62 Chapter 56 ~ Rakuri’s Expedition: A Certain Dungeon Third Layer (1/2)
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After packing up their belongings, they head deeper inside the dungeon, to the third layer.
The environment changes as they entered. Blood pools all over the ground, sticky webs covering the walls, and not only that, it's a lot more superior than the webs from the second layer. Rakuri guessed that it's a potency +4. That means it went up two whole levels.
After walking through so long, they haven't encountered any more spiders yet. Though what they do found… is a door that leads to the boss room.
”This is it.”
As Fortress swallowed his saliva, they… have arrived.
Kucing mumbled as her clenched fist sweating its palm, ”A dungeon boss… Pain Reduction is gone now.” Noticing her nervousness, Rakuri tapped her shoulder, reassuring her, ”Don't worry. We'll make it. Though, be sure to endure some of the pain when that happens.”
*gulp*
Moving on to the door, Rakuri holds her hand onto it. And soon after, the door spiraled into a cloud of smoke and created a whirlwind of air, slowly sucking her in. ”As long as you don't enter that thing's range of attacks, you'll survive. You'll come with me Suburbian, and don't let that thing catch me. Understand?”
Fortress nodded.
They entered the whirling smoke with a clenched butt.
One monster can be sighted nearby and it's as clear as day since the area already has its own torches and lighting. The spider is black as pitch, red menacing eyes with a large skull painting is on the back of its abdomen.
Rakuri summoned her half-broken staff and quickly set it aflame. ”Grandma, focus your heal on Suburbian. Kucing… san, only attack after I stunned it.”
They nodded.
She looked at her half-broken staff once more, and chuckled, 'So long, partner.'
Cloaking it to an extreme degree, the flame spreads across the staff, half burning it. Raising her feet, she stomped it to the ground, sliding around to the sleeping monster. She leaps forward with her staff in the air and then smashed it to the monster's head.
*BOOOM*
The flames burst out as her staff broke into pieces. ”KREEEEEEEEHHKKKK!!” the spider awakens, it opens its mouth and burst out a laser of flame.
*BWOOOOOOOM*
Rakuri missed the timing to dodge, but because it was staggered, the laser only scratches past her shoulder. She quickly moved to the back.
Every boss monster has at least 1 ultimate skill, and that was the skill the spider monster got. Now that it's gone, the danger of dying has been significantly reduced.
However, it's only a matter of time… until that thing can do it again.
Though, the party won't let that happen.
Rakuri sends her [Windbolt] again, and with that as a signal, Kucing moved closer to the boss. But went further outside its reach.
This is where the whole party shine. Fortress lifted his shields up, and yelled out a cry, ”Haaaaaah!!”
The target has been successfully taunted using [Focused Taunt]. Unlike normal [Taunt] the skill he just used will last three times longer and could even be used to a boss. Though, it can only be used to one enemy, which in this case, is perfect for them. With this, it won't even consider going after the other member of the party. But Fortress needs to keep attacking whilst it's active, and it won't last very long.
The spider quickly swings its arm and scratches him again and again, the shield is coming handy in this kind of fight.
As he kept distracting it, Rakuri sends more of her [Windbolt] sending them raining at it.
*Baks*
Her eyes widened, that was the sounds she really wanted to hear, ”Now, go!”
Kuching went past Fortress, and then slices the downed spider with her daggers. As it tries to get up, Kucing stabbed its eyes.
Screeching in pain as tons of purple blood coming out of it.
Quickly, it opened its mouth and tried to crush Kuching with its fang, but Fortress stepped in and replace her.
*BAKS*
”Ngh.”
The immense pressure coming from his shield is staggering, his health went down several hundred below, but it quickly went up again.
With ray light piercing him from behind, he regenerated his health back up at extremely fast speed. It is none other than a spell coming from Grandma's skill, [Concentrated Healing].
*BAKS*
It's stunned once again, Kucing quickly moves and do it again.
*Slice *Slash *Slash *Slice *Stab
*Bwooosh*
With another blood gushing out, the spider is getting slower than before. When it tried to chomp her again, she managed to avoid it.
Fortress leaped forward and slice it, returning back its attention to him.
But something unexpected happens.
The spider ignored his attack and went straight to Rakuri.
Her eyes widened, 'Shit, I forgot it's not a game.'
*KREEEEEKKHHH*
She made a mistake, she closed her eyes when her prey fought back. 'Huh?' but when she opened her eyes, the said prey's mouth is visible to her. She was being protected by an invincible barrier, it is none other than one of the infamous priest ability, the [Wall of Protection].
”Ms. Rakuri, hurry up and get out of there!” yelled Grandma. Maintaining [Wall of Protection] cost a huge amount of mana.
Of course, he won't need to say that twice. Using [Earth Manipulation], Rakuri leaped over the giant spider, making it chomp on the earth pillar instead.
Quickly, she sends more of her [Windbolt] right to its abdomen.
*Fwoosh *Fwoosh *Fwoosh *Fwoosh *Fwoosh
*BAKS*
Another stun.
This time, with all their might. Excluding Grandma, the party sends down their best attack to the downed monster.
*BOOM*
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*Pant *Pant
The guardian, Fortress, rested his back against his sword that was impaled on the ground. Kucing almost died from the panic, Grandma is facing down the ground for losing too much mana, and last but not least, Rakuri, standing beside the guardian, ”Hehe…” with a grin on both the guardian and the mage,
*Plash*
They slapped their hands together in sync, it brings tremor to their hearts, a good kind of tremor.
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[Details]
- Enemy defeated: 1
- EXP gained: 100.000
- (Bonus) EXP gained: 100.000
[Loot obtained]
- Spell Tome [Poison Contamination]
- Spell Tome [Flame Cloak]
- (Antique) Husk Spider Robe
- (Antique) Husk Spider Boots