She was able to land perfectly on its head. Although there was a problem as the weight of her body along with the force of gravity from her landing impacted the creatures head hard enough that it instinctually tried to shake her off. Thankfully she was skilled and swift enough to clutch onto the handle of her sword. This kept her from being thrown off initially, but she didn't mind going off of the creature's head if she could pull her sword free.
With some quick thinking Charles was able to get under it and head butt the bottom of its chin forcing its head to level out for a second. A second was all Roksazza needed as she was able to pull her sword free. As it came out of the creature skull, she jumped off of it and landed on her feet right next to Marcelina.
Locking eyes with each other the two women gave a thankful nod and a knowing stare. They both been charged forward ready and eager to join in the fray. Roksazza now with her sword in hand activated one of her abilities that required a sword to use.
Suddenly red light began to radiate from her sword and expand around it. The light began to solidify into the same shape of her blade but nearly three times as wide and five times as long. She had manifested an energy blade covering her actual sword made of red radiant light. This was her newest ability that she had gotten upon leveling up and defeating the specific boss monster she was now facing for a second time. It was called Ki Blade Aura: Giantslayer's Cleaver.
Not only did it boost the damage of her sword strikes by an additional +400 after all of the other passive bonuses were added, but it also provided far greater reach with the increased size of the radiant energy surrounding the sword. The most important part was she could buff it further with an ability that she already had even before she came to this world. It was one of the few starting abilities that she had outside of her class, and she activated as she jumped up to strike the undead boss monster.
Red flames and golden lightning began to burst fourth from her body and bechannelled down to her sword and into her blade. She then watched as it began to swirl around the giant radiant aura now covering the sword. This was the power that she had trained all her life to learn how to use and control and ultimately earn her nickname with. This was a form of combat focused Ki abilities known as jutsu on Earth but her people call it, kor'rai. This specific technique that she was using in that moment was a one that she had practiced 10,000 times in and out of combat named, Volcanic Volt Infusion.
As all three energies mixed in that instant she struck the undead monster once more. The undead boss had tried to defend itself with its hard scales that once upon a time she struggled to be able to pierce. But it was of no use this time, as she severed two of its limbs in one strike.
As the undead screeched in pain, it did not get to for long. Not even a few seconds after it lost two of its limbs, it was suddenly being rapidly sliced and pummeled from all sides by Marcelina and Charles who were moving around and striking it at such high speed that it look like two blurs dashing around the battlefield. Emma also was able to help as she used a new ability as well.
She charged up the attack as she normally did for her scalding hot water breath that she uses very frequently. But this time her feathers began to glow blue and emanate smoke from them. As she blasted the geyser of pressurized boiling hot water from her mouth, she also unleashed from her wings magical beams of blue flames. With her help, the four of them working together were able to keep the boss monster from being able to aid the necromancer.
It was perfect for Benedictus who was now focusing all of his attention on dealing with this necromancer. The creature was able to effectively have him fighting at a distance while having a strong defense that even he had a hard time breaking through. While the necromancer was effectively defending against him Benedictus was mentally strategizing how to take it out.
He realized that the barrier protected the creature from attacks from all sides including beneath. He had learned that the hard way when he tried to use Geo Manipulation to bind it from below. He kept a moving around it striking with smaller spells just to keep its attention on defending while trying to think of what to use to get past its defenses. After thinking about it for long enough an idea popped up into his head.
He suddenly dashed towards the creature which it was preparing for him to try that again. It was immediately getting ready to try and summon more spooky hands to try and grab him. However he suddenly cut off vision with his Geo Manipulation by forming a massive wall around it. Which line of sight on him now cut off temporarily he repositioned to a different side using the chaos of the battle going on between the undead monster and his allies to help mute the sound of his running footsteps.
He then lept through the air even more so that even if it was tracking his footsteps before the sound of him suddenly stopping with throw it off as he propelled himself farther off of the ground. Suddenly he made multiple holes of various heights and sizes all throughout the walls to try and confuse the necromancer inside as to which one he could be trying to strike from. Meanwhile he was now on the left side of it and could clearly see it through the hole he made in front of him.
While it was trying to figure out where he was in that moment, he fired off a quick but max powered fireball straight at it. Just like before it shattered the barrier, but also destroyed the stone wall he had made around it. As the barrier was destroyed he landed on the ground and rolled back onto his feet and quickly dashed forward while the smoke obscured the necromancer's vision. He knew it could probably hear him and hoped it was turning to look in his direction.
As he dashed through the smoke and made eye contact with the necromancer, he saw that it definitely heard him and was getting ready to strike him. The magical hands were coming up from the ground getting ready to grasp and impale Benedictus. Despite the danger of the situation Benedictus smiled as he stared into the creature's eyes imitating the Ghost Rider. In that moment he cast Punish Sin on the necromancer.
Although the hands were able to grasp onto him and deal quite a bit of damage as they all touched him, he was able to inflict damage of his own as the creature suddenly stared into the abyss. The hands on him quickly dissipated and he was severely injured but not as bad as the two previous times he had almost died. He stood there with parts of his body looking like it had been withered, torn, scratched, burned, and bruised all at the same time.
