45 Chapter 46 (1/2)
”Orthrus”
Level 45
HP: ?/?
Attribute: Darkness, Flames
Its HP is no longer visible. From what I can remember, Orthrus' HP is around 7,000,000 in Abyss Mode. 5 million and above HP appears on question marks rather than actual numbers so that first time players who are not familiar with the enormous amount of HP a boss has will tremble seeing question marks. If I was similar to the person I was when the game started in my timeline, seeing this is no longer something I can endure immediately. Luckily, my exposure on them is quite early so I am not afraid.
Same strategy still works here but now, you need to be much faster as Orthrus can now use his twin head to chomp off anyone who tries to attack its belly. I did not enter its aggro range at first and nocked an arrow first using the Versatile Weapon and quickly provoke it. For players who found this strategy troublesome, in actuality, you don't need to beat up Orthrus to kill him.This dungeon is a big formation and in Abyss Mode, you can seal Orthrus immediately without fighting much against the boss. Destroying the 7 pillars around then boss room is enough to kill this boss. You just need to lure him to the center before breaking the balance of every pillar to strike one million damage to the Twin Headed beast. You only need to avoid his swift attack since Orthrus prevents you from destroying a single Pillar that will kill the big guy.
Nocking an arrow towards the Orthrus outside the agrro range allows you to provoke it to activate Berserking Beast which is a skill it possess. Berserking Beast will be triggered if Orthrus was provoked outsidehis Aggro Range which makes this beast to get angry and will nolonger think rationally. Developers knew how hard it was to beat an Abyss mode dungeon but to allow players who are craving for speed runs, they made an easy way to beat Orthrus by adding those pillars. For those players who keep on looking for slight differences will immediately spot the difference of the Abyss Boss room of Orthrus and the Normal Mode Boss room.
The arrow that I released was flicked away by Orthrus' tail. From the looks of it, Orthrus is harder to provoke than Cerberus and was trickier to handle.
I shook my head. Its already normal to deflect the normal attack of the bow by the boss but it will be a wonder if this attack still got deflected.
”Heart Piercing Arrow!”
This skill is actually pretty amazing and will be one of the key skills of Hunters when they class up as this skill is a priority for its class up called Sniper. Heart Piercing Arrow's skill upgrades are considered really dangerous and for people who have no idea how dangerous it was, it was like this.
Heart Piercing Arrow can induce immediate Bleeding debuff and depending on how deep the arrow got buried, the longer the debuffs to last. Just from its name, its a homing missile that attacks the heart of a boss or a monster which causes strong damage and bleeding effect.
”Roar!”
This time, it was not able to deflect the arrow. It went past through the defenses of Orthrus and pierced its thick hide straight. But I can see that it did not pierce too deep from my expectation.
-1,000! Bleeding inflicted!”
Orthrus looks furious and stands up from where it once was and growl loudly looking at me. I look at the log and sure enough, I see its reaction.
”Orthrus got Provoked.”
Seeing it provoke, I quickly changed my weapon into a hammer and quickly use Silent Sprint towards a pillar. Orthrus leap and stands in the center of the room before growling. I quickly made my decision and swing my hammer to the pillar.
”Bang!”
Cracks appear on the pillar. Before the boss can jump away, I throw a Petrify Splash on Orthrus, temporarily restraining its movements. Orthrus tried to move but to no avail. Petrify Splash is like a cement adhesive on its paws, stopping its movements.
Boom!