31 Battle
-Swish!
[{ "Forget everything else and just keep giving me buffs. Please be careful with your aims and just shoot them a few meters to my right. I'll get them." }]
When a Red Hob enters its final state and uses the unique skill, a condensed cluster of energy that it stores by eating and resting is released explosively.
"Ghrrrrrr…!"
This energy makes the creature as dangerous as an Orc who are natural born warriors.
The strength that they gain is not something just a few people could fight, that is why it is recommended to have at least ten to twelve party members of (Level-20) or above to fight this particular field boss.
And, the importance of strong tanks is crucial.
[{ "What do you mean by that?! What are you going to do?!" }]
[{ "Just do as I say!" }]
When the Red Hobs enter this last form, they are not like the berserk creatures that lose all rationality and only care for their predetermined target.
This is a natural enhancement skill that provides an explosive power to the creatures that they could only use once before completely exhausting all the energy they have left in their body.
It is like the final card and a double edged sword– something that might very well hurt them severely in the process as well.
But, they do not care about it after they are in that state.
They just fight with more strength, more speed, more explosive raw power that the skill provides.
[{ "ALex!" }]
Since the Hobs are natural fighters, have a relatively agile physique, and are buffed by their status as a 'field boss' in this case, it is never suggested that a player fight them all by themselves.
-Swish!
"Gurrrrrrrrrr!"
But instead of backing away, she was fighting it.
Alone.
With an absurd smile on her face on top of that.
"This girl…"
He knew she was crazy but he did not think she would go so far as to even fight an opponent like that all by herself.
-Ooooooooooong.
[{ "You better win." }]
[{ "Of course I will. Just help me." }]
It was too late to back out now anyway. So, he used the buff spells that he found would help her the most in her position and though he knew it might be dangerous, he cast various restriction spells to give her openings that she might use.
-Swish! Swish! Swish!
With the help of his movement skill buffs, she moved faster than what her normal stats might have allowed her.
Her Blink skill had a cooldown of ten seconds, so she couldn't use it continuously just yet, and there was also only one charge to her blink at a time so it wasn't that effective.
But, it worked when she wanted it to.
"Gurrrrrrrr!"
-Dhum! Dhum! Dhum!
The Hob had become stronger than her.
When it smashed its bat on the ground, it created deep craters that seemed to be produced from an impact tens perhaps hundreds of N heavier than what it seemed capable of.
The pale red skin that it had was now glowing with all its body covered in pulsing blood vessels.
Its completely white eyes it had were now glowing red just the way they did in the darkness.
The two horns on its head, the small horns that didn't seem anything special before, were glowing with a darker light than its body and there was a strong heat coming from them.
It had become an even ferocious monster as it effortlessly tracked down her agile movements and smashed the ground right where she was on each moment without error.
With sharper senses and stronger body, it was not an opponent that the players would want to face all by itself.
And yet, as she fought the creature with a simple steel sword in her hand, there was a distinct smile on her face.
-Dhum!
-Boooooom!
There was destruction all around her.
The ground was smashed and craters were overlapping one another.
Due to the heat of the attacks, the ground was becoming hotter and stepping it was getting difficult.
She had to use the trees in the surroundings and the rocks to step on as she avoided the attacks of the strong opponent and slowly dealt small blows with certain openings.
-Ooooooooooong!
Elio used his Grace and Restriction magic to help her as well. And he made sure to inform her when he was about to use destruction series scrolls so that she can avoid the blow.
"GHAAAAA!"
The creature was strong, the wounds it had were not affecting it much, and the way it was fighting without caring about the poison that had now spread throughout its bloodstream was unbelievable.
[{ "Three o' clock." }]
Both of them coordinated their attacks and magic, and dealt damage until the Hob's pulsating blood vines had turned green from the poison.
[{ "Careful. It's coming that way." }]
The creature was not dumb. Even though it did not have as good of an intelligence as Az, it still had lived a long life and had sharp instincts.
It knew the one he was fighting was not the only opponent he was facing.
His opponent was a Swordsman. A fighter that used sharp objects that made cuts.
Throughout their fight, there had been moments that made the creature realize that this sword wielder was not the one that used the magic which constantly changed the nature around them.
It knew there was someone else so it pinpointed the change and detected the hidden opponent.
Sadly, by the time it attacked the place where the attacker was attacking from, the mage had already moved its base.
-Ooooooooooooong!
-Boooooooooom!
Going there was a mistake since Elio had already activated the remaining explosive magic scrolls in that area before using the (Blink) scrolls to move away.
[{ "Leave the rest to me." }]
When the creature was unexpectedly hit by the strong explosions and still survived, Alex took the lead and started attacking the creature for real this time.
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiish~.
She used movement techniques supported by the buffs of her partner, moved around with the tree branches as support, avoided the ashes and debris that was produced by the explosion, and used multiple swords to thirst inside the weakest spots of this creature.
"GHUATTTTTTTTTTT!"
She used her {Energy infusion} skill in the sword to make them stronger and sharper since without them, it would have been impossible to penetrate the fortified enhanced skin of the strong creature.
[{ "El!" }]
She fought while maintaining a certain distance from the enemy, but it was not easy.
She still received many minor injuries all over her body, but she continued the assault and after using twenty seven swords…
-Ooooooooooooong!
After using many spells, many Mana recovery potions, and three hours of work– they were left with a destroyed area, an incomprehensible exhaustion, and, of course, the reward of their first battle as a party.
[Ding!]
[You have defeated the Field boss: Red Hob!]
"Gurrrrr…"
Wounded and poisoned, with many of its internal organs turned into a repulsive mess– covered in wounds, and cuts, tens of swords still dug into its body, the dull red skin completely turned green, the creature's red eyes returned back to being white…
Though, they did not have any light inside them anymore.
[Ding!]
"Haaa… haaaa…"
On one side, she lay on the ground with half her clothes torn and burned. Wounds covering her entire blood covered body.
"..."
While on the other hand, he lay on the ground, completely exhausted, with max fatigue, no energy to move, or any Mana left inside of him.
He was not covered in blood like she did, but…
"Ugh…"
After using all those spells in such quick successions, the kind of aftereffects he was experiencing was– were actually even worse than the worst pain he had experienced in this world until now.