Chapter 18

Chapter 18: SECOND BOSS

[Announcement: it's already 12 midnight. Monsters are starting to attack the castle]

[Announcements: A boss has appeared, defeat it and earn rewards]

"A Gryphin huh?"

Miriam told them that the second boss was an eagle with a body of a lion, the Gryphin.

"Kyle, what's our plan?"

"A Gryphin is a flying type monster. It has good mobility in the air. It has sharp claws and it's deadly to confront it head-on. Me and Miriam are the only two who can attack an aerial monster.  "

"But you can only use your skill once. You will become baggage after that."

Mikael added.

"Yes, that's why this is gonna be tough. Well, we still have no choice but to fight."

Kyle answered honestly. His Skill was long-range, but it could only fire one time.

"Then I'll make it fall. If the Boss fell on the ground, Lane will use her Skill to bind it."

Mikael offered an alternative and it's a good plan. 

"You sure Mikael?"

"Yes, I really want to know how far my spear can fly. I'm confident in my throwing skill. If I hit it, It's all yours, Kyle."

Mikael rotated his weapon.

"Kuku Okay! We cannot fight it inside this room. We need to leave this place.  Let's get out of here and face that Gryphin. "

Kyle commanded.

"Okay!"

The Gryphin was an aerial-type monster. It would not enter the Castle because it would only gain disadvantages.

When they left the Castle. They found that the Gryphin was throwing rocks at the top of the Castle. A big hole appeared on the left top of the Castle because the Boss kept bombarding it. 

" The monster Boss is coming. Attack!"

The Awakeners at the top were throwing their Skills. They shoot and attacked the Gryphin but the Boss kept flying high. Their attacks couldn't reach the Gryphin.

"Kyle, what are we gonna do? The Boss is too far. My arrows cannot reach it. "

"Even my spear can't fly that high."

Miriam and Mikael said their opinion. 

*rroooaaaarrr!!!!!"

The Gryphin summoned a tornado. 

*ssswwoooossshhhh*

The tornado swept away all of the Awakeners that it hit. 

"Aaahhh!!!!"

Many screamed when the tornado hit them. A large part of the Castle has been destroyed. That attack surely killed many. 

"To- tornado!!? Hey Kyle you didn't tell us that the Boss can cast a Skill!!"

"Oh, I forgot about that. "

""......""

"Skill or not. It doesn't change the fact that we must defeat it. Listen, if we let that Gryphin run amok, many people will die. Miriam, I want you to shoot that Gryphin even if it doesn't reach it. It's better than doing nothing. We'll defend you. Mikael, wait for the right time to throw your spear. Use your spare weapons when you throw, okay "

" Okay"

Miriam stretched the string of her bow. She was shooting the Gryphin nonstop, hoping that at least one arrow would hit it. The other Awakeners helped her by attacking the Boss. The tornado killed a lot of them, they must get their revenge. 

"Look for the Skill! When it started to activate its Skill, you must evade it! The tornado lasted around 30 seconds!!"

Kyle shouted and gave them information.

The remaining Awakeners put their strength to defeat every monster that attacked them. They were waiting for a miracle. 

Meanwhile, Miriam was shooting the Gryphin to distract it. She was the decoy while Mikael would be their damage dealer.

"Mikael, Wait for the right timing to throw your spear. We will give it a surprise attack!"

They were talking while the Gryphin caught an Awakener and cut its shoulder before throwing it right on the ground.

*crash*

The man died just like that. 

"It's too fast. It easily evaded our attacks!"

Miriam said while Niña was protecting her back.  

"There's is a good way to attack it. When the Gryphin activated its Tornado. It will stop in midair and lower its altitude to execute the Skill. The Gryphin will come closer whenever it activated its Tornado. We will wait for that moment."

Kyle yelled.

"Okay! I will make sure that chicken will cry in pain when I hit it!"

Mikael assured his party members. He would hit the Gryphin!

The Gryphin threw down another rock at them. It wanted to kill the Awakeners in the safest way. The bird ridiculed them. The Gryphin treated the people as a toy. 

Sometimes it dived down and clawed their bodies, their flesh would be torn apart. 

When they were attacking it.  The Gryphin started to fly high and evaded their Skills.

"F*ck! If this doesn't stop, all of us will die! Ahhh!"

"Ahh, my arms! It's gone!"

"Shit! Where did that f*cking bird come from!?"

"This is a cheat!"

"A flying monster is not a good thing!!"

Flying monsters may have been hard to fight, but it doesn't mean that they won't die. Shooting it in midair was a good plan. The real problem was that the Gryphin was too smart. It knew how to attack and retreat.

A smart monster was the hardest creatures to kill. They were more frightening than a raging Minotaur.

"Th- this is an impossible fight!"

The people lost their confidence. Just watching the Gryphin bombarding them with rock makes them lose their will to fight.

This monster Boss was a game changer!

They could fight land monsters, but aerial ones were impossible, they have the disadvantage, added more that the aerial monster was a Boss.

"W w-we can't win this we--"

*crash!*

The speaker lost his life. He just talked there for a moment, but now he was a lifeless corpse.

"My feet!! My feet!!!!!"

Another person shouted because his feet had been hit by the raining rocks.

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"No matter what happened! Wait till the Boss used his tornado, understood!?"

Kyle patiently talked to them. They were waiting on the ground. They relentlessly made their way on a thousand monsters. Niña came in front because the others needed to focus their attention on the Boss. She threw her knives and killed the monsters. 

They were waiting for the opening. If things went smoothly, they could finish the Boss.

And then.

*rrooaarrrr!!!!*

The right moment came in!

The Gryphin lowered its altitude and roared. It unleashed a terrifying Tornado, sweeping the whole castle. The Boss was now within their range. 

"Mikael! Now! Hit it!"

Mikael activated his Skills.

"Aaaahhhhhh!!!"

He screamed and put all of his strength in this attack. The spear flew to the Gryphin. It traveled fast and reached the Boss by seconds.

*swoosh!*

"Kkuuwwwaaakkkk!"

The spear hit the Boss and it started to fall. The power behind the throw was so strong that the Gryphin lost its consciousness for a moment.

The spear hit the ribs. The weapon pierced it. It was currently stuck inside the bird's body. The Boss couldn't spread its wings. 

*crash!*

It fell. It received injuries and some parts of its bones were broken.  It tried to flap its wings, but only to fail. The bird lost its aerial advantage. 

"Lane!"

"Yes, brother"

Lane extended her hand. Vines appeared beneath the Boss.

*swish swish*

"Kkuuaaakkkk!!*

The Gryphin's body has been trapped by the strong vines. It couldn't move and stayed in its position. It tried to fight the vines, but it was futile.

"Rroooooaaaarr"

It shouted to scare the enemy, but they didn't give a f*ck about the bird's last struggle.

An orb started to float. It glowed and consumed mana.  Kyle looked at the Gryphin. He smirked and gestured his fingers. He pointed it to the bird. 

*swoooooosssshhhhh!*

The last image that the Gryphin saw was a blinding light. Regret filled the Gryphin's heart. It never thought that it would die easily. The Gryphin died just like that. Only ashes left in its body. 

When the Boss died. The remaining monsters started to retreat. They already lost the war when the Boss died. 

""...""

"....we...WE WIN! HAHAHA we really win!! Thank you so much!"

"Yehey!!!"

"Wwaahhhhhh!"

Shouts of happiness filled the whole place. The nightmare that they face has already gone.

"Woooohhhh!"

They shouted until their voice had gone out.