[Arachne Demon Lv. 58]
The last thing I remembered before logging out was that we were deep inside a thick forest with nothing but beast like creature and monster in the vicinity. But as soon as I open my eyes inside New World to begin another day, no same thing come within the corner of my eyes.
"[Stealth]!"
I immediately ran away from the mysterious being in front of me before it can even notice anything. Again, I am the earliest to have dived into the ETHER Link which means I am the only one who is present at the moment.
The eerie trees we were passing through are already blown off by a strange weapon. Instead, the terrain we used just yesterday has been completely wiped off. Only a big crater was left on where the spider demon is standing.
I have no clue on what happened during the hours we were offline, but I do not have the time to think about that because the spider is looking angry without even me doing anything.
'This is bad. The others are going to be online soon, I need to message them from the outside on what to do when they log in.'
So, when I see myself in a comfortable distance away from the spider, I logged out once again. Without any seconds to waste, I immediately took of my helmet and went for my phone. Legionnaire and Richest Asian are already active in the group chat we created.
[WAIT!!!]
[What's wrong, Miss Cherry Winter.]
[Don't login yet. There's a big problem inside the game!]
[? Everything seems fine yesterday.]
[That's what I also thought, but a monster that looks like a Boss just spawned in our spawn point. I got glimpse of its name and it gave me 'Arachne Demon Lv. 58']
[That's pretty bad… Got it, we'll wait for the others and we will be logging at the same time.]
Phew~ That was close. If I have not able to message them in time, a party wipe out would be inevitable. I want to analyse the situation we got in hand, but the adrenaline rush in me was still there. It only began to calm down when everyone on the group is active in the group chat.
[Arachne Demon?!?! WTF is that?]
[Probably a spider that looks like a demon, or maybe the other way around.]
[Again with your stupid answers, ChickB. What I am asking is why it appeared, and why it is waiting to spawn kill us if what Cherry told us is true.]
[I searched everywhere. There are no mentions of this Arachne Demon]
[There's no need to panic. As long as we don't log in, we can only speculate. That is why we need to make sure we go in at the same time to engage as soon as we see the boss… I'll ask Cherry Winter to log in first and lure away from our location for at least three seconds, so we can position ourselves.]
Guild Leader give out his instruction, and I have readied my ETHER Link.
[I'm good to go, Guild Leader]
[Now that Cherry Winter has went in. In the count of three everyone, start logging in… 3]
[2]
[1]
The bizarre empty field was on my vision once again. Looks like the spider demon has not move a single centimetre from his position, so I prepare to lure it away.
"[Heart Piercer]!"
-411
'! This is the first in a long time my strongest skill does not deal a four digit damage.'
What my skill has done to the spider demon is underwhelming and a bit of problem, but it was enough to draw its attention. This type of Boss should be an speed type monster. I should be careful although I am confident I can take three seconds of its time.
*Jump*
For some reason, I expected it to run using its multiple legs. Nevertheless, it did not care for any of my expectation, and just jumped metres off the ground in a speed that is unperceivable by the human's eye.
The next thing I know, a gigantic shadow hovered above my head. It is bigger than I thought, and looking from this angle, I can see why it was called a demon. There were more scary and disgusting looking parts below it which made me flustered for a moment.
Thankfully, I was able to react in time and [Roll] away from its landing spot. Although it created a small shockwave that hit me when it landed.
-1074
"Damn! More than half of my HP just like that."
The spider demon's back was now facing me. I was running to the spot where my teammates would be spawning yet it appeared in my front in a matter of milliseconds. A third arm out of nowhere shot out from its abdomen, piercing me directly on my heart in the process. That took all my HP left.
[Hopeful Prayer activated]
As soon as my life-saving skill got out, my teammates have finally showed up simultaneously.
"The hell happened here?"
"No time to discuss—Everyone go to your position."
Our party skilfully moved around despite the unfamiliar environment they just stepped into. They made sure I was properly at the back after seeing me ran away the enemy. The atmosphere immediately became tense when the spider demon has noticed that more enemies appeared.
"Be careful. That spider is too quick for my liking. I already used my Hopeful Prayer, so that goes to shows that this Boss is no joke."
The said spider jumped once again without caring that there are more threats coming for it. Maybe it does not even see us as threats.
Seeing this, Legionnaire caught its body by making sure it landed on his shield. I can see how heavy that force was since Legionnaire's feet are slowly digging deeper into the soil. Fortunately, because of this reason, it did not produce the same shockwave that caused my first blood.
"Fuck, I'm getting squashed here!"
"[Rapid Shot]" "[Laceration]" "[Wrath Strike]" "[Heaven's Glory]"
None of us showed mercy for the skills we threw. Rapid Shot was the best thing I got since it was the best for situations like this. Legionnaire's high defence and HP made sure that he kept the spider busy and immobile.
However, our relentless attacks did not last long because the spider have noticed its target will not die at all. True to its nature, it shot out a web string from the same hole the third arm came from. The purpose of it is unknown, but that made us more alert than ever.
Guild Leader sense that something bad will happen if we let it finish doing what it was doing, so he shouted at us to snap all web threads by all means. I do not know what gave him the idea, but we know his instincts could be trusted.
Unfortunate for us, while the enemy kept shooting out its web, it did not stop attacking. Regardless of Aria's speed, she was caught by on of the sharp legs, pinning her in place. Legionnaire tried to take the aggro of her but failed to do so. With no other choice, Aria was forced to use her only life-saving skill.
When that was happening, Guild Leader and Yogurt completely cut off all the threads of web around us. This seems to have made the spider demon angrier as a sharp noise came out of its non-existing mouth.
It was acting genuinely upset when it noticed all its threads were broken beyond recognition. We backed off a little bit when we felt that dangerous aura only the strongest of monsters had. This occurrence have shocked all of us into frenzy because it was very early to be having this feeling.
"It's going to its second phase so soon?!"
"By the looks of it, it is even likely that it's going for its rage mode."
"Brace yourselves. Some of us might die here."