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章節 76: Great Sea Palace Outer Layer

In the distance was a colossal structure that resembled a sand castle. It was made up of various types of corals, sturdy underwater plants, and many unknown materials. It did not appear to be as luxurious as the palace located within Amaharpe, however, it held onto its very own rustic and elegant charm.

〈System Alert: You have entered the region «Great Sea Palace Outer Layer»〉

Izroth was currently positioned on top of some kind of underwater cliff. However, he could not move forward any further as the system boundary was set in place.

While the colossal sand castle structure was the first thing that grabbed Izroth's attention, it was not the only thing. There were a total of four layers surrounding the sea palace.

The outer layer, which was the layer that Izroth had been dropped off into by that large metallic door, was the layer positioned furthest from the sea palace. There were two middle layers and then the final layer which encircled the sea palace itself.

Each layer was surrounded by a gigantic bubble. It seemed to be a barrier of sorts that prevented the layers from interacting with one another.

'It looks as though the system does not want me to just swim over freely. Could it be that I have to break through all four layers to complete this dungeon?'

Izroth furrowed his brows as he thought about his current situation. It did not make any sense. This was only a low-leveled dungeon, it should not require so much effort just to clear it.

After thinking for a few moments, something suddenly dawned on Izroth. He realized that he may not have to journey through all of these layers in one go. The set up of this dungeon reminded him of some classic MMORPGs.

'Of course... If that was the case then everything would make sense. There's a good chance that the Sea Palace Graveyard is not just one dungeon alone.'

In some classic MMORPGs, some dungeons were linked together and at the same time, split up into different parts. But certain parts would not be accessible until one reached a higher level and they located the entrance. Of course this was just a theory of Izroth's, however, it would explain many of the unanswered questions he asked himself.

There was even the possibility that in the future this could lead to something far more rewarding than a mere dungeon... A Raid!

Though, the chances were unlikely when Izroth really thought about it. After all, what are the chances that he would come across such a huge discovery? But, everything seemed to be pointing in a favorable direction.

'Forget it. I'll get the answers when I reach the end. For now, I should just deal with the things as they come.'

Located not too far from Izroth was a water slide similar to the one he traveled down after defeating Calder. The only difference was that this water slide was much shorter and Izroth could clearly see the bottom part of it.

Since the water slide was the only visible way out of this area, Izroth decided to head down. It took less than ten seconds for him to reach the bottom end of the water slide.

When Izroth reached the bottom, there were two mermen that closely resembled the Sea Palace Guard's Izroth had previously encountered. However, these mermen looked much more intimidating and released a battle-hardened aura.

Instead of the bronze tridents that the Sea Palace Guards used, these mermen were holding onto a silver trident. The silver trident was releasing a faint glowing yellow energy that was comparable to the one Calder used in his fight against Izroth. But, the energy the weapons released was much less threatening than that of Calder's weapon.

Izroth examined the mermen that were around 20 meters away from him, standing guard by in front of an entryway the led into the next area. Right now, Izroth had returned to the water environment. This meant that there was pretty much an absolute guarantee that those mermen would receive an agility boost.

Name: Sea Palace Imperial Guard(Elite)

Level: 23

HP: 15,000 (100%)

There were no objects to lead them around or any obstacles that would hinder their speed. It was an open room with only one way in and one way out.

'The two guards are too close to each other to fight one at a time. I'll have to be a bit careful during this fight. Even with the effect of the Hellfire Crafted Oblivion Chest, it's still highly likely that their base speed will be faster than my own.'

With the Hellfire Rampage passive skill that was attached to his Hellfire Crafted Oblivion Chest, as long as he kept attacking within 3 seconds, he would be able to maintain its total agility boost of 100. Izroth was confident that with the 100 agility added on to his 300 agility, it should be enough to retaliate and react properly.

After all, even if he could see the attacks coming thanks to his heightened senses, it was useless if the enemy was too fast for him to react the attack. 400 agility should allow him to receive little to no damage without the use of Lightning Field or Flickering Steps skills.

