“*NEIIIGHHHH*” -Bicorn-
*BAMMMM*
The bicorn roared once more and trampled the ground with its hooves as sparks of electricity began to rumble around it.
Then in a split second…
“Mag!” -Siegfried-
*BLAAAAAAAARRRRR*
A bolt of lightning spewed from between its two horns and unched straight at me. It made contact, yet the feeling I received wasn’t a powerful impact but rather like a sudden rush of wind.
I came out unharmed…
“*NEIGH*” -Bicorn-
Angered by it, the bicorn gallops forward aiming to gore me with its horns as Siegfried leapt and taunt earning its ire, changing the bicorn’s trajectory towards him.
Creating 7 fragments, I assigned them to cast [Framen] as my personal DPS turret while I was going to do something else.
“[Maximize: Arbitrium]”
A beam of divine light shoots from the skies downward towards the huge crystal in the centre but…
*BAMMMM!!!*
It was obstructed by a faint purple barrier as the golden glimmering lights and angelic feathers dispersed into the air.
(“Haaa… figures!”)
“Sieg! I think we need to kill the mobs spawning from the boss to deal damage to it.”
I shouted to him as he pyed bullfighting against Bicorn.
“Got it.” -Siegfried-
His expression unusually turns serious as he dashes to the side and unches a counterattack using bone bdes sprouting from his arms.
Grazing the bicorn earning a grunt of pain from the demonic horse as it charges up.
*NEIIIGHHHH* -Bicorn-
It goes up on its back leg as the bicorn’s horns become charged up with sparks going round and round.
In a split second, a cast bar appeared above the monster’s {Status} bar before vanishing.
It smmed onto the ground as a thunderbolt struck from above the clouds. Bright sparkling blue and bck…
*BLARRRR* *BZZTTT*
“Grggghhhh!” -Siegfried-
“[Benedictio]”
“Hufff… Thanks!” -Siegfried-
(“That is superbly quick, not even Siegfried’s can react.”)
The bicorn still takes damage from my fragments turret as we steadily wear it down.
Huh… thankfully, the bicorn attack mechanic is quite simple. It gallops to gore, unches a lightning bolt for ranged, summons a thunderbolt from above for tank buster then recycles.
--
*NEIIIGHHHH* -Bicorn-
With the st of its HP gone, the bicorn buckles and falls as its body disperses into small blue cubes.
Right at that moment!
*CRACKLE* *CRACKLE* *CRASHHHHH*
Other crystals shattered and the boss’ HP suddenly dwindled. But…
*GRAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR* -Hellhound-
Multiple dogs spawned from the crumbling crystals. Its fur is bck as the night sky with highlights of fiery red coursing through them like veins. Their face doesn’t look like the cute dogs I see in the neighbourhood, rather it is intimidating as if they will eat me at any moment and go feral.
It opened its mouth and shot a ball of fire straight at Siegfried as the berserker in quick succession shrunk his body to dodge those projectiles as it exploded behind him.
Using that momentum, he closes the gap while smiling…
“HAHAHAHAH! Can’t touch this~” -Siegfried-
He shouted in a sing-song voice before striking several of them with his bone bdes.
Following up on that, I ordered my ‘turrets’ to aim at each hellhound unleashing a barrage of golden beams.
Hmph! Supplied by my MP, I do not need to worry about them disappearing.
--
These hounds cannot handle the DPS as we defeated them. With their final throes, the hellhounds dispersed into blue cubes and that tell-tale cracking noise echoed.
*CRACKLE* *CRACKLE* *CRASHHH*
Other crystals shattered and the boss’ HP reduced once more. As it did, almost immediately I saw a new bar appear below it with a smaller font aptly named ‘Pit Demon’.
(“Wha?”)
“GROOOAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!” -Pit Demon-
A powerful roar reverberates in the battlefield as I see a hulking humanoid.
