"Uh, I mean sure. You did help me against them." The girl said to him as she blinked.
'He could've just knocked me out but he decided to ask me. He's a nice guy.' The girl thought to herself as she looked at him.
"The name's Michael." Michael said introducing himself.
"Lakshmi." The girl introduced herself with a smile.
"Nice whip." Michael said to her as he looked at her weapon.
"Oh, thanks. No one actually thinks that my weapon is that good." Lakshmi said with a smile.
"Well, mine doesn't seem much either but you saw what it can do." Michael said as he pointed to the guys.
"Yeah, so, shall we enter the Gate?" Lakshmi asked him.
"Sure." Michael said with a smile.
She nodded as she opened the Gate and the two of them entered there. The place is a mountain area with rock formations around them. Michael closed the Gate as it signified the start of the challenge. This time humanoid beings with red skin and four arms wearing loincloths and with Gada, Talwar, and other Indian weapons. They numbered at 100 as the two of them got ready with their weapons as the words [Lower Asura (lvl 9)] over their heads.
"First time seeing this many enemies." Michael said to her as he activated two of his rings and multiplied his strength by 3.
'And they are a higher level as well.' Michael thought to himself as he looked at it.
"Well, this is a 2* Gate so it's a given." Lakshmi said as she gripped her whip.
Then the whip caught on fire surprising Michael, but he just smirked at the weapon before he got ready.
'That is a really interesting weapon.' Michael thought to himself as he got ready.
He then shot four of his Rings from each arm as they shot towards the enemies and hit them causing a small explosion shocking Lakshmi at the power he showed.
'By Lord Vishnu, what is this power?' Lakshmi thought to herself when she saw it.
"Don't just stand there, attack." Michael said as the Rings returned to his arms.
"R-Right." Lakshmi said getting out of her shock.
She then swung her whip which is on fire which then extended 3 times its usual length as she swung it at the enemy and hit them and the ones hit by it caught on fire as they roared in pain.
Michael dashed towards the enemies and jumped into the air. He was now higher than a two storeyed house in the air due to his strength as he looked at the enemies. He multiplied his strength by 4 using 3 Rings. He shot one right from each arm like a gun as he shot all of the enemies. The multiplied strength being enough to destroy the ground and the enemies.
But then Lakshmi's whip also attacked the area that Michael sent his Rings as she burned the remaining enemies that managed to survive with minimum HP. But her attack and the ability to burn her opponents was enough to kill the rest of them.
Michael landed on the ground as he jumped back and reached where Lakshmi is as she returned her whip to its normal form as its fire was gone.
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
"I managed to level up." Michael said to her as he got into his fighting stance.
"Me too. Your attacks helped massively." Lakshmi said to him as she smiled at him.
"What level are you now? I'm 15." Michael said to her.
"I'm 18." Lakshmi said to him with a smile.
Then the ground started to shake showing that the boss was coming. And the boss did appear, falling towards them from above as its shadow was seen by them. The two of them looked above them to see that the boss was falling towards them.
The two of them shared a glance before they jumped to opposite sides as the boss landed on their place kicking up dust as the two had to cover their faces using their arms from the wind and dust.
The boss's form is then revealed to them. It is a large boss, as big as the Hobgoblin that Michael had defeated on his first Gate. It looked like the lower Asura's but it was more buff, a crimson skin tone, large horns and teeth. It is also wearing ornate armor and a large mace in its hand as it slung it over its shoulder before roaring out dispersing the dust that it kicked up. The words [High Asura (lvl 20)] appeared over its head.
"Well, this will be fun." Michael said as he looked at the boss.
Lakshmi's whip wrapped around its right leg burning it. Michael used all ten of the Rings causing his strength to be multiplied 11 times. He then jumped towards the enemy and the boss swung it's Gada at him. He used the Rings on his arms to pull himself up as he dodged the attack. He is now right at the Boss's head as he reared his fist and let it loose.
The boss however blocked his attack with its left arm but it had received his attack. His punch was strong enough to destroy the arm of the Boss and destroyed the ground under it as the boss roared in pain as blood and bone was splattered on the ground and onto the Boss's body as it attacked Michael in retaliation.
"Ah shit." Michael cursed as he brought his Rings up and managed to block the attack.
The force from the strike sent him flying as he hit the side of a rock as it cracked from him hitting it. He coughed as he pulled himself out of it as he landed on the ground and coughed some more. Then a familiar whip wrapped around his right arm and pulled him away from there as the Boss kicked the place and destroyed it.
Lakshmi caught Michael as she had used her whip to pull him out of the boss's way. Michael looked at her with a look of gratitude.
"Thanks. I really should get more tolerant to this." Michael said to her as he stood up.
"No problem. Besides, your attack did a number on that boss, it's on its last legs." Lakshmi said as she looked at the boss.
What she said was correct, the boss's HP is in the red now. One more attack of even half of that is enough to kill it.
"Lakshmi, use your whip and burn the boss. I'll try to land one more hit on it." Michael said to her as he activated 4 of his rings and multiplied his strength 4 times and his speed by 2 times.
"Got it." Lakshmi said as she extended her whip which caught fire.
She then attacked the Boss and burned it as it shrugged it off and ran towards them. Michael also dashed towards it and with his increased speed he was able to reach the boss. But the boss brought it's Gada on him but he managed to narrowly dodge it due to his size.
"Haaa!" Michael yelled as he jumped and uppercutted the Asura.
The force from his attack was strong enough to lift the Asura off the ground before it fell on its back before it disappeared. Michael let out deep breaths before he sighed in relief as his Rings disappeared. Lakshmi at seeing that the boss has been defeated also did the same as she let out a breath of relief.
"Man, now that was a bit of a difficult fight." Michael said to himself as he looked at where the Boss was.