Wolf

Just like what the notification at the beginning of this floor theme said, the final fifth of the first quinzel is a boss battle. Figuratively. Technically it’s a mini boss, but they’re calling it a boss battle.

And by they, I mean the commentator who is shouting his head off while floating high above the stadium.

The mini boss of this quinzel hasn’t actually appeared yet. Probably because we’re still waiting on the others.

But the commentator isn’t really hiding what it’ll be. Even has a large hologram of the mini boss floating high in the sky.

Wonder if that’s some bonus for being one of the first ones to clear the fourth fifth?

Probably.

Anyways, the mini boss in question is a massive hydra. One with nearly a hundred heads, and a different element coating half the heads, leaving it with a lot of repeat elements.

It has pitch black scales on its main body with scales matching whatever element it has for the necks and heads of each, well, head. And it has a single long tail ending in a sharp point.

Overall, doesn’t look like it’ll be too much of a problem. Not with our lovely boost towards fire that we got with lunar ice. Since fire doesn’t have any advantage over us anymore that normal magic doesn’t have.

At least, it shouldn’t be a problem so long as the System doesn’t suppress my magic and skills. Like it did earlier.

The commentator alien guy keeps talking and talking and talking about the hydra and the other competitors. To the point that I end up yawning from boredom when he’s no longer saying anything interesting about the mini boss. Then I summon our Portable System Store and go inside to lie down on a couch and browse the forums.

Sapphire does the same thing. Just goes to a different couch and starts reading a book.

Out of curiosity, I glance at the title of the book before finding it to be a romance novel.

Huh. Wonder if she’s interested in romance?

I glance up at the ceiling, trying to ponder over how I’d feel about her having a boyfriend one day. And, to my surprise, I don’t actually find it very unappealing.

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Would probably get her off my back.

I almost let out a chuckle at that thought.

Then again, not like she could get into a relationship in this dungeon. She’d have to leave again. And I doubt she’ll be leaving until after we deal with the Centurion Boss.

She probably will after that though. Go back to Aegis.

Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure Katie and Aidan mentioned possibly getting married at some point. Something about waiting for me to get out of the dungeon for it. Or at least waiting for me to reach a point where I can safely send my projection out to attend the marriage as a hologram.

That’s rather sweet. They’re even talking about having kids after they get married.

Assuming that’s possible.

Considering that he’s human and she’s a fae.

It probably is though, what with our being descendants of fae royalty and all. Would kind of have to be possible for that to happen.

I tilt my head back to look up at the ceiling as I consider what it’d be like to have a niece or nephew.

Then again…

I glance at the sorta teenage girl lying down on her front on the other couch with her arms out over the arm rest and a book in her hand. Just staring at it with a blank look on her face. One reminiscent of my usual neutral face.

…can’t be much different from having a daughter of my own.

Actually, it could be fun. I could probably spoil them, and I wouldn’t have to deal with the consequences of it.

A faint grin stretches across my face at the thought.

Sapphire glances at me and frowns before asking, “What’s with the grin?”

“Nothing,” I answer her while turning my gaze back to the forums again. “Nothing at all.”

Out of the corner of my eye, I see her squinting her eyes at me slightly, only for her to shrug to herself and focus on her book again.

Then again, wasn’t much I could do in terms of spoiling Sapphire. Unless it was attention, that is. She did get a lot of attention from me over her life. Particularly before she got a humanoid form. Since I didn’t give her as much attention after that.

Hard to treat a humanoid girl the same as you’d treat a little spider after all.

Even if I didn’t change how I thought of her.

Sapphire and I continue lounging around in the Portable System Store for a while until the store itself just kinda vanishes, dropping the both of us onto the stone arena floor. And I immediately spot the many competitors around the massive arena after that, along with the grinning commentator.

“And now we begin the final fifth of the First Quinzel!” the commentator shouts right when the ground of the arena suddenly cracks. “Welcome the boss of this arena! The one! The onnnllyyyyy!!!! One Hundred Headed Hydraaaaa!!!”

On cue with his rather dramatic announcement, the arena floor shatters, dropping everyone down as a loud chorus of multiple roars echo out all over, making me increase the soundproofing on my headphones. But the pain from my head doesn’t stop me from looking down at the massive hydra hundreds of meters below us.

What does give me pause though is the sight of its level. And it gives me more than just a pause, it makes my eyes widen practically out of my head.

That thing is four hundred levels above me.

How… why?

I’m… not even sure how to respond to that.

Other than creating a floating platform of ice with my lunar ice that I land on top of. Along with Sapphire.

Ignoring the others who are all trying to catch themselves or stop their fall in their own ways.

Then I blink as it hits me.

Right. The notification did mention that.

The fact that we’re allowed to work together against this boss.

I grimace at that.

It’s a team boss fight.

Or as some video games like to call it, a raid boss.