“Oh, adventurer, you came at the right time.”
“You look worried, we help you?”, asked Silver Bde politely.
“Yes, yes. You see, this old man was traveling peacefully, feasting upon the beautiful sery.
But behind these few trees here ys an enormous ke. I didn’t think much, allowing my mind to be sed by the seremosphere.
Who would have expected a moo suddenly appear from the ke? I was almost forced to y down my life right there.”
Cye squinted her eyes skeptically.
“How did you make it past those toads?”
“What toads?”
Cye rolled her eyes. How could she not uand that it was useless to probe the NPC?
“Well, adventurers, what do you say? you open the way for this old man? Ter down the obstacles barring my travels.”
[Do you wish to accept the
Naturally Silver Bde hastily accepted. This was simply a great bargain. They received another unique quest, it’s target g with their inal goal.
The woman leaowards Liam, whispering curiously:
“Did you pn this?”
“No. Even I don’t know where the old man appears .”
Liam looked at Silver Bde’s eyes, notig her unvinced gaze. But his words were the truth. There was nothing more he could say.
He shrugged his shoulders before waving at the party to follow him. After another short mihey reached aensive piece of nd adherent to the biggest ke within the ge.
Before the group could prepare much, the ke already began to stir. Waves built up, radiating a strong dahe small ke akin ting sea.
“Quick! Take out Ruxor’s fishing tools before it attack!”
Liam felt the mounting pressure as he directed the party. Everyone plied urgently, bringing out the strange mps.
On Liam’s order they swung their arms, throwing the strange fishing tools into the water.
“Ouuuhhh!”
An odd, painfilled roar shook the surroundings as electricity suddenly permeated the ke.
Silver Bde averted her eyes guiltily when hundreds of fish surfaced on the ke, their flesh grilled by the strong current.
Suddenly water spshed in all dire. A big monster jumped out of the ke, nding awkwardly on the nd.
It roared angrily, shaking its long snake-like body. Twe fins stretched threateningly below its head. It stared at the party with vicious, raging, slit-like eyes. Liquid dripped from its sharp teeth as it opes maw widely.
Everyone could feel a primal pressure emanating from the snake monster.
[Deep Blue Winding SnakeRank: Boss
Level: 15
HP: 4400/4400]
Silver Bde gritted her teeth as she got into position.
“Let’s go! Kill the monster!”
“Yes!”
The others echoed her as the first attacks reached the snake’s head.
[-132!]
“Hehe, this will be easy!”, procimed Cye happily as she saw her damage.
The others felt fident as well. The snake appeared rather weak at the first csh.
“It’s because we got her out of the water. But don’t uimate her!”
Liam warned with a stern face as he swung his swords. The snakeski rubbery under his swords but even without dealing any injury he still caused some damage.
Suddenly however his chest tightened. He kept his eyes on the snake, notig its muscles trag quickly.
“Cled fighters, back up!”
Liam warned his friends urgently while moving towards the back himself.
The others reacted somewhat slower. Especially Bloody Edge who had circled the so find a oint.
The thief had just turned around when he felt a gust of wind on his back. Suddenly something heavy crashed into him, pressing all the air out of his lungs.
Bloody Edge was thrown through the air by the sail. When he nded in the dirt, he only had a tenth of his HP left.
“Why is everyohrowing me around today?”
The thief pined with difficulties. Fortunately, a warm energy fell on him immediately as Balm graced him with a heal.
Dragging his body up, Bloody Edge found that he wasn’t the only one hurt by the skill. Even Quickstep and Watchful Eye had been scraped, losing a few dozen HP.
Everyone instantly got the payback for uimating a boss monster.
Radiant Shield took a deep breath looking at the uprooted foliage after the snake swuail once. He felt the pressure as he stepped forward to draw aggro.
The snake shook her head growling angrily. It snapped after Radiant Shield, its maw almost as big as the man’s upper body.
[Stance -18]
[-80!]
Radiant Shield was surprised as a swell of water came together with the attack. It was unlockable, dealing water attributed damage directly.
