CRAASSSHHHHH THUD THUD THUD
A series of heavy tremors shook the ground and a massive figure y motionless. Light soon swallowed up the pce, the massive figure breaking into pieces and soon turning into small fragments of light, carried by the wind.
All that!/ left behind were a couple of drops including a rge battleaxe, some braces, and a mana crystal. As one would expect from a Camity-Css mohey could sum up to a hefty couple dozen billion kiels.
"Alright. Looks like that's the st one for now." ［Grey］
It has been more than an hour since Grey and Poris parted ways from the rest of the group, and they have defeated more than a dozen monsters sihen, colleg all the precious drops and earning some ever so valuable experience.
The 10th floor was even more expahan Grey had previously thought, spanning about at least thrice the size of Alfrione's Royal Capital with massive structures to be found here and there, castles popping up everywhere.
It was easy to traverse, but at the same time, quite annoying to explore because of all the unnatural shapes and hidden tunnels located here and there. Even with his eyes, it took Grey more than an hour to find their destination. It was quite the task.
"But wow... It sure is grand as usual..." ［Grey］
"I is... So this is what you call a Boss Room..." ［Poris］
Standing in front of them was a massive door of white and gold, looking grand and vish, exuding an aura of dignity and majesty even just by looking at it. If anyoo say it was the doorway to heaven, many people would believe them.
Not only were they massive, they were fully decorated as well, intricate carvings and statues standing proud by its sides. There were also murals painted over the door along some strange symbols. It was like a mausoleum of a rich King.
The Labyrinth of Fmes' doors were also overwhelming, but in a pletely different sehe one in front of them, though beautiful, also screamed of danger, hidden behind it a monster of inparable caliber.
"Master, should we rest a little bit before heading in?" ［Poris］
"No need. We're here to test put limits so doing that would be pointless. It would be ahing if they're injuries though." ［Grey］
"Uood, Master." ［Poris］
Training... Though simple as it sounds, it is actually very plex. Not only should it be tailored towards the oraining, but one should also sider how much the mind and body handle, progressing harder and harder with every step.
Still, even with that in mind, one would soon rea insurmountable wall. A massive wall which could only be surpassed by bone-grinding efforts and challenging oneself past your limits. To break the body, recover, a.
And what better challenge was there than challenging a Disaster-Css Boss monster with one's life on the line?
The answer... There is none... It was a trainihod only those who are crazy and desperate enough would attempt. A challenge so bizarre, only a handful of people have ever tried and succeeded. Grey is going to be one of those people.
No matter what is ihe drey has no iion of giving up. He may retreat a for a while, but he won't stop until he beats the Boss. All to bee stronger and more powerful, in order to protect those he treasures the most.
"Right, Poris. Before I fet... Here, wear that." ［Grey］
"A blindfold...?" ［Poris］
"Yeah. The boss is a light-attribute monster so it would probably be bright,.. Oh, and ge into a smaller form. That would be for the best." ［Grey］
"... Uood." ［Poris］
Still, it wouldn't hurt to be prepared. After all, if they are going to challehe boss again and again throughout the duration of the month, they would o be alive. Everything would be useless if they just kicked the bucket due to their carelessness.
Poris didn't hesitate any longer and obeyed Grey's and. He shrank down a siderable size and took the form of panther, Grey tying the blindfold to cover his eyes as soon Poris lowered his head.
Of course, they aren't sacrifig their sight. With Grey's eyes and illusion magic, they could attain a full view over the boss room and they would be able to see the enemy at all times. It was a cheat code which was vital to their survival.
"And, right, Poris... As soon as you feel you're in danger, use w magid retreat immediately. Am I uood?" ［Grey］
"..." ［Poris］
"Poris, that was an order." ［Grey］
"... Uood, Master." ［Poris］
Poris was a little hesitant at first, but with how powerful and stern Grey's resolve was, he couldn't bring himself to disobey him. He simply nodded his best, wishing only the best for his Master and hoped that they wouldn't enter anything dangerous.
With everything just a couple steps away from them, Grey and Poris discussed and brushed up on their strategies first. It wasn't too hard, only a couple simple things to rake not off and when to retreat, and all that whatnots.
"Then Poris, that should be all... Are you ready?" ［Grey］
"Ready when you are, Master. I will be sure to assist you to the best of my abilities." ［Poris］
"Good. That's all I o hear..." ［Grey］
It didn't take too long befrey and Poris' discussion ehe young man's heart rag not only because of nervousness but excitement as well, an awkward smile painted on his face as he faced the massive door before him.
