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Chapter 2b : Posho's love triangle
In front of this defiant attitude, something bloomed in the Posho King. He understood. His gleaming eyes turned into heart shapes. You could say that it was love at first sight. Only such a noble attitude could fit for a king of his stature. That, and the fact that she decided not to help kill him.
As if the Posho King wanted to show off his strength to the blackened elf, he focused all his strength and violently shook his tusks.
“BAM!” Both Momo and Nightwraith were projected like cannon balls, flying towards new horizons. The huge boar approached the banshee, drooling.
Grievespera had retreated behind Polly. She was simply watching, amused. Polly was the only one left standing. Nightwraith and Momo seemed to be knocked out from the attack. Polly’s blood boiled. She was filled with adrenaline. She liked difficult battles, where she could throw her mind away. Surrendering to her berserker impulses, she lunged at the enemy in front of her.
However, information was power. Polly knew that as long as she didn’t know the pattern of the enemy, fighting back would be too dangerous. All she could do was dodge around, and let her mind and body naturally register the timing of the Posho King’s attacks.
“Werecat instinct!” Polly activated her racial skill. It temporarily increased her agility, and lasted for five minutes or until she attacked.
“ROAAAAR!” The boar was frustrated. The Posho King was a low level small boss that was supposed to be defeated by a group of 4 to 6 people around level 80. Even though Polly was around level 90, a light attack from the boar would easily reduce Polly’s health bar by ¼. However, that had meaning only if the Posho King managed to land a hit.
Polly danced around him, not letting him land one attack. His attacks were precise and unexpectedly quick. His first attack would be slow to start, but the follow up would be as quick as a light weapon attack. A variation of rhythm that turned out to be unforgiving for people who looked down on the boss’ speed.
When Polly tried to circle to his back, he began to attack with his hooves. He tried to roll sideways a few times to crush Polly, but no matter what happened, it seemed that the monster truck beast didn’t have a real AOE.
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Nightwraith woke up in a house. Grumbling, he extracted himself out of the cottage’s ruins. He then saw a pair of children hiding under rubbles that miraculously shielded them. They were shaking uncontrollably underneath it as they looked at the ghost. Next to them, a lifeless body of a woman was buried under the remains of the roof. Only her broken arms were visible.
The sturdy Nightwraith survived the fall. Ironically, the people at the landing site did not.
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Polly decided to go on the offensive, as no useful ally was in sight after almost fifteen minutes of battle. At that point, her Werecat Instinct had already worn off. The safety margin between the Posho King’s attacks and Polly’s evasions gradually decreased. The boss seemed to get used to Polly’s moves, but Polly got used to the boss’ pattern.
“Ethereal greatsword,” she activated her spell. Countless black shards materialized in front of Polly. They gathered at the tip of her umbrella, forming a very lengthy immaterial blade. The spell was the summoner’s counterpart of the necromancer’s Dark Lance. However, Ethereal greatswords couldn’t be thrown like Dark Lances.
It was the moment the boss waited for. As soon as Polly began her spell, the Posho King charged. Polly’s body reacted before her mind did. She simply threw herself to the side, but she was still in the boss’ path.
As Polly was mid air, she twisted her body. “Occult flare!!” The vacant space in front of her left hand exploded in a surge of black flames. The shockwave was strong enough to propulse Polly away from the path of the charge. Using this attacking spell for mobility was not its standard function, but Polly liked to distort the use of her skills.
As the boss passed near Polly, she slashed the monster with her black umbrella-sword.
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The Posho king braked when he saw Polly outside of his attack range. Since the cottage was already destroyed, he didn’t knock himself into it. He quickly turned towards Polly, waiting for a chance to counterattack.
She wasn’t very experienced with her new class, Umbra Summoner. Still, she already had thought of a bunch of strategies, from when she fought with easy opponents.
“...Scarlet threads,” Polly cast a spell. Her left fingers glowed with a scarlet light.
She ran and slid under the Posho king. With an umbrella in her right hand and five red sparks fluttering from her left hand, she reached the King’s hindlegs.
“!!” The Posho King jumped on his hind legs. Polly got smashed by the Posho King’s butt, completely emptying out and smashing her lungs. If it was the real world, Polly’s ribcage would be in crumbles. Fortunately, using Transfer Pain she had still ? of her life remaining, from a grazing charge and a butt crush.
GROSS! Polly was surprised that the boss had the ability to jump, considering its weight. Actually, anyone would be.
