Chapter 19: 19. Helping From The Shadows
The first thing Indra does after leveling up is heal the injured hunters so they can fight again. Then he heals the dying soldiers just enough so they won't die. His mana isn't infinite, so he needs to save it to defeat the monsters first.
After that, he casts debuff spells on the boss and its bodyguards. But to his surprise, the boss can remove the debuff spells on itself and its bodyguards with some spells. It also acts quickly, enough to tell Indra that it is an experienced Mage.
"Hmm, it seems I will face more monsters with resistance to debuff spells or those that have ways to deal with it. But for this guy to remove my max level spells easily means its level is similar to mine and it is really good with magic."
Because he failed to cast debuff spells on the enemies, Indra focuses on giving buff spells to the hunters. He only limits the abilities he shows to just buff & debuff spells to avoid revealing himself when he finally publicizes his power in the future.
That's also why he doesn't even use a spell like Binding Chains because it will be recognized easily. Heal, buff, & debuff spells are quite common among healers, so his identity will be safe.
But he surely didn't expect the boss's magic attack to be that powerful. He also ran out of mana before, so it would be hard for him to disrupt that magic. He feels bad for the killed soldiers, but this is the risk of facing these monsters and the casualties would be higher if he didn't come earlier to support the hunters.
Now that he has a lot of mana, he can assist the hunters much better. The Hunters also have received great buffs from him. Their strength & speed literally get doubled, and their defense increases a bit, so they can put up more fights.
Even so, the 2 Lizardman Knights are very tough. Their defense is really high. Not only do they have tough scales, but they have very hard armor too, and the Mage Boss must have cast some defensive spells on the 2 Lizardman Knights because it doesn't make sense for 2 C-Rank monsters to be this tough even if they are almost B-Rank.
Luckily for the hunters, the Lizardman Knights' attacks are simple and easy to read. Furthermore, their attacks are actually very weak compared to their defense. The Mage Lizardman Boss probably only cast defense spells on them because it will be the attacker and they only need to guard it.
Unfortunately for the boss, Indra is there to disrupt all its attacks now. Breaking its magic spells is easy because Indra just needs to cast debuff spells when the Mage Boss is preparing the spells. It will disturb the boss's concentration and mana flow, which will make the prepared spells unstable and break.
The Boss can't even find the culprit that keeps annoying it because Indra is hiding in the dark and erases his presence. He wants to keep being low profile and hidden, but he gets pissed soon because the hunters don't make great progress at fighting the 2 Lizardman Knights.
'FUCK! I know you guys are not very experienced, but your attacks are really sloppy! Even those B-Rankers are so bad. I already buffed you all and you fight like children!'
Well, Indra doesn't even talk about their teamwork that obviously is shit because they clearly never fought together before. The way and time they use their skills are bad. They just spam whatever skills they have and Indra guesses it's because they are panicking after seeing the Boss's powerful spell.
'I already stopped the Boss, but they don't seem to realize it. We will lose if things keep going like this. Come on! Hurry up and get back to your senses! I don't want to reveal myself so soon.'
As if to answer his prayer, Indra suddenly senses a powerful presence approaching.
"SORRY, I'M LATE! I HAVE JUST FINISHED A RAID."
The one who comes is a big muscular middle-aged man with long hair. He is a famous person even before his Awakening, so everyone knows who he is.
"MR.RAI!"
Obviously, Indra also knows him, as he is a famous bodybuilder who has won some titles in his youth. Mr. Rai has also been joining quite a lot of dungeon raids and the raids he joined always succeeded.
At first, Indra thought it was because they assigned strong Hunters to his team. But now he thinks that it might be the opposite. After all, this giant middle-aged man is an A-Rank awakener. He is the 1st A-Rank awakener that Indra ever saw.
'So that's an A-Rank.'
Rai is holding a worn-out shield that must've been used in the raid he has just done. He also just wears some pieces of leather armor despite being an A-Rank. It's all because there haven't been many awakeners with abilities like blacksmiths to create armor & weapons, so it's still hard to get decent equipment.
Most hunters only use equipment they looted from monsters. Rai is the same, that's why his equipment is really bad. Indra knows Rai's shield won't hold against those Lizardman Knights and will just break quickly.
Indra thinks for a while and then sees the dead Lizardmen nearby. He quickly shouts to tell Rai about the shields & weapons that were used by the dead Lizardmen. Rai doesn't know who's shouting at him, but he is thankful for the information.
"Thank you, whoever you are."
Rai discards his worn-out shield and takes 2 round shields from the dead Lizardmen. Indra is confused seeing Rai take 2 shields instead of a shield and a weapon. But he doesn't think much about it because maybe it's because of Rai's skills.
Indra quickly casts buffs on Rai which surprises the big man. But Rai stays composed and keeps his calm. He tells the other Tanks to retreat before he roars. His roar attracts the Lizardmen's attention to him and they instantly change their target to him.
'Taunt skill?! Good!'
With Rai taking the monsters' attention, the other hunters can finally take a breath. But it's not the time to be relieved because Rai alone can't defeat the monsters.
"WAKE UP, YOU IDIOT! UNTIL WHEN WILL YOU BE AFRAID? THE BOSS CAN'T ATTACK AT ALL AFTER USING THAT BIG SPELL, SO WHAT ARE YOU BEING WARY OF? MR. RAI CAN'T DO THIS ALONE, SO KEEP YOUR SHIT TOGETHER AND HELP HIM!"
Indra shouts from a different location while using Stealth. His shout finally wakes up the idiots who finally realize the boss couldn't attack them at all after that 1st big attack. They finally regain their senses and quickly move to help Rai.
"YOU GUYS TAKE THE BOSS! I WILL HOLD THESE 2 MYSELF. QUICKLY GET RID OF HIM AND HELP ME!"
""YES, SIR!""
Rai quickly becomes the leader and everyone listens to him. It's impressive how he immediately gets everyone's trust because it's not so easy to do even if one is famous. Aside from that, Indra is also very impressed by Rai now because this man is holding the 2 Lizardman Knights by himself without losing his ground.
'Well, he would be a moron if he can't hold them even after getting buffs from me. My buff literally doubles his strength and speed while increasing his defense a bit too. His strength should be as high as a powerful A-Rank or maybe even a weak S-Rank now, so he shouldn't lose even if he is very tired after raiding a dungeon.'
With Rai holding the bodyguards, Indra can focus on assisting the other hunters in taking down the Boss. He is keeping them buffed while disrupting the Boss's spells. The Boss can only use instant spells like magic shields and fire breath, but the hunters are overwhelming it with numbers.
They quickly corner the Boss and their attacks keep hitting it. It doesn't take long for the boss to get killed by the hunters. They don't celebrate yet and quickly go after the 2 Lizardman Knights who get held back by Rai.
As Indra thought, the 2 Lizardman Knights were getting some buffs from the boss because when the boss died, they suddenly got a lot weaker. Rai is pushing them back easily now and with the other hunters coming, the 2 Lizardman Knights don't stand a chance and die quickly.
Everyone is relieved that it's finally over and they can feel their strength leave their bodies. It's not just because all the tensions have gone, but also because Indra has dispelled their buffs. He is also tired after using spells continuously on many targets in a short time for the first time.
'Sigh, working together with others is harder than I thought. It's really exhausting, but well, it's not bad at all.'
The monster outbreak disaster has finally been cleared.
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