SWNOVELXO Chapter 7: Boss battle
Her high spirits and genuine warm smile made Leo's heart skip a beat.
His face got fully flushed as he pressed Yes.
'Maybe it's not this bad to do it with someone else'
"Just this once..."
[Party created]
[Nyssa Choi 🜲 - Level 5]
[100%]
[Leo Astralis - Level 6]
[100%]
Leo turned his head away, not to let her see just how red his face was.
They were walking towards a black dome in the distance.
"How did you get so much equipment so fast? Did you spend all of your gold?"
He was very interested in what she went through as the only other person with the knowledge of how to get a secret class.
"Hmm... a lot of people offered me gear for information. So I told them you were inside and took it!"
The armor they gave her was nothing to scoff at, enveloping her fragile figure tightly and complementing the iron gauntlets.
"Where are we going though?"
Nyssa looked at him, still filled with joy and excitement about their reunion.
"I'm planning to level up as much as possible, so we need to get to the 5th floor."
"You know it's Monday right? The bosses are about to respawn."
She sighed at him before speeding up to a jog and crossing his way.
"How about we go to the plains and kill some goblins?"
Not even for a moment did her smile waver, on the contrary, it got even wider at the thought of killing monsters.
"I know that it will respawn soon, that's where we are heading now."
His confidence caught her off guard and made her drop the smile for a moment.
"Don't you know how hard the boss is? I don't think we can even take one hit from him without dying instantly."
Even though she said all of that, not for a moment did she slow down her pace.
Once they got in front of the black dome Leo found a long stick.
"There is an easy solution for that."
"Just don't get hit."
|I'm lost for words Master|
"Well that would work... but how will we do it?"
He drew out a simple plan in the dirt, maybe way too simple.
"Is that... it? Shouldn't there be more?"
Leo shrugged while pulling the slime staff from his inventory, a weird golden crack appearing on it.
[3x Slime]
[HP 25/25]
[Summoner Slots 0/3 ⚚]
The dome fell, revealing their enemy.
[Goblin King ⋆༺𓆩⚠︎𓆪༻⋆]
[HP ⛊5 000/2 500]
An enormous fat goblin sat in the middle of the arena, scratching its back. The entire terrain around them was very uneven and full of rock barricades.
'It's just like he said.'
She thought while putting her gauntlets on and staring at everything around her.
ROAAAAAAR
Its heavy body made it seem like it would barely move a centimeter.
But thanks to the previous knowledge, Nyssa knew that it was not the case.
CRASH
With a swift jump, the creature landed head-first into the barricade.
If not for Leo teaching her the pattern, there would be no way she would have dodged that.
"Now Nyssa!"
[Mother Earth]
Nyssa punched the earth with all her might.
Crack
CRACK
A row of stone spikes pierced the goblin king's skin.
[HP -50]
[HP -50]
"Leo! Your turn!"
But he was already ahead of her as his slimes jumped on the wounds.
RAAAAH
The beast screamed painfully while the slimes dug deeper.
[HP -56]
[HP -72]
[HP -81]
"Nice! Now we just have to keep this up!"
Leo ran towards the next barrier, making as much noise as he could to attract the boss.
'There are 5 barricades. If we do this perfectly it should be just enough.'
CRASH
CRASH
One after another, the blockades fell, but so did the beast's HP.
[Goblin King ⋆༺𓆩⚠︎𓆪༻⋆]
[HP 2 195/2 500]
Crashing so much made it dazed and fall to its knees.
It looked like the perfect opportunity but neither of them got closer.
The slimes were now also commanded to retract.
But Leo underestimated the speed at which the second phase started.
ROOOOOOOOAR
A crowd of lesser trolls dug out from the terrain around their liege.
[Damage contribution:]
[Leo - 1591 HP]
[Nyssa - 1214 HP]
In a single moment, they rushed towards the summoner.
"Perfect! Now go for the king!"
'Yes, that's the reason I dealt more damage than her.'
All that they had to do now was to finish off the king.
[Tectonic Shatter]
Nyssa threw a punch so strong that it shattered one of its legs.
[HP -260]
Leo's slimes were also there to help, chipping away at its health points.
While they were busy finishing it off, he had to dodge the attacks of multiple enemies.
'If only I had a weapon to defend myself.'
At least a dozen enemies were chasing him.
He could do nothing but keep dodging until Nyssa and his slimes finished the job.
'Maybe I should retract one... No! We need to finish this as soon as possible.'
Even though he shared the plan with his teammate, he left out one crucial thing.
If the second phase takes too long, another wave of enemies will spawn.
And right now, he could barely dodge only a dozen. With anything more than that he would be dead.
An invisible wall appeared, preventing him from leaving the arena.
[Can't leave until the challenge is completed]
'Fuck I don't have anywhere else to run!'
The herd of lesser trolls approached him, drooling at the thought of killing him.
Step by step, they got closer to the cornered man.
They were about to jump onto him and kill him when.
[Goblin King ⋆༺𓆩⚠︎𓆪༻⋆]
[HP 15/2 500]
[HP -21]
[Congratulations on clearing the weekly boss]
All of the monsters turned into dust as fireworks lit up the sky.
[The first-floor boss has been completed without taking any damage]
[Revealing participating party]
[1. Leo Astralis (Japan)]
[2. Nyssa Choi (Japan)]
[Damage contribution:]
[Leo - 2835 HP]
[Nyssa - 2165 HP]
Two giant chests fell from the sky in front of each of them.
"You okay?"
Leo hid the chest in his inventory and walked towards Nyssa.
She was breathing heavily from punching the stupid monster so much.
"Yeah... I'm doing... great."
"Come on get up."
He extended his arm to her, helping her get up.
But she felt something cold in her hand, a small vial filled with yellow liquid.
"Drink it. We are still far from done today."
[6 hour cooldown applied]
Nyssa could feel the energy flowing through her once again.
Just like him, she hid the chest for now.
[+10 000 XP]
"5 000 each? That's so much!"
[Party Status]
[Nyssa Choi 🜲 - Level 9]
[100%]
[Leo Astralis - Level 10]
[100%]
"Where exactly are we burp going?"
After a close call of puking from exhaustion, she made it to the teleportation pad with Leo's help.
"Obviously to the place with the most mobs for our level!"
With that, the pad teleported both of them together.
[Welcome to Floor 5]
Compared to the first floor, this place resembled a battlefield. The entire horizon was dotted with active volcanoes of varying sizes.
A low, mechanical rumble filled the air, a relentless and hostile undertone that echoed across the wasteland.
The ground around them was scorched to the crisp.
But the biggest difference was just how vertical this floor was.
The jagged cliffs and uneven hills created a labyrinth of treacherous paths of ups and downs, turning the terrain into a true nightmare to navigate.
A flaming lizardman spotted them while they were marveling at the sight in front of them.
[Using 12-hour XP booster]
[12:00:00 +50% XP boost]