// before the chapter starts , yes i made a mistake in the previous chapter when I wrote incubus , it should have been succubus. // action

Rose was given the task to deal with the scout killers , and she decided that Rudra and the others were worthy of being taken seriously , and early into the fight started to press with everything she had.

Talons emerged from her back , as a part of her beautiful appearance was ruined , as she aimed for the Trio's vitals.

Jhonny went formless , as the talons passed him by as if he was made of air , however Rudra and SMG were not soo fortunate , as the talons rammed straight into their armour.

Rudra took a miniscule amount of damage , as although extremely sharp , the talons were not strong enough to pierce the doom armour. As Rudra held the extended talons hard and gave it a pull to pull Rose offbalance.

Since the fight had already broken , Rudra decided to fight with all his might , as he even though being majorly weaker decided to attack the tier 4 Succubus hear on!

Rudra charged in towards an offbalance Rose , finding a good opportunity to stab her in the chest. However to the horror of Rudra who was extremely fast by tier 3 standards , he was not fast enough compared to the tier 4 Succubus , who sent Rudra flying with a kick.

The difference between tier 3 and tier 4 was just that large. While it took 120 levels to reach tier 3 from , it was 120 more just to reach tier4 at 240. The stats of a tier 4 ascended were bound to be wayy over Rudra's inflated tier 3 stats at level 120.

Being on the recieving end of a kick that sends an opponent flying . Rudra realized this fact firsthand. He was the underdog in this fight , as even his peak was weaker than opponents low.

If Rudra was fighting one on one with Rose he has less than 1% chance of beating her . But alongside Jhonny and SMG he had atleast a 30% chance to take her down .

Rudra although finding no openings in the opponents defense alone . When Jhonny attacked the succubus with ten daggers going at her vitals and SMG went in for the forward first attack. The rally of attacks created an opening for Rudra.

The damned succubus had six talons and two arms , meaning that she was able to block eight of Jhonny's dagger throws while avoid 2. But the movement to avoid the two daggers , put her in a precarious position to being unable to avoid the incoming attack from SMG.

However , her reaction time being marginally faster , she bent backwards just in time to avoid SMG's sword swing by mere centimetres . Her right hand moving to grab SMG's sword arm to counter , but what she did not anticipate was that right behind SMG , in her blind spot , Rudra was ready to pounce in an attack.

Sweeping Rose off her feat , catching her completely offbalance , Rudra used world Slash on Rose's neck to cause major damage .

-50,000 CRITICAL HIT!

A message popped as Rudra was able to connect that attack , taking away 20% of the Succubus's total HP.

However Rudra could not be complacent , as he had to instantly retreat , as to not be torn apart by Rose's talons.

Regaining her footing , Rose eyed the trio in absolute disgust , it was a long time since she had been injured , much less by weak humans like the ones she was facing. Her mood considerably darkened realizing the fact that she was pushed to give her best , against these ant like humans. Rose's appearance worsened even more , as her skin turned black and scales started to appear on her body. Her teeth turning red , as she showed her true demonic appearance.

This was her true state , the state where her defenses were the highest and her reaction time was the fastest.

Jhonny whistled , as he mocked Rose " Just like my girlfriend without her makeup ".

Rose frowned as she said " Shut your mouth human ". As she unleashed one spell after another.

The volley of spells was very difficult to defend against , the destructive power of the spells was enough to blow open a hole in the Purplehaze city wall , much less kill Rudra and the others three times over.

Naturally that was if the spell connected directly , but Rudra fell back several meters from his initial location , mitigating the impact of the spell , as only large craters remained at the position he was initially standing on.

In the next 2 minutes of the fight , Rudra and SMG were only madly running for their lives all the time , untill SMG was not able to keep up with the pace at which the attacks were being metted out and was killed after coming in direct contact with a peak tier 3 flame spell .

Jhonny annoyed the succubus to the bone , as she had no means to damage him. Although Jhonny could no longer pose any real threat to her as well , as only being able to throw ten daggers he was not able to hit the succubus . However , Rose was not able to hit him either.

Neither magical spells , nor physical attacks nothing seemed to affect Jhonny who was simply formless.

Annoyed she asked Jhonny " why do you have the cursed ghost kings move in your arsenal. How are you two related ".

Jhonny laughed but said nothing , as inside his heart he was as furious as anyone at how the fight was progressing , SMG was dead and he was unable to even land a single blow. Ever since he started gaming , never in his life had he felt soo useless as he did inside this battle.

However Rudra was only waiting for his chance. His chance to pick a spot where he could use full counter and send a damned spell back where it came from. And that chance appeared before him when Jhonny decided that enough was enough and took out his cane sword and went in for the attack.

