Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Chapter 66: Battle Settlement

Formless Offspring's attack count, 1d3=3 times!

"Damn, why is my luck so bad?" Liu Xing sighed helplessly. If the result of his previous roll had been only 1, Liu Xing could have breathed a sigh of relief. Since Nan Xiaoniao, or more precisely, Tina, was already targeted by Formless Offspring, the creature would surely use its single opportunity to attack Nan Xiaoniao, and by extension, the Tina embracing her.

Therefore, now that KP Cao had rolled for Formless Offspring to attack three times in this battle round, aside from its compulsory targets—Tina and Nan Xiaoniao—the remaining two attacks would randomly select two from Liu Xing, Tian Dao, and Akira Akashi.

This meant that Liu Xing now had a two-thirds chance of being attacked by Formless Offspring. Liu Xing felt he should take a gamble and see whose luck would prevail, his or Formless Offspring's.

"OK, for obvious reasons, Formless Offspring will definitely attack Nan Xiaoniao and her protector, Tina. But rather than an attack, it's more akin to a capture, so this round of attacks from Formless Offspring will not cause damage. However, if the attack is successful, it will bind you, and with your strength, it's impossible to break free from Formless Offspring's grasp. Simply put, if Formless Offspring catches you, it's as good as death," KP Cao said with a sinister smile, clearly pleased to have rolled three attacks.

Fortunately, because Formless Offspring had to attack three targets at once and bind each with its tentacles, it used a multi-attack. Its base success rate was 60, but as it was distracted by attacking three targets, the success rate dropped by 10 points, thus only a 50% chance remained. Moreover, since Tina was positioned between Liu Xing and Akira Akashi, the difficulty of attacking her further reduced Formless Offspring's success rate by 10 points, leaving it at just 40. KP Cao summarized Formless Offspring's attack success rate. "By the way, since Formless Offspring has two more attacks, I'll number Liu Xing as 1, Tian Dao as 2, and Akira Akashi as 3, then roll a 1d3 dice. The player whose number is rolled will not be attacked."

KP Cao began the roll while speaking.

1d3=3!

"Oh, looks like our Miss Akira Akashi is quite lucky. She won't be attacked by Formless Offspring in this battle round. So, Miss Akira Akashi, please carefully choose your actions. You can either rush out of Formless Offspring's attack range or choose to help your teammates. Everything depends on your decision. Now, let's begin the damage settlement for this battle round. First, Formless Offspring's attack on Tina, with a 40% success rate, and Tina's 45% evasion rate."

Formless Offspring, attack, 86/40, failed.

Tina, dodge, 23/45, successful.

Tina breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this result. Formless Offspring's attack was ridiculously off-mark; even without dodging, it couldn't have hit her.

"Tch, so Tina, you can start planning your combat narrative for later. Now it's Liu Xing's turn. Formless Offspring's attack success rate on you is 50, and your evasion success rate is 30. Let's start your battle settlement."

Formless Offspring, attack, 53/50, failed.

Liu Xing, evading, 54/30, failed.

Liu Xing sighed in relief as the battle results appeared. Although his evasion attempt failed, the Formless Offspring's attack still missed. Liu Xing knew that his life was saved this time.

"It's unbelievable how unlucky this Formless Offspring is, failing its attacks twice," he muttered. "Now it's your turn, Tian Dao. The Formless Offspring has a 50% success rate in attacking you, and your evasion rate is also 50%. Let's proceed with the final battle resolution."

Formless Offspring, attacking, 99/50, massive failure.

Tian Dao, evading, 54/50, failed.

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After a moment of silence, KP Cao spoke with a tone of disappointment, "I can't believe it. This Formless Offspring is so disgraceful, even managing to score a massive failure. It's lost all dignity as a Formless Offspring. It might as well just transform into a Ghoul."

After lamenting the Formless Offspring's luck, KP Cao turned to Tina, "Alright, Tina, you can describe your action now, followed by Liu Xing, Tian Dao, and Akira Akashi."

Since Tina had enough time to think, she immediately replied after KP Cao finished speaking, "So, I just need to grab Nan Xiaoniao and run forward, slightly bending down to dodge the Formless Offspring's upcoming attack."

"Not aiming for glory, but to avoid mistakes. Your choice is very smart, Tina. You'll narrowly escape the Formless Offspring's attack. Now, Liu Xing, it's your turn to describe," KP Cao said with a smile.

Liu Xing had already prepared his description, "Then, I keep running upwards but remain alert to the Formless Offspring's movements. At the instant the Formless Offspring attacks me, I decide to use a jump to evade!"

"What, are you sure you want to use jump? Wait, why did you choose such a high jump?!" KP Cao exclaimed in surprise. "Well, if your jump is that high, then your evasion will be automatically adjusted to successful. I was planning to trick you into falling while evading the Formless Offspring, causing you to lose 1 HP, but it seems I won't get the chance."

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, pleased that his high jump points saved him from KP Cao's scheme.

"Er, I will also charge forward recklessly, and when I realize the Formless Offspring's attack is coming at me, I'll just sidestep to evade," Tian Dao added his description.

KP Cao had initially planned to trick Tian Dao too, but considering the Formless Offspring's massive failure against him, he abandoned the idea. "Alright, since the Formless Offspring's attacks have been dodged twice by its prey, it becomes enraged and confused. While attacking Tian Dao, it uses multiple tentacles and gets them tangled, resulting in a failed attack."