Ark wavered before answering. He had visited this place yet the boss was already like a corpse. Well, he wasn’t dead but he still wasn’t in a normal condition. Ark was interested in why the boss of the secret dungeon was in such a state. The boss might even lead to a different event. The beast wasn’t able to fight in this state so did it really matter if he knew? The beast’s eyes narrowed at Ark’s answer.
-It was like that…..so it was there.
“Are you Magura?”
-I….you know…..there was a survivor from the Fire Draconians?
“Yes, I heard about you from them. I don’t know why you look like this but expect me to spare you.”
Ark declared in a cold voice. It wasn’t to get revenge for the Fire Draconians that Ark said this. Despite his looks, Magura was still alive. So couldn’t he get loot from him when Magura ran out of breath? In the worst case scenario, he might not get any loot but he could complete the quest. Magura frowned at Ark’s words. After a moment, the upper part of his body stared shaking from laughter.
-Hahahaha! Spare me……? You….me?
“Judging from your current state, you’ll die even if I don’t touch you.”
-Those words….this body is dying….is that what you think?
“You’re saying it isn’t true? Are you trying to make me laugh?
-You…..your current situation…..you still don’t understand.
“My current situation?”
-For hundreds of years I…..for you guys…..I’ve been waiting.
What nonsense was he saying? He had been waiting hundreds of years for Ark and his companions? Ark muttered with an absurd expression.
-It isn’t possible to understand…..it is natural…..but you’ll soon discover why…..the reason I said I’ve been waiting hundreds of years…..!
Chwa chwa chwa chwa chwa chwa!
It was at that moment. Magura’s body started convulsing and the internal organs on the ground flew in every direction. They wrapped around the pillars in the temple pulled Magura’s body upwards. A cobweb like structure appeared in the centre above Magura’s upper body. A red warning message then appeared in front of Ark.
-The boss monster Hands of the Devil ‘Magura’ has appeared!
“T-this is…..!”
“Hik! M-Master! Above!”
At that moment Racard’s scream was heard from behind him. Ark lifted his head with surprise. The internal organs…..the internal organs were wriggling like a snake and fell towards him.
“Dark Dance!”
Ark quickly moved his feet and withdrew dozens of metres. At the same time, there was a loud banging as dozens of strands of internal organs impacted with the place where Ark was. If he hadn’t instinctively avoided it then he would’ve been crushed to death. But there was no time to even sigh with relief.
Syu syu syu syuk.
After Ark avoided it, the dozens of internal organs tentacle stems flew towards him at a tremendous speed.
“Ugh! What is this…..?”
Tentacles? Anyway, they were still heading towards him even after he avoided it. But he couldn’t closely examine the tentacles because he had to keep on running away from them. He had looked away for one second and a tentacle had closed around his leg. He lost his balance and stumbled, causing dozens of tentacles to repeatedly hit him.
Pepepepeng!
He became dizzy and also lost 10% of his health. But he couldn’t afford to become flustered.
“Dark Blade!”
Ark struck the tentacle that was wrapped around his leg. And he rolled across the floor to escape the rest of the tentacles. After Ark had fended off that attack, he had time to look around the room.
‘Oh my god…..!’
The tentacles hadn’t only attacked Ark. Magura had a large number of tentacles attached to his body, the pillars and floor to ceiling. The hundreds of tentacles were also attacking Isyuram and the rehabilitation members. Fortunately Isyuram was using quick footwork to avoid the attacks from the tentacles while the rehabilitation members had only lost 20~30% health.
“Hik, hik! Intestines, intestines! I flew into intestines!”
Racard was also flying between the pillars and avoiding the tentacles.
“D-dammit!”
“Ack! It’s coming from all directions……”
All of this had happened in less than one minute.
‘If we’re careless then we’ll be wiped out in an instant!’
Then Bul-kkun and Tazza got snagged by the tentacles and fell down. Dozens of tentacles then focused on those two. Ark threw the Saw blade and shouted.
“Transformation off! Iron Fire Wall!”
Clack clack clack, clack clack clack clack!
The Saw blade quickly turned into Razak and stood in front of the two with his shield. Wings of flames poured out and pushed back the tentacles. Meanwhile Ark used Sprint and cut the tentacles wound around Bul-kkun and Tazza.
“Teacher, hyung-nims! Gather around me!”
“Ugh, understood!”
Isyuram and the rehabilitation members gathered around Ark. Then they formed a back to back circular formation. It was a method designed to limit the directions the tentacles could attack from. Even if dozens of tentacles flew towards them, with their backs protected it was possible to avoid receiving a concentrated attack like before.
