My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 96 - 91: A Mage Tank Like an Arcane Knight?

Chapter 96: Chapter 91: A Mage Tank Like an Arcane Knight?

"Damn it!"

"Let’s go too!"

"While the others can hold the line for a few seconds, let’s get as close to the Ice Spirit as possible."

The three had barely taken a few steps forward when suddenly, the Shield Warrior who was charging ahead paused, then showed an expression of wild joy, shouting to their team captain Schneider:

"Captain, look quickly, that Female Priest can cast Dispelling Spell!"

"What! Dispelling Spell?!" Schneider immediately looked in the direction the Shield Warrior was pointing.

There he saw the young girl in the light yellow Priest Robe of the Earth Divine Hall standing next to their team member Zane, and the originally white ice layer on Zane’s body was rapidly melting under a rich yellow glow.

It really is Dispelling Spell!

Schneider instantly felt a sense of "searching for him thousands of times, suddenly turning back, and there they are in the dim light."

At the same time, Schneider felt deep regret.

If only he hadn’t listened to Zane’s nonsense — ’saying that a newly inducted Priest couldn’t possibly master Divine Art Dispelling Spell.’ If he had insisted on negotiating further, the whole squad wouldn’t be in such a dire state.

Wait, in that case, the twenty gold coins were well spent!

Not bad, not bad, with Dispelling Spell, the battle just became much easier.

"No, what a waste!"

Schneider suddenly widened his eyes, suddenly realizing that the young Priest had cast the Dispelling Spell on Zane.

Zane was already frostbitten, and even if the ice layer was dispelled, he wouldn’t have much combat strength, and even if left uncared for, he wouldn’t be in mortal danger after drinking a Healing Potion.

As far as Schneider was concerned, the best strategy now would be for the young Priest to keep her two or three chances to dispel on hand, to use when the Mutated Ice Spirit cast slow or immobilization spells on their melee fighters.

After all, unlike Zero Level Divine Arts, a Priest with Classes Level One can only cast First Level Divine Arts two or three times at most under normal circumstances.

"I think you guys should look at the Ice Spirit over there," the Paladin also charging forward in ’slow motion’ suddenly spoke up.

Hmm?

Could it be that the Warrior Apprentice was already frozen stiff?

Schneider and the Shield Armor Warrior Russell immediately turned to look.

"Oh my gosh!" Russell exclaimed.

"What kind of freak is this?"

"Why is he completely unharmed?"

Schneider also showed a look of astonishment.

According to the normal scenario, whether it was him or Russell, standing in Raine’s position now and engaging the Ice Spirit up close would likely result in being embarrassingly overwhelmed by the Frost’s backlash in a matter of seconds.

Just like the two of them now.

Covered from head to toe in white frost, with thick ice shards hanging from their eyebrows, noses, and beards, their mobility was significantly reduced.

But look at what was happening to that guy in front of them?

He was full of vigor, without any signs of delay in his movements, as if completely unaffected.

How exactly was this achieved?

But at this moment, Schneider didn’t have time to ponder how the other party accomplished this.

His rich experience immediately told him that this was a perfect opportunity — ’the young man had managed to hold the Mutated Ice Spirit in place, not only resolving the crisis of their Mage Hayley but also giving them a chance to close in for an attack.’

"Quick! Charge!"

"Prepare your strongest Combat Skills, seize the opportunity to unleash a burst!" Schneider urged urgently.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Shield Armor Warrior and the Paladin immediately understood Schneider’s tactic.

They had to take advantage of the young man’s opportunity of keeping the Mutated Ice Spirit in place and converge their firepower.

"Understood!"

"Alright!"

The three, carrying the negative effects of Frost Spell, exerted all their strength to charge toward the direction where Raine and the Mutated Ice Spirit were situated.

But suddenly, not far away, the Mutated Ice Spirit pointed a finger at the young man!

"Dodge quickly! That’s a Freezing Ray!" Schneider shuddered and shouted.

Their squad had suffered from this before.

The Mutated Ice Spirit before them, with a challenge level as high as five, could cast the Zero Level Spell Freezing Ray, which had some sort of special freezing effect, perhaps due to upcasting.

All other Frost Spells also had intimidating power.

Otherwise, their seasoned Black Iron Level Adventurer Squad wouldn’t have been in such disarray.

"Don’t block with your Shield!" Russell also shouted.

But at this moment, the blue-and-white Freezing Ray had already ’thud’ struck Raine’s Shield.

Just as the others thought the great opportunity was ruined, they suddenly found that the Frost Energy, which was supposed to cause a large white ice layer to form and spread on the Shield, merely created a palm-sized patch of white on the pitch-black Shield’s surface without further expanding.

"Is that Shield a Magic Equipment? A Resistance Shield?" Russell couldn’t contain his curiosity while charging forward.

