Another World Mall-Chapter 585: Provoke
The mole slammed Christina with all its strength.
Christina put her shield on top of her, shielding her from its claws. However, the mole tossed its entire body to pressure her, which caused the ground to crack. No, it was so powerful that the ground underneath her turned into a small crater.
"Ugh." Christina clenched her teeth. "This is definitely heavy. If I didn’t have his items, I wouldn’t be able to take this attack head-on."
"You good?" While asking, Clovis approached the mole and slashed its body.
The mole wanted to put its claw in front of him, but Christina suddenly spun her shield, which twisted the mole’s body. As a result, the ranged attack hit the arm.
The blood spurted from the arm before the mole let out a cry. Its eyes turned bloodshot, as if it didn’t expect that the two humans could injure him.
It smashed Clovis, but Christina stood in its way again, blocking this attack. No matter how hard he tried to attack Clovis, for some reason, Christina was in the way.
In addition, there was an indescribable feeling that made him attracted to Christina and wanted to continue to attack her.
If not for all these wounds, the mole would have done so all the time.
It was the pain from the wound that actually made its mind remain sharp, reducing the power of Christina’s unique ability.
"Be careful. The wound is already keeping its mind intact. The worse its condition, the more it can break free from my unique ability."
"Got it." Clovis nodded with a serious expression. He used his fastest speed to go around the mole. The mole was turning as if it was trying to follow him, but it suddenly stopped and turned back to Christina.
Bam!
Christina was being pushed back for several meters, which allowed the mole an opportunity to go toward Clovis.
Provoke.
The mole looked frustrated as it was moving toward Christina one more time. This time, Christina planted her shield on the ground and blocked the mole’s all-out attack.
Clovis approached from the left to slice the mole’s stomach, but the latter actually tilted its body forward.
In the end, the strike only grazed its body.
Prov—!
Christina widened her eyes when the mole’s eyes turned bloodshot. It actually ignored her taunt and hit Clovis.
Fortunately, Clovis was able to sense it coming with his slow vision. He reacted at the last second and threw himself to the ground.
"Raaa!" the mole screamed while slapping Clovis. The latter just raised the sword with both hands, planning to take this attack by using the ground as his support.
Christina used the provoke once again, which caused the mole to tilt its body back toward her and hit an empty ground.
"Raaa!" The mole was furious. It just followed its instinct and hit Christina as hard as it could.
Christina blocked it perfectly, but to his surprise, the mole suddenly used its other hand to actually grab Christina.
"!!!" Christina was startled and tried to free herself, but before she succeeded, the mole actually threw her to Clovis.
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Clovis was caught off guard. He should move away because Christina was fine, but his instinct actually made him halt his step to catch her.
In the end, he stumbled, and both of them ended up falling to the ground.
"Geh." Clovis ground his teeth. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, but…" Christina raised her head.
The mole was already right above them, swinging that giant hand.
"I need to get away!" Christina wanted to roll around, but it was already too late. Clovis recognized this and immediately stopped her by putting both hands around her and using them to support her shield.
In the end, they blocked it with both of their strength. However, the mole used the same strength as earlier, which caused the ground underneath them to shatter.
"Gah!" Clovis coughed up some blood.
"Oi!" Christina was startled. He ended up withstanding even her own weight. Luckily, the damage wasn’t that bad due to him having his Perfect State that allowed him to enhance his affinity, specifically the Bones and Heart Affinities.
Before the second attack came, Christina dragged herself to the side, allowing Clovis to get up.
Clovis was struggling because the damage was a bit too much. As a result, the slap reached them before he could get away.
Christina blocked it by herself, doing everything she could so that the slap didn’t reach Clovis.
"It’s clever. Since it focuses on you, the mole is just making you be in the same direction as me or on top of me like earlier. This way, it can still injure me even though it’s attacking you." Clovis hurriedly got up, panting.
Clovis’ expression turned serious. "I guess a Tier 6 is harder than I originally thought."
Christina clicked her tongue. She had fought a Tier 6 before, but that was a siege battle as well. This was the first time she fought a Tier 6 with only two people.
Even though she had been equipped with items from Another World Mall, she was overwhelmed because of the unexpected action the mole took. It was completely different from the siege, considering the mole could focus on both of them instead of everyone.
Christina took a deep breath.
"By the way, can you use provoke on only its hand or something? Like concentrating it on something?" Clovis asked while getting away.
"Huh?" Christina frowned while blocking another attack from the mole. Now that Clovis asked about it, she never really thought about it.
Everything was fine because they targeted her after she used her unique ability. But she had never focused on a single limb.
When she saw the mole trying to hit her with the left hand, she tried to use her unique ability on the mole’s right hand.
The mole suddenly had an urge to slap her with the right hand, but because of the movement of the other hand, the body ended up tilting forward in a weird way that killed the momentum.
"It… works?" Christina looked surprised.
The mole wanted to do it again out of confusion, but this time, she used it on the mole’s right foot, which caused him to slip.
"This…" Christina was startled, wondering if she had just done something ridiculous.
