The man shivered visibly, suddenly smming the door shut again.
“Odo, hey, I o ask you some questions!”
“Go away! Go!”
“I’m searg for the culprit who caused the void corruption. I know you were in the forest that day!”
“I…”
“Please, talk to me. I promise no one will make trouble at your pce.”
After a moment of silehe door opened slowly, revealing a dark room.
Liam entered fidently, sing the little hut, its windows barricaded with wooden pnks. Odo came out from behind the door wearing dirty, sweaty clothes, and sat on a chair, shivering.
“Please, you tell me what you saw?”, asked Liam gently.
“That day… I went out to hunt as usual. But suddenly I heard footsteps. I got curious and watched from the distance.
Suddenly I saw them. Seven monsters in human form, one more hideous thaher. Their faces were eaten up by violet energy.
At that moment I didn’t think about the void. I only saw demons ing to sughter our vilge.
The seven monsters carried a rge box, crossing the forest. At one point one of them looked in my dire. I will never fet those cold eyes.
My instincts took over and I ran as fast as my legs allowed it, even losing my cloak on some trees.
Sihat day I stantly fear that someone would e to silence me. Adventurer! I told you everything. You have to protect me, right? You do, don’t you? Say yes!”
Towards the end Odo sounded frantic, his eyes abruptly fixating on Liam. The letter frowned, feeling a faint threat. Just as he wao answer, his quest updated.
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[Step one: Bring the strange creature you found to Therim Riverbell!]
[Step two: Question the vilgers for clues!]
[Step three: front someog the clues you found!]
[Step four: Bring Odo the huo Therim Riverbell for prote!]
The slight dey gave Liam a sed to get a clearer look on Odo. He suddenly noticed something strange. A faint violet shimmer was running along the man’s neck.
Liam’s forehead creased. He decided to stall for more time while sing the hut more thhly:
“Odo, I will naturally help you, but I also need your assistance. Please try to remember if you discovered aails about those seven monsters. Some emblem, scars, tattoos?”
While speaking Liam carefully let his eyes wander over shelves and the mattress on the floor. A bedroll was tossed into a er with a pouext to it, its opening turned away from Liam.
“What could I have seen? They were wearing bck cloaks. Only their faces were barely visible!”
Liam’s head stopped abruptly. He noticed a faint silver sparkle o the bedroll. He moved tentatively, so as to not draw suspi.
“ you at least tell me the dire these people came from?”
ing up with more questions, Liam reached the bedroll, slowly pushing it away with his foot. He suddenly inhaled sharply. He bent down, his hand moving like a fsh, grabbing a silver .
He held it closer to his eyes, reizing the horns engraved in the , which gave of an ominous aura in the dim atmosphere.
An infernal …
As this thought came to Liam’s mind, his quest suddenly ged. But he didn’t have time to look at it. A terrifying presence suddenly filled the room.
“Humans! You are all the same! Why?! Why are you rummaging through MY things? AHH!”
An oppressive, dark magic suddeed, shattering the hut. Wooden splinters shot in all dires. Liam let out a pained grown as he was thrown away, rolling on the floor.
When the dust settled and Liam stood up, he found a grotesque creature not far away. It looked like a mutated demon, tall but with its back bent like a bridge.
Its body was covered in long brown fur, only revealing its sharp bck cws and face, which might remind one of a pig or boar. Repulsive violet energy could be seen running along the little exposed skin.
A quick check revealed its name.
[BenaregRank: Sub-Boss
Level: 24
HP: 9200/9200]
As a bck fog began to spread over the floor, Liam felt his chest tighten. But at the same time excitement sparked in his eyes. It had been a long time since he faced an unknown boss.
Liam was more fident about his jecture that this unique quest ged because someone failed in the first pce, whiever happened in his previous life. He secretly hoped this could happen more often.
“You humans are all the same! You just take whatever you want! But I’m doh you! It is time you pay!”
Done speaking Benareg suddenly fshed and appeared before Liam, its cws drawing a bck arc. The movement was incredibly swift, drawing a grin from Liam.
