Enter SimpleMMO World: Chapter 12

" Are you sure it's okay for us not to join them?" Asked Khelgarr as he became quite worried about reaper and the rest.

" Do you know the weakness of having stats? It shows the limits. For example, if Horror Fang has 55 Strength in his stat, then the damage he can do is within that range and won't deviate that far because his limit is between that 55 Strength." I reassure Khelgarr that reaper and the rest have the strength to take down Horror Fang.

" I see. Then, if they wear defense equipment then the damage is reduced even more. Thank goodness.… well then, what's your plan for asking me to stay here with you?" Khelgarr becomes curious about the message that I send him after the World Boss appear.

"That's of course, I'm going to do the same experiment as reaper. I'm going to need to feel it for myself and lay out every single detail of it." I got excited as I answered Khelgarr.

Meanwhile, reaper, Cleidious, BlackRaven, Mcgreed and III are heading towards Horror Fang.

"So, what's the plan? You said, you have a plan to test immortality right?" Cleidious asked reaper about his plan.

"I don't know if this can be called a plan but... I will fight this world boss single handedly. You guys just stand nearby and be ready to attack when I'm done testing Azlanc's theory," answered reaper.

"One on one!? That's way too reckless! That was different from what you said earlier," Cleidious disagreed with reaper's plan as it is too risky.

"Cleidious is right. Although the world boss is weak, we shouldn't underestimate it. Fighting it solo is absurd." III added, expressing his agreement with Cleidious.

"No no no. What are you guys talking about? We are trying to test out immortality here. Whether we're still alive when: we're gonna be beheaded or when our whole body becomes mincemeat by some monster's attacks. Being reckless is the only option if we want to test immortality.

Recklessness is what we need, to see whether our HP regenerates after it reaches zero and if we can still regain consciousness after that. In other words, we don't have many options; one of us has to die and try to prove our immortality and I volunteer myself for that. Besides, I can't think of a better plan that can 100% prove our immortality right now," reaper showed his bravery despite his hands shaking. It's either because of fear or... excitement.

"I hate to admit it. But reaper is right. We need to take a risk if we want to test immortality and we need to prove this as soon as possible. Today is the first day for us all in this world. We don't know what will happen tomorrow. That's why we must discover our ability's full capacity as much as we can. That's also the reason why Azlanc told us about immortality even without definite proof," said Mcgreed, agreeing with reaper's plan.

"But t-that... to sacrifice someone just to test the theory, is just... not right." Cleidious looked around for support, as he felt guilty and sorry for causing reaper to take that role as a sacrificial pawn.

"Heh! Don't worry. Although I said that I'll be "it", I will not truly die if we are immortal right? Plus, Azlanc already proved a part of his theory with his very own hand. That's why, I'm not sacrificing myself because I want to die or something but it's because I'm confident that we are already immortal in this world," said reaper with confidence painted in his face.

"Well said reaper! Then, I will go with you and give you support.… AND... I will use my own life as collateral if you need to." BlackRaven gave his utmost support to reaper with a hint of a little taunt.

"What!? You think I might chicken out at the last moment? In your dreams!," reaper smuggly replied to BlackRaven's taunt.

"Kukuku. Well then, without further ado -- I will attract that big guy's attention first," BlackRaven teasingly laughed right before he rushed towards the World Boss head-on.

"Alrighty then, we will surround the World Boss and wait for your signal. Good luck reaper. Remember, if you want to back out, don't hesitate to do so. You don't have to force yourself," said Cleidious, worrying about reaper.

"We'll go first. Good luck, reaper!" said Mcgreed and III, running in different directions to surround the World Boss from a different side. Meanwhile, Mcgreed, Cleidious, and III called dibs on standby for the left, right, and the rear side of the World Boss.

Reaper took a deep breath. "EQUIP: KNIGHT FALL, THE IRON MAN, GOLEM!" reaper equipped new items from a pseudo dimension. And also for the sake of experimentation, reaper only equipped himself with minimum equipment available.

"Nice to meet you master!" A Golem appeared with the same size as The Last Champion and greeted reaper. It seemed that pets are chibi-like characters, small and cute.

"I -- Uhh-yes!, nice to meet you." This guy's quite cute for a golem, he thought, "Alright, let us go Golem!" together with his pet, reaper charged towards the World Boss, where BlackRaven is.

