"THE FINAL BLOW!" the cyclops' eye turned completely dark, and its skin also changed color, becoming entirely red now that it was in its final state: the one right before it would die.
~FWISH~
Its silver chain became sturdier and made out of pure black obsidian, one simple swing resulting in the entirety of the walls around to be destroyed. read only on m-vl _e|mp,yr
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[Skill: The Final Blow]
[Description: When its HP reach 0, this skill will automatically activate, granting the cyclops godly powers and a new form, but this will only last for one attack, afterward the cyclops will immediately pass out.]
[Note: The attack can be comparable to the one of a 'Calamity' level monster, so you better run!]
...
'Oh well... who cares when I have [Dodge Control]' Stark smirked as he got ready to avoid it, the cyclops grabbing the edge of its darkened chain and getting to swing it with all its might.
"DODGE CONTRO-" Stark immediately wanted to activate his skill.
But...
"EYE BLOCK!" the cyclops' eye and its now crimson pupil glew even brighter, then a beam of light hit Stark directly, putting some sort of lock symbol on top of his head.
"DODGE CONT-" and afterward, he couldn't use his skill anymore, "DODGE CONTR-"
"Huh...?" no matter how many times he tried to chant his skill, all that would appear before him was...
['Dodge Control' has been temporarily blocked by 'Eye Block'!]
'This...' Stark looked up to seeing that the cyclops was on the verge of striking with his chain, probably destroying the entire hallway with it as it was much more powerful than before.
'Is...' Stark looked toward his clone, it had already eliminated all the other monsters, and was looking at Stark with a huge smile on its face.
'A joke...' It seems like Stark's clone could still use [Dodge Control] as it wasn't affected by the skill.
"Right...?" Stark turned his head toward the cyclops again, and it was already beginning to swing down at intense speed.
~FWISH, VIOUM~
"TIME VISION," Stark instinctively activated the new perk of the [Focus] skill when the chain was right above his head, threatening to destroy him if it ever as much as grazed him.
[3 seconds of slow left!]
Of course, using [Time Vision] didn't completely stop time, it just slowed it down to around 0.25 of the actual time, which meant that he could still actively observe the chain slowly go down toward him.
But he just decided to use these three seconds to think...
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[You have slain 'Chain Cyclops lv105', gained 572621 EXP!]
[You have slain 'Dungeon Lizard lvl103', gained 154039 EXP!]
[You have slain 'Dungeon Lizard lvl103', gained 152304 EXP!]
[You have slain 'Blood Mouth Bat lvl102', gained 145928 EXP!]
[You have slain 'Blood Mouth Bat lvl102', gained 143212 EXP!]
[You have slain 'Blood Mouth Bat lvl102', gained 144955 EXP!]
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[+1,313,059 EXP!]
And so...
[Your level has increased to level 49, granting you two skill points and boost in stats]
[Experience: 612340/1195000]
'I guess that's done...' Stark sighed.
"=)" meanwhile, his clone immediately jumped over the giant hole that had formed, then made its way walking on the corpse of the cyclops before reaching Stark.
To be honest, he wasn't even that interested to know how it killed the rest of the monsters, because if it could do the job, and he got EXP from it, he had nothing to complain about.
'Well, I doubt I'm going to be able to find the key twice in a row, plus I would need to watch out more than before if I want to open the door...' Stark scratched his chin while thinking, he would indeed keep going to increase his level, but his chances of finding the key were slim now, this level was much darker and harder to navigate the fourth sublevel.
Well... except if [Chosen One] suddenly decided to activate again that is, but that was unlikely...
"=)" the [Superior Clone] had gained a will of its own, but it couldn't refute the words of the original, so it just waited around, analyzing their surroundings in case any more monsters showed up.
'Well, let's keep going,' Stark nodded and jumped over the giant hole using the cyclops body, going back would only result in meeting someone else = fighting to the death and taking unneeded risks after all.
Of course, if someone attacked, he wouldn't even hesitate for a single second to counter with everything he had, but it was rather peaceful on his side, so he didn't mind.
But of course... 'peace' wasn't something that everyone could get, because as soon as Stark took one step toward the next hall...
[A participant has been slain by another player!]
[Oh~ I'm loving it when the killing starts to become more interesting :)!]
'...' these two panels appeared before Stark, and he couldn't help but sigh.