Kal kept on firing the hawk spring arrow. He aimed at the same wound in the leg and activated the bleeding effect. The Kobold champion tried to cover the wound in the leg using his axe but as soon as it did that, Kal would aim to the other wound on the rib. They watch the one-sided beat down with utter shock. The fear effect had subsided a while ago but they were so induced to what was happening, they forgot that they could already move.
'Where did he find such an arrow? How can it simply disappear and appear to his hands?' The man muttered to himself as he continued to watch Kal. His men were also thinking of the same thing and Dontrelle who was shocked at what was happening also felt a disbelief.
Grraagh!
The Kobold champion growled loudly infuriated at the barrage of attacks it couldn't defend. It raised its giant axe up in the air and smash it right down to ground. The ground in its fall cracked and unearthed the ground in a wide area shaking the entire dome of the cave.
Dudududug!
"Everybody! Get back!" Dontrelle screamed out loud and waking the sense of the petrified hunters. They immediately flee as soon as the ground shake. Chunks of ground flew away as the result of the tremor but hunters were able to cut and block the flying debris and got their way out from the danger. The smoke disappeared along with earthquake and as Dontrelle and Kal where fortunate enough to avoid any danger, the Kobold champion was back standing on its two feet from the center of the crater.
Grrr....
+87 HP
+79 HP
+88 HP
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'I was able to degrade 40% of its health but it's quickly regenerating! Sh*t what the hell is this monster?!' Kal exclaimed in thought gritting his teeth in frustration. Dontrelle and the other hunters also saw that it was rapidly regenerating the wounds inflicted on it and was horrified.
"It's a mutant boss monster! As soon as you stop dealing damage, it will regenerate it's wounds rapidly! If we can put it into a critical state we can make it activate it's berserk mode and it's regenerative ability will disappear!" The man called out loud reminding Kal and Dontrelle.
'Goddammit! We can't be of use to these two! Since we're still E-rank hunters, we can't utilize our mana. We're all combat type hunters and five of us are just here to gather materials, all we can do is give moral support when we are supposed to be the one protecting them!' The man muttered in thought regretting how useless he was. Everyone else had different opinions but they knew they weren't of use to Kal and Dontrelle and if they tried to, they would just be a burden to them.
"Kal!" Dontrelle called out to Kal and the two manage to group up.
"What shall we do?" Dontrelle asked Kal.
"It's regenerating rapidly and it's almost back to full health, our team are unable to fight and you're the only tank in our team that can pull off an aggro. Our chances of winning are pretty slim but if we retreat now, I don't think the other guys are fast enough to flee from the boss monster." Kal spoke as he put himself into deep thought.
"We have a reason to flee and leave them behind, they weren't of any use to us and they even doubt your abilities. We can just runaway now and get reinforcements." Dontrelle said coldly. Though it might sounded too cruel, it was the most practical and reasonable way. They didn't have enough man power to defeat a mutant boss monster so retreat would be the much wiser way but Kal had something different in mind.
'I have already analyze the Kobold champion by 40% I can predict some of its wide movements and activation of abilities, but my power is insufficient. But what if I use my status points?' Kal thought to himself.
"I have an idea!" Kal said to Dontrelle.
"What is it? Should we flee?" Dontrelle asked.
"No, all you have to do is follow my lead, I'll do most of the action." Kal said with confidence. Dontrelle had some doubts but he didn't want to break Kal's trust, so he swallow nervous saliva and nodded.
"I'll trust your judgments Kal so don't let me down." Dontrelle said in agreement.
"Thank you, I won't let you down." Kal said in response.
'Ill invest 10 points to Strength, Agility and Stamina.' Kal said in thought. The window panel popped up in his view updating him with his status and his body became lighter, faster and harder.
Ting!
NAME: KAL NIETES
RACE: HUMAN
JOB:
TITLE:
LEVEL: 11 (2%)
HEALTH: 250/250 (+100)
MANA: 580/580
STRENGTH: 39 (+10)
AGILITY: 36 (+10)
INTELLIGENCE: 58
STAMINA: 20 (+10)
STATUS POINTS: 50 (+1) (+10) (-30) <31>
'I still can't get over the feeling of instantly getting stronger!' Kal thought to himself as showed a wide grin in his face.
