[Unranked Dungeon]
The raid in the mountainous area of the dungeon lasted for the whole night. In this course of the events , the starry night sky are filled with the brightness of flames, coming from the intense battle in the mountainous area. Throughout this raid, some of the players chose to take a rest in their tents, while some remained seated as they watched the holographic broadcast of the raid.
Due to the intensity of the raid itself, many were at the edge of their seats as they watched their fellow colleague cut their way through the army of monsters before heading directly towards the boss. The strategy applied in this raid is a spearhead strategy. After all due to the lizard monsters superior endurance in battle, the raid team then forego the idea of killing them all and instead headed directly for the main objective of the raid.
If the raid team were to stay and fight the army of lizard monsters, it was quite easy to reckon that they will be exhausted to the imaginable degree before being done in by the boss at the end of their struggle. With that detrimental forecast of situation, the raid team then chose to conserve their strength and instead pour everything towards the boss.
Naturally the boss of this area itself is none other than a humanoid dragon which is titled as a dragon king by the system itself. The moment the boss showed signs of moving, the raid team was then transported inside its domain, where the final battle between them took place.
It was literally like a warzone, their were explosions all over the place as two sides tried to one up the another. As the majority of the raid team were dealing with the summoned lizard monster, the ace of the team then head on attacked the boss in a 1 vs. 1 battle. Such battle was truly fierce, as neither of the two sides ever backed down against their respective opponent. However everything has an end.
The moment the sun rose inside the dungeon, the ace of the raid team plunged his sword unto the heart of the boss, which ended the raid in the players victory. In this raid alone, about 6 members of the raid were eliminated and were sent back outside the dungeon. But in comparison to how many survived which is about 30 plus members, such loss is negligible which called for celebration.
Of course the moment the raid ended, all the surviving players were transported back t0o the main checkpoint, as healers begun to rush towards them, as they tended to the injured. With the return of the raid team, it was then time for the 4th raid team to prepare to raid the remaining boss of the dungeon, the boss inside the huge mountain in the north.
Alongside it, the 3nd rune showed up in the altar, which caught the attention of the p-layers in the checkoi9nt. Together with the appearance of the 3rd rune, the mana around the checkpoint then suddenly spiked up, which enhances the strength of all the players including the other stats they possess.
With those buffs, the raid team had their morale rose, as they were now confident to take on the boss with this buff alone. Of course in this raid team, Vivian was called over by her group as she was part of the raid team itself.
After Lilia wished her good luck, she then saw of Vivian with the raid team, as they headed for the huge mountain in the north.
"Looks like your enjoying this too much" said by Kaido as he saw the whole scene were Lilia bid her new friend good luck
"Oh shut up!"
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It took the raid team about 30 minutes to reach the foot of the mountain. Once they reached their destination, they then went towards its only cave, as the raid team begun to prepare their undying torch and changed their weapons into weapons suitable for combat inside a cave. Once those were all done, then then entered the cave, as the raid battle begun.
Naturally the raid battle is broadcasted once more to the city outside and to the main checkpoint. With the assistance from the system, everyone can see clearly the inside of the cave aside form the players challenging the boss themselves.
The cave itself is not that too tight nor too big, its size is somewhere around event that one can even swing their huge weapon inside. It also has blue crystal which served as it lighting inside and even some edible plants inside. It was truly tranquil and peaceful place which can be served as a base of some sort.
However there was something eerie about this place itself and that is its lack of monsters. It's been quite awhile since the raid team entered the cave, but through their march they haven't encountered at least one monster at all. Due to that all of the raid's team members were on edge and cant even take a wink to calm themselves down. Not long after, this prolonged silence itself, caused fear to arise in everyone's heart, as the darkness itself reminded the natural instincts of human of its fear of the dark and silence.
The dungeon itself was literally playing with their mentality.
Not long after, as if ending the fear of darkness itself, a single monster ant in the size of a human car, popped out at the deeper part of the cave, which caused everyone to be invigorated once more and charge towards the ant monster itself.
However the moment they did such a thing, a huge surge of monster ants came rushing out from the depths of the cave, as it army of ants rushed towards the players, which caused mass panic to rise from the group, followed by some people who left the frontlines in order to stand further back of the group.
But this panic was soon quenched as the healers begun doing their thing, and mages begun bombarding the army of ants.
Once the buffs were applied to the whole raid team, the players then charged forward as they started their attack on the cave and headed deeper into the darkness itself.
It wasn't that hard for the raid team to charge deeper into the cave, after all the only monster that exist in this cave are huge ants. there was not much variables in the ants, aside from the different type of ants one can find in a colony.
