Chapter 37: Monkey King (3)

Puffy halted and growled.

Switching to the second phase, he lightly ran forward with Odin still latched to his tail. The monkey boss seemed to have been jogging for the first time as his obese belly and fat awkwardly shook.

Behind him, Odin waved like a flag since he didn't plan to let this tail go. Alas, when Puffy threw himself into a rolling motion, Odin was forced to open his jaw and give up as his master shouted a command from afar.

"Let him go, Odin!" Jake shouted.

No one so easily could stop the rolling boss.

Had Odin still been hanging on to him, he would have hit the ground with each roll, which would have hurt him more in the long run. Jake could have seen this; hence, he ordered him to give up on it.

Odin reluctantly did so and even wanted to answer back with his howl.

That, however, was a secret weapon that Odin couldn't use without Jake's command.

Jake had taught him that because Odin often let feelings come over him, which was wrong.

Meaning Odin stood pissed and disappointed, staring at the rolling mass of fat. His eyes didn't resemble his old self, however, as Odin had come to accept that he wasn't the best and had a lot to learn, just like his master and good friend.

The friend in question was now the target of the monkey boss.

It was difficult to imagine the boss climbing up the tree's bark to get to his side, yet the monkey king proved to Jake that they were in a fantasy magical world as his rolling mass of fat easily crested the tree's bark and landed on the branch on which Jake stood with a stupefied expression.

The branch cracked under the mass of flesh and might!

The boss then rolled across it to hit Jake with his entire weight!

Clicking his tongue, Jake looked to the side and made a rash decision to jump off the branch. He was far up on the tree, and if he were in the apartment, he would at least be on the fourth floor.

Hopping off from that height meant he would suffer more than just damage. That said, he was a human with high strength and vitality stats, so dying from that jump was thrown out of the window.

Jake dropped onto his two legs and tumbled forward, his legs numb.

[You have lost -200 HP from falling off a high height.]

[Your legs have been paralyzed for ten seconds.]

'Two hundred health points?! Are you kidding me?! And ten seconds of stun?!' Jake cursed inwardly, as he didn't imagine the damage from the fall would have cost him this many health points.

Odin howled aloud, then! He was also running in Jake's direction.

This alone said too much!

The monkey king had rolled off the branch and was falling at Jake!

Jake stood with a smile, his low bow.

He seemed to have given up on fighting the boss and was just looking ahead at him, waiting for his own demise.

The boss didn't really think this far and just rolled toward him. His mass of flesh increased as he got closer to Jake and Odin.

Gazing at that boss, Jake confirmed his suspicions about Puffy's weakness.

"Howl, Odin!" Jake shouted when the boss was at least ten meters away from him! On his head, Odin parted his jaw and released the heaviest roar he had done in his young life!

He lowered the monkey boss's spinning prowess, making him roll against the invisible wall! In that slowed motion, Jake saw the gap he had noticed during the monkey king's run!

'He was regularly bobbing even on the smooth surface, meaning he has a gap in his rolling form! I can see it now!' Jake thought.

He smirked and thrust his leg into that gap, hitting the boss in the stomach!

Puffy instantly spread out his limbs and dropped flat on the ground! Jake didn't break the momentum and stepped onto the monkey boss's belly, lowering his bow at him.

He wasn't exactly in his Soldier or Master Form.

It wasn't even Joker Form.

"It's like a half-form... sounds like a good idea to practice to improve myself," Jake said, his first arrow laced with Death's Lock boost popping the monkey king's eye.

The remaining eye saw Jake's sneer, "Thanks for that. I'll use you to the extent to improve this half-form!"

Fear and remorse filled Puffy's heart.

Another arrow fell onto the monkey boss' vital form.

And the last, decisive one finished his life.

[You have killed The Monkey Boss, Puffy Lv. 10]

[You have leveled up!]

[You have hit the tutorial island's level cap!]

[You have extracted the legendary trace!]

Jake brightly smiled, "We did it, Odin!'

Odin woofed before his time came.

He disappeared with a victorious howl!