Chapter 297 - Under The Deep Blue Sea (IV) (1/2)

I only heard the appearance of this boss in Pioneer reports as this boss no longer exist after it was killed. Basically, it is a one-time boss. Once killed, it will no longer spawn anything related to it. And that is the problem.

Because there is no existing guide of it in the past timeline since it was defeated and the point of putting up a guide online is no longer useful since no players will be able to fight against it anymore, I don't know any of its attack patterns, gimmicks and other abilities it has currently stored.

In short, I have to formulate my own playstyle on this one. going in blind on this one.

”SCATTER EVERYONE!”

BANG!

The huge tentacle of the Ice Devilfish landed at our location and immediately landed at the location of the ice. Not only that but spikes of ice pillars appeared the moment its tentacles landed on the ground.

The tentacle didn't stay there for long and the Ice Devilfish pull it back revealing that the ice statue on the center of the cavern is still intact and not a single scratch, crack or any damages visible at all. Seeing it without any damage, I managed to calm down a bit about it. It might be a crucial clue once the battle ends so I needed it intact until the very end. I was afraid that it will break the moment the attack landed which thankfully, didn't happen.

”Attack!”

I changed my weapon into a cannon and shoot one cannonball towards the boss. The boss then blocked it using its tentacles where it was shattered to pieces. Still, it is counted as a hit.

BOOM!

-You have dealt 0 damage.

I am not surprised. But this is going to be a frustrating battle. There are two kinds of bosses that take in damages. One is the typical bosses you can encounter everywhere, in hostile areas or in dungeons. Basically, the same type as Atlas back when he was still a boss. And two, bosses who only take damage if their weak spot is attacked.

Based on the first attack I gave to the boss, it is the latter type of boss. With a 20 million HP, this is going to be rough and long unless we can immediately burst down its weakness straight to the very minimum. Of course, that is not calculating whatever gimmicks it has. Depending on what gimmick it may have, it can either prove too troublesome if the boss has a gimmick just like invincibility once it hits a certain threshold of HP.

Now, a devilfish or an octopus can either have a few weaknesses available and the tentacles will be not one of them. This f*cker has a lot of them and is the easiest to have access into compared to the main body so the main weakness would be the other parts of its body in its giant head. And since this thing is an octopus, this thing has only one part that is obviously going to be its obvious bane.

”Lucia, Lina, Tina and I will distract the f*cker while the two of you aim at its head, specifically, its two eyes. It doesn't matter which attack you two try whether it is long-range or short-range, or maybe physical or magic damage, it doesn't matter.”

”YES!”

I looked at Tina and she nodded. The Ice Devilfish lash out its tentacles. We quickly dodged and decided to attract its attention to us.

BANG! BANG!

The movements of the tentacles are rather quite peculiar which is why it is hard to predict where it will land. Not only that but the ice pillar every time it lands on the ground is quite big and harder to dodge due to how it will just pop out maybe right under where you are standing or somewhere close. If I was an amateur player, I would have already been making a lot of mistakes.

Tina and I managed to get real close. However, the moment we got real close, a large mouth appeared beneath its eyes. I didn't expect it to have a mouth on its head. No wonder it is called a Devilfish and not an octopus, just by looking at it, will remind you of a common depiction of what a demon looks like.

The Ice Devilfish begins laughing and immediately blows a cold wind that is accompanied by Ice shards. I didn't bother to change weapons and just continue with a Magic Sword. The attacks aren't that strong but my movements have slowed down a bit after taking on the attack head-on. Though that didn't matter to me. Now I know its current effects. Knowing its attacks is the first step to knowing whether its attacks are fatal or not. That attack earlier is a debuff that will cause anyone who got hit by an ice shard to get a slower movement. And since you will get a slower movement, you will have a harder time dodging the attacks of the tentacles.

Heh, that is a great combination to squash enemies indeed!

Tina on the other hand effortlessly dodge the ice shard attacks and managed to get close enough before she was slapped away by a tentacle, forcing her to retreat for a bit.