Titan
—the Field Boss unique to the 51st floor.
Estimated to be around level 75, its colossal size and overwhelming strength made it one of the most formidable foes in the mid-tier levels of the Labyrinth. Of course, it didn't only appear on the 51st floor.
Titans beca common after the 250th floor, where they road as normal monsters. However, those were typically smaller—averaging 15 ters tall. This one, towering at a staggering 30 ters, was not only a Field Boss but a Special Monster, amplifying its power and size significantly.
Special Monsters were rare, and the sheer difficulty of defeating them required a coordinated raid of five full parties of level 75 adventurers, each equipped with high-tier gear.
But to Aster, the Titan was nothing more than an oversized roadblock.
Sure, it might be high-level for this floor and ridiculously overpowered compared to other Field Bosses. But against soone like Aster—well above level 100, with stats rivaling level 200 adventurers—it was just another stepping stone.
His real concern wasn't the Titan itself, but the safety of the girls. Underleveled and under-equipped for a fight of this caliber, they wouldn't survive even a glancing blow.
"Quick! Get back!" Aster shouted, motioning them to retreat.
"Star, be careful!" Cassy called out as she was led away, her voice laced with worry.
None of them protested. They knew their limits and understood that their presence would only hinder him. Without hesitation, the group pulled back to a safe distance, standing over a hundred ters away with Argus acting as their guardian.
*HUUUMMMM!*
The Titan let out a guttural growl that echoed through the area, its massive fist rising high before smashing down toward Aster. Despite its enormous fra, the monster's movents weren't sluggish—a clear indicator of its high STR and DEX stats.
"But still too slow!"
To Aster's trained eyes, the Titan's attack might as well have been moving in slow motion. Without using a single buff, he dashed out of the fist's range with ease.
*BOOM!*
The Titan's fist collided with the ground, creating a massive crater and sending chunks of earth flying in all directions. The tremor shook the landscape, but Aster remained unfazed. He darted toward the Titan's feet, sword in hand.
"Let's test its defenses first," he muttered, activating Elental Slash.
His blade glowed faintly as it beca enveloped in frost, the Ice Elent enhancing its cutting power, and imbuing elental damage to it. With one clean swing, he aid for the Titan's leg—a limb as thick as a tree trunk. The result?
*SHHHHK!*
The sword sliced through effortlessly, severing the leg in a single motion.
"Damn... That was easier than expected."
Aster had intended to gauge the Titan's defenses, expecting a shallow wound at best. Instead, the entire leg had been cleaved off. He had overestimated the monster's toughness and severely underestimated his own strength!
*OOOOOOGH!*
The Titan howled in pain, its balance lost as it toppled forward. Its massive body crashed to the ground with a thunderous thud, sending shockwaves through the area.
Not wasting a second, Aster sprinted forward, aiming for the exposed back. He slashed at the Titan's spine, carving deep wounds into its flesh. Frost ford along the gashes, freezing the wounds and spreading frostbite throughout the monster's body.
In three swift steps, he reached the nape of its neck.
For a mont, a strange thought crossed his mind:
'Would a human pop out of its neck if I cut it?'
He shook the ridiculous notion away and swung his sword, severing the Titan's head cleanly. The monster didn't bleed. The ice coating its wounds froze everything solid. Its glowing red eyes dimd, and its body lay still.
But Aster, ever cautious, wasn't convinced.
Drawing his rarely used pistol from his Spatial Ring, he aid at the back of the Titan's head and fired a single shot.
*BANG!*
The bullet pierced through the skull, but the Titan remained motionless.
"Yeah, it's dead," he muttered, holstering the weapon. "Still, I didn't even level up…"
Killing a level 75 Field Boss would have been a massive boost to the girls, but for soone of Aster's level, it yielded nothing.
"I should've let Argus finish it off instead," he sighed, glancing at the girls, who were slowly approaching the now lifeless behemoth.
"Aster, you…" Liz's voice trembled with awe as her gaze shifted between him and the Titan's corpse. "Just how strong have you beco?"
"Leader's so strong, he doesn't even need us anymore," Kali grumbled, a hint of envy in her voice.
"Darling's so strong and so manly, I'm getting wet already…" Tina added with an infatuated tone.
"Shut it, you horny vixen." And Kali quickly tried to shut her up.
Finally, Cassy's concern was evident as she asked him for confirmation. "Star… Are you hurt?"
Aster jumped down from the Titan's back, landing gracefully before flashing them a wry smile. "I'm fine, but… what are we supposed to do with this thing?"
The Titan's body, thanks to Aster finishing it off rather than Argus, remained mostly intact. Its hide, bones, and other materials were likely valuable. But the sheer size of the corpse posed a logistical nightmare.
"I'll handle it," Liz volunteered confidently.
Aster raised an eyebrow as Liz pulled out a peculiar cube from her satchel. It didn't seem like a typical Spatial Ring, and he wondered how she intended to store a 30-ter Titan inside sothing so small.
Without a word, Liz tapped the edge of the cube against the Titan's body.
To everyone's astonishnt, the Titan began to glow, its massive form disintegrating into particles of light. The particles were absorbed into the cube, which emitted a soft hum as its lid closed.
"This… is this a p*keball?!" Aster exclaid in shock.
'No way it's what I think it is…'
"Ah! Isn't that from the sothing-mon ga you ntioned before, Star?" Cassy asked excitedly, recalling one of Aster's old stories. "I rember since researched about it~!"
Liz chuckled. "Not quite, but close enough. This is a Photon Storage Unit. It converts physical objects into photons—massless particles—and stores them securely. I got it as a freebie when we bought the portable ho."
Aster blinked in disbelief. "...Freebie?"
"Her family's loaded, rember?" Kali whispered, shaking her head.
The Portable ho was sothing they got from Liz's family's business—although she insists that she wasn't a mber of the Dragonseal and only have the sa last na. Which ans, rather than a freebie, the Photon Storage Unit must be a gift from her family to her, in the guise of a freebie.
"Well, at least that solves the storage issue," Aster admitted, scratching the back of his neck. "Let's set up camp and get so rest. We'll deal with the loot later."
The girls nodded in agreent, and the group resud their preparation for the night.
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