A real S-BOSS monster!
Not just that, aside from the S-BOSS there were also A and C mini boss.
In front of them, the [ Iron Maiden Guild ] couldn’t help but felt terrified.
Can they defeat them? Even the A-mini boss alone could slaughter them with ease, how could they win against three boss monsters? Especially an S-BOSS monster!
No one said anything.
A silent unbecoming of a battlefield ruled the room. They all felt terrified as fear surged from their insides.
‘What is happening now? Why are there three BOSS monsters appearing at the same time?’ Marie’s thoughts began to crumble as intense fear enveloped her body.
She wanted to cry but cannot as no tears came out from her eyes. It’s as if even her tears were so terrified that they don’t want to come out.
No one in the [ Iron Maiden Guild ] could say anything. Much less move, they were too terrified that their body started trembling.
“Not saying anything in front of this king? Hmpf, then all of you die!”
After the serpent king issued his order, countless shadows began running towards the girls.
“Withdraw! Get out of this place this instant!”
A voice resounded in the whole place.
The one who shouted is the guild leader who wore a terrified expression but still held herself far better than anyone in the group.
“Quick! Leave this place, I will cover you!”
The guild leader drew both of her swords with an elegant move like those in movies. She charged into the scary-looking group of monsters that looked like a cross between a snake and reptiles.
She executed her skills one by one as her body turned into a whirlwind and attacked repeatedly without avoiding the mist of black blood around her.
She didn’t have a plan, didn’t even think too deep.
She just throw herself onto the battlefield like a madman without holding back, only concentrating on taking them down one at a time.
At the guild leader’s insistence, everyone started to clear the room in a hurry but they weren’t fast enough as they scattered like ants.
“Angela!”
Marie and the others screamed.
Looking at her as if she were a war god dancing in the battlefield while being drenched in their blood, they too dove in the fight.
“What are you all doing?!”
“We won’t leave you in this place, miss guild leader~”
“Loise is right! We might not be able to defeat those monsters but if stalling time for those butterflies to flutter outside, we are enough!”
“You will die you know!”
“We know! But if… if I were to leave you here, I won’t be able to face Hero anymore.”
“Marie!”
“However, it’s not like we will die for sure.”
“That’s right, Marie. I too want to see Hero again.”
“What did you mean Froline!? Don’t tell me you….” Hearing the unexpected words coming from Froline, Marie’s body trembled for a moment as she cast a shock expression towards her best friend.
“Hehe, I’m sorry Marie but I was also one of Hero’s admirers you know. Whether I will live after this or not, I want you to know I also liked him the first time I saw him” Froline honestly answered as she pierced some of monster with her arrows.
“WHAT!!! This is the first time I’m hearing about this?”
“I’m sorry Student Council president, I also like him for a long time. I decided to come here when I saw you’re message because I also thought that maybe he was coming here~” A blonde haired girl wearing a chainmail also honestly confessed.
“”””Yes! Yes!””””
Marie was now left dumbfounded especially after hearing ten to twelve girls raised their hands in the air as they voiced their agreement.
She never imagined that her frivolous, unrestrained childhood friend was actually very popular.
Actually, she already heard many rumors about this issue back in her school days.
She also heard about a phantom fan club for him but because it was never known and only casted as rumors, she had forgotten about it.
But after hearing these honest confessions, her mind that was filled with despair gradually lightened up as a new kind of dread blooms inside her.
Who knew that not only Marie’s sense of fear calm down but also the tense atmosphere caused by the appearance of the BOSS monsters disappeared in an instant.
They were now discussing things that resulted into a shade of pink atmosphere.
“T,this… this… did Hero know about this?”
“Of course not~ some confessed to him but were rejected. He told them he was not interested to form a relationship yet … … so we were just waiting for our time~”
“Wha-!?”
“Ara, ara… ahahahahaha just what are you doing during this hopeless battle? Don’t you know you might die right now?”
“We know! But if we leave the president here while we escaped and Hero knew it he will never like us… in the first place if he knew that we save her like this I believe we will be able to earn some points~”
“Ahahahaha you girls are really unbelievable! This Hero person seems very lucky, is he really handsome?”
“”””Yes! And he’s too cool and smart!!!!”””
“Really, then maybe I will also aim for him then~”
“”””””What!!!!!!””””””
Seeing the change of atmosphere around the group of girls, the monster was left bewildered.
Even the BOSS monsters that were quietly standing behind the wave of monsters were stunned as they can only watched them with wide eyes.
………..Truly, women are really unpredictable and hard to understand.
“So what are we doing next? Those little butterflies have already managed to escape…” One of the mages, asked.
“We too will retreat for now but the problem is this monsters… I doubt they will just watch and let us escape.”
