Chapter 95 - Mighty Serpent
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The Mythological Mighty Serpent Vaconawa is one of the few bosses that can be fought at any point in the game. Though, is intended to be fought at the Endgame of the Vanilla Playthrough. The game cautiously recommends the player to acquire at least an Endgame weapon before they thought of engaging the Boss, as it is very challenging to do so.
Except, I am one of the crazy players that try and beat it at the start of the 『Chaos Mode』. I mean, it didn't say it was impossible. But...
"Oh boy..." I mused, as sweat drop down my cheeks. "...I didn't think it was this massive."
Maybe I'm starting to regret what I just did. This guy was huge than I had expected. It made me realize that I, now was in a real world and not in just a game.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 275,000/275,000』
"A-Ah..."
"..."
Lemuen and even Akari who was watching at the shore were left terrified, frozen from their feet as the overwhelming presence of the Serpent smack them entirely. Briefly, Lemuen who can't take it anymore falls into her feet as she watches in despair.
"This is bad! This is bad! This is bad!" Lemuen mused. "I knew it. It was too much..."
"A-Aruji-sama...! Guh!"
They're terrified... His presence was this strong, huh? Well, I'm not one to talk, though. I'm also shaking after all...
But don't get me wrong, I'm not shaking because of fear.
After a moment, Vaconawa plunge itself into me. Quickly, I jumped out of the water and Grappled into its body. The moment I was pulled by the hook, I stabbed its very long body and slash it inside while being pulled. By the time the sword made a contact with its sword, manifold of arc slash projectiles began materializing, spinning like a razor to every part of its body, slicing it apart.
"I'm only shaking because of your presence, you fool!" I shouted.
"ROOOAAARRR!!!"
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 272,976/275,000』
This Serpent is huge, and unbelievably long at that. But that's exactly what its weakness is. In the game, every boss with a huge body often has many attackable parts. This Serpent especially, has many segments that can be attacked with a weapon that can damage many segments at once, in which case, my sword—the 『IDS』 with its projectile with unlimited piercing plays a huge part in defeating this huge of a monster.
The Serpent Vaconawa who plunge into the water swam, retreated and made its distance, creating momentum as to charge at me once again. While it does its thing, I kept attacking its other part of the body that was left on the surface of the water. It was long after all, even if it swam for quite the distance, not all of its body will follow along with it.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 265,643/275,000』
Though, it didn't take long before I felt another incoming attack... Here it comes!
Bite! I quickly ⟨⟨Dash⟩⟩ sideways and mange to evade the Serpent who tried to eat me whole. But it didn't end there, after a second delay, it plunge itself on me once again. Using my boots, I dodged it by mildly propelling myself into the air using the ⟨⟨Triple Jump⟩⟩.
"Damn it! So close...!" I anxiously mused, gritting my teeth.
Despite its colossal body, it was pretty fast for its own size. I would have been cut in half had it ever manages to catch me.
Once again, I grappled on its head. After I landed at the top of it, I attacked it with a flurry of slash along with my arc projectiles that slashes its way on the way down to its long body.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 237,643/275,000』
"I'm not done yet!" I shouted. But just as I was about to hit it with another round of attacks, it shouts a deafening roar that made me stiffen abruptly.
"Woah—?!"
I see, it's that thing, huh.
After it's thunderous roar, Vaconawa started to raise its mouth into the sky. Shortly after, the sky started to become cloudy, with some violent thunder and a pressure of winds gushing at random direction.
It's one of its attack patterns in which will give the player a ⟨⟨Slow⟩⟩ debuff while firing a lightning bolt that will come from the giant sphere of light that's starting to materialize from its mouth. Sadly, it is impossible to cancel that attack.
Though, fortunately, it will still take a while for Vaconawa to charge its attack so...!
I hastily sprinted from its body part that was exposed at the surface the most. Taking a quickdraw stance, I unleashed all of my Mana inside my body and...!
⟨⟨Adrenaline⟩⟩ + ⟨⟨Iaijutsu⟩⟩ + ⟨⟨Multiple⟩⟩
With my body turning in a state of frenzy upon activating the ⟨⟨Adrenaline⟩⟩, I bombarded its body with a myriad of slash at once. I still have plenty of time before its charge to complete so I will eat up a huge chunk of your health before you finish!
"Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora!"
My damage that was multiplied, coupled with a barrage of slash, along with the [Potion] buffs made the Serpent's HP sprinted at the absurd rate.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 148,982/275,000』
The Serpent was finally done. The sphere of light that's materialized completely from its mouth began emitting some electric before it starts to shoot some lightning that strikes from a random location. I was also inflicted some ⟨⟨Slow⟩⟩ debuff just as I had expected.
I deactivated my ⟨⟨Adrenaline⟩⟩ and starts distancing myself from the Serpent. Briefly, the sphere of light from its mouth fired five bolts of lightning aimed towards me. The debuff made me very slow so I decided to grapple away, encircling the immobile Serpent as it tries to hit me with its lightning bolts. Man, the Grappling Hook really was a lifesaver.
While encircling Vaconawa using the Hook, I also shot it some projectiles from my sword while the bolts of lightning follows behind me. The scenario went for a while until it stopped after encircling the Serpent the fifth time without it being able to hit me.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 137,499/275,000』
The moment Vaconawa reaches its 50% HP, Vaconawa began squirming for a few second. Its finally in its Second Phase. But will it change anything, I wonder?
