Cold Sweat breaking out at the sheer atrocity of the astral beast's stats, with 5000 HP and 4500 Defense this is going to be impossible...even with my legendary Strength skill I can only hit a maximum of 10 hits before activating the cool down. With 5000 Damage per hit minus 4500 defenses only 500 damage is done to its HP each time.
"This means...I Have to endure the time to make 10 hits and not miss a single one...
Impossible...impossible...I can't run either I'm just backed into a corner like a rat."
But the only thing that might save me here is my Overlord Class time magic, is that even high? Let's just go for it, as I dashed with all my might straight towards the astral tiger reeling my arm back to deliver a punch.
But the Astral beast was faster, way faster as my arm dropped to the floor 5 meters away. I turned to only to see a bloody stump where my arm used to be, HP - 30 (bleeding effect). In a daze I screamed in pain and agony as the beast in one meaty clawed strike detached my head. All that's left is a fountain of blood bursting from my neck.
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You Have Died
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There was no more pain only relief...but then BOOOOM! "World System will now unlock and activate hidden skill ATTIS" Singular Point recorded revitalizing body, mind and soul."
Just like that in a flash I was back there, air thick with suspense and fear, in front of the Astral Beast. The System pop-up flashed in my pupils.
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Stats: (Updated)
Magical Attributes: Right Arm (Legendary Strength) - Damage per hit 1000
Cool Down (1 day)
Magical Attributes: Time Overlord
1. Chronos (Time Manipulation Magic) Targeted Rewind/Forward
2. Aeon (Eternal Time Magic) Universal Time Stoppage
3. Kairos (Space time Creation Magic) (Targeted)
4. Attis (Singularity Point) (Time Stamp - Great forest of Artemis, outskirts of Andros)
Race Attribute: Primordial Chimera (Humanoid)
(3 slots available)
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How cruel...sending me back to my death point again, seems my unique skill Attis is a pin, a singular point in time in this world and it seems I can cast it as I wish as if invoking a save file point.
With this my fear and regrets dissolved and resurfaces as excitement and anger on how I'm going to kill this Astral beast.
This time I'm going to a different route for sure. With the end of that though the Astral Beast lunges for my neck once again. With my hand raise palm facing out, instinctively recited; "Time Bending magic, Chronos Fora!" a magic circle appeared in my palm. Rewinding the astral beast's every single movement to its most minute muscle twitches...only calling it off the spell once the beast was back in the shadows dozens of meters away.
Somehow due to my death and activation of Attis, my proficiency and understanding of the time magics available became clear. Chronos Fora (rewind) and Chronos Dios (Forward) only affect the movement of physical matter and moving them to where they were or speed up to where they will be.
I quickly grabbed a handful of gravel on the ground and aimed towards where the astral tiger is going to show up. "Time Acceleration magic, Chronos Dios!" A magic circle appeared as I threw the stones with my legendary strength magic. Flying from the speed of bullets into streaks of light as it passed through the magic circle.
This method ensures that I don't ever lose my ability due to a cooldown as it's an indirect contact force applied by me.
HIT three times (- 500, -500, - 500). Astral Beast (HP: 3500/10,000) it seems that the drawback of throwing items reduces the strength output by half, but it's equalized by the doubling power effect of my sped-up rocks.
Looks like I've got a chance after all, however one hit from it would still instant kill me. I desperately need better items, perhaps even purchasing the Cow titty armor might have helped even a little.
As thoughts continuously raced in mind, the Astral Beast began charging its own attack. The planetary devastation item around its neck began glowing and accumulated enough magicubes and fired off a large dense fireball with its radiating heat hot enough to start burning the trees and grass around.
The fireball grew so large that it made it impossible to avoid a direct hit, that's only if you're too slow. With my speed stat at 30 of course that includes me as well, but who needs speed if everything else in the world simply stops moving.
I pressed my palms together and shouted, "Eternal time magic, Universal Aeon!" as a sphere of monochrome time magic began emerging between my palms and instantly enveloped the town...the country...the world and the universe.
I slowly walked around the magical death ball of fire and walked to the back of the astral beast. Monitoring it closely and its legendary item. Unfortunately for monster equipped items they are fused to the bodies of the monsters making it impossible to pry away the item.
As I got into a stance to ready myself, in a flurry I delivered all 10 legendary strength magic infused punches straight into its skull. Feeling satisfied and anticipating the result of my handiwork, I released the eternal time magic. In a blaze of cathartic explosion, the astral beast got compressed and its brains and innards explode, flinging the body towards the fireball. Streaking across the sky like a firework before colliding hard enough to shatter the entire cliff.
Heaving a sigh of relief, as I leisurely walked towards the crash under the starry sky hoping to loot any monster parts or items left behind as its remnants.
World System: " - Legendary strength magic cool down activated 23hours 59mins remaining - "
"Astral Beast defeated HP: -150/10,000. Bonus Item drop from Overkill: + Astral Beast Tear."
"Infinite Storage notice: Absorb all loots in the area?"
"Yes, store them all."
The Astral beast skin, guts, eyeball and bonus tear automatically got enveloped in boxes of 3D lights before glowing and shrinking into oblivion. A wide radius of 20m with anything considered spoils of the battle was boxed up and transferred.
In a moment I even felt grateful towards the beast although it gave me trauma, but it was the necessary catalyst to invoke proficiency and fully unlock my overlord magic. Speaking of that I should see someone who is more well versed in this world to explain.
Maybe I'll head to the guild or a library next...