Becoming a god starts with enhancing fire arrows.

The cat-eared girl was taken aback, but a bright smile reappeared on her face.

As expected, my judgment was correct; this human is truly fascinating.

Rhodes didn't expect that the combined speed boost from Sword Song and the acceleration effect from the Mage's Friend Boots would still be blocked.

"Ding!"

The rapier clashed with the unseen weapon, the Nen Blade, producing a crisp sound.

Immediately afterwards, moonlight flowed along the blade of thought.

The cat-eared girl reacted quickly, instantly dispelling the Nen Blade; the moonlight disappeared into thin air halfway through its flow.

"If I may ask, what would happen if my body came into contact with the light on your rapier?" The girl's milky white ears trembled with excitement as she said this.

Rhodes did not respond, focusing intently on the battle.

Using the speed granted by the sword song, he swiftly began the steps of a sword dance, his rapier, bathed in moonlight, twirling through the air like an elegant painting.

"Yes, it looks good."

"Is this an elven dance?" the girl asked, feigning innocence and adopting the posture of a curious child.

"But you don't look like an elf, hmm... and you don't smell like you have elven blood."

"A pure human swordsman?"

Her voice was excited, as if she had discovered some interesting toy, but her hands never stopped their assault.

Rhodes began to break out in a cold sweat.

The opponent summoned her mind blades again. Her attacks were casual, but each one nearly took her life.

It seems this wasn't even her full strength.

Although I was also being pressured when I fought Avira, I never felt this powerless as I do now.

After all, when faced with her own speed, Avira would choose to avoid it or suppress it with strength.

But the Soul Blade user in front of him seemed to be able to keep up with his speed, thus suppressing him.

"Oh my, your sword dance is beautiful, but how long can you sustain this kind of mana drain?"

The girl smiled slyly, and silently slashed her blade towards his left wrist.

Rhodes gritted his teeth, not dodging at all, but instead thrusting his rapier toward the opponent's heart.

"Oh, you have courage, but your skills are too weak."

The cat-eared girl changed her tactics on the spot, using an invisible blade of thought to deflect the rapier, causing Rhodes' right hand to go numb.

They're incredibly strong.

"You haven't introduced yourself yet, have you? My name is Reese, and I'm the leader of the nearby Nekomura clan."

"Although there aren't many people in our tribe."

Normally, Rhodes would be quite happy to chat frivolously with such a beautiful catgirl, but now he seriously doubted whether he would ever see the sun rise again.

Given Reese's attack frequency, she couldn't even manage to cast Fire Arrow right now.

At that moment, Claire, who was fighting not far to the side and rear, had just released a magic missile that hit the snake man and took advantage of the gap to see what was happening on Rhodes' side.

The young monk seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

Do you need help?

Judging from the distance, it seems that only I can help Rhodes.

Forget it.

She looked away.

It would be terrible if the cat-eared wanderer transferred his hatred to me after I helped him.

Claire pretended not to see anything and continued casting spells on the snake-man.

Reese's invisible spiritual blade flashed, then she suddenly ducked and swept her leg.

Rhodes could only jump to respond.

However, the moment he landed, he met the girl's slightly smiling eyes.

She stretched out her hand with her five fingers spread wide.

This is the move used against Krud!

Rhodes recognized it and was about to close his eyes when he felt as if thousands of steel needles were piercing his mind.

Mind piercing!

Rhodes' legs went weak, his rapier fell, and the sword song automatically shut down.

His thoughts were jumbled into a mess, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

The very center of the battlefield.

Vanessa, who was fighting two opponents at once, had gained an absolute advantage.

She used her twin swords to fight against the now-enraged Zarido, managing to block the massive axe that came crashing down on her.

Upon seeing this, the gnoll immediately brandished its flail.

Vanessa forcefully shook off the giant axe with both arms, then took a half step back to avoid the flail's trajectory.

At the same time, she used her left hand to deflect the flail outwards in the direction of the attack, changing the flail's trajectory.

The heavy flail head, propelled by inertia, grazed Vanessa's shoulder before slamming heavily into Zarido's chest.

"Bang!"

A heavy, muffled thud.

Although Zarido's breastplate absorbed most of the damage, it still let out a painful scream and spat out a mouthful of green blood, characteristic of goblins.

"Fool!" Zalido barely managed to steady himself, his eyes burning with intense hatred for Vanessa.

Vanessa suddenly felt a surge of blood energy rising from her body.

She darted forward and brandished her twin knives at Zarido.

The blade reeked of blood.

Zarido used his last bit of strength to raise his giant axe to block.

However, no sound of weapons clashing came from the giant axe.

In contrast, the gnoll next to him had two hideous wounds on its neck.

The gnoll stared wide-eyed, the flail in his hand frozen in mid-air.

The last two red lines that appeared before its eyes flashed through its mind.

The red line disappeared very quickly, so quickly that I almost felt no pain.

Another deceptive attack?!

Zarido discovered that his rage had ended sometime earlier, reason had taken over, and fear followed.

Vanessa swung her twin blades again, ending Zarido's life.

The moment the twin blades of death slashed across Zarido's throat, the magic circle on the ground began to collapse, and the surrounding force field walls gradually crumbled.

"withdraw!"

Her voice echoed throughout the cave.

The raid originally involved only six people, and the longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for our side.

She sheathed her twin swords, picked up Krud and Rhodes, who were curled up on the ground, and ran towards the cave entrance, one in each hand.

Kelda raised an eyebrow, ignoring her teammates who were still fighting, and turned to follow Vanessa.

Jet made a feint and retreated, attempting to leave the battlefield with Clya.

"Put him down!" Reese's red eyes flashed with anger as she fixed her gaze on Vanessa's back.

The snake-man also twisted his half-snake body, wielding a curved longsword as he lunged at Vanessa.

Vanessa pushed off with her legs, increasing her speed even further.

She used her speed advantage to ignore the attacks from the two midfielders behind her.

Just as we entered the cave, a fireball suddenly shot out from around the corner!

There was an ambush in the cave.

Vanessa effortlessly leaped into the air, carrying the two people, as a huge fireball grazed her back.

Just as they were dodging the fireball, the snake man and Reese caught up with them.

Vanessa's hands were occupied, making it impossible for her to fight.

The only option is to try to dodge the opponent's attacks while running.

Reese suddenly burst forth with astonishing speed, gradually closing in on Vanessa. Her beautiful eyes met Vanessa's, and a purple light flashed across her hand.

Mind Blast!

The ring on Vanessa's left hand flashed with light, effectively neutralizing most of the emotional damage.

Even so, I felt dizzy for a moment.

In that instant, the snake-man's longsword pierced his left arm.

The sword is poisoned!

Vanessa felt a partial loss of sensation in her left arm, her left hand went limp, and Rhodes was thrown to the ground.