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章節 100: Earth Devouring Groundbull

As the rupturing earth spikes rushed towards Luna, it rose up everywhere around here besides the one spot she stood in after moving over two steps. It was as if she knew the path that the rupturing earth spikes were going to travel and what areas would be affected by it.

Everyone was amazed at how lucky Luna was to avoid the earth spikes. However, Izroth had clearly sensed Luna's precise and unpanicked movements when it came to what had just transpired. He understood that there was more to it and not just simple luck at play.

'Could she possess a skill that increases her sense of perception to such a high level?'

During their time clearing the Sea Palace Graveyard dungeon, Luna had never been in any type of real danger. With Izroth, Zi Yi, and Guan Yu dealing heavy damage, as well as, Halls absorbing the attacks, Luna was virtually untouched.

She was never in a position to move against her will. During the fight against Barbados, Luna had never been close to getting caught up in a whirlpool. But, Izroth quickly dismissed the thoughts he had in mind.

The system may be wondrous, however, if her skill was what he believed it to be then it would be what gamers called a true cheat ability! Though, Izroth would not mention anything if Luna herself did not want to shed any light onto the situation.

Everyone managed to successfully evade the attack, except for Halls and Guan Yu who intentionally did not dodge and decided to receive it head on instead. Halls was able to block the earth spike, while Guan Yu used his guandao to stop the earth spike from piercing directly through his body.

«Blocked»

-225

5,749/6,650 HP Remaining! (Halls)

«Parried»

-600

3,625/4,225 HP Remaining! (Guan Yu)

As a pure tank, Halls possessed higher defensive stats than Guan Yu. Also, since Guan Yu lacked a shield, he was only capable of parrying at most and was unable to block attacks to further reduce their damage as Halls was able to do.

Guan Yu then continued onward with his charge towards the Earth Devouring Groundbull. When he arrived before it, he swung out in a mighty arc with his guandao. The weapon sliced cleanly across the Earth Devouring Groundbull's body as if there was nothing solid to halt the guandao's advances.

Skill Name: Arcing Armor Crusher

Skill Level: 1/4

Skill Rank: B

Requirements: Level 20 Spear Enforcer, Guandao Equipped

Mana Cost: 75

Active: The user sweeps their guandao outward in a mighty arc dealing 175% of the user's attack as damage, and penetrating through their enemy's defenses. This skill ignores 50% of all enemy physical defenses. Has a small chance of causing the «Fragmented» effect to occur on a successfully struck target.

«Fragmented»: All damage done to the target is increased by 10% and ignores 20% of all the target's defenses for 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 2 minutes

-1,053

93% HP Remaining! (Earth Devouring Groundbull)

The attack power of Guan Yu's two-handed weapon, the guandao, was extremely powerful. However, since it is a two-handed weapon, he was unable to attack in quick succession. But, Guan Yu's speed was still considered astonishingly fast for someone who wore plated armor.

"Tch... It seems my luck isn't all that good." Guan Yu muttered to himself. He was referring to the fact that he was unable to trigger the Fragmented effect from the Arcing Armor Crusher skill.

"It's finished." Valentine said with a smile on his face. The thin string of mana Valentine had sent out towards the Earth Devouring Groundbull finally reached the monster's feet. As soon as the thin string of mana made contact with the Earth Devouring Groundbull, it quickly wrapped around its entire body.

Mooooooooo!

The monster roared loudly as it tried to break free of its bindings, however, it was unable to do so. The mana strings seemed to become stronger and more durable the more the Earth Devouring Groundbull struggled to break free. It was not long until it was trapped within a cocoon formed from pure magic.

"Shatter." Valentine directed the magic flow around the cocoon as several cracks appeared throughout the structure. Instantly the cocoon shattered into countless pieces, however, Valentine's assault did not stop there.

He clapped his hands together as a strong burst of mana gathered above the Earth Devouring Groundbull. Above the monster's head, five magic symbols and magic sequences appeared in the shape of pentagons which were yellow in color.

"Zarkox First Sequence: Release." Valentine chanted as the magic pentagons moved rapidly and overlapped one another forming a total of five layers. A powerful surge of magical energy converged at the very bottom layer as a sphere of mana was created in the process. A beam of light instantly encompassed the whole body of the Earth Devouring Groundbull.

