- There is no way we can kill the boss - Tihana finally spotted out, as she kept fighting for her breath.
- I want at least try. Otherwise, we won't know how far we are from killing that thing - John said in between deep breaths. - And since your father is here, it's an opportunity to do this safely.
- Ok. Fine - she agreed to his proposal.
I just watched them, but couldn't really see, them since I was reminiscing my past. The first visit to this place, my struggle. The aftermath of the orcs' attack, directed by The Great One. Now things were good between us, but it made once again pissed at him.
I could understand why he did what he did, but it didn't make it right. People paid for that with their lives.
A few minutes later, when I was done reviewing the past, Tihana and John stood up. They still looked far from perfect condition, but at least regained their breathing.
- You guys are sure about this? - asked so random hunter.
Nobody graced him with an answer. Well, if you consider Tihana and John walking towards the staircase, and then down as a form of an answer, then maybe my statent isn't correct, because that's what they did.
I followed them without hesitation. The rest needed a little bit more ti, but they also joined.
The walk down was slow, as the duo leading it prolonged the thing to rest so more, but eventually, we reached the door to the boss room.
John didn't hesitate to open it, revealing a large, oval chamber. In the middle of it was a three ters deep pit, around fifty in diater.
The pit itself was rather well-lighted, with many tal torches fixed to the walls, and in the middle of it was embedded, in the floor, a large ax. There was only one part that remained in the shadows, right across the entrance.
I could see a big throne carved in the stone, with sothing sitting on it just barely outlined. Large beast of an orc.
Everything was just like in my mories.
The brat jumped down, causing the creature to stand up, revealing itself to everybody, as now the boss's appearance wasn't any longer obscured by shadows. A few people gasped in shock, as the creature was quite intimidating.
My daughter followed John by also jumping down.
Judging by the halberd in his hand, and the sword and shield chosen by her, Tihana was gonna defend, while the brat was gonna attack. An approach I've already seen when they fought the goblin boss.
The creature slowly walked to the weapon in the middle, while the duo flanked it from both sides.
- Oh my god. They are going to die - reached from the side, said by one of the hunters.
At the sa mont, the two jumped forward, attacking the orc, while he pulled his weapon from the ground.
Tihana landed next to him, sending a fireball at his head as she did so, then swung her blade at his knee. John stabbed him at the sa ti in the tight, then zapped with electricity.
It looked like a good attack, but then the head of the monster erged from the flas, dragging so of them along, completely untouched, and it beca clear that they were screwed.
The first thing that boss did, was to attack my daughter. He slamd her from above with the axe. She blocked, using the magic of her shield, which endured the hit, but her legs gave up under her, making her sit down in the sand.
With a smooth switch, the orc dragged the axe to the side, where John was about to stab him again, but got hit by the side of the massive weapon, and sent flying.
It was a clear signal for to intervene, so I shadow walked, picking them both up, one by one, and delivering out of the pit, then I shadow walked once more to position myself in front of the boss. I was a living barrier between the raging destroyer and a bunch of tired, weak humans.
- Show what you've... - left my mouth half a second before I got slamd with the side of his axe, and hit the wall of the pit.
I rushed the stone, embedding myself quite well into it. Few people gasped as they saw that.
- I'm fine! - I jelled before shadow walking again in front of the boss.
He inhaled the air, then exhaled it into a form of a battle cry, which shook the entire underground chamber, instilling fear into the hearts of those who weren't brave enough to endure it, or stupid enough to ignore it.
There was sothing worse about that scream. Sothing way worse. That motherfucker spit at , and it slled terrible.
- You fucker - I said to ti, wiping my cheek of the slimy, jelly, and slly saliva.
I leaped forward and slamd him into that ugly face of his. It was a strong punch. The impact made a sound worthy of an explosion.
I thought it would rip his head off, turning him into smoke, but it didn't. He survived. Still got yanked into that air, and smashed into the wall on my left, making the whole chamber shake, and destroying that part of the pit.
I guess the dreadnought in him prevented such an outco. It didn't help him when I shadow walked to close the distance and hit him for the second ti. It also didn't help the wall.
The noise shook the vicinity, deafening the people. The shockwave sent the debris into the air, blinding them, while the impact created a local earthquake, which cracked a bit of stone under their feet.
They panicked at first, but when I showed up in front of them, holding the crystal left by the boss, they stopped freaking out.
- Let's go back. We have other places to be, don't we? - I asked, looking at Tihana.
Even she was impressed and responded by slowly nodding.
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