"Let's go!" Kal exclaimed.
"Right!" Dontrelle replied.
The two dashed straight to the Kobold Champion. This time, the boss monster was already full health and when it saw Kal and Dontrelle moving towards it, the Kobold champion ran towards it in full throttle.
Howl!
It roared loudly and wave it giant axe horizontally to lopped off the heads of them both but Kal was able to read it's movements and make a call to Dontrelle.
"Dontrelle duck and use your shield as a foothold!" Kal called out Dontrelle. Dontrelle simply nodded to heed Kal's ordera and bent his body and slide his legs to ground. He raised his shield over his head and Kal immediately jumped up in the air using the shield to evade the axe. The Kobold champion missed it's strike and was carried by the momentum of his giant axe and Kal use this decimal amount of time in the air to fire an arrow straight to its right eye,
-120 HP
WEAKPOINT EFFECT HAS BEEN TRIGGERED!
-0.5% HP
-0.3% HP
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Squeal!
The Kobold champion groaned in pain and covered it's face with its arm. It gave an opening to its defenseless bottom for Dontrelle to land a couple of strikes through the weak parts of its body. He slashed and weave his sword to its ankles causing it to kneel down and he pierce it's scrotum dealing heavy damage to it crashing the Kobold champion to the ground.
'It's health is now 70%! We can do this!' Kal exclaimed in thought and as soon as he fell on the air. He fired the arrow right to its nape and when it struck right down the neck, Kal use his heavy bow to bash the feathered point of the arrow pushing it further through his throat destroying it's nasal cavity.
-300 HP!
WEAKPOINT EFFECT HAS BEEN TRIGGERED!
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Squeal!
It could only make muffled screams as the vocal chords had been pierced with a hole.
"Let's finish it!" Dontrelle said as he dash towards the curling Kobold champion on the ground ready to strike a finishing blow but then wind erupted below it's body that coiled around the Kobold champion quickly alerting Kal to what might happen.
"Wait!" Kal exclaimed to Dontrelle but it was too late. The Kobold champion suddenly went back to its feet and began to spun wildly. The speed of its spin generated a whirlwind around it and when Dontrelle got near the Kobold champion, he was blasted away and crashed hard to the ground.
Bang!
"Khuaak!" Dontrelle puke out a handful of blood. His shield was now completely destroyed and his sword had a crack in its blade. His armor had been broken and his body accumulated heavy damage. Some of his ribs had been broken, his leg bone had a fracture and his wrists snapped. He was now unable to fight or even stand upright.
"I'm....sorry Kal...I have to leave it...to you... my brother.."Dontrelle muttered to Kal before fainting.
"Sh*t!" Kal cursed out as he watch his friend in lose consciousness. He clench his teeth and summoned the window panel.
"Put 15 points in strength and 16 points in agility." Kal said as he invest all his remaining points to his status,
Ting~
NAME: KAL NIETES
RACE: HUMAN
JOB:
TITLE:
LEVEL: 11 (2%)
HEALTH: 350/350
MANA: 580/580
STRENGTH: 49 (+15)
AGILITY: 46 (+16)
INTELLIGENCE: 58
STAMINA: 30
STATUS POINTS: 31 (-31)
His body was sharply enhanced and as soon as it was updated. He retrieved his bow and arrow back to his inventory and grab two of his daggers; the Golden Beaked Knife and the Serrated dagger. He dashed straight to the Kobold Champion like an arrow in an alarming speed, the Kobold champion was not fast enough to react and was blown away by the sudden attack.
Bang!
It crashed down to the wall of the cave stunned to what had just happened. The hunters who were spectating from afar where dumbstruck at the revelation.
"How did Kal suddenly move fast and became strong!?" The man exclaimed in disbelief.
"More than that, he's welding two daggers at the same time!" A hunter said.
