𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟏𝟐
‘For Ust to disappear so easily……’
I was curious about the damage of the Dragon’s Breath that Ukron had used, but before I could even think about it, Ukron began to fall towards me with its mouth wide open.
It seems like it’s trying to eat me now, skills or not.
“Cancel. Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
Realizing that not even 30 seconds had passed, I quickly canceled the seal and escaped with Phantom Shift. Immediately after, I saw Ukron’s mouth crush the ground where I had been standing.
━Damn it, why can’t I control it?!
‘It can’t be controlled?’
Was Card Summoning’s aggro strong enough to ignore even control?
I learned something new, but it wasn’t particularly important in the current situation.
‘Anyway, what do I do now?’
Ust was gone, and with my reduced stats, I couldn’t handle the Apostle and Ukron.
In short, I had lost my chance of winning.
‘Should I run away?’
It would be better to run away and plan for the next time than to die and drop my items.
Eventually, as I was leaning towards running away, a message window popped up, stopping me.
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, is temporarily released from control due to some shock.]
[All stats reduced by Dragon’s Roar are restored.]
‘Huh?’
Along with the message, I could feel my body becoming lighter again.
I don’t know what principle caused the control to be released, but it probably had something to do with it rampaging while being sealed.
━Calm down and accept control again!
“Item Storage.”
Whatever the reason, I thought this was my chance. I immediately pulled out the Magic Bullet Bomber from my item window and pulled the trigger towards the Apostle.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!━
The blue bullets fired from the Magic Bullet Bomber hit the Apostle above Ukron’s head. The Apostle, who seemed to be trying to do something to Ukron, was distracted by the sudden barrage of bullets.
━Ugh, you!
[The Magic Bullet Bomber’s power unit has overheated.]
[It will be ready to restart in 10 seconds.]
After pouring out bullets for 30 seconds, I switched weapons to endure those 10 seconds and prepared for the Apostle’s attack, but the Apostle didn’t even think about coming down.
‘Should I go up there?’
Seeing the Apostle clinging to Ukron without even counterattacking after being hit by the Magic Bullet Bomber made me feel like I had to knock him off.
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
Moreover, if it regained control of Ukron, there would be no other option but to run away, so I used Phantom Shift to climb onto Ukron’s body and ran towards the Apostle.
Since I couldn’t do anything for 10 seconds after attacking with the Magic Bullet Bomber, I decided it would be better to fight with the Roar of the Thunder Dragon like this.
And……
‘Second Intuition.’
Even though my stats were back to normal, it wasn’t enough to fight the Apostle head-on.
To reduce the gap, I focused and focused again, activating my Second Intuition. I dealt with the Apostle with all sorts of information flowing into my head.
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
Pat━
First, a head-on fight was impossible.
If we exchanged blows, only my health would decrease, so I had to lure the attack to the phantom first.
The important thing was for me not to get hit.
If I could attack successfully without being hit by the Apostle’s fist, I could recover both health and stamina, so I felt I had a good chance.
━A clone.
‘Now!’
The Apostle immediately realized it was a phantom, but the opportunity to attack had been created.
“Thunder Strike!”
In addition, with all of the Apostle’s movements flowing into my head, I quickly used Thunder Strike and swung my shield with all my might. The Apostle, who was just about to attack the phantom, couldn’t avoid my shield.
Kwaaaang!!━
[Skill Damage! 25,307.]
[Health recovered by 2454……]
‘But how much health does this guy have left?’
Thinking about his remaining health, I could roughly figure it out.
I just needed to hit him 17 more times.
Assuming his remaining health was around 430,000, I tried to continue the attack, but the Apostle immediately flew back, out of my attack range.
━I guess I’ll have to kill you and then control the dragon.
The Apostle, who had flown back and fallen from Ukron’s body, was flying naturally with the wings summoned on his back.
It would be nice to get rid of those wings, but since they were used with divine power, it wouldn’t be easy.
“Item Storage.”
