The boss’s voice was distorted, spreading through the room. It stared at the melee csses surrounding it with poisonous eyes. Suddenly its body swayed before it luself towards Bloody Edge.
The thief, still behind the boss’s baever expected to be targeted. The distance was too short to avoid it.
“No ce!”
At this time Balm’s crisp shout came. The young woman had been on high alert for this very moment. With a thought her skill [Reflect] jured a transparent barrier around Bloody Edge. It was just in time.
The ghost collided heavily with the barrier. Radiant Shield was startled, seeing the boss getting hit with a rebound ford flying in his dire.
The tank dodged hastily, causing the boss to tinue for a short distance before it fell into a cloud of void energy and disappeared.
For a moment silence fell on the room.
“You have thhly angered me now…”
The ghostly voice came form all dires, sending shivers down everyone’s spihe void energy in the room pulsed dangerously. Instantly a faint violet line appeared between two random clouds.
Silent Acaoticed the line crossing his chest. He didn’t dare to hesitate, dodging to the side abruptly.
He was not a sed too te as a violet ser beam suddeed, shooting from one cloud to the with the speed of light. The bright, violet light stung in everyone’s eyes.
As soon as the first ser disappeared, two new lines formed.
Fortune cursed inwardly, trolling her skill’s cast while attempting to out of the way. She felt a pri her skin as the ser missed her by mere millimeters.
Following this the skill quickly ramped up. Three lines, four, five…
When six sers shot at the same time it the room to dodge became too narrow. Balm and Quickstep were both unlucky, bsted by the skill.
[-1988!]
[-1988!]
Both women trembled as their ck of defense against void damage forced them to pay a heavy price, taking almost 2000HP.
But the boss wasn’t satisfied yet, tinuing with the wave. Liam suddenly found himself within a narrle, with no way to dodge.
“Hehe, expert, this time you won’t get out.”, joked Cye.
Liam looked at her with a teasing expression. When everyohought he would be hit by the ser, he abruptly id ft on the floor. Three sers passed over his head, missing by a siderable margin.
Cye blinked her eyes, looking incredulous.
“You do that?!”
“Well, why don’t you try?”
Seeing Liam’s challenging expression, Cye bee uain. But Silver Bde quickly warned her:
“Don’t do it. It ’t be that easy!”
A moment ter a new wave of lines appeared. This time the amount doubled as every line was apanied by a parrel one close to the floor.
“You tried to trick me!”, scolded Cye, shocked.
Liam had no time to answer, chug while dodging the attack.
Finally, the skill ehe boss reappeared, walking out of a cloud close to Silver Bde and swinging his cw at her.
[-1184!]
[-157!]
Silver Bde looked at her dwindling HP with some worry.
“Balm, time to give us a big heal!”
“Ok. Guys, you o stand clether!”
The party members were already on the move, surging towards the ghost. Only Fortune and Cye stood further away but fortuhey hadn’t suffered from the previous skill.
A moment ter Balm activated her spell and a lively tree appeared among the pyers, spreading a vital, rejuvenating energy.
[+1712!]
Everyohe warm sensation as their HP were mostly filled up.
“Jusst die! I am tired of thiss fight!”
The boss, watg its enemies recover their HP, let out an angry shout while swinging its cws at Silver Bde.
[Immune]
[-157!]
Everyone was startled staring at the female tank.
“Hey Silver, what’s going on?”, asked Cye curiously.
“It’s my passive. After getting hit with a certain amount of magic damage it will trigger varying effects.”
“What? And the first effect is immunity?! Aren’t you unkilble now?”
“Haha, I wish but it only sts for five seds. So, all of you better attack during the time I’m buying.”
Silver Bde’s words remihe party. They had indeed been distracted for a moment. Now, a new cycle of attacks fell on the boss like a grinding wheel.
“Thiss isss not over yet!”
The boss’s eyes turned blood red as his HP dropped dangerously low. He was just about to go berserk, turning into twenty different creatures to swarm the party, when Cye and Fortune shouted at the same time:
“Not so fast!”
