[Objective completed!]
[Warning: Bosses are being summoned.]
[Death Skeleton]
[Blood Ghoul]
In a flash of light, two mini-bosses appeared on the field. One was a death skeleton, while the other was a giant, grotesque ghoul covered in blood that dripped and pooled on the ground.
"Leave the Blood Ghoul to me. I want to see what this mini-boss is capable of," Augustus commanded.
The Blood Ghoul was larger than a normal ghoul and seemed to be constantly generating more small ghouls from the puddle of blood it left behind.
As the small ghouls charged towards Augustus, he reacted swiftly, slashing them with his sword, causing them to burst like balloons and spraying me with blood. The corrosive nature of the Blood Ghoul's blood was evident, as it melted away the protective aura surrounding me.
To ensure that his blade remained uncorroded, Augustus poured all of his aura into it, ignoring his own defense. The aura surrounded the Dawn Blade, making it even sharper. With a burst of frozen Qi, he activated the Ice Flowing form, getting ready to take on the Blood Ghoul.
Just as the Blood Ghoul summoned more small ghouls, Augustus charged towards it. The ghoul seemed to be biding its time, creating more blood to wear down its enemies instead of attacking directly.
But Augustus was too fast, easily closing the gap between them. The Blood Ghoul finally reacted, lunging its bloody claws at him. Although some of the blood splattered on Augustus, he didn't falter.
The claw that had continuously been blocking Augustus' attacks was slowly chipping away.
After continuously clashing, the claws shattered, and the Blood Ghoul was forced to block with its arms. The small ghouls continue to launch themselves at Augustus, adding to the chaos of the battle.
Augustus spun around, using his blade to deflect the small ghouls' attacks as he continued to focus on the Blood Ghoul.
[The durability of Goblin's King Armor has dropped.]
[The durability of Goblin's King Greaves has dropped.]
As the small ghouls burst significant amount of the blood landed on his body, Augustus grunted in pain as some of them sprayed on his face causing burnt marks.
The other part was protected by his armor, but the durability of his equipment dropped significantly.
"I didn't know durability existed; I shouldn't have sold all the equipment," Augustus muttered as he read the notifications.
'Blinding Light'
With the blinding light, the injury left by the Ghoul was healed instantly and the blood ghoul was stunned in place not being able to see and move.
Augustus continued to attack the Blood Ghoul relentlessly, The ghoul hissed and snarled, its body writhing in pain as Augustus pressed his attack.
Augustus landed a final decisive blow. The Dawn Blade cleaved through the Blood Ghoul's flesh, and the creature let out a deafening scream as it fell to the ground.
[Death Skeleton Slain]
[Choose your reward]
[1. One-Handed Bone Sword]
[2. Skull Shield]
[3. Death Essence]
[Blood Ghoul Slain]
[1. Pair of Bloody Claws]
[2. Bloody Ring]
[3. Blood Vial]
After examining the available rewards, Augustus chose the Skull Shield as his reward for killing the Death Skeleton. He planned to use it on his other hand to block attacks, like the attacks from the small ghouls.
[Skull Shield, Grade-2 Equipment]
[Stat Increases: + 30 DEF]
[Requirement: 40 STR]
[Passive Effect: Durability can be restored by merging Skeleton Bone]
"It's kind of awkward holding a sword and shield at the same time, but I'll get used to it over time," Augustus thought to himself.
For the Blood Ghoul's reward, although the Blood Vial sounded interesting, he decided to redeem the Bloody Ring first since he still had multiple ring slots left to fill.
"Rings are hard to find, and you can't wear duplicates since the system prevents it," Augustus reminded himself.
[Bloody Ring, Grade 2 Equipment]
[Stat Increases: +5 Int, +2 Health Regen]
"Hmm, it has unique stats on it," Augustus noted as he inspected the ring's effects. He immediately equipped it and could feel extra life force being generated in him every second. With the effect of the Dawn Blade, it added 15 Health Regen as well.
Augustus decided to test how potent the Health Regen was by cutting a wound on his palm. The wound began to close slowly by itself, taking two minutes for the minor injury to heal. "This would help a lot in terms of survivability," Augustus thought to himself.