Izroth unsheathed his Blade of Lightning. There were little crackles of lightning flowing throughout the entire blade. Now that he thought about it, he was quite lucky to receive a lightning based weapon and that the closest dungeon was filled with water-type monsters.

Izroth swiftly moved forward and when he was around 15 meters away, the two Sea Palace Imperial Guards noticed his presence.

"It's a surface dweller! Stop right there!" Both of the Sea Palace Imperial Guards swam forward at an incredible speed. Just as Izroth thought, the two of them were naturally faster than him while inside of a body of water.

One of the Sea Palace Imperial Guards swung outward with their silver trident, releasing a powerful wave of yellow energy. The energy appeared to create a concentrated and pressurized wave of water that looked as if it could slash through solid objects without much resistance.

Izroth reacted quickly and before the Sea Palace Imperial Guard unleashed their attack, he had already begun to make his move to avoid it. The skill the creature used had the same prerequisite action for its skill activation as Calder's attack did for his. So Izroth was prepared ahead of time for the incoming attack.

Miss!

Izroth waited until the two Sea Palace Imperial Guards were within 3 meters before a myriad of elusive palms shot out towards them. He aimed for their gills positioned just beneath their ribcage, however, they managed to protect their vital point which forced Izroth to adjust his attack. While his attack successfully struck, he just barely missed their vital point.

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'Their agility is a bit higher than I expected.'

Izroth's agility increased by 20 thanks to the Hellfire Rampage skill after both of his attacks landed successfully, making his current agility 320.

The second Sea Palace Imperial Guard lashed out with his silver trident. The merman wanted to cut right through Izroth in one fell swoop. The other merman was not too far behind and had positioned himself to cut off Izroth's path of retreat.

Izroth moved his Blade of Lightning in front of his body to parry the incoming silver trident. Sparks flew when the two weapons collided against one another.

«Parried»

-289

Just as Izroth succeeded in parrying the silver trident, the other merman tried to ram into him.

Izroth launched a swift counterattack, slashing with his Blade of Lightning across the neck of the Sea Palace Imperial Guard who struck him. The merman had not yet readjusted his position after his strike which made it easier for Izroth to hit his vital point. It was also thanks to the increased agility he was constantly receiving from the Hellfire Rampage skill.

«Critical Hit»

-631

After completing his counterattack, Izroth immediately moved off to the side to evade the merman's ram. He quickly spun around, swinging his Blade of Lightning towards the same merman who just missed with his attack. There were two shadows following behind his blade aimed at the merman's gills.

'Their attacks aren't that much different from the Sea Palace Guards. However, there is more power behind them and the Sea Palace Imperial Guards have higher HP. Though, that's to be expected this deep into the dungeon.'

..

After fighting for around 30 seconds, it did not take Izroth long to adapt to the attack patterns of the Sea Palace Imperial Guards. There were no more surprises or new attacks that they used that Izroth had not already seen.

Izroth had managed to reach 10 stacks of Hellfire Rampage which boosted his agility by 100 points. Right now, his agility was at 400 which made dealing with the two sea creatures less challenging.

He pressed on with his assault and was able to eventually defeat both of the Sea Palace Imperial Guards in under two minutes. He used similar tactics as when he fought against the Yellow-Razored Kryrco Sharks, saving his First Baneful Sword: Destruction as the final attack so that he could receive the skill's cooldown timer reset.

Izroth had only been struck a total of two times throughout the entire battle. Though he was able to successfully parry the blows and did not receive any major damage.

〈System Alert: Congratulations, you have defeated «Sea Palace Imperial Guard»〉

〈System Alert: You have been awarded 6,600 EXP〉

Loot Drop:

-1 silver 85 bronze coins

〈System Alert: Congratulations...

...