The winds howled and his aura was filled with vigrey activated all his authorities and strengthened himself to the utmost limit, stag up biff after buff, the sound of his exhirated heartbeats resounding in the air.
"Then, shall we?" ［Grey］
K K K THUNK CREEAAAKKKKKKK
Grey put his hand over the massive doors and poured mana into it. A series of heavy meical sounds danced in the air and the massive doors of white and gold slowly opened before them, blinding light swallowing their field of view.
The room was expansive and grand, massive pilrs supp all sides and ers whilst the floor and ceiling were entirely decorated by marble and gold, golden fmes burning atop the pilrs and illuminating the roht.
pared to the Labyrinth of Fmes, the Labyrinth of Star's boss room exuded airely different atmosphere, Grey feeling more at awe rather than scared. If there was something simir, it was that a single figure was ying down cross legged at the ter of the massive room
??Appraisal?? ［Grey］
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[Monster]
[Species]Bloodwing ius
[Status]Healthy
[Type]Elemental
[Ability]...
[Mana Capacity]138,987 [Mana Quality]S
[bat Power]48,987 [Threat Level]Disaster
[Attribute]Light
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Surely enough, it was the boss, and as one would expect, it was hel strong...
The Boss' bat power may be a tad bit lower than the Vul Destroyer's, but it was still over 20 times more powerful thahe ces of winning are slim, only a tiny sliver of light hanging in the middle of the abyss.
It was a strange creature uhe monsters Grey had entered before. It was made of pure energy and was basically a living source of light which had the form of a human. It had no fao distinct features, and no shades. A being made purely of light, and light alone.
The moment it noticed Grey and Poris' approach, it soon stood up from its seat and g them. It had no face, but they could tell that it was looking at them, gazing ever so cautiously with its core filled with nothing but hostility.
WHOOOOOONNNGGGGGGGGG
A massive magic field ran rampant in the Boss Room and the ground quaked at its wake. The atmosphere in the room suddenly ged for the worse, both tension and pressure rising by the moment as the room shook.
The once white figure suddenly turned a scarlet red color, 5 pairs of beautiful white wings sprouting on its back, scarlet veins running through them and a massive halo of gold and red appearing behind its back. It has entered battle mode.
Whoosh Fwoosh Whoong
It didn't waste anymore time, and quickly vanished from sight, not a single sound to be heard. The moment it appeared once again, it was already in front of Grey, its hands now turo deadly cws, ready to rip him apart.
'Fast...!' ［Grey］
Calling it fast would be a massive uatement. Not only is it powerful, it is also long sidered the fastest moo have ever been recorded, speed surpassing that of sound by multiple folds and not making a single sound as it dashes.
Anyone else would have already had their heads cut off. Unfortunately for the Boss, Grey wasn't just anyone else. He had already seeack with his "Eyes of Destiny" and already dodged even before it could start attag.
Grey simply took a slight step sideways and the Bloodwing ius' cws missed him by a mere hair's breadth. It rushed forth towards the Labyrinth walls, leaving rge cw marks which ripped the pilrs apart.
??Pinpoint Tempest: Deathpierce!?? ［Grey］
Grey didn't just let the opportunity slip by and nded a terattack towards the enemy, bellowing winds coiling all throughout his arms and the force of a couple missiles behind his punch, rushing towards the enemy at breakneck speed.
His fist was fast, but the Bloodwing ius was even faster. The moment it saw Grey's punch, it quickly took a step bad fpped its wings. A streak of scarlet light darted across the room as it evaded Grey's attack.
WHOOSSSHH WHOOOSSHHH WHOOSSSHHHH
The winds shed out at the force behind Grey's pund the shockwaves rocked the whole pce. He missed by a long shot, but he didn't falter. Rather, a smile was afloat on his face. He had already p beforehand.
The Bloodwing ius soon stopped fpping its wings, but there was no time to be rexed. Grey already k would dodge, and so, he asked Poris to wait at the pce it would be, lying in wait for an ambush.
Poris had already opened his mouth, an orb of ptinum light glowing in his mouth, directed straight at the Boss at pointbnk ra was soon bsted out, pag a destructive forparable to that of a small nuke's.
