Gaponex was confused. It had heard the devastating sound of the cats bones shattering when it had thrown him against a tree. How was he standing there now? What was that strange new form?
Luna was exhilarated as strength surged through her once more. While the monsters was distracted by her brothers taunt, she used her core to lift herself up and bit down as hard as she could on its finger, drawing blood.
[-7]
"AHHK"
The sudden unexpected pain made Gaponex drop her with a short shout of pain. He turned his head and lowered his gaze to snarl in the young girls face.
Luna grinned back defiantly before she spat some of the blood that pooled in her mouth in its face. This instantly enraged the monster as it raised its fist, preparing to slam it down on Lunas head.
"GRAAA-HKH?!"
[-200!]
[Critical!]
The monster's head snapped to the side as a devastating punch connected with its cheek. The strength of the blow sent it flying, leaving scattered remains of broken teeth in its wake.
"Who the FUCK said you could hit her bastard!"
Steam continued to rise from Leos body as he now stood where Gaponex had been moments before, his chain wrapped fist still extended. Fury burned in his eyes as he glared at the Monster struggle back to its feet.
A seriously confused expression was on the monsters face as it failed to comprehend what had just happened. Nevertheless, its will to fight remained unbroken as it moved to pull a sword from its scabbard on its back.
Its remaining eye was constantly trained on Leo who remained unmoving as it got into a defensive stance. However when Gaponex blinked, horror rose as Leo disappeared from his spot in that split second.
It looked around frantically, hoping to catch sight of Leo but there was nothing. How could a puny Furball disappear into thin air?
"Im on your left!"
KRAK!
"GRAAAAAAAH!"
[[-120!]
[Maimed!]
The sound of Gaponex screaming in agony filled in the air as a Savage kick broke its leg at the knee. Unable to stand, it collapsed to the ground. Even still its will wasn't broken as it tried to swing its weapon wildly.
"Now thats dangerous. None of that!"
Another taunt from the Beastman sent a cold shiver of fear through Gaponex as he felt his weapon wielding arm caught in an impossibly strong grip.
Seconds later, his face was slammed into the ground, his arm straining as the Savage Beastman pinned him to the dirt with its foot on his back. Another scream of agony filled the forest as another audible crack rang out.
Luna winced a bit as she saw the new Leo snap the Monsters arm and shoulder blade with a sickening crack. The goblins' screams became pitiful as it quickly lost any and all fighting capability.
'He must be really mad…'
Luna noticed that at some point that Leo had transitioned from trying to kill the beast to torturing it. He was trying to ingrain as much pain and agony as he possibly could, slowly crushing it bone by bone.
The fact that Leo had become so enraged on her behalf was extremely heartwarming to her yet she noticed a cause for concern, Leos condition was eerily similar to her own when she was fighting.
"Leo…..LEO! That's enough!"
Luna had to shout loudly to bring Leo to his senses. He had begun to drown in his own bloodthirst. The once imposing BOSS monster had been reduced to a lump of meat, no longer able to even scream.
Leo himself was drenched in blood as he stood up, shaking his head as he tried to shake off that disgusting yet intoxicating feeling that had washed over him.
'Very Nice Display Boss~! Felt good huh?'
'You okay Leo? You need to drink a potion. You only have 1HP left'
The voices of Mors and Astra brought Leo back fully as he looked down at what he had done. Leo had taken down the boss on a single digit of Health, a single scratch would have killed him.
The transformation from the use of Elemental Conversion had shifted all of his stats to Strength and Agility. He had become like an apex predator and the strength, the power felt so intoxicating and tempted him even now.
"Graa..aaa"
A faint moan of unspeakable pain drew Leos attention as he noticed that despite the brutality, the monster continued to live!
Almost out of pity, Leo simply raised his foot and stomped down on Gaponexs head, not wanting to let it suffer like that any longer. With a nauseating crunch, Gaponexs skull was crushed beneath his foot. Upon the death of the Goblin Boss, the Quest info flickered.
-Quest: Goblin Extermination
-Quest Details: News of a goblin settlement has been spotted too close to the village. Form a party and wipe them out within 24h.
-Difficulty: B→S
-Completion Reward(s): 1 gold. 10 Free Points, 3000 exp
Requirements: Party of 4. (Current Party 4/4)
Quest Failure: Village Destruction
Additional information: If the village is destroyed, all players within the village will have their characters deleted.
Status: 0 Squadrons of the Goblin Leader remain. The Boss has descended.
Defeat the Boss: Goblin Weapon Master
STATUS: COMPLETED
Report to Samuel to Receive your Reward(s)
[Level 10 Goblin Weapon Master Defeated]
[Conditions met! Class Evolution from [Fighter] to [Weapon Master]]
[+1300 EXP]
….
Relief washed over Leo as the fight was finally over. All that was left was to return to the village and claim the rewards. He slowly collapsed to his knees as fatigue creeped in, leaving him feeling extremely weak.
"Its…over"
Luna slowly approached her brother who kneeled in front of the corpse of the Boss Monster. She could tell that whatever he had done to achieve that burst of strength had been intense. He may not have noticed but his body was slightly shivering
With a hand on his shoulder, Luna was about to offer her brother some words of thanks and comfort when an unexpected voice caught her attention.
"Owwwww…Can…Someone get me down…? I don't like being skewered…."
The pained voice of Horo who had begun to stir and speak, calling out for help.
Lunas eyes widened as she looked at the snake, realizing that she had completely forgotten about him!
"Lily! Come and help me get Horo down!"
She called out as she frantically rushed to the tree where the Snake was pinned, guilt filling her heart