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Chapter 28: Hidden Boss

Editor: TheRealSeal

The fickle-minded Fatty Han had only felt excited for a short moment when the server announcements flashed. He wiggled happily towards the corpse when Zhang Yang told him to loot it, ignoring the announcements, because his mind was already distracted by the thought of looting a cloth armor top just so he could witness the glorious sight of Silky Snow wearing the miniskirt!

[Heavy Crossbow] (Green-Copper, Ranged Weapon)

Weapon Attack: 42 – 54

Attack Interval: 2.4 seconds

DPS: 20

Level Requirement: 10

Ranged weapon. That would be a Hunter’s weapon! Fatty Han’s eyes shone, “I won’t be giving in this time. I’ll roll 100 points and grab this!”

Zhang Yang laughed and said, “Alright, Hunters roll for the weapon!”

All 3 Hunters wanted the weapon seeing it would be the first Green-Copper ranged weapon in the server at this stage of the game. It was definitely going to be an attention grabber if they could get their hands on it and show it off in the city.

Hundred Shots, 98 points.

Defiant Monk, 99 points.

“F*ck you all!” Fatty Han prayed to all things divine at once before he pressed the roll button. “Abracadabra!”

Slim and Handsome, 100 points!

“Ah, haha!” Fatty Han was surprised at first before letting his laughter follow. The item had automatically entered his inventory.

“D*mn, Fatty, I’m going to report you for using hacks!” Defiant Monk cried.

“Haha, you should’ve known who I am!” Fatty Han flipped his hair in sass and continued to loot the corpse.

[Light Coat] (Green-Copper, Cloth Armor)

Defense: +2

Vitality: +8

Intelligent: +8

Spirit: +4

Level Requirement: 10

“It really came out!” Snowy Death was shocked.

“Flame-using magus, if you dare to roll, I’ll definitely wreck your ass!” Fatty Han said murderously to Flame Emperor.

As perverted as Fatty Han looked, he was like Zhang Yang. They grew up getting involved in fights and had a dangerous aura. Flame Emperor jumped and had actually selected to pass obediently. None would ever find out if it was because Flame Emperor was being pressured into it or because he had also wanted to see Silky Snow in the miniskirt.

Although Silky Snow had only rolled 15 points, the coat had naturally gone to her since there was no competition.

“Hurry up and change into it!” a group of lusty wolves cheered.

Silky Snow twisted and turned, reluctant to put on the coat.

Zhang Yang then added oil to the fire and said, “There’s still a Hidden Boss, so it’s best to power up however you can!”

Since Zhang Yang had already said so, Silky Snow could only change from the long dress she was wearing into the light coat. The sexy miniskirt was then unveiled to the crowd, showcasing her slender milky legs and just barely, her pink undergarments!

“Hallelujah!” Fatty Han wiped his saliva and looted the last piece of equipment distractedly.

[Lord’s Shin Guard] (Green-Copper, Heavy Armor)

Defense: +6

Vitality: +10

Strength: +7

Dexterity: +3

Level Requirement: 10

Phantom Day and Ocean Despair had both chosen to pass and the equipment went straight into Zhang Yang’s inventory.

‘Ding! You have received 9 silver coins after distribution!’

Dadarerda’s corpse then disappeared and the coins on the ground were looted too.

“Brother expert, where is this Hidden Boss?” Snowy Death looked around.

Zhang Yang pointed to a corner of the room and said, “After Dadarerda has been defeated, an extra door will appear in the field and there will be a passageway that leads to the Hidden Boss!”

“Zhan Yu, how do you even know about this?” Crimson Fire asked suddenly, “Don’t tell me that you’ve gotten it from the internet, I won’t believe it!”

“Yeah, me too!” the others expressed their doubts as well.

Zhang Yang smiled and said, “Actually… I’m the Terminator and I’ve traveled 5 years back in time!”

“Boo!” the crowd jeered.

“Alright, alright. I’ve participated in the game’s beta version!” Zhang Yang shrugged.

“Hmm!” The crowd bought it.

“Brother expert, what is the Hidden Boss’ loot? Gray-Silver equipment?” Snowy Death asked.

“It’s nothing that exaggerated. Gray-Silver equipment is only available in Level 20 dungeons!” Zhang Yang shook his head and said, “Have you guys realized? Have the bosses dropped any necklaces or rings before?”

“No!”

“Exactly, necklaces and rings are only available as loot from Hidden Boss in Hardcore Mode other than being rewards from certain quests!” Zhang Yang explained.

