There were seven death, that happened due to the Knights. After tending to their body all the Hunters excluding the maintaing and hauling team gather at the entrance of the fortress and new groups are formed.
As they enter the fortress, they met with a wide road. At the left side, there was a open space which covered in snow and hard to tell if it was a garden or a training ground for soldiers and at the right, there were several buildings that were connected with many paths.
"Make a team of 50 hunters to clear the control area." Marvin said who recover a little but join the raid as he was the leader of the squad.
Soon a team with 10 Tanks, 15 damage dealers, 15 supports and 10 priests are formed and they went to the area with several building which was a control room.
As the rest starts to move ahead, sound of battle start coming from the direction the first team went.
After some distance, the open area ends and Marvin send another team, same as the first team to the left.
Now only the 71 hunters left. The straight paths leads to the boss monster while the sides are filled with others monster.
The remaining hunters have only Orlando an S-rank Hunter the others went with other teams three each. Marvin was only here to lead, but they are still the strongest among all teams because there was a anomaly present with them.
They met with the another wall that also have a barrier same as the outer wall but were not as tall or stronge than the other wall.
The archers made of metal were there can be seen and among them there was some mage, they were wearing a robe covering their whole body.
The hunters make the battle formation tanks at front with their sheild or defence wall on while the support aiming for those soldiers at the top of the wall.
Then, Maeve dashed towards the gate and with a single strike, the door flew towards the soldiers who were standing behind in their own formation as soon as the door opens, their formation got disarranged at which the damage dealer rushed forwards taking the advantage of the apportunity, the swordmen here seems little weaker than that of the swordmen at the outer wall but they didn't go down but dodge the damage dealers attacks, then the Tanks join the battle leaving the supports at the back to deal with the soldiers at the top. Mage providing the protection while archers hitting the target.
There were around 50 or more on the wall while the less than 50 swordmen were at the door.
The Tanks blocks and giving chance to damage dealer to deal the damage, sending back the injured to heal by the priests who also providing the buff to mage to recover their Mana.
Maeve still isn't joined the fight. Her focus were on the 5 knights that was guarding the door of the castle who seems to be stronger than the ten Knights at the outer wall.
After hours of fighting, the numbers of metallic figures starts to decrease. But the Knights are still standing still.
"Hmm... I don't think you are planning to join us right?.....it's alright, if you don't then I can."
She dashed towards them as soon as she finished.
'booommmm'
She lands a kick on one of them but it gets blocked by the Knight.
"Ooo... Sweet." She smiles in joy as if she finds a perfect toy to play.
Then again she lands a kick and again it got block but it pushed the Knight back.
The other Knights close the distance between her and them and all launch attack on her simultaneously, they were fast, making her unable to dodged all of them.
'Booommmmm'
"Even though, there are five of you but still, you manage to make me used my hands, that's impressive for some tin cans like you but this is the farthest you guys can go." She was standing with her one hand grabbing the sword of the knight while she dodged others.
"Farewell."
She has a sinister smile on her face but she was still beautiful.
She smashed her fist on the Knight whose sword she was grabbing, the power of the fist is greater than those of her kicks which make a hole in it's body and get defeated.
And then her hands turn into the claws that resembles the scales of monster and has a dark violet color.
'CLANGG'
She block the upcoming sword of a Knight with her scaled hand and the sword of the knight went flying in the air, she then charged and hit the metallic body of the knight with her claws that cut the sturdy metallic body into three parts and went for the others.
She was radiating a tremendous amount of Aura that catches the attention of other monsters and Hunters and they all saw how she obliterated the Knights that were guarding the door of the castle.
There are conditions for every boss floors in the tower which has to be satisfied before the Hunters allow to face the boss monster. For this floor, the condition was to defeat the Knights who were guarding the castle door.
The blue screen appear in front of the hunters and the others metallic figures stop their attacks.
[ YOU HAVE FULFILL THE CONDITION.
THE HUNTER WHICH HAVE MOST CONTRIBUTION IN FULFILLING THE CONDITION IS APPOINTED AS "REPRESENTATIVE"
"REPRESENTATIVE" CAN SELECT FOUR MORE HUNTERS TO FIGHT THE BOSS MONSTER.
TIME REMAINING :30 SECONDS.
29...
28...
27... ]
In just three second the blue screen disappeared in front of the Hunters and white light starts to illuminate beneath the ground of every hunters and soon they disappear with the lights.
It was the teleportion spell.
They were all teleported to the large arena as a audience. The arena was square in shape that had a square platform inside it, the walls at the boundary were as high as the inner wall of the fortress. At the centre a white figure wearing a red cape with a longsword on his lap were sitting as if it was meditating.
Then at the centre of one wall, a door appears and opened, from within door a charming figure comes out who were radiating a violet Aura.
It was Maeve.
When the other Hunters saw her, coming alone they understand that she didn't choose any other Hunters to assist her and were shocked but didn't complained as they were aware of the capability of the being called Maeve. Orlando was among them and even he didn't say anything because he saw what walking calamity she is.
Soon, Maeve reached at the platform and starts climbing up through the three steps that were present at the starts of the platform.
The White Knight stands as she enters in the platform.
[ YOU HAVE ENCOUNTER THE BOSS MONSTER OF 25TH FLOOR OF THE 7TH TOWER.
YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FIRST KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE.
SIR LANCELOT: THE WHITE KNIGHT OF THE LAKE.
DEFEAT SIR LANCELOT
TO CLEAR THE FLOOR. ].