With Squishy in his arms, Augustus cautiously made his way into the next chamber.
As he stepped into the 13th room, he was met with the sight of several Knight Skeletons, each one fully armored and brandishing weapons that glinted in the dim light.
The clatter of their bones echoed through the chamber as they shifted, turning their attention to the intruder.
As Augustus scanned the chamber, he noticed a group of Blood Ghouls mixed in with the skeletons, leaving bloody trails in their wake.
The ghouls were no longer ordinary ghouls from previous chamber. They had mutated into smaller versions of Blood Ghouls.
[Kill 100 Skeletons]
[Kill 100 Ghouls]
[Kill 100 Wraiths]
Suddenly, a pack of Blood Ghouls leaped out from the shadows, rising from blood of puddle, their red eyes glowing as they attacked.
Augustus fends them and quickly throws Squishy on the battlefield. It started put them into his stomach, slowly devouring the ghouls and skeletons to protect his master.
However, in the chaos, Augustus felt a part of him being taken away, and he fell into darkness as a debuff was applied.
[Stats Decreased]
['Darkness' Debuff applied]
As Augustus fought to regain his senses, he found himself under constant assault from an unseen foe. Each attack chipped away at his stats, leaving him more vulnerable and weakened with each passing moment.
Desperately searching the chamber for his attacker, Augustus sent out waves of Qi and Mana. And with the aid of his Mana Sense, he sensed the presence of five invisible creatures.
"They're wraiths!" he exclaimed, realizing the true nature of his attackers.
Augustus was now able to sense their movements and strike back.
He covered his arm with Mana, reached out, and grabbed one of the wraiths by the head as it tried to attack him.
The creature was taken aback, surprised that its opponent could grab it by the hand. It struggled to break free from Augustus's grasp, but it was too late. The wraith's head was crushed instantly.
Augustus wiped the strange substance from his face, 'These creatures could only be injured with Mana.' As he looked around the chamber, he saw that there were still many wraiths left to defeat.
Augustus left the ghouls and skeletons to Squishy, but the wraiths proved to be elusive. They flew around near the ceiling to avoid being attacked, sometimes even hiding behind pillars and walls.
Augustus had to move around the chamber to chase the wraiths while at the same time dealing with the skeletons and ghouls.
Moreover, in the midst of everything, he had to predict the wraiths' movements and aim.
He decided to shoot Mana like Aura, to his surprise it's actually an existing skill recognized by the system,
[You learned 'Magic Missile']
[You earned 2000 points]
[You obtained 'Ectoplasm']
'I'm not sure what to call it glad that the system already has name for it.' Augustus said.
Sigh*
'These skeletons and ghouls are annoying,' Augustus muttered. He was having trouble aiming as they kept pressuring him while he chased the wraiths.
Determined to get rid of the troubles, Augustus commanded Squishy to use his full power, "Squishy, stop digesting them and just go all out with everything you got."
Squishy stopped wasting time and swiftly moved around the chamber, slamming the ghouls and skeletons to pulp, and even charging them into walls.
Augustus joined in killing skeletons and ghouls so that they could quickly get rid of the main obstacles.
Whenever the wraith saw an opening and tried to attack Augustus, they were just sending themselves to him as he easily caught them.
Finally, with no more enemies left to distract him, Augustus was able to focus on the remaining wraiths.
The creatures had nowhere to run or hide, and with no one protecting them, they were quickly defeated.
[Objective completed!]
[Warning: Bosses are being summoned.]
[Death Skeleton]
[Blood Ghoul]
[Death Wraith]
As three mini bosses spawned, Augustus and Squishy prepared for the fight.
The death skeleton came equipped with armor and a sword as most of the bones remained in the chambers still.
While the blood ghoul had grown larger and stronger from feeding on leftover blood on the ground.
And the death wraith had gathered all the ectoplasm in the room, growing larger and emanating similar aura to Death Skeleton but stronger, Aura that sucked the life force out of nearby creatures.
They all started attacking together as soon as they fully spawned. "Summon slimes, Squishy," Augustus commanded, as it seemed that Squishy needed backup to fully get all of the blood ghouls.
