Exhaling, Hollow fell to a knee, exhausted. His mana was nearly empty.
Thankfully the monsters retreated after their failed attempt to swarm him.
[2000 exp]
[Level up to 17]
[Level up to 18]
[475 points]
The new Leaderboard showed a complete change.
Hollow: 787
Stella 141
Adrian: 140
David 132
Charlotte 128
His lead was so far cemented that it was likely impossible to surpass.
Hollow was getting increasingly concerned by the monster's strategy. It was unlikely that they were able to organize themselves in this manner. They must be controlled by something or someone.
That capability was quite concerning, fighting a completely intelligent monster would be completely different.
"Are you hurt", Stella asked as she bounded over, dancing over corpses of monsters and humans alike. She reached out and caught Hollow as he leaned on her, completely exhausted.
"I'll be fine, I'm just out of mana," he muttered. Stella kept fussing over Hollow until he grabbed her by the shoulder and informed her, "I'm really fine, just a few shallow cuts. They should be healed soon. We need to get ready for the next wave. I doubt the monsters are going to keep playing fair!"
Shaking himself off Hollow stood up, grabbed his sword, and prepared to fight once more. The battle lines that had been attempted to create had been destroyed by the Wolf and many of the civilians were dead. The leader's plan to protect the civilians had completely fallen apart. Some of them were now cowering in ditches or had run for the woods. Others had armed themselves. They had finally realized what Lumia was about, a world where only the strong survived.
[Final Wave]
- This is the final wave. Good Luck!
The notification exploded across everyone's screens as they prepared for the fight to begin.
The horde of monsters rushed out of the now quite trampled woods. The horde was much smaller than before, it made up its numbers by the level. The monsters were level 23 monsters to level 20. Vastly out leveling anyone, people braced and lobbed all ranged attacks that they had. Their desperation was blatant on their faces as their friends fell all around them.
Hollow swept through monster after monster. Hollow was forced to only use base attacks as he needed his mana for the bosses. He knew that there were going to be two this wave and doubted others' capability to damage or even stall the other.
[500 exp gained]
[Level 19]
The new level providing a much-needed mana boost, Hollow started running towards a vantage point. His only real concern was the two bosses and the damage they could cause.
As he looked around he saw mana congregate and fall deep into the defensive lines. Taking a deep breath, Hollow was once more reminded of the power of mana. The torrent raged through people's bodies getting torn to pieces.
Rushing towards where the mana originated, Hollow found exactly what he had expected, a Boss.
[Tough Grey Turtle level 26]
- Health 1810
Shocked to find that the bosses could still be leveled and horrified at the implication, Hollow rushed forward.
As he approached the turtle launched all sorts of spells, forcing Hollow to take defensive action. He dodged and weaved as he approached. Others had started to notice the turtle and began bombarding it with longer ranged spells.
As Hollow reached striking range he slashed at the turtle.
[Veteran Mana Slash][Damadge Dealt 950]
The turtle squealed as it watched nearly half of its health disappear.
Cheering with excitement at the palpable ease of the damage, Hollow dashed forward determined to finish off the monstrosity.
As he dashed forward he was slammed into the ground by an unseen claw.
[Blitz Slash][1183 damage taken]
Hollow bounced off the rocky ground a third of his precious health having disappeared.
Sping around Hollow found himself trapped, surrounded by the turtle and the second boss. The Geko had arrived.
[Venoumouse Geko level 27]
- Health 712
Bewilderd by its ability to remain unsean Hollow dashed forward the Geko dodged out of the way as the turtle lobbed spears at him. Weving through the mayhem Hollow avoided most of the damage [212 damage taken]
As he finally managed to approach the geko he swiped down.
[Death Slash]
[712 damage dealt]
[Boss Killed]
[822 exp gained]
Hollow was then slammed into the ground by a mana beam.
[Critical Hit]
[2092 damage taken]
[0 Health remaining]