41 Bosses of an ancient city (1/2)
Early in the morning, the hunters went hunting. They killed a few monsters that came out of the crossroads and walked down the street towards the shelter. A figure of a strange boss stood in front, surrounded by a pair of Abysses and Knights of the Swamp.
\”I wonder how you'll notice my silent attack if I'm in the Shadow?\” asked the burglar.
\”Based on the boss's reaction,\” replied Kate.
\”Are you suggesting that I start a fight?\”
\”Nick, the subject is interesting and important, but why didn't you kept quiet last night?\” asked Richard. \”Go and attack! And may Dexterity be with you.\”
The redhead smiled and came to the wall of the house. It wasn't raining, but there was little light outside. The burglar disappeared from view immediately, and some of the hunters went ahead to intercept Diguar.
Dan took the form of Draugr and maximized his characteristics. He felt just great. Richard could apply his excellent skills to reinforce his squad, now the Commander was walking just behind him to apply the skill of weakening the enemy. Almost every class of hunters had the skill to weaken the enemy or to amplify the characteristics of their character. When a full group of hunters began to work, each player turned into a strong fighter.
Dan saw that Diguar shuddered and shook his jaw in a silent hissing. And the soft light of Kate's new skill immediately flashed.
'Execution'. Diguar took a step towards the players. He could not resist the curse. Dan took advantage of the last seconds of peace and looked at the boss.
Kate was unlucky and didn't block the enemy's fighting skill, but his immunity to damage dropped to 20% and damage dropped to 2000-3500.
Kate was retreating back down the street. Alexander and the sinner were on their way to Diguar. Suddenly he was hit by arrows and Anna's spell. Anna had prepared for battle and warned everyone that she would use the Ice Spear spell. The spell froze the enemy for 1-2 seconds, although it did not cause much damage. 2000 damage was a small amount of damage in the sorceress's mind. At this point, two fighters rushed against the enemy. Dan blocked the boss's way and attacked with the 'The Singing Blade' skill.
[You caused 10300 damage]
At this time, a figure covered with red smoke of Blood Lust skill hit one side of the street, and the berserker also went into battle. Werewolves ran behind the boss's back and grabbed his legs, one side of which was struck by a stone figure of Elemental. Suddenly almost half of Diguar's hand fell to the rocks of the street. John was very lucky, his strongest attack came with critical damage, and he was able to inflict a strong wound on the enemy and inflict a bleeding effect. Dan didn't notice the details of the battle, he fenced with his boss, and he even managed to strike at vulnerable points on the enemy's hull that flared up for a few moments and were clearly visible. But his main goal was to capture the enemy. The hunters had many duels. The girls were in shock! There was no way they could understand the need for duels to die. But the men did not explain their point of view and just found out that the best master of the sword is Dan. But in terms of damage, he was inferior to Alexander. This fight to be the main test of the two players' interactions. Dan did not much damage but did not let the enemy pass, Alexander interfered in the course of the battle and did a lot of damage and retreat so that the attention of Diguar again captured the sinner. The boss couldn't react to the pets' strikes and arrows when the two scoundrels were around to keep him from reaching the one that challenged him.
[You caused 6200 damage]
Dan managed to hit the chest hard and got ready to repel another Diguar attack. But the enemy made a low growl and fell. His icy sword fell on the rocks of the street.
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[Congratulations! You have discovered the location of Nazgor Ruin. Type: normal.
You've received a new quest: \”Cleansing the filth.\”
Quest Type: Normal
Reward: Variative. +50 Glory points
Attention! By clearing the desecrated location, you can get a unique quest]
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\”Dan, Nick, trophies! The others blocked the street. Everybody stays cool! Always wanted to say that,\” said Richard.
There were joy and relief in his voice. It wasn't his first fight under his command, he'd already gotten the position of group leader, but it was his first real fought as commander.