"It must be!" Schneider also nodded in agreement as they advanced.

"So wealthy!" Russell exclaimed.

Because if the other party is truly as the captain said, not a Black Iron Level Adventurer, then the channel through which they purchased magic equipment was likely not through the association, but from an outside shop.

The prices there are undoubtedly much higher than the association’s second floor, what else could it be if not wealth?

After his successful attack, Raine swiftly moved in close, his right arm swelling, veins bulging, and swung the Cold Steel Warhammer down on the unhealed breach of the Ice Spirit Frost Armor!

"Is this guy still attacking? Hasn’t he felt the backlash of frost?" Seeing this, members of the Giant Blade Squad’s expressions changed again, and Russell angrily criticized his own slip.

After all, although Resistance Shields are rare, they do exist, but they hadn’t heard of Resistance Hammers.

In their view, frost backlash would directly invade the body along with the hammer.

In this case, this excellent situation could be entirely lost, turning everything passive once more.

At this moment, being able to hold the mutated Ice Spirit’s attention was already a great achievement.

"Boom!!"

Raine’s hammer solidly struck the Ice Spirit, blowing out a fist-sized hole.

And the frost energy on the Ice Spirit’s body climbed rapidly along the Cold Steel Warhammer like a malignant tumor.

But Raine’s body also flashed and surrounded itself with a faint white light; Frost Armor revealed.

Raine felt the Cold Steel Warhammer in his hand grow unbearably cold, but in that instant, something flashed within him, and his right hand immediately felt much better.

Soon after, his palm still felt a chill approach.

But it was merely a chill.

Still far from frostbite or anything like it.

’Is this the feeling after double weakening by Frost Armor Spell and Cold Resistance lv3?’

Raine showed surprise, feeling the chill on the hammer handle.

’It feels about like holding a snowball, and lasting a few minutes is no problem at all!’

This also confirmed Raine’s previous hunch.

In the future, against most of the frost demons in the Lankote Snowfield, he would have the upper hand.

Moreover, from a certain perspective, a large portion of the mutated Ice Spirit’s challenge level of five, estimates around two levels, is due to its intense negative frost energy effect—

’Which is once contacted, severe cold, slowing, or even freezing effects.’

In Raine’s opinion, if you exclude this part, the actual combat power of the mutated Ice Spirit would be about the same as a Frost Blade Leopard.

And witnessing this, even Giant Blade Squad’s captain Schneider didn’t know what to say.

Because even Schneider with extreme adventuring experience didn’t understand clearly.

Was the translucent white shield on the opponent magic?

But wasn’t the other a Warrior Apprentice?

Or is this the effect of a second piece of magic equipment?

At this time, Raine continued attacking without pause.

He needed to inflict as much damage as possible before Schneider and the others arrived to successfully obtain the Ice Spirit’s bloodline before him.

So Raine mainly used Shield Bash mixed with Armor-Piercing Strike fierce assaults, immediately shattering ice from the mutated Ice Spirit’s body!

At this moment, he was like a native cold-resistant creature born of the Lankote Snowfield, barely affected by the Ice Spirit’s negative frost spell effects.

And Raine’s continued assault drew the attention of others present, besides having the Ice Spirit’s focus.

The Female Mage Hayley, escaping her predicament of being chased by the Ice Spirit, repeatedly looked at Raine clad in plate armor yet surrounded by some magic shield.

At this time, due to the continuous spellcasting and chase with the mutated Ice Spirit, Hayley’s spiritual power was nearly depleted, she had a few Zero Level Flaming Arrows left but couldn’t cast more First Level Spells.

As a Mage with Classes Level reaching level two, specialized in Evocation, she was naturally clearer than others why the white light surrounding Raine was a spell.

Although she didn’t know what spell it was, Hayley guessed it was some sort of frost shield spell.

’Is it Mage Tank like an Arcane Knight?’

’But Arcane Knights are extraordinary classes, and this...’

’Truly rare!’

’No, rather smart.’

’Using frost shield spells to counteract the Ice Spirit’s negative spell effects.’

Right after Raine endured the mutated Ice Spirit’s Freezing Ray, Schneider and the others finally arrived nearby.

"Jump Slash!"

Schneider roared, leaping high with bulging arm muscles, his Two-Handed Greatsword sweeping a sharp arc down heavily on the mutated Ice Spirit’s head!

Almost in sync, the Paladin’s Two-Handed Warhammer, especially the hammerhead, wrapped in milky white light, swung upward diagonally, hammering toward the Ice Spirit’s abdomen.

"Heroic Strike!"

And slightly slower, the Shield Armor Warrior also roared, his One-Handed Sword tearing through the air loudly, slashing diagonally from top to bottom.

But unexpectedly, this wasn’t the final attacker.