"Well, what are you waiting for! Come on let's go in and just clear this place out. It's giving me the freakin creeps man!" Richie exclaimed, attempting to push the door open himself.
However he could not get it to budge at all. He comically slammed his head into it twice, much to the amusement of Fu Mei.
"Just. Let. Me. In!!!" Richie forced with all of his might, but in the end he could not move it. The key to opening it was bound to Lin Hao agreeing to enter or not.
"Your such an idiot." Fu Mei snarked at him, as Lin Hao agreed for their party to enter the boss room.
The door began to slowly open, and the trio entered as prepared as they could. Fu Mei prepared another [Hydrobolt] over her crossbow.
The method of how it worked was lethal for human beings. The initial magic compressed itself around the crossbow bolt, and granted it further piercing power and strength.
But upon impact, if a certain amount of her Cubic Reservoir was used...It would create a deadly internal explosion of water.
The boss room was as dull and stereotypical as it could have been. Dark, dreary and screaming of needs for renovation.
The windows could barely let in any light, the flooring hadn't been touched in several weeks. Last but not least, the cult leader sat on a stereotypical throne.
Had it not been for that, Lin Hao could have sworn this was someone's gamer cave.
Lin Hao clutched his weapon tightly, the cult leader's visage obscured by the darkness of the room.
Suddenly, with a clap of his hands multiple torches in the room spontaneously ignited. The cult leader sitting on the throne appeared as a very frail man.
His head was concealed by a hood, but the rest of his body was unusually frail and skinny. He had no features that distinguished him from a generic NPC in a video game.
A tall, thin staff with incredibly gnarled at wood was by his side. He took it in his hands, and used it to stand up.
"So you reckless people think you can fight with the Cult of Huln huh?" A dark aura began to emanate from him.
"Only a fool would barge so brazenly into here, for our god stands with us at all times!" Richie in the midst of the bosses dramatic monologue, raised his hand to his mouth and began to yawn.
"Awwww man. Someone wake me up when he's done. He's gonna bore me to death!"
Richie snickered. It was a aloofness Lin Hao couldn't help but admire, despite how ridiculous his behavior was in such a situation. Lin Hao sized up the boss, deciding if he should charge in first to attack him.
However, the rest of the bosses monologue did not come. Instead, he raised his staff into the air. Upon doing so, a dark energy began to fill the entire room.
[A curse begins to afflict the ground underneath you, five minutes until ??? transpires!]
Lin Hao had no clue what ??? meant, but he could only guess it would make the fight harder. The pressure in the air around the boss became dense and heavy, causing Lin Hao's body to struggle to move.
[An unholy pressure restricts your movement!]
The notification would appear every time Lin Hao attempted to step forward, the weight of the bosses magic had stopped Richie and Fu Mei in place.
"Lin Hao! Get him! Get his ass I can't move!!!" Richie exclaimed vulgarly, flailing like a lost chicken in the air in an attempt to move from his current position.
Fu Mei meanwhile was taking aim with her crossbow, and hastily fired the bolt she had loaded. It whizzed through the air aimed at the Cult Leader's neck.
However, the aura around his body stopped the projectile mid air, and reflected it back in Fu Mei's direction.
"No!"
Lin Hao yelled and instinctively threw his glaive in front of her. It was the only thing he could do in response, with his limited movement.
The glaive flew through the air, conveniently catching the crossbow bolt with it's blade. The bolt easily pierced into it.
Unfortunately, the [Hydrobolt] effect on the bolt exploded upon impact. It caused a massive burst of water to release itself across the room, and destroyed the glaive Lin Hao had thrown.
"Damn." Lin Hao called out to himself in frustration. His only method of attacking safely was destroyed, scattered into pieces all over the boss room floor.
"I need to come up with something, otherwise we're done for!"