It was time to get serious.
"Desperate Strike!"
-2000, -2100
The numbers made Marcus's jaw tighten. The damage was noticeably lower than before. The Two-Headed Mist-Tear Fiend's Mistform Illusion had slashed his output by thirty percent, turning what should have been devastating fivefold damage into something barely scraping past two thousand. Against a Gold-tier boss, that simply would not cut it.
This was not a fight he could brute-force. Marcus reined in his momentum, already thinking several steps ahead, and decided to wait for a better opening.
"Desperate Strike!"
-4300, -3500
There it was. A sharp breath escaped him as the numbers flared higher. A double critical, one from him and one from Pebble, finally landing together after three attempts. The fiend's Agility was absurdly high, making every clean hit feel like a small victory.
