A fierce fight went on. hphre was caught in another hailstorm, receiving a beating. As his HP neared the 400.000 mark, he finally broke through a tanks’ stance for the first ti.
[-2283!]
The tanks gritted their teeth. But just as they were prepared to lose their stance one by one, hphre suddenly flapped his wings and ascended to the sky.
Another round of flas was spewed at the guild. Everyone scrambled to escape. This ti, however, hphre fired a daunting four tis as if he was determined to finally cause so casualties among the guild.
Unfortunately, he was successful. So players who were forced into unlucky positions suffered two hits in a row. The support of their fellow guild mbers didn't co in ti and the players reluctantly left the fight.
“Damn! You have skills, use them!”
A few unhappy shouts rang through the battlefield as so team leaders berated their subordinates who didn’t dare to retort, feeling guilty.
hphre let out a satisfied, deafening roar as he returned to the ground. Just as the players thought their ti for revenge had co, the boss used another skill as red patterns spread on his skin.
“Co on, give us a break!”
“He's becoming more fierce, just as Silver Blade said!”
It was indeed Silver Blade who relayed so information about hphre apart from Liam. Their Colville family had also gathered information about the ga in the past, but it was fragnted and couldn't compare to Liam's vast knowledge.
Silver Blade only knew that there was a draconian world boss who spewed fire and grew fiercer the more he fought.
Star Gazer had the sa information, but without a clue about how to find the wandering world boss such information was not worth much.
Still, Silver Blade had spread her knowledge about the boss within Dream Avenue as she was also glad to support the guild as much as possible.
However, while it was nice to know that the boss would get incerasingly rampant the more he fought, this didn't help the guild evade the current skill.
A suction force ca from hphre's mouth, targeting a large area, constantly draining the players' HP.
Simultaneously five black spikes drew curves in the air. Liam and his friends tried to get their hands on them as fast as possible.
Fortune frowned faintly as she caught another spike. After the previous manoveur her stance was comparatively rather low. If she used another [Flying Dash] her situation would gradually beco critical.
Making a prompt decision Fortune turned to an elven mage next to her who sat on a wolf-like beast, fast and nimble.
“Here, take it and target the weak spot at his knee!”
The man was taken aback. He took a mont to comprehend the situation. Then he quickly grabbed the spike, nodding with confidence.
“You can count on !”
Simultaneously Fortune coordinated in the chat with her friends, distributing the targets. She watched as people started from five spots. Except for the mage she just delegated her task to, the others all sailed through the air, aiming for the boss.
Quickstep was the only one who took the task a second ti. Although she aid for a spot on the boss's lower back, the cost wouldn't be low, and her remaining stance would prevent her from using [Flying Dash] a third ti afterwards.
Fortune was slightly worried as the players were using up their resources bit by bit. However, watching the performance of the elven mage as he stabbed the spike into hphre's knee, Fortune gained so more confidence, reassured that apart from Hotpot others were also reliable.
“DIEE!”, roared hphre in pain. “You are all the sa! We draconians should be the mightiest race to ever exist! But wherever we go we are shunned!
I hate it! I hate those ugly eyes! I...”
Cyclone's eyes twitched as she listened to hphre. The draconian still hadn’t gotten rid of his tendency to go on unnecessarily long rants. Luckily her [Raining Thunder] had just finished casting at that mont.
“Shut up! No one will have sympathy with you!”
An annoyed expression on her face Cyclone shouted loudly as she waved her wand. A cloud of thunder ford in the air. Since hphre's body was so massive there was not even a need to cast the skill with him as the centre.
Cyclone made sure to spare their tanks while still comfortably enveloping the boss. Swiftly the world was illuminated by a blue light as a criss-crossing lightning bolt struck the boss's head.
[-446!]
“Alright, not bad!”
Cyclone hyped herself up as everyone else was too focused on the boss to notice her in particular. Another bolt of lightning fell, hitting hphre's muscular tail.
Sparks scattered in all directions as the lighting was resisted by sturdy scales. But suddenly lightning flashed and snaked along hphre's skin.
The draconian froze for a split second. Cyclone's paralysis had luckily triggered as hphre was in the midst of his tirade.
“... and don't get started about dragons. Oh, how I...”
“Hahaha...”
Cyclone imdiately erupted with loud, carefree laughter. She couldn't even focus on casting the next skill and barely managed to wave her wand for a normal attack.
[-105!]
Suddenly two burning eyes brimming with anger focused on the young woman.
“Daring to interrupt ? Pay the price!”
hphre's voice echoed through the battlefield. Everyone had an ominous premonition.
The draconian opened his maw wide, ferociously sucking in a large amount of mana. Within his body, unseen to everyone, beat a sinister, black heart. As hphre directed mana towards it the heartbeat's sound suddenly amplified.
Dong! Dong! Dong!
The sound of a beating heart rang through the battlefield, resembling a bell announcing the apocalypse.
Suddenly the world in front of everyone distorted. The guild mbers found themselves in a bleak, dark landscape only observing a vast nothingness in all directions.
“What's happening?”
“Where are we?”
“Is this the skill Mirage warned us about?”
Everyone looked around in confusion. The ubiquitous silence caused dread to rise in their hearts.
“Hey, stupid boss, are you afraid to face us?”, Cyclone shouted indignantly.
As if her provocation was effective a change suddenly occurred. The air distorted for a mont as an enormous creature appeared. No, it was not even a whole creature! It was only its head!
A head rivalling the size of a city with a maw like an abyss and long horns like enormous spires. The massive eyes looked towards the ground with a disregard for all life.
A mythical pressure emanated from the head, suppressing all the players. This was the might of a dragon, far beyond the current power level of the players.
This mystical, primordial might appeared so real. If the guild mbers hadn’t been warned beforehand, they would think hphre summoned a real dragon.
Suddenly the black dragon head opened its maw wide revealing sharp teeth which could easily bite through mountains.
The dragon head unleashed a world-ending roar. Everything shook terribly. Cracks erupted on the black ground. The air distorted. The entire world heated up.
The players felt their heads spinning as a stun effect was added to their status.
At that mont a fla kindled in the dragon's maw. Everyone stared at it in fear. Stunned, they had no chance to evade.
Suddenly Silver Blade gritted her teeth. She knew exactly what to do.
“Ha!”
With a low shout a white light flashed around her body. [Will of the vanguard] allowed her to break out of the stun. Right after that she activated her ultimate [Might of the vanguard].
Having achieved rank two with the skill it could now protect her allies for 3,5 tis the damage stored in her passive.
Unfortunately, she hadn't received that much magic damage so far. There wasn't much damage stored in her passive yet. The bigger part ca from her [Aura of ranged protection], which also counted towards it.
This way I will never reach the higher stages of my passive...
And yet the effect can't even mitigate all the damage.
Silver Blade was sowhat unhappy but there was nothing she could do. A large silvery shield appeared behind her back as a protective light engulfed the entire guild.
The temperature in the world increased slowly as flas boiled in the dragon's maw. The guild players felt the sweat running down their backs.
[Demolish : This big lizard wants to bake us to death!]
[Gnetic: If this beast waits a little longer our stuns should run out.]
Just as the players were hopeful, the dragon brought them despair. It lowered its head and spewed out the prepared flas.
The sky was instantly blanketed by orange flas illuminating the dark world. The players could only move their eyes looking in horror at the incoming attack.
The extre heat ca first before the flas fell, seeking to turn the entire guild to ash.
Silver Blade closed her eyes as the flas engulfed her. She didn't try to run away as the entire world created by this skill was affected by the flas. There was nowhere to run.
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