Despite the fact that everyone fighting at the moment had this thrust upon them, Aegis was surprised to see how many players (especially the lower leveled ones)had actually taken up arms against the massive gator. He also noted that someone here was actually smart enough to use an AOE spell on the monster. [color=39b54a]"Looks like we don't have entirely all noobs in the mix."[/color] He tried to find the source of the spell, but decided that it would take too much time so he instead began to absorb hits for those lucky enough for him to be near. He noted that the boss had finally reached a red level state in his life, and immediately the gator began to thrash about tail flailing, jaws chomping. He noticed that about 5 players had already been killed by the sudden change in attack pattern, there was bound to be more, as people were probably running out of mana at this point. Aegis spotted a player wielding a hammer, and then he saw that his life jumped about 25% more and he saw the defense up buff. [color=39b54a]"Well, this will help."[/color] Looking towards the kid who had just cast that spell (who happened to be running towards Aegis). As the player was running towards Aegis, he saw the gator's tail coming up from behind the player with the hammer. Quickly reacting to the threat at hand, Aegis used the last of his mana to use the words "Cover" "Protect" on the player and braced himself for the impact. Getting into his defensive position granted from his sub-class, Aegis raised both shields in front of him. As the tail was coming in, the spell automatically kicked in, teleporting Aegis in between the player and the gator's tail. A large crack was heard as tail met shield. Aegis felt the enormous impact reverberate throughout his body and he watched in amazement as his stamina bar had once again been emptied by the hit. He had successfully countered the whole impact, only to find that the world's physics engine kicked in sending Aegis flying over a crowd of players into a nearby building. The blow from the tail had done substantial damage (60% HP) while the collision with the building had taken another 15% out of his HP. [color=39b54a]"Note to self, sue the creators for installing a real world physics engine."[/color] He layed there on the 2nd story of the building not moving. Waiting for the "Daze" debuff to wear off.

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[@Undying Curiosity]