“Wow, in that case we must go for it!” Defiant Monk said excitedly.

Zhang Yang had given life to too many miracles. Their doubts on their abilities to defeat the boss had long since vanished!

“Let’s go!” Zhang Yang waved his sword and walked to a corner of the room. Pressing on a protruding stone after feeling about, a stone door appeared and opened in front of them with a thud.

“Use the skill point awarded by the system just now as it’s better to strengthen yourselves even if it is just a little!” Zhang Yang then assigned the new skill point to <Block>, reducing its cooldown time to 7 seconds.

The others nodded and agreed.

Behind the stone door was a long passageway extending all the way down with both its sides lighted with torches.

Fortunately, there were no minions around. The passageway took them about a minute to traverse before they finally arrived at the entrance of a large stone chamber.

“Don’t go inside just yet!” Zhang Yang stopped at the entrance and said, “Let me explain the strategy!”

In the middle of the stone chamber laid a gigantic gnome. Different from other green-skinned gnomes, its whole body was in crimson red, leaking out a murderous aura. Its feet were shackled with a heavy chain with the other end locked into the walls.

[Demonized Momorermo] (Green-Copper Elite)

Level: 15

HP: 90000

“D*mn, its level is higher than the final boss!” Flame Emperor exclaimed in a hushed voice.

“Hidden Bosses have always been the hardest to defeat in dungeons!” Zhang Yang said. Of course, the badly designed Dadarerda was not included.

“This boss has 3 skills. The first is a DoT1 aura effect. As long as you’re within 30 meters of it, your HP will be drop continuously. It’s a magic effect! If I’m not mistaken, I think it is a Shadow element DoT which can reduce your HP by 30 for every 3 seconds! Priests, please remember to cast and maintain <Regeneration> on everyone.”

“The second skill is demonization. The boss will randomly pick a player to demonize. The demonized player would then be controlled to attack everyone else. Regardless of whether you are melee or ranged now, you would automatically use melee attacks once demonized. A demonized character has 3,000 HP and each attack can deal 1,000 damage! The advantage is that a demonized character’s speed is extremely slow!”

“It’s very easy to dispel this effect. All you have to do is to deplete the demonized player’s HP and the control would return to the player, while restoring the player’s HP to its original state! However, demonization has one more negative effect – the player could still receive damage from party members for as long as 10 seconds after demonization vanishes. So once the effect is gone, you need to stop attacking immediately or else you might kill your own members! Dispelling demonization must be done quickly as once there are two or more demonized players, we’ll be as good as wiped.”

Zhang Yang paused to give them some time to digest the load of information and continued, “As for the third skill, every time the boss loses 25% HP, it will cast a special skill. I’ve forgotten the skill name but it’s an AoE skill and the range is 200 meters, it also does 1,000 attack damage!”

“1,000 damage AoE, shouldn’t we just give up then?” Crimson Fire frowned and asked.

“Not really. During the battle, the Energy Crystal will randomly spawn around the field. A barrier will appear after shattering it, granting immunity to all attacks! The crystal has 1,000 HP and its barrier lasts for 10 seconds.” Zhang Yang had intended to explain further but after seeing everyone’s confused faces, he sighed and said, “Just do according to what I say. Attack what I tell you to, and move where I tell you to!”

“Roger!”

“Little Yang, you should’ve just said that earlier, it’s much simpler!” Fatty Han said mercilessly.

Zhang Yang thought for a moment and said, “Fatty, you’ll be responsible for breaking the Energy Crystal. It’s a crystal pillar half the height of a man. It’s very easy to spot but the location is not fixed so once it has spawned, you must remember its location. When I give you the signal to attack, ignore everything else and put in all your effort to break the crystal, got it?”

“You can count on me!” Fatty Han patted his chest in earnest.

“Alright, after we start, ranged classes including healers should stand 5 meters away from each other. If a ranged character is demonized then everyone should get away from him, while the other ranged characters should deplete his HP immediately! Melees just focus your attacks on the boss. If you get demonized, I’ll pull the boss away, while ranged characters concentrate on depleting the demonized melee character’s HP!”

Zhang Yang raised his sword and said, “Let’s give it a go!”

He moved a few steps forward and a red damage text “-24” immediately popped up above his head. At the same time, the system notification rang.

‘Ding! You are affected by <Dark Halo>. Lose 30 HP every 3 seconds (Shadow DoT) until you leave the aura’s area of effect!’

