Chapter 297 - Under The Deep Blue Sea (IV)

I only heard the appearance of this boss in Pioneer reports as this boss no longer exist after it was killed. Basically, it is a one-time boss. Once killed, it will no longer spawn anything related to it. And that is the problem.

Because there is no existing guide of it in the past timeline since it was defeated and the point of putting up a guide online is no longer useful since no players will be able to fight against it anymore, I don't know any of its attack patterns, gimmicks and other abilities it has currently stored.

In short, I have to formulate my own playstyle on this one. going in blind on this one.

"SCATTER EVERYONE!"

BANG!

The huge tentacle of the Ice Devilfish landed at our location and immediately landed at the location of the ice. Not only that but spikes of ice pillars appeared the moment its tentacles landed on the ground.

The tentacle didn't stay there for long and the Ice Devilfish pull it back revealing that the ice statue on the center of the cavern is still intact and not a single scratch, crack or any damages visible at all. Seeing it without any damage, I managed to calm down a bit about it. It might be a crucial clue once the battle ends so I needed it intact until the very end. I was afraid that it will break the moment the attack landed which thankfully, didn't happen.

"Attack!"

I changed my weapon into a cannon and shoot one cannonball towards the boss. The boss then blocked it using its tentacles where it was shattered to pieces. Still, it is counted as a hit.

BOOM!

-You have dealt 0 damage.

I am not surprised. But this is going to be a frustrating battle. There are two kinds of bosses that take in damages. One is the typical bosses you can encounter everywhere, in hostile areas or in dungeons. Basically, the same type as Atlas back when he was still a boss. And two, bosses who only take damage if their weak spot is attacked.

Based on the first attack I gave to the boss, it is the latter type of boss. With a 20 million HP, this is going to be rough and long unless we can immediately burst down its weakness straight to the very minimum. Of course, that is not calculating whatever gimmicks it has. Depending on what gimmick it may have, it can either prove too troublesome if the boss has a gimmick just like invincibility once it hits a certain threshold of HP.

Now, a devilfish or an octopus can either have a few weaknesses available and the tentacles will be not one of them. This f*cker has a lot of them and is the easiest to have access into compared to the main body so the main weakness would be the other parts of its body in its giant head. And since this thing is an octopus, this thing has only one part that is obviously going to be its obvious bane.

"Lucia, Lina, Tina and I will distract the f*cker while the two of you aim at its head, specifically, its two eyes. It doesn't matter which attack you two try whether it is long-range or short-range, or maybe physical or magic damage, it doesn't matter."

"YES!"

I looked at Tina and she nodded. The Ice Devilfish lash out its tentacles. We quickly dodged and decided to attract its attention to us.

BANG! BANG!

The movements of the tentacles are rather quite peculiar which is why it is hard to predict where it will land. Not only that but the ice pillar every time it lands on the ground is quite big and harder to dodge due to how it will just pop out maybe right under where you are standing or somewhere close. If I was an amateur player, I would have already been making a lot of mistakes.

Tina and I managed to get real close. However, the moment we got real close, a large mouth appeared beneath its eyes. I didn't expect it to have a mouth on its head. No wonder it is called a Devilfish and not an octopus, just by looking at it, will remind you of a common depiction of what a demon looks like.

The Ice Devilfish begins laughing and immediately blows a cold wind that is accompanied by Ice shards. I didn't bother to change weapons and just continue with a Magic Sword. The attacks aren't that strong but my movements have slowed down a bit after taking on the attack head-on. Though that didn't matter to me. Now I know its current effects. Knowing its attacks is the first step to knowing whether its attacks are fatal or not. That attack earlier is a debuff that will cause anyone who got hit by an ice shard to get a slower movement. And since you will get a slower movement, you will have a harder time dodging the attacks of the tentacles.

Heh, that is a great combination to squash enemies indeed!

Tina on the other hand effortlessly dodge the ice shard attacks and managed to get close enough before she was slapped away by a tentacle, forcing her to retreat for a bit.

Seeing that the monster is now focused on us, Lina and Lucia immediately set off their long-range attacks at the same time.

"[Flame Arrow]!" Lucia's attack shoot like a real arrow and just passed through like a darting bolt of lightning straight to the left eye. I am not familiar with it but based on how hard it hit on the Ice Devilfish, I can tell it is pretty effective.

"[Javelin of Ifrit]!" As for Lina, it seems she is using the Elementalist Battle Maid ability, [Javelin of Ifrit], a magic skill that emulates a javelin's form but in flames and throws it to the target. I don't know the exact details but from what I heard, it ignores 10% of the defense values of the target and deals penetrating damage.

The [Flame Arrow] that hit first caused the Ice Devilfish to roar in pain, disregarding the [Javelin of Ifrit].

FWOOM!

The [Javelin of Ifrit] exploded to the right eye of the Ice Devilfish, causing it to get stunned. Its HP also fell too which means we managed to find its main weakness.

"Tina, we can't fall behind too!"

I cast [Dispel] on my body to heal my debuffs and quickly went to the Ice Devilfish. Next, I activated a few of my attack buffs before proceeding to the attack. With its 'stunned' status, the Ice Devilfish is not moving and we safely managed to reach both eyes. Tina is on the left eye while I am handling the right eye.

Stabbing it with my weapon, I activated one of the skills that I usually use only in quick player executions. It's a normal destructive skill but its main purpose as always is cutting the heads of your opponents. If used against a monster, it will only look like a crescent slash, but that's not it either. The reason is that it is a pretty strong skill that is directly inclined to execution attacks and not only that, it has a very high chance to deal critical damage.

"[DECAPITATION]!"

SWISH!

-you have dealt 4,460,981 damage! Critical!

The Ice Devilfish roared in pain and sharp icicles quickly enveloped its body. Tina and I immediately retreated to safety. It was a pretty close shave since the whole body almost got enveloped by sharp icicles. Who would have thought this guy had a defensive mechanism in store to keep itself safe from attacks? Still, that doesn't mean it will stop me and my followers from attacking.

The Ice Devilfish cackled like a devil and its head slightly stretched a bit. I quickly saw what it was trying to do immediately.

"Defend!"

Everyone heard and they quickly used some of the structures to hide. As for me, I decided to block my shield, that way, I can increase the Paladin SP much faster even without using any skills.

SHA! SHA! SHA! SHA! SHA!

The icicles growing on its body fired like a missile and every icicle that appeared on its body earlier was fired all at once. Before the Icicle Rain ends, I saw two tentacles immediately slamming straight to me who is the most exposed since I only used a shield while the others used a structure to cover their body.

"Clever Bastard!"

But that isn't something I can't dodge. I started running towards the Icicle Rain while maintaining my eyesight to the tentacle.

THUD THUD THUD!

The icicles landed on my shield and I managed to pass through the icicle attack. Without waiting for the tentacle to land down, I changed my weapon back to a magic sword and immediately stabbed it when it was about to go down. This tentacle is pretty annoying, time to cut it down before it can cause more damage!

"[Earth Fissure]!"