Easily reach around 4 meters in height and bulging with muscles. Their body is covered by scales and spikes in red emphasizing their fiend origin.
Bat-like wings sprouted from their back and long tails with a harpoon shape. They held some kind of great sword in one hand and the edges of that weapon were serrated.
(“It must’ve been painful to get sliced by that.”)
Siegfried gnces at me as we make eye contact. We knew this monster was of a different scale than bicorns or hellhounds.
*FWIP*
In the blink of an eye, my view of that monster suddenly becomes far away as I internally cast [Blink] to gain distance.
Simultaneously, Siegfried already moved forward in his speed form and unleashed a barrage of kicks.
“Gh!!!” -Siegfried-
He grunts in pain and I saw his HP decrease several times corresponding with his kicks. Due to that, one of the monster’s abilities gets revealed in its {Status}.
“[Thorny Carapace]… That’s shit.” -Siegfried-
He grumbles a bit dodging the great sword swing from the pit demon
!!!!!
“Sieg!”
“Ah! FUCK!” -Siegfried-
Its tail managed to nd a direct hit to Siegfried's abdomen and I see purplish webs spreading through the point of contact.
“[Purificare]”
I don’t know what kind of de-buff it’s going to inflict and don’t want to know so just to be safe I unleashed a Hi-Tier {Spell} to cure it as the De-buff on Siegfried’s party panel vanishes.
“Thanks heaps!” -Siegfried-
His scrunched expression rexes and taunts the creature to face him as it's nearly aggroed to me.
“GRAAA!!!” -Pit Demon-
The bat-like wings unfurl then fp and Pit Demon begins to take flight.
“No, you don’t! [Extend: Earthbound]”
As soon as those words left my mouth, a cast bar appeared and quickly vanished. In doing so, vines started to grow out of nowhere upon the creature’s bat-like wings.
It spreads so fast that the Pit Demon’s wings are clustered in greenery as the vines bind them together preventing the creature from taking flight.
The Pit Demon growled in annoyance realizing that the option for flight had been disabled.
“Fiuf…”
Thanks to Siegfried accruing aggro, the Pit Demon still focuses on him…
(“Fragments! Focus on it.”)
With slight intent, the floating fragments around me began to spam cast [Framen] each enhanced by multi-cast meta magic releasing a barrage of golden beams with angelic feathers.
Gncing at Siegfried, his ‘fist’ and multiple bone bdes started glowing in gold.
“[Extend: Fidus Animus] [Extend: Leyline]
*FWOOOSHHHH*
A halo appeared on top of my head and wings made from pure light emerged on my back. Although I cannot see it, I am sure I’m adorned with multiple celestial symbols.
Right below me, a complicated magic circle have been formed. It rotates and slightly alters itself in a kaleidoscopic manner.
“Sieg! I’m gonna go all out!”
“Roger!
He roared at the top of his lungs echoing in the entire area earning the full attention of the boss as I spoke out loud after him.
“[Maximize: Ira De!!!”
As soon as I uttered those words, the familiar reverberating voice came out from my throat showing the system registered what I intended to cast.
Just like that, I hear and see child-like angels emerging above. Their innocent expressions and ughter filled the area as they blew a trumpet held in their chubby hands.
…
…
…
Wow…
The skies open as if it was pierced and in the center of it, golden glimmers cluster together. Turning into the brightest light outshining the sun even in daylight.
All of this is accompanied by a powerful choir made from those angels as it gets stronger and stronger. Clearly, in a PVP situation, pyers will know and react accordingly but…
“Hehehehe~” -Siegfried-
He’s having fun slicing and dicing the Pit Demon even if taking damage from its thorny hide. While maintaining distance against the tail attack… he’s very skilled I must say!
Looking upwards, more clusters of golden glimmers spawn due to the effects of
Still watching the cast bar, I stopped 4 out of 7 fragments that were shooting [Framen] and instead prepared them for something else.
(“I need to time this right.”)
