Chapter 83 - Good Old Duke (2/2)

'Eh?'

Duke looked to his side, only to see an unfamiliar face. A young black man with short white hair. He wore a simple combination of shorts and a t-shirt. He had sandals on and had a sword strapped to his waist, encased in an ice-blue sheath.

”How the hell?”

”Oh, I'm Will by the way.” Said the young man, forcibly shaking Duke's hand. Duke was still in a daze, so he replied by reflex, ”I'm Duke.”

”Dope, dope. Nice to meet you, bro. So what do we have here?”

Ignoring the stupified Duke, Will looked at the boss ahead. A large bear the size of a five-story building was running toward him and Duke, or rather specifically, after the party that had aggravated it.

[Helios Wear Bear: A powerful and destructive magma type bear. It can grow to incredibly large sizes and is highly territorial. It has powerful long-range capabilities and its hide is very strong, capable of blocking most attacks. It is most wary of water or ice-based abilities

Rating: C+

Class: Dungeon Boss]

The bear seemed to be made out of scorched earth, with veins maid out of lava coursing all over its body. It was more like a statue come to life than an actual creature. Will marveled at the beast for a moment, but Duke was having none of it. The party was already passing by them, meaning that the bear was close. Hence Duke ignored the freakiness of Will's sudden arrival and attempted to tear the scroll in his hands, except…there was nothing to tear.

”What's this?”

Will had somehow grabbed the scroll and started observing it. A system prompt appeared in front of him explaining what the scroll did.

”Wow, a scroll that can teleport you out of the dungeon, so long as you are not in a combat state, pretty neat.”

”Roar!”

Will's words were accompanied by the bear's mad roars.

”What the! Give that back, are you trying to get us killed?” Duke screamed. He grabbed the scroll from a disgruntled Will and tore it immediately, only to receive a system prompt indicating that a hostile creature was too close, so he was now in a battle state.

Duke lost the strength in his knees and collapsed, facing the oncoming behemoth. The earth beneath the duo trembled as the bear got closer. Duke's mind stopped as the fear of death overtook any cognitive reasoning he had. But before he could say or do anything, the bear came to a screeching halt and made an odd gesture.