Capítulo 36: Spirit Factory Enhanced
[Chimera Viperfiend]
-Rank: Silver
-Level: 5
-Classification: Off-Tank
-Quirk(s):
—> Irrational: Can switch between defensive and offensive mode quickly. Speed +30% in offensive mode, Defense +30% in defensive mode.
—> Poison Physique: Can absorb various kinds of poisons and store them.
-Stats: 42 unassigned stat points.
—Physical:
↳[Strength: 15 | Health: 15 | Stamina: 15]
—Mental:
↳[Mana: 15 | Focus: 15 | Perception: 15]
-Skills:
1. Viperfang Shot.
2. Synthesize Tank.
3. Toxin Flare.
4. Nightmare Mist.
5. Moonlight Barrier.
-Note: This Spirit Wraith has a chance to awaken new skills upon getting stronger.
"Woah, what a monster," Natalia exclaimed. "Those quirks are so useful. Why don't we have those?"
"Maybe we would have if we ate each other and evolved like that. I guess that depends on chemistry," Almond chuckled as he looked at Lily. "Lily would know."
Natalia burst out laughing while Lily jokingly rolled her eyes.
"That aside, this monster is going to be very useful for us," Lily's eyes glinted. "Almond, how do you plan to assign the stat points?"
"Hmm, I'm tempted to focus on Strength, Health, and Mana more, but I'll do evenly for now. What if it awakens a new skill if I increase its Focus and Perception?"
Saying that, Almond distributed the stat points, adding 7 to each stat.
"And," Almond grinned and waved his hand. "The new batch of items are ready. With them, we'll be able to fight the boss with fewer risks."
The boss they were going to fight could be arguably the strongest boss on this Fairy Mountain.
Wandering Fairy was also strong, but it was a different type of monster than the one they were going to fight in White Polan's lair.
Both were Silver level 10 Boss-type monsters, the strongest ceiling possible on the first floor of the labyrinth. However, in terms of lethality, White Polan's boss was stronger.
"Each of us will wear the Snow Hide Cloak since we have three. They are made from White Polan Tiger Spirits," Almond shared the cloaks and then the item's details.
[Snow Hide Cloak]
-Grade: Uncommon.
-Duration: [3 days]
-Durability: [500/500]
-Defense: +30 P.def, +30 M.def.
-Perks:
—> +3 Health.
-Effect(s):
—> Gravity-Repel: Infusing 50 Mana in the cloak will make you highly lightweight for 1 minute, reducing the gravity effect on you by 30%. Cooldown: 2 minutes.
"What's this? Your items didn't give stat perks before," Lily was surprised. "And the duration is automatically 3 days?"
"Yep. I think reaching 30 in Focus and Perception improved Spirit Factory automatically. I got a notification, but it was during the fight, and now it's gone, but I remember it was related to it."
"This is nice," Natalia wore the cloak. "It's furry like tiger's fur, but it also gives us good overall defense, especially at the back."
"Yep, it's indeed very good equipment," Lily nodded as she also wore the cloak and grinned. "This effect is going to be my favorite."
"Yeah, we'll become faster with it," Almond nodded and took out the next items, "Next is Polan Tiger's Belt, but I only got two of those."
[Polan Tiger's Belt]
-Grade: Uncommon.
-Duration: [3 days]
-Durability: [300/300]
-Perk:
—> +2 Stamina, +2 Focus.
-Effect(s):
—> Poly-items (Passive): You can stick items to this belt in miniature form with simple contact. Up to five items.
"Wait, for real?" Natalia quickly took a belt and put her crossbow on it. In the next second, the cross-bow became like a keychain and hung on the belt.
"Holy shit!"
Lily and Almond were also surprised.
"These effects from your Spirit Items are pretty awesome," Lily grinned. "You two wear the belt. I already have a storage pouch at my waist to pick things."
"Yeah, this will be handy. We can hang potions and items at our waists now," Almond got up and put on the belt.
He put on the one that gave lower stat perks and gave the one with more stat perks to Natalia.
Lily took out two Mana potions and two Healing potions before taking out more things.
"Here, you wanted to use this at this boss from the start, so you can hang them at your waist now," Lily took out two Shimmering Serpent's Fangs—one-time-use items.
"Lily, I want two Bog Slither Arrows," Natalia's eyes twinkled. "I can use them during battle now."
"No need," Almond interjected with a chuckle as he took out the next item, "I have something better to hold the arrows."
"Woah, Quivers?" Natalia fixed her gaze on the three Quivers.
"That's pretty nice," Lily blinked, curious. "And I suppose these quivers have effects too…."
"Yep, let's see what they got," Almond shared the details.
[White Dust Venom Quiver]
-Grade: Uncommon.
