47- Shall We Dance?
*Boom!
Mark was sent flying crashing to the wall and immediately lost 50% of his health, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and a smile appeared on his face as he looked at the enraged mighty skeleton archer in front of him.
[Mighty Skeleton Archer Lv. 100(Elite Boss)]
[Health: 20,000/90,000]
[Status: Berserk Mode, Enraged]
Mark stood up and put away the shield and sword from his hand, he then pulled out a halberd from his inventory, "Now you discarded your bow, let's dance!" Mark charged towards the skeleton.
How did the Mighty Skeleton Archer which was an elite monster become a boss monster?
Well, let's go back 2 hours earlier.
*Swoosh! *Dang!
Mark parried the incoming arrow towards him with his sword and sparks flew everywhere, Mark then charged towards the skeleton and swung his sword towards its bone leg.
*Clink!
The sword collided with the bone and small fragments were chipped away from the bone but the sword was also getting chirped with every clash with the bone, Mark then jumped back avoiding the arrow coming towards him.
Mark zigzagged while he backed away avoiding more of the incoming arrows, Mark always timed his dodges, he calculated that it takes about 1.5 seconds for the skeleton to fire an arrow, 10 seconds for the powerful arrows, and 1 minute for the energy blast skill.
Mark as a martial artist who was trained by many masters, his battle instinct and battle calculations are off charts, he can calculate faster than mages who uses math formula for their magic, and he also had sharper instincts than cultivators who have honed their senses from cultivating.
Once Mark was 5 meters away from the skeleton, he took out the needles that he got from killing the boss spider and threw them towards the gem in the forehead skull of the skeleton.
*Roar!
The skeleton roared and an energy blast came out from its body blowing the needle away, Mark waited as the energy blast has a range of 5 meters, the moment it dissipated, Mark charged towards the skeleton and brandished his sword at a very fast away, the skeleton's health was getting chipped away bit by bit.
Their battle continued for a few more minutes, Mark knew that the gem on its forehead was a weakness, but he couldn't take a strike towards it because of how it was protected by the skeleton, it would even cease its attack just to cover the gem on its forehead.
Mark was getting annoyed because of it, if it was a normal human he could have cut its handoff and kill it in a few moments but this is no normal skeleton and its stats and level are higher than his, Mark sighed and could only defeat it slowly.
But oh boy, that was Mark's biggest mistake for the first time since playing Alter Online, the moment its health drop 20% the skeleton roared so loud that it shook the whole cave and debris fell from the ceiling, the blue flames around the cave wrapped on its every joint and merged with it.
The skeleton's bone color changed to blueish fiery color, its skull was covered in flames, the gem on its forehead burned brightly and the temperature of the room raised greatly, it then discarded the bow on its hand and changed into two gigantic flaming swords.
[Mighty Skeleton Archer Lv. 100(Elite Boss)]
[Health: 20,000/90,000]
[Status: Berserk Mode, Enraged]
"Damn, isn't this exciting" Mark smiled then as he was about to try and charge again, he saw a figure appearing in front of him, it was a gigantic sword.
*Boom! *Swoosh!
Mark was sent flying like a cannonball, tumbling on the ground a few times, and then crashing into the wall and creating a small pit.
[Chatbox]
[What the hell!? What the hell!?]
[Nevermore is losing!? just what kind of monster is he fighting!?]
[Haha, this is the Rank 1 of Alter Online? it seems like he is nothing]
[Huh? who are you to speak?]
[Hah! I;m the one and only Shekuro, the one who will stand on top of Alter Online!]
[Keep boasting, I just checked your profile, you don't even play, wasting my time]
[Hey guys look! Nevermore discarded his shield and sword too!]
[Nevermore is smiling! haha! as expected of my husband! even when battered and bruised and was fighting a stronger enemy, he still smiles!]
[Man! I feel my blood boiling! many things are happening today! I'm getting excited!]
[Getting excited +190123]
"I see you guys are feeling excited too! Haha!" Mark laughed loudly and pulled out an iron halberd from his inventory and swinging it a few times in front of him, Mark took a deep breath.
"Abandonment"
*Ding!
[Abandonment Skill has been activated, all stats are increase by 100x for 1 minute]
"let's also add another one!" Mark roared and held the halberd with two hands and smashed the pole towards his head.
*Bam!
"Pump up" Mark murmured as his body started heating up.
*Ding!
[You have created a skill: Pump up, strength will be increased by 10%, Stamina will be unlimited, attack damage and attack speed will increase every attack, duration is 5 minutes]
The viewers were shocked to see a new skill popping out from Mark, it was a well-known fact that getting skills in the 1st content of the game was already rare, Mark getting one is already unbelievable.
And this time, it was also a very powerful skill, know the skill Abandonment is already powerful on its own, and now adding this skill pump up made him like a berserker, nothing changed in Mark's appearance but the audience could clearly feel something different from him even when they were just watching through the screen.
They felt Mark was full of vitality, and energy, now the audience knew why something is going to happen even though he was covered in blood, the smile on his face never faded, Mark was enjoying the battle.
"Now..." Mark said and looked at the audience, and at the same time over a million viewers with Mark said the same thing.
"Shall we dance?"