Suddenly blood began to flow from the necromancer's mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. The undead boss monster that was fighting in the background suddenly let out a roar before falling over despite the fact the others had not struck it with their next attack yet. The necromancer then fell backwards flat on the ground.
Benedictus suddenly activated his Halo of Heaven and felt as his passive regeneration was kicking in. He slowly approached the creature, looked down at it watching as it breathed its last breath. The moment that it stopped breathing, he knew that it had died from the sheer amount of damage he could deal even with that single first level spell.
They all got a notification stating that they had completed the secret quest, Stop the Elkuuba Chieftain. It also popped up saying that they had completed the hidden quest, Slay the Transformed Elkuuba Chieftain. For completing the first quest they all gained 500 XP. As the one who killed the Chieftain he was given an amulet called, Bone Tribe Shaman's Necklace. For completing the hidden quest they all got 800 XP and 300 godly gold. Both of the girls got a pair of bracers each that was the same. The bracers were called, Azure Death Scale Vambraces. He on the other hand was given the Bone Chieftain's Royal Ring.
They each got another set of individual notifications about their level ups. Marcelina had gained just enough XP to reach level 12. Roksazza was now level 12 as well but was halfway to level 13. Benedictus on the other hand had just enough XP to reach level 13 proper. Both Emma and Charles were now at level 11.
Benedictus now had 6 stat points and 9 skill points. Upon reaching level 12, he gained access to another ability point to get a new spell with. Level 13 on the other hand had given him a new class ability called, Arcanist's Binding.
He immediately checked what the ability was and saw that Arcanist's Binding happened to be a one-time ritual that allowed himself to turn a single creature that he has gained the loyalty of as an animal companion into an empowered familiar. It essentially stated that upon selecting one creature that met the criteria it would not only become his familiar, but it would evolve based on his bloodline and the creatures natural magical affinity. Despite whatever evolutionary changes it may undergo and abilities gained from it there were certain effects that were a constant no matter what. The creature would gain an additional permanent +250 HP, +5 to AC, and it would gain two magical resistances of his choice that it did not already possess if it had any.
Looking at it he realizes ability was perfect for giving Emma a massive upgrade. However it would have to definitely wait. For now his attention was on the dead chieftain.
He looked over to Marcelina who took a moment to look away from her screen to notice what he was about to ask for. Without hesitation she tossed him the dagger he had made for her without even needing to let him speak. He caught it with ease not even needing magic. While the two of them began looking over their character sheets some more he began butchering the chieftain.
He went straight for its chest as he was certain that it had a core since it absorbed the core from the dead boss monster that it had risen temporarily. His intuition was correct, as the second he was able to get his chest open it definitely had a soul core. Not to mention he could tell that it was a 3-star one just by looking at it from size and appearance. Upon adding it to his inventory his guess was correct as it labeled it properly as a 3-star soul core.
By the time he was done both of the girls were already walking over to him with Emma and Charles following closely behind. Standing up he looked at them and asked, "You both want to do one last look around this room before we head out?"
"Already did. There's a hidden door not that far from us a little to the left right there," Marcelina informed him pointing out where it was.
Using the tried and true trick that he was now becoming more familiar with, he sensed for the door with his geo manipulation and upon finding out where it was he removed it by sinking it into the ground. What they saw could only be described as a treasure trove. In the hidden room was gold and lots of it. In the center of the room there was a great sword.
The greatsword was a metallic dark blue metal that he had never seen before. It had a slightly darker coloration to it than the scales of the dead boss monster. The guard of the greatsword was of a similar style to that of the guard of a traditional Japanese katana however it was much farther out in overall width. The guard was about as wide as the standard guard for most European longswords. The guard itself also seemed to be a silver color with a beautiful design reminiscent of the dead boss that this trove most likely belong to. The blade itself had an overall shape very reminiscent of Zabuza's sword from Naruto with the giant hole in it as well. Meanwhile the handle seem to be of more traditional design to that of a Viking sword's handle. The pummel of the sword was a embedded sapphire.
As they all looked at everything in the room, Roksazza pointed at the sword and reminded Benedictus of their agreement, "I would say that sword is probably much better than that bracelet."
"I agree but you can have both," he said while taking off the bracelet that he had not attuned to yet and giving it to her while gesturing for her to claim the greatsword.
Roksazza was confused by this. She didn't know why he was being so generous with the loot, "Why are you giving me both of them?"
"Technically this sword belongs to you because you're the one who originally cleared the dungeon. You just probably didn't get a chance to find it on your own cuz of how badly injured you were. So it's yours. Plus given those moves I saw you pulling off back there I think the bracelet will be more useful to you. It seems to fit your style just as much as it fits mine but it'll offer you better long-term use. So don't scoff at my generosity and take them. Consider it a sign that we are putting our trust in you not to try and stab us in the back later," he explained while being a little cheeky and sarcastic.
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