124 Chapter 124 (1/2)

Chapter 124

”This floor is ridiculous.” Troll'd was speaking to no one, and everyone, as the group made their way down the creaking wooden path that James had created. They had, of course, survived the swarm of mobs James had thrown their way. Though, that was to say, they didn't have the easiest time with it. The mobs were all level 33, putting them just a level higher than the Knights, and three levels higher than the Boss Slayers. As far as basic mobs were concerned, that meant they weren't enough to completely overwhelm the group of seasoned veterans.

Besides, it wasn't like the mobs had ridiculous buffs to their skills… at least, not yet. James still had mob points to upgrade his third-floor mobs with, he just hadn't yet. Because, it was always fun to see what the mobs could do first, before he truly started messing with them. He had already eyed a few improvements that not only were going to make his mobs even more effective but were sure to get a few chuckles from some of the adventurers, especially Z's group and anyone with an understand of old school movies. Because, based on some of the upgrades he had seen, the developers had definitely been pulling ideas from their past. James was really glad he had been enlightened by the Knights.

With the reinforcements joining the fray, the fight had taken the raid party a good 10 to 15 minutes to actually clear. James had been pleased to see the lite knight did a great job at supporting the Giant Plaython, giving it a glowing buff that actually made a glowing needle appear around the Plaython, stitching its wounds shut as soon as it had them. Meanwhile, the funky monkey had attempted to buff the plaython as well, doing its best to give the snake a speed buff with Get Funky. However, it seemed Turk, the Eagle, was having none of that, and so Z's pet dropped a badger on the monkey's drum session. Which led to the monkey going slap happy as it attacked both Turk and Badgy.

The group of mobs James had sent as support had been a mounted knight on a snuggle-woof, with a lite knight in tow. As much as James had wanted to send in the cavalry with the group that had three snuggle woofs, 3 mounted knights, a light knight, and a funky monkey, that group of mobs had sadly been too far away.

Regardless, just as the raid party had gotten the giant plaython down to about half life, the reinforcements had arrived, adding more chaos to the mix. The snuggle woof and mounted knight had blasted through the side, catching Troll'd and Faust completely by surprise. Meanwhile, the additional lite knight added its own healing ability to the giant plaython. The mobs obviously knew that massive snake was their path to victory, and they were doing all they could to keep it alive.

The turning point, oddly enough, in the fight, had been when the giant plaython had gotten close enough to Oak to use its struggle snuggles on the immobilized, terrified, poor poor Indra. The snake's massive, soaking wet form wrapped tightly around Oak, even as the others did their best to burn down its hp. As it constricted around the Indra, James could see Oak's eyes go white with sheer terror, as swamp water and soggy patches wrapped around him and began to tighten.

The Giant Plaython, James was sure, had thought it had just snagged an easy target. However, apparently the stuffed snake had never heard what people said about cornered animals being the most dangerous.

In a moment of sheer terror and panic, Oak unleased everything. And James meant that literally. The Indra utilized all of his cooldowns and blew all of his skills in a single instance. Normally, people didn't even do that during boss fights. So, when the level 32 Indra did that against the level 33 mob, well, it turned the tide in an instant.

What James had learned from the first time Oak had faced off against the Terminus as an Indra, was that the class had given him a cooldown that differed greatly from his other ones. Of course, Oak still had his massive damage reduction cooldown which greatly decreased the amount of damage he took. However, the Indra cooldown, was an explosive eruption of energy, that transformed Oak from an elf, into an 8-foot-tall being of electricity, which grew two additional arms. These two arms each held a curved dagger made of pure energy, and they were brutal.

So, immediately after Oak's form disappeared within the soggy and likely smelly patches of cloth and stuffing that was the Giant Plaython, Oak immediately reappeared, in his Super Saiyan form, as he called it. The electrically charged, glowing energy form of Oak let out a scream of both terror and rage, and began wailing on the Giant Plaython, even as the mob did its best to try and tighten its hold on him.