Grievespera applauded when Polly got crushed, even though the female ghost had received a large proportion of the damage through Transfer Pain.
Why do you applaud, Bitc*?!
Polly crawled away from the Posho King, as her virtual body didn’t respond very well from the shock. She sweated profusely as the Posho King’s shadow grew bigger on her, but unexpectedly, something else caught his attention.
“...aaaaa-!!” A shout was heard from a far distance and one could feel an incredible pressure and killing intent from this warcry. A small speck was raising a cloud of dust. As the Posho King began to lose interest in Polly, he squinted to see the source of the ruckus.
“...aaAAAAAAAAAA-!” As the speck grew bigger, the intensity of the warcry increased. A long sword at hand, a bulky warrior ran at an incredible speed, that was accumulated from a ridiculously long course. The lone warrior was scantily clad, for a worn-out maid uniform was all she wore.
“Momo!” Polly shouted, astonished.
“YAAAAAAH!” The Posho King made an upward strike with his tusk. Momo’s speed was faster than expected as she was already in the air when the tusk began to move, her blade already buried into the Posho King’s head.
The Posho King charged at a cottage as Momo was on his head. Momo needed to get off. The easily extracted sword left a red glowing hole on the Posho King’s 3D model. However, she was stuck during the sudden burst of acceleration from the boar.
Momo became lost in the rubbles of the destroyed house. Polly ran to dig her out and treat her wound with bandage.
But thanks to that, the boss lost interest in those two. Grievespera suddenly started sweating a lot.
The Posho King closed on Grievespera. She trembled when the Posho King licked her.
Needless to say, she was absolutely disgusted. She grimaced towards Polly, meaning something like, “W-What are you doing!? Release me already!”
Polly smirked. She shrugged and shook her head. Good luck with your new boyfriend, haha!
Grievespera let out an high pitched otherworldly wail. Highly compressed layers of air suddenly burst out in a small radius around her. It destroyed the nearest house wall.
The Posho King staggered. His eyes had a new resolution. He understood that he wouldn’t easily take his (proclaimed) queen away. He backed away to get a run-up and knock her unconscious with a charge. Soon after, the giant boar accelerated towards his beloved.
If only he knew that Grievespera would merely fade away when she ran out of energy.
A shadow jumped on Grievespera before the Posho King reached her and disappeared in a cloud of dust born from the Posho’s charge.
It dissipated, and what he saw was Nightwraith carrying the banshee like a princess.
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The elf banshee had her mouth agape, surprised by Nightwraith’s chivalrous act. Then she averted her face and fidgeted as he put her on the ground.
Oi! Why are you acting all flustered??? What’s with this development?!, Polly thought.
Cuteness OVERLOAAAAD! Momo thought.
Nightwraith threw his cloak back, as it turned out to be a cape. It revealed a black, corrupted armor. The chestplate harbored an half-erased insignia of the queendom of Formoriah - a crowned bird. Chains were wrapping around Nightwraith’s armor.
He slowly raised his right hand and pointed at the boar. Then, he slowly turned it upside down, and stuck out his thumb.
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You better not disappoint us after that, Polly thought as she was fiddling with her spells behind the Posho King.
From the sidelines, Grievespera was totally mesmerized by the confident knight.
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The NTR’ed boar let out a cry of pain. He shook away the tears in his eyes. His heart was completely shattered. He will get revenge on the brash armored ghost.
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“Ancient spirit, remember your heroic past. Steel your mind, and wield your brave blade. Ultimate servitor, Nightwraith!” Polly shouted the last sentence.
A shadow appeared in front of Nightwraith. He immediately reacted to his master’s voice and grabbed the shadow. A giant black scythe materialized out of the hand. His eyes were gleaming like a blue flame.
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Like the phantoms serving Polly, the scythe was darkened. It oozed out a black smoke as a symbol of its ephemeral nature. The blade still reflected the sunlight. Nightwraith readied his scythe as the Posho King prepared to impale him.
“Scarlet threads!” Polly snapped her fingers. Numerous red threads appeared and closed on the boar, leaving no escape for the prey. It tied the boar’s lower half tightly, squeezing the hind legs and his butt. Additionally, Polly made sure to coil Scarlet threads around the boar’s male parts.
Critical hit.
“UAAAAAAARGH!!!” The Posho King cried again. The threads buried into the animal flesh, slicing it without mercy.
