The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 876: Boss Down

Unlike other boss monsters that they had faced in the past, this one was not any larger than the average dark elf. It looked just like any other Elven Warrior, other than the more elaborate armour, but the sense of danger Karl got was much higher.

Thomas nodded and led the group into battle, using his [Taunt] to draw the targetʼs attention to him.

However, with the power of the boss, Karl could see that it wasnʼt completely devoted to attacking him, and was still positioning itself to watch the rest of the group. It simply viewed him as the largest threat.

For a moment.

Rae launched a stream of Overlord Rank webbing that stuck to the boss as it tried to fight, and then the spells began as the warriors charged into melee range.

The sticky silk webbing was much better than anyone could have hoped for.

With the boss forced to deal with repeated attacks from close range, there was no chance to tear it all away, which left it essentially tethered to Rae. She took advantage of that fact to periodically pull the boss off balance, but never off its feet, so that it didnʼt stop attacking to tear the silk all the way off.

Then the boss exploded with power, and the web was obliterated instantly, while the boss leapt into the air and began to cast a spell.

Karl fired a volley of arrows into him as Cara interrupted his spell with [Nullify]. The boss immediately tried again, only to be interrupted once more.

It wasnʼt going to stand for that, and fired a hailstorm of small metal darts at Cara, who countered with a [Void Blast].

The winged void badger stuck out her tongue at the boss as she also leapt into the air and began to circle.

They were instant mortal enemies, and she loved it.

The boss tried another spell, only to be countered and blasted with a volley of spells and arrows from their ranged members.

This was definitely not the usual way of fighting the boss. But even when Thomas tried to use [Taunt] the boss only fired a single spell at him before returning his attention to Cara.

The Dark Elf shimmered, and then appeared behind Cara, who turned on him in a ball of angry, growling fur.

They were circling too fast for most of the mages to get a clear line of sight for their spells anywhere in that direction, but Raeʼs Golems darted in and out, stabbing the enemy while Rae waited for the right moment to ensnare him again.

Cara shifted to attack the bossʼs face, and Rae took the opportunity. She snared the Bossʼ feet and pulled him down, crashing to the ground, where he was set upon by the warriors.

”Angry badger is bloody terrifying.” The Dwarven Shaman noted.

”Itʼs as if sheʼs everywhere at once, isnʼt it? And being so close like that, you canʼt even use a blade on her.” Karl agreed.

Once the boss was on the ground, it died remarkably quickly. The warriors held its arms down, and Cara [Nullified] all its attempts to break free with its explosion of power as she held the bossʼs collar and beat his face with [Void Blast] enhanced slaps.

A chime sounded through the Dungeon as the boss was defeated, and Thomas smiled.

”Thatʼs one zone down. Weʼre half done with the dungeon now. This is the first real chance to leave the instance, as if you leave before defeating the first boss, you get no loot.

If you leave now, you get half, and thatʼs a big loss, but if things have gone wrong, at least you wonʼt lose money for the day.” He explained.

Karl mentally calculated the time, as he could see others doing. They were way ahead of schedule.

”Now, the second half is basically the same as the first, except that there is more of everything. Many new groups fall into a routine after the first half, but that is dangerous. Starting from now, we will split the melee duties into three groups.

One controls the Spiderlings, one deals with the Elves, one with the Spider Riders. Do we have any preferences before I assign roles?” Thomas continued.

Rae transformed to humanoid for a moment and gave him a sharp - toothed smile. ”I want the spider Priestesses. As long as you put me in that group, I am happy.”

Then she transformed back into her natural state and the Paladin nodded.

”Alright, we have our damage dealers for the Elves. I will join her with them, as they are the most difficult, due to their intelligence.

Karl, Hawk, Cara and Nachtia, you are on Spiderling duty. You all have the best area damage abilities.

Everyone else will start with the Spider Riders, and then move to the Elves.” Thomas decided.

He led the way again, with Rae using [Night Haunter] to climb through the fungi trees without attracting attention.

Every so often, an illusion would appear and cut down or pluck something to bring to the butterfly, but nobody in the group seemed to notice or care. Those items had no real value for trade, so if someone needed them, they were welcome to them.

Karl had the bear Golems block the Spiderlings as they were burnt and bombarded to death. Then, Hawk got tired of doing things normally, and decided that stacking [Hellstorm] vortexes for additional suction was a better way to collect the Spiderlings.

It worked wonderfully, as they were Overlord Ranked, but only a few kilos in weight, with no good way to anchor themselves to the ground after their webs were burnt.

Unlike Rae, their legs werenʼt bladed, they were just chitinous limbs.

So, all the Spiderlings ended up in the fire, where Karl and Nachtia bombarded them with spells to accelerate the process.

That had their part of the battle finished well before any of the others, so Hawk moved to deal with the Spider Riders, who were fun to pull from their mounts and hurl at Rae.

Karl and Nachtia turned their attention to the Elves, who had higher numbers, and the group was quickly corralled.

”Excellent. Just like that. The next few groups are the same.”