"Holy..." Liam looked terrified as he saw the damage he had just taken. Instantly he pulled out his last potion and used it immediately, bringing his life back over 200 points.
"I can't take a hit like that again"
Looking at the damage he had currently done to Grezom, Liam was worried about whether he could make it through. However after a second of contemplation he was forcefully snapped back to reality as the goblin was charging at him with machete swinging.
Liam dodged the blade and countered with a hit of his own before backing away. He was wary of the skill he had just been hit by. So he planned to study it's cool down before he goes all out. A skill like that should have a relatively longer downtime due to its strength.
Grezom missed again and again as Liam kept dodging and getting quick potshots to cause damage. Another 200 hp was chopped off before Grezom spun on the spot again. This time Liam was ready. He ducked and rolled backwards to get out of range of the machete.
'About 30 seconds cooldown.' Liam estimated based on how long it had been since it was last used. 'Can't rule out that it might use it after every 200 hp drop.'
Liam waiting for Grezom to finish the skill before jumping back in and getting two more hits in. It was after the boss hit the 50% HP mark that a new move was added to the mix.
Grezom grab it's machete with both hands and brought it down towards the ground. There was a gleam of light that was beginning to coalesce on the blade edge and just as the machete reached the half way point of its downward motion the light turned in a small ray and left the blade. The ray was extremely fast, but Liam reacted quickly himself. He sidestepped to left left just as the ray was about to hit him. There was a slight heat hitting his face as the attack flew harmlessly past.
"ROAR"
Grezom bellowed as his attack missed and in what seemed like a fit of anger started to wildly swing his sword in front of him moving forward while doing so.
Liam kept back stepping for the next 5 seconds watching the goblin swing it's machete in a crazy manner.
Once the goblin finished it's new attack it went into a state of weakness. Liam noticed a shield with a down arrow next to it's HP bar a realised that it's defense had dropped.
"Defence down huh...?" Liam immediately took advantage of the debuff and hit Grezom three more times.
-91 -90 -90
"Wow its defence dropped to zero."
Before Liam could get another hit in the debuff lifted and Grezom started to spin on the spot once more.
Liam calmly dodged the skill and ran in to get another counterattack in finally dropping the life below 200 points. It was at that point when a red aura started permeating Grezom's body and it received at boost to it's stats.
"Shit it's got a berserk skill."
Liam wasn't overly worried but knew that with his HP where it was he could not afford a single hit with the goblin like this. He needed to end the battle and fast.
With the berserk status applied Grezom swung it's machete with much greater speed, giving Liam a small fright. He manage to dodge the blow but it wasn't as easy as before.
Before Liam could close in another attack was coming towards him from above, he sidestepped as best he could before pushing forward and arriving in front of the elite goblin's leg and hacked away. A second attack was out of the question so Liam skirted around the legs of the boss while dodging it's fast attacks before getting another hit in.
Reaching to here Grezom used it's machete in two hands and swung down again. This time the ray of light formed faster giving Liam less time to dodge. He just clumsily dive to the side before getting and moving backwards. Grezom started wildly slashing in front of it again.
"Damn it. Is that 1 skill or 2?" Liam hadn't worked out whether this was one or two skills as he had only seen them twice throughout the fight and they were used back to back.
However this was where the goblin would fall as shortly after the skill was used it fell into a weakness state again giving Liam enough time to finally end this fight.
[Grezom - Goblin Chieftain (Elite) defeated. Earned 250 Exp]
[You have levelled up. Received 5 free points]
"Finally beat it. Oh and a level up too." Liam was happy to have finally beat the goblin and noticed five drops from it. There was even a blue shimmer among the items.
"Sweet looks like I got a rare drop from it."
Liam bent down to collect his drops but was pleasantly surprised by what he had gained.