Chapter 519 - Quad Elemental Spirit King (5)

"What happened?" Gavin was still confused about what's going on right now.

Auron who already got the information, said in a normal tone, "We enter the dungeon's secret stage."

"What!! How come? I have challenged this dungeon numerous times, but this is my first time entering the secret stage. What is the trigger?"

Auron shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know since there was no information on the trigger to enter this secret stage.

"We have one hour to clear this secret stage," Auron added.

"What!! One hour? What happened if we cannot kill the boss?" Gavin asked once again to Auron.

Without any information about the secret stage's boss, Gavin didn't know whether this one hour enough or not to clear the hidden stage. Hence, he asked Auron the consequence if they failed this secret stage.

Once again, Auron shrugged his shoulders. He wanted to punch Gavin for asking these questions. He didn't know anything at all. This was also his first time experiencing this kind of stage.

Auron became worrier as time passed by. Previously, he had spent a lot just to kill the boss. However, right now, the boss was mutating. He believed the boss would become stronger because of this mutating instead of going weaker. 

Auron knew because of this, he had to spend more. He could not help but took a glance at his inventory to check his potion supplies.

When he took a look at his inventory, he noticed something strange. One slot inside his inventory was glowing. Auron could not help but take a look at that item.

It turned out the glowing item was the [Moss Sword], the weapon he got from Zephyr. 

"Wait a minute," Auron suddenly had a thought. 

Auron remembered Zephyr had said previously that he got this sword was from one of the ancient ruins. This dungeon where they currently run also came from an ancient ruin. Maybe, these two kinds of things were related to each other.

This was the most possible reason that a secret stage from this dungeon occurred. However, it was not easy to conclude everything with just this one fact. There were already many people that held weapons or equipment from an ancient ruin. So, Auron was confused why he could trigger it but not the others.

One most possible reason was the sword, and the dungeon was from the same ancient era. However, whatever the reasons were, Auron didn't have any time to think about this yet. There was something important in front of them: killing the boss and clearing the dungeon.

After the sky cleared, the boss's transformation seemed almost ended. The flow of the four elements started to dissipate. When it completely dispersed, the boss descended slowly to the ground.

Everyone in Auron's group was observing the boss who was still descending. They could not attack the boss yet since they could see the thin layer that protected the boss.

The boss's appearance didn't seem changed at all. However, Auron knew even though the appearance didn't change, the boss' power would be stronger. If not, it would not deserve to be the secret stage's boss.

What fortunate was the boss' health didn't change. The [Quad Elemental Spirit King] only had 10% of his health left. This means Auron's group had 1 hour left to eliminate this 10% of the boss' health.

Even with 10% of the boss' health left, Auron's group was not confident that they could kill the boss. It was because they didn't know how different the boss' strength right now.

It took 1 minute for the boss to reach the ground. Auron's group had been prepared to attack the boss as soon as the boss got to the ground, even though they didn't know whether the thin layer would disappear as soon as the boss' feet touched the ground or not.

When the boss' feet touched the ground, Auron's group threw everything they had been prepared. At the same time, Gavin and Dayton, and the two thieves immediately charged towards the boss. And, their guess was correct, the boss' shield disappeared as soon as his feet touched the ground.

After the boss' feet touched the ground, he immediately opened his closed eyes. Then, he charged towards Gavin and the other melee members.

The flying attacks missed their target and hit the boss' previous location. Then, a baam sound was heard. The boss collided with Gavin. Surprisingly, Gavin lost in the power duel and flew backward.

Dayton dodged the flying Gavin and attacked the boss. The boss raised his ice arm and blocked Dayton's attack.

Dayton didn't lose confidence when his attack was blocked. He pulled his weapon and prepared to attack the boss once more. However, to his surprise, he could not pull his weapon back.

The boss held Dayton's weapon tightly. Also, from the contact point between Dayton's weapon and the boss's arm, ice began to spread out. Seeing this progress, Dayton became panicked. He used all of his power to pull the weapon back. But, it was futile.

Fortunately, Dayton was not alone. Cedric launched a sneak attack from behind the boss and aimed at the boss' head. 

It seemed that the boss already knew Cedric's sneak attack. He raised his fire arm and blocked Cedric's dagger.

The attack didn't stop there. There was still one thief lurking around, Ainsley. She used this moment, where all of the boss' hands occupied, to attack the boss' back. She directly used [Back Stab].

The boss turned his body 180 degrees. Of course, the two people, Dayton and Cedric, got swung around. Dayton's body collided with Ainsley's body and stopped her attack. Meanwhile, Cedric was thrown away by the boss.

The boss didn't stop right there. He immediately charged out and aimed towards the cleric. Gavin already stood up and blocked the boss' path. 

The boss kneed Gavin's stomach, then did a roundhouse kick and cleared Gavin from his path. When the boss was about to charge, a spell hit him. It was Smite's spell.