[The servant Ulva has lost 500HP]
'Ah!'
Kawaii, completely enraged was covered in a faint red aura and jumped at the death knight as well. The undead tried to swing at her, but she avoided the attack easily and activated [Sword Skill: Blossoming Petals], but was met with a frozen wall. Still, the slime wasted no time in activating her new [Twin Fold Corrosion Slash] on it. She just managed to scratch its armor though. The naginata came rushing for her neck quickly. She tried to parry the attack away, but the skeleton dug her into the ground with one strike.
[Kawaii has lost 100HP]
"[Battle God Fighting Technique: Wicked Front]!"
Aeri came in from above, delivering a monstrous punch that shook the entire ice cave. Spider web cracks formed at the site of her attack, but her arm began to shake. I noticed her sweating and struggling, then the gears in her gloves began to rotate and sent a second, more disastrous attack to the skeleton.
Aeri backed up, but the monster was still standing there, seemingly unharmed. It let out a slash from its sword, releasing a powerful wave of ice which she barely avoided. It ended up piercing one of her hands.
[Aeri has lost 20 HP]
[Aeri is bleeding]
[Aeri will lose 10HP per second]
'This is bad. Let's see! [Lion Head Roar]! ROOOAARR!'
My roar echoed throughout the entire room, but then something stupid happened.
[The party members have been stunned]
'What?'
None of them could move. They were just shaking were they stood.
"D-did I just nerf off my own team? This is getting nowhere. Crap… Let me end this quickly then. [Greater Shadow Demon Summoning]!"
I summoned 10 shadow demons and had them attack the skeleton, but it swatted them away like they were flies.
"Tch, [Shadow Limb]!"
The shadows gathered up from the ground and wrapped themselves around the skeleton, preventing it from moving, but it was taking up an unreasonable amount of stamina and mana to keep it in check. I needed to end it quickly.
'[Sprint]!'
I flapped my wings hard and flew straight for the monster. From what I had seen, trying [Spearhead] or [Battle ram] wouldn't have been enough to pierce its armor, so I needed to test out one of my new skills for this. As soon as I got in close, I grabbed its skull in my palms and let out a shout.
"[Shatter]!"
I pressed my hand on the skeleton's skull and a crack resounded in the tomb. Although not really big, it was something. I had taken away five percent of its Health.
'This will work.'
Just as I was internally celebrating, it broke free of my [Shadow Limb] and reached out for my neck, but then fear of death gripped me hard and my body went to work quickly.
"Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Fire Magic! Shatter! Water Magic! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!"
THUD!
[You have killed the dungeon floor five mini boss <<Two Headed Black Knight>>]
[You have received 18,000 XP]
[The skill [Shatter] has evolved into [Destroy]]
I fell back, a tiny sweat drop snaking down my fore head. The skeleton before me only has dust remaining of its skull in the helmet that it wore. I let out a heavy sigh, but then all my instincts went off again. Before I could even react, a powerful kick sent me flying. I slammed into the wall, shattering it behind me, then falling on the ground.
There was a sudden aura burst in the room that hit me like a cold wind. I looked up and saw the other skeleton that was sitting on the throne. It wore a black robe and had a black crown on its head. Its hollow eye holes let out an eerie red glow and although slightly hidden, I could see a red orb in its chest.
'Um... Why am I remembering Daddy Bones right now?'
It got off the throne and begun laughing like a maniac. Spreading its hand forward, a blue magic circle opened up and blue mist flowed out.
‘A magic circle? Wait… even I don’t have magic circles!’
[The dungeon boss <<Ice Litch>> has opened up the ice field]
[All Ice Magic will have +30 Effect]
'An ice field, huh? Oi! Oi! What the hell!?'
Before I had even realized, there was an ice berg rushing towards me. No, I wasn’t exaggerating the situation. Imagine titanic level shit. It was like the room itself had expanded just to accommodate this crazy attack.
I was thinking of what spell I would be able to use to block or destroy the attack, but on pure instinct, as if it were alive, my shadow Limb threw the short sword that the skeleton was using, at me and I caught it perfectly.
‘Ke, this fits perfectly. Um… let’s see whatever happens.’
I rose the sword up and as if I were one with the sword, I started to get an understanding of it. The sword was vibrating in my hands energetically.
[The <Legendary> rank Weapon [Scorching Winter] is excited to let loose]
[Effect # 1 has been unlocked.]
[You can now cancel out Ice magic]
[Effect #2 has been unlocked.]
[You can activate the Magma powers]
‘T-This is crazy… Activate both effects!’
The sword suddenly spewed out hot, molting magma that shot off like a fountain to the ceiling.
[[Scorching Winter] is hungry! You have lost control of [Scorching Winter]]
‘What?’
I could hear laughter in my head. Something ominous was happening and I didn’t like it. The sword started to move about like it had a will of its own. I tried to control it, but it kept forcing its way with me. My hand was shaking violently and it felt like I wouldn’t be able to swing the sword in the direction I wanted to.
I looked at the incoming Ice berg then glared at the sword.
‘Listen here, I don’t have time for you to be acting like some sort of brat! You’re going to do as I say, or if I make it out of this, I’ll personally see to it that you’re destroyed.’
[[Scorching Winter] mocks you]
‘Want to dare me?’
I wouldn’t even use any skill to try to intimidate this thing. If it didn’t believe that I would search the ends of this world for a way to destroy it for betraying me, it could keep laughing. I would use teleportation to move to the opposite with the others and avoid this attack.
[[Scorching Winter] has been silenced]
I clicked my tongue and brought the weapon down on the iceberg. It went out like some kind of python that attempted to swallow its meal. In fact, that was the shape the magma took as it engulfed the attack and even went forward to attack the Ice Litch.
'This sword is pretty insane.'
***
'Am-Am I really going to die like this?'
The litch asked itself as the ice before it was being shattered. It could feel itself slowly being destroyed.
'Was this all I could surmount to? My master created me for the sole purpose of protecting this place and I failed? Just like that? No! I can't just let it end here. What can I do? Ah yes, there is that one spell and I still have enough mana. Now! When their guards are down!'
One could suggest that the Litch had acquired a sense of duty, but in actual reality, it was last minute protocol in case the litch had ever been defeated. Or as the Alchemist Kaleb Zen would have called it, "A Prank".
***
As soon as the ice litch’s barrier broke, cracks formed all on the skeleton. It was doomed to die… again. Suddenly it reached out with its hand shot a spell. I figured it was aiming for me, so I avoided it, but when I looked back, I noticed that Kara was standing behind me.
There were probably several ways to handle that situation easily, but I wasn't thinking. I just flew forward, past the spell and pushing Kara out of the way. I got it by the spell.
"Kara! Watch out!"
Right before I hit the ground, I heard the litch say something right before it fell.
'Hihi, enjoy your new play thing.'
'EH!? Did the litch just laugh at me?'
[You have killed the last dungeon boss <<Ice Litch>>]
[You have acquired 30,000XP]
[You have gone up 1 level]
[Your party members have received 22500XP]
[Your party members' levels have gone up]
‘Is it just me or were the last bosses too easy? Maybe I got too strong?’
Something didn't feel right. My armor was suddenly very uncomfortable and hurt bad when I tried to take a step forward, so I called it back. That's when I felt a cold breeze down below. I looked down to see something swinging. I realized that I had grown a bit taller and my chest and shoulders were a bit broader and my hips were smaller. There was something swinging down there, which left me a bit surprised.
'M-my Johnson! It's back! I'm back! You hear that world?! I won’t remain female anymore!'