I have spent a very long hours of trying to memorize this Monster's pattern. That's why, as long as I completely memorized your behavior, you will never be able to hit me.
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[Lemuen POV]
"No way..."
The Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa is one of the beings carrying a portion of a God, hence calling them a Demi-God. Just a portion of their might can brutally demolish a whole country with ease. Which is why, no other beings as lowly as ourselves will even dare to try a Godlike being such as Vaconawa. Hell, we can't do anything but watch as it destroys one of the countries if it felt the urge to do it.
But right now, this Godlike of a Monster were being demolished by Sai who was fighting it as nonchalant as ever. Not only this Godlike being never even manage to land a hit on Sai with its attack even once,
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 135,671/275,000』
This Serpent was also losing its huge portion of HP as time passes. J-Just who really is Sai? Is he really just a normal human?
Regardless, this battle proved to me that Vaconawa really have what it takes to be called a Godlike being. The lightning strikes that Vaconawa is firing demolish everything that went against its way. The beautiful crater before was now just a chunk of leftover pieces. The only thing left standing fine is Sai who is spectacularly dodging and evading all the hasty projectiles coming his way.
I shot a look at Akari who was also watching beside me. And for the first time ever, I saw her usual deadpan expression had turned into an expression full of surprise and concern.
She, Akari, was utterly and visibly dumbfounded.
"Amazing..." said Akari, eyes open with her mouth fully gaped.
Boom!
"—?!"
To my surprise, one of the bolts almost hit us. Even thought were quite far from the battle... That's just how large and destructive Vaconawa's strength can reach, truly terrifying.
Regardless of its strength however, Vaconawa felt like a weakling against Sai.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 70,478/275,000』
Vaconawa starts to be more aggressive than before. Creating a large tsunami that go its way as both the wind and lightning strikes became stronger than before, creating havoc to every surroundings.
"So close...!" shouted, gritting his teeth. "I would have died if it were to hit me."
Sai slide his way towards the Serpent's body as if it was a sliding ground, flourishing his sword that creates a myriad of an arc slash projectiles that spins its way towards the Serpent's body. Vaconawa tries to hit him with a lightning bolt in a rapid sequence, but Sai was too fast and is randomly moving using a line of Hook, making him very hard to target.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 45,800/275,000』
"ROOOAAARRR!!!"
"—?! The Ground is?!"
The moment Vaconawa had reached a certain HP, it shouted in a more deafening roar. Shortly after, the ground started to shake violently, the place slowly getting darker and darker, turning the sky into a darkened afternoon. As if...
"It's turned into a Solar Eclipse..." I mused, then shot a quick look at the lake. "What about Sai?"
Despite the frightening sight happening from the surrounding, Sai continued to fight the Serpent, bombarding it with the projectile of his sword, using the Hook and his boots to dodge, looking like he's dancing midair.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 18,000/275,000』
Vaconawa had turned frozen stiff for a moment. Then suddenly...
"Akari! Lemuen!" Sai shouted at us with all his might. "Hit Vaconawa with your spell! Anything will do! As long as you hit it once!"
"—?!" Both Akari and I was stunned at Sai's shouted command.
Eh? Won't it attack us if we hit it? W-What would happen if it attacked us, then...?
I started to get cold feet into the sudden command. It very absurd. What if it changes its target and attack us instead? Can we—
"Trust me!!" Sai shouted.
"Guh!" Akari who finally regained a bit of her composure aimed her palm at the Serpent quite hesitantly, then began firing a large ray of black beam towards the Serpent.
Akari's action also forced me to aim my Staff towards the Serpent. "Damn it! I don't care anymore!"
Both my Flower-shaped Magic and Akari's beam travelled towards Vaconawa, and luckily, manages to hit despite the distance between us.
Was it really lucky, though?
Just like I had thought, Vaconawa who finally started to move turned itself into us and began to swim towards us in a quick rate.
But just as it was about to head towards us, Sai suddenly unleashed all of her Mana all over the surroundings.
⟨⟨Bloodlust⟩⟩
"Hey, shitty snake." Sai sternly said. "Your opponent is me."
The huge ⟨⟨Bloodlust⟩⟩ that fiercely came over from Sai made Vaconawa instantly changes its target towards him. But before it even reacts, Sai went and landed towards Vaconawa's head, announcing his final words against the Mighty Serpent.
"Take this and sleep for eternity." Sai declared, then stabs his sword down the Serpent's head, sliding all the way down into its mouth. Crazy enough, Sai went inside the Serpent's mouth. Shortly after,
⟨⟨Adrenaline⟩⟩ + ⟨⟨Iaijutsu⟩⟩ + ⟨⟨Multiple⟩⟩
A myriad of black arc projectiles brutally pierced Vaconawa's body from the inside, getting sliced as the projectiles spins like a razor and grinds inside the Serpent. The scene felt like I was watching a fireworks. It felt strange but visually beautiful, nonetheless.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa HP: 0/275,000』
Vaconawa, now fully covered in blood, his body now in tattered had fallen from the lake. A Godlike being who was feared by almost everyone was now lifeless before our eyes, slowly sinking at the depth of the ruined crater.
『Mythological Mighty Serpent, Vaconawa has been slain』