-Duration: [3 days]
-Enchant: +10% Damage to arrows in the Quiver.
-Perk:
—> +2 Mana, +1 Perception.
-Effect(s):
—> Arrow 1: Infuse 10 Mana to generate a White Dust Venom arrow in the quiver.
—> Arrow 2: Infuse 20 Mana to generate a White Dust Toxin Blast arrow in the quiver.
—> The quiver can only hold up to 10 arrows.
"Crazy item…." Natalia was dazed.
"How many quivers you got?" Lily asked with twinkling eyes. She was also an expert archer, so this quiver was very tempting.
"More than we need," Almond chuckled and took out two more quivers. "Take these two. They got better stat perk."
Both of them replaced the normal common-grade quivers with the new ones.
"Next items are rings. I got four of them, so Alfred can also get one," Almond took out four rings before sharing the status of one.
[White Polan Charm Ring]
-Grade: Uncommon.
-Duration: [3 days].
-Perk:
—> +1 Focus, +3 Stamina.
-Effect(s):
—> Charm: Infuse 50 Mana in the ring to manifest a snake illusion that has a 10% chance to charm the target, allowing you to command it for 10 seconds.
—> Magic Shield: Infuse 50 Mana to generate a projectile shield in front of you to defend. High magic defense but low physical defense. Cooldown: 1 minute.
"The first effect is pretty much useless with a 10% chance,"—Natalia said, "But the second one is pretty good."
"Yeah, high magic defense shield is good," Almond said as he activated the effect.
A meter radius big shield appeared one meter in front of him. He could move it just with his thought, making him a little surprised.
Lily blinked, "That's nice. At least we won't need to hold the shield and can instantly activate the ring's effect."
Almond gave the ring with the best perk to Natalia and then distributed the others with him, keeping the one with the lowest stat perk.
"Spirit Snake Bite, this one is a one-time use item that can increase any pain felt by twice for 1 minute, and I got only one," Almond handed it to Lily, "Put it in the pouch, we don't need to use it on monsters."
"True."
"What's next?" Natalia eagerly asked while rubbing her palms.
"White Dust Carapace Armor. It's big and heavy, so Lily and I won't use it. Alfred and you can use it," Almond gave the armor to Natalia and Alfred before sharing its details.
"It looks kinda beautiful even though it's made from that White Dust Centipede," Natalia grinned.
"A mage with that armor looks funny," Lily chuckled.
[White Dust Carapace Armor]
-Grade: Uncommon
-Duration: [3 days]
-Defense: +100 P.def, +70 M.def.
-Perk:
—> +3 Health, +1 Strength, +1 Focus.
-Effect(s):
—> Defense Up: Infuse 50 Mana to increase original defense values by 20% for 1 minute. Cooldown: 2 minutes.
—> Dust Mist: Infuse 50 Mana to release a dusty mist within a 10-meter radius for 10 seconds, obstructing the vision of everyone.
"Not bad," Natalia grinned. "Looks tough enough, and I love the effects."
"Thank you, Master."
"Any more?" Lily looked at Almond as if asking for more candies.
Almond smiled and took out three pairs of boots and two Sabers. "Lethal Fang Boots and Lethal Fang Sabers. These are the last ones."
"Boots? Noice!" Natalia was excited. Weapons were useless to her, but this batch of production was all useful items that everyone could wear and use.
"Boots sounds nice indeed," Lily smiled.
"Let's see what they got for us," Almond shared the status of Letha Fang Boots.
[Letha Fang Boots]
-Grade: Uncommon
-Duration: [3 days]
-Speed: +10% normally, +20% in the forest.
-Perk:
—> +2 Perception.
-Effect(s):
—> Lethal Jump (Passive): Increases jumping power by 50%.
—> Lethal Dash (Active): Consume 50 Mana and Dash anywhere within 10 meters at a sonic speed, but silently. Kinetic power generated in the process is stored in your body, increasing your next physical attack's power by 10% to 20%. Cooldown: 10 seconds.
"This one is simply wonderful," Lily was amazed.
"Indeed. Jumping power 50% is big for us," Almond grinned, "Not to mention the increase in movement speed."
"I like the boots, but since we only have three pairs, give one to Alfred," Natalia said, a bit relucent, "Since he is paired with me and protects me, they would be better off on him."
"Oww~, my baby finally grew up," Lily teased Natalia.
Natalia pouted, "I am still a baby. Give me your milk, mama Lily."
"Oh shit, I got an idea. Don't use condoms when you make love, so Lily can produce milk eventually, and I can drink it then!"
"…"
"…"
Almond threw the saber at Alfred, giving him a better sword. This saber had better Attack than the spear, and its effect gave it bonus damage on slash-type attacks.
