Chapter 104 - Caves of Lukriag - 3 (2/2)

It was the typical story of a bunch of ungrateful being trying to steal from the one who helped them. The funny thing was that it was a troll mage and goblins who learned. This was funny as a troll which are known for inciting fights was a helpful being and it trusted goblins which are known to be ingrates. The designer actually made this dungeon story as a joke as he was angry with his boss for some reason.

Once, he took the pictures, he had chatted with Merlin and asked them to initiate attack from the doorway. This was a real good place to attack as it provided a good cover for the players and the goblin mages were in a large empty circular hall with no place to hide.

Shadow has marked a couple of goblin mages and requested the rest to attack the unmarked ones. He marked the ones closest to cage as once, they are distracted the troll would soon start to escape from the cage. Once, it escapes the cage, Lukriag would attack the goblins and players without any discrimination. So, he didn't want them to attack these two at the beginning.

When the others started their attack, Shadow quickly made his way towards those 5 goblin mages from the side. With the others distracting them, he could finally approach these goblin mages without fear of being discovered.

Merlin and the others thought that Shadow would want to determine the healer among these goblin mages and that is the reason, he had asked them to attack first. Shadow actually didn't care a bit about any of the goblin mages as he already knew that there wouldn't be any healers. These were all warlocks who would be using magic to control Lukriag.

Once, he was close to them, he used cheap shot and began to attack the other goblin mages. With him in the midst of the goblin mages, whatever little cooperation the goblin mages had among them went to hell. Bitter Beast and the spirit wolf also got past the doorway to support him in the fight.

”Kill these five first and then we will attack the other two. They seem to be concentrating on holding the troll in the cage,” shouted Shadow as he was joined by Bitter Beast. The goblin mages who didn't have any decent close combat skills were at a disadvantage and within a couple of minutes they were all dead.

Once, the five died, the remaining two stopped using their magic to hold back the troll and began attack the players. ”Kill these two before Lukriag comes out. It will be easier to handle it once these are dead,” said Shadow.

The two goblin mages didn't stand a chance against the five players. In 15 seconds, Lukriag broke the bonds that held it and came out of the cage. It had a height of 7 feet and had a very fat belly. This was quite small for a troll. If not for its green color and oddly shaped head, one could mistake it for a very fat human. It had a staff in its hand which was also 6 feet high and had a black jewel the size of a football at the top of the staff.

[Troll Doctore, Luckriag] (Boss Monster)

Level 12;

HP: 7000/8000;

As soon as Lukriag came out, it started snarling, roaring and swinging its staff like a clug. Even though it was very fat, it seemed to be in an enraged state with its eyes red and smashed one of the two remaining goblin mages using its staff like a mace, killing it immediately.

”Shit!” exclaimed Bitter Beast who was right beside the goblin that died. ”This game is going to give me nightmares,” he continued as he moved away from the dead goblin in disgust.

”It seems to be attacking the goblin mages, get away from them,” shouted Shadow as he ran away. He knew that the troll would target the goblin mages which had betrayed it and that was the main reason for him to kill the five goblin mages before he attacked the last two. Else, these goblin mages would run among the players causing havoc among them and also cause high damage. Boss monsters usually only get enraged when their health is at critical state, but as long as the goblin mages were alive, this boss would be in enraged state.

Lukriag immediately went towards the other goblin mage while swinging its staff wildly. Both Merlin and the spirit wolf got hit by the staff and were went flying away. The spirit wolf almost died immediately, and Merlin also lost half his health from the single hit. The only good thing was that it was concentrating on the remaining goblin mage and was only running after it.

This allowed the players to keep away from the goblin mage. As Shadow was about to suggest how to handle the troll, a single spirit bolt from Bitter Beast causing the remaining goblin mage a second of confusion stopped it. This allowed the troll to smash and kill it.