Chapter 28 - [Mangrove Swamp II] (1/2)

I was expectantly waiting for another surprise from these genuine rank B hunters. One showed an extremely powerful skill that took out tens of rank B monsters in a blink, although it seemed to be at the cost of her entire mana reserves

The Knights continued to solidly defend even when they had tens of monsters surrounding them, never letting a single one pa.s.s through to their squad members.

I wouldn't be waiting long to see the BOSS as half an hour quickly pa.s.sed and the last [Princess] was killed. I waited to hear the furious tremors of a huge t.i.tAN rus.h.i.+ng through the swamp but instead just felt the entire swamp shake once with everything going silent after. It then shook once more a few seconds after

These were...just its steps? I was shocked while feeling the tremors that traveled through the murky waters. The t.i.tAN was slowly making its way towards us in unhurried steps. This was something that would instill fear into the hearts of hunters, but looking at these veterans that had dived into this dungeon multiple times before, they had determined expressions while waiting for the boss

The berserker holding the huge broadsword spoke to me. ”Continue casting your golden blades to disrupt it's attention when the fight starts. If you can aim them at its eyes, it'll reduce its combat power even if it can still sense us”

I nodded and prepared to face off against the huge beast on the horizon. It felt like a big mountain was gradually coming closer as the beast neared, its scales s.h.i.+ning a dark green color, with its eyes s.h.i.+ning a terrifying light. It looked at us a distance away as it's humongous jaws opened and an unnatural sound came out

OOOOOO!!!

The sound was grating to the ears as the huge alligator's mouth now showed rows and rows of glistening sharp teeth. Its upper jaw was much wider than the lower one, causing its teeth to be completely hidden when its jaws were snapped shut. But now that it was open...the sight was horrible to behold.

The man with the flaming sword continued with his directions ”Spread out! Knights, keep it busy, and don't get eaten!”

The two Knights nodded as this wasn't the first time, and they took their positions to the left and right of the alligator. The flames on the sword the berserker was holding began to dance wildly before they exploded and went to...cover the entire body of the hunter

I was startled at this type of skill as the man in front of me had his body wreathed in flames. A howl escaped from him as he rushed forward to meet the t.i.tAN head-on. There was a blinding expanse of light as the berserker was flung back right away, looking like a huge fireball.

10 golden blades had quickly appeared and half of them went towards each eye in a straight line. A pained sound rang out as the eyes of the humongous alligator were ruptured with puss leaking out

The berserker with dual blades took this chance to release two large sword lights that smacked onto the right side of the alligator, heavily injuring it. It didn't sit still as it turned to the side and the next thing we knew, a scaly tail twice our size was s.h.i.+ning in green light as it whizzed its way towards us

The two Knights shouted as their bodies glowed and transparent s.h.i.+elds of light appeared in front both of them when the tail struck

BOOM!

The land shook from the impact, but Knights stood their ground and the strike was stopped. Continuing with the momentum, a flaming berserker rushed in once more, spinning in the air as he constantly released fire blades that struck down on the head of the alligator

I cast [Smite] once again and had the 10 blades aim towards its open jaws when it was howling in pain, rupturing the softer skin inside. The remaining mage that was silent all this time finally acted, her glimmering staff pointed forward as an icicle the size of a car came down and pierced the already mangled head of the t.i.tAN, cutting short its screams as blood and brain matter splattered all around

My blood was boiling as I watched all of these fantastical skills and couldn't wait to start ama.s.sing higher ranked skills of my own. I looked at the corpse of the disfigured t.i.tAN and promised myself to run this dungeon at least tens of times in the coming days to see what rank B skills would pop out, and of course, the rare chance of a rank A skill dropping

The hunting squad members were cheering at the finished raid as a green crystal appeared. Lana came towards me and said ”Not bad newbie! Those blades of yours allowed us to finish our raid in record time, our profits are about to increase!”