Their party rested.
"Is everyone rested," Emile asked.
"Yeah," They replied.
They were ready to go to challenge the boss. They stood up from the ground and walked towards the boss.
Emile identified the boss.
King of Fishman {Buffed}
Chief Ranked Monster
Level 10
Hp: 17,010/17,010
Atk: 200-210
MAtk: 72-100
Agility: 72
Skills: {Waterfall} {Berserk}
Weakness: Lighting/ Electricity
The boss had loads of health. They didn't know if they could survive his onslaught. The boss almost had the same amount of damage as the Great Chief ranked monster.
Everyone's agility was lower than the bosses meaning that the boss could catch up to them without breaking a sweat.
Time Walker started off the fight by shooting out a fireball. His skill level at aiming at things was high. He's played FPS games which made his aim much better than an average person's.
The fireball landed on the boss which grabbed its attention.
They noticed the monstrous speed that the boss had. It was moving in their direction. Flowing Dream activated his skill.
{Web Manipulation}
He got this skill from clearing one cave. They didn't use the skill since few mobs had a higher agility than them.
Someone used the skill against Emile once before.
The bosses speed went down to 60% of its total speed.
The boss now had 43 agility. This skill lasted for 15 minutes.
They used this opportunity to attack the boss multiple times. They dodged the attacks more often since they couldn't get hit. Flowing Dream also dodged more attacks.
If he didn't dodge, then he would die. They need as many players to attack the boss.
The Handsomest Crab also used a few attacking skills. They wanted to deal as much damage as they could.
The boss arrived at 76% of its health in about 8 minutes. They knew the boss had the skill waterfall so most of them retreated when the boss had 76%.
Emily retreated while casting fireball. He cast a few fireballs.
His fireballs dealt enough damage to the boss to lower its health to 75%. The boss summoned Waterfall as expected.
The range had increased which caused them to run even farther out. They took no damage from the waterfall.
After 30 seconds the waterfall disappeared which caused them to run back to the boss. The boss had health regeneration which didn't occur during the easy mode.
During those 30 seconds, it healed back to 77% of its health. They continued to attack the boss.
After 7 minutes, Web Manipulation ended which caused the boss to go back to having 72 agility. The boss had 58% of its health left.
Flower Queen had to use her Mud Walls to block the boss from hitting anyone. Her attacking frequency decreased which caused them to deal less damage.
Whenever the boss charged at them, Flower Queen summoned a Mud Wall stopping the boss in its place. Since the boss was moving so quickly, it took damage from slamming into the wall. It was a small amount of damage.
They continued to attack the boss. The boss went down to 51% of its health. They retreated. Emile and Time Walker shot out fireballs. They wanted to clear the health faster.
Time Walker did more damage with his fireballs which was surprising.
His level up allowed him to put more attribute points into Spirit and Intelligence. He dealt more damage with his attacks due to the increase in Spirit.
The boss went down to 50% of its health.
It cast Waterfall again. They were at a safe distance so the skill didn't do much to them. After 30 seconds, the skill ended, and the boss recovered a small amount of its health.
They continued attacking the boss. They didn't have many problems. Flower Queen protected everyone from the attacks by using her Mud Walls.
Everything was smooth until the boss had less than 20% of its health left. It used {Berserk}.
Emile identified the stats.
King of Fishman {Buffed} {Berserk}
Chief Ranked Monster
Level 10
Hp: 3308/17,010
Atk: 300-321
MAtk: 122-144
Agility: 88
Skills: {Waterfall} {Berserk}
Weakness: Lighting/ Electricity
The boss had even more agility and attack. If they got hit by the boss, then they would die or survive with low health.
Flower Queen also warned them that her mana wouldn't last long. She used a lot of Mud Walls throughout the fight.
Emile also activated {Berserk}.
Emile became stronger.
His speed, strength, and health doubled.
Emile's agility surpassed the boss which would allow him to get a lot of hits on the boss. The boss was smart enough to understand that it shouldn't attack Emile and attack the others.
It ran towards the others. Flower Queen continued to block his path.
The boss went down 16% of its health when Flower Queen had no mana left. This would cause a few problems.
The boss attacked at Flowing Dream who tanked a few hits. He had to retreat since he was close to death. The Handsomest Crab arrived in front of the boss to distract it.
The boss swiped at him which caused him to die. He got one-shot by the boss.
They lost a player who could deal high amounts of damage. They were down to 4 players.
The boss ran towards Flowing Dream again. Emile attacked the boss to change its direction.
The boss didn't budge. It ran towards Flowing Dream. Emile used his 7 hit slash to deal as much damage as he could.
His 7 hit slash dealt 2066 damage.
This left the boss with 4% of its health. This couldn't stop the boss from charging towards Flowing Dream. The boss attacked him.
He died.
The boss attacked Flower Queen who was attacking him. Emile blocked this strike since
he was next to her.
Emile attacked the boss a few times. The others also activated a few skills. These skills dealt damage to the boss.
The boss fell while swiping at Flower Queen. He couldn't connect the last hit.
The boss dropped lots of loot.
They picked up the loot without identifying it.
[World Announcement: The party of Mystical Flame, Flower Queen, Handsomest Crab, Time Walker and Flowing Dream have completed Riverbed Dungeon on Nightmare Difficulty]
[World Announcement: The party of Mystical Flame, Flower Queen, Handsomest Crab, Time Walker and Flowing Dream have completed Riverbed Dungeon on Nightmare Difficulty]
...
The announcement repeated five times to show its significance. Players who had tried out the dungeon knew how challenging it was.
The only reason their party had won was due to them being level 8 and 9. They also had the correct amount of skills to have an easy time against the boss. They teleported them back into the white room.
Flowing Dream and Handsomest Crab were sitting on the floor watching the screen.
"I think we need to talk about something," Handsomest Crab said after seeing the screen disappear.
"About what?" Emile asked.
"You guys are way more skilled than us. We're only better than the average player. You guys are skilled at what you do. You should look for better players to add to your party." The Handsomest Crab said.
Flowing Dream nodded.
His words stumped Emile.
"Your martial background makes you a lot stronger in VR game. We are only normal people who got caught up in your wind. If you want to be a good party, then you need better teammates. Don't forget about us when you create your guild." Handsomest Crab continued.
Emile noticed that they weren't as helpful as they could be. Time Walker was the only person who could do decent amounts of damage and take up a few roles during fights.
Handsomest Crab and Flowing Dream were average players. They didn't have much skill.
"We'll go back to doing our own things." The Handsomest Crab said.
"Are you sure you want to do this," Emile said knowing he couldn't refute their words.
"Yeah," Flowing Dream and Handsomest Crab said.
"You guys can keep the loot. If we get it, then it becomes useless on us." Handsomest Crab said.
Emile didn't even get to refute his statements before the left the white room. They didn't want to make his life challenging, so they left his party.
"Don't forget about us," Handsomest Crab said from his friend's list.
After these interactions, they were silent for a few moments.
"Hey, they won't disappear. Don't mope around. Let's check the loot out." Flower Queen reassured him. She didn't want to be embroiled in their struggles.
Emile sighed before checking the loot.