Vanguard of the Eternal Night (BL)(Complete)

Chapter 141

Chapter 141 - National Competition - Priest 1

Competition map: Ancient fighting arena.

Coincidentally, this was a reduced version of the map from the brawl. It looked like the funnel-shaped arena from Ancient Rome, and in the middle of the arena was a ring-shaped fire pit that created an island. In order to cross the fire pit to the island in the center, there were four treacherous pieces of wood. When it came to concealment, there was an iron gate on both sides of the main area that held wild animals that could be used, and after going in, there was a wall that could be used to circle around.

It was hard to say who had the advantage when it came to this map.

For assassins, there was no way to launch an ambush without cover. However, it was almost the same situation for priests. There was no good way to avoid being chased. As a priest, Jiuzhou was most vulnerable when attacked by close-combat professionals. His movement skills, ‘Around The Pillar’ and ‘Kite’, would be very important in this match.

At the beginning, when the two players were transported to their starting positions on the map, they really ended up facing each other across the ring in the middle. It would only take one or two seconds of movement to get within range of the priest’s furthest attack distance.

The two of them hadn’t yet shown much of their intent, but the commentators were already nervous, “What kind of seal will Jiuzhou use this time?”

“I suspect that it will be the ‘Seal of Honor’. When Jiuzhou had attacked Vantico back then, that had been the opening move he had used. If he can’t initiate the fight against an invisible target, then he can first stack up his own advantages. This routine is now standard practice for priests against assassins.”

The so-called ‘seal’ was actually a temporary state. All of the priest’s seals shared a 5-second cooldown time, and opening a seal lasted 10 seconds at a time. That meant that there could only be at most two seals on his body at one time.

There were a total of eight types of seals; each of which had a different function, and they all strengthened a certain aspect:

Seal of Humility: Strengthens defensive skills.

Seal of Honesty: Increases the ability to trigger and resist abnormal states.

Seal of Mercy: When dealing damage to the enemy, heal yourself according to the damage dealt.

Seal of Valor: Increases movement speed.

Seal of Justice: Increases attack power.

Seal of Sacrifice: As your health decreases, your abilities’ chanting and cooldown time will be greatly reduced.

Seal of Honor: Allows the summoning of 2 spirit angels to assist.

Seal of Soul: Increases healing power.

In general, priests would usually only take two or three seals with them. For example, priests who played in team games usually carried a ‘Seal of Soul’ for healing and ‘Seal of Humility’ for self-protection. When they were fighting, they would pay attention to keeping the two seals active.

So, this was why the technique was called the ‘Seal Dance’. When Jiuzhou pushed it to the limits, he could switch seals every 3 seconds. He could use the strengthening ability of a seal to deal a combo with ‘Condemnation’, switch seals instantly, and then launch another series of combos…

He’d once forced his opponent to remain airborne for 8 seconds without being able to do a single thing. At the time, even the commentators had been shocked.