The EXP was pretty decent, but as usual, the coins left something to be desired. The entryway that the two Sea Palace Imperial Guards were protecting had a thin layer of bubble-like substance protecting it. The entryway would lead one down a long hallway with a huge clear glass cylinder acting as the surrounding walls of the pathway.

When Izroth passed through the thin layer of bubble-like substance, he reached the other side and arrived inside of the pathway. To his surprise, the pathway was actually not filled up with any water.

Although players did not have their movements impeded while battling in water, it was still a weird feeling if one was not used to it. Therefore, most players would probably want to avoid underwater battles as they just felt uncomfortable compared to fighting on land.

Izroth observed the pathway and did not see any other sea creatures guarding it. He walked along the pathway until he reached the end of it. In the room at the end of the path, was a sea creature with the lower body of a human and the upper body of a barracuda. It had beady black eyes and dark scales covering its muscular legs. It was a frightening appearance.

However, this individual was someone Izroth was familiar with. It was one of the sea creatures within the throne room in the vision he saw earlier. That particular sea creature was standing next to the one called Glekan with a vicious look in his eyes the entire time.

'Another familiar face. Though it's strange that such a creature would not fight in the water... Could this sea creature be similar to Calder and change the battlefield during the middle of the fight?'

There was no platform like the time when Izroth fought against Calder. It was just a rocky ground surface that mimicked the sea floor. Izroth moved close enough to obtain more information about the boss monster.

Name: Vicious Barbados (Dungeon Boss)

Level: 23

HP: 48,000 (100%)

Izroth let out an inward sigh after seeing the dungeon boss. He was beginning to miss the system providing him with all of the creatures stats and skills before the fight began. After all, who wouldn't want such a massive advantage when it came to a boss fight?

But, Izroth was never afraid of a challenge. Even though this boss was meant for an entire group of players to overcome together, he did not believe the challenge to be above him.

Izroth did not wait any longer as he charged in with his Blade of Lightning already drawn.


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章節 77: Vicious Barbados

Izroth charged forward with his Blade of Lightning in hand. He remained vigilant, as he did not currently have any sort of understanding about Barbados stats.

When Izroth entered into Barbados range of perception, the sea creature stared at him with those beady vicious eyes of his.

"Your presence taints the Great Sea! Death to all surface dwellers!" Barbados instantly went into attack mode and accelerated in Izroth's direction. His speed was faster than Izroth's, but it was still manageable. This was probably due to the fact that Barbados was not receiving the agility boost that sea creatures usually did because he was not within a body of water at the moment.

'Its agility isn't going to cause too much trouble. I should have no problem matching its agility once I have the full stacks for Hellfire Rampage active.'

Barbados had no weapon in its hands, but instead, it depended on its rows of various sized razor sharp teeth to rip through its enemies with. Barbados opened its jaws as it tried to latch onto Izroth and tear him to shreds.

Izroth quickly positioned his Blade of Lightning to intercept Barbados' attack. His sword was locked in place with the sea creatures mouth. There were sparks flying from the clash as though Barbados teeth were made out of an incredibly tough material.

«Parried»

-544

'What a high attack stat... It has to at least be around 1,000.'

When Izroth parried the blow, he felt as if a crushing pressure had descended upon him from that single attack. The worse part of it was that it seemed like that was just a basic attack. If a basic attack did so much damage, Izroth would have to be extremely careful as its skills may not be as friendly as its basic attack.

Izroth's body began to flicker as copies of himself started to appear throughout the entire battlefield. He activated the skill Flickering Steps, increasing his agility to 1,200. He slashed out twice in quick succession at Barbados.

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After his counterattack, Izroth created a small distance between himself and Barbados. He consumed a Lesser Health Potion, restoring his HP by 150 points. He did not know the full extent of Barbados abilities just yet and so it was best not to take any chances. Izroth's current HP after consuming the potion was at 1,406.

'It'll be one minute before I can use another potion. Though with Flickering Steps activated, it'll give me plenty of time to max out the stacks the for skill Hellfire Rampage.'

