The ground continued to break and a gigantic elongated arm burst out from it. It was rotten, some bones were already peeking out. Each finger of the hand was the size of a child's arm.
"What the hell is that?" Mira gulped as they watched the crack get larger with another hand appearing from it. The hands pushed the cracks away, making way for the body of the creature to pass through the crack.
The woman on their heads spoke. This made the Heroes conjure their weapons, brandishing them and raising against the large creature.
The words displayed on Kian's screen. He gulped as he watched Jack's figure.
Jack was a rotting corpse of a giant. There were some areas that the bones showed after decomposition. The stench that also came from the monster was almost unbearable. It was a mix of rotten flesh and other materials, probably the moulds that grow from some areas of Jack's body.
It had a humanoid form with gigantic proportions. It was twelve feet tall, just the same height as a single story house. He had arms that were exaggeratedly elongated that he was dragging it along.
"We have to defeat that?" Chen gulped. He was slightly shaking after seeing the size of the giant. "Can we even do it?"
"The scaling of the regular monsters and the boss is extremely unreasonable," Kian whispered to himself. Even the support Heroes could defeat a regular monster from Level 1 but this one, Jack, it was impossible for even Brent to defeat it alone.
"Be prepared," Mira said. "The proportion of its body is irregular and there might be a reason for that."
While Jack's arms were elongated, his legs were shorter than his body. Mira was right, there was something obviously wrong with the monster.
"Here it comes!" Joseph cried after Jack raised his arm. He was looking around before he slammed his hand on the area that he was looking at. Jack did it once more, this time he was looking at another area.
The monster started to get faster with its attacks that the Heroes could only do was dodge and jump away from the hand and it was starting to split them apart.
Kian noticed the cracks that came from the areas that Jack had attacked. It was odd how the ground formed cracks when it wasn't dry enough. The previous night was cold and the soil was moistened with the fog, yet the ground was still cracking.
"Mira, I think there's something wrong with the ground," Kian informed. "Why is it cracking?"
Mira looked down and groaned. "Look at his other feet. It's still inside the crack."
"Which means that the rest of the body is still underneath," Kian theorized. "I was wondering why Jack wasn't so huge when the screen said he was a giant. The rest of his body was underneath."
"That's why the cracks are appearing," Mira said. "Its body is under this soil."
"That doesn't sound good," Dexter said. "I was excited that I could finally fight the boss, but hearing you say that his body is still underneath is shocking."
Dexter was a tall muscular man with blonde hair and pale blue eyes. He had a thick English accent and a gentlemanly fashion style. Although he looked soft and well reserved, his fighting style was chaotic and overwhelming. Having a Hero as his Soul, he was blessed with power and strength.
"His eyes do not move properly," Mira narrowed her eyes as she watched Jack. "Kian, why do you think this is?"
Kian thought for a moment before clicking his fingers. "Jack attacks where his eyes goes, and since he's undead and rotting, his eyes do not move properly. It's like a pair of googly eyes and he's attacking at random times. Just look at how each arm attacks at different directions and each eye moves differently too."
"Good," Mira said. "Dexter, Sebastian, attack each eye. If out theory is right, he would lose his vision and his attacks would be less accurate."
"Alright," the two men agreed and dashed towards Jack. The giant growled as one of its eyes caught Dexter approaching him. He raised his arm and was about to slam it to the man, but Dexter easily dodged it. What he did not expect was the other arm being thrown from left to right, targeting him.
"Oh, no! His movement suddenly increased!" Sebastian gasped, watching his ally getting caught by the arm.
"He has no time to react," Mira said. "Dexter–"
"Bladed Wings!"
A sudden gust of air spun around Jack's approaching arm. It was like a stand still as everyone watched the arm fall on the ground.
"Good one, Bianca," Mira smirked at the woman that was hovering over Jack. It was Bianca, the Hero of Aquila.
She was a woman with red hair and had a pair of metal wings that replaced her arms. Bianca used her wings to cut the already brittle arm of Jack. "No worries."
"That was surprising," Dexter grinned and suddenly returned his sword to its scabbard. The man rushed to where Jack was and jumped on its shoulder, yelling as he kicked the other arm off completely. "You will never catch me off guard again."
When Jack lost both of his arms, Sebastian drew his sword and cut Jack's eyes, slashing across the temples. He landed on the ground and returned his sword in its sheath.
Mira watched in silence as Jack stopped moving.
"Just as I thought," Mira said. "Everyone, step back. The real Jack will now appear."
The Jack that they saw fell into the rift and there was silence for a few seconds. The ground shook once again, the cracks on the ground started to get larger until the rift opened up, a man ten times taller than the Jack they saw burst out of it.
The man growled. This version of Jack was its real body. The leg of the smaller one was connected on this body's back.
"This is the true one," Mira said. "This is going to be harder than I thought."
Mira summoned her throne and raised her right hand in front of her. "Everyone! Listen to me."
Joseph rolled his eyes and smirked at his colleagues. "Here she goes again."
"Leo, you are our main force," Mira said. "Hercules, Perseus, you take care of each leg. When we lose the legs, he loses his movement. Orion, Sagittarius take care of its eyes. The rest of you, just kill."
The Heroes ran towards Jack with might and speed. Being under Mira's presence gave them extra damage, an effect that was crucially useful for them.
Jack yelled, but the overwhelming number of Heroes did not make him last another minute. All the attacks were targeted towards his body parts. He lost the ability to fight back especially after Dexter and Sebastian cut both of his legs off with their powerful strikes.
Juan, Hero of Orion and Isabel, Hero of Sagittarius, were archers and took out the eyes with their precise shots. It was a sight to behold as the Heroes brought out their powers and abilities, but Kian was only in the corner watching them. He was clenching in disgust and disappointment as he felt himself getting smaller. He doesn't have any weapon nor any ability that could be proven useful.
"I'm fucking useless," Kian said to himself.