He had a passive skill with 20% damage reduction.

“Ogagaga! Here comes some little bugs to kill Momorermo’s boredom!” Once Zhang Yang entered the boss’ aggro range, Momorermo immediately jumped to its feet, grabbing the chain shackling itself and actually twisted the arm-thick chain off with sheer brute force!

“Momorermo is going to drink all your blood!” The ugly red-skinned gnome dashed forward and stretched its long arms, waving it towards Zhang Yang. Its hands were like the sharp claws of a beast, shining viciously.

Zhang Yang used <Charge> and stunned the boss. He then raised his sword and slashed its head, spraying blood everywhere.

“Begin the attack!”

Upon Zhang Yang’s signal began the final battle.

Translator Note:

1 DoT stands for Damage over Time which refers to an effect that causes smaller amounts of damage over a period of time. This damage is usually calculated per ‘tick’, which happens at regular intervals depending on the effect of the skill or item. The total damage dealt could be calculated as such, [Duration of Effect (s) / Interval for Each Tick (s)] x [Damage Per Tick].


Chapter 29: All Clear

Editor: TheRealSeal

“Ranged classes including healers, be aware of your surroundings! Make sure that there’s at least 5 meters of distance between each other!” Zhang Yang commanded as he pulled aggro, “The 3 melee attackers! Snowy Death, you stand on boss’ left and Phantom Day on its right. Crimson Fire, you’ll attack from behind it! F*ck, Snowy Death, can’t you differentiate left from right? Go to the other side!”

“Alright! All out, ramp up the DPS! The aura effect might seem to cause only a little DoT but every 3 seconds drains away 30 HP per character which would lead to 300 HP in total. Healers might not be able to handle that much healing once it’s dragged on!” said Zhang Yang.

The party nodded in agreement. Everyone performed at their best and attacked the boss with all their might.

All 6 bosses from Hard and Hardcore Mode had given Zhang Yang and the party a total of 18 equipment, which was about 2 equipment per player on average. Compared to when they had first started the dungeon raid, it was a huge improvement! Especially those who had obtained new weapons, their damage dealing capabilities had increased by leaps and bounds.

With both Phantom Day and Fatty Han already in possession of strong damaging power, their attack power had risen to a whole new level after swapping in new weapons, enough to allow them to be on par with Zhang Yang!

“Zhan Yu, check out the stats, I’ve already caught up to you!” said Phantom Day delightedly.

It was true. According to the damage statistics, Zhang Yang, Phantom Day and Fatty Han were in a rat race for the top 3 places in the list. With their miniscule difference in damage output, any first strike would have allowed that player to place first.

Zhang Yang laughed, “Aren’t you a little shameless to be competing damage output with a Guardian?”

“F*ck! Are you really a Guardian?” Phantom Day bemoaned.

‘Ding! Demonized Momorermo has demonized player Defiant Monk!’

During the intense fight, the boss had suddenly turned its head around as he directed a blood-red mist towards Defiant Monk! The mist flew at such an incredible speed that Defiant Monk was not able to react in time. His entire body suddenly shone with a crimson glow, expanding to at least double of his original size while his HP increased to 3,000 points!

“Ranged players including healers, quickly get away from Defiant Monk and nuke his HP!” commanded Zhang Yang.

Hundred Shots and the rest of the ranged players switched their targets immediately and fired towards Defiant Monk.

Being controlled by the boss, Defiant Monk had lost control over his own character and could only watch helplessly as his character proceeded slowly towards Silky Snow who was the closest to him.

‘-52!’

‘-47!’

A chain of damage figures landed on Defiant Monk and his HP was briskly reduced to 0. His body then returned to its normal size and his HP rewound to its original value.

“Stop! Resume attacking the boss!” Zhang Yang multitasked while maintaining his watch on the situation with Defiant Monk all along.

Still, Hundred Shots and the rest of the ranged attackers were a little slow in reacting, allowing their fireballs and arrows free rein and damaging half of Defiant Monk’s 300+ HP!

“You beasts! Couldn’t you guys be a little gentler?” Defiant Monk hurriedly consumed a red pot to reduce the healer’s load.

Another 10 seconds or so had passed.

‘Ding! Demonized Momorermo has demonized player Phantom Day!’

Zhang Yang swiftly took off and pulled the boss away. “Ranged, attack Phantom Day. Melees, don’t even try. You’d be wiped out instantly!”