The vetera exhirated, reag on instinct, his back bending, looking like it might snap any moment. A foul smell entered his nose as the cws passed just above his face.
[Stance -18]
Liam instantly entered bat mode. He skimmed through his status, calcutions running in his mind.
>>> <<<
Name:
Bleary Mirage
Level:
23
Race:
inal Nephilim
Css:
Holy Tempest
Primary Attributes:
STR:
6
INT:
69
AGI:
45
HP:
3643/3643
Mana:
546/546
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>>> <<<
>>> <<<
Sedary Attributes:
PRES:
6
MRES:
2
DEX:
59
ST:
7
HASTE:
31
SRC:
13
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>>> <<<
>>> <<<
Tertiary Attributes:
PDMG:
2000
MDMG
627
PDEF:
465
MDEF:
315
CRIT:
10,75
ATKS:
0,9395
STC:
79
MVS:
15,4
HP:
3643
Mana:
546
(show more)
>>> <<<
His ultimate [Holy Tempest] activated almost automatically. Still with his back bent, his swords retaliated with a [Cross Ssh], drawing the first blood and applying a holy mark.
Per ce his ring’s effect triggered, dealing an additional fire damage.
[-515!]
[-33!]
The smell of burned fur reached both batant’s noses. Benareg’s eyes flickered with anger, staring at Liam who took a step back to get into a fortable position. Immediately a pair of cws followed him.
Liam’s thoughts moved but he decided not to forsake dodging for an attack. He felt some pain as the cws sshed at his shoulders.
[-653!]
[-326!]
Drawing a sharp breath Liam instantly answered with his own attacks. His swords cut the demon’s fur, causing more than 500 points of damage.
The demoched its teeth, the void energy wafting around him enhang its horrifying appeara was just about to swing its cws again when Liam moved first. [Holy Wave] and [Brutal Strike] arrived almost at the same time triggering five holy marks, causing a violent explosion.
[-506!]
[-824!]
The beautifully executed of skills brought the demon below 7000HP. It wao open its mouth to let out a deafening roar of reve found its body frozen.
Liam’s eyes lit up realizing that the boss was affected by the stun. He mao deal one more attack before Benareg’s body shook heavily, throwing of the stun.
“Die! Die! Die!”
The demon gradually lost its mind. It moved the magi its body, causing the bck fog to . The fog formed a small tornado engulfing Benareg and preventing anyone from getting close.
A momehe tornado subsided, and the demon had vanished.
Liam held his breath, listening closely to his surroundings. Suddenly a patch of bck fog ierced by a red light. It only sted for less than a sed before a human sized cw mysteriously broke out of the fog like a sea monster hunting ships.
Liam felt the cws’ unstoppable momentum but luckily the cw didn’t e from below his feet. However, before it returo the fog, a red light suddenly appeared below Liam.
The veteran was already prepared. Gathering all his strength he luo the side. A moment ter another cw erupted, its sharp edges slig the air apart.
Liam got ba his feet, his breath quied by two levels. He stared at the bck fog, where cws tio jump out.
For the duration of the skill, he was attacked twice more but mao dodge each time. However, he stayed vigint of the cws’ speed.
Fortunately, Benareg couldn’t keep the skill up forever. A few seds ter it emerged from the fog, its face looking exhausted. Liam didn’t waste a single sed, instantly delivering a harsh blow.
“Human!”
Benareg’s cws glinted with a violet sheen as it aimed for Liam’s face. The tter had no choice but to dodge to the side.
[Stance -18]
His stance, boosted through the effect of his ultimate, began to decrease again. And Benareg didn’t let go, throwing out more attacks. Liam didn’t allow the boss to get close but suddenly it fshed again, appearing behind Liam’s back, its breath sending chills down the pyer’s neck.
“Don’t think I will fall for the same trick again!”
Liam scoffed at the boss as a graceful step brought him out of dahe demon’s cws hit empty air, causing it to growl angrily.
[Stance -18]
[Stance -18]