LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 6 : Alice vs True Abyssal Dragon Lord (2)
"Oh damn... I forgot about this."
Before the explosion occurred, Alice replaced all of her weapons with two large shields attached to her arms. Alice switched roles from being a Warrior/Assassin to a pure Tanker.
Alice tried to stay calm and clear-minded, not panicking.
Both of Alice's shields had a very similar shape, and when combined, they would form the face of a demon named Hoggoth. Hoggoth is one of the nine demon gods in the story of the game Monsterland.
"Origin Skill: Daughter of Hoggoth!!"
Alice merged her two shields into one very large shield. The shield immediately covered all of Alice's armor, giving her extremely high defense.
Finally, a massive explosion occurred, sweeping away all the clouds and dust that had covered the sky, revealing the night sky sprinkled with millions of stars.
[Origin Skill] is the highest-level skill with a very long cooldown. Below [Origin Skill] are [Ultimate Skill] and [Special Skill]. After the explosion duration ended, Alice immediately switched her weapon to a brown arrow with golden patterns.
"This monster is quite a nuisance,"
Alice grew more annoyed, but she tried to remain calm.
"If this darn monster explodes near my base, my base, including its contents, will be destroyed,"
"I'm very lucky to be at an altitude of 3,400 meters,"
Although Alice wore S+ tier armor, if she were hit by that attack, her armor would suffer severe damage and require valuable materials to repair.
Furthermore, Alice had to stay alert in case other players targeted her. In the world of Monsterland, players who wanted to engage in [PK] or [Player Killing] typically waited for someone to defeat a giant monster. Usually, after defeating such a monster, many of their skills would be on cooldown, and their mana would be low.
If Alice used all her skills, she could have defeated TADL much faster, but she still held onto many of her skills in case there were more battles after defeating the True Abyssal Dragon Lord.
After a few seconds of the attack, Arina approached Alice and looked very worried.
"ALICE-SAMA!!!"
Arina shouted in great concern, which made Alice smile. Before reincarnating, the ones who often worried about Alice were her parents and her younger sister.
(This feeling... family, huh? It's very comforting.)
Alice was very happy because it seemed she would have a family in this world, and she wouldn't repeat the same regret in this world. Alice swore to that.
"Are you okay, Alice-sama?"
"Are you injured?"
"Is your armor damaged, Alice-sama?"
Arina appeared panicked and started checking every part of Alice's armor, but she didn't find any damage to Alice's armor.
"No need to worry, Arina. I won't be defeated by lowly monsters like this,"
Alice tried to reassure the worried Arina.
"All right, Alice-sama, forgive me,"
"It's okay, we need to focus on defeating this monster,"
"Understood!"
In the Monsterland game, Arina had never seen Alice use a shield and change her role to a Tanker for defense, so she was quite surprised that Alice could withstand attacks with such high damage.
Not long after, White Fox also approached Alice, and Alice gently stroked White Fox's head as if someone was fondly petting their pet.
"Hahaha, clever kid,"
"Yes, White Fox is doing its job well,"
White Fox seemed very happy when Alice stroked its head and received praise, like a dog that is delighted when its head is petted.
Going back to a while ago, specifically when TADL emerged from underground and wanted to attack Alice, Arina, and White Fox.
White Fox dodged quickly, putting some distance between it and the True Abyssal Dragon Lord. White Fox was also quite annoyed with the True Abyssal Dragon Lord, so it decided to unleash [Origin Skill].
[Origin Skill: High-Rank Mythical Monster Aura]
Instantly, a white aura appeared and spread over a large area, affecting the True Abyssal Dragon Lord's body. This made TADL sense great danger and fear, causing it to fly higher.
"Ggrrrr......"
White Fox then flew in the air to chase after the fleeing True Abyssal Dragon Lord. True Abyssal Dragon Lord was considered a Low-Rank Mythical Monster, as it was ranked 43, which was quite low.
In Monsterland, when two Mythical Monsters were in the same place, the one with the lower rank would generally flee because it was more afraid of the one with a higher rank.
Before being tamed by Alice, White Fox was a Mythical Monster.
While flying in the air at high speed to pursue the True Abyssal Dragon Lord, White Fox continued to cast magic relentlessly. Of course, it couldn't speak magic incantations because it was an animal, so it used more mana to cast magic without uttering incantations.
[Maxima Magic: True Icy Pillar]
[Maxima Magic: True Icy Burst]
From above White Fox's body, a magical circle appeared, shooting ice pillars toward the tail of the True Abyssal Dragon Lord.
And a spell continued to explode at the tail of the True Abyssal Dragon Lord, causing the tail part of TADL's body to gradually freeze.
Of course, this made TADL fly higher quite rapidly, as it sensed an attack from a Mythical Monster much stronger than itself.
White Fox continued to cast magic relentlessly, and every spell cast by White Fox was an S-tier spell with very high damage.
This scenario was more like someone being chased by an angry dog.
However, after the effects of [Origin Skill] began to diminish, the True Abyssal Dragon Lord immediately used a skill that caused the area around it to explode. Before the explosion occurred, White Fox created an ice shield to protect itself.
The previous events when Alice was chatting with Arina, followed by White Fox, only lasted for a dozen seconds, and it was very brief because they knew they had to continue the battle.
After the explosion, a giant cocoon appeared, which was the cocoon of the True Abyssal Dragon Lord. This cocoon had absolute immunity, so attacking it would be futile.
"Just one more step before defeating this damn creature,"
"Of course, Alice-sama, it seems this foolish creature will sacrifice its HP to regenerate the armor scales covering its body,"
"In that case, its HP should be around 20%,"
"Right, it should be,"
"Have you used all your [Origin Skills] yet, Arina?"
"Yes, of course! I've been waiting for Alice-sama's command to use my powerful skills because I didn't want to use my strongest skill without Alice-sama's orders,"
Alice thought for a moment, then she understood something. It seemed that the Servants or NPCs already in this world would be very bound by orders and only do as instructed.
(Maybe in the future, I should give them training to be less bound by orders and develop some initiative)
Alice smiled briefly, and she immediately aimed at the fully regenerated armor and scales of the True Abyssal Dragon Lord. Alice prepared to use the ultimate skill of her weapon, [Gaia Bolg], and she readied an arrow to shoot.
"IT'S TIME TO END THIS ALL,"
Alice smiled widely, displaying an expression like that of a villain.