Robert and I combined our [OS] [Original Skills] together and landed 100 hits on the Abyssal Reaper's face, giving it 1.000.000 damage instantly. Now, there is only little HP left and I need to be careful when damaging the remaining HP. But I saw Kenzia charging to the Abyssal Reaper with Ayumi and Suzuka. They took a step from ruined pillar like me and jumped to the Abyssal Reaper's face.
"Let's go Mikazuki-dono, Suzuka-san!"
"After you, Kenzia-dono!" Suzuka runs after Kenzia and Ayumi.
Kenzia started the combo by using her Original Skill: [The Sword of Silent Utopia] and striking the Abyssal Reaper's head. Ayumi followed after Kenzia. She struck Abyssal Reaper's neck with her Original Skill: [The Seeker of Endless Fate]. Suzuka finished the combo by striking Abyssal Reaper's body with her Original Skill: [The Purgatory Blade of Tranquility] that launching beam from her broadsword. Their deadly combo attack made the Abyssal Reaper's HP on fourth big HP Bar dropped to zero. When the bar broke, the Abyssal Reaper is going into rage and start to emitting intimidation aura.
"AAAAAAAAOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH——!!!!!!!"
"DAENDLES-DONO…!" I shouted in [Broadcast].
"I know! MAGES COMMENCE OPERATION! BEGIN TO CHANTING SPELL!"
"Reigerioforus…Airomodus" The Mages begin to chant something.
"Mikazuchi-dono, command the attackers and defenders!"
"Leave it to me! THE DEFENDERS WHO GOT THE DUTY TO GUARD THE ENTRANCES FROM LOWER FLOORS GET INTO YOUR POSITION!"
"THE DEFENDERS, WHOSE GOT THE DUTY AS LAUNCHERS, STAND IN THE EDGE OF HALLWAY ON THE SECOND UNTIL FOURTH FLOOR!"
"WARRIORS ASSIST THE DEFENDERS WHO ARE STANDING ON THE ENTRANCES, GET READY TO YOUR POSITION! THE REST OF YOU STAND ON THE EDGE OF HALLWAY!"
"MELEE ROGUES WHO STAND NEAR THE WARRIORS ON THE EDGE OF HALLWAY GET READY TO JUMP! ARCHERS PREPARE TO FIRE YOUR STRONGEST SKILLS!"
"Robert, climb the pillar, NOW!"
As I ordered Robert to climb the pillar, I shouted at every scout who is still standing on the battleground to nearby pillars, upper floors and ceiling. At the same time, the Abyssal Reaper starts gathering mana around the raid zone and absorbing it into the purple light on its chest. I quickly run from the battleground to the nearby pillar and climb it. I wish my plan that I told to Daendles few moments ago can go smoothly.
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A few moments before, after Haru told Daendles his request.
"...…?" Daendles looks at me with confused expression after hearing my request.
I motioned again, "Let's turn off the [Broadcast] between us" then he closed the [Broadcast].
"Let me tell you the truth, we will get wipe out if we continue to fight like this."
"WHAT?! HOW? We almost finished it off!"
"If you want to know the reason, I'll tell you. After the Fourth big HP Bar broke, the Abyssal Reaper will call hordes of Undeads. Then, it will cast [Rest] Spell to recover its HP, Mana, and remove all debuff effects. After that, its HP will be fully recovered."
"IT WILL WHAT…?! HOW…HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?!"
"I battled against it long time ago, with my old friends. But all of them were wiped out except Robert and me."
I closed my eyes and lower my head as I try to recall that painful memory that I don't want to reminisce again. The past adventure that left a warm and glimmering beautiful memory inside my life only to be extinguished by that demon. Meanwhile, Daendles is looking at me with confused expression.
"At that time, Robert and I joined a human party in Yamato Island named "Rikiyaku" to find legendary class materials from Soul Eater and Abyssal Reaper. We had 200 party members including us and we traveled to a dungeon near Mt. Fujiyama. We entered the dungeon, explored it and camped inside it for the search of wikliviash. At the end of our journey, we reached the boss room which has similar size and shape like this room."
"Then, how did you lose?! It cannot possibly defeat hundreds of people at once!"
I told him that we battled it with same tactics that we used right now. However, the Abyssal Reaper always repelled our attacks and read our movement. When its Fourth big HP Bar broke, it began to sleep and called countless undead to kill us. Their sheer number overwhelmed us and when few of our surviving party members held the horde of undeads, the Abyssal Reaper woke up with its fully recovered HP and Mana.
We had inflicted many debuffs on it, but all of it was gone after the Abyssal Reaper awoken. Shortly after that, the Abyssal Reaper launched AoE [Instant Kill] skill that damaged our soul directly and wiped out all of our party members. Robert and I were saved by a hair's breadth because of our blessings from Dragon Gods that negated the Abyssal Reaper's AoE attack.