The players stood up for the trophy boys. The monsters could react most unexpectedly to the changing situation in the city. They smiled because everyone understood that the reward for passing the location is increasing and now for each monster, they will get more experience.
Dan pointed out that they got a strange book from their boss and didn't look through it, but immediately gave it to Nick, who was engaged in animal breeding. The sinner himself sat down by the corpse and cut off a piece of meat from the left paw of the monster, where he was perfectly wounded by an assassin. The sinner raised his head and noticed that Kate was watching him with interest.
That's no way to live! there's no privacy, thought Dan.
\”Kate. Don't look, I'm shy!\”
\”Come on, Pussy, let's not watch your boss eat cats. Yes, your master eats cats, I'm not deceiving you,\” complained to the sinner executor.
Pussy snorted a sniffle and defiantly jumped into Diguar's corpse. She was evil. She was very angry. Because the stupid master wouldn't let her fight! She was guarding a stupid female who understood nothing about a good fight and could only retreat from the enemy.
\”Pussy! Stop eating all that crap! Go and work, it's a madhouse of some kind,\” said the sinner and threw a piece of meat in his mouth.
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[Attention! 'Cannibalism' +1]
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\”Did it work, brother?\”
From invisibility, John came up with his question.
\”Yes. I was right! Characteristics have grown,\” confessed Dan.
\”How does it taste?\”
\”The wolf's meat tastes better, and the river monster is delicious.\”
The guys chased the other hunters. Who had finished guarding their prey collection process and retreated to the shelter. Now the whole squad was walking along the edge of the ruins and started fighting monsters in the new street to meet the new boss.
The clan chose another warrior's boss as its second enemy. Marlog could cause damage in the square and it was dangerous. But he remained a warrior, a type of enemy with whom players were already used to fighting.
For almost three hours, the players had been killing monsters. Even the Abyss was a weak opponent, her skill to call the Larvae was constantly blocked by the executor. Hunters relaxed and allowed themselves to split into 4 combat groups. Betty attacked the enemy with two Elements. On the streets of the city well-showed fire Elementals, he had no defensive abilities, and he inflicted less damage than his earth colleague. But for each damage, the Fire Elemental's hull reacted with a backfire and dealt a little damage. Two of the Elementals could deal with level 30 monsters. Kate was pulling enemies under Nick and Emma's attack. Alexander was working with John and Red Nick. Dan called the monsters into the fight that Jack helped him with. Richard kept a close eye on the situation and occasionally attacked Elementals' opponents. He needed to improve his sword skills. Jane felt superfluous but rarely remembered it. She was fully drawn to the spectacle of continuous fighting in the streets of the ancient city. Bella was dissatisfied with the barbaric violence, but smiled condescendingly, at times applying common healing to all participants in the battle. Applying this skill cost 240 mana, but treated 120 health. The Rescuer's intellect was modest, but a large stock of spirit almost instantly restored the entire stock of mana. Bella could apply the skill of general healing almost without interruption, but she preferred to restore the Blessing and increase the players' defense.
When Marlog's figure appeared ahead, everyone calmed down sharply. The squad began hunting carefully and thoughtfully. They stopped and Kate and Dan started provoking monsters to fight.
Marlog wasn't like a man, but it was clear that he was a man. Now it was a mountain of muscles, huge height. Wide shoulders. Thick hands with a big hammer in them. The naked body of the monster was wearing a leather apron, but on his belt he was decorated with disgusting ligaments of dried severed hands. Marlog's face was gone. Instead of his face, he froze the face of evil and mad waiting for blood and battle. The red hair was gathered into several thick short plaits. The boss instilled respect and everyone realized that this opponent would be stronger than an overgrown jaguar. \”Marlog. Elite. Level: 40. Life: 180000. Damage: 3000-5400. 'Fall of the Hammer'. A powerful blow to the ground damage to all enemies at a considerable distance. Cooldown: 240 seconds,\” slightly but clearly reminded Dan of the main details.
