The last time I was hit by the Green Caterpillars spit attack, I was only able to get myself free after I burned the threads binding me with fire magic, but before I thought about using that method, I was trying to free myself with regular means, slashing at the threads with Durandal, and it ended up going pretty poorly. If it was not for Roxannes help, I would have been most definitely done for, so as you can see by the picture that I am trying to paint, if I were to be hit by such a combination, then the result would have been pretty deadly for me, and the dame thing can essentially be said about Sherry. The only person from our Party who can allow herself not to worry about the Skills the the enemies are using is Roxanne, because no matter what happens to her or what kind of Skills are going to be fired against her, she can simply brush it all off like it is nothing and dodge either to the sides or backstep.
So it is about such a thing, huh?
The threads of the Green Caterpillars can certainly prove to be troublesome, but thankfully they can be avoided pretty easily!
Yes Roxanne, it is certainly possible to avoid getting hit by the Green Caterpillars sticky threads, but you know what is a fundamental problem with such a manuever? That iit can only be done by a certain member of the Wolfkin tribe who possesses unnaturally high dodging abilities. Regrettably, something that you can do pretty much effortlessly remains pretty much impossible to pull of for me and Sherry. Is that not right, Sherry?
Ah!
When Roxanne turned her back towards us, I gave Sherry a suggestive glance, and once she saw it, she nodded back at me, expressing that she agrees with what I have said.
Once the fighting on the eleventh floor started, it was exactly like we expected: it was not very easy on us. I know that we fought all of the enemies that can be encountered here before, but it does not change the fact that here on the eleventh floor where the enemies get even tougher than before we actually have to put in an effort into doing it now, and whenever there are Green Caterpillars mixed in with other enemies, we have to do our very best to either kill all of them before they can activate their Skills or do our very best to dodge them if they do manage to unleash them.
That being said, we have no other choice but to move on and keep on fighting if we wish to proceed with our exploration. And thus, we move on little by little, fighting against the groups of enemies from time to time, and although we were encountering Green Caterpillars unusually often, so far neither me nor Sherry were caught in any of their threads. Escape Goats Lv.11 tend to run away from the battle after being hit with four magic attacks, so I always made sure to hit them with three magic attacks and then switch to Durandal in order to deliver the last strike that would defeat them for sure.
Their third attempt at using their Skills was interrupted with my help as I switched to Durandal and proceeded to engage them in melee range. But unfortunately, the fourth wave of the threads managed to catchSherry, since she was just a second too late with her side roll.
In a matter of seconds, Sherry has been covered in sticky white threads from top to bottom, and it was all because Sherry lost sight of the Green Caterpillar for a moment when the Escape Goat that I was currently fighting began running away before I could give it the last smack with Durandal to finish it off. It was a near perfect attack to Sherrys blind spot, so she had no way of avoiding it in time. If I was in her place, then I do not think that I would have been able to dodge that attack as well, because all of it happened so fast and in such a hectic manner that even I had problems following up with all of it when staying at a distance.
Tens of no, hundreds of small white threads were now all over her, just like it was once with me. And now that Sherrys moves were slowed down to a halt, one of the Green Caterpillars used that opportunity to ram its body into her. It was unfortunate that she got herself caught like that, but the saving grace here was that she did not fall victim to Green Caterpillars concentrated attacks one after the other. Should I start healing her now? Or maybe cast Platingon her and capitalize on my attack magic while it is still active to finish the enemies off and give her first aid once that is going to be done? I chose to go down the latter route.
Because I had already used my Attack Magic six times, I had to wait with shooting the seventh one right after the sixth spell went off cooldown. Since the Green Caterpillar could not move right after it attacked Sherry, the Fire Stormthat I fired in its direction ended up hitting it without fail, and because I chose to use the AoE Spell, it caught not only the one Green Caterpillar that was attacking Sherry, but also the other two of them and the Escape Goat that was about to make its escape from the scene of the battle inside of the blast, after which they all disappeared while turning into puffs of green smoke one after the other.
Are you alright, Sherry?
I ask Sherry while casting Heal on her to recover the damage that has been inflicted upon her.
Yes, master, I am fine. I am sorry that I could not dodge the threads in time.
Dont blame yourself for it. If I were in your place, I probably would not have been able to dodge these threads either. There, all done. How are you feeling?