“Shitty boss, why the hell would you pick me?! Did I ever offend you?” Phantom Day was pissed, as his damage output was a close tie against Zhang Yang’s and Fatty Han’s but now that he was demonized, he could only watch as his name plummeted down the damage statistics.

“My fellow comrades, fire upon me!” Phantom Day shouted, “Kill me! Hurry!”

With their initial experience, the ranged attackers became quicker in halting their attacks after depleting Phantom Day’s HP. It was fortunate that they did it in time as he would have been killed by his own teammates with his measly HP that was less than 300.

“Fatty, have you seen the crystal yet?” Zhang Yang asked Fatty Han just as he saw the boss’ HP drop to 80%.

“Mm, I saw it!” Fatty Han replied just as quickly.

“Okay, don’t hit it yet! Wait for a little longer!” Zhang Yang said as his eye locked onto the boss’ HP bar.

79%, 78%, 77%...

“Fatty! Unleash your attacks upon the crystal!”

“Alright!” Fatty Han changed his target immediately, firing his arrows toward the crystal that was half a person in height.

76%!

‘Crack!’

The crystal broke and a blue, translucent, hemispheric light shield about 3 meters long in diameter appeared in its place.

75%!

“Momorermo is going to show you the real demon!” Momorermo had suddenly stopped attacking to chant something in an odd language, a progress bar appearing on its head.

“Everyone stop and follow me!” Zhang Yang turned and dashed towards the light shield. “This boss’ skill has a 3-second cast time! Make haste, everyone!”

The party members had formed some sort of spontaneous reaction to Zhang Yang’s order and had ran with him into the light shield.

“Flame Emperor! Snowy Death! The both of you are too slow! Hurry up and run!” As he got into the shield, Zhang Yang turned and saw both Flame Emperor and Snowy Death being left behind. Even with Zhang Yang leading the party, each player’s response speed still varied.

‘Ding! Momorermo has casted <Shadow Blast>!’

A dark light with Momorermo as its core blasted out, its range reaching more than 200 meters!

‘Ding! Player Flame Emperor has died!’

‘Ding! Player Snowy Death has died!’

Two enormous ‘-1,000’ damage text appeared on their heads as both Flame Emperor and Snowy Death succumbed to the blast.

“Get out of this shield and go back to your original positions! Continue the attack!” Zhang Yang rushed out of the shield and used <Charge> on the boss, stunning it.

The shield then faded after a few seconds.

Everyone spread back out to their positions and resumed the original attacking momentum but the loss of two members had greatly reduced their attacking power. Luckily the two who died were not the main damage outputs so the impact was not as disastrous. Since two of the players died, the healers also had a lighter load in healing the remaining team members.

“Hundred Shots, be my slave!” Demonized Momorermo let out a deafening growl and flung a blood-red mist towards Hundred Shots.

‘Ding! Demonized Momorermo has demonized player Hundred Shots!’

“Ranged attackers, fire towards Hundred Shots!” Zhang Yang instantly commanded.

Under Zhang Yang’s instructions, the battle progressed smoothly.

‘Ding! Demonized Momorermo has demonized player Slim and Handsome!’

Less than a minute later, the boss had turned and threw the mist towards Fatty Han.

“Melees stop what you’re doing! Ranged, nuke Fatty Han back to our side!” Zhang Yang commanded swiftly. The boss had 53% HP currently. If they had dropped it to 50%, <Shadow Blast> would be triggered and with the demonized players still on the field, it would have been extremely chaotic, resulting in more deaths!

Once Fatty Han was released from demonization, Zhang Yang said quickly, “Fatty, quickly break the crystal!”

“Got it!” Fatty Han hurriedly fired at the crystal.

52%!

51%!

‘Crack!’ With the crystal broken, the blue, translucent shield reappeared.

50%!

“Haha, Momorermo will show you the real demon once more!” Momorermo stopped its attacks and began casting <Shadow Blast>.

“Sprint your way to the shield! Don’t insist on attacking! Only living players can deal damage!” said Zhang Yang as he sprinted towards the light shield.

‘Ding! Momorermo has used <Shadow Blast>!’

A wave of dark light pulsated through the entire field.

“Carry on the attack!” Zhang Yang dashed towards the boss and brandished his sword, dealing significant damage.

“Silky! Ocean! How’s your MP?” Zhang Yang’s main concern was still the healers’ healing endurance due to <Dark Halo>’s existence which would drop everyone’s HP to their deaths once the healers ran out of MP.

“I still have 40% MP but my blue pot cooldown is almost done!” said Ocean Despair.