".....…" Daendles is left speechless after hearing my explanation. He was anxious and bewildered.
"Look at Robert's, Daendles-dono. He seems like to enjoy the battle like usual, but inside his mind, he started to feels anxious and scared. That battle we had long time ago left a scar on our soul." As I finished my sentences, I noticed my hand is shaking. I quickly get my wits under control before Daendles notice.
After a while, Daendles speaks in wavering tone "….So, what do you want me to do, Ishizaki-dono?"
"After that battle, I learned many things. First is, the Soul Harvester can hear and understand our conversations. It can also hijack our [Broadcast]…"
"W-WHAT?! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Daendles slam his fist into the wall.
"Maybe you didn't notice, but it secretly casted [Mind Reader] and [The Soul's Words]. [The Soul's Words] is a legendary skill that allows the user to hijack the target's [Broadcast] skill or other similar skills."
"If I remember correctly, that legendary skill can only be obtained directly from Dark Dragon Gods or [Paragon Mission] isn't it?! How can it have those skills?!"
"You are right…those are very rare skills to have. However, since Abyssal Reapers are a demonic spirit, The Gods had granted them with this skill as [RS] [Racial Skill]. Normally, monsters have their own [RA] and [RS]."
"Oh My Maker, seriously I had no idea…! The school never taught me about this…!"
"Indeed, that's why in the meeting before, I asked the Mages to use spells that have [Ignore Defense], [Magic Seal], [Movement Seal], [Weapon Seal], [Ignore Magic Defense], [Sure Hit] and [Pierce Invincibility] effects to counter those skills. But it won't be enough for this battle."
"Then, what—"As Daendles push me for an answer, I cut him off.
"Let me finish first Daendles-dono." Daendles nodded and he waits for me to continue.
"Besides that, we need to destroy the Abyssal Reaper's scythe. Do you know that its scythe is a catalyst to cast its magic? It's just a staff combined with scythe blade, by the way."
After a long pause, he answers hesitantly, "No, I don't…."
"Then, let me tell you a strategy to prevent us from getting killed." Daendles gulped to ease his anxiousness.
I told him to pull back the [Tanks], [Raw Damage Dealers] and [DPS Dealers] from the battleground to second until fourth floor periodically but quickly as the first thing that we need. Second, I told him to order the Mages to stack buffs to the highest damage dealers like us to avert the aggro and leave the Paladins with us. Third, I told him that we need to plant [Pain Split], [Comatose] and [Life Destroyer] when the Abyssal Reaper rests and recovers its HP.
We need to activate it before the Abyssal Reaper wakes up and before it completely restores its HP. Fourth, I told him to tell the Priests to cast [Holy Sanctuary] and [Light Dragon Gods' Seal] to seal this entire area. Lastly, I told him to tell the [Druids], [Sages] and [Healers] to use divine restoration magic like [Tree of Life] before to seal the Abyssal Reaper's movement and magic. After hearing all of my plans, he nodded, as he understands what he must do.
"I'll cast [Divine Chain of The Sinners] and [Heaven Chain of The Absolute Punishment]. When the Fourth Bar broke, be sure to tell the others to cut it will all of their might."
"Then, I'll carry out your—"
I quickly grab his shoulder, "Not too fast, I haven't done yet. Now listen carefully, before we carry out our plan, we need to incapacitate the Abyssal Reaper so our damagers can easily damage it to break its Fourth big HP Bar. Who among us is capable to do that?"
"…You are, but you need to cast the spells. Then…..who else can…Oh, I know! Zack-dono can do that."
"Exactly, he has sufficient original skills that can be useful in this plan."
"But how can we make him to uses those skills? Up until now, he is still holding back…"
"Then, what's the use of "stacking buffs" periodically?"
Daendles thinks for a second before acknowledging me and ran back to his room. I walked to the Healers, Druids, Sages and Priests Room and explained everything to them. At first, they were very shocked and started panicking after hearing that, after I calmed them down by guaranteeing them that my plan will succeed as long as we cooperate with each other and not panicking, they agreed to carry out my plan. I don't tell the others because I'm afraid the Abyssal Reaper will hear us since its [RS] [Racial Skill] is still active.
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Back to the present, the Abyssal Reaper is shining and activating its skills.
"THE ABYSSAL REAPER HAS ACTIVATED [REST] AND IT HAS SUMMONED THE UNDEADS, [PRIEST] SQUAD, ACTIVATE THE SPELLS ISHIZAKI-DONO HAS TOLD YOU BEFORE!"
"Everyone grabs anything near you and evacuate the battleground!"
I grab Rania's web that has been sticking on the ceilings and walls. Shortly after that, a very dazzling light appears from below us and it warps entire room with [Divine] Attribute Magic. The Undeads that appeared from the ground died and disappeared.