However, even though the threads sliced thoroughly the monster, its limbs weren’t severed. Such was the game system. If a blade didn’t have enough attack rating, it would only leave a red trail that would quickly disappear on the attacked body. So, if you were to gouge out a monster’s heart with a butter knife, you wouldn’t kill it. Only a powerful attack could scar a virtual body.
The Posho’s powerful legs lost all strength and his chin hit the ground. Nightwraith jumped on the King’s head. He buried his scythe into the Posho’s cheek, and firmly pulled on his scythe, splitting the beast’s eye with his skill Demon Splitter.
Grievespera howled a wind spell that cut the Posho’s other eye. The wounded animal tried to shake Nightwraith off, who was mounting its head.
Momo slashed the boar’s side.
Polly threw another spell, aiming with her umbrella. A large magic pentagram appeared beneath the boss, a hex designed to lower strength afflicted the poor boar.
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“Let’s go all out!” Polly shouted.
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They were smacking the boss in an unsightly manner as he was momentarily bound by the scarlet thread. In the midst of the brutal assault, Nightwraith managed to perform a break-off on the Posho King’s eye, through the Demon Splitter skill.
A break-off happens when you damage a specific part of a boss, like a tail, a wing, an eye, a tusk, a horn, etc. You could impair the boss and obtain more loot. Nightwraith had damaged the Posho’s eye, and that was an unexpectedly good thing. The boss wouldn’t be able to see through his left eye anymore, until after he rested.
“Ooooooh! Let’s do it!” The villagers who were watching from a safe distance suddenly appeared. They strafed the monster truck boar with their bows while lumberjacks charged forward with their axes.
The scarlet threads effect wore off. Regaining his composure, the Posho King jumped up with his four legs. In an instant, he disappeared. It was a surprising height. His majestic figure soared in the sky.
Polly didn’t waste any time. She already got crushed by the boss once.
“Run!” Polly warned as she ran away. However, Momo was watching the boar falling, dumbfounded.
When she noticed the shadow grew larger, it was too late. She got crushed under the boss’ weight.
“MOMOOOO!” Polly shouted, shocked. She saw Momo’s empty life bar. The valiant inn owner died. Grievespera was also one hit koed by the AOE airstrike.
The coward villagers once again cried and ran away. The only fighter remaining was Polly. The Posho King looked at her, smirking.
A tattered dark cloth slowly descended from the sky and fell between Posho King’s eyes. From the floating black cape, Nightwraith jumped and lashed out with his dark scythe. Looming death was a skill allowing Nightwraith to float around in the form of a flying dark cloth. During the short duration of the cloth form, he was immune to physical attacks.
Blankly, Polly watched her brave servant fight, and fell on her knees. She was still shocked from Momo’s death.
Momo’s death could have been avoided, but Polly only thought of running away. Also, if Grievespera hadn’t disobeyed Polly, and used her support songs instead of hitting the boss, the situation wouldn’t have been dire.
Nightwraith’s scythe dissipated. Ultimate servitor only lasted 35s at Polly’s skill level, for a cooldown of 20 minutes. It didn’t keep him from clinging on the boar’s tusk and kicking the boar. Nightwraith roared gibberish. He looked at Polly, encouraging her to fight.
Polly was still dazed. It couldn’t be helped that she lost her motivation.
If I had used Astral Seclusion on Momo, she would have vanished for 3 seconds… She could have survived the impact. We’ve already lost two people, and the boss should barely be under 80% HP.
When she thought that, a bunch of players appeared behind Polly. They were six. A full team composition, including a swordsman, two warriors, a healer, a mage, and an archer. In the first place, the boss was supposed to be hunted by this kind of team.
“Cool, it’s weakened. We have a chance now!” A swordsman said, all fired up.
Polly grit her fangs, clenching her fist.
She felt a surge of anger. They were lying in wait instead of helping us.
Bonus :
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Umbrellas are custom prolonged wands. They have better casting speed than staffs, but lower magic power.
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Author note :
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This time, the pathetic word count is 2k. (8k total)
I’m sorry Momo.
Question : If a weresheep was to eat a sheep, would that count as cannibalism? (*intense thinking*)
Note : replaced paws by hooves (courtesy of Sieghard lol)
Status of next release : planned for when the moon will crash on earth
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Drawing : -
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I have another project for now, so this efu efu is on hold for a while.
This new project has a loose link and similar (but actually different) theme from this one. The name is A Digital Dirge for the Deathless (Dark/Demon's Souls meets Royal Road).
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