Izroth did not wait for too long, as he would risk losing his stats from Hellfire Rampage if he went for more than 3 seconds without a successful attack landing. Right after drinking the Lesser Health Potion, Izroth kicked off his back foot and shot towards Barbados, leaving behind a series of afterimages.

Izroth's Blade of Lightning had two shadows trailing behind its blade as each strike was simply too fast for Barbados to react properly to in time.

Izroth directed his sword towards Barbados lower body with the first strike. He then adjusted his attack to aim directly for Barbados gills that were located where its neck would be if its upper body was that of a human's, with his second and third strike.

Izroth used the first strike of Phantom Strike and forced Barbados to guard the vital point near the lower end of its body. While Barbados managed to properly safeguard that vital point, the sea creature was unable to stop Izroth's next two strikes from hitting their intended target.

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«Critical Hit»

-724

«Critical Hit»

-1,111

Thankfully, while Barbados possessed an insanely high attack stat, its defensive stat was a different story. It was even weaker than some of the regular elite monsters that Izroth fought earlier on. Though this kind of trade-off was to be expected, after all, if something with such a deadly attack stat also had a sturdy defense, it would be a nightmare.

'At this rate, it shouldn't take too long to finish this battle.'

Things were looking up for Izroth as he pressed on with his assault, quickly shaving down Barbados' HP. Barbados could only sit back and take the attacks as every time it tried to hit Izroth, it would instead strike nothing but his afterimage.

94%...

86%...

80%...

When Barbados HP reached 80%, its eyes started to glow bright red and the sea creature unleashed a bloodthirsty aura. It looked as if it were being possessed by some kind of demonic being with the amount of killing intent it was releasing.

"Come to me, my brothers! Devour the surface dweller and restore what is rightfully mine!" Barbados shouted in a maddened tone of voice.

All of a sudden, the ground beneath Izroth's feet released a few tremors. Before he knew it, water began to fill up the room. However, it did not fill it up all the way, but rather just enough to reach Izroth's knees.

'Is it happening already?'

Izroth guessed that the room would eventually be filled up all the way with water like at the end of his boss fight with Calder. However, it appeared the rate at which the water was going to fill up was much faster than it did during his fight against Calder.

Swoosh... Chomp...!

Izroth could hear the sound of something constantly flopping around in the water. It was not long until he began to hear the sound coming from all directions. When he pinpointed the source of the noise, he saw fish that looked just like Barbados closing in fast on his position.

While these fish resembled Barbados, they were not nearly as big as him and also had the lower body of a fish, not a human. However, the fish swimming in Izroth's direction had that same naturally vicious look in their eyes as Barbados. There were a total of four of them.

'Adds.'

Name: Great Sea Barracuda(Normal)

Level: 23

HP: 7,000 (100%)

Izroth had dealt with quite a few number of adds so far in RML. Adds was a gaming term which referred to the additional monsters that spawned, usually, during a boss fight. It was common for them to give little to no EXP and drop zero loot. Adds sole purpose was usually to hinder players in their attempt to defeat a boss monster.

While the majority of the time their HP and stats were not as strong as regular monsters, there were still numerous ways adds operated in a boss fight; so that rule may not always apply. There were various reasons adds would spawn during a boss fight.

It could be to heal the boss, damage the players, or protect the boss. There were countless ways a scenario could play out when dealing with adds. If the adds were left alone, it was possible that the boss monster could become much more challenging to deal with throughout the fight.

While adds did not spawn in every boss fight, it was still a common occurrence in numerous fights. Therefore, players should always be prepared to deal with adds accordingly if they appear in the middle of a boss fight.

Although the Great Sea Barracudas were only normal monsters with 7,000 HP, Izroth did not underestimate them for a single moment. He had already made that mistake once against his fight with Ekquilore back in the Shadahi Realm. He decided it was best to break off his attack against Barbados and deal with the Great Sea Barracudas before resuming his assault.

Bzzzt... Bzzzt!

