Vol. 7 - Chapter 391 - Brave's Trump Card Time!

At the end of the day, Rika just had low compatibility against the boss ‹Meownarch›. As a result, she was gradually driven to the corner before falling into down status.

It's time for me to take the helm. I momentarily concluded that.

"‹Aura Heal›! Lulu, head in the direction of Rika and Karua and let them handle the lackeys! Once the target is set on them, come and help out in attacking the boss!"

"Understood!"

I healed Lulu and fired my instruction. The situation now required the formation change; Lulu, Celia and I would be handling the boss while Rika and Karua will deal with the cat duo now.

The cat duo were primarily physical attack based monsters, something Rika could handle so easily.

We could instead go with this formation from the beginning sure, but, only if there wasn't the problem of VIT. The crux of the matter was, Lulu was primarily an attacker ultimately. The best she could do was to act as a makeshift tank, but she couldn't replace the main tank.

A boss's subordinates weren't a big thing to leave to her, but the boss at the end of the deepest part was another ballpark. I was mainly playing the healer role, and I wanted to refrain from standing as a tank. Alas, not everything goes well according to plan.

After careful deliberation, I had chosen Rika for this role, who had both high VIT and excellent individual skills. However, the torrential attack of ‹Meownarch› turned out to more fierce in reality, which I really hadn't expected. The result ended up being half-baked. At this point, I had no choice but to step out myself. I concluded. Damn you ‹Meownarch›, I still ended up falling to your trick (chubby appearance).

"Celia! Cover me with unique skills!"

"Right away! ‹Advent of the Great Spirit› O' great lord of the Ice Spirit, I beseech thee, grant me the power I seek! ‹Glacies›!"

I pulled in Celia, who had been helping out Lulu until now against the cat duo, to join the fray.Visitt novelbin(.)co/m for the latest updates

She had already summoned an ice spirit earlier, so this time, she summoned the Great Ice Spirit ‹Glacieus›.

In sync with Celia's summon, the ‹Ice Spirit› was gradually covered in a mystical golden radiance. The shadow flickering in the radiance expanded and eventually, ‹Glacieus› manifested as it scattered the golden light.

In contrast to the male-type Ignis, the Great Ice Spirit, Glacieus embodied a female form and were adorned in a dress crafted from ice, emanating a sublime aura. Her hair, done in an upward hairstyle and the color of her pupil, were pale blue in color, similar to her dress. In her hand, she was holding a long wand with a crescent moon motif at the tip.

‹————› (Glacieus)

The next instant, Glacieus hoist up the wand in air and almost at the same time, ‹Meownarch› was surrounded in the ice. ...No, correction. An ice pillar, just like Lana's ‹Light Pillar› had squarely struck ‹Meownarch›. Unlike the close-combat specialist Ignis, Glacieus was a spirit specialized in long-ranged attack.

"Purrreyaa-meow!"

However the attack didn't seem to hold ‹Meownarch› for long enough as it emerged from the ice pillars in a seemingly irresistible manner. The ‹Freeze› debuff wasn't applied it seemed. A pity.

‹Meownarch› hurriedly closes the distance and attempts to send me flying away with ‹Cat Sweep› move. I couldn't let it do it of course.

"Oops, ‹Sonic Sword›!"

I matched my timing with the opponent's attack, and delivered a slash while dodging and circling behind it. It was my special attack of sorts. Ever since the battle with ‹Emperor Goblin›, I've been practicing this technique and now, it has become my absolute favorite to use.

There was no way it wasn't going to work!

"Guah-meow!?"

"All right, let me give you a taste of your medicine! ‹Swift Strike›! ‹Hate Slash›! ‹Lightning Strike›!"

It was a pity ‹Meownarch› was not pushed to knockdown status, but it was still knockbacked after taking my attack from behind. I took this opportunity to slam in my attack.

There was also Glaceius who was adding her attack in between, so we had dealt quite significant damage to it. I was juggling between dealing damage and keeping its aggro, lest it rushed at Celia.

"Guoah-meow!?......"

Lulu finally managed to put ‹Meownarch› into the down status. Lulu forehead squarely hit the belly of ‹Meownarch›, and under the effect of buff, it ended with a critical hit,

Even the ‹Meownarch› was astounded by the sudden happening as evident from its wide eyes. Hurray, it was huge opening!

"Yes, great Lulu! ‹Brave Heart›! ‹Brave Slash›! ‹Swift Strike‹! ‹Lightning Slash›!"

"Lulu did it! ‹Charm Point Sword›! ‹Justice Hero Sword›! ‹Hero Special Impact›! ‹Sacred Explode›!"

"Glaceius-sama, please! ‹Zone›!"

Our attack rains down on ‹Meownarch›. Holy crap! That damage with three stacks of ‹Charisma› and ‹Brave Heart› was so insane!

Lulu's attacks are also steadily dwindling down the HP of ‹Meownarch›.

I didn't know ‹Charisma› would have such a staggering result! The damage was accumulating at an unbelievable rate. Though, this also means——

"Meooowrrr!!"

"Oops, its HP has fallen to the red zone! Brace yourself!"

"‹Cute Eye›! Lulu has lowered its speed!"

The boss has entered the rage mode, raising its offensive and agility by 1.5 times.

It was easier for accidents to happen when bosses fell into such a state. Furthermore, the situation also gets worse since the target often switched to the person who had pushed it into down status.

However, we didn't need to worry about this. Its target was still settled on me.

"‹Charisma›!! ‹Guard Rush›! Take this! And that! ‹Area Healing›!"

I keep spamming the massive hate generator skill ‹Charisma› as soon as its cool down ends. To put it simply, no one needs to worry about the fear of target shifting. ‹Meownarch› had so become fixated on me it instead became immobile. Simply... broken, right?

It was something I heard later, but appeared, it was a ridiculous skill from their perspective, especially tanks, who find it hard to gain the aggro.

However, as someone said, great power comes with great price. The MP cost was hefty, and since it was definitely going to be spammed, it was bad in fuel-efficiency as well. I ended up using MP320 just from the four activations. This was also the reason why I didn't use it until now (Though it matter not much if you're filthy rich and guzzle down items like water).

Long story short, this was the trump card of ‹Brave›. The last bastion. Though, conversely speaking, it was hard to use it in otherwise case,

In the meanwhile I performed the role of tank & healer, Lulu and Celia continue to rain down their attack.

"Glaceius-sama, please attack it with a special attack!"

"Lulu is going to use her special attack! ‹Lolita of Hero Smash›!"

"Gahh-meo...w......"

When you don't have to worry about the danger of being targeted, it sure does feel refreshing to let out your attack to your heart's content, no? The mighty spells and skills rapidly shrunk the remaining silver of ‹Meownarch› HP, and lastly, it was felled.

On the side note, as it was gradually shrinking in the pool of effect, I had the urge to pat its round and chubby belly.

And replacing the light particle were two glimmering gold chests.