Not long after, they finally made it at the very boss room of the cave, as they saw a towering 80 feet tall queen ant, together for what seems like a humanoid 7 ft. tall ant which served as it guardian. In this case, it seems like the raid team itself would have to fight a dungeon which consist of 2 bosses.
Of course in this sense, the humanoid ant isn't exactly one that features that is close to humans, but rather one that features close to an ant that stands on it's own two feet and can talk.
The moment the raid team had entered the room, the whole room was then shrouded in a thick layer of dimensional wall, which transported the whole raid team into an isolate dimension similar to what happened to the other aid teams that had gone before them.
Once everyone was trapped inside this isolated dimension with no one to interfere, the two bosses then released their oppressive mana, as the guardian ant disappeared in its place and crashed in the middle of the players formation. In this act, the players were caught off guard by the speed of the enemy, as the boss monster begun attacking the raid team from the inside, while the queen ant attacked from the outside of the formation.
The speed of the guardian ant was too much, in just a matter of few seconds, not only did the guardian ant blew away about 3 of the team's tankers, it was even capable enough to sense the assassin player sneaking upon it and quickly killed it off in one bite to its neck.
However just like with the other team that had gone before them, there is one ace among the raid team which served as the strongest force in this group of players. The moment the assassin player was down and healers begun rushing up their skills to revive the killed player, a particular dragon slayer class player rushed up to the front with its great sword, and begun attacking the guardian ant all on its own.
With the sudden entrance of the dragon slayer, the tide of the battle was brought to balance as he alone manage to suppress the force and oppression that the guardian ant had released to its surroundings. However there were two bosses in this dungeon. Since the dragon slayer was taking care of the guardian ant, the raid team had no choice but to raid the queen ant without the help of their ace player.
Just by looking at the projected screen alone, one can even guess just how they are in a fuck up situation now.
The battle was fierce between two sides, such battle lasted for quite awhile as neither sides wanted to back down and emerge defeated in this scenario. Unfortunately there can only be one winner in this battle and whoever is the strongest between two sides will be the one to decide the winning route of the battle itself.
With all hope in its shoulders, the dragon slayer then soon killed the guardian ant in the amidst of an intense battle, as he quickly followed up the momentum and raided the queen ant. With the death of the guardian ant, the strongest force of the raid team then joined in raiding the queen ant, which then didn't take long for it to be subjugated.
In a manner of 3 hours and 45 minutes, the raid in the north then finally concluded which granted everyone who survived to be teleported back to the main checkpoint and the killed to be ejected out of the dungeon. Among this huge raid team, only about 2 members were killed in the process which boosted everyone's morale.
Not only did this team manage to acquire the achievement of the fastest raid time in comparison to other teams, but they also achieved to kills two bosses in this raid alone. The profits for this team was so abundant that no one of the other team could compare.
Once the raid team was teleported back a the checkpoint, the medical unit begun patching them up, as the fourth rune glowed up on top of the gate, which caused the density of mana in the checkpoint o rise up even higher and transformed the whole plain into one huge area filled with towering rocks.
The once sea of forest that surrounds the checkpoint area, had now been transformed into a terrain of towering rocks which greatly expanded the world inside the dungeon itself. Better yet its not like the sea of tress were deleted, but rather the checkpoint was expanded causing the sea of trees to be further pushed back for about 80 km away from the center point of the checkpoint
Alongside the change of terrain, a timer suddenly popped out in the middle of the checkpoint's altar, followed by a system notification coming from the system.
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Announcement!!!
The Final boss will appear in exactly about 10 minutes at the alter of the checkpoint
All players must prepare for the battle to eliminate the final boss
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Upon reading the announcement, everyone in the checkp9oint begun to tense up, as they were only given about 10 minutes to prepare for a boss battle. Upon seeing that this battle is not a selected battle, it seems like all the players present has no choice but to cooperate in this raid as they prepare for the battle itself
With that, the healers were given only 5 minutes to patch up everyone, as all the players backed away from the altar of the check point for quite a huge distance to the west, as they had no idea on what type of boss may appear. But based on the scale of the battlefield, one can just guess just how big this enemy is which is enough to encompass a total of 80 km mark.
Even thought 10 minutes preparation may seem quite small in time, it somewhat made everyone feel the pressure of time itself, as nervousness and anxiety kicks in the minds of the players.
Not long after, the 10 minutes were up as everyone was greeted by a suffocating surge of mana scattering into the sky, which caused dread to show in the faces of the players. At the same moment the boss was released, a system notification popped up for everyone, which notified them of the spawn of the boss itself.
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Task 1
The final boss had descended into the battlefield
Players must eliminate the boss in order conquer the dungeon, failed to accomplish such task will result to a dungeon break which would devastate your world.
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Notice!!!
Due to the current level of players in this time period, Goetia would be heavily suppressed an is allowed to only showcase 10% of its power.