The electricity around Izroth's Blade of Lightning started to become more active, releasing a crackling noise that was soon followed by a loud crash that sounded as if lightning was descending from the skies above.

Lightning bolts began to rain down within the surrounding 15 meters of Izroth as his movements quickened and his attacks became more fierce.

Barbados did not sit still and wait for Izroth to launch his attack. The sea creature moved forward at a speed that was at least 50% faster than its original pace. Even though Barbados was not completely submerged in water, he was still capable of gaining such a massive agility boost.

Since Izroth's Flickering Steps had already run out, he used Lightning Field to maintain his speed advantage over Barbados. With the effects of Lightning Field and Hellfire Rampage, Izroth's agility was sitting at a steady 600 points. Izroth agility was evenly matched with Barbados even with its newly found speed.

However, Izroth's reaction times and battle experience were far superior to Barbados, giving him an advantage over the sea creature.

Izroth had a simple solution on how to deal with the Great Sea Barracudas. The Blade of Lightning within his hands started emitting an oppressive aura. In a flash, Izroth was already before the first of the Great Sea Barracudas as his sword slashed out with amazing precision, cutting cleanly through the sea creature's head.

«Critical Hit»

-9,288

〈Battle Alert: The cooldown time for your skill «First Baneful Sword: Destruction» has been reset.〉

Thanks to the reset from Izroth's First Baneful Sword: Destruction, it made dealing with the adds relatively easy. The increased damage due to sea creatures being weak to lightning-based attacks also helped to smooth things over without issue.

Even though Barbados speed matched Izroth's, it was not difficult for him to finish eliminating the Great Sea Barracudas that spawned before they could do any real damage while also dealing with Barbados. Especially with the paralyzing effect of the Lightning Field Skill.

It may have been because of his 1 Luck stat, but the number of times Barbados was paralyzed happened more often than not.

After finishing off the Great Sea Barracudas, Izroth immediately rushed towards Barbados. At the moment, Barbados was delayed for a brief period of time due to the Lightning Field and was incapable of taking any actions.

Izroth did not miss this window of opportunity as he mercilessly began his barrage of attacks, targetting Barbados critical areas. Even if Barbados managed to move, it was not long until he was paralyzed again by Izroth's Lightning Field.

While this fight appeared to be extremely easy, it was only due to the fact that Barbados opponent was Izroth. Barbados was actually the best kind of boss Izroth could ask to fight. The sea creature focused purely on physical based attacks and did not seem to possess any ranged or magic-based abilities.

Ranged or magic-based bosses were much more difficult to predict compared to physical type bosses. Of course, there were always exceptions given certain circumstances but for the most part, the majority of players would much rather fight against a physical type boss monster.

Izroth's barrage of attacks was quickly chipping away at Barbados HP. Due to the bonus lightning damage from Izroth's Blade of Lightning, the extra damage dealt to Barbados was not small at all.

70%...

60%...

50%...

40%...

When Barbados reached 40% HP, it once again called upon some Great Sea Barracudas. This time the water in the room filled up all the way to Izroth's torso and a total of eight sea creatures spawned.

Izroth used the same tactic as last time and executed his First Baneful Sword: Destruction skill in order to quickly deal with the adds. However, there was something different about the adds this time around.

The Great Sea Barracudas spewed out a dark green liquid after they perished. The liquid was absorbed by Barbados and as he took in more of the liquid, his nature became increasingly more violent.

That was not all that changed, but his agility had increased again thanks to the room filling up with more with water. However, it was still within Izroth's tolerable speed difference range, even though Barbados was now faster than him.

〈Battle Alert: Vicious Barbados has been consumed by Bloodlust!〉

'Bloodlust?'

Izroth knew what Bloodlust was, but he was unsure of its exact effects within RML. However, he was sure that it was not put there to make this boss fight any less challenging.

All of a sudden, Izroth felt a strong force pulling his body down underneath the surface of the water! It felt as if he was being dragged down by a powerful whirlpool.


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