FWOOSH WHOOONNNGGGGGG BOOOOMMMMM
The orbs exploding into fmes and thunder, light swallowing the whole room. Yet despite how close the attack was, don't mention damaging it, there wasn't even a graze on the Boss' body as it dodged it once again with its insane speed.
??Judgement: Excalibur!?? ［Grey］
Grey tried to attack it by surprise after it dodged Poris attack, but it was all in vain. The enemy dodged it again without much effort, appearing in another pce as if it was using instantaneous teleportation. Its speed was just off the charts.
The two tried to ambush it again, but they all failed, the Boss avoiding their traps and preparations without any trouble. It only kept on dodging and , learning from their attack patterns. It did so, until...
"This bastard, just stay still for a momeー !!!" ［Grey］
... It found the slightest opening. It quickly unleashed its cws and rushed trey, aiming for his head and trying to decapitate him in a single glow. Grey was too stunned, he couldn't even moveー no, he chose not to move.
Before the enemy's cws could even reach, white and blue light suddenly shone for a split sed. A "Gate" opened before him and the enemy's attack passed through it without any trouble. As for where its sharp cws exited...
SLASH SLASH SLASH WHOOONNGGGGGGG
... It was her than behind its back. Its cws, fast and powerful as be sshed its own wings and created a rge gaping wound, a deafening shriek then resounding all over the pd fragments of light scattered around.
Grey and Poris were severely weaker than the enemy, so what better on was there than itself. All Grey o do was ect his front to the enemy's rear aself do the rest, cleaving his health by a signifit margin.
It was a brilliant pn. However, such a perfe does... The only problem with such a strategy was...
SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH
... Disaster-Css monsters were very intelligent. A trick like such won't work on it a sed time. It ractically a oime strategy.
Ehe Bloodwing ius sshed and sshed its cws and Grey opehe gates again and again. Its cws were sucked in by the gates, however, this time, not a single one nded on its body as it dodged it ever so gracefully.
There were even times it pulled back its arm before it got sucked ihe gates. It then rushes treyMs rear and attacks from there. It ged the dire and angle of its attacks, striking Grey with everything it's got.
"What an annoying bastard..." ［Grey］
What's worse, the enemy's regeive ability was straight up ihe damage it received from itself just now was already healed in a matter of a few seds, ba its peak once again and ready to ssh to its heart's tent.
While its mas ed in order to heal, with how ridiculous the amount of mana it possesses, they would o stantly damage it or deal wounds which are hard to heal. Both were impossible as of the moment.
??Pinpoint Tempest: Deathpierce!?? ［Grey］
Grey tried to terattack with every ce he got, but the enemy always evaded them without fail, then appearing behind him to nd a terattack, using not just its cws, but its feet and wings as well, trying to figure out what was best.
WHOOOONGGGGGGG BOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM
Poris also tries to help out, but the results were still the same. The enemy would just dodge it and try to ssh him down. It was a good thing he could teleport, else there was no telling how much of a terrible state he would be in.
Such a cycle repeated and time passed by with her parties getting a si, only violent winds howling and bellowing from the sheer pressure of their attacks, explosiing out as their strikes cshed with the Labyrinth walls and pilrs.
??Western Wind: Zephyrus!?? ［Grey］
The winds bellowed and the ground was razed with scars. Violent winds shed out and everything was ripped to shreds. Be it the pilrs, the tiles, the golden engravings, or the carvings on the walls, all were ripped to smithereens.
Grey even activated his "Bellowing Heavens" to amplify the destructive power of the winds, the whole room bearing the full brunt of the Zephyr's wrath. The once grand and vish room now turned into a wastend of ruin aation.
WHOOOOOONNNGGGGGGGG
Yet despite using an AoE spell, the Boss had yet to receive even the slightest amount of damage. It also casted a spell on its own and bsted out brilliant light towards all dires, tering Grey's spellー no, overp it.
The enemy's light only grew bigger and bigger, dev everything in sight. Grey's winds tried to fight back, but it was futile. They were only pushed back by the light, the tides of the battle quickly turning to the Bloodwing ius' favor.
?? ??Barrier!?? ??［Grey］
As quickly as he could, Grey immediately erected a barrier and defended himself and Poris against the volley of brilliant light, loud explosiing as the light collided with his barrier, peppering it with destructive force.
The shower of destru soon ended and a sight of ruin was id out befrey, a massive css greeting him as soon as the blinding curtains were lifted, bolting faster than the speed of sound and aiming to pierce his heart.