For Jhonny physical fighting had became a very unfavourable option ever since he had the formlessness in his arsenal.

As when he became formless he could not keep hold of physical objects like a sword , it would drop down from his hand . Jhonny could either be physically present or not , as if he wanted to attack with a sword he had to be prepared to recieve a blow as well .

However seeing Jhonny charge in , the succubus naturally sent a strong spell towards Rudra and turned her complete attention towards Jhonny.

This gave Rudra to take the opportunity to unleash his class knight special move , FULL COUNTER!

Sending the peak tier three wins spell back at Rose with double power , Rudra coupled it with a Thunderblast and 10,000 sword cuts of his own. Putting a lot of pressure on rose to defend.

With Jhonny closing in irrespective of the attack spells Rudra sent towards Rose , he was having no care about his own personal safety and only focussed on giving one blow to Rose. Jhonny's sword Slash , and Rudra's many attacks pelted Rose , as she took 70,000 in damage. However it was not for nothing , as 60,000 damage was dealt to Jhonny as well in the form of six talons piercing his body who tethered in life and death with under 5% HP.

The balance of the war was quickly shifting as both sides were desperate to get an edge , Rudra knew that he only had one move in his arsenal that could seal this fight , his best move , the solar beam!

Rudra from his inventory space took out the special device that the dwarf king had built for him. His first time bringing it out , he looked like he was wearing only one arm of the hulkbuster Ironman suit , as he stared Rose dead in the eye.

This device was specially made soo that Rudra could concentrate the power of the sun god's bracelet without damaging his body. Made from sunstone and mana circuiting technology it was a true work of art. Doubling the sun god's bracelets power output , while halving the power requirement.

It meant that now with a full charge , Rudra could unleash two solar beams instead of one , when he had the arm equipped. Which could be a major advantage in a dangerous fight such as this one.

Rudra screamed at the top of his lungs , " Restrain her ! "

Jhonny who had witnessed the solar beam before , understood what Rudra intended to do. And even at 5% HP he dared to do as he was required and pin Rose down soo that Rudra could have a clean shot.

Jhonny was Still a tier 2 player , unlike Rudra Karna and Neatwit who had promoted to tier 3. Hence for him to even last as long as he did against someone like Rose , it was a testament to his strength , yet what Rudra asked of him was even more. And for anyone except for Jhonny English , this was asking wayy too much . But for the number one mercenary in the world , it was possible.

Jhonny's eyes flashed with radiance , as he rushed in to attack the succubus , but just as Rose extended her talons to attack him , he threw his sword like a dagger and turned formless , as the sword hit the succubus while Jhonny passed right through her formlessly , and throwing ten daggers at her back the moment he passed Through.

Rose winced in pain as she lost another 12,000 points in HP her overall HP now being under 50%. Ringing critical alarm bells in her mind. However it was just a tad bit late , as when she regained focus a giant beam of light was headed her way with terrifying power as it dented the entire road it passed through with mad power.

Had Jhonny not been present she could have easily avoided this blast , but the moment she tried to dodge , she found English's arms goind from under her arms to behind her neck . Jhonny gave her the masterlock pinning her to her current location .

Although with the enormous strength gap it only took 1.4 seconds for her to shake Jhonny off , it was 1.4 seconds too late for her to dodge then , as Jhonny turned formless , having her being the sole recipient of the devastating attack.

Jhonny smirked as he said " Bye bye ". As the new and improved solar beam , with powers as strong as a peak tier 4 spell hit the succubus head on , turning her to dust within mere milliseconds.

In her last moments Rose only had shock and disgust in her eyes , unable to accept loosing to weak humans , what she could not understand was how a weak tier 3 human was able to conjure such a strong attack spell , and how she let herself be distracted by Jhonny.

However she was never able to contemplate why it happened as she passed away before she could. It was a win for Rudra and Jhonny , but it came at a very alarming cost.

The massive fight had alerted the dispatched forces of darkness in the forests vicinity who were closing in from all directions. Rudra and Jhonny had to scurry away to save their lives.

The mission was a failure , not only did SMG die , they could still not get a true understanding of the enemy's strength , making this entire endeavour futile.

Rudra had serious doubts about the coming war , his gut feeling saying that the road to victory looked bleak.

If the forces of darkness could dispatch tier 4 powerhouses to deal with mere scout killers then the strength of their army was unimaginable. Inside Hazelgroove forces there were only 3 tier 4 existances. Meaning that if the enemy had more than 10 , the chances of winning this war were bleak for the Hazelgroove forces .

/// Guys we are extremely close to hitting the golden ticket target , let's get it ASAP , hopefully tommorow will be a two chapter day.

Today's chapter is extra long , soo hope you guys enjoy ///