The party looked at the ruins of the small crypta, feeling the pressure falling from their shoulders.

  “Finally, that wind is gone!”, excimed Cye in relief.

  “Dear viewers, we are aep closer to finishing the dungeon. What will await us ? Will we meet another boss?”

  While Fortune made the outro for a video, she zoomed in on the vast portal in the distance where the s log it down trembled faintly.

  “Whatever es will fall under my bde.”

  “Let us kill those invaders so the soldiers don’t o sacrifice their lives.”

  Radiant Shield’s and Bloody Edge’s voices sounded from the left and right of Fortutempting to create a dramatic atmosphere.

  Cye exceptionally ignored her idol, having more important matters to deal with. She excitedly looted the skeleton guard.

  An unon quality helmet appeared in her hand. Si added a bonus to holy damage, the helmet was given to Liam.

  Despite knowing that the skeleton was only of lord tier, Cye was still somewhat dissatisfied. Seeing her like this, Liam spoke in a joking tone:

  “Don’t you want to loot the crypta as well?”

  “Hey, don’t make fun of me. I would loot it if it were possible.”

  “Who says it isn’t, let me show you something.

  Laughing, Liam led Cye around the rubble which used to be a crypta. As soon as they saw its backside, Cye’s eyes lit up.

  “Precious treasure!”

  In a fsh Cye was already o the chest, quickly opening it. A book appeared in her hand. She just wao throw it at Liam when her body froze, looking at the cover.

  “Ha! Praise me, expert!”

  “Hm, what makes you so excited?”

  “I got a skill book!”

  Cye had a joyful smile, waving the book in front of Liam’s eyes who quickly caught its name.

  “Golde? Not bad, let Silver Bde and Radiant Shield fight it out.”

  “What? Why them?”

  “Because this skill scales off max HP.”

  Cye didn’t find a good reason to refuse. She sighed dramatically, saying:

  “Once again, my luck profits others. Is this a restri from god?”

  “Ok ok, don’t exaggerate. Let’s go back.”

  Liam rolled his eyes auro the group. After a short discussion the skill book ended up with Radiant Shield. [Golde] was a skill which trapped enemies in a and stuhem. It had an increased effectiveness against animalistic oppos.

  Furthermore, the didn’t disappear with time but by damaging it.

  The tank was uandably happy about his new skill. Eager to fight a boss he took the lead t the party towards the ter of the graveyard, where Onrabell was waiting for them.

  Cye reminded everyohat there was more loot oher side, urging her friends to wait. But Liam admitted that they already looted everything, causing the blond woman to ignore him for almost two minutes.

  Luckily, she was soon distracted when the party began talking to Onrabell.

  “Adventurers, I have been waiting for you! I have already infused divine blessings into all those graves. Now I o perform a certain ritual to se these pure souls. Your job will it be to protect me!”

  “Yes, major. You t on us.”

  “Good. Let me know when you are ready!”

  Although the party was eager to fight, they took the ce to rest under Liam’s dires. On one hand it was important to relief some mental fatigue, oher they had to wait for all the ultimate skills to e off cooldown.

  Subsequently they were deyed for almost thirty minutes until Bloody Edge finally gave the ok. Many were anxious, fearing that the uilds might catch up soon, urgently telling Oo start her ritual.

  While the fairy took the bracelet and rose into the sky, Liam thought it was necessary to calm down his friends:

  “Guys, close your eyes and take a deep breath. The uping fight won’t be easy.”

  “ you tell us more about it?”, asked Silver Bde with a retively calm mind.

  “Sure. The fight will have a time limit. It’s important that we maximize our damage. When you dodge skills, don’t fet to attack.

  Also, the boss might appear somewhat disgusting to some of you. But don’t get distracted by something so simple.”

  “Disgusting? How so?”

  “You’ll see in a sed.”

  While Liam spoke, Onrabell arrived right below the bck river in the sky. She held the bracelet high, murmuring intations. The blessed artifact turned brighter and brighter, illuminating the graveyard like a miniature sun.

