The quartet walk into a room unlike the previous floor, this floor is like a dark cave but everything is clear. There are 3 large flying desert platforms, 2 platforms seem empty except the last one. Sands spill from the desert platforms falling into the darkness below. There are lines across the cave walls producing light yet the place is dark.
On the last platform is a humanoid figure with a scorpion's tail and covered in red carapace, it's left hand is a pincer with the right being human. Its feet are like a scorpion with antennae on its head. This figure has silver hair and eyes with extreme heat coming from his body. The figure's tail drips with poison as it grins maliciously staring at the quartet. There's the number 117 boldly written above his head in a dark color.
The quartet are yet to step on the first platform since they're still in the pathway. Flint stares at the figure, "Hey guys, I think that's the boss monster."
Aella looks around the room, "That's strange, shouldn't there be other monsters for us to fight before facing that." She points at the boss monster.
Chuck shrugs, "Who cares, it's just him alone. We can beat him easy." He steps on the desert, it rumbles under his feet.
Aku facepalms, "Urgh, this idiot's overconfidence will get us in trouble." She readies herself and rushes ahead running on the desert. "I'LL LURE THE MONSTERS OUT, GET READY!" After 8 steps, the ground beneath her feet rises, she jumps dodging whatever that's coming out.
A monster appears below Aku, it's a scorpion but it's larger than a normal human. These scorpions are red in color. More scorpions pop out of the desert as Aku runs all over it, the monsters start to chase her.
Chuck grins, "Hard defenses? I'm the kind of guy for this." Aella jumps ahead of Chuck, Chuck tries to stop her. "WAIT! Aaaand she's gone." Flint leaves him behind, Chuck squints his mouth. "Isn't anyone going to appreciate my powers to crush defenses? Whatever." He shrugs and jumps high into the sky.
Flint is running towards a scorpion, with his sword ready. It turns to Flint raising its pincers, Flint opens his mouth. "SONIC MANIPULATION, stay active." He glows in blue aiming his mouth at the scorpion. "AAAHHHHH!" A wave leaves his mouth smashing into the scorpion pushing it back by a few meters. Flint jumps up and thrusts his spear down penetrating the hard carapace.
Flint's sword glows blue then vibrates. The scorpion monster's limbs blast off as the monster falls down dying, a blue orb remains on the ground. Flint absorbs it, "SONIC MANIPULATION, deactivate." He stops glowing blue, he speaks lowly but all his party can hear him. "Everyone, these monsters also give crystal orbs, meaning we can level up as we fight. Let's get a lot of them before facing the boss." Flint pulls his sword out.
The quartet kill monster after monster slowly raising their levels on the first platform, the finish up on it and jump to the second platform. Aku runs across it again as monsters rise from the sands again. These monsters are similar to the scorpions but are humanoid, these monsters sling poisons from their tails. The party evade the poison and charge at the monsters killing them and leveling up as they go.
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Vision on the party moves up through a screen as a different place comes into view. This place is a rocky land with the night sky and stars showing in the sky. There's a campfire with a person sitting by it, besides the person is a girl sleeping in a bag. The person has silver hair and eyes, he grins looking at the campfire.
He looks over to the girl sleeping then back at the campfire, he opens his hands as googles and controllers fall in them. "I guess it's time I faced them. Hmmm, maybe I'll send my agent to this dungeon." He wears the googles as his vision changes, he sees Flint and his party land on his platform.
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Flint raises his sword towards the boss monster, "I didn't expect him to be this big." He trembles from the monster before him. "APPRAISAL."
[INFORMATION MAGIC DISPLAY
Name: Crystal Orb 117
Type: X2.Ver.1
Title: Floor 2 Boss
Level: 60 (Mythical)
Stats:
-HP (Health Points): 600
- EP (Energy Points): 540
- SP (Stamina Points): 720
- SoP(Soul Points): --
Physical Stats:
- Strength: 560
- Endurance: 800
- Agility: 640
- Intelligence: --
- Wisdom: --
END]
The boss monster's eyes glow red, it stands straight up to 15 meters in size. The boss monster lowers itself with its hand touching the ground with its pincer behind it. The boss monster leaps towards the quartet.
