I had managed to wound the Elental Dogs, but when comparing the severity of our injusries, it was clear that I ca off far worse in that exchange.
I glared at the creature and clicked my tongue in annoyance. Then, sothing else happened.
"Huh?!!"
The eye of the fire thed part of the elental dogs were glowing an ominous crimson colour all of a sudden.
"Growwwlll..."
Inexplicalbly, I sensed sothing ominous was about to happen...
"What could it be?"
In that instant, the head that was cloacked with fire spat out a hot column of fire towards my general direction.
"Gahh!"
I yelled as I ducked out of the way to the right, barely evading the attack that could very well end my life if I took it head on.
Next, the elental dogs left the ground in a poqwerful leap.
"Fuck!!!"
"They know it would be hard to kill a small prey like with long distance attacks..."
They were faster than I thought they would, even before I could react, the creature appeared right before my eyes. I panickly swung my sword, but it only managed to graze the side of one of its heads.
And then, both heads bit into simultaneously. The sound of blood and hot ringing filled my ears as I cursed myself for letting greed and excitent chew alive.
I gritted my teeth as my necj, waist and thigh all got bitten.
The elental dogs ran at its top speed and slamd against a might, study rock.
My health and remaing emdurance left were crashing and I could feel the life within drain like constant flowing tap.
But right when I was about to close my eyes in death and defeat, the image of my twin younger brother flashed across my mind and my eyebrows imdiately shot up in anger.
Itd be easy to go mad from pain and being rag dolled about, but id lose this great oppurtunity, which would most likely never happen for a while. Loosing consciousness or dying now would an my end, and that would NOT solve anything, itll only add more problems.
I clenched my sword tightly so I don’t loose grip of it, and it was at this mont I had my na from several yards away and the voice of the person who called gave more hope than I have felt since the battle against the boss monster.
"Levi!"
"Valeria!!!"
Imdiately I called her na, a greenish hue enveloped within and all my depleted health ca back to life. Even my tattered left arm was healed as good as new in the blink of an eye.
"It is now or never!"
Luckily for , Valeria had found her way to my position and healed .
My eyes blazed coldly. In such cclose proximity, no matter how agile this monster was, itd not be able to dodge my attacks.
My eyes locked onto the elental dogs, their dual head were snarling as one raged one with crackling flas and the other blazed with ice shards.
The crimson glow in the fire head’s eyes pulsed like a heatbeat, in contrast with the icy head’s glacial blue stare.
Valeria’s healing magic still pulsed thoruhg my body with a warm, verdant glow that stitched my torn flesh and nded my broken bones. My left arm, momts ago was mangled to ruins but now I could flex it with renewed strength. The pain I felt was now gone and it was replaced by a surge of adrenaline.
"Valeria! don’t stop!" I shouted at the top of my voice to make sure she would here . The dogs lunged in attack again, their massive paws shaking the ground underneath any mont they made contact with the floor. I dove to the side, feeling the heat of a fire blast scorcth the air where I stood.
The icy head followed up, spitting a torrent of frost that coated the ground in a slick, icy shine. I skidded across it, barely keeping my balance as my boots werent equipped for this kind of footing.
Then I noticed as the ice quench the raging fla the fire head had spilling earlier, and then an idea struck like a teor.
’Fire cancels out ice, and ice cancel fire...’ the thought struck like a lightning. The creature’s dual nature was its strength, bit it could also be its very own weakness. If I could find a way to trick the heads into targeting each other, their own elents might do the work for and cancel each other out.
"Levi, hold on!" Valeria’s voice rang out from behind a jaggered boulder. Her hands glowed with a radiant green light and another wave of healing magic washed over , soothing the bruises from my slide. Her prescence was a lifeline now, I could feel her concentration, her breath hitching as she channelled her energy to sustain .
"She’s using way too much Arcane energy, she wont be able to keep up for long..."
The dogs charged again, their were distinct and synchronized at the sa ti, having two heads and one body. The fire head snapped at , jaws dripping molten saliva, and breathe as hot as a volcano, while the icy head swung wide, aiming to flank with a massive paw. I ducked under the fiery bite, rolling forward and slashing upward with my sword.
