Chapter 444 - Battle And Death

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~~~(POV: Hailey Adamo)~~~

~~~(Location: Sewers of Capital City Rosalia, The Fallen Kingdom of Rosalia)~~~

~~~(Time: 10:07 AM)~~~

I've never met a monster that's talked to me personally like this, and knowing my brother's real name means it has far more knowledge than I ever thought. The grotesque and gnarly monster in front of me doesn't sound anything remotely close to female, given this is the mutilated body of a Queen. It's possessed by something powerful.

Why it knows such information is beyond me, and I find it disturbing that it has such knowledge. "Who are you really, and why do you know such things? What is your purpose for waiting in this place if you're so powerful?" These questions have been on my mind since the first words left its mouth, and I'm not sure what the answer will be.

I'll consider myself lucky even if I do get an answer. "So many questions, and so little time, little Adamo... What you should really be asking yourself is what threat does your brother pose? Do you know the things he's set in motion? The return of The Old Gods, the system, and the fate of Earth and its inhabitants?" He's trying to spin things on me. Trying to get me to doubt my brother.

It's clever and very typical of a Demon, but there is nothing that'll ever turn me against my brother. I know who he is, and I know that the lies coming from this creature's mouth are illusions meant to blind me. "There is nothing that you can say that'll ever make me doubt him, and your concern with him is warranted. He's powerful." The rotted and scabbed face of the creature twitches. 

A deep bellowing laugh roars through the throne room, and I keep my guard up at the corpse of Queen Rosalia jiggles from the laughter. "Such blind devotion! But that won't get you far... It's time that I left, but tell your brother that I wish to speak to him. He has something that I desire. Tell him... The Dice are useless for him, and he should give them to me." A dark aura erupts from the boss.

It seeps into the ground and disappears, and the boss slowly looks at me. There is no intelligence there anymore, and it's in an increasingly rabid state. I can see that this monster... This Raid boss is the one I'm supposed to fight, not whatever that was... In the blink of an eye, the tip of her sword is nearly diving into my skull, and I narrowly dodge. 

Cera said it'd be tough, but it's safe to say this thing is faster than me. I need to take advantage of its stupidity. Learn more and more about its attack patterns before I die, and keep improving every fight. Before I can barely shift into somewhat of an attack stance, I'm being hurled into the wall by a powerful strike from a fist. It still does heavy damage regardless of it being just a fist.

My body shakes, and I stare at the creature as it moves fast at me again for another attack. "How the hell am I supposed to beat this alone..." I honestly feel like this is way harder than Cera ever specified, but as the fight goes on and I continue taking heavy damage, I'm learning more and more about its attack patterns and when it moves at its fastest. 

It doesn't take that much longer for me to die, and it hurts my pride as a powerful Player that I have to do this. I respawn outside the throne room, and I take a breath. "He said that it'll have several different attack patterns per encounter... Meaning it's going to be different this time..." I have levels to spare, but I do want to get this done in the least amount of attempts possible.

My focus shifts towards the door, and I press my hand on it to open, and I get the same warning as last time. As I step into the room, the boss is already waiting, and I barely get my sword unsheathed before I'm getting attacked again. Its attack pattern is completely different, and it uses the walls and ceiling to launch off to gain momentum. 

It's using quick thrusts and wide slashes, changing up the pattern between the two between every jump from the environment to me. I'm barely able to dodge most of the attacks, and the ones that are getting through are doing heavy damage. Consumed Queen Rosalia eventually overwhelms me with this attack pattern, and I'm killed again.

Losing another level and unspent stat points. I'm glad that I didn't invest them into stats cause if I did. They'd be taken away from my actual stats. As of now, they're only being taken from the unspent stat points pool. I take a seat now that I'm respawned, and I run a hand through my hair. "I couldn't imagine doing this without my Legendary Class..." It'd be impossible... 