"He was already an expert in archery but how about his knife skills? Seeing that he is able to blow away the boss monster with a single strike, means that he is undoubtedly stronger in using knives!" Another hunter exclaimed. They watch how the scene unfolded with keen eyes and they were looking at it with full disbelief and amazement.
Kal didn't waste time for the Kobold to regenerate some health and continued his onslaught but then, red aura suddenly envelope the Kobold champion's body. This murderous aura made Kal back away a bit as he sharpen his guard ready to what might happened.
"Red aura? Kal it's going berserk! Run away!" The man shout out loud to Kal and Kal quickly retreated by a couple of steps from the Kobold champion.
Grrr.....
When the red aura fully covered the Kobold Champion's body, it's body became leaner, it's muscles contrapted. It threw it's axe away and used it's long and sharp claws as its weapon. The eyes of the Kobold was bloodshot red and it gurgled foam over its mouth.
Thud!
The Kobold champion pounce up the ground and blast itself in its four legs like a rabid wolf leaping to its prey. It's speed was just as fast as Kal but it's power was comparably stronger than his.
'It's stronger than its previous form but I need a bit more time.' Kal said to himself. As it leaped on the air and latch on Kal with its sharp nails, Kal blocked the claws with his knives and sparks appeared from the collision.
Pang!
Kal's arms was blown by the overwhelming power and he dashed away by a few meters.
"If it's attack manage to successfully hit me, I'll probably die." Kal said as he watch the drooling Kobold that was now acting like an actual wolf.
Awooo!
It howled loudly and pounce again to Kal but this time Kal didn't try to block it with his knives but avoid any incoming strikes. The Kobold began to slash it's sharp claws simultaneously and Kal evaded it with an inch to spare.
-20 HP
-34 HP
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Kal couldn't evade all the barrage of attacks so he let most of the non-lethal attacks hit him. His body was now full of cuts and bruises but he was still able to stand up.
"I think Kal is losing!"
"No he can't lose!"
"Let's help him!" They exchange words to each other and watch Kal with sullen looks. They all gritted their teeth and stood up from where they were hiding and went as fast as they could to help him but they were quickly halted after their leader stopped them.
"Let's watch for now, look at Kal's face, that doesn't look like a face of someone dying, he must have a plan." The man said carefully observing the fight. The hunters had also decide to watch how the fight will go on.
Ting~
ANALYSIS COMPLETE!
"Finally." Kal etch a wicked grin in his face as soon as he heard the tone. His eyes began to glow in white and what he saw from the Kobold champion were dots, words, and numbers. This showed the accurate weak points, overall physique and movements of the monster.
"Let's dance!" Kal weave his daggers to the raging Kobold. When it attempted an attack, Kal already predicted the movement and made a small change in his movements but revealed drastic effects, completely evading the attack. He could see the possible openings and began dealing slashes to the Kobold slicing the same wound over and over again.
Ting~
LACERATE HAS BEEN TRIGGERED!
The wounded chest of the Kobold suddenly opened up like a blooming flower causing the Kobold to scream in pain. It tried to attack Kal but all of its attempt was in vain. It couldn't even touch a breadth of a hair from Kal and was left hopeless.
"Die." Kal struck both of his blade at the open wound and twist his knife to the organs. Blood flowed and sprayed all over the ground and covered Kal in red. He slashed his knives in the opposite direction cutting it's body in half. It didn't had no time to scream in pain as two halves of its body fell in the ground wriggling. As it stop it's futile struggle, it's body dissipated into dust leaving a heap of items on the ground.
Ting~
YOU HAVE DEFEATED THE BOSS MONSTER: KOBOLD CHAMPION!
REWARDS:
+2 status points to all attributes
+Skill scroll: Whirlwind
YOU HAVE LEVELLED UP!
YOU HAVE LEVELLED UP!
YOU HAVE OBTAINED BERSERK RING (D+)
Ting~
YOUR HEALTH HAS FALLEN DOWN BY 20%!
FATIGUE HAS REACHED MAX!
-Your body will be in a resting state to recover your energy
- Consciousness will return after 24 hours
"Ah shi-"