"Yes, master!" Golem followed reaper.

*Buzz*

[ [➳] DTHBL_reaper - Level: 118]

[HP: 635/635]

[Strength: 126 + 240 + 70] *clink*

[Defense: 54 + 140] *clink*

[Dexterity: 65]

Horror Fang, a World Boss with a scary mask. The mask emitted a horrendous aura as if it was the embodiment of fear itself. In front of the Horror Fang, BlackRaven evaded all attacks from the World Boss with his 780 dexterity. Compared to Horror Fang with only 48 dexterity, BlackRaven could dodge even if he'd closed his eyes.

"Too slow! Are you even trying!? Muahaha," scoffed BlackRaven as he is evading attacks from Horror Fang.

*GRRARGHH!!*

Horror Fang enraged and started thrashing around. Seeing that, BlackRaven started to back away to create a little more distance between him and Horror Fang.

"Sorry for the wait, BlackRaven," reaper said as he arrived.

"So, how are we going to do this?" asked BlackRaven.

"There's two phases that I want to test. First, a situation where I'm at death's door,--near death. This one is to test whether I'll be healed with time or not without using any items and whether bleeding or internal injuries will kill me. In this phase, I want you to take me away and distract that guy until I got the result.

Second, when my HP reaches zero. In other words, a death situation to test immortality. In this phase, you do the same as the previous phase but this time you guys can cooperate and finish him off." reaper laid out his plan to BlackRaven.

" Wow, I know this might be late but damn... you're an unbelievable guy to go to such an extent for this. In other words... YOU'RE AWESOME! Alright!, you can relax and leave it to me and the boys," answered BlackRaven, giving his respect to reaper who planned to such extent for his sacrifice.

Although reaper was willing to sacrifice himself, that doesn't mean he would let Horror Fang hit him without a fight. With all of reaper's might, he charged towards Horror Fang. He attacked with everything he had, but to his enemy it didn't even matter, it did nothing except give a little scratch to Horror Fang's more than one million HP.

" Just as I thought, an attack from a level 118 me , won't do much damage. But, this... is... just what I signed up for." reaper panting out of breath and continued his attack. For the sake of the experiment, he didn't dodge any of Horror Fang's attacks. With a large and long tongue, each hit reaper received, felt like a whip capable of breaking reaper's bone. Of course, reaper endures all the pain from each broken bone for the sake of it all. But... That's not all...

He panted. What's this? The pain should have made me lose my mind. But that didn't happen. Not only am I still sane but this situation makes me more excited. Adrenaline rushing into my head keeps pushing me to attack this guy. reaper was out of breath but scarily... He kept grinning every time he attacked and receives a broken bone from Horror Fang's attack.

"This is insane. Just by looking at him, I can feel the pain from all the way here," said Mcgreed.

It becomes harder for Cleidious to see his friend keep getting beaten again and again. reaper... Remember you can quit anytime when you can't take it anymore. We will rush in immediately to save you.

And then… after almost half an hour of one on one battle with Horror Fang, reaper was finally unable to stand up.

*Buzz*

[ [➳] DTHBL_reaper - Level: 118]

[HP: 13/635]

[Strength: 126 + 240 + 70]

[Defense: 54 + 140]

[Dexterity: 65]

*Cough* *cough*

"G-golem... are you... okay?" reaper worried about his pet's condition.

"Yes master. Don't worry... about me, master. I will follow you even to death's door," Golem reassured reaper.

"Golem, YOU ARE THE BEST! Hahaha." reaper felt proud to have Golem, a pet who was willing to follow him to that extent.

"Hold on reaper! I'll get you out of here. Keep yourself awake, don't fall asleep," BlackRaven rushed in and took reaper away from the battlefield.

"Thanks, BlackRaven. Don't worry, I will not... die... before I can get us... the result...that we're eagerly looking for... Just continue the plan," said reaper while enduring the pain with a brave face.

"Okay then. I will distract Horror Fang for now," as planned, BlackRaven kept distracting Horror Fang while reaper recovers. Every 5 minutes, reaper's injuries healed little by little.

"Hah! Great! It's working. I feel a lot better now. First phase, SUCCESS!! Every 5 minutes our injuries are healed little by little even without using food!" shouted reaper with content looks on his face.

