Chapter 395 – You Should Attack Your Enemy When They Talk
Inside the room that spewed the purple fog was a woman, dressed scantily. Her witch hat cast a shadow on her old face, which showed a massive difference with her sexy body.
Spellbound Academy had a R17 rating in the game. Which meant, there were suggestive characters or scenes inside. It could also be put for excessive gore and blood, but not this time.
Max looked at the woman without much reaction. His face was flat, his eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Teacher Prilly?" He asked, reading the red name on top of her head.
There was no need to explain what red meant in the game. It was the opposite of a friendly color, blue or green.
"Woof!" Doggie barked and growled at her. Its expression was clearly showing hostility.
"My!" Teacher Prilly, whose face couldn't be compared to her youthful one before turned around. The pot behind her was the source of the purple fog.
"You're here." She said, "And the Doggie is here too. You've done a good job for a failure. You see…"
"I think your face is the failure here." Max snapped back, smirking. But that didn't get a reaction from the teacher, as she kept rambling on about something. "I guess it's another forced dialogue again? What happens if I attack her at this time?"
— Why don't you try it?
— I was curious what happen if you attack her when she's explaining her reason
— Enemy: Explaining reason behind this strange air while defenseless. Player: Stay silent. That's how it usually went
— ^ No one tells the players to stay silent at this time. There is no cutscene, mean that he was free to do something
— Kill her while she's speaking!
The viewers were indeed right. Max also wondered what happened. He had attacked Hutch once and it ended up with an error. That happened most probably because Hutch was a friendly NPC and not someone he should attack.
This time, the one standing rambling before him was clearly a witch, an enemy with a red name.
Raising the wand in his left hand, Max activated a spell while waving it.
"Wind Blade!"
The blade of wind traveled toward Prilly. It was fast and precise, going directly toward her neck.
However…
Splash!
Before the wind hit her, it scattered as if hitting something solid. A gleam of light could be seen surrounding her body in a spherical shape. From the shape and the half-transparent state, Max could guess what it was.
"A barrier." He said, lowering his wand. "Damn, so I can't kill her while she's rambling."
Prilly didn't even care about the attack and continued talking. She was like a child, her expression was full of delight as she talked about having dogs and cats as sacrifices to keep her beauty.
"Cats are believed to have 9 lives, which extends mine if I extract its essence. While dogs are robust and cute. I can become stronger and beautiful if I drink its essence. Combined with human essence, I can make an immortality and beauty potion. Isn't Alchemy the best?!"
"She's sick."
That was Max's comment after he listened to her
— Nah, she lost her brain, not sick.
— If that's sickness, then what do you think when we say crazy?
— The enemy clearly shows nuts behavior and Breeze's response is that she's sick? Damn, talk about stuff
[Yugay has donated 500 diamonds!]
[Please, Breeze. Just end her already. I am hard now.]
"Thanks for the 500 diamonds. But how can you be hard while looking at her? She's clearly an old lady. And you're gay."
— No, yugay
— It's yugay
— Wait, you guys called each other gay!
— Yugay!
— lolol, that man has a good taste for names. If we call him, he will be gay. But if he introduce himself, then you gay
— Where is the other one?
[Igay has donated 500 diamonds!]
[Did someone call on me?]
"..."
In a strange and tense atmosphere where teacher Prilly could attack at any time, Max stared at his chat that burst into laughter with a blank expression.
These guys were really good at making nicknames.
'Maybe I should change my name too? No, that's a bad idea. Lily's song will lose its meaning if I change my name.' He thought as he sighed to regain his seriousness.
"... so, give me your essence!"
At that moment, the atmosphere turned tense. The purple fog thickened and the half-transparent barrier from earlier was gone.
Whether that was actually the game's mechanic to stop players from attacking players or Prilly's spell, Max didn't know. But he did know something.
"I can hit her now. Wind Blade!"
He spent no time waiting for the enemy to take out her wand and sent the first attack. Once again, the wind blade traveled toward Prilly. But this time there was no barrier that shattered it before it hit the body.
Splurt!
"Aah!"
The blade created a wound across her chest, blood spurted from the wound. But then, it squirmed like living maggots and closed itself. The blood that was shed flew back into her body as if they were sucked by something.
Watching it, Max's expression twisted in disgust.
"Eww… Who said they would like to be stepped on by her earlier? Please, feel free to."
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— Eww, no thanks
— Eh, look at the bright side! Even if her face is old, her heart is pure
— Pure black, that is. How can you still lust- cough, forgive me. Love her?!
— Breeze, those guys have been muted. I bet they are now throwing up though.
— How can you suggest something like that? Rather, she's coming.
"So you want to do it the hard way. Hmm, just as I thought. Failure never knows when to back away." Prilly raised her wand and chanted, "Vine Whip."
Purple vines willed with thorns appeared from the tip of her wand. She brought her hands back and swung it. The vine created a loud sound as it cracked and went toward Max.
However, it wasn't something Max couldn't react to. He used his earth spear to divert its course. When the tip hit the ground, it took a chunk away and created a hole. If that hit his body, then his fate was sealed.
"Damn it." He cursed and jumped back, away from the whip's reach.
Looking at his spear, he noticed a crack was made on its surface. If he used it to defend against one more strike, it would definitely break.
"I should make an Ice Weapon in the future. Even if it's fragile, it will give that elemental advantage! Ah, but it would be cold. Nevermind, I will make a stronger Earth Weapon once I get the EXP needed."
— You're just thinking about it
— Forget about that, concentrate on your enemy for now
— She's coming again.
"How dare you block it? You're just a failure!"
Prilly striked once again with her vine whip, coming stronger and sharper than before.
Max was forced to dodge this time. He had no chance fighting her head-on, that was what he believed.
'Crazy regeneration and an attack without any cooldown. She's way stronger than me in many aspects. Being a teacher, I bet she has many spells in her belt that she hadn't used yet. Or rather, can she use them in her condition? I will assume she can and fight her carefully.'