Child from the Dungeon

Chapter 91: Challenge Part 2

"( Why is he smirking...? )"

"( Did he already predict our plan? )" I said to my mind as I try to wait for the System to finish its scan of Mr. Tenebrae over there.

"( Tenebrae Nyx Nocterra, so that's your name huh, Mr. Possessor. )" I still remember that event as I remember the menacing feeling I get during Investigator Richard Trazer's possession in the medic room, even Carlos stand no chance against it, despite him had Tier V Magic.

"( This man is different, even the System seems to can't even calculate his true capabilities. )"

< Calculating the Target's capabilities. >

< Loading... >

< Loading.. >

< Loading. >

"( I wonder, is the System had some weakness to not being able to calculate unordinary factors such as Mr. Tenebrae? )"

"( If that is so, then no wonder that using my Mana Senses, the difference of the System's calculation and what I felt are so different from each other. )"

"( Using my Mana Senses, I can tell that Mr. Tenebrae had so much mana, even beyond that of mom who had the [Dragon Curse]. )"

"( I can't pinpoint or tell for sure, but using my hypothesis, this could be that his powers might able to overpower us at once, but... )"

"( Dammit, how strong he actually is. )" I still try to speculate how powerful the man is, while the System Scans and Calculations had already been given up.

< Scanning Failed. >

< Calculating Failed. >

< System Unable to calculate the target and can only get the result shown to User Donovan earlier. >

"( Dammit, guess I have no choice right... )"

"( If we just stay attacking him from afar then our Mana would be depleted before even hurting him. )"

"( Guess, the only way is to challenge him head-on, )" I said to myself as I decide to do the extreme I decided to face him head-on and cancel all of my smoke.

" Draven, boy, what are you doing!? " Guildmaster Resha said to me as the <Black Smoke> vanished, revealing her and dad in the process as I decided to take the offensive close-ranged.

" Oh, you're coming towards me? " Tenebrae asks me, didn't do anything despite I'm coming to him.

" Interesting, young stranger. "

" You decided to face me head-on despite you had the tactical advantage in covering yourself. " Mr. Tenebrae praises me, either he's actually praising me or mocking me inside his mind, but I decided to brush it and just prepare the thing in my left arm.

" It seems unlike the others, you understand that no victory will come for you in the comfort zone you've just made. "

" Such a plausible act to face the challenge upon you. "

" To even sacrifice yourself to attack the enemy while facing the odds in order to achieve victory, I have to praise for that, Draven... " Tenebrae says as he raises his hand, as his Dark Barrier made of Dark Balls immediately stopped and somehow charged itself.

"( A charged attack. )" I said as I immediately dodge the Dark Balls shot, by using one of my <Black Smoke> variant skills.

...

< Skill: [Black Smoke Moth Slip]-- LVL.1 >

< Allows the User to use the Black Smoke to dodge, turning the User's unorthodox body into smoke in order to slip through any obstacles. >

< Cost: 200 AP >

< Cooldown: 25 seconds >

...

" Hmmm...? " Tenebrae and the others were shocked to see the Dark Balls just slip through me, slip through my body that turned into smoke, enabling me to slip through any projectiles that Tenebrae just cast.

"( [ Dark Magic: Tenebris Proiectum ] )"

"( That's the magic he's using right now, huh System? )" I ask the System who is somehow able to analyze what Tenebrae just attacked me with after some errors earlier.

< [Black Smoke Moth Slip] skill successfully let the User slip through the very hard and destructive Dark Projectiles. > System says as the Dark Projectiles behind me begin to land and destroy the ground behind me while I just run and slip through those Dark Magic-made obstacles as I run and prepared what I had in my hand.

" Such a persistent and unique child! " Tenebrae praises me for surprising him, maybe he never thought that I will catch him off guard like that.

As he now takes me seriously, he then uses another Dark Magic to attack me which I also slip through and immediately use the charged skill I have prepared for this.

* I dodge and slip, avoiding the attack. *

" What the...? " Tenebrae asks as I released the thing I've prepared.

" Eat this... "

...

< Skill: [Black Smoke Moth Blast]-- LVL.1 >

< Allows the User to use the Black Smoke as an attack, the damage is not that high but can stun the enemy as it blinds them. The skill also can be combined with other elementals such as fire. >

< Effect: DMG 23.000, Flammable, Stun, Blind Effect.>

< Cost: 400 AP (Normal), 1.200 AP (Charged) >

< Cooldown: 30 seconds >

...

As it happens, I immediately just blast it into Tenebrae's face, making the smoke cover his body despite the mere damage he receives.

" What the...? damn you... "

< Stun Effect Applied >

< Blind Effect Applied >

When he was blinded, I immediately tell the other two, especially Guildaster Resha to use her fire magic, as my smoke will increase the fire's damage which she just did as predicted using her [Agni Magic: Agni Burst] followed my father's [Endless Swirl, Tornado Typhoon], combining it into [Magic Combination: Tornado Toaster].

"( Really System, that's the name for the endless swirling of fire that they just made. )"

"( Instead of 'Tornado Toaster', I rather call it 'Wind Wrath' than whatever they named it. )" Donovan says to the System what he thinks the attack was beautifully made as it finally wound him.

" I see, using your Smoke Magic to increase the burn, huh? " dad comes to me, praising me as he looks at the combination attack we've made, for the fire tornado's color turned black which also made the fire hotter than before inside it.

" With this, he should've been burned to ashes. "

" Thanks for your help, Dra-ven... " dad thanks me.

" Of course, Mr. Duncan... "

" After that, a fan would do to impress a great Hunter such as you. " I just tell dad that bullshit, telling him that I'm his biggest fan.

As I talk to him, Guildmaster Agniz comes to us and tells us that the attack should've wounded it, but she can't still be sure.

" He survived earlier, so there's a chance that... "

" He'll survive again? " Tenebrae suddenly appears out of the darkness which made the three of us run far away to distance ourselves.

" Oh my, you guys looked afraid. " Tenebrae says while some of his body is still burned.

" Don't worry... " he says as the fire slowly disappears thanks to his Dark Magic.

" I'm not dead yet, so you guys won't be the criminal for today. " Tenebrae says as he smirks, mocking our efforts.

"( Dammit, this man...! )" I curse him for his survival.