Cye’s eyes sparkled looking towards the side, feeling that this moment was shared by her and her idol. The mages simultaneously released their spells.
Suddenly the area above the boss grew chaotic. Two thunder clouds, unleashed by Cye and her e, fused with another cloud of pure mana.
Immediately two bolts of heavenly lightning smmed into the ghostly body. Sparks zapped on the surface of its skin. After enduring Cye’s attacks throughout the fight, now the mage’s luck finally showed itself. Her passive triggered, paralyzing the enemy.
The boss had despair in its eyes as it was forced to stay in pce. A moment ter a spear of powerful magic drove into its body.
“Nooo!”
With an unwilling roar the ghost’s body was ripped apart. A few clusters of void energy formed, stantly morphing into all kinds of creatures.
A dangerous atmosphere enveloped the room. All the void energy pulsed, as if it could erupt any sed, ready to destroy this part of hell.
But suddenly a strange call seemed to e from far away. The pass on the wall spun wildly. At the same time the unstrained void energy answered, surging towards the walls of the tower and slowly disappearing.
Wherever it passed, the tower’s bricks reacted weirdly, turning deep bd emitting an aura that made no one dare to touch them. Deep cracks permeated their surface, looking like they could fall apart any sed.
Wheuation calmed down, the friends let out deep sighs.
“Woa, I thought the tower would explode.”, excimed Cye while dramatically wiping away some sweat.
“The sensation of danger just now was the stro I ever felt.”
“What wicked deeds has Kelsnim practiced with such a rge amount of void energy?”, murmured Radiant Shield.
“Who cares? We are finally doh the dungeo’s get out, I need some fresh air.”
Quickstep nodded, agreeing with her boyfriend.
The suggestion ted by the others, who were pretty exhausted after this troublesome day. Only Cye was indignant, realizing that there was nothi for them to loot.
“Don’t worry, you take that pass over there.”, soled Liam the young woman.
“Hmm, better than nothing…”
Grumbling, Cye approached the wall and took the stone pass away. She was quite curious about the purpose of this mysterious object.
[Infernal pass of the voidCategory: Unon, Quest
Effect: Deteearby sources of void energy.
A mysterious pass deduced through the cooperation of multiple devils. It speaks of their ambition to trol the void for their own purposes.]
As soon as Cye read through the item’s description, a new message appeared in front of her:
[Do you wish to accept the quest ‘The mysterious pass’?]
[Yes]
[No]
Without thinking much about its Cye immediately accepted.
[
[Step one: Show the pass of the void to a suitable person.]
[Hint: Find a highly ranked member of either the order or the chaos fa.]
Cye looked at the quest in fusion. She shared it with the party while turning towards Liam:
“Expert, is this one of those quests with different stories depending on my choice?”
“You’re correct.”
“So, what should I do?”
“I strongly suggest giving the pass to Lewriova. Especially as someone looking to found a guild.”
Cye nodded while putting the item away. She didn’t ask more questions, naturally trusting Liam’s advice.
Just follow the expert. o think too much.
With su attitude Cye was unusually carefree for someone about to start their guild.
“Is there something else we need from this room?”, asked Silver Bde while letting her eyes wander over the tables.
“No, it’s alright. We leave now.”
“Good. Let’s go. The atmosphere here is too depressing.”
“Agreed, my friend. May we one day vanquish hell and turn it into a paradise!”, spoke Radiant Shield with a righteous expression.
Meanwhile Fortuood some distance from the party, rec a few solemn words for her viewers.
Suddenly she noticed some movement behiurning around, she noticed that everyone, but Cye and Balm had left the dungeon.
“Wow, how impolite!”
The two young woman waiting for their idol nodded fervently, causing Fortuo ugh.
“Ok, let’s go.”
A momehe party was gathered in front of the dungeon. Immediately a crowd of pyers swarmed towards them.
“They are out! They are out!”
“What took them so long?”
“Were they trying to fool the reporters?”
“Mirage! You are my hero!”
“Silver Bde, I am from EFG News, please grant me five minutes!”
Met with the overwhelming se the friends g each other and directly logged off.