Adrian stared at the boss monster that was is in front of him. Adrian activated his evil eyes to see the information on the monster. He then looked at the crown fragment and it was shining. The boss monster also looked at the crown fragment with intent to take it away.
Monster: Santelmo (Boss)
HP: 650, 000 / 650, 000
MP: 1, 000, 000 / 1, 000, 000
Description: The name of this creature is said to be derived from St. Elmo's fire.
It is an undead made of a ball of fire in fields and swamps. It bounces along and rolls away. It changes into a beast with fire in its mouth. Travelers and fishermen follow it at night. They walk and walk till they are tired out. Then they cannot find their way home. They walk into deep mud and thorny bushes. They get dizzy and become insane. They must reverse their clothes to send it away. Then they can find their way home.
Adrian immediately ordered Kanlaon to launch its breath at it. Since this undead was more of an incorporeal undead then magic attacks would be more effective towards it. Adrian also ordered Sirius to attack using his shadow spikes since it is magical in nature.
Kanlaon spew its breath but the Santelmo evaded by disappearing and then reappearing a few feet away. Adrian was shocked but not amazed. He did not feel the space in front of him fluctuate. This Santelmo used a movement ability that did not disrupt the laws of space.
Sirius then used his shadow domain to stretch his shadow to produce tendrils to lock down the Santelmo. The shadow tendrils shot out but the Santelmo again used his movement ability and evaded capture. Sirius still tried to trap it but the boss was continously using its movement ability.
[Current Temperature: 52 Degree Celsius.]
The temperature was rising rapidly while the boss was alive and they have yet to deal damage to it.
"There must be some way to know where it will show up again." Adrian thought as he observed the boss monster.
Adrian checked every area that the Santelmo will reappear. Adrian also used his Quantum Spacemine to areas that was previously transported from. He will detonate it the moment it returns to those positions.
Kanlaon still fired its breath attack whenever it has the chance but the boss was really slippery.
[Current Temperature: 53 Degree Celsius.]
Adrian is now finally sweating and he could feel the temperature increasing. The enchantment on his clothes could no longer cool his temperature. He was still observing the Santelmo moving about in the cave structure.
He then saw a small wisp of fire with the size of a candle light appear at the ground before the Santelmo appeared. Adrian was still not sure about this but he still tried and immediately set a spacemine when he saw that small wisp of fire.
True to his guess, the Santelmo materialized where that small wisp of fire was located. The spacemine immediately activated and damaged the Santelmo. The skull emitted a pained groan. It seems the boss monster was not accustomed to pain.
[You have dealt 6,424 damage to the Santelmo.]
Adrian smiled because now he knew where the Santelmo will pop up. He had to be extremely observant though because if not then he would not be able to damage the Santelmo. When the Santelmo was damaged, it immediately disappeared from its location.
Adrian also told Sirius and Kanlaon this so they could focus their attacks on the spot it will appear. It appeared behind them and it actually retaliated by spitting a giant ball of fire towards them. All of them evaded but Adrian saw the fireball actually was a homing attack. The fireball followed Adrian even when he already evaded.
[Current Temperature: 55 Degree Celsius.]
Adrian raised his brow because the temperature fluctuation seems to be either one or two. He dared not to let the temperature hit to 60 degrees. He was already losing two per cent of his health per second due to the heat.
Kanlaon was fine because he was a dragon but the others were not. Adrian, Sirius and Saena was dependent on Saena's heal. Due to that Saena's stamina is already down by half. He could see that Saena was tired and it might faint due to overexertion.
Back to Adrian who was still being followed by the fireball, he was backed into a wall. Adrian waited until the fireball would be close to hitting him before he used Blink to escape. This was something he learned in movies where the hero would wait a moment before evading missiles.
Adrian did not notice because he was being chased by the fireball but Sirius managed to wrap the Santelmo in shadow tendrils. It might be because Sirius was the fastest of all of them so he managed to react immediately or he exploited the timeframe when the boss monster launched the fireball.
Kanlaon immediately spewed its breath attack towards the immobilized boss monster. The intense heat and cold breath touched the Santelmo. An explosion so loud that the eardrums of all those inside cave rung.
[Your soulbound Kanlaon has dealt a tremendous 130,475 damage to the Santelmo.]
[The intense clash of temperatures has increased the damage dealt to the Santelmo by 10,575]
[The intense clash of temperatures has increased the damage dealt to the Santelmo by 10,575]
[The intense clash of temperatures has increased the damage dealt to the Santelmo by 10,575]
Kanlaon's breath attack was so fearsome to monsters with elemental bodies especially those made of fire and frost. Adrian the heard a shriek that resembled that of a child and an old woman at the same time. He then saw the Santelmo in front of him. It was only three inches away from him.
Adrian tried to Blink away but his reaction was delayed. The Santelmo opened its mouth and swallowed him whole.
[You have been eaten by the Santelmo.]
[Escape from prison. Movement abilities cannot be used.]
[You will receive a fixed 100 damage every five seconds you are trapped.]
Adrian could not even contact his soulbounds. This was a first to feel isolated and he could not hear the feelings of his soulbounds. Adrian then felt empty due to this because he got used to the feeling of being something like an empath towards his soulbounds. They were still connected but they could not feel each other.
Adrian started to attack the fiery walls that kept him imprisoned while his soulbounds outside became fierce. The moment the soulbounds lost their connection to their master, they became frantic. Their eyes that were rather calm became red.
An intense killing intent was directed at the Santelmo by the three soulbounds. Even Saena who was the posh and calm soulbound became mad. She even led the charge towards the Santelmo. Meanwhile inside of the Santelmo, Adrian was banging the walls but he could not damage the Santelmo.
"It seems this is some sort of special space. I either need to find the way out or force my way out with extreme force." Adrian thought as he summoned his twin dagger Pysche Armament. Adrian then started attacking every nook and cranny of the room he was trapped in.
While trapped he was trapped, Adrian was still receiving messages about what his soulbounds were doing.
[Your soulbound Saena has dealt 2,141 damage to the Santelmo.]
[Your soulbound Kanlaon has dealt a tremendous 130,475 damage to the Santelmo.]
[Your soulbound Saena has been dealt 11,478 damage.]
[Your soulbound Sirius has dealt 15,783 damage to the Santelmo.]
This was the messages that Adrian received and the one that baffled him the most was Saena.
"Saena could actually deal damage? But it seemed that she received more damage than actually dealing damage." Adrian said as he laughed a little.
It did not take long for the Santelmo to be brought down to ten per cent of its health but Adrian's soulbounds' health were also dangerously low. Adrian could still see the health bars of his soulbounds and even he felt pressured.
Adrian used his evil eyes to see any weakness in this room he was trapped in. He looked and looked until he manage to see a black dot that was the size of a pin hole. The room was colored red and orange so this one was the only speck that was of different in color.
He stabbed the dagger on the floor and uttered the name of the skill.
"Soul Seeker" Adrian muttered.
Adrian's body became illusory and he looked like a grim reaper for a second. The Santelmo emitted one last painful shrill cry before it dispersed to nothingness. Adrian dropped from the ground after the Santelmo was defeated.
[The Santelmo has been laid to rest.]
[You have received 300% experience points for clearing this instance dungeon. It has been increased to 900% due to your experience multiplier.]
When Adrian appeared, he was tackled by all his soulbounds and they were crying tears of joy.