VRMMO | Terris Story: Someone "Them"
09:C.Alpha, The Primal Wolf
Boss Phase's.
The conditions possessed by the Boss; that appeared every particular condition was met. For example, Health that falls to a predetermined value.
After the Boss enters the next Phase, there is usually a change in attack patterns, an increase in strength, and also a change in appearance that indicates a new phase has already begun. Phase owned by each Boss also varies, depending on how the developers design it.
Previously, seven players ended up dead after Alpha entered the Second Phase.
Other than that they were never prepared for the sudden change that occurred, Haru's group focused on attacking Alpha before clearing the existing Forest Wolf herd. As a result, after the Beast returned to using its howl, they were surrounded and slaughtered.
If it wasn't for Tacha pulling Aggro all over the wolf, Haru and Stern might never have come out of the forest.
. . .
—Zrates! Zrat!
The claws pierced through the armor of a player. Tacha, painstakingly surviving Alpha's ferocious attack. "Tsk, Protection!"
One of the group members, who was carrying a wooden stick, and a White Mage immediately acted.
"Minor Heal!" he said, pointing the tip of the stick at the Tanker. Which then wrapped Tacha in a thin, transparent aura, the small visible wounds also slowly disappeared from his body.
Healing Skills were important matters in battle, leave Potions alone, only reckless players did Boss Raid without bringing along someone with the ability to recover Health.
And knowing that his health was recovering, Tacha immediately resumed his duties as a Tanker. "Provokes! Here's the stupid wolf!"
The Alpha that was the target of the Provoke Skill finally concentrated the attack on him. The wolf Aggro was locked thanks to the Taunt-type Skill, which the Tanker players were obliged to possess.
Sierra who has the role of Secondary Tank certainly did not stay silent, he immediately assisted with his favorite War Hammer.
"Heavy Swing!"
[Stone!]
Being in control, Attacker-type players were finally free to deliver a crushing blow to drain Health from the wolf, without worrying about being hit by an attack. Because of a logic where characters with high attack power usually have low Health, an Attacker must naturally avoid incoming attacks as much as possible.
Including two players from the group who had disappeared from view from the beginning.
When Alpha is glued to the Tanker and in a condition hit by Stun, two daggers come secretly to take advantage of the situation.
"Backstabs."
"Backstabs."
[Surprise Attack!]
[Critical Hit!]
[Babling!]
The wolf instantly roared in pain with an attack that pierced his stomach from two sides. Both players were Assassin-type, who carried out deadly attacks without the opponent knowing.
"Wind Javelin!"
The wind spear formed quickly above the Mage's head. Right now, that magic was his strongest attack that consumed a third of his Mana capacity directly.
"Exit!" scream Lily.
In Terris, there is no protection from the so-called Friendly Fire. If someone is unlucky, he could be accidentally killed by his own partner's attack. Therefore, Lily gave a warning and temporarily let her comrades away.
The two Assassins jumped away and disappeared from sight.
Tacha who understood the situation also immediately moved. "Bashhash!"
[Stone!]
[Target hit by Stun Continuous!]
[Stun Effect is weakening!]
It was impossible to continuously freeze an opponent's movements with a Skill that had a similar effect. For each one of the same control effects stacked against each other, the target will get Temporary Resistance which increases the resistance of those control effects for some time. It's all for the sake of keeping balance in Terris.
—Developers from Sekai Shard certainly will not let a level 0 player easily kill a Level 100 Boss capitalized Stun without end, right?
However, even if Alpha is currently in Temporary Resistance, that is still enough. Tacha only intended to take some distance from the wolf. After all, the control skill he possessed was still limited so he only had Stun as an option.
And after seeing that no one was close to the wolf, Lily finally threw her attack.
Swabs. . !
—Blar!!
Landing on target, the Wind Javelin instantly exploded and unleashed blades of sharp wind that slashed the wolf's skin.
A slash! Zrat! A slash! Zrat! A slash! Zrat!
The Beast's body was immediately filled with white streaks from Elcia's sight, full of wounds —Don't expect to shadow her in Realistic Mode, the girl might faint.
But putting that aside, everything indirectly showed just how much Health that Boss possessed as well as how much effort it took to bring him down. So far, the situation has gone pretty well .
But unfortunately, it's not all that easy as it seems. The third phase has finally begun.
The white feathers that extended between the ears until the tail slowly spread, removing the dark gray color of the wolf.
"Not yet?!"
"Again?!"
Two screams sounded overlapping. Lily falls frustrated while Haru is shocked to see Alpha still has another Phase.
Stern looks panicked. "Be careful!"
But the next attack left everyone frozen. Alice and Elcia opened their eyes wide with bated breaths.
[Player: Eiden was killed!]
One of the Assassins suddenly came out of the Invisibility Skill and collapsed just like that, with Alpha nearby.
"Ap—!!" Stern could do nothing but shout in a high tone.
Before Haru's group finished digesting what had just happened, Alpha suddenly jumped up and pounced on an empty spot.
[Player: Aiden killed]
The sight again gave quite a heavy shock to the players. The level of difficulty Terris had was not a joke but a problem.
Since the beginning, Sekai Shard designed the Alpha with some dangerous capabilities.
The howl that gave Debuff and brought Forest Wolf. Second Phase that increases attack and speed. And the Third Phase was written as Primal Wolf code; where a massacre would begin.
"Kh— Provoke!" tacha shouted, trying to pull back the wolf Aggro.
Unfortunately in this Phase, Alpha is not affected by Aggro or Taunt-type Skills and is immune from controls such as [Stun] and [Paralysis].
