My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 35: The Mage Apprentice Who Can Use Shield Bash

Chapter 35: Chapter 35: The Mage Apprentice Who Can Use Shield Bash

So the opponent still had such a flying skill, capable of instantly adjusting their flight posture.

Facing the giant vampire bat attracted by the smell of blood, Raine stepped forward with his right foot.

"Boom!"

Although it was just a half-step, the ground he stepped on clearly showed a dent, and a powerful counterforce instantly transmitted through Raine’s ankle, thigh, and waist.

Raine’s left arm’s deltoid, biceps, and triceps suddenly swelled, and the veins on his forearm bulged. The recently purchased cross-shaped kite shield surged forward nearly half a meter, stirring a violent whistling airflow!

"Buzz~"

"Bang!!!"

The shield heavily smashed into the vampire bat at the front, its head about the size of a mouse, not giving it a chance to dodge.

Without even a scream, the bat’s head was smashed into its chest cavity by Raine’s shield bash, and it fell straight to the ground.

Instant kill!

This sudden attack immediately threw the formation of the four or five giant vampire bats behind into chaos.

"Squeak squeak~"

The second and third giant vampire bats obviously tried to adjust their flight direction, not wanting to enter the passage again, but the distance was too close.

"Boom!"

The second giant vampire bat, in panic, scraped its wings against the passage wall and was hit by Raine’s right-hand warhammer, instantly denting its head.

Two...

Raine silently counted in his mind.

At this moment, Grande stood beside him, speechless, as he hadn’t even taken down a single one yet.

"Squeak squeak!"

The commotion in the passage immediately alerted the remaining seven or eight giant vampire bats still hanging in the cave hall.

Enraged by their companions’ tragic deaths, the remaining giant vampire bats immediately formed a dense charging formation and rushed towards the passage all at once.

"Watch out! There are quite a few this time, and some might slip through." Raine warned.

Hearing Raine’s words, both Grande and Chris behind him paused, not knowing what to say.

Especially Chris, who internally grumbled—’You’re just a Mage Apprentice, now wearing warrior gear at the front, and still not letting any slip through. What are we here for then?’

But such words, he could only keep to himself.

After all, adventurers always respect the strong, and Raine’s strength was evident.

"Boom bang!"

"Squeak squeak~ squeak squeak~"

"Thud!!"

As the gusts of wind lifted by the dense wings surged, the passage fell into brief chaos.

For the three of them, the winds from the giant vampire bats’ wings fanned the torches like candles in a storm, causing the flames to flicker constantly.

The flickering shadows and lights made it extremely difficult for them to precisely hit the giant vampire bats’ vital points.

In contrast, Raine, with low-light vision, could precisely block the diving attacks of the giant vampire bats each time he held his shield.

The fangs and claws of several giant vampire bats continuously scratched Raine’s shield, but other than adding a few small scratches, they had no effect.

In return, every fierce shield bash from Raine caused a bat to fall straight to the ground.

As for the warhammer in his right hand, it brought a whistling wind, and any giant vampire bat it brushed against was injured, any it touched was killed.

And this was with Raine not even using Armor-Piercing Strike.

Because releasing combat skills consumed significant energy, Raine considered the rapid progression due to the support of Hammer Mastery Lv1 and focused on practicing Shield Bash in combat.

A few minutes later.

The commotion in the passage gradually died down.

"Squelch!"

Fabian stabbed a dagger into a giant vampire bat struggling on the ground.

"Alright! I’ve only killed this one." Fabian lamented.

In the narrow passage, being at the back of the team, he had hardly any opportunities to pick off enemies during the battle.

The only kill was the giant vampire bat whose wing had been broken by Raine and scrambled to the back amid the chaos.

"I got just one too." Chris sighed.

"Three..." Grande’s steady voice came through.

"What? Grande, you only got three?" Chris exclaimed in surprise.

He thought that Grande, who was side by side with Raine at the front, would have killed at least five or six.

In that case, does that mean...?

Chris glanced at the scattered giant vampire bat corpses a few meters away on the ground and exchanged a look with Fabian beside him, seeing the surprise in each other’s eyes.

"Raine, how many did you kill?" Chris couldn’t help but ask.

"Eight or nine, some I smashed their wings, not sure if they died." Raine’s calm voice emerged from the firm Horned Helmet.

"Wow, you killed more than the three of us combined!" Chris’s eyes widened, casting the torchlight onto the giant vampire bat corpses on the ground.

He hadn’t clearly seen how Raine dealt with these bats from the back earlier.

But the speed at which they were killed was unbelievable!

He wanted to see how these bats died precisely.

How did Raine kill them so quickly?

Only, as he inspected, Chris’s expression became more and more peculiar, and he asked, "If the dented ones are from the Hammer Strike, then the ones with the head embedded in the chest, Raine, did you hit them with the shield?"

"Yes." Raine didn’t hide anything, nodding and said.

"This is a Shield Combat Skill taught by Master Humbert, called Shield Bash."

"It requires considerable power, generating impact force with a short-range thrust to attack the enemy."

"Master Humbert? But when I learned about shields from him, he didn’t teach me this." Chris wondered aloud.

"Probably a secret skill of Master Humbert," Grande interjected.

As someone who just fought alongside Raine, although the environment was dark and chaotic, Grande saw clearly Raine’s use of Shield Bash on the giant vampire bats.

As a Warrior Apprentice, Grande knew, although Shield Bash seemed simple, it fundamentally differed from regular Shield Block.

Without enough power, it’s impossible for the shield to deliver a fierce impact at the moment of the strike, capable of driving the giant vampire bats’ heads into their chests for an instant kill.

Without enough power, Shield Bash would become... a mere shield shove, lacking any real force.

"Alright, Raine, aren’t you a Mage Apprentice? Why...?" Chris asked in existential confusion.

"Raine, do you really want to take the path of the Arcane Knight?"

"Arcane Knight?" Raine was a bit confused as to why everyone kept saying this, as Reya had mentioned something similar before.

"Yes, in simple terms, it refers to a warrior capable of casting magic. It’s said to be an advanced class, well... a second progression of Classes."

"That seems too distant for me, I just think it’s a practical move and want to perfect it." Raine shook his head.

Second Progression?

He’s not even a part of the initial Classes yet, it seemed too far away.

"Hmm? It seems there are still some vampire bats in the cave hall?" Fabian, appearing to have heard something, looked up towards the upper part of the cave hall.