Having no choice but to pull out the Magic Bullet Bomber, my only ranged attack option, I saw the Apostle flying towards me at tremendous speed.
━Strike of Fury!
At that moment, a red aura surged from the Apostle’s right hand.
The skills of the Apostle I fought before were quite formidable, so wouldn’t this guy’s skills be similar?
However, this time I was able to avoid it by predicting the Apostle’s attack path and lowering my posture.
And I fired the Magic Bullet Bomber at the Apostle who flew past me.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!━
[Hit Damage! 227.]
[Hit Damage……]
If all the attacks from this Magic Bullet Bomber landed, it could inflict over 30,000 damage. Also, since the direction the Apostle was moving was all flowing into my head beforehand, I was able to hit almost all of the attacks.
[The Magic Bullet Bomber’s power unit has……]
‘Does he have about 400,000 health left now?’
It was the amount of damage I could inflict in 1 minute…… no, 30 seconds if I focused on attacking, but the situation wasn’t easy.
If that damn guy wasn’t flying around, it would be a different story, but he was flying around like a sparrow, so I had no other means of attack besides the Magic Bullet Bomber.
‘Well, that’s a matter of time too.’
Although I was fighting with the Magic Bullet Bomber, I was continuously inflicting damage.
If this damage accumulated and accumulated, that Apostle would eventually fall.
However, the divine power the Apostle used was a variable.
The divine power of that guy named Beluin was so great that he summoned a sword and wings, so I couldn’t even guess what he would summon next.
‘Still, it would be nice if I could hold him down for a while.’
My current feeling was that I wanted to get rid of the Apostle before any special variables occurred.
‘No, if I have to hold him down……’
There might be a way.
I looked at the approaching Apostle, holding the Magic Bullet Bomber, which I couldn’t use because the power unit had overheated.
The method I thought of was Soul Shackles.
However, using Soul Shackles here would be like driving stakes into Ukron’s body.
So, thinking that I needed to lure the Apostle to the ground, I pretended to be unable to avoid the approaching Apostle’s attack and took the hit.
Bang!━
[You have taken damage! -5,614.]
‘Such damage without a shield.’
Anyway, I fell to the ground as intended, quickly switched weapons, and looked at the Apostle flying towards me again.
“Soul Shackles.”
After confirming that the Apostle had approached within a certain range, I immediately used Soul Shackles, and 7 or 8 chains shot towards the Apostle.
Clank!━
Could I bind him? It’s an A-rank skill, after all.
As if reflecting my worries, the Apostle twisted his body, trying to avoid the chains.
‘Damn it.’
If I left him like this, it would definitely fail, so I hurriedly swung my shield, blocking the direction the Apostle was flying for a moment.
Kwang!━
While the Apostle faltered for a moment, the chains bound his body, leading to the result I desired.
Now I had a chance to attack for 5 seconds.
“Thunder Strike!”
━You insolent fool! Strike of Fury!
The Apostle, realizing that I would fight head-on, used a skill to check me.
Kwaaaang!!━
[Skill Damage! 20,346.]
[You have taken damage! 5,271.]
[Health recovered by 1,973……]
‘It’s getting chipped away every time we clash.’
I felt like I had made the wrong choice as I took damage every time I attacked, but I couldn’t stop.
It would be better to create phantoms and continue the attack.
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
Thinking that far, I exchanged three attacks and then tried to divert his attention using Phantom Shift, but this time he didn’t fall for it easily.
━Wave Strike.
Kwaaaang!!━
[You have taken damage! 1,944.]
There was a sound of something exploding from the fist thrust into the air, and I took damage even though I was behind him.
The damage itself wasn’t much, but since I was attacked, my stealth was inevitably broken.
━There you are.
In the meantime, the Apostle discovered me, whose stealth was broken, and continued his attack.
It seemed like he no longer cared about the attacks from the phantoms.
‘Alright, let’s see how long you can ignore them.’
At least the attacks from the phantoms would deal some damage.
Thinking so, I continued to use Phantom Shift to increase their numbers, and the phantoms rushed towards the Apostle as soon as they appeared.