The beam of light soon vanished, however, another one took its place a few moments later. This occurred until a total of five beams of light fired down from above. It was like a constant barrage of magic energy was crashing down onto the monster.

Valentine used two skills with precise timing. The first skill was called Encompassing Mana String. Its purpose was to immobilize and control the movements of the Earth Devouring Groundbull. The second skill was known as Zarkox First Sequence: Release. Its main task was to inflict damage.

The ground surrounding the Earth Devouring Groundbull was completely charred as if it met with an intense source of heat.

Skill Name: Encompassing Mana String

Skill Level: MAXED

Skill Rank: B

Requirements: Level 20 Sequence Mage

Mana Cost: 100

Cast Time: 1.5 seconds

Active: The user sends out a thin string of mana which encompasses the target completely in magical strings, forming a cocoon that encases its target and prevents the target from taking any action for 3 seconds. Damage dealt to the target while encased within the cocoon is reduced by 75% of its total amount. The user can activate this skill's second command, «Shatter», during the 3-second duration.

«Shatter»: Shatters the cocoon encasing the target so that they may once again take action. This removes the reduced damage effect on the target, however, their mobility is reduced by 80% for 2 seconds.

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Skill Name: Zarkox First Sequence: Release

Skill Level: 2/4

Skill Rank: A

Requirements: Level 20 Sequence Mage

Mana Cost: 200

Cast Time: 2.5 seconds

Active: The user forms five stationary magic sequences within a compressed pentagonal shaped field of mana above its intended target. The user must then properly overlap the magic sequences into five layers which will then create a strong burst of light based energy in the form of a beam. The beam fires down in 0.4-second intervals for 2 seconds, dealing 125% of the user's magic as damage.

Cooldown: 5 minutes 30 seconds

Special Note: A brilliant, powerful, and complex magic sequence created by Zarkox, a famous Sequence Mage. One can only learn this skill if they have a true affinity with magic! This skill is awarded to the first player that completes the quest to become a Sequence Mage.

Valentine had used the Encompassing Mana String to bind the Earth Devouring Groundbull in place before making sure to free it before his Zarokox First Sequence: Release finished charging. This was so that the Earth Devouring Groundbull would be unable to avoid all five beams of light and still take full damage thanks to the effects of Shatter.

-506

-506

...

The magic defenses of the Earth Devouring Groundbull were practically nonexistent. Valentine managed to deal a considerable amount of damage to it with each of the five beams of light, which hit for a total of 2,530 damage.

If not for Valentine's perfect use of the Encompassing Mana String, there was a chance that only one or two of his light beams may have successfully hit. After all, the light beams had only one shortcoming and that was the fact that it could not strike outside of the spot it was initially cast in.

However, this seemed to only further feed the rage of the Earth Devouring Groundbull. Tremors once again shook the entire cave, but this time the steam that spewed from within the cracks was higher in density. Soon enough, a thick cloud of steam filled the whole room, making it difficult for the party to see even a few steps in front of them.

Thankfully, all of them had taken the Five Cycles Pill and so their senses were greater than the average player. If not, then they may even be unable to see even a few steps directly in front of them. Their hearing was also rendered useless thanks to the now non-stop tremors.

Izroth, however, was a bit better off as he had already gained the experience of separating the tremors from the sound of the Earth Devouring Groundbull itself. His vision was also better than the rest of his party, but he was still incapable of seeing more than three to four meters outward from his current position.

With the thick layer of steam limiting the party's range of perception, the Earth Devouring Groundbull took the opportunity to resume its assault on Halls and shot over in his direction as it burrowed underground.

Halls had his shield raised, keeping his guard up against possible incoming attacks. However, it was difficult to do so with the constant tremors that caused his stability to be thrown off. "Is everyone alright?" Halls shouted.

Everyone checked in and none of them had experienced anything more than the steam being a nuisance.

"Where did the monster go?" Guan Yu examined his surroundings, but he was unable to discover the position of the Earth Devouring Groundbull. It was bizarre since he was the closest to the monster before the steam appeared. Given the size of the Earth Devouring Groundbull, it was unlikely that he would miss it moving right before his eyes.

Izroth furrowed his brows as he stood with his Blade of Lightning in hand.

'How troublesome.'

Izroth had lost track of the Earth Devouring Groundbull a few seconds after the steam filled room.

'It must have returned underground and fallen back in synch with the tremors.'