"DODGE!" Flint orders as he moves out the way. *BOOOOOOM* Dust scatter around, the boss monster raises its head but its eyes are unmoving. Flint takes a battle stance, "SOUL SURGE!" a silver light gathers around his sword, he appraises himself.
[INFORMATION MAGIC DISPLAY LEVEL 6
Name: Flint Barimah
Race: Human
Title: SSTM DC Wielder
Level: 48 (SSS)
Stats:
- HP: 263/280 - +50
- EP: 243/310 - +50
- SP: 174/260 - +50
-SoP: 330/360 - +50
Physical Stats:
- Strength: 190 - +100
- Endurance: 230 +100
- Agility: 200 +100
- Intelligence: 230 +100
- Wisdom: 180 +100
NOTICE: SOUL SURGE costs 30SoP per use.
END]
Flint leaps towards the boss monster, "No matter, I'll get it with this." He swings his sword. *CLAAANG* Everyone looks at Flint as he makes a dumb face, "These things...have no soul."
Chuck yells, "Ya think?!" He grabs his shield and runs to Flint, he stands before him blocking the giant carapace attacking. *BOOOOM*
Aella runs around the boss keeping her distance, "Guys! I think this thing also has a pattern it follows! We should hang back and find out!" She keeps her distance.
Aku is far from the boss monster on the edge, "Boys, *Sighs* Always wanting to be cool. PHYSICAL ENHANCEMENT." Aku glows blue as lightening crackles around her. "Stand back everyone! I'll keep its attention so we can figure its moves out!" she charges at the boss monster.
*BOOOM BOOOOM BOOOM FWIIISSHH WHIIIWHH* After 5 seconds *BOOOM BOOOOM BOOOM FWIIISSHH WHIIIWHH*
Aku jumps back, "GOT THE PATTERN!" Aku runs out of the boss' range, Aella starts firing fireballs at it from a far. The monster turns to her then she runs
Flint gets into a sword stance, "SONIC MANIPULATION, stay active." He glows blue and enters a sword stance, "Alright guys, here's the plan. Aella, I want you to attack the stinger. If the tail twitches run." Aella nods and starts to attack the tail but the boss is slow to defend it.
Flint looks at Chuck, "Chuck, I know the shield is your thing but don't get hit. I want you to tag with Sis and attack its legs, go for the head when it tries to leap again." Aku runs between the boss' leg and starts slashing at it multiple times.
Chuck shrugs, "Don't get hit? Like I'll just stand there and let this thing h- " He gets a tingling sensation on his head, he runs at full speed avoiding the giant pincer. "Yikes! At least let me finis- " The boss lowers itself to leap, Chuck and Aku charge at the head and attack it continuously until it jumps.
The boss monster is heading towards Flint, "When it does the leap attack, avoid getting close. That's when it releases its poison, I'll use my sonic skill to clear the poison. If it's exposed in that state it freezes for 4 seconds, let's hit it as hard as possible!" Flint jumps still glowing blue and screams on the ground as the waves carry him away from the blast radius. *BOOOOOOM* *FWIIISHHH* Poison leaves the boss making a mist around it.
Flint turns to the boss, "SWORD TECHNIQUES > 12 HEAVENLY KING SLASH!" he swings his sword around him as slashes moves towards the poison mist and starts clearing it. The poison is slowly cleared then the boss freezes. "NOW!" Flint charges at the boss and jumps, "ENERGY SWORD RAY!" EP bursts from his sword making a massive sword, he swings down at the boss monster. A blue giant appears behind the monster though it reaches 6 meters, the giant swings its sword at the boss.
Aku is shifts above the boss' head, she swings her sword making 2 crescent slashes at the boss, the slashes hit the boss as its covered in flames. Aella is behind the boss, she turns to the stinger before her. EP gathers before her, she attacks causing a piercing wave to attack the stinger of the boss.
*BOOOOM BOOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOOM*
The quartet land away from the boss monster, Flint looks at the monster. "Alright guys, it's almost dead"
*RROOOOOAAAARR* The boss roars fill the room shaking the walls. Aku covers her eyes from the dust, "This is bad, its never made any sound until now."
[Boss has entered second Phase.]