In case a player was able to contend against it, There is a chance it's suppression could slowly be lifted in accordance to the difficulty at hand.
Goetia is not a dungeon binded boss monster, in this sense Goetia can be summoned to any level of dungeon as along as the requirements are met
In the chance that the players defeated Goetia, they're names would then be etched at the hall of fame, forever be in the record as the players who manage to accomplish the impossible
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Task 2
The gate of the altar is slowly opening, Defeat Goetia as fast as you can in order to prevent it from ever opening the door and release the monster of tartarus out into the world. Failed to do so, will result in the elimination of the players in the dungeon.
time remaining for the gate to open:
3 hours
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Upon reading the system notifications, all of the players were greatly alarmed, as they all felt the dread circulating around them. After all based on what they know about stories of myth and fantasy, Goetia is a bundle list of all the 72 demon gods that can terrorize the world. Thus if what the system said that such monster was the same Goetia that they knew, then the final boss of this dungeon is a bundle of 42 demons gods all combined into one body
While the people of this world has limited information about Goetia and as hailed as a fantasy myth, Kaido on the other hand knew additional information about such monster due to the fact that he came from earth. While this world treats Goetia as a monster from a story, the Goetia in Kaido's world is not a myth but rather a tale of old, passed down from one generation after the other.
from what he knew, the Ars Goetia refers to the lower key lemegeton of King Solomon, a type of grimoire which contains the list of 72 demons gods either under servitude or subjugated by Solomon, the once king of Israel and son of David. Ars Goetia is also a type of magic produced by Solomon himself with the help of his gift of knowledge.
Even though what he knew is only an extended knowledge about Ars Goetia, it is still a matter of fact that this is an assimilation of multiple demons that could even be called a legion and needed to be taken wary off. luckily for them, they are outside the domain area of the boss itself, but the moment any of them entered its domain, that will be the moment that they will be labeled as hostile enemy.
While that thing was going all over his head, the other players on the side begun to discuss their next move thru having the leaders of each group talk it out and their members listening close behind them. In this case, Alessandro is picked as the leader of the group, as he went ahead and talked the situation at hand
"What shall we do? do we still take turns with our group in taking this boss down? we could go for a quick dice roll in order to know which group will go first"
"As much as i really want to do that, but we can't... this is the final boss and based on what we know about Goetia in those children stories, this monster isn't that simple"
"So what do we know about Goetia?"
"Well all we know in our group is that Goetia is a demon"
"As for us, we've read about him during our free time outside the dungeon, based on what we know is that he is an accumulation of 72 demon gods... so fighting against him is also like fighting against 72 demon gods" shared by Alessandro
"Yikes! fight6ing 1 boss monster is already hard enough, and now their telling us that we should fight all 72 of them? juts what the hell is the difficulty of this unranked dungeon? i thought unranked dungeon aren't dangerous at all in comparison to ranked dungeon?!?!"
"Well looks like what we know is wrong and we have severely underestimated this dungeon... if i knew that we would be dealing with such monster... then i would have mobilized about hundred of players into this dungeon alone.... Ars Goetia is somewhat in similar level to world class boss after all"
"Let's take note that this raid is being broadcasted outside and is being currently watched by all the people in the city, we can't fail this dungeon and make mistakes... cause if we do, then we all would become a huge group of laughingstock and embarrassment"
"Well i don't want that! some of us have their reputation on the line"
"Then we need to properly assess the situation in order to take down the monster... we need information on what it looks like and how it fights"
"So we need a bait and sacrifice"
"Lets take note that it needs to be nimble and fast too" reminded by Alessandro"
"Right then an assassin class player is needed for this job"
Hearing the class name in this meeting, Alessandro hesitated to voice out, as he realized that Lilia literally fits into the requirement, not only is she fast, but she is also nimble and flexible to an unimaginable degree. However even though she met the requirement, he cant afford to offer up his friend as a sacrifice for such a monster.
However as if a ray of light had shined upon them, a volunteer from one of the members who tackled the dungeon boss Ant monster, the n raised up his hand and proudly proclaimed his competency.
"I'll do it! i'm fast and nimble! I literally fit the bill and the best in this field"
"Are you sure about this?" asked by Alessandro
"... I'm sure, after all if i get killed, i would just revive outside the dungeon, while you guys would be able to study the monster itself... I'll try my best to survive the longest"
Hearing the words of the volunteer, his team then begun to pull him over and talk him out of it, as they piled reason after reasons on why he should not do it, however the person himself was too determined that none of them could persuade him to think it through.
In the end the volunteer itself was chosen to collect information regarding the boss, as he readied itself to enter the range of the boss domain, while various buffs were being casted unto him by the mages of all variations.
With all of that prepared, the final raid was now then underway.