Grey once agaied gates all around his body ahe Bloodwing ius' cws back to itself, the tter easily dodging them and soon attag from anle, not falling for the same trick twice.
However, Grey still had a few more tricks up his sleeve. The moment the Boss let its guards dowhen surrou with gates, making sure not to leave any gaps. The only difference was that they were not there to defend, but to trap it.
??Northern Wind: Boreas!?? ［Grey］
The winds howled at Grey's and and dozens of spears formed all over the boss room. Grey waved his hand and the spears bolted towards the Bloodwing ius, entering the gates and casg towards the trapped monster.
It easily dodged the spears of wind, but as soon as it did, they only got teleported to anate, soon darting back at the enemy from anle. They kept on rushing and rushing until they could hit the Bloodwing ius.
?? ?? ?? ?? ??Northern Wind: Boreas!?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ［Grey］
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH
More and more spears were made, reag the hundreds as Grey casted the spell over and ain. Not only him, Poirs also helped out and peppered the gates with a shower of light, firilessly like a mae gun.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
One... Two... Three... Four... Five... The more projectiles they shot, the harder it was for the Bloodwing ius to dodge the attacks. They soon started to ect, loud explosions creating pandemonium as shockwaves rocked the room.
However, that was all there was to it. They may have ered the Boss, but the power behind their attacks were still severely g. Despite hitting it several times already and striking its vitals, they only shaved all but a tiny bit of its health.
"You tough bastard... Try this one for size! ??Southern Wind: Notus??!" ［Grey］
The winds gathered once more and densed into a massive spear, reag more than 20 meters ih and pag enough power to destroy a town. The winds shed out, a deafening holler filling the air as Grey threw it with all his might.
It was the most powerful spear Grey had ever thrown, aiming for the Boss' life without stopping a single sed. A loud explosi out the pce as it ected, a few fragments of scarlet light shaved off from the Bloodwing ius.
WHOOOONNNNGGGGGGGGG FWOOSH FWOOSH FWOOSH
Rage filled its core and the Bloodwing ius started to rampage, creating bolts of pierg light. It may be trapped ies, but it could still manipute light in every nook and y of the room, turning them into ons of mass destru.
At the same time, it made another blinding cascade aroyed the spears and missiles whice peppered it. It left not a single one behind and bsted some more bolts, trolling them to hunt Grey and Poris without rest.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
The bolts bolted and exploded, riddling the whole boss room with deadly explosions. The shockwaves were sharp and the fragments of broken light were like tiny bullets darting all over the pce, and not giving the two a single sed to think.
"...! Poris!!" ［Grey］
And just when things couldn't get any worse, the Bloodwing ius had figured out which gates ro pass through and escape. The moment it did, it didn't waste any more time and rushed towards the panther, its cws ready to rip it to shreds.
It sshed its cws, but it didn't cut anything. There was only a blurry mirage in front of it and not a single pao be seen anywhere. Poris had escaped as per Grey's instru and teleported himself outside the boss room.
??Northern Windー !!!" ［Grey］
Grey took the opportunity while it was still fused and was about to cast another spell, yet before he could even finish the t, the enemy soon appeared before him and lus cws straight towards his heart.
Thankfully, Grey had already seeure. Before the enemy's cws could even reach him, he opehe gates once again and passed through it. Light swallowed his field of view and he soon vanished into thin air.
The Bloodwing ius' ssh once again cut down nothing but air. fusion filled its head as it scoured the boss room, searg frey, yet it was futile. The person it was looking for was no lohere, only a room of ruin to be seen.
The gates opened oher side of the boss room and a young man appeared in front of it. He just narrowly escaped death and his heart was rag the fastest it ever did, the sound of his heartbeats eg ever so subtly.
"Master! Are you alright?!" ［Poris］
"Y-Yeah... Huff... Just a little... Huff... A little tired... Huff..." ［Grey］
Or so he says, but he was more than tired, he was greatly exhausted both mentally and physically, his body gasping for air and ag all over from mana exhaustion, each fiber finally tensing down after screaming dahe eime.
It has only been several minutes yet it felt like ay. Grey could only sit down on his butt and catch his breath, a bitter smile blooming on his face as he once again realized how powerless he still was.
"Haha... Looks like we still have a long way to go..." ［Grey］
CHAPTER 335 END