The taunt used actually made the wolf even more angry.
The entire player finally turned deathly pale. And after the two Assassins from Haru's group were killed, Phase Primal Wolf entered its next state. It will attack randomly players who are within a certain radius. Too bad, the wolf immediately jumped away at high speed towards the White Mage.
[Player: Afterlife killed]
"Life! Fucking argh! !" umpat Stern, frustrated by his inability to anticipate the attack.
With the White Mage dead, the group could only rely on Potions to survive, if they could survive this Phase.
The Arcane Archer had even long lost the calm face he showed all the time. Horrified, he used his Skill endlessly."The arrow! Paralysis Shots! Quickfires! Triple Shot! Power Shot!"
"Magic Barrage!" add Lily with her last Mana.
The barrage of attacks shot forward, only to leave without ever hitting its target. Alpha movement has become too fast to follow. And the wolf is after the next target.
[Player: Sierra was killed!]
[Player: Lily was killed!]
The group began to lose its members one after another. However, the next target was beyond everyone's expectations. Alpha suddenly moved towards where the pair of silver-clad girls were.
—Grauu!
The remaining four players suddenly panicked to see two people who should not have been involved were targeted because of their mistakes.
The wolf was fast, too fast for most people to follow. Ordinary players might be late to react to incoming attacks. But, Elcia's ability to react can be said to be very good; and her ability to play hangars proves that.
"Kh— Aegis!"
—Dangg!!
Elcia
Health: 52/160 (-82)
Rune Shield's
Durability: 57% (-3%)
[You received an attack that was too powerful! Your body becomes stiff!]
"God. . !"
Horror flooded the girl and made her break out in cold sweat. One strike from the wolf was now instantly slashing half over his Health. What if he doesn't wear his shield?
Finding his target still alive, Alpha grows increasingly enraged; he immediately strikes with his sharp claws.
And the girl understood well, if her character accepted the attack, or even managed to understand it, she would still be killed. Exactly helpless, and Haru's group goes too far to save him.
Dead. . ? thought Elcia. He finally began to look at the claws. It's just a game anyway, so dying isn't something too horrible.
But the girl forgot one man, who was always with her; for she had long faced all by herself.
Not anymore, at least not here. Because now, that person stood side by side with him and complemented each other.
"Phantasmal Counter!"
Those words sounded clear, as clear as light in the dark. And resuscitated the silent Elcia at that moment.
Alice.
He came up with a Skill from the Nave Sword Technique, which he obtained after his Sword Mastery reached Combatant I in the previous battle.
The tring! The trail!!
The Long Sword swung forward and got two loud collisions that made it sound loud.
Alice
Health: 1/240 (-64) (-75)
His health fell in an instant until it reached a condition that might be equated with the sacratul of death. But even the attack still gave him another surprise,
The Long Sword Training
Durability: 0% (-14%) (-16%)
[The Long Sword Training has been destroyed!]
[You received an attack that was too powerful! Your body becomes stiff!]
[You are in critical condition! Your body is getting very weak!]
"Urk—!"
Alice who failed to estimate the attack power of the wolf could only endure the pain and let out a groan. But soon after, another notification just popped up.
[Title : One Who Protect The Other!]
[Special conditions are met! Struggle has risen!]
[Struggle turned into Noble Heart!]
[You are in critical condition! Noble Heart: Burning Struggle activated!]
[You don't know the word surrender! Your body is beyond its limits!]
[The attack power increased drastically!]
The notification that appeared without stopping left Alice and Elcia at a loss for words.
However, they soon saw Alpha trying to stand up after both of his front legs were attacked by Alice.
Alice wanted to immediately counterattack while she got an increase in strength due to the Noble Heart effect being activated just like that. However, her Long Sword Training had been destroyed, and the girl did not want to attack with a fist like an amateur Martial Artist.
Meanwhile, Elcia was still difficult to move due to the damage received in large numbers.
In that narrowness, the two suddenly remembered something.
True, a Skill that had never been used before though. The two exchanged glances, and understanding each other, they nodded simultaneously.
"Assimilations!" Elcia.
[You entered the state of Assimilation! Define condition!]
[Host/Spirit]
"Host" said Elcia quickly. The wolf was obviously not going to sit sweetly looking at the prey in front of him.
[Specify Spirit!]
"Alice."
[You designated Player : Alice as Spirit]
[Starting Assimilation!]
"Your turn" Alice said with a smile, along with her character's body that turned little by little into a grain of light and joined Elcia.
"Yes, it's my turn, Alice." she replied.
Grp. . !
Alpha growls heavily, like wanting to rip apart its prey. And after he fully stood up, without delay the wolf came at his terrifying speed.
"arrow! Wind Enchant!"
Shuuuuu. . !
—Grau!
The shot came at the right time. Push on Alpha and buy a little time until both of them complete the Assimilation process.
[You are in critical condition! Noble Heart: Burning Struggle activated!]
[You don't know the word surrender! Your body is beyond its limits!]
[The attack power increased drastically!]
Elcia looked straight at the wolf sharply. It shows her left eye, which is sky blue. The one paired with her right eye, which was now gleaming ruby red; alice's eye.
" "Phantasmal Slash." "
The sound of the two piled up, along with Rapier who was drawn forward to welcome the Alpha attack.
[Rapier Arts changed Phantasmal Slash!]
[Phantasmal : Thrust created!]
[Intelligence is increasing rapidly!]
—Jleb!
[Physical Pierce!]
[Critical Hit!]
[Fatal Damage!]
[Title: Wolfpack Killer is available!]
