10/6 10:32 (Autumn, Day, Sud Midrar, Undead Dungeon)
The four Mates found themselves in a vastly different Boss Room than the previous one, being covered by a dome made out of bones and with no apparent Boss or source of light actually there.
The Human didn't hesitate, Casting a very basic Light-Attribute Enhancement on herself to illuminate the area immediately around her, the Demon Phoenix and the Spectral Elf worked together, combining the Holy-, Curse- and Fire-Attribute with the Unique Skill "Piercer" and the Innate Skill "Holy Curse", creating a Barrier around the three of them against the Boss and to support Amber's Aura.
And yes, three as the Lunarian simply moved forward, her Armor and Familiars both being Dispelled at once while her Unique Arma Manifested around her forearms and forelegs before her blood completed said Armor, her Familiars being Summoned within it in an instant and without any waiting.
Their densely packed Aura flared once before condensing in a small layer around their combined form, a vibrant mess shifting between all possible colours, while destructive rainbow-colored Energy irradiated from her body.
Silence stretched on for a couple of terribly long-feeling minutes before seven ballista bolts from different directions rained down on Luna and this last one's eyes, previously closed shut, opened wide.
Her Aura exploded, forming various tentacle-like limbs that grabbed the incoming attacks before instantly throwing them back covered in her Aura, her tail opening in a snake's mouth and releasing a beam of energy while the sharp feathers of her wings were sent all over the Boss Room, trying to wound it enough to force its "Null Presence" to deactivate.
However, not only was this ineffective but for some reason she found herself being picked off the ground by a strange force and thrown towards the Barrier surrounding her Mate, trying to either use it to hurt her or force them to Dispell it to protect the Lunarian.
But this was far from the white-haired one's first fight and consequently her Wings transformed into six different tentacles that launched backwards, taking advantage of the fact that this Room presented walls and somewhat of a roof, to press against them and keeping herself in place against the force that was trying to force her back.
"How is it possible?! The "Possession" Skill should not have been able to do all of that in so short of a time." Mafel, well aware of what the Boss should and should not be capable of doing, exclaimed in surprise.
Almost in response to her words, nine different ballistas fired on the Lunarian at once from different directions than the previous ones, taking advantage of the fact that her mobility was quite a bit restricted fighting back against the force trying to throw her at the flaming barrier.
The red-eyed one didn't hesitate, her Aura forming into three chain-like tendrils that deflected most of the incoming bolts before finally grabbing the last two of the nines and bringing it closer to herself for inspection.
Said bolts were made entirely out of a single mass of bones and having glowing Runes inscribed on the entirety of its surface and probably even deep within it.
Next she took its shaft and broke it in two near its tip upon her knee, confirming her hypothesis on its constituition and the way they were built, in this case being constructed automatically following a simple blueprint.
And in this case the Runes had the intent on letting the bolts phase throught the wall, more precisely they were made to pass through all corpses, Undeads and Items derived from formerly living Beings to ignore both the Wall, Monster-derived Armors and Shields and possible Undeads within the Room to only strike Living Beings, Beings that in an Undead Dungeon can always be considered as Enemies.
She quickly memorized the Rune's pattern in both of the bolts before destroying both bolts layer after layer, memorizing all the Runic patterns written upon and within it.
Once done with this process, quick because of her perfect memory, she dropped the spear-sized bolts to the ground, her interest in them satisfied.
"Hey, Mafel. How many ballistas did the past you have? How long would it take to recreate ammunitions?"
"It had 25 and around 20 seconds each ballista to recreate a bolt, why?"
"To be sure. The current Boss probably only has around 20 of them and would need at least 25 seconds. Not only that but it doesn't have the Skill "Possession" at D-Rank like the previous one did, instead it has the Skill "Telekinesis" at E-Rank which would explain how it launches them and is holding me in place at the moment."
"Telekinesis? Are you sure?" Amber questioned, surprised and worried because of the implication of this Skill but Luna herself was certain of it and, almost as if to want to demonstrate her correctness, the force upon her body instantly inverted, launching her away from her Mates and right towards two bolts trying to impale her.