Squishy then used his skills and separated part of his own body, summoning different types of slimes. There were lava slime, electric slime, and radiant slime. Each of them was a unique type of slime, despite coming out of Squishy's body, which was a normal slime.
Currently, Augustus was facing the Death Wraith one on one, leaving the other two to Squishy.
"I wonder what it's capable of," Augustus thought to himself as he started to launch Magic Missiles at the Death Wraith.
However, to his surprise, the Death Wraith was totally fine. "What? Now it's immune to Mana?" he wondered.
"Woo!" The Death Wraith shrieked as it decided to attack Squishy instead of him.
As the Death Wraith went past Squishy, it made the little slime freeze still. Augustus could see it stealing stats and inflicting terrible decay on the inside of Squishy.
Augustus carefully aim at the Death Wraith but he couldn't do anything against it, as somehow the Magic Missile wasn't injuring it.
[Your summons 'Slime King' health dropped below 10%]
The system warned him as Death Wraith's attacks were affecting Squishy.
Desperate for a solution, Augustus commanded Squishy to eat its summoned slimes and recover its strength.
Meanwhile, he focused on taking out the blood ghoul and death skeleton before turning his attention back to the wraith.
With a new strategy in mind, Augustus stopped attacking the wraith.
He realized that the wraith had been forming holes in its own body to dodge his magic missiles.
Augustus just realized this because his Magic Missiles left marks on the walls every time he missed
As Squishy devoured the Lava Slime, its appearance shifted to a fiery red hue. The powers of the Lava Slime coursed through Squishy, granting it the ability to melt objects with a mere touch. It then consumed the Electric Slime, imbuing itself with the power of electricity, and finally, the Radiant Slime, which bestowed divine power upon Squishy.
The Death Wraith ceased its attack on Squishy, realizing it would be a death sentence to confront a slime with divine power.
Slowly but surely, Squishy began to recover its health, while Augustus easily killed the Blood Ghoul with the aid of his skull shield on his hand, which was able to block the blood that splattered his way.
Only the Death Skeleton and Death Wraith remained.
With the Lava Slime's abilities, Squishy swallowed the Death Skeleton, melting its armor and bones with ease, hastening the digestion process.
Now, only the Death Wraith remained, observing the situation and playing defensively, wary of its two fallen comrades.
Augustus commanded Squishy to devour the Death Wraith and purify it with the Radiant Slime's divine abilities.
Squishy bounced from the ground to the ceiling, where the Death Wraith was hiding. The divine power coursing through Squishy's body burned the Wraith upon contact, causing it to shriek in agony.
The Death Wraith attempted to flee, but Squishy was relentless, pursuing the undead creature with tenacity.
Augustus, however, noted that Squishy's absorption of the Slimes had a limited duration of only five minutes, and the Summon Slimes ability had a lengthy cooldown of one day.
Nevertheless, Squishy was overpowered with three types of slime powers coursing through its body, weakening the Death Wraith with each passing moment.
Augustus waited for the opportune moment to strike, biding his time until the Death Wraith let its guard down, which it did when Squishy lost its divine power.
The Death Wraith was grinning triumphantly, but suddenly, a 'Blinding Light erupted out of Dawn Blade, stunning the creature in its tracks.
Augustus leapt from wall to pillar, making his way to the ceiling, where the Death Wraith was momentarily stunned.
Taking advantage of the situation, Augustus readied himself for the final blow. With one swift motion, he ended the Death Wraith's existence.
"Why are all the creatures in this dungeon so troublesome to kill?" Augustus grumbled as he finally defeated the Death Wraith.
[Death Skeleton Slain]
[Choose your reward]
[1. One-Handed Death Sword]
[2. Death Skull Armor]
[3. Death Essence]
[Blood Ghoul Slain]
[Choose your reward]
[1. Pair of Bloody Claws]
[2. Bloody Ring]
[3. Blood Vial]
[Death Wraith Slain]
[Choose your reward]
[1. Life Drain Staff]
[2. Spectral Cloak]
[3. Death Bow]