Chapter 498 - Himbaran Castle (2)

Auron's group entered the king's bedroom only to found that the room was empty. It was expected as this was the storyline.

After everyone entered the room, the door to the king's bedroom automatically closed and locked.

Although it was called a bedroom, the size of it was not just an ordinary bedroom. The size of the bedroom was so vast. There was even a kitchen and living room inside the room. It could be said that the bedroom was a one-floor house inside the castle.

Auron led the group and walked forward. When the group was in the middle of the room, a burst of evil laughter rang. 

Auron's group immediately took formation as soon as they heard the laughter. Of course, the owner of the laughter was none other than the king himself.

The king came out of a room. It was not the bathroom. Instead, the said room was the torture room that the king built to satisfy his desire.

When the king got out of the room, a thick smell of blood immediately filled the room. The king took a deep breath. It was like he enjoyed the scent of the blood.

The king was about to say several sentences when an attack flew towards him. The king swung his arm and deflected the attack.

Actually, this was supposed to be the moment where the king did a monologue. However, as this was not the first time for everyone in the group, they could skip the monologue by attacking the king.

Of course, this attack immediately enraged the king. Without further ado, the king immediately attacked the group.

There was a countdown timer of 2 minutes that appeared on every player inside the group. This timer's purpose was to show the time limit before the king's soldiers would barge inside the room.

The king's level and power were also increased in a portion of the group's average level. The king summoned his guard using his [Summon Guard] skill. Three elite soldiers summoned at the call of the king.

As soon as they were summoned, the three elite soldiers directly attacked Auron's group. It was a 4 vs 16 situations where Auron's group had the number advantages.

Even though Auron's group had number advantage, but they could not relax. Not only because of the enemies' power that increased but also because of the king's attack.

The three elite soldiers clashed with the tanker. There were 6 tankers in Auron's group which made the three elite soldiers seemed not that frightening.

But, these three elite soldiers were only a decoy. The king was the dangerous one. When the three elite soldiers clashed with the tankers, the king suddenly disappeared from sight.

Suddenly, the king appeared beside the cleric's position and immediately bashed the cleric using a sword that appeared out of nowhere.

It was unfortunate for the king that Auron's group was not a first-timer. They knew how the king attack and already anticipated the attack. The other team's members except the tanker already prepared themselves. So, when the king had appeared, Jeffrey, who was closed to the targeted cleric, blocked the attack.

After the king's attack was blocked, a rain of attacks immediately poured out to the king. The king tried to dodge this rain of attacks. However, it was difficult to dodge all of the attacks. Several attacks connected with the king.

However, these attacks didn't do much damage to the king. It was because of one of the king's passive skills that reduces all incoming damage by 80%.

After the king got attacked, he quickly used his [Summon Guard] skill and disappeared once again. Throughout the battle, the king would always disappear and appear. Each time the king disappeared, he would select one target from the enemy and teleport to the target's side and appeared there. 

This was the king's attack's mechanism. He would randomly disappear and appear. When he got attacked or the target died, he would summon his guard and disappear to select a new target.

What made this king's battle difficult was the fact that the king would always use his [Summon Guard] skill. Although the elite soldiers summoned by the king was only slightly powerful than the ordinary soldiers, if the group could not defeat these soldiers quickly, then their number would only increase.

Not only the elite soldiers that the king summoned, every two minutes, but a group of 20 soldiers would also appear in the room and acted as reinforcements. So, if the group could not eradicate the enemies quickly enough, they would be overwhelmed by the enemy's number.

Moreover, the battle against the king would be not a short one because the king had the passive skill that reduced the incoming damage by as high as 80%.

Fortunately, Auron's group was not a first-timer. They already knew about all the king's mechanism as long as the cleric did not die, they could recover quickly. 

After the king summoned the guard, the three mages, including Auron immediately attack them. The heavy damage dealer's job was to kill these guards.

Time passed by, after two minutes, the king's reinforcement came. However, this ordinary soldier was not much.

Auron did a great job of choosing the team's members. These people were powerful.

It should be like this because Auron's goal was to claim the herbs. Slowly but surely, the king's health depleted.

After 10 minutes, the king screamed his last shout and died. The boss had died, a portal appeared in the room. However, none of Auron's group's members moved to the portal.

It was because the dungeon was not ended yet. To be precise, there was a hidden stage that could be cleared.

And, this hidden stage was Auron's goal. Because the hidden stage's boss would have a 100% drop rate of the herbs that he needed.

Auron let the group rest for a bit while they picked up the king's loots. A few seconds later, they were ready. This was not the end. Instead, this was just the beginning.