She immediately released a burst of Aura and Vital Mana underneath herself to jump over the twin bolts, grabbing the two with her hands before precisely throwing back covered with her Aura in the same movement, trying to damage not the Spected but the ballistas themselves.
This tentative failed confirming for her that the Ballistas moved right after firing considering her own immaculate aim.
The force on her immediately changed directions but this time she simply rejected being moved, controlling her Armor and forcefully keeping it, and conseguently herself, in position even with the "Telekinesis" pressing against her.
She closed her eyes in concentration, pushing all of her Senses, both biological and Skill-based ones, to the limit to fell any change in the area around her.
Finally her tentacles moved, grabbing four more darts out of the air, coating them in her aura, and then launching three of them back in slightly different directions from the ones they were shot from, earing well how one of her projectile struck its mark in full, breaking at least for a while one of the ballistas.
The force imposed on her repeatedly changed direction, trying to confuse and distract her but she didn't let herself be moved from her spot thanks to her control over her own blood, both within her own body and her Armor.
Not only that but she continuously and indiscriminately attacked everything around her thanks to six sharp Tentacles, her Tail and her Wings with three Aura whips thanks to her increased control over her Aura caused by the C-Rank of her "Unleash Aura" Innate Skill.
She planted her feet solidly on the ground, joining together her hands, a Bow taller than she was forming in her hands, and, making sure the Boss would not be able to interfere with her next shot, she nocked the fourth harpoon-like dart as if it was an arrow.
"[Parallel Arrow]."
The so-called arrow was launched, one at either side of it made entirely out of Energy following suit.
The three arrows, one real and two exact duplicates, passed right throught the wall of bones, destroying two different ballistas at the same time. "Three down, around 17 to go." She confirmed to herself, her Aura grabbing another bolt from the sky and firing it, and two duplicates, with her bow soon after, striking this time all three of her targets.
She had, after all, already adapted to the manner in which the ballistas moved and guessing their position relative to each others was child's play at this point.
To add insult to injury she manipulated her Black Blood to form a long spear-like Arrow with a runic pattern of Vital Mana, moving her Vision to within it, that she then shot forward in an instant.
The Arrow ignored the wall completely as it destroyed the ballista before the worst possible event for the Boss happened caused by the fact that the moving ballistas were in a single room and moving utop railways and then the Arrow became a Viper as it destroyed the rest of the ballistas.
Soon after her Familiar returned to within her Armor, the force emitted by the Specter's "Telekinesis" Skill changed immediately from trying to throw her around to trying to crush her.
Luna narrowed her eyes before grinning, a savage light in her eyes.
She immediately released her Aura at full power in a violent explosion that filled the entirely of the Boss Room, well aware that the intensifying of the pressure showed how the Boss itself needed to be closed to herself than before, in range of her response.
And thanks to said response, the Lunarian found her prey.
The Skill "Null Presence", deactivated thanks to the not inconsiderable amount of damage she just dealt it, revealed the Undead Monster that quickly was blasted with as many Status Alterations as she possibly could before she punched it all over its body with hands covered in Aura again and again, each blow releasing a burst of Energy in tandem with it.
The Specter twitched a couple of times as it slowly floated to the ground under the merciless gaze of the Vampiric one, her hands holding its head firmly as its "Telekinesis" was shut down because of the series of attacks.
Without waiting or hesitation of any kind, and elliciting a wince of simpathy from Mafel, she pulled back her left hand upon which a drill started to quickly spin before she thrusted it right into the other's head before it exploded into a wave pf destruction that shattered its body in an instant.
The Magicule Gem of this Floor appeared and the four absorbed its power, 10.000 Magicules each while the 60.000 that would disperse were forcibly absorbed by the red-eyed one without hesitation, increasing her Latent Potential even further before they proceded to the next Floor.
*Luna Gains 10.000 Magicules.
*Luna Gains the Ability Skill "Divine Power" E-Rank.