I’ve noticed that there’s a slight dey between the multiple casts that
Theoretically, I can slip in [Lex Aeterna] between those deys in hopes of doubling the damage but I know all too well that theory is different than practice.
“Shit, Mag!” -Siegfried-
His call snapped me out of my current train of thought as the creature did something unexpected…
It threw the great sword right at me, in a perfect straight line with the bde facing towards me.
(“Pnning to impale me eh?”)
I smirked knowing I had a {Spell} for it! But before doing all of that…
“[Primordial Form]”
As soon as my body lights up in silvery gossamer, I consecutively uttered another word.
“[Warp]”
Just like that, in an instant, my position is dispced away from that bde as it misses.
“GRRR!?? Gr….” -Pit Demon-
It clenched its fist and the great sword returned to the Pit Demon as Siegfried occupied its field of view to prevent the creature from doing it again.
“[Ley Leap]!!!”
Another shift in the air as I reposition to the [Leyline] is quite convenient since [Warp] is on Cooldown.
I know it’s Archmage exclusive but man… it has practically no Cooldown! So they can tele towards their [Leyline] whenever.
Fiuf… I am still casting my {Spell} as it’s almost full and just at this moment.
I commanded my fragments to cast [Lex Aeterna] as a scale appeared atop the Pit Demon as one of its weights went down with a resounding *CLICK*
Numerous swords made from pure light jab the back of the Pit Demon and soon after…
*FWOOOOOOSHHHHH*
The angelic choir intensifies with the {Spell} finishes and the entire area lights up in divine golden light.
In quick succession, those condensed gold lights atop the skies formed into nces with wings and more mature angels spawned holding those nces.
They unch those weapons straight from above towards the Pit Demon.
*BAMMMMMM*
“GRAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!” -Pit Demon-
I can see a chunk of its HP vanish as other sets of [Lex Aeterna] followed suit.
“Shit… I haven’t gotten used to it.”
My timing isn’t right, the 1st and 3rd get the damage doubled leaving another [Lex Aeterna] still on.
Which, knowing that Siegfried stepped back and I see his form changing from bone bdes…
Into his nce form and he leapt forward!
“[Fortune Favor]”
(“Fragments!”)
My fragments knew what I wanted to cast as they started casting buffing {Spell} to Siegfried.
His body is engulfed with numerous visual effects with him grinning like a madman as he makes contact with the boss.
*FWIP*
Like a hot knife jabbing butter, he pierced through the Pit Fiend leaving a donut hole on its torso as the creature's HP dropped to 0.
“MAG!” -Siegfried-
He raises his right hand as I sp it with my left as we smile. The body of the Pit Demon disperses and the tell-tale cracking of crystals can be heard in the distance.
The main boss’ HP dropped significantly as it spawned waves and waves of normal monsters. This battle has turned into a battle of attrition it seems…
--
*CRACKLE* *CRACKLE* *CRACKLE* *CRASHHHH*
This pce looks cleaner as the purple mist fades away alongside the st remnant of the ominous crystals cluster.
With that, the main boss’ HP bar disappears from the UI. Where the rgest crystal is in the middle of the creator several glimmering orbs can be seen.
Siegfried already there picking up loot as in a hurry I followed suit to pick those orbs.
No way I’ll lose to him this time!
--
“Haa… I lost.”
I admit defeat…
“Hehehehehehe.” -Siegfried-
*BONK*
“Ouch! Merci.” -Siegfried-
He has that prideful grin pstered on his face before he turns to the side. Probably looking at the quest panel as I did the same.
“Huh… the Food bar isn’t rising but at least the happiness bar is.”
“Yeah, we probably need to grow some food for the vilges around here to raise that bar.” -Siegfried-
I nodded to his suggestion, Along our travels, we passed through numerous vilges each having their citizens in dire situations.
Turning my head to the side towards him, I smiled with an idea in my head and asked him…
“Shall we?”