s.sive.

Ronga, who had had 5 percent of his health left, now had 65 percent. The warthog had healed him for 60 percent of his health.

Ronga rushed, but seeing that, Junhyuk teleported back.

The distance of Ronga’s rush was shorter than that of his teleportation, so Junhyuk escaped the power and swung Aksha’s Longsword in response. His counter was blocked by Ronga’s sword right as the enemy hero dug into the ground.

Ronga had used two powers to close the gap between them, and Junhyuk laughed at that, teleporting yet again.

He was now standing in front of Elise, who had summoned Zaira. Junhyuk took his position behind the gynoid.

Ronga burst out of the ground, and just barely, Junhyuk was out of his range. Junhyuk smiled, and Ronga ran toward him again.

Junhyuk could teleport, but he couldn’t leave Elise behind, so he ran forward and shouted, “Support me!”

Elise sent Zaira forth, and the attack began. Her own laser beams could help.

When Ronga swung his broadsword, Junhyuk’s eyes widened. The enemy hero’s speed was far beyond what he had expected.

Clang!

Junhyuk had barely managed to block it, but Ronga attacked again. The enemy hero wasn’t using any powers, so Junhyuk didn’t raise his force field.

Clang!

Junhyuk blocked the second attack, but an opening appeared in his defense, and Ronga seized it.

Slash!

It was a regular attack against his ribs. Junhyuk gritted his teeth. He only lost 5 percent of his health, but he was shocked by Ronga’s attack speed.

Ronga was twice as fast as usual, which left him with no answer for the enemy hero’s attacks.

Elise attacked, but the amount of damage she did was negligible. Junhyuk had a set item that gave him an extra 3 percent fixed damage, and that made him understand how strong Ronga’s defense really was.

Elise’s attacks only took 3 percent off of Ronga’s health, and Zaira’s, 2 percent.

Ronga ignored Elise and focused on Junhyuk, who couldn’t keep up with the enemy hero’s attack speed. He realized then that he couldn’t kill Ronga.

It was an unexpected problem. Junhyuk had received Elise’s buffs, so he thought he would be able to win the fight, but Ronga’s buffs were superior.

On top of that, Ronga was quickly regaining health. With each pa.s.sing second, the enemy hero regained another 1 percent of health.

Junhyuk was left speechless, and smiling, Ronga attacked him.

Junhyuk quickly raised his force field then.

Clang, clang!

The force field blocked all of Ronga’s attacks, and as it did, Junhyuk counterattacked, but Ronga calmly blocked all of his attacks.

Junhyuk knew it then that Ronga’s attack speed had doubled. Without his powers, he wouldn’t be able to land a hit. Elise kept attacking Ronga, but he wasn’t expecting a miracle out of her.

Junhyuk had to buy time until his Spatial Slash returned. His force field would allow him to buy ten seconds. After that, he could teleport until his Spatial Slash was off cooldown.

Junhyuk wanted to learn more about Ronga’s swordsmanship, but it didn’t seem to follow any pattern. Ronga just attacked as quickly as he could to kill his enemy. He was using his instincts, and his movements were incredibly fast.

Now that he was buffed, Ronga was even faster than usual.

Without his force field, Junhyuk would have lost the majority of his health. He bit his lips as he looked for an opening in Ronga’s attacks. Ten seconds went by, and Junhyuk found no way to attack, so he grabbed Elise and teleported further back.

The allies had been pushed back to the watchtower, but Ronga scoffed at them and waited for him.

Junhyuk realized how strong the buff was then. With each pa.s.sing second, Ronga regained his health.

“That’s crazy!”

As time pa.s.sed, Junhyuk lost his advantage. He would’ve killed Ronga if not for the warthog. Now, things had turned dire.

Ronga was quickly recovering. Even with his Spatial Slash, he wouldn’t be able to kill the enemy hero.

“We should pull him,” Elise said.

“Yeah!” he agreed. “Elise, you stay behind the tower. I’ll pull him.”

Elise did exactly that, and he ran forward. Junhyuk was trying not to get hit by Ronga’s attacks.

Ronga smirked at the scene and swung his broadsword. Junhyuk had to land a successful attack to have a chance to trigger the set’s acceleration, but he couldn’t. He felt chained.

Ronga’s attacks could’ve been fatal, but Junhyuk used Dentra’s Magic Sword to block. Finally, he managed to hug Ronga and, as soon as he did, he jumped back.

While in the air, he saw Ronga smile. Ronga used his ultimate then.

Slash, slash, slash!

“Argh!”

Junhyuk hadn’t expected that to be possible while they were in the air, but the hero was spinning and slashing him.

He had already used his teleportations, so he could do nothing but take the hits, losing 15 percent of his health with each pa.s.sing second. While they crossed through the air, Junhyuk was attacked twice, and when he landed, he was attacked again. He lost a total of 45 percent of his health. By now, he had lost half of it.

Ronga smiled and attacked. Junhyuk blocked the first strike, but Ronga slashed his thigh with a second.

Slash!

His leg bled profusely, and at that moment, the archers attacked the enemy hero. Elise did the same.

The damage was small, but because the attacks stacked, they took their toll. Without looking back, Ronga suddenly retreated. He couldn’t fight with the archers at his throat.

Junhyuk checked on Ronga’s health and saw that the enemy hero was running for the portal.

He couldn’t let Ronga get away, so he bit his lips and gave chase. He had 40 percent of his health left, but his Spatial Slash would return soon. He would finish things with it.

Ronga looked back and slowed down. Junhyuk was closing in, fully trusting his remaining heath.

Ronga, who had waited for him, rushed at him.

Clang!

Junhyuk blocked the rush, but he still received 20 percent of damage. He had bought a new gauntlet that had increased his defense, which meant that Ronga had done something to increase his damage.

Junhyuk blocked Ronga’s attacks diligently until his Spatial Slash came off cooldown.

Dentra’s Magic Sword flashed at Ronga’s neck.