  Suddenly it exploded and golden sparks glided down slowly like a beautiful snowfall.

  Everyourheir heads upwards, feeling their hearts elevated by this geous se.

  Suddenly an enormous amount of bck magic came out of the sealed hell portal. It shot into the air, f a thick dark b and blog the golden sparks, slowly eroding them.

  “You see this? When all the sparks are gone, we have lost this fight!”

  Liam’s friends nodded absentmindedly. Their attention was captured by the hell portal, where a strange, green matter like jelly oozed out between the s. Occasionally a few violet parts could be seen as well.

  The jelly came out of the portal and dropped to the ground, f a small hill. It began to , twisting and shifting. Within a few seds a grotesque creature sisting of jelly was created. It had a round belly and thick legs with long arms hanging to the ground.

  One of its arms was entirely purple. A face could barely be made out on its round head as it silently roared to the sky.

  But just as everyohought the fight would begin, a ge occurred. A grey ghost shot out of the portal and sunk into the jelly creature. Its head suddenly exploded, spshing the green substan all dires. In the same position a ferocious, horned ghost head appeared.

  After being possessed the creature slimmed slightly and its surfaed a strange scale armor, turning a dark green. Only its two arms remaihe same.

  “I have to say I uimated you guys. But trying to destroy the master’s pns? What a joke! Your journey will end here!”

  The boss was still some distance away, but its whispering voice reached everyone’s eyes. After it spoke, it began walking towards the party. Its first steps looked unstable as if the ghost was unaced to its body, but it gradually improved.

  Watg the approag boss the party members adjusted their minds, getting ready for battle.

  “Expert, didn’t you say this is a timed fight? Could this stupid boss not waste so much time?”

  Cye’s question broke through the temosphere, causing everyoo smile. But her words weren’t wrong.

  Silver Bde gnced worriedly at the sky where the golden brilliance fought against the dark magic, feeling helpless as the game kept everyone in pce.

  When the boss was only a few meters away, the party finally regaiheir ability to move. The fight had officially begun.

  [Void-Corrupted Experiment EnemRank: Boss

  Level: 23

  HP: 7800/7800

  Status: possessed]

  “Void-corrupted? Like that world boss?”

  “Yes. Be careful of its void damage, guys!”

  “Got it.”

  The party discussed among themselves as they began to ehe enemy. Radiant Shield took the lead, attrag the boss’s aggro.

  A flop sound could be heard as a green arm the size of a small tree flew at the tank like a whip. Radiant Shield braced himself, holding his shield close to his chest.

  Bits of jelly spshed from his shield. The ta his body shaking. It proofed difficult to defend against the strangely moving jelly, which was also reflected iance Radiant Shield had to pay.

  [Stance -21]

  The ta his heart sink. He k would’ve been even worse without their training. A spark of petitiveness lit up in Radiant Shield’s mind. He had the urge to find out how other tanks were dealing with this attack.

  Not knowing about their tank’s thoughts, Cye and Fortune began attag as soon as it was safe to do so.

  [-43!]

  [-80!]

  Silent Acacia’s arrow followed right behind the two magical attacks.

  [-147!]

  The hunter sighed in relief seeing that he was allowed to do some damage again. In a good mood he immediately used [Mark of Death] and [Flurry].

  [-176!]

  [-352!!!]

  “Haha good job, babe!”, praised Quickstep generously, knowing that her boyfriend was feeling quite stifled earlier.

  “Thanks, feels like I got rid of some shackles.”

  Bloody Edge listeo the couple versing happily, feeling as if a knife was stabbed into his heart. Even after gaining some fame the young man didn’t mao get a girlfriend. With o pin he could only vent his frustration on the boss.

  [-58!]

  [-29!]

  [-58!]

  [-85!]

  The thief frowned faintly as he observed his damage.

  “Why am I doing so little holy damage? Shouldn’t all these ghosts in this dungeon be weak against holy?”

  “Well, you’re n. But this is a void-corrupted jelly thing. It’s not really an infernal.”