"I am not going to use this, so put it in the storage," Almond said as he gave the other one to Lily.
"Alright."
Ignoring Natalia, both of them closed their eyes and started meditating to recover their Mana.
Capítulo 37: Boss Fight: White King Manticore
[White King Manticore]—Boss
-Rank: Silver
-Level: 10
-Vitality: [100%/100%]
-Mana: [1500/1500]
-Stats:
-Physical:
↳[Strength: 150 | Health: 150 | Stamina: 150]
-Mental:
↳[Mana: 150 | Focus: 150 | Perception: 150]
This boss was five meters tall with a quadruped beastly body, a pair of tough draconic wings, a tail like a snake but with a scorpion's sting, and a dreadful head that was a mixture of lion and monkey.
It was mostly white with just patterns at tail, fur, and wings of other colors.
All of them were also at level 9, one level lower, so there was a high chance they would get a rare drop!
"It's powerful," Natalia's teeth chattered as she looked at its stats. "Won't we die if we get hit by one of its attacks?"
Lily chuckled and said, "Of course not, silly. Well, you won't die because of that armor, but there's a high chance Almond and I get fatally injured if we get hit by a solid attack.
"Which won't happen," Almond drew his sword as he walked into the passage that was merely 10 meters long, with the Manticore sleeping right in the plain barren cavern's center
[Almond]
-Adventurer rank: Silver.
-Level: 9 [72%]
-Class: Spirit Dealer (SS)
-[Vitality: 100%]
-[Mana: 650/650]
-Stats: 7 unassigned points
—Physical:
↳[Strength: 41 | Health: 34| Stamina: 38]
—Mental:
↳[Mana: 26 (+39) | Focus: 31.5 | Perception: 30.5 ]
"Lily, do you know its attacks?" Almond turned to Lily as the group entered the passage.
"Yeah. We'll have to cut off its tail and one of the wings to weaken it. I'll get the tail by sneaking up," Lily held her daggers and scrapped their blades against each other as sparks flew, while the daggers glowed as she activated their effect.
"Good, I'll taunt it first, so aim for the tail and cut it off as soon as you get the chance, which you will know," Almond nodded before turning to Natalia, "But send your clone first so I can start with a solid attack. I want to cut off one of its wings first, at least to make it less troublesome for us."
"Roger," Natalia nodded as she used her skill, summoning a clone looking just like her.
"Alfred, you will enter last with the wolves. Attack it as efficiently as possible. You don't have to worry about injury anyway."
"Understood."
Lily looked further at the back, "How do you plan to use the new Spirit Wraith?"
Almond smiled, "I have an idea. I'll command it with my thoughts, so let's go. It's time to start."
Natalia's clone went first, causing the White King Manticore to wake up as soon as the clone stepped foot inside.
She made her clone use a class skill—Sparkling Dust that she got from Skill Option in level-up boon.
It covered the area around Manticore in a sparkling purple-red dust, lowering its vision and making it see everything double.
*Growl!*
Almond saw it was about to attack and dashed inside, Physical Enchantment activated in his arms and legs as he consumed 80 Mana.
The monster's tail was like an invisible wind wave as it struck Natalia's clone in a horizontal sweep. It was seeing two Natalias, so it attacked like that.
But Almond had arrived right above it, his sword gleaming as its red blade glinted straight toward one of its huge wings.
Gravity Repel!
Lethal Dash!
Almond's figure vanished as a glowing slash clearly became visible in a straight line, cutting through the Manticore's right wing while also managing to slash its body in the process.
*Roar!!*
-8% Vitality!
Lily had turned invisible and entered right after Almond jumped inside.
'Not yet,' Lily didn't attack. This wasn't the chance Almond was talking about. She observed Almond and Manticore waiting.
Meanwhile, the enraged Manticore swiped its claw at Almond, who had landed on its right side. Its claw burned with flame in the process, a powerful attack that only those with Tank-role and defensive skill could block.
As such, Almond didn't plan to block it in the first place. He rolled right below Manticore's belly as he drove two Fangs into its stomach.
Shimmering Serpent's Fangs, the one-time use items of high lethality!
[Shimmering Serpent's Fangs]
-Grade: Uncommon
-Type: one-time use.
-Attack: 50 [+100% of user's strength]
-Effect:
—> Poisonous Flying Dagger that rapidly dissolves into lethal acid and fast-acting poison once struck to the flesh.
He drove both daggers into it, opening a wound and causing the Manticore to jump away from Almond while it roared in pain and anger. It wanted to fly since this cavern had a high ceiling, but Almond had cut off its right-wing!
'Use Nightmare Mist!' Almond commanded Chimera Viperfiend.
Manticore jumped near the cavern entrance, so Chimera Viperfiend was ready!
