Owner of Twilight Intuition – Chapter 156

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓𝟔

He summoned it back after I barely managed to get rid of one.

‘Alright, let’s fight properly.’

Now that my stamina was full, there was no need to hesitate any longer. If the previous battles were for the purpose of refilling my stamina, now I charged at him with the intention of eliminating him. Heights, once again, took out a potion and threw it at his feet.

Clang-

A potion? Sorry, but I’ve already seen that!

“Jayer’s Guardian Shield! Elsyke’s Phantom Shift!”

[S-rank Skill. Jayer’s Guardian Shield is activated.]

Pat!-

I’ve seen it several times, so I’ve already thought about how to counter it. After using Jayer’s Guardian Shield, I used Elsyke’s Phantom Shift to get behind Heights and attempt an attack.

“Giant’s Sprint!”

Kwaaaang!!-

[Skill Damage! 12,352.]

“Ugh!”

‘The damage is amazing.’

In addition, he seemed to have low strength, as I could see him flying far away.

[Heights, Cultivating Death, summons Wriggling Vines.]

‘Damn it.’

I wanted to chase after Heights and continue attacking, but the five giant vines that sprouted from the potion he threw earlier blocked my path.

It seems he uses potions for all his skills.

Thinking that most of his potions were for summoning something, I thought he might not be that difficult an opponent and once again used Phantom Shift to approach and attack Heights.

“Thunder Strike!”

Kwaaaang!!-

[Skill Damage! 10,154.]

‘If I keep this up, I should be able to catch him relatively easily?’

Use Giant’s Sprint or Thunder Strike to blow Heights away and create distance between him and the plants, then approach with Phantom Shift and attack. I thought if I kept repeating this pattern, I could catch Heights, but as expected, a raid boss is a raid boss.

“You’re not an easy opponent. Then how about this?”

‘Hmm? Why isn’t he stunned?’

If Thunder Strike hits three times, it knocks the opponent back and also has a stun effect. However, Heights only flew back and showed no signs of being stunned.

Is he immune to stun because he’s a raid boss?

[Heights, Cultivating Death, scatters Seeds of Death.]

‘What kind of attack is that?’

I didn’t know what Seeds of Death was, but it was clear that if I gave him time, I would be at a disadvantage. So I tried to run immediately, but Ust’s Dark Ray flew out first and hit Heights.

‘But could I cancel his skill by attacking?’

I don’t think so.

As I expected, Heights, hit by the Dark Ray, showed no particular reaction and scattered black seed-like things everywhere.

Tsss-

“……?”

Whatever it was, the seeds scattered on the floor only emitted some black smoke and showed no other changes. However, I felt like I shouldn’t get close, so I deliberately moved to avoid the seeds, but the damn Heights scattered seeds in my direction again.

‘Damn it, I need to figure out what kind of skill those seeds are.’

If I just watched like this, it would go according to Heights’ plan. I thought it was important to figure out what the seeds were first, so I decided to confront them directly.

“Armor of Protection.”

Chaeng-

I even cast Armor of Protection in case of any unforeseen danger and ran towards Heights with all my might. Then, the seeds emitting smoke near Heights caused a small explosion as I approached.

Kwaaaang!-

[Armor of Protection absorbs the impact. -1,000.]

‘……Is that all?’

1,000 damage.

It seemed to be fixed damage, but it was a less significant skill than I thought. Having figured that out, I ran towards Heights without hesitation, but he scattered seeds at me again.

‘Is he crazy?’

Suddenly attacking with seeds?

About 10 to 20 seeds were scattered at a time, so it could be dangerous for me if I took them all at once. So I had no choice but to step back and tried to approach with Elsyke’s Phantom Shift, but……

Kwak!-

“……!?”

Something approached silently and tied up my arms and legs. And realizing that it was the five vines he summoned earlier, I quickly turned my attention to the message window.

[Wriggling Vines use Bind.]

‘It seems the phantom died.’

Otherwise, the vines dealing with the phantom wouldn’t have tied me up. Anyway, while I was tied up and lost some time, Heights continued to take out and throw potions.

[Heights, Cultivating Death, summons Death Eater Plants.]

‘More Eater Plants……’

But there’s no problem. I can just use Giant’s Sprint or Thunder Strike to separate them. I thought it was no big deal, but this summoning was different.

[Death Eater Plants absorb the energy of the scattered Seeds of Death.]

[The total number of Seeds of Death scattered on the floor is 51.]

[The level of Death Eater Plants increases by 51.]

‘Level increase by 51?’

“Kieeeeek!”

When I took my eyes off the message window and looked, there was a plant that looked about three times bigger than the Eater Plant summoned earlier.

‘Crazy, how many meters is that?’

The Death Eater Plant was at least 10 meters tall. While I was overwhelmed by its size, the plant’s giant vine wriggled for a moment and then shot towards me at an incredible speed.

A speed incomparable to the previous Eater Plant.

Moreover, because of its size, it felt like a huge javelin was flying towards me. Overwhelmed by its size, I forced my tied arms to move and held up my shield, and then felt a tremendous impact through the shield.

Kwaaaang!!-

[Armor of Protection absorbs the impact. -6,742.]

“Ugh!”

What? This crazy attack power?!

There was impact but no pain, so I was able to quickly grasp the situation and was speechless by the damage I just received. Of course, if I had blocked it without activating Armor of Protection, the damage might have been lower.

But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a crazy attack.

‘Does this mean I have to deal with all the seeds when he scatters them?’

Fortunately, the Death Trees that Ust created rushed towards the giant Death Eater Plant. With dozens of Death Trees, the Eater Plant’s attention turned towards them, and I used that opportunity to tear off the vines.

“Damn vines.”