I'm tempted to contact my brother and see if he has anything more that could help me, but I doubt it... "The worst part about progressing is fighting through challenges you're not prepared for..." Cera would agree with me on this, and I can't help feeling he's in a similar situation to me... He's stuck somewhere too, and I hope he's having a hard time like I am.

~~~(POV: Samael, Sin of Pride)~~~

~~~(Location: Underworld)~~~

~~~(Time: 10:19 AM)~~~

Since Hailey now has a message to relay to her brother, I can sit back and wait for everything to begin. As much as I don't want to band together with my brothers and sisters, I'd rather do that than face The Old Gods alone. Father wouldn't send to request my help if it wasn't serious. "The Dice of Wayland..." They're the key to my plan...

This war coming to us will serve as a good distraction for my plans, and I doubt anyone will see it coming. In truth, The Dice of Wayland hold little value to anyone, but it contains crucial information to something that I lost long ago. Hidden from me, and I've yet to find it. "I will reclaim what was taken from me..." I'm the ruler of Underworld, and I'll not stop here.

~~~(POV: Hailey Adamo)~~~

~~~(Location: Throne room in Palace of Capital City Rosalia, The Fallen Kingdom of Rosalia)~~~

~~~(Time: 10:45 AM)~~~

There have been 5 more new attack patterns since the first one, and I've lost levels and stats. All prepared for, of course, but I still hate to see it. "I'm getting real sick and tired of doing this over and over... It's like I'm a hamster in a wheel. Running and running and never going anywhere..." I can't be all negative. I've made progress. I've even damaged the boss at some points.

But all of this has accumulated to this, the circle has ended, and I'm back on the first attack pattern I saw, and I'm ready to finish this bitch. "Whatever deal you made to get like this, it wasn't worth it!!" I shout as I start dodging and attacking Consumed Queen Rosalia. She's not liking that she can't get a hit on me, but she's too stupid to adapt her attacks.

Her mind and body are empty husks running on instinct, and I push the initiative harder than before. Using all I've got to end this fight. I use slashes, thrusts, jabs, everything, and attack her chest and head. Using the dueling specialty of Battlemind to my advantage, but as her health drops, she screams, and it refills completely.

[Warning: Consumed Queen Rosalia has entered Enraged State!!]

[Warning: All damage dealt to Consumed Queen Rosalia will be reduced by 50 percent!]

What the fuck is this shit!!?

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A/N: Below this line, I'll be keeping Cera's player information. That way, I won't have to place it into the story above anymore. It takes about 180 words up.

[Slayer (Zern) Lvl.226][Tier-2]

[Exp: 40/100%]

[Title: The Son of Arch-Angel Michael (Hidden)]

[Stats] [Strength - 7095][Endurance - 7045][Dexterity - 7215][Speed - 8240][Focus - 19,660]

[Mana aura control: 6/100%]

[Health: 76,560,000,000/76,560,000,000] [Mana: 216,600,000,000/216,600,000,000]

[Stat Points: 350] [Armor rating: 500]

[Inventory] [Dice of Wayland (Divine)] [Hardened Tree sap Armor (Very Rare)] [The Witness (Legendary Sword)] [Fenrir's Whistle (Divine)] [Sally's Dresses 5x] [Camping gear] [Food Rations 3x] [Dried meat 3x] [Fishing poles 2x] [Fish 8x] [Festival Garbs 2x] [4x EXP Boosts] [Scroll of Eternity (1x use)]

[Passive Perks]

[Inheritor of the Sword] [Son of Heaven] [Slayer of Evil] [Holy Willow Trees Savior] [Finder of Legends] [The Divine who has Legend] [Destined for Greatness] [Dungeon Diver] [An Overachiever]

[Active Skills]

[Heavens light Lvl.74 325/7400] [Protected by Heaven Lvl.74 225/7400] [Slash Lvl..92 4600/21000] [Parry Lvl.68 80/6800] [Double Strike N/A] [Kingslayer N/A] [Raging Machine N/A] [Winged Glory] [Angelic Flight] [Divine Pressure Exertion] [Divinity Pulse] [Controled Fun]