*A re child dares to challenge Glacialis's apostle?*
"What?" My eyes widened, and a shiver ran down my spine. No, no, this is not possible!
[What happened, Noah?] Dante asked, concerned.
How can I understand him? How?
[What do you an?]
In the ga, whatever Arvax says cannot be understood by the player or the protagonist Raiden. Not only Arvax but also other dungeon bosses.
My knuckles turned white as my grip tightened around the hilt of the blade. Sweat trickled down from my face. This was different—all of it.
I have a very bad feeling about this fight.
Arvax's gaze narrowed over . *Child, you look perplexed.*
"Of course, I would," I let out a small chuckle, but the sweat beads that dripped from my face told a different story. "A Draugr who can talk? That is not normal."
*You... Can understand ?*
"Yes, sir, great knight—I understand you." My voice wavered slightly, and a multitude of feelings rampaged inside .
Anxiety?
Fear?
Excitent?
I don't know, but this guy here—he screams sothing that you couldn't feel when you play the ga. A re level 45 boss is now standing in front of .
The one I beat a few tis in the ga. Not because I hated him or he was like too tough, it was because I chose the ice affinity like 2-3 tis.
And I only beat him up because the helberd was fucking OP!
For ice users.
*Interesting...* He mumbled, his arms crossed together over his chest. *A human arrives in my lair after thousands of years—and he is just a re child. But... A child who can understand .*
*Lady Glacialis, is this the one you spoke of?*
"Hey! What are you talking about?!" I yelled, noticing that Arvax was talking to himself.
His eyes snapped back to , a tinge of amusent in his deep voice. *Well, he is still a seed that is blooming.* Extending his arms forward, a blue light pulsed on his forearm. *Then I shall test him myself!*
The air around the whole room beca frigid, colder.
A long obsidian shaft ford in his hands, wrapped with blue and silver trims. The front was attached with a crescent blade that resembled an axe and a spear-like tip that glead like crystals.
The rear of the shaft had a pointed end, like a spike frozen at the end.
It was the sa as I had seen in the ga.
The Vigil of Glacialis, Ardentfall.
*Child, hold your ground well—Because I, Arvax The Oathbound, won't go easy on you*
My lips twitched into a smile—a nervous one at that. I pointed the tip of my blade towards Arvax, accepting his words.
Accepting his challenge.
And with no words spoken, we charged towards each other. The whole room shook as he ran towards , his halberd ready for a swing.
Whoosh!
I lowered myself, moving under his weapon. My gaze focused on his armour's joints, a weak point for a great warrior.
I held my blade back, gaining enough montum for a swing. Silver light wrapped my entire fra, my blade crackled with purple lightning.
[Thunderclap Strike]
Booom!
The blast sent flying a couple of tres, but my gaze never wavered from the purple explosion. If this were enough, he wouldn't be a boss.
And just as I predicted, he lunged. His armour plating only had a slight dent created by my spell.
*That was good, but not enough.*
He swung again in a wide arc, the tip barely missing my fra. But he did not stop, his swings continued, every one of them missing by inches as I rolled and dodged.
His strikes were fast and precise, as expected of a great knight. He swung his helberd like it was so stick that he had picked up from the floor.
It looked too easy in his hands.
Dodging his continuous swings, I fell backwards. I need a way to pierce that armour before I can use my attacks on him.
In the ga, the strongest feature of Arvax, aside from the frostfire affinity, was the armour that he wore. It was made out of tal, or maybe ice, that was so strong that even Raiden's fire took so ti to penetrate it.
Even my [Thunderclap Strike]—A spell that can literally get through the iron fur of an ironhide bear was only leaving a dent. And now, it is even powered by the storm god's legacy.
But it still failed.
*Why won't you fight back, Child?* He took deliberate, slow steps towards , his orbs glowing with intensity that was not anger rather it looked like excitent.
A feeling I did not share.
"I don't know, maybe make it a bit easier for ?" I scoffed, but my eyes swept every corner of the room to find sothing—sothing that could pierce this guy's armour.
In the ga, you had comrades specialising in different magics, but here I am.
A Lone Wolf.
[Noah, the chandeleir!]
My eyes drifted upwards as soon as those words left Dante's mouth. A smirk appeared on my face as a plan started formulating inside my head.
I can drop it on him.
But there was one problem—I needed to sohow make him stand in the middle room without any way for him to escape.
But I have a plan exactly just for that.
*What are you looking at, Child?* Arvax asked again, but this ti he was not walking. His halberd was positioned in a thrust. A blue aura wrapped around with a refined output. *Escaping into your dreams won't make disappear.*
He lunged forward, the helberd's tip cutting through the cold air. The cold tip missed by a hair's breadth as I stepped aside.
Rotating on my heels, I swung my sword in an arc, aiming at his hands. But he moved his halberd, blocking the swing with its rear.
*Slow.*
I gritted my teeth, my hands tightened around the blade's hilt. He is not taking seriously at all!
[Doesn't that work in your favour?]
It sure as hell does.
[Shadow Forge] I mumbled, the shadows beneath my feet moved, taking the form of a throwing knife in my hand.
*You can control your shadow?* He mused, the tip of the halberd pointed at . *But that won't be enough.* He sprinted towards , his weapon ready to swing.
But instead of eting him head-on.
I ran.
As fast as I could, away from him. Classic souls ga boss 101: Dodge till you land it. And also die a couple of hundred tis, which is not possible for .
*What are you planning, Child?* He followed after , this was no longer a fight, but rather a ga of tag, which leads to death if I get tagged.
*Fight face-to-face!*
Right...
Ignoring him, I turned around, throwing the knife towards him. The blade flew towards him, only to be deflected by a flick of his wrist.
*Such tricks won't work against .*
But that was his biggest mistake.
[Shadow mark] planted. I smirked, sprinting towards the middle of the room. Arvax followed right after , his fra right below the huge white chandelier that lood above.
I ca to a halt, turning on my heel.
[Chains of Umbra]
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