While Izroth was still capable of locating the monster, it would take him a few moments to discern the difference between the new tremors and the movements of the Earth Devouring Groundbull.

Out of nowhere, Halls felt as if he was sinking into the ground slowly. However, the feeling was more similar to stepping into a muddy swamp. Halls's entire body was not actually sinking, but the ground beneath him had turned soft and wrapped itself around his legs halfway up to his knees.

"?!" Halls was immediately alarmed. Though, he could not react in time as it happened in a mere instant. "It's here!" Halls yelled out as he tried to turn his body to defend himself, but it was too late.

The Earth Devouring Groundbull had traveled underground and used its abilities to soften the ground that Halls stood upon. Afterward, it moved above ground behind Halls and launched a surprise attack.

-1,628

4,121/6,650 HP Remaining! (Halls)

Halls took a massive hit and lost a lot of HP from one strike due to his inability to block the surprise attack.

Once the Earth Devouring Groundbull's attack connected, the steam within the room started to clear up.

Luna instantly cast Healing Essence and Cure on Halls when the steam cleared. Due to the steam, she was unable to lock onto anyone since they were not within her direct line of sight.

+183 HP

+500 HP

4,804/6,650 HP Remaining! (Halls)

The party continued their assault against the Earth Devouring Groundbull once the steam cleared up.

Izroth and Guan Yu rushed over in Halls direction. Izroth's sword and Guan Yu's guandao fiercely struck out at the Earth Devouring Groundbull.

Zi Yi and Valentine resumed their ranged onslaught. The total amount of damage Izroth and his party was outputting would frighten even those top guild players.

They acted quickly and chipped away at the monster's HP. The party did not have to deal with the steam surprise attack again. It appeared that the Earth Devouring Groundbull was only able to use that skill once.

However, if the target had been Zi Yi, Luna, or Valentine directly, then they could have very well lost someone during their very first fight within the Chaotic Dogma Realm.

85%...

60%...

25%...

5%...

The Earth Devouring Groundbull had around 3,500 HP remaining.

Zi Yi released another arrow which soon disappeared and then reappeared next to the monster, piercing into its neck with amazing accuracy. Although Zi Yi could not land critical hits as often as Izroth did, her success rate was well above average for an archery-type class.

«Critical Hit»

-1,180

Izroth's Blade of Lightning released an oppressive aura as small crackles of lightning could be heard coming from his sword. Izroth's sword flashed outward and cut down vertically from the Earth Devouring Groundbull's head all the way through its torso, slicing it cleanly in half.

«Critical Hit»

-2,652

〈Battle Alert: Congratulations, you have defeated Earth Devouring Groundbull〉

The body of the Earth Devouring Groundbull turned into ash the moment it was defeated.

Izroth and his party were victorious. They had survived their very first encounter with a monster from the Chaotic Dogma Realm without losing a single member. However, none of them were celebrating.

This was only a level 25 elite monster and yet it was so strong, much stronger than normal elite monsters. This was most likely the average level of strength that monsters within the Chaotic Dogma Realm possessed. It may be even weaker than that!

If that was the case, then the road ahead of them would be a challenging one.


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章節 101: Restriction

〈You have been awarded 5,763 EXP〉

Loot Drop:

-x4 «Purified Earth Shard»

-x1 «Sealed Chaotic Essence»

-x1 «Heart of the Earth»

-x1 «Earth Devouring Gauntlets»

"So tanky! Are all the monsters inside of this place going to be the same?" Halls let out a small sigh.

"It could be due to the Earth Devouring Groundbull being an earth elemental type monster. The other monsters may not necessarily have such high HP. However, even considering that fact, it's likely that monsters within the Chaotic Dogma Realm are naturally stronger than the monsters we come across normally." Zi Yi responded.

"In other words, these monsters are super elites!" Guan Yu said as he placed his guandao onto his back.

The Earth Devouring Groundbull dropped quite a few items after its defeat. The closest to the loot was Izroth since he dealt the final blow to the monster. He started looking through the loot and was pleasantly surprised at how generous monsters within the Chaotic Dogma Realm were.

Name: Purified Earth Shard(Reagent)

Rank: None

Usage: A purified earth shard that can only be obtained from monsters and areas that have been submerged underground for long periods of time where a high level of heat is present. Can be consumed in its natural state to slightly increase the overall defenses of the consumer. However, when introduced to a pure and untainted water source, the purified earth shard qualities multiplies many times over.

