"Do it one more ti. The sli still has so water residue left, right?" Aria asked the little girl.
Alena nodded, commanding her puppet to do the sa thing as before.
"Silver Sli, shoot!" Alena called. The sli responded by opening its mouth and releasing a water cannon into the tree's core.
The crystal was now lting in a visible pace, much faster than before.
Aria was able to track down the queen's movents, struggling inside the tree to avoid the water burst. It was feeling uncomfortable and scratching all over the place. The silhouette started to beco visible to Aria, and she smiled.
"It's fine if you waste all your mana! Focus it on this one strike!" Aria knew that they had to take care of the queen in a short period of ti. Since the queen was confird to be an insect leader; aning that it was from the sa species it governed over, it would an that the crystal water and Ilyin's ice attacks worked well against it.
Crystallized monsters had a perk. In the first place, there was a specific lore that told the story of these monsters and how they ca to life.
The lore went as such: in the past, when strong monsters gathered to battle for a mysterious power source that caught the desires of all, they fell prey into a condition that would render them and their offspring forever weakened. They had stepped into the wrong lands and as a punishnt, got a sinister effect that would burden them. It was nad [Crystallized]. The [Crystallized] effect had placed a seal for their abundant powers. It also caused them to have a weakness towards other objects that had the [Crystallized] elent. The [Crystal Water] was one of the examples of it.
This endangered them as they would be immobilized temporarily in a dire situation. In turn, the condition gave them a blessing. Once their [Crystallized] effect faded, they would regain their original power back. Considering their raging state, it should be noted down that they will perform to their maximum capabilities, pushing aside all sorts of other conditions and going on a rampage. If you are too slow in defeating them, then once they enter this particular period, it would be extrely dangerous.
Knowing this fact, Aria was slightly reluctant on proceeding to harm this queen unless she was absolutely prepared.
She didn't have a good grasp on how strong it was, and worried if her strength wouldn't be necessary. If so, then she had to prepare for a backup plan strong enough to take sothing of its caliber.
[Dungeon Boss: Crystallized Insect Queen
You have freed the Dungeon Boss, Crystallized Insect Queen from its resting space, waking it up from its slumber. It has noticed your presence. Due to being exposed to the [Crystal Water]'s elents, the Dungeon Boss will enter the weakened period in a short minute. Due to agitation, the Dungeon Boss has entered the state. Defeat it to survive and return to the real world.
Clear Conditions: Slay the Dungeon Boss, .(0/1)]
Insect Queen | Lv. 37
HP: 27000/27000
Rage Bar: 100/100]
'Starting at 100 Rage, huh.' Aria glared at the status bar.
'Level 37.. That's pretty rough.' Aria gritted her teeth, thinking that things would be severely inconvenienced for her.
The Queen was a horrid mixture of bees, ants, wasps, and other insect types. Its beady erald eyes were textured just like a bee hive, as they bore themselves into the humans in front of it, flapping its wings and getting ready to fly off. Gaining flight advantages would have severe effects to the battle's outco.
Aria couldn't let the queen take off, or it could delay their fight and lower their chances of winning.
"[Water Blade]!" Using Dianthe's power, Aria aid at the insect's left wing, hoping for the mbrane to fall apart.
Sadly, the Queen's wings were laced with the sa attribute that covered its whole body, enhancing the toughness of her physique. Unless this particular material was removed, it wouldn't be lted with just simple attacks.
A [Water Blade] wasn't going to penetrate it anyti soon.
Aria knew that she had to use the [Crystal Water] attack once more to injure the queen.
"Alena! Your sli, can it do one more attack?" Aria asked.
"I.. think so? It might be hard, though.." Alena answered with uncertainty flashing by her eyes. She checked her condition and knew that she could make it, but there was suffering to co right after being launched.
"We'll attack her wings using the leftover water, then I will strike it using my sword after that. I just need it to lower down and not fly away," Aria instructed.
Before using up every last bit of the Crystal Water, Aria had taken away so of the portion and transferred it into her own water bottle to prepare for the worst.
They had been rained on by Crystal Water thanks to Dianthe, so their clothes naturally got wet. The water was drained from the clothing and put into another bottle that they stored away. Thankfully, they did that. Aria was relieved. If not, they would lack a substantial amount of the necessary liquid and be cornered.
This bottle was kept by Aria, left untouched by their forr movents.
"Silver Sli! Absorb the water!" Alena commanded.
'Just ordering it to attack isn't going to cut it. The Queen may dodge it if it's in form of a cannon.. If so..' Aria thought.
Aria halted their actions. She conveyed what she thought to Alena and had her stand by with her sli.
The Queen looked down onto the pair and noticed that Alena was doing sothing strange, coordinating with the Silver Sli. Perhaps also noticing that Aria had significantly more power than the child, she sought to attack Alena first. The sli was in her sights, but Alena attracted her more.
Aria had a little laugh of victory internally once she tracked down this action the queen made.
'That's going to bring you to your demise!' Aria celebrated.
Alena was still inferior in all departnts compared to the Queen, but she had a decent grip on safety and caution.
The art of blocking and dodging strikes was a horrifying thing if used right.
Before the Queen could reach Alena, Aria threw her sword over to the girl and rushed to pick up the silver sli, taking it away to a safe distance.
She had prepared the girl for this situation, because she knew that those like the queen would always want to eliminate the weaker ones first to make the fight easier.
The Queen was locked onto the little girl. Unluckily for her, the strike was not going to land on the child. Instead, Alena dodged to side locked the monster in place because the queen stabbed her claw to the ground, narrowly missing Alena's lithe body. She ended her role off by stabbing the sword into the Queen's stomach. The sharp [Halvargg] was lodged into the hard material at least five centitres deep.
Although the flesh couldn't be reached- which ant that no damage was done, Alena had montarily stopped the Queen in its tracks. Not to ntion, Aria also covered [Halvargg] in [Crystal Water] ahead of ti, making it penetrate the carapace easier than just raw contact.
Aria threw the Silver Sli at the Queen's wings at full speed. In seconds, the sli had splattered itself onto the flailing Queen. Due to carrying the Crystal Water, so spilled and was already affecting the Queen's [Crystallized] status, worsening her condition.
"Now! Engulf her!" Aria exclaid.
Alena did exactly what she was ordered to. She commanded the little creature. The silver sli grew in size and started covering the Queen's wings, lathering it with its expendable surface. More of the Crystal Water ca in contact with the Queen.
The System's notifications popped up right after sensing the queen's state.
[The Insect Queen is experiencing sluggishness after being rid of the [Crystallized] status. Its body will be more perable and prone to damage for a set period of ti. Following the sa period, its senses and agility will decrease temporarily.]
[The Insect Queen has stored away large amounts of energy for a long ti in its resting state. It has used the energy overflow to charge itself and can now bypass its status conditions. The [Sluggish] effect has been halved. The period of ti in which the status conditions is in effect is decreased by 25%.]
'Outrageous.. but it doesn't really matter.' Aria comnted as she saw the queen that had been shaking around in pain slowly started to recover so of its fighting quality.
All Aria needed was the debuff, any sort of negative impact on the enemy so that she could make up for the large gap of levels and raw power. The rest will be covered by her magic and skills, just like what she did before.
Aria constantly had to tread on the thin lines of life and death. What was one more wager?
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