[Fang Raon: I found the boss room]
When he sent the message, everyone stopped whatever they were doing and rushed straight to where Fang Raon was.
After thirty minutes, every member of the party was gathered in front of the boss room door.
"...The plan will be simple. I will be taking the boss’ attention with Fang Raon, and Ragnar will take the aggro of his minions.
"Meanwhile, Abigail and Poppy offer support."
Machary said.
Everyone agreed to the plan, and without further ado, he and Fang Raon pushed open the heavy boss room’s door.
In that moment, they saw a crimson-armored skeleton sitting on a throne with a longsword resting on its lap, surrounded by a circle of its minions.
[Fallen Knight - 100%]
"...Attack!"
Fallen Knight shouted with its deep, gurgling voice that sounded like it came from the depths of the underworld.
"Tank’s Taunt!"
Ragnar smashed his axe against his shield, and he only focused his "Tank’s Taunt" skill on the skeleton minions.
He didn’t want for the Fallen Knight to come after him.
Meanwhile, Fang Raon and Machary ran past the skeletons’ minions, who didn’t care about them, and ran straight for the Fallen Knight.
Fallen Knight rose up from the throne, and its longsword started glowing bright blue, like it was encased in ice.
"Flying Slash!"
The longsword cut through the air, and at the same time, a blue energy wave shot out from the blade.
It was shaped like the blade of the longsword, but was several times larger.
"It can use skills?!"
Fang Raon cried out.
"It must be a special breed. It does not matter. We can still handle it no problem!"
Machary shouted and then used "Super Jump" and leaped over the flying slash and smashed his sword against the Fallen Knight’s longsword.
When the two swords came into contact, a loud clang echoed through the chamber.
Fang Raon scrambled out of the way of the flying slash and then also attacked Fallen Knight, who was swinging the longsword wildly.
Despite the length of the longsword, the crimson-armored Fallen Knight was able to swing it effortlessly and was also able to handle both Machary’s and Fang Raon’s attacks.
The two young men attacked him furiously, but Fallen Knight moved its longsword with such mastery that they couldn’t even land a single hit.
"Hard Slash!"
"Driving Sword!"
"Flying Slash!"
...
"Magic Missile!"
Abigail bombed the skeleton minions, and Ragnar was slicing through them like a hot knife through butter.
It didn’t matter because as soon as they killed them, more skeleton minions kept spawning from the ground.
"These minions keep spawning!"
"They’re connected to that Fallen Knight. They won’t stop spawning until the Fallen Knight itself is dead!"
Abigail shouted.
Poppy was currently not doing anything.
She had several debuff skills, but it was obvious that Abigail and Ragnar didn’t need her to use those, so she kept saving her mana.
However, she then looked at the Fallen Knight and noticed that it was pushing Machary and Fang Raon back.
They were struggling!
’...Would they be mad if I helped them? No, this is a team effort. I must also be of use, and I shouldn’t be afraid to help!’
Poppy raised her healing staff, pointed it towards the Fallen Knight, and shouted with her cute voice.
"Slowness!"
In that moment, Fallen Knight turned sluggish, and it couldn’t swing the longsword as effortlessly anymore.
"Hard Slash!"
"Great Chop!"
Fang Raon and Machary cut through the crimson armor and made deep wounds on its skeleton body.
[Fallen Knight: 60%]
"It has horrible durability!"
Machary shouted happily.
They started to think that it would be really hard to beat the Fallen Knight with its skill, but now that they knew it had shitty durability, it became much more possible.
"Thanks for the help, Poppy, keep it up!"
Fang Raon shouted words of encouragement and kept attacking Fallen Knight without giving it a moment of rest.
"A-Alright!"
Poppy shouted with a smile, and she then waved her staff once again and blessed the two young men.
"O Holy Mother of Light, give these two brave souls the blessing of speed and strength!"
In that moment, Fang Raon and Machary felt themselves filled with an incredible surge of energy.
They ran past Fallen Knight’s wild sword strikes, and at the same time, hacked their swords through its armor.
It brought the Fallen Knight down to its knees.
[Fallen Knight - 35%]
"It is in the second phase now!"
Machary shouted.
With anger, Fallen Knight stood up, whispered, "Skip Step," and disappeared like a fleeting ghost.
It suddenly appeared right behind Poppy, the longsword in its hand raised high above her head, and it then brought it down.
"Poppy!"
Machary shouted.
Ragnar’s head turned, his eyes blazing in anger, and he reached out his hand towards the crimson-armored Fallen Knight.
The hand started glowing purple.
"Hand of the Ivar’s Ghost!"
In that moment, a massive invisible hand wrapped around the Fallen Knight and brought it down to its knees.
"Axe Strike!"
With his right hand, he swung the axe and smashed it through the Fallen Knight’s skull, sending pieces of its skull flying.
[Fallen Knight - 5%]
"NOW!"
Machary shouted.
"Magic Missile!"
"Aurel’s Blade Dance!"
"Driving Sword!"
"Ivar’s Massacre!"
The attacks smashed into the Fallen Knight, causing its skeleton body to collapse in on itself, leaving behind a pile of bones and armor.
[Fallen Knight has been defeated!]
"Huff... We did it!"
Poppy shouted excitedly, proudly striking a triumphant pose, and Abigail was also smiling, which was uncharacteristic of her.
Ragnar stayed silent, brooding like he always did, and he just put his axe away in his inventory.
"...Good job."
Machary fist-bumped Fang Raon, and they were both pretty calm about the situation, but they were also thinking the same thing.
"You saw that as well?"
Machary asked.
"...Yep."
Fang Raon said with a nod.
"...How the hell does Ragnar have two named skills? Ivar’s Massacre and Hand of the Ivar’s Ghost. And they are also very high-level skills. I think they might be Tier V skills. Did you see how he saved Poppy?"
Machary asked.
"Yeah, the question is, who the hell is this Ragnar guy? I don’t want to badmouth our party, but he is way too skilled to be with us, not going to lie."
Fang Raon said with a wry smile.
"Yeah... I believe Ragnar could join one of the Top 10 Guilds."
Machary said with a frown.