He felt great again. Immediately after the battle with his boss, he reversed Draugr's transformation and realized how much he was losing when he turned into a strong and skilled dead warrior. It may have been the effect of an 80% increase in the characteristics he received from Richard's skill, but the feeling was very pleasant. The commander was quite a clever transformation, next to him wanted to play in the style of Fight, Kill, and Win!
Red Nick was pleased with the way he participated in the battle. Richard had already told him that the burglar had to get used to the first attack. It's the burglar and no one else who's going to be the first to strike the magician. And then the whole fight, Nick must silence the warlock with silence. Anna said it's true, maybe local magicians don't use the gesture to activate spells.
Dan saw Alexander holding the dead boss's two-handed sword.
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Ice Heart
Type: unique.
Damage: 1500-2500 [Critical damage: 3200-6500]
Durability: Indestructible
Weight: 3 pounds (1.36 kg)
Combat skill:
'The Ice Blade'. It causes additional damage with Water Magic and freezes enemy units for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 240 seconds. [10/10]
\”Drinking Life. 4% of the damage done in HP restores health. 10/10
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\”That's a good sword,\” he said.
\”A good, better than Singer, though a bloodsucker. The main thing is that he's indestructible and the damage he's done is just mad,\” said a warrior smiled.
\”Two-handed, unique, it'll last,\” agreed Dan.
\”Guys tonight will definitely break their heads about how to share trophies. There's a book falling out with Master of the Sword skill. It's a skill in my class. And a soldier and a knight need that skill.\”
\”They flip a coin, as always,\” smiled Dan.
\”Jack's already learned the book, no coins. Alas, I don't belong at the point of attack, and our paladin will soon catch up with you on the damage,\” said Richard calmly. \”Shall we begin gentleman hunters?\”
Everyone nodded and got ready for a new fight.
The burglar went forward, Kate stepped out into the middle of the street and froze, watching closely the figure of the huge blacksmith.
The boss shuddered and raised the hammer high above his head and ran in a lighted circle towards the girl. He ran only a few steps and flew into the mire that Anna had organized for him. And at that moment the fight turned into a strange battle. Marlog fell face forward and hit the ground with a hammer with all his might. He was a very cunning and insidious monster and made his most powerful attack.
[You took 2200 damage. Attention! You have received damage with the Stunner skill! You cannot move and apply skills and abilities for 2 seconds!]
Draugr is frozen in place. A stupid resentment slipped through Dan's head with lightning:
It's not fair! What's the Stunner? It wasn't mentioned anywhere!
Next to him, Alexander fell to the rock on the street. Dan was terrified to see what was going on behind his back. He has heavy armor that absorbs 90-95% of the damage! The girls are completely naked! They had an endurance rate of 30-35. Before this fight, everyone was wearing heavy armor. The girls barely moved or got tired, but still the thought of them made them want to jump up to the monster and hit him very hard.
And the blacksmith was already on his feet and walking towards Dan. But the sinner saw that Marlog was ready to hit him with his hammer on the way. The blacksmith's eyes were filled with blood, and he looked outside behind Dan's back.
'The Singing Blade'.
[You caused 12100 damage]
The blow of the cursed sword pierced the blacksmith's side. Dan took a step back and turned, the sword struck the boss's back again.
[You did 6400 damage]
The blacksmith leaned a little forward from the punch, of course, it was impossible to knock an ordinary player off his feet, even with a two-handed sword. And at that moment the sinner activated his second powerful skill, and with all his might, with all his fury hit the wound on the boss's back with a powerful push of the handle.
'Pressure'.
[You caused 13700 damage]
The smith swung the hammer. He almost fell, but held on his feet and turned around, facing an annoying enemy who was distracting from the main enemy. Dan ducked down and missed the hammer's blow above his head, and struck a simple blow with the blade's point forward. Once again, the sinner's mind was at peace and a cold-blooded desire to destroy the enemy.