Name: Sealed Chaotic Essence(Unknown)

Rank: Unknown

Usage: ???

Special Note: This item is currently sealed. To unseal it, you must locate and acquire a Chaos Fragment.

Name: Heart of the Earth(Reagent)

Rank: None

Usage: A nearly indestructible piece of earth that is incredibly difficult to use when making any item or piece of equipment. Though when it is properly integrated, it provides an aura of near indestructibility.

Armor Name: Earth Devouring Gauntlets(Uncommon)

Armor Level: 25

Armor Type: Leather

Requirements: 150 Attack

HP: 300

ATK: 55

DEF: 35

Izroth decided that everyone should have a chance to roll for the items that dropped, however, everyone rejected the idea. The reason was due to none of them having a profession that required the items that dropped from the Earth Devouring Groundbull.

Also, they received a grade three pill for free from Izroth. It did not take a genius to piece together what Izroth chose as his profession. After all, they too had heard rumors of a rank three Apothecary within Amaharpe. They assumed that it was just mere rumors at first, but after Izroth freely gave away so many Five Cycles Pill, they had a better understanding of things.

If these items would be useful to Izroth, then they would not bother competing with him to acquire them. This was their way of paying him back indirectly for the Five Cycles Pill he gave to them, even if it was only a small gesture.

As for the Earth Devouring Gauntlets, Zi Yi was the only other person who used leather amongst their party. But, she did not take a second glance at the Earth Devouring Gauntlets due to their lack of an agility stat.

Zi Yi preferred her current gauntlets which provided her with a higher level of mobility. It was not something she was willing to trade just for a bit of extra damage and physical defenses. Therefore, the item could only go to Izroth.

Izroth suggested that they still roll for the items and he would pay a fair price to whoever won, this was his way of being fair. However, this idea was immediately turned down as they insisted that Izroth simply take the items. If there was one thing everyone within this party had in common, it was that they were unwilling to back down.

Izroth did not continue to pursue the matter and accepted their good will. He equipped the Earth Devouring Gauntlets, replacing the level 10 uncommon Foreman's Gloves that he obtained back in the dungeon Goblin's Paradise.

He then put away the remaining items into his inventory.

'The Purified Earth Shards and Heart of the Earth may be exactly what I need to make up for my current lack of defense.'

Although Izroth was confident in his speed and reaction time, there was always the chance that something unexpected would occur or the attack may be instant and unavoidable. In that situation, his speed and reaction would be rendered near useless and he would have to rely on his natural defenses to absorb the impact.

"We'll search for the exit to this place and try to leave before we come across another one of those creatures." Izroth said as the party moved into their previous formation and traveled down the pathway they were on before being forced to return back to the location they originally arrived at.

If they kept having to fall back every time they walked down a passageway, then it would take an eternity to exit this underground cave. While they were interested in the loot and EXP the Chaotic Dogma Realm gave, it was still nowhere near close to the reward they would receive for completing this SS-ranked quest.

...

Around ten minutes later, Izroth and his party emerged from within the underground cave. When they reached the outside, the sight before them caused everyone to be left speechless.

For a place that was supposed to be chaotic, it was extremely peaceful and beautiful! There was a lush green forest surrounding them. Within the sky were three spheres that resembled suns that were all different sizes. The skies were crystal blue with white clouds drifting by at their own leisure.

An abundance of magic energy filled the entire atmosphere. The difference between the underground cave and the surface was like the difference between night and day!

"I expected this place to be all gloomy and full of undead monsters or something but this is..." Halls was the first to voice his opinion.

"You can take a vacation at a location like this!" Guan Yu eyes darted in every direction, taking in his new environment.

"The magic energy here is so dense!" Valentine's eyes sparkled as he felt the immense natural magical energy within the atmosphere. As he thought about the source that was able to release such concentrated magical energy, he began to drool uncontrollably at the prospect of discovering it.

As for Izroth, Zi Yi, and Luna, they were all strangely silent. They too were surprised by the sudden shift in the environment. However, something felt off about this seemingly beautiful paradise before them. It seemed to be almost... Illusionary.

Zi Yi frowned, "This doesn't feel right. I know we were told that this place changes every time it appears, however, it definitely does not feel chaotic at all."

"It could just be another variation of the Chaotic Dogma Realm." Luna suggested, but she herself did not believe that to be true.