I swung Roar of the Thunder Dragon to strike down the vines, quickly freed my left hand, and then used Thunder Strike to cut off all the vines.

Kwakwang!- Kwakwakwang!-

At the same time, dozens of Death Trees in front of me attempted to self-destruct by throwing themselves, and it seemed like the self-destruction swept away Heights and the giant Death Eater Plant, but it didn’t seem to inflict much damage.

[Death Eater Plant uses Poisonous Fog.]

Chwaaaaaaaa-

‘I was wondering why he wasn’t using it.’

Perhaps due to its increased level, the green smoke called Poisonous Fog billowed out madly, covering everything. In less than a second, everything, including Heights and the giant vine, was out of sight. I retreated, avoiding the spreading Poisonous Fog, and gave instructions to Ust.

“Ust, Ice Storm!”

First, I needed to clear the Poisonous Fog that obstructed my vision with Ice Storm. So, I had Ust use Ice Storm and saw the swirling wind clear away the Poisonous Fog.

‘But I’m starting to get the hang of it.’

Based on my experience so far, Heights wasn’t a difficult opponent. The plants he summoned were annoying, but I could handle them to some extent. Except for that giant plant, of course.

‘Besides, Heights himself doesn’t seem to have any offensive abilities.’

Come to think of it, there probably isn’t a raid boss like this anywhere else.

[Heights, Cultivating Death, summons Death Eater Plants.]

“Tsk, Giant’s Sprint!”

Although the giant Death Eater Plant was bothersome, I couldn’t just leave it alone. If there were about five Death Eater Plants around Heights, it would become difficult to attack him anymore.

Kwaaaang!!-

[Skill Damage! 10,945.]

‘Done.’

I was satisfied that I had created distance between myself and the Death Eater Plants after using Giant’s Sprint. And I even used Phantom Shift to distract the Death Eater Plants and tried to attack Heights again, but he threw a potion and prepared for the attack.

Clang-

[Heights, Cultivating Death, summons Wriggling Vines.]

‘That b*stard!’

It seemed like there was no limit to the number of things he could summon. Either way, even though I was using the method of blowing Heights away and creating distance between him and the plants, the space was limited.

“Giant’s Sprint!”

If I couldn’t defeat him quickly, this space might be filled with Heights’ plants.

Kwaaaang!!-

[Skill Damage! 12,294.]

Only after attacking with Giant’s Sprint did the vines summoned by Heights sprout. The situation allowed me to attack first because I reacted quickly. Additionally, I decided to leave a phantom behind because if I left the vines alone, they might tie me up again.

“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”

Pat!-

“You’re better than I expected.”

[Heights, Cultivating Death, uses Scent of Death.]

‘A skill?’

After moving near Heights again with Phantom Shift, I could smell a sweet fragrance passing by my nose.

[Scent of Death seeps into your body.]

[Agility decreased. Current agility decrease is 1%.]

“Thunder Strike!”

Kwaaaang!!-

‘Such a trivial skill.’

A 1% decrease in agility is nothing. But the scent had already spread everywhere, so I couldn’t help but smell it, and eventually, after smelling it a couple more times, I noticed that the agility decrease was getting bigger.

[Agility decreased. Current agility decrease is 4%.]

‘Should I hold my breath?’

I thought if my agility was decreasing because of the scent, I could just hold my breath and tried it, but it was futile.

[Agility decreased. Current agility decrease is 9%.]

‘Damn it.’

I should have just ignored it and kept attacking.

And looking at my agility, it seemed like it would drop to 100% in a few minutes. If my agility decreased that much, I wouldn’t be able to fight anymore, so I decided to get away from Heights and retreated.

‘He’s blocking the approach itself.’

Even if it was difficult to approach, I had Ust. Ust, who had absorbed the raid boss twice.

‘But what is this guy doing?’

I checked and he was attacking the Death Eater Plants and vines that Heights had summoned. What is he doing now? Seeing Ust dealing with the summoned creatures that could be summoned at any time made me frustrated.

“Ignore everything and attack only Heights!”

Fortunately, he understood and immediately changed his target. However, I felt that Ust alone wasn’t enough, so I wondered if there was another breakthrough and came up with a brilliant strategy.

‘Ah, I can just push through with summons too!’

As soon as I finished thinking, I put it into action.

First, I used Phantom Shift 4-5 times in place, then moved to where the nearby vines were. And after recovering stamina with Thunder Strike, I used Phantom Shift again to increase the number of phantoms.

[Ding!~ S-rank skill ‘Elsyke’s Phantom Shift’ level has increased.]

[Stats Strength 5, Agility 5, Magic Power 8 increased.]

‘Alright, let’s try to get it to level 25 today!’

By the time I eliminated all five vines, I had over 20 phantoms. Naturally, the phantoms started moving on their own, and seeing more than half of them running towards Heights, I knew my strategy had worked.

[Heights, Cultivating Death, scatters Seeds of Death.]

“No way.”

Kwakwakwang!- Kwakwang!-

Whether seeds were scattered on the floor or not, the phantoms just pushed through. Plus, the weapons the phantoms were holding were the same as mine, a +10 Enhanced Unique Hammer. It was clear that even simple normal attacks would deal considerable damage.

‘Come to think of it, this is a great method, why didn’t I think of this before?’

Anyway, after confirming that my phantoms were attacking Heights, I turned my attention to the Death Eater Plants that Heights had summoned everywhere to create more phantoms.

‘There’s that giant Death Eater Plant too.’

I left Heights to my phantoms and Ust and recovered stamina by attacking the giant Death Eater Plant. As expected of its increased level, the giant Death Eater Plant had a tremendous amount of health, and after defeating it, the number of my phantoms increased by 30.

Half of them went to deal with the remaining plants, but the rest ran towards Heights.

It was almost as good as winning.

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