“We can use the [ Holy Light Barrier ] if we will combine our mana. That should buy us some time…”
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“…. I will also use [ Smoke Screen ] to confuse the monsters. But what will we do afterwards? Even if we run those BOSS monsters will most likely come running after us!”
Hearing the question, the guild leader furrowed her brows as she too was out of ideas. The Barrier would only give them 10 seconds at the least.
Although [ Holy Light Barrier ] is a very strong barrier magic but with the mana left to used as well as there were three BOSS caliber monster, this magic won’t last long.
“No, we won’t escape outside” The one who answered was Marie.
The other girls were dumbfounded as soon as they heard her.
“What do you mean we won’t escape?”
“What I mean is we won’t run towards the exit. In the first place, the distance from here to there was roughly a day or two. Along the way, I found a crack in the wall over twenty meters from here. The size of the crack is enough for our body to enter. When I checked it before, I found out that inside is quite spacious…”
“Is that so! Then will go with your plan!” The guild leader immediately agreed.
“As expected of our school president!”
“Yeah! Yeah! As expected of the first place… well, still not enough for our second placer~”
“”””Right! Right! Ahahahahahaha””””
“Leave me alone!” Marie let out a bitter smile.
“We will start our plan…..5…4…3…2…1..Go!”
… …
“It can’t be helped…”
The guild leader muttered under her breath as she read the report from one of her guild mates who managed to escape.
Fortunately, the system wasn’t sadistic enough to limit their long distance communication with their friends.
Wherever part of the world you are, as long as you were registered as friends, you will be able to send a message towards each other.
This was far more convenient than a cell phone or a telephone.
However, this feature can only be done if two players meet each other when they registered to be friends.
“What’s the problem?” Froline asked as soon as she saw the complicated expression displaying on the guild leader’s face.
“There are….. 8 casualties…”
“I, I see…”
“How about our part? Are there any…”
“2… LeiLei and Frolicia…”
The atmosphere began to feel heavy as their expressions were uniformly gloomy.
16 girls were currently trapped inside the cave without any choice to leave. There were some of those who couldn’t help but cast their gaze down in deep frustration.
Some were anguished as they started to break down and cry.
There were also some who only keep their emotions in check as they only sat down quietly. One of this is the guild leader as she knew that this is not the time for her to break down and lament.
She needs to make sure these girls who stayed for her can go back in the city and live.
Normally, it was her that would use her charisma to encourage everyone as she usually does it in her workplace back in the real world.
But now, her whole body was attacked by severe exhaustion due to the intense battle from earlier.
She can only lean her body towards the wall, shutting her mouth in silence as she tried to think how they could pass this predicament.
Their current location was inside the crack, Marie stated earlier.
Fortunately, inside was not the cramped place one could imagine but a deep cave.
Although they couldn’t let their guard down because something might pop out all of a sudden, this place was still a lot better than the outside.
They sealed the entrance with some [ Earth Magic ] as they don’t want the monsters to know their current position.
“So what should we do next guild leader? Should we just wait for the rescue team to come here?” Loise asked.
“Yeah, I’ve already notified Jess. But there is some problem…”
“The three BOSS monsters, right?” Marie said while throwing a glance towards the entrance.
“Even if we dispatched all the members of the guild, I still doubt that we can defeat those monsters…. especially the S-BOSS Serpent king”
With the truth laid down, all the people cast hopeful glances towards the guild leader.
They thought she might have any idea to resolve the current problem. Well, it’s not like they expected too much for they too was not that dumb to not understand the situation.
“Jess told me that she will try to ask the other guilds for help so they might be able to gather enough strength to rescue us…. for the matter of defeating the BOSS monsters… Let’s set aside that problem for now. The first priority is our safety, even if we can’t defeat even a single BOSS as long as we can leave this place alive then that should be considered our win…”
The guild leader; Angela sighed.
They would only die if they fought those High leveled BOSS monsters even with the help of many players. Especially the S-BOSS serpent king which can’t possibly be defeated in this early stage.
S, SS, and SSS BOSS monsters are considered ultimate monsters.
With the players current average levels of 20, even if they fight an S BOSS monsters with 50 people they will still suffer humiliating defeat. That’s how strong they are…..
All the girls present knew this but they couldn’t do anything about it. With their current abilities, fighting an elite monster alone is very difficult to do and even life threatening.
They also couldn’t complain because they were the one who decided to stay behind and cover for their friends.
Although there is a little bit regret deep in their hearts, they didn’t display it as they can only look forward.
One of the girl at the back only focused and listened for a while when she finally decided to voice her idea,
“H, how about… uum… asking for the top player’s help?”