Chapter 187: Heroine Absent
Four massive arms jutted from its back, each wielding a different weapon: a gigantic spiked mace, a blackened shield, a cursed sword, and a whip crackling with dark energy.
Hina\'s eyes narrowed. "This thing is no joke."
The creature\'s glowing red eyes locked onto the group, and with a deafening roar, it charged forward, swinging its mace with terrifying speed.
"Move!" Lucan shouted, leaping to the side as the mace smashed into the ground where he had stood, sending a shockwave through the chamber.
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Rina reacted first, her heavy sword already in motion. She swung her blade with brutal force, aiming for the creature\'s left arm that held the mace. Her strike connected, a resounding clang echoing through the room as her blade sliced into the bone. But the creature barely staggered, its mace arm swinging around again with unnatural speed.
Rina gritted her teeth and rolled out of the way, her sword sparking as it scraped against the stone floor. "This thing\'s tough!"
"Let\'s weaken it!" Julia called out, her sword already glowing with magic. She infused her blade with ice magic, frost crawling up the steel as she charged at the creature\'s shield arm. With a swift slash, she brought her sword down, ice trailing behind it, freezing the shield as she landed a precise hit. The shield arm recoiled, the ice creeping up the boss\'s limb, slowing its movements.
"Keep it busy!" Hima called from the back, her staff glowing with mana energy as she prepared a spell.
Olive, using the distraction, disappeared into the shadows, her dagger gleaming in the dim light. With a silent step, she reappeared behind the creature, targeting the weak spots in its exposed spine. She drove her dagger deep into the gaps between the bones, aiming for the dark magic that held the creature together. Her blade sank in, and for a moment, the creature let out a twisted shriek of pain.
But it quickly retaliated, swinging its whip in a wide arc.
"Watch it!"
Olive flipped backward, narrowly avoiding the barbed tendrils as they cracked against the stone floor. She vanished again into the shadows, repositioning.
Lucan, assessing the situation, knew they needed to disable the creature\'s arms. He raised his sword, its edge glowing with a soft, holy light. "Divine Bind!" he called, slashing the air in front of him. Chains of light erupted from his sword, wrapping around the creature\'s shield arm, pinning it in place. The boss struggled against the glowing chains, its shield cracking as it tried to free itself.
"Now!" Lucan shouted.
Rina didn\'t hesitate. She rushed forward, her heavy sword swinging in a wide arc. With a powerful strike, she shattered the boss\'s shield into pieces, the fragments clattering to the floor.
The creature roared in anger, swinging its mace wildly at Rina. She raised her sword to block, but the impact sent her skidding back, her boots digging into the stone floor.
Hima, her spell ready, stepped forward. Her eyes glowed with elemental power as she raised her staff. "Water Prison!" she called, and with a flick of her wrist, tendrils of water erupted from the ground, wrapping around the boss\'s legs and locking it in place.
The creature\'s movements slowed, its arms struggling against the combined restraints. But it wasn\'t done. The cursed sword in its third arm began to glow with a sickly green light. Dark magic pulsed through the blade as it swung at Lucan with deadly precision.
Lucan reacted instantly. "Guardian\'s Ward!" he called, raising his sword to block. A shimmering shield of light formed in front of him, just in time to deflect the cursed blade. The force of the impact sent a shockwave through the room, but Lucan held his ground, his muscles straining as he pushed back.
The creature roared again, its whip lashing out towards Olive, who had reappeared to strike again. She twisted out of the way, the barbed tendrils narrowly missing her. "This thing\'s faster than it looks!" she muttered, darting back into the shadows.
Julia, her sword now crackling with lightning magic, charged again. "Let\'s see how you handle this!" She slashed her blade across the creature\'s chest, electricity surging through the dark magic that held the creature together. The boss seized up, its movements stuttering as lightning danced across its bones.
Rina took the opportunity to strike. She swung her heavy sword in a wide arc, her blade glowing with raw strength as she aimed for the boss\'s mace arm. With a deafening crack, her sword connected, shattering the bone and sending the mace clattering to the ground.
Hima, her eyes still glowing with mana, raised her staff again. "Firestorm!" she shouted, launching a wave of fire at the creature. The flames engulfed its body, the dark magic sizzling as the fire seared through its flesh. The boss shrieked in pain, its form flickering as it tried to resist the combined assault.
But it wasn\'t done yet. With a desperate roar, the creature swung its whip in a wide arc, the barbed tendrils lashing out in all directions. Julia dodged to the side, but one of the tendrils caught her arm, tearing through her armor and leaving a deep gash.
Lucan rushed to her side. He placed his hand on her wound, his palm glowing with a soft, golden light. "Heal!" The magic flowed into her, the wound closing as Julia gritted her teeth.
"I\'m fine," she said, her sword already glowing with magic again. "We need to finish this thing."
Olive, darting in from the shadows once more, targeted the creature\'s back. Her dagger, now coated in a faint, venomous glow, struck at the dark magic core exposed in its spine. The creature convulsed violently, its movements growing more erratic.
Lucan saw the opening. He raised his sword high, its blade glowing with holy light. "Divine Strike!" he called, bringing the sword down with 10% of his might. The blade pierced through the creature\'s chest, a brilliant light erupting from the wound.
The boss let out one final, agonizing roar before its body began to disintegrate, the dark magic that held it together unraveling in a flash of light. The bones crumbled into dust, and the room fell silent.
Breathing heavily, the group stood victorious, the remains of the creature scattered around them.
Rina cracked her neck, wiping the sweat from her brow. "Not bad for the first floor."
"It was tough," Hima put staff back in her bag.
Julia, her sword still glowing faintly, "At least it\'s over."