The blade caught the icy head’s snout, drawing a thin line of frost that hissed as it t the warm air. The entire creautre roared, with both heads thrashing in fury and disorder.
I glanced at my surrondings, a rocky clearing with sscattered boulders and a narrow ravine was to my left. It was perfect for what I had in mind, baiting the dogs to follow. Their massive forms chased after , the fire head unleashing another column of fla that scorched the ground at my heels. I leaped over a low rock, feeling valeria’s magic surge again, a tingling warmth that boosted my stamina.
"Stay with valeria..." I muttered, taking note of the fact that she would run out of arcane energy sooner or later.
The gorge like space lood ahead, and its walls were tight. I skidded to a halt just at its entrance, then spinning to face the Elental Dogs. They were close, too close, and their heads weaved in a deadly dance of fire and ice. I needed them to strike at the sa ti, to aim for but hit each other instead.
"Co on, you over sized mutt!!!"I taunted, waving my sword. The fire head snarled with its massive maw opening wide as it prepared another blast. The icy head mirrored it, frost gathering in its throat.
I waited, my heat pounding until both heads reared back in unison.
’Now...’
I dove into the ravine, pressing myself flat against the wall. The fire head realesed its flas and the icy head loosed a blizzard of chaotic ice shards, both attacks aid at where id been standing.
But the narrow ravine funneled their assaults and the two elental forces collided in midair. Fire t ice in a violent explosion of steam and sparks, the shockwave shook the ground for several ters. The dogs howled, staggered by their own clashing powers.
"Valeria!!!" I shoouted, scrambling to my feet, another pulse of her healing magic flooded my senses, wiping away the sting of stray embers and frost that had grazed .
At that mont, I felt invicible, my mind was sharp as I saw my opening. The dogs were dazed, their heads snapping at each other in confusion, the fire head’s flas licked at the icy head’s frozen fur, and vice versa.
I sprinted forward, with my sword raised above my head and targeted the fire head first.
I feinted left, then darted right, luring the icy head to snap at . As it lunged, I dropped low, letting the frosty jaws sail over and straight into the fire head’s neck.
The fire head roared, instinctively biting back, its molten fangs sinking into the icy head’s shoulder. The two head tugged violently as their elents clashed in a frenzy of steam and sizzling cracks.
I didn’t let up, I wung my sword in a precise arc that sliced into the fire head’s flank wile It was distracted. The blade bit deep, drawing a spray of molten blood that hissed as it hit the ground.
Valeria’s magic pulsed again, healing a gash on my right leg from the stray ice shard, keeping in the fight. "Youre doing it levi!!" she called, her voice strained but still very feirce.
The dogs were weakening, their movents were now sluggish as their own attacks eroded each other. The fire head’s flas dimd, quenched by the icy head’s frost, while the icy head’s crystalline armor cracked under the heat.
I saw another chance, with a final burst of energy, I climbed onto a nearby boulder, using the height to leap onto the creature’s back. Both heads twisted to snap at , but I was ready. I drove my sword down between them, forcing them to turn inward.
In their fury, they lunged at each other. The fire head’s jaws clamped onto the icy head’s throat and the icy head’s fangs tore into the fire head’s skull. And just like that, a deafening screech filled the air as their elents consud each other, leaving the creautre’s body in a smoldering, frost crusted ruin.
I stumbled back, my chest heaving with exhaustion as the elemantal dogs collapsed and their twin heads draining of life. Valeria wasted no ti and ran to my side, her hands still glowing faintly as she checked for wounds. "You are absolutely insane..." she said with a mix of awe and relief in her voice. "But you did it..."
I grinned, wiping sweat and soot from my face. "Couldn’t have done it without you, Valeria." my sword was still in hand, its blade was now scroched and chipped but sohow unbroken.
’I guess even an arcane infuse blade tend to wear off over ti...’
Ding!
~Congratulations! You have completed the objective: Defeat the Low-level gate boss >Elental DogsElental Dogs< can be turned into your Arcane pet using the reward item >Canine Blood Locket
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