CH 181

"Hehehehehe!"

"Counter slash>! <Slash>! <Repel>!"

"Guaah!?"

The <Spe-Fat> threw one punch after another but all of them were blocked by Rika's defensive skills. Damn, what a flawless use of skills. What's more, she even knocked him back hard with the <Repel> skill in the end. Now is the time to attack,

"<Lightning Burst>!"

"Hehe!?"

"Kuh, what a failure."

It's a pity that the effect of the knock back ended just at the last moment and he wasn't knocked back again. However, not everything was in vain as boss HP took a big hit from eating high rank magic directly.

"Geee! Pop × 36一一一一!!"

It's finally the third fission. The number of tiny ghosts that popped out this time is 36.

This point is the decisive factor that makes it stand out from the regular fatty ghost. But thankfully, 36 is the highest number it can produce and also the last fission. Or else, we might have been forced to retreat.

"<Appeal>!"

Like the last two times, I pulled the hate meter of pipsqueaks at me. However the pattern of the <Spe-Fat> this round was different from the last two times.

The tiny ghosts didn't chase after me like usual and instead made a line like a row of paper lanterns hanging in festivals.

"Ah, damn it."

A red color effect has begun to appear in the body of the <Spe-Fat>. This is the sign of unique skill which only the rare boss possesses.

Shit. Now that I recall, I don't think I have explained about the boss' unique skill to them!

"EVERYONE, DEFENSIVE MEASURES IMMEDIATELY! OR EVADE QUICKLY! Boss's unique skill <Fatty Style • Fireball Festival (612 consecutive bursts)> incoming!"

"Huh, what does that mean!?"

"Oh no, oh no!"

Rearguard group hurriedly began to take their respective measures and I quickly headed towards Hannah and others to protect them.

<Fatty Style • Fireball Festival (612 consecutive bursts)> is literally as its name suggests, the boss rapidly fires 612 fireballs like a gatling gun.

The scene of fireballs scattered throughout the room from the lantern looks so visually stunning that the players in the <Dungeon Activity> often made a fuss, calling this scene as <The Festival has Begun>.

Because the boss <Fat Ball Special> puts a headband on its forehead and performs a muscle dance while firing off fireballs. Not a small number of players have appeared one after another who lost control of their character from laughing too hard. So <The Festival has Begun> word also has another meaning, that's <Don't Let Down Your Guard>.

※ <Dungeon Activity> was a single player game. (Co-op battle is allowed)

However it's not a laughable thing in reality. Anyway, I have to protect Hannah at least else she would be out of commission!

"Leave it to me! <Divine Protection Barrier>!"

"Huh?"

Just when I was thinking of protecting Hannah, Lana used her quick-wittedness to solve the problem instantly.

As the name suggests, the <Divine Protection Banner> is a defense barrier magic. It's an excellent magic skill that greatly reduces the damage from magic and if it's a low rank magic, it can't even put a scratch on it. It can easily defend against something like fireball magic with enough leeway.

...... That reminds me, I almost forgot Lana is already at <Saint - Lv 40>. The thought of using the <Holy Protection Barrier> which unlocked at the third order tree to protect yourself never came to my mind since I never went to <Ghost Cave Dungeon> in game.

Hannah is also in the barrier range, so I guess there shouldn't be any problem surviving this wave of attack.

"What do you think, Zephyr? Can this prevent the attack?"

"Eh, ah, yeah. That's right, as expected of Lana."

I somehow suppressed my agitated heart and came back to my senses. I turn to look at the boss, and he has just finished putting headband. The show is about to start at any moment.

Karua and Rika have positioned themselves right behind the tiny ghosts. An intelligent choice as that spot is outside the range of unique skill.

Wait a minute, doesn't it mean I'm the only one in the range of attack?

"Hehehehe! Geeee一一一!!!"

The macho <Spe-Fat> boss shouted loudly as if saying <Fire!> and a storm of fireballs rose up in the room. And all are aimed at me!!

"Woah!"

‘Du-Du-Du-Du-Du-Du’, it unilaterally launches volley firing.

My defense skill <Defense Up> effect only lasted for a few seconds since it fires 17 fireballs in one round. I used my other free hand to heal myself with <Aura Heal> while focusing on evading.

"It hurts! <Aura Heal>! Damn, it's so hot!"

Evasion failure. I'm being ridiculously bombarded with fireballs!

Not good, I wouldn't be able to fight for longer if I didn't find a solution soon.

"<Defense Up>! <Guard Rush>!"

I gave up on dodging and put all my focus on defense skill, somehow managing to survive. Once the defense skill was on cooldown, I made my survival through defense stance.

Oh, the shield of heaven, please protect me! Uwah, hot!

While doing so, the long long festival that seems like eternity for me ended.

"Ge-ge-ge!"

"I have endured you for too long, you bastard! Now it's my time to pay back! <Shine Lightning>!"

"Geee!?"

Ultimately, it survived even after the attack that shaves away more than 50% HP at once! It's our time to go all-out this time!

"Geez, what are you doing, Zephyr? <Heal Blessing>!"

"Thank you!"

"Throb-throb"

"Flaunt your muscles however you want, because this is the last time you can do it! <Elemental Sword>!"

I, whose HP was healed to more than 80% at once with Lana's <Heal Blessing>, makes my first move with <Elemental Sword> and changes the attack to thunder attribute.

And swoops down at the <Fat Ball Special> who was in the middle of taking a muscle pose.

"Chance! <Sonic Sword>!"

"Guooooh!?"

Now that my sword is clad in lightning attributes due to <Elemental Attribute> skill, it's possible to hurt the boss with <Sonic Sword> skill which is originally nothing more than a physical attack.

The <Spe-Fat> screamed at the sudden damage.

"I'm your opponent."

"Fwoosh-fwoosh"

"<Take And Return>!"

Rika's provocative words made his fist rise as if they were about to burst open and then throw a lariat. However, Rika quickly blocks and repels it.

Amazing use of defensive skill as always.

Rika, who has already activated 3 defense skills at the 2nd order tree, can already use the parry freely disregarding the skill cooldown. Though she can at most offset the damage only given the low level of skill, I'm sure she will be able to add a knockback or fall effect to her skill after raising their level in future.

By then, pretty much no one will be able to pose any challenge to her on the same level.

"Zephyr, settle it at my next move. Secret art <Sweeping Stroke Of Twin Blades>!"

"Gah!?"

"Oh yeahh, <Lightning Slash>!"

"Gahhh!?"

The <Spe-Fat> was knocked back when Rika finished executing her defensive skill using the twin katanas. No way I'm going to miss the chance this time.

The <Spe-Fat> was knocked back even more and it fell down when I struck it with my strongest skill, the <Lightning Strike>.

"Now! Give your all!"

"Leave it to me!"

"Let's gooo!"

When it was finally their turn, Lana and Hannah, who were waiting for me to just say that as they were clearing the pipsqueaks until now Immediately shot their strongest magic excitedly.

I also linked my combo attack one after another with <Brave Heart>, <Brave Slash>, <Swift Strike> and <Lightning Burst> and dealt a lot of my damage.

And finally,

"Gahh...... Throb-throb....... "

The HP of the <Spe-Fat>, which received a lot of powerful attacks with its body, finally drops to 0, and vanishes under the huge effect as it’s muscle withers away.

We finally defeated the <Fat Ball Ghost Special>.