“I only have 30%. I just consumed one MP pot!” Silky Snow had also hurriedly replied.

Silky Snow had expended her MP much faster than Ocean Despair as she had to make sure everyone had <Regeneration> on them.

[Regeneration]: Restores target’s HP to the equivalent of 200% Magic Attack every 3 seconds over 15 seconds.

The boss still had 50% HP, this would be a little difficult!

“Keep up the effort! We can do this!” said Zhang Yang.

40%, 35%, 30%… the boss’ HP continuously dropped.

“Stand strong! Just one more <Shadow Blast> and there’ll be hope for us to clear this!” Zhang Yang encouraged the entire party. “Fatty! You can break the crystal now!”

“Roger that!” Fatty Han immediately drew his bow to shoot the crystal. After a chain of attacks, the crystal shattered and the blue, translucent light shield appeared once again.

‘Ding! Momorermo has used <Shadow Blast>!’

“Zhan Yu! My blue pots are out!” declared Silky Snow.

“I can do a few more!” Ocean Despair reported.

“Mm, got it!” Zhang Yang used <Charge> on the boss and said, “Fatty! When the next crystal spawns, break it right away!”

“Okay!”

22%, 19%, 16%…

Without Silky Snow’s <Regeneration>, the entire team’s HP began to drop significantly, leading Ocean Despair to frantically spam <Holy Light>. His MP bar that did not have much to begin with flashed in alert.

“Little Yang! The crystal has spawned!” Fatty Han yelled and immediately fired.

Zhang Yang scanned the area and located the crystal’s location, hastily making his way towards it while pulling the boss. “Everyone gather at the shield!”

“What about the boss’ random demonization?”

“The shield makes us immune to it, no fear!”

‘Crack!’ Again, the crystal broke and the hemisphere appeared.

Zhang Yang withdrew himself to the very border of the shield and had the boss blocked outside of it. This way, he was immune to damage yet it allowed him to continue dealing damage to the boss.

“Ocean! Silky! How long till you can consume another blue pot?”

“24 seconds.”

“14 seconds.”

“Alright, after you consume the blue pots, focus your healings only on Fatty, Phantom Day and me. Ignore the rest of the team!” [Beginner Mana Potion] could only restore 100 MP, forcing Zhang Yang to make sacrifices.

15%, 14%, 13%, 12%. Just as quickly as it appeared, the shield vanished and everyone began to lose 30 HP every 3 seconds once again.

“Ocean Despair, become my slave!” With the boss’ demonization, Ocean Despair’s body expanded and he became the boss’ underling.

“Don’t mind him! Focus on the boss! Just half a minute more and we’re through!”

Zhang Yang dragged Momorermo away from Ocean Despair.

“What a waste! If only he could consume one more blue pot to heal us for a little longer before being demonized!” Fatty Han murmured.

11%, 10%, 9%, 8%!

Silky Snow kept her eyes on the blue pot’s cooldown time. Once the time was up, she quickly consumed one and her MP went up by 100 points.

Immediately, she casted <Regeneration> on Zhang Yang, Fatty Han, and Phantom Day, expending her MP. A ‘-30’ red damage text floated across her head, depleting her last drop of HP and killing her.

‘Ding! Player Silky Snow has died!’

7%!

‘Ding! Player Crimson Fire has died!’

6%!

‘Ding! Player Hundred Shots has died!’

‘Ding! Player Defiant Monk has died!’

5%!

4%!

3%!

‘Ding! Player Phantom Day has died!’

2%!

‘Ding! Player Slim and Handsome has died!’

Momorermo still had 1,747 HP left but Zhang Yang only had 124!

“You can do it!” everyone cheered.

Just in the nick of time, a crystal spawned!

Zhang Yang was thrilled, using <Charge> towards it and slashed his sword repeatedly against it.

Even though the crystal pillar had 1,000 HP but since it had 0 defense value, its HP had dropped rapidly.

The boss came up to him!

“<Block>!”

Zhang Yang swiftly activated <Shield Bash> on the pillar, depleting its remaining HP. He jumped right into the shield as soon as it had appeared, stopping his HP from dropping further at a worrying 4 points remaining. He then immediately turned and attacked the boss!

1%!

0%!

With a loud, enraged growl, the red-skinned monster had finally fallen.

‘Ding! The party you are in has killed Demonized Momorermo. Obtained 45,050 EXP (50 points Party Bonus)!’

“We did it!” everyone shouted in celebration.


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