Clank!━
‘Soul Shackles?’
Just then, I saw one of the phantoms use Soul Shackles to bind the Apostle’s body.
Fortunately, it did my job for me.
━You cowardly b*stard!
Bound twice, the Apostle seemed to have given up on escaping and dealt with the phantoms rushing at him, moving his body around. It seemed like he couldn’t ignore the damage from the phantoms.
━I’ll kill you without wasting any more time.
‘Hmm?’
[Beluin’s 18th Apostle sacrifices some of his health to use one of Beluin’s divine powers.]
‘He’s using divine power now?’
Thanks to that, I could feel the Apostle’s health drop below 200,000.
It was a number I could eliminate in just three hits if I landed all of my Thunder Strikes.
Even though the opportunity to kill him instantly had arrived, I couldn’t move easily because I didn’t know what kind of divine power it was.
If he summoned the Sword of Destruction or something, I might have to scatter the phantoms and run away.
[The power of destruction descends upon Beluin’s 18th Apostle.]
‘What kind of divine power is that?’
Fortunately or unfortunately, it wasn’t the Sword of Destruction.
And it wasn’t the Mark of Death either, so I thought I could approach and fight. Just then, the Apostle extended his fist towards a nearby phantom.
Kwaaaang!!━
“……!?”
In an instant, the phantom hit by the Apostle’s attack was swept away by a massive explosion and disappeared.
━Khahahaha, how do you like that?!
The explosion didn’t end with just one blast; it continued to occur every time he swung his fist. Seeing that, I guessed it was a divine power that caused explosions with every attack.
‘The damage doesn’t look too shabby either.’
Moreover, the explosion range was quite wide, so there was a high chance that I would also be damaged even if he attacked the phantoms.
So, when I was wondering if I should take out the Magic Bullet Bomber, I saw one of the few remaining phantoms use Thunder Strike and slam the Apostle.
However, the Apostle, as if he couldn’t see anything, was focusing on eliminating the phantom in front of him first. Finding that strange, I left the Magic Bullet Bomber and carefully observed the Apostle.
━Die!
‘Is that some kind of berserk mode?’
Seeing him fiercely attack the phantom using Strong Strike in front of him while ignoring the phantom hitting him with Thunder Strike from behind, I changed my mind and decided to engage in close combat.
‘If that divine power is actually similar to berserk……’
I thought it might be possible to catch him using phantoms as bait.
To confirm that, I used Phantom Shift and moved behind the Apostle. The Apostle, who had finished dealing with the phantom he was facing, was seen running towards the phantom I had created.
‘As expected.’
His attack power might have increased tremendously, but in that state, it wasn’t impossible to deal with him.
“Thunder Strike!”
I chased after the Apostle and slammed him with Thunder Strike. As soon as I confirmed that the phantom had disappeared, I used Phantom Shift again to move behind the Apostle and continued the attack in this manner.
No, the attack didn’t continue for long.
━Ugh!
I eliminated him with three Thunder Strikes.
[Boss Monster ‘Beluin’s 18th Apostle’ has been defeated!]
[Combat Experience 4,500,000 acquired!]
[Level Up!]
[Ding!~ You have acquired 80 Gold.]
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘Gloves of Devotion’.]
[Congratulations! You have achieved the great feat of defeating a boss overwhelmingly higher than your level alone!]
[The proficiency of the skills used during combat has increased……]
“Phew.”
It was only a few minutes, but I let out a long sigh after defeating the Apostle with much effort.
Would it have been easier if I had brought guild members as Aizen said?
I was thinking that it would have been a little easier if I had at least a few healers when a message window, which seemed to have finally caught up, popped up again.
[With the death of Beluin’s 18th Apostle, the control over Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, is completely released.]
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, transforms into Ukron, the Earth-Ruling Dragon.]
‘The control is released too.’
I thought it might happen, and as expected, it felt good.
And the head of Ukron, freed from control, slowly turned towards me.
━……Thank you.
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