Chapter 235 - 156: Cave, Rolling Rock
Chapter 235: Chapter 156: Cave, Rolling Rock
Trouble!
[Resilience].
At the critical moment, Lin Mo suddenly appeared.
He rushed forward, his eyes fixed on the falling half of the boulder. In a situation like this, using a Sword was pointless. Even if he cut the rock into smaller pieces, people could still get hurt. The only option was to block it.
But he was still holding his Black Sword. He simply switched to a reverse grip and threw a punch.
[Punching Fist]!
The Black Sword’s Equipment Amplification activated with any Attack Skill, not just Sword Skills. With the added 2 points of Strength from the Black Sword and the boost from Feney’s perfectly timed [Light Aid], Lin Mo received a total buff of 4 Strength points, bringing his Strength Attribute to a terrifying 52!
BOOM—!
With a deafening roar, Lin Mo brute-forced the falling half of the boulder to a stop. He only slid back a few steps before planting his feet, standing as firm as a mountain.
The half-boulder was now covered in cracks, nearly shattered by that single punch.
An ordinary Warrior, even one with enough Strength to stop the half-boulder, would never have been able to withstand the massive impact force. Torren, just a moment ago, was the perfect example.
But Lin Mo was different. Not only was his Strength immense, but his Constitution was high as well, so he was almost completely unharmed.
Meanwhile, on the other side...
A few seconds earlier, Landon had seen the other falling half-boulder and raised his Magic Staff. "Gale Technique!"
A powerful gust of wind blasted out, but it only slowed the boulder’s descent.
Landon frowned. He cast [Piercing Gale], which bored a hole through the boulder, followed immediately by a [Wind Roll Skill] that sliced the rock into numerous fragments.
The fragments were held aloft by the Wind Roll Skill, never falling. Instead, they were continually shredded until the skill moved away and finally dissipated, leaving only a pile of fine gravel on the ground.
’You really have to hand it to Mages... They can solve problems without even touching them.’
Lin Mo’s and Landon’s performances made Torren’s own effort seem a bit awkward in comparison.
The group moved to one side, and Lin Mo let the other half of the boulder fall.
PHEW—!
With the crisis averted, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, though they were still shaken by the close call.
In this kind of terrain, if no one had blocked that boulder, there would have surely been casualties.
Torren had suffered minor injuries, but nothing serious. Feney cast a Healing Technique on him, and he was instantly better.
He stared at Lin Mo in shock.
Landon’s power was one thing, but what shocked him more was Lin Mo’s performance just now.
He knew better than anyone how heavy that boulder was.
But this kid, who looked several years younger than him and was a complete unknown, had blocked half of it all by himself—and didn’t even look injured.
"I remember now! Isn’t that the guy who helped with the Silver Moon Town rescue?"
"The Lin Mo who supposedly outperformed Mr. Landon and had that insane track record?"
"..."
Hearing the crowd’s murmurs, Torren recalled hearing similar rumors recently.
He hadn’t paid them any mind before; after all, the reported achievements sounded too ridiculous to be true.
’Looks like he really does have some skill after all...’
"Speaking of which, was this rolling boulder another Goblin trap?"
"But we didn’t see any place they could have hidden something like this on our way here."
"Could they be waiting in ambush outside, waiting for us to enter before dropping the rock?"
"Who knows..."
Lin Mo also frowned. This was indeed strange.
It was even hard to say if the ones who dropped the boulder from outside were Goblins at all.
’Perhaps, just as I’d thought before coming here, these caves are nothing more than obvious bait—or sacrifices.’
’I’ll need to be more careful from now on.’
Torren shook his head. "We can’t worry about that now... Let’s keep moving. I’d like to see what other tricks these Goblins have up their sleeves!"
After a brief rest, the group reformed their ranks and continued deeper into the Cave.