Izroth gazed into the distance and furrowed his brows slightly as he realized something. It was still a bit unclear, however, he could not risk ignoring the possibility.

When he thought about how powerful the source of this phenomenon had to be in order to produce something on this scale, he cautioned his fellow party members.

"We're being observed by something or someone." Izroth said as his gaze never left the direction he was looking in. But, no matter how hard he tried to, Izroth was unable to fully grasp it from this distance.

"Is it similar to the creatures we ran into back in the Valley of Death?" Luna asked curiously.

Izroth shook his head, "No, it's different in many ways. One of which is that whatever is there may be responsible for this little trick." Izroth smiled in a carefree manner.

'Strange, it almost feels as if I'm staring at nothing. But there's definitely something there.'

"Little trick?" Zi Yi glanced towards Izroth. It appeared that she was right in her decision not to accept this at face value.

Izroth nodded, "If I'm correct, once we walk for a certain period of time within the forest, we'll be returned to the location where we originated from. Of course, this is just a speculation." Even though it was only a speculation, Izroth was sure that he was correct.

"Well, there's only one way to find out." Zi Yi said.

"It's an illusion, I'm sure of it. Quite a powerful one too." Valentine suddenly said as he was still absorbed in trying to further understand the magic energy around him.

"How can you be so sure?" Zi Yi asked.

Valentine pointed towards the forest, and what emerged a few seconds later was a floating teal colored orb about the size of a fist. It was the same orb that Valentine had sent out before they had to turn around to face the Earth Devouring Groundbull.

Valentine noticed the bizarre inconsistencies of the magic sequences back inside of the cave when they first arrived within the Chaotic Dogma Realm. He sent out the orb earlier to confirm his theory.

The orb slowly drifted towards Valentine. He held out his hand as it gently landed on his palm before losing its brilliant and turning into a small rock looking object. Valentine set the item back into his inventory as he explained, "The orb should have kept moving in a single direction until I called it back, however, it returned to me of its own accord."

"So you're saying that you never changed its direction and yet it still somehow managed to turn around and move back towards the cave? If that's the case, then Izroth's speculation may not simply be mere speculation anymore, but rather a fact." Zi Yi was amazed at how perceptive Izroth was.

She just had a vague feeling, but Izroth spoke as if he knew his words were true, despite his humble choice of words. Just who exactly was this person?

"We'll head towards the source. We should find some answers on how to escape from this illusion there." Izroth and his party entered into the forest and began to head towards the source of the illusion.

Less than thirty seconds after Izroth and his party made their way into the forest, a mist started to form out of thin air. However, this mist did not obstruct their vision, but rather their hearing and sense of touch.

Even Izroth with his astonishing hearing ability could not hear a single sound. The group looked towards one another and spoke, but no one could hear anything the other person said.

Each step everyone, except Izroth, took was incredibly awkward. This was because they could not feel a thing! There was no feedback from their feet touching the ground and so they had to constantly look down every so often to not lose balance. If one was to make a comparison, it felt as if they were constantly standing still and felt nothing at all.

Izroth had no trouble adapting because he had been in many battles when he had to rely solely on instinct to fight due to all of his senses being robbed from him. Also, since Izroth was a cultivator, it was much easier for his body to rely on pure instinct and adapt, unlike his fellow party members.

Izroth checked his battle logs to see if he was unknowingly affected by some sort of skill, but the only information listed on his battle logs was from the fight against the Earth Devouring Groundbull. There was nothing that appeared to be out of the ordinary.

Since the message system was revoked, there was no way for them to communicate with one another outside of using hand signs or making certain gestures.

'Is this the work of the thing that has us within its illusion? Or, is it something completely unrelated?'

Izroth made a gesture to focus everyone's attention onto him. He then pointed straight forward towards their previous heading. He was attempting to tell them to continue towards the source. He then pointed two fingers at his eyes and then waved one of his fingers in a circular motion above his head a few times.

Everyone seemed to understand Izroth's intentions. From his gestures, he wanted them to move in the direction he pointed while making sure to pay attention to everything around them. In other words, he wanted them to be cautious as they advanced forward.

After making a few more gestures, the group was now walking in a tight formation. This was so that they could respond if one of them were to be attacked. After all, without their sense of hearing or touch, if they did not see or smell the enemy then it may be too late if someone got ambushed.

'The question still remains, how do we undo this restriction?'


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