The Abyssal Reaper received damages in its sleep but it won't wake up until its HP restored. This spell seals any kind of dark magic and demonic magic for 10 turns and restores our HP and Mana little by little. However, only the Holy Elves are the ones who got highest effects from this magic.
The [Holy Sanctuary] and [Light Dragon Gods' Seal] also destroyed Abyssal Reaper's weapon, accessories and robe. Well, they only destroyed the effects so the Mages need to destroy it physically by breaking the weapon and burning the robe with their [Light] Elemental Attribute with [A+++ Rank] Magic Spells while the accessories had broken automatically by [Holy Sanctuary] and [Light Dragon Gods' Seal] they casted. Now, the Abyssal Reaper is completely unequipped.
"NECROMANCER SQUAD, PLANT YOUR [NIGHTMARE COMATOSE], [LIFE DESTROYER] AND [PAIN SPLIT] NOW!"
"Order Received Your Highness! Necromancers Begin to Cast Magic!" Said Del with enthusiastic tone.
The Mages maintain their magic after they casted ridiculous amount of buffs to every people in this area. We waited and waited while bearing great pain from the buffs. Finally, what we have been waiting for is coming.
"THE ABYSSAL REAPER ALMOST WAKES UP! VANGUARDS, SCOUTS, ARCHERS GET READY!" Dandles' strong voice can be heard from the [Broadcast]
"ANIKI WHAT MUST I DO?!"
"GO TO CEILING AND ASKED RANIA-SAN TO LAUNCH YOU FROM THERE!"
Robert quickly climbs the pillar and Ayumi with the others girl also came when I'm climbing the pillar. I ordered them the same thing that I ordered to Robert and they nodded. After that, they quickly climb the pillar.
"DAENDLES-DONO, THE ABYSSAL REAPER'S HP IS ALMOST FULL!"
"I KNOW MIKAZUCHI-DONO! JUST WAIT A LITTLE MORE!"
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"[NECROMANCERS] ACTIVATE YOUR SPELLS NOW!!!"
"ACTIVATE, [LIFE DESTROYER]!"
[100%...HP
(Unfortunately, it is too late for you) I smirked while thinking that.
[Life Destroyer] is an overpowered spell from the [Necromancer] Class. That spell is able to damage the enemy based on percentage of HP Restored and not from the amount of HP Restored. For example, if an enemy restored 100% of its HP, so it'll receive 100% damage or you can say this is a spell with [Instant Kill] effect that can't be blocked with [Death Immunity] skills or spells because from the way this skill work. Using this spell needs ridiculous amount of mana and this spell can only be used one until five times, depends on the rank.
[Nightmare Comatose] is a spell from [Necromancer] and [Mentalist] Class that will force the target to sleep even if the target has applied various kind of [Anti-Sleep] buff to themself. If the user applied this skill on sleeping target, the target will be unable to wake up (if the target has lower level than the user) or make the target sleep duration longer than it should be. This skill has no effect on [Insomnia] Ability and this skill can only be applied on target with [Stun], [Hallucination], or [Illusion] debuff.
"AOOOOOOORRAAAAAAGGGHHHHHH!!!"
The Abyssal Reaper is roaming loudly as a sign that it receives a lot of damage. But sadly, it can't open its eyes. I know it must be hurt to receive 100% damage equal to amount of your HP. The Abyssal Reaper also wanted to grab its weapon, but don't you know we had destroyed all of your equipment? You only need to squirm like a worm and let me end your life with a method that will make you remember it forever in oblivion.
"ALL OF ITS HP BARS HAD DEPLETED, BUT HOW CAN IT STILL MOVE?!"
(Oh, I expect that reaction. Maybe she doesn't know Abyssal Reaper has [Battle Continuation] Skill if we depleted all of its HP)
"Calm down Mikazuchi-dono, I have been told by Ishizaki-dono with this situation! Just watch!" Then, Daendles took a deep breath and opened his eyes.
"[DRUID] AND [SAGE] SQUAD! COMBINE YOUR MANA AND LAUNCH "THAT" SPELL NOW!"
"[HEALER] SQUAD! CHANNEL YOUR MANA AFTER THEY FINISHED THEIR SPELL!"
"Mother of Life, Tree of Irllina…Emerges from Gaia and Send this Soul to Everlasting Slumber…[Tree of Life]!" A big tree emerges from the ground and begins to chase the Abyssal Reaper who tries to escape by flying.
"Oh no, you don't! Activate [Light Elemental Magic Rank A-: Divine Chain of The Sinners]!"
Countless white chain emerges from the ground, tying and pulling the Abyssal Reaper down to the ground. Shortly after that, the tree envelopes it and binds it. Fortunately, I activated my skill right on time.