“What on earth, that guy? Wasn’t it supposed to be dead?”
Isyuram muttered as he continued attacking the tentacles.
“If we hit it then it’ll die.”
“What?”
“That guy……only has 15% health left.”
Ark stared at Magura with gold eyes. Shortly after the attack had started, Ark had used Eyes of the Cat to check Magura’s information. He confirmed that Magura was a level 500 elite boss. In a normal fight there was no way 12 people would be able to defeat him. But Ark had discovered why the number of people allowed in the shrine was restricted. He didn’t know the reason yet but Magura’s body was ripped to shreds and it only had 15% health left.
‘That beast only has half his body and 15% health left.’
Ark also only lost 10% health when hit by the tentacles. He had thought Magura would be incredibly strong but he was mistaken. While losing 10% health with one blow was a tremendous attack power, Ark had actually been hit by dozens of tentacles. He had received dozens of hits from a level 500 elite boss yet his health had only been reduced by 10%. In order words, Magura’s stats had also been decreased like his health. On the other hand Ark, Isyuram and the rehabilitation members had received various buffs from the priests and magicians so they were in great shape. Of course, Magura still wasn’t an insignificant opponent.
‘But Magura could only properly move his head and one paw. Therefore he can probably only attack with the tentacles.’
And they could somehow stop the tentacle attacks thanks to the circular formation. But there was no meaning in stopping the tentacles if they couldn’t damage Magura.
“Teacher, hyung-nims, maintain the formation while I approach that guy!”
Ark struck a tentacle and approached Magura with the circular formation still maintained. The problem was that there were also tentacles hanging above Magura’s body like a spider web.
“Razak, transform!”
After approaching Magura, Ark commanded Razak to transform. Then he grabbed the Saw Blade and swung it towards the tentacles. The whip swept past dozens of tentacles at once. At the same time, Magura’s body which had been hanging in the air descended.
“This is an opportunity, Demonic Detection!”
It was the skill which originated from Hero Maban! He used the 5th stage skill of Eternal Soul. Ark’s eyes instantly turned white and the scenery changed like he was looking through infrared goggles. Then something which looked like black blood was drawn around Magura’s body. It was the demonic energy in Magura which had been drawn out using Demonic Detection! Ark swung the Saw blade towards the area where the black blood was thickest.
“Dark Blade!”
Kwa kwa kwa kwang!
When he cut the black blood, it caused a change explosion within Magura’s body. The burst blood vessel had spread. When attacking the demonic energy discovered with Demonic detection, he could deal between 100~1,000 additional damage. In addition, cutting the blood vessel also temporarily decreased defense. It was indeed a skill for dealing with Demonic monsters.
-Kuuohh….you dare…..foolish human…..!
Maura growled after receiving considerable damage. At the same time, dozens of tentacles sprouted like an arrow from the skin.
“Bah, how do you expect to get past out protection?”
Isyuram and the rehabilitation members were like a barrier protecting Ark from the tentacles.
‘Okay, if this keeps up then I can win!’
But he couldn’t be too hasty. Magura was still a boss monster. If there was the slightest slip then the situation could change in an instant.
‘Slowly, I have to slowly decrease that fellow’s health!’
Ark maintained the circular formation and blocked the attacks of the tentacles while grasping the timing to attack Magura. Ark never dealt continuous attacks and focused on attacking and defending with Isyuram and the rehabilitation members. So they slowly cut down Magura’s health. On the other hand, Magura had lost 5% health from the attacks.
-Impertinent bastards!
Magura gave a strange yell and his body shook. Something unthinkable then occurred. The tentacles flying all over the place gathered and changed to a huge hammer. The huge hammer hung over all of their heads.
“Huck! S-scatter!”
Kwa kwa kwa kwang!
There was a tremendous roar as Ark, Isyuram and the rehabilitation members flew all over the place. Then the tentacles dispersed again and attacked the party. The situation was like when they were first attacked. Bul-kkun and Hae Gyeol-sa were already wrapped in dozens of tentacles.
“Hyung-nims!”
Ark swung his Saw blade and cut the tentacles wound around Bul-kkun’s arms. Just as he was turning towards Hae Gyeol-sa…..
Magura’s neck started to bulge like a balloon and a huge object popped out of his mouth. The huge tongue like object extended like jelly and instantly covered Hae Gyeol-sa’s body. Then the