“This beast got some tricks up its sleeves.”
Silent Acacia ented gravely as he used his ultimate [Mark of Death] and fired an arrht after.
[-168!!!]
Even the hunter was surprised as his arrow was a critical hit, dealing a lot of damage.
“Keep it up!”
More attaded on the snake in quick succession. With their new csses the party members shaved away its HP io no time.
The snake focused on Radiant Shield. But when it felt its own strength weaken, fshed in its slit-like eyes.
Suddenly the monster hissed angrily while drawing back. The party members quickly retreated, expeg aail sh.
Only Liam noticed something off, recalling another of the boss’s skills.
“No! e here! Attack quickly!”
While Liam urgently called his friends back, the snake had reached the ke. A mysterious shimmer traveled over its skin as it held its tail into the water.
[+40!]
[+40!]
[+40!]
Numbers began to tick above the snake’s head. In a short two seds it had already recovered 200HP.
At the same time the electricity shot into its body, paralyzing the monster. Spark even pyed on the surface of its skin, causing the party to behave carefully, afraid of getting too close.
But Liam ignored everything as he sshed with his swords, setting an example.
“We o attack it to shorteime it uses to recover!”
Everyone realized the urgency of the situation through Liam’s expnation. Instantly multiple attacks smmed into the snake’s head.
The monster’s HP fluctuated wildly but still moved upwards as everyone waited for their cooldowns.
Only after the round did the boss suddenly thrash wildly.
The srembled as if the electric sholy reached it now, prompting the pyers to retreat.
A few moments ter the snake’s movements stopped as the fight resumed normally.
Radiant Shield looked at his used-up stah worry but still blocked the way bravely.
A foul-smelling maw bit at his body.
[-445!]
[-80!]
“How many hits you take?”
“Only three more!”
“I will take over if necessary!”
“Yes!”
The two tanks versed with grim expressions knowing that Balm’s heal was still on cooldown for a while.
“Don’t hold back!”
Liam animated his friends as he stacked the fifth holy mark on the boss monster. Severe damage shook the snake.
A strange roar escaped the monster’s maw as it raised its head, stretg its fins wide.
“Careful!”
Everyone realized that this was not a normal attack, going on the defense.
With a heavy tremor the snake brought its head down, smming it onto the floor. A shockwave spread over the entire piece of nd.
“Woah!”
No one was able to escape, taking a fixed 200 points of damage. At the same time this was a test of bance. Multiple party members were swiped off their feet, nding on their butts.
Only Liam, Silver Bde, Cye, and Silent Acacia mao remain standing while all the others were forced into a stuate.
“Help!”
Quickstep yelped anxiously as the snake randomly turs head towards her.
“Silver Bde! Quick!”
“I know!”
The tank moved hastily, jumping before Quickstep who id unmoving on the ground.
[Stance -23]
[-80!]
Silver Bde felt her stomach sink knowing that she wouldn’t be able to defend for long.
Meanwhile Liam closed the distaowards the boss. He activated his ultimate skill [Holy Tempest] right before stabbing with his swords.
[-118!]
[-47!]
The moment the damage registered Liam instantly crossed his swords, perf a [Cross Ssh].
[-162!]
[-8!]
His movements flowed beautifully as he activated [Holy Wave] with a thought while raising his swords for a [Double Ssh].
Liam’s ons cut through the air. Five holy marks were applied withihan three seds and directly triggered.
[-453!]
The others watched in amazement as Liam dealt nearly ohousand points of damage in a smooth rotation.
“ZSSS”
A high-pitched hiss stabbed in everyone’s ears as the surs rage-filled eyes towards Liam.
Its terryfiying maed after the veteran.
Liam, however, remained uurbed after building up a lot of stahrough his ultimate skill. With the ess of an uable champion, he moved his feet skillfully, esg the attack by a hair’s breath.
[Stance -28]
During the exge Cye and Silent Acacia didn’t stand still, dishing out attacks as well.
Finally, eveher party members mao stand up just in time as the snake swung its tail again. Luckily no one was close to the boss, causing the tail to miss widely.