Meanwhile, Hanz who saw Horror Fang fighting and thrashing around from far away:

"Well well well. Looks like someone is having a party without me. Well then, I should speed up before the party ends. OH! MANIFESTATION OF GREAT THUNDER, BRING ME TO WHERE I WISH TO BE, LIGHTNING HASTE!" Hanz became impatient and used one of the highest tier of movement magic, Lightning Haste. A magic where the caster can travel through the dark clouds in the sky using lightning. This movement magic is a hundred times faster than Wind Haste that Trisha utilized as it travels almost instantly via lightning.

When Hanz reached the dark clouds above Horror Fang, "OH SERAPHIM OF GREAT LIGHTNING, USE MY BODY TO TRAMPLE THY ENEMY, THUNDEROUS JUDGEMENT!" Hanz launched another high-tiered offense magic. Together with lightning haste, Hanz descended from the dark clouds as if he was the lightning itself, creating a blast from the impact on Horror Fang. Even Khelgarr and I could clearly see and feel the impact.

"W-what the!? What is happening!?" BlackRaven, who was the closest to Horror Fang, was dumbfounded by what happened.

"Why did lightning suddenly strike that guy!?" III was surprised by the sudden strike of galvanic ionization.

"Hey!! Mind if I join the party? Kehehe." Hanz joked as he made his appearance in front of BlackRaven and the rest.

Hanz' sudden arrival was totally unexpected and nobody expected to see high-level offense magic on the first day after they got transferred into this world.

*Buzz*

[ Hanz - Level: 1650]

[HP: 8325/8325]

[Mana: 2993/3300]

[Strength: 1600]

[Defense: 680]

[Dexterity: 1000]

[Job: S-Rank Adventurer]

*D-damn it! Local people! Now of all time! What now!?* BlackRaven thought, contemplating how to handle the situation. More specifically, whether to act as one of the people from this world and defeat Horror Fang together with Hanz, or let Hanz handle it alone and use that chance to run away.

"Urgh, this is bad. At this rate we'll be exposed." reaper couldn't come up with a plan for this unexpected situation. Plus, he just fully recovered after eating food. When reaper had gotten the result from the first phase test, he used food to fill up his remaining HP.

"Wow, that's an amazing magic spell. Sir, may I know who you are?" Mcgreed stepped in while acting like he can't see Hanz's status window.

"Heh. You don't know someone as popular as me? Fine, I'm Hanz. S-Rank adventurer and leader of The Moon party. That's enough introduction, for now, This monster comes first, let's put this guy out of misery. I can't hold myself any longer! kehe" Hanz giggled to himself as he asked for cooperation from Mcgreed.

Mcgreed looked at BlackRaven and gave him a sign to agree to join forces with Hanz. BlackRaven nodded as he understood that Mcgreed had a plan for this situation. Of course, they could no longer continue phase 2 of the experiment with Hanz there.

"Of course Sir Hanz." Mcgreed and the rest joined forces with Hanz.

*GRROARR!!*

With Horror Fang's HP at almost half, the ominous aura from the scary mask was even more intense than before. The aura spreads to every corner of the battlefield and as if it's trying to bring out despair from it's enemy. As his name suggests, Horror Fang's power lies within his sinister aura which brings horror to his enemy.

"This looks dangerous. Guys, change to long-range attack! Attack from a safe distance!" shouted BlackRaven as he ran away from the creeping aura.

Mcgreed, Cleidious, and III retreats further away from Horror Fang and changed their weapon to archery & projectiles. They continued attacking while keeping a distance from Horror Fang. Although the damage is not much, it was efficient.

"Come reaper. We need to keep some distance." BlackRaven and reaper kept their distance from the Horror Fang's aura.

"If that's how you want to play then... OH GREAT THUNDER, LET THEM FALL,TRAMPLE THY HEATHEN! RAIN OF LIGHTNING!" Hanz casted a continuous offense magic which dispersed the ominous aura. However, that wasn't the end of it. The lightning kept striking Horror Fang continuously like a machine gun. Each of the lightning strikes deals five to ten thousand damages to Horror Fang.

For almost another half an hour, they continue to attack relentlessly and finally...

*Buzz*

[Horrorfang]

[Level: 70]

[HP: 0/1130390]

[Strength: 55]

[Dexterity: 48]

[Defense: 84]

(Congratulations! You have defeated Horror Fang)

Here's your reward for defeating Horror Fang:

Letter from Balthazar (#1)

To be continued....