Chains of Mana

Yeah so ironically... fuck.

Like, this is a product of my own demise... I made a fucking boss fight we didn't have to fucking do! Fuck... and only so long ago did my hubris catch up to me, I've already forgotten!

| Ashen Blossom Dryad |

| Level 95 |

Fuck

| Warning: Buff due to ' Rage ' |

Fuck

| Warning: You are severely out leveled, retreat advised |

I ag-

| Special effect: Barrier of Blossoms |

Fuck, what is that?

The Trunk of Blossom tree is our arena, and the boss has sealed the exit... and with that it's time to panic. Wait no don't do that... panicking is bad. Uh... fuck... let's just take a look at what... well, what it looks like.

Well, for one it's shrouded in tons of grey blossoms floating around it, but from what I could tell it seems to be half man half horse. Its got a pink and grey afro with large... branches? Branches sticking out... and it seems to have a War Glaive. Well, thank god it isn't a lance.

- " So guys... ready to uh, get either destroyed or somehow clutch the fuck out of this? "

The tower shield gave a cry, " What did you fucking do? "

- " Just uh... yeah, boss time. "

" Fine, I'll inquiry about this later... but you better fucking carry this fight. "

- " I ain't a damn pack mule... but fine. Let's go, on your mark. "

Without further words we attempted to take advantages wherever we could, the Barrier caster locked a barrier between the two sets of legs while our range damage class started poking away at weak points like eyes.

The Dryad didn't respond well, giving a loud screech and swinging wildy.... that's good.

Its completely locked from movement due to our barrier mage, so... we can try to poke it with all we got untill it dies, but... well... its level 95, we all have the damage loss thing applied.

This is where I work best though, as long as I'm not having to constantly dodge or block then I'll be able to do at least something. Like attempting to get it to drop the Glaive, I'm taking pot shots at its hands but so far I've either missed entirely or just hit the wrong spot.

These blossoms really get in the way of my vision, but I can still see most of its figures. I don't have that many useful skills at all, at least for now, so magic is probably my very best option... so I'm going to try and cook up some blood magic, hopefully I can get a bleed proc to start getting % damage off his health.

I don't know if that would work though... he could have any manner of healing capabilities, especially considering that THE best healing item in the game is made of Blossom Wood. Not to flex or anything, but... this shit is just... fuck, I fucked up. Unlike Demons, it looks like Dyrads straight up don't take shit from anyone... so just because I created it doesn't m-

Wait .. I created it right?

Does that mean... I could use Editor of Life?

Well, its not a bad idea... but first I'll try out Blood Magic, I'm more use to that then that weird title... the ability it grants is just confusing. How the fuck am I just going to edit life, especially considering I don't know jack shit about DNA, Innate Skills, or hell... I have no fucking clue about the biology or anything really about centaurs or Dyrads.

: 1st tier spell, Invoke Blood :

Alright... so this is the spell that inflicts bleed damage instantly, let's see if it can heal or anything.

... Well, it hasn't healed yet and it drained about... 4% health I think? Let me see that Rage thing please System.

| Status: Rage |

| Grants the user a 2.7x stat modifier |

| Removes all intelligence from a creature |

That might be why... it doesn't realize it needs to heal because it doesn't know anything, its completely brain dead and might as well be a large rock at this point.

Free XP?

Well... damn, if it is then... this was all intentional I swear.

As far as I know though, I'll only go up to like... level 14. Probably because the system might be lowering my XP gained, well... I guess its fair. I already level up ridiculously faster then everyone else with my cool XP modifier, others probably have Higher though. Besides that I always get dumb opportunities like this for free XP.

* Snap *

I spoke too soon.

It uh, broke free of the barrier... and our barrier guy is now dead. How? Well, I don't know. All I know is I gotta fucking start getting ready to time this fucker out. No way it won't one shot us, it killed someone just by destroying their barrier... I wonder how that works as I began plotting my escape.

Syn and his turrets are all fully fused with me at this point right now by the way, Flesh Golem is probably not going to last long considering its now charging at the Dyrad.

So, I attempt to fire out more shots to remove its weapon as the Flesh Golem barrels it's way to the still stationary Dyrad. With a might punch, the Flesh Golem lunges against the Dyrad and... well, it worked a bit. 0.02℅ Damage, not much but... well... not much.

Luckily, bleeding has taken down around 16℅ now! Only... what, 84 times 2... 168 seconds until it dies. that's..2 minutes and...48 seconds! Easy... only two minutes! That's a fast clear alright, way back when I was Crimson that was about the time it would take to kill a level 60 boss with a group of level 70s.

Times have changed... beyond that, the group surrounding my are keeping their distance as well, rebuffing and casting various spells to little effect while Tower Shield and Flesh Golem lock the Dyrad in place. That's when I get lucky, with a loud growl from the Dyrad... I manage to knock away his glaive! Flesh Golem yoinks it and tosses it our way, then continues to reassert pressure on the boss.

2minutes and... 10 seconds left!

Not much longer guys, keep it up.

Meanwhile I get to look at this glaive...

| Ashen Blossom War Glaive |

| High Tier Glaive |

| No Desc. |

| No bound skills |

Well that's a disappointment.