My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 77: The Second Guidance

As the ripples hit, the two clusters of black fire in the opponent’s hands flickered violently like a candle’s flame in a storm and were instantly extinguished!

At the same time.

In the study far away in Dorne City.

Seems to be disrupted by some force, Lilith’s fair hand trembled slightly, causing the continuously released black light beam towards the array Laisa’s shadow to also flicker.

Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she softly murmured a surprised sound.

....

At the cave scene.

After releasing the Silent Roar, Raine’s eyes were cold, his bulging right arm raised high with the Cold Steel Warhammer, ready to unleash the Armor-Piercing Strike on the opponent’s head!

"Wait, don’t kill her!"

"Mr. Raine, give me some time."

"She’s marked with the Evil Blood Mark, I can remove it!" Elise said with certainty and urgency.

Upon hearing Elise’s words, the warhammer in Raine’s hand suddenly paused.

[0.01 seconds]

Can it really be removed?

Though he didn’t understand what the Evil Blood Mark was.

But in the next instant, Raine decided to trust his companion.

Trust Elise’s judgment as an official priestess of the Earth Divine Hall.

[0.02 seconds]

But even though he trusted.

Raine felt it safest to completely neutralize the opponent’s combat capabilities!

[0.03 seconds]

His gaze swept quickly down from the opponent’s pretty face, as Raine swung the Cold Steel Warhammer that paused for 0.02 seconds heavily down once more!

Only this time, the strike’s target shifted from the opponent’s head to their breastbone.

"Boom!!"

The opponent’s body was encircled with a current like black pythons, which was shattered by Raine’s strike scattering in all directions.

But this disruption considerably weakened the power of the warhammer’s Armor-Piercing Strike.

’Such strong defense?’

Raine’s pupils constricted!

’In that case, I only have....’

He immediately bent his knees and leaned his shoulder, his right foot stamped heavily on the ground.

With a ’boom’, as soil splattered, Raine once again charged shield-first towards the out-of-control Female Wanderer Rogue, using his gigantified over two-meter-tall sturdy physique to pin her against the rock wall!

"Zzz!"

"Mother Earth Goddess Ymir, please hear your faithful believer’s prayer... please remove from sight...." Behind him, Elise’s urgent prayer sounded, her hands tightly clasped around the emblem.

"Ah!!!"

Perhaps sensing some danger.

The out-of-control Laisa roared loudly, disregarding everything, her hands swinging fiercely and pounding Raine’s Obsidian Shield with resounding clashes!

Even with gigantification, Raine felt as if he were pressed against a volcano about to erupt.

’Damnit!’

"Elise! Hurry! I can’t hold out much longer!" Raine’s neck veins bulged, his face red, clearly exerting all his strength!

"Boom!!"

The female wanderer rogue’s hands shoved heavily against Raine’s shield, squeezing out a sliver of space, and swiftly escaping.

’Not good!’

’Can’t let her get away!’

Adrenaline surged through Raine, and he fiercely stepped forward with his right leg, Steel Boots grounding inches into the earth, suddenly seeming to channel a vast force from the ground upward, surging straight up through his feet, calves, and thighs.

Until Raine’s left arm muscles swelled again, almost instinctively swinging the Obsidian Shield in his hand!

"Woow~~"

The Obsidian Shield, with a sharp slicing sound, slammed into the opponent’s chest.

"Boom!!"

Laisa, out of control, instantly spat blood, most of her body struck deep into the rock wall, surrounding stones falling like rain.

In that moment, Raine’s heart surged with an unprecedented sense of fulfillment.

At the same moment, he seemed to gain a completely different understanding of the Combat Skills - Shield Bash. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

In his mind, phantom images holding shields in blocking, bashing, swinging gestures continuously emerged.

And in an instant, as if his soul left his body, he could see in the endless sky above, those blurry figures holding shields looking down at him...

But swiftly, these tall robust figures dissipated like foam into nothingness.

His consciousness returned to his body.

’Was that...’

’Class Guidance?’

The thought flashed through Raine’s mind!

Perhaps because both combat skills reached the guidance level, Raine found this Class Guidance to be far clearer than what Armor-Piercing Strike offered.

Though evidently, now wasn’t the time to consider this.

Almost simultaneously.

"Whoosh!"

A column of earthy yellow light directly struck Laisa’s struggling body within the rock wall.

"Ah!!!"

And as a result, Laisa’s entire being went into a seizure-like tremor, eyes rolled back, head tilted upwards screaming painfully!

Raine, exhausted, found his gigantification state automatically disappearing and cautiously stepped aside.

Watching the scene before him, Raine felt slightly apprehensive.

For at this moment, he could say his killing moves were exhausted, with almost all of his stamina depleted. If Elise’s Divine Art proved ineffective or didn’t achieve the anticipated outcome, things could turn unfavorable.

But with a ’thud’, the opponent collapsed headlong to the ground, ceasing all movement immediately.

Looking at the fallen, seemingly completely unconscious Female Wanderer Rogue, Raine knew the worst scenario hadn’t unfolded.

"Is the... Evil Blood Mark, Elise, have you resolved it?" Still vigilant, Raine turned towards Elise, whose pretty face was also a shade pale, and asked.

"Yes, resolved!"

"The opponent bore the Evil Blood Mark, fortunately, the High-tier Holy Emblem given by Elder Sharly was there; otherwise, for such a new priest as me, the Evil Blood Mark couldn’t be removed."

"High-tier Holy Emblem?" Raine’s gaze shifted involuntarily to the stone emblem Elise had been clutching.

Due to the recently released broad earthy yellow light column, Raine clearly saw that the typically dull, ordinary stone emblem now emanated a soft yellow light from its surface.

"Yes, it’s this emblem, the Holy Emblem Elder Sharly wore in her youth, which contains her infused Third Level Divine Art curse removal, lucky that the Evil Blood Mark on this wanderer lady also happens to be a kind of curse."

"Luckily, the Evil Blood Mark wasn’t deeply imprinted; otherwise, we’d need to send her to the Divine Hall to request elder assistance to remove it."

"I see." Raine nodded, again looking at the unconscious Miss Rogue, deep in thought.

Honestly speaking, Raine hadn’t pieced together the situation; all he knew was the opponent likely came to kill them.

That was actually one of his reasons for not choosing to kill the opponent earlier.

For if someone indeed hired the person before him to kill him or Elise, then why? If they could confirm or gather details from the opponent’s mouth, it would be quite an important gain.

At least next time, he and Elise wouldn’t be defenseless.

Of course, the opponent might not cooperate, but at least they should try; direct killing would sever all leads.

Additionally, this person, right after killing the Deep Moss Spider, chose to leave voluntarily and warned him and Elise to be careful, for some reason, didn’t pursue assassination further.

Could this somehow imply a potential for communication?

Perhaps, this very person’s sudden abandonment led to the spellcaster behind the Evil Blood Mark’s intervention, resulting in the battle just now.

The key issue now, how to make the opponent speak?

Thus, Raine looked up at Elise.

"Mr. Raine, I will question this Miss Rogue later to find out why she wanted to assassinate us."

Growing up in a wealthy family, Elise, though kind-hearted, was not foolish.

Moreover, because of the good education and subtle influence from her family environment since childhood, she had vaguely speculated ever since Miss Rogue uttered that seemingly random sentence.

Thus, she proactively said this before Raine asked anything.