Chimera Viperfiend entered and opened its mouth, releasing a dreamy purple sparkling mist and covering a ten-meter radius area, aiming to cover the first half of the Manticore's body. This was another debuff skill like Natalia's Sparkling Dust.
The difference was that Nightmare Mist would enhance the feeling of fear in everyone inside the mist and cause them to look at living beings in a different way, making them resemble things they fear.
Manticore was debuffed and paired with toxin injury. Before the Nightmare Mist effect kicked in, its rage was towards Almond and had already opened its mouth to release a wide-range attack, bursting out a sea of flame in a cone area in front of it, targetting Almond.
But unfortunately for the Manticore, Almond had Gravity Repel activated! With a strong slam on the ground with his hand, Almond flew ten meters off the ground at once, easily dodging the attack.
Meanwhile, Lily was right behind it, where its tail was out of the Nightmare Mist's range! Her daggers glimmered sharply as she judged this to be the chance and cut off its tail!
Its scorpion tail was most lethal because it was very fast, and a single of it could kill any one of them.
At the same time, Alfred was also out of its attack range, so he released Flamesword Wave, a skill that synergized Flame Mastery and Sword Wave!
This move was also considered slash-type due to its shape and attack, so the Lethal Fang Saber's passive effect boosted it!
Natalia didn't want to be outdone and also attack along with Alfred since she recognized this was the chance, shooting a Bog Slither Arrow to the right side of her head from the passage's entrance!
'Take it, bastard!'
Manticore was ganged up hard as it roared and jumped again, Nightmare Mist's effect had kicked in, so it jumped away from everyone and arrived at the far northwest of the cavern at a corner fifty meters away, shaking its head vigorously as its body glowed.
"Damn, it crossed a big distance," Almond muttered, but his eyes glinted as he dug his feet into the ground and grabbed a tiny spear keychain from his belt!
'Too bad you won't escape from our attacks,' Almon's eyes glinted as the spear became big the moment he grabbed it and he aimed at its head.
*BOOM!*
This spear attack's speed wasn't something Manticore could react to, even though it was one of the strongest bosses on the first floor!
But even though it couldn't react fully to dodge, it could still react, which caused the spear to miss its head by a centimeter, Almond knew this could happen, so he aimed the spear to its left.
Even if it managed to react, the spear still struck its intact left wing!
Its vitality dropped 57% with all the attacks so far!
But there was no time to waste.
They had a total of one minute to finish the battle because of the items' effects they had activated, and thirty seconds had passed by!
It was time to go all out!
'Synthesize Tank!'
Chimera Viperfiend transformed as its feet dug into the ground and its upper body bent, its four arms combining into a single barrel.
'What the fuck, it became a literal tank?'
The four crystals on its chest actually produced a frontal barrier for it with a central gap for the barrel!
It was a tank that could tank damage and attack!
Naturally, Manticore wasn't waiting. After suffering the Spear's attack, it roared strongly and released several blades of dark winds, targetting not just Amond but Lily, Alfred, and Chimera Viperfiend.
Natalia was still in the passage at a safe distance, but she entered after seeing that attack, ready to release an arrow from her new Quiver. She had consumed 100 Mana to summon five strong 2.0 Arrows costing 20 Mana each, so she released them while Almond and Lily successfully dodged the Dark Wind Blades.
Alfred also dodged them while Chimera Viperfiend was struck, its barrier shattering.
However, it also released a powerful shot from its barrel, an attack with acid and poison that could combust.
*BOOM!*
Natalia's first arrow also struck its head, reducing 3% of its vitality.
*Roar!!!*
-11% Vitality from Chimera's attack!
That one shot had consumed all of Chimera Viperfiend's remaining Mana according to Almond's command, but it was worth it!
The blast was big and a perfect cover.
Almond and Lily were less than halfway to their Mana pool, so both of them chugged a potion and recovered before attacking.
Lily released her ultimate combo move as the Manticore was damaged and blinded due to the blast Chimera Viperfiend released.
Meanwhile, Almond also dashed and attacked, his sword gleaming coldly as he infused 100 Mana to empower it.
'Lily, we must back off quickly after this attack.'
*Slash!*
*Crissss!*
Both of their full-powered attacks struck Manticore as it could only blindly release its claw attack, which Almond and Lily easily dodged.
Alfred released a Flamesword Wave from ten meters away with all of his remaining Mana at the opportunity as well.
The Manticore was on the verge of death, and that meant it was going to release its strongest attack that could potentially kill them.
But Almond wasn't about to let that happen, and that was why he told Lily to back off after their final full-powered attacks!
Spirit Explosion x 5!
Five was overkilling it since the Manticore had 8% of its vitality left, but Almond wanted to make sure it died with this attack!
*BOOOM!*
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