He decided to go straight into the smaller passageways of the city to reposition himself from the frontlines and act as a backline healer from now on. It was much safer than going in and dealing pitiful damage to the raid boss's large health bar. Patching up the ones that deal damage seem to be more productive at the moment when almost everyone can kite the boss. It moves too slow compared to what he imagined dragons to be, though he guessed it was because it was too busy eating buildings.

Loud noises behind him meant that the fighting was still ongoing. He did not really want to return back to the battlefield, though he felt guilty considering that the number of participants were ironically lower compared to the Setesh raid when Azzar appeared in the middle of the town. Might as well continue being the frontline then. With a heavy sigh, he abandoned the original plan and made a u-turn back.

Upon getting back to action, the first thing he saw was the bird girl he met before. The second he left his eyes from her to take notes of the situation, he already saw the dragon open its mouth and set everything in flames. Unfortunately, Index was too far from the scene to make much difference following the last attack. The best he could do was to give the harpy a speed buff from afar from the other side of the street. He hoped that she'd get to safety with that.

He was about to call out for her when someone else went dashing in front of him. Quickly noticing her dangerously low health, he shot a heal at her before she disappeared from his view. Now that he was has cover from the walls of a house beside the small corridor he came from, he contemplated on the right timing to get back to the fray or if he should just throw his supportive spells here and there.

//was about to ditch, but decided to come back. gives a speed buff to whirlwind and a heal to drakka from afar.

Index had been watching for the raid boss's attack patterns when the sudden weight over his shoulder startled him. The plan did not seem to faze him as much though, as it was much better than the ones on his mind. "S-Sure. I'll lead the charge then." Would it work though? Most bosses in any game were resistant to crowd control and status effects after all. Anything beats prolonging this raid event in his opinion, though, even if it meant trying out something that might not work.



Azzar kept burning the town with its attacks. The flames released, however, wasn't constant. A few windows to get a melee attack in presented themselves to Index. Judging from his distance from the dragon, it meant that he'd still eat a stream of fire or two before getting out of the scene. Sitting at full health, it shouldn't be too dangerous for a tank like him. Someone he saw nearby does not seem to be in a same situation as him though. He raised his hand for a heal, and immediately after, the right time to attack the dragon happened.



"Here I go." When two summons appeared, Index frantically followed suit. A blast of fire obliterated them, leaving Index exposed. He wished he had a shield alongside his sword at this moment, or even just a greatsword instead. As soon as he reached its legs to attack, Azzar managed to ready a second flame breath, directly targeting Index underneath him. Although the game had reduced pain cognition in its system, there was no doubt that the flames were hot as hell.



The paladin watched his health bar slowly tick down to half, letting a breath of relief knowing it he could take three attacks after a self heal before it gets him. With the pain out of the way, he quickly strikes his sword against the dragon's legs.



//blindly accepts the plan from Aleister. heals Draum before using linebacker summons as meat shields. gets burned to half health before getting an attack in. hard mode on.