BRAGR) Boss Fight Part 1 (Patreon)

I was now standing in a large room that was surrounded by lava. Only a single bridge led to the middle of the room where the boss monster was. “Everyone knows their jobs?” I asked once more.

“Bombard it with water magic since that is its weakness,” Angel replied almost instantly.

“Heal and heal some more.” Derrick gave me a teasing smile, which made me shake my head.

 “Okay, I will be using [Water Blade] and a water shield to keep myself from insta dying from getting to close to the boss. Unlike other games, where you can get close to elementals without issue, in this game, an elemental’s attribute can hurt you. This also goes for the steam that will be created when water meets fire. But the more we apply pressure to the boss and get more hits in with its elemental weakness the weaker it will become. Until we can finally attack its core.” Every elemental had a core. It was just exposing the core that was the problem. This was why you had to attack an elemental with its weakness.

If we came in here only knowing earth magic or wind magic, we would end up dead. While Earth magic can smother fire, you would not be able to create a spell that could cover a boss in sand at this level. And even then, it might just turn the elemental into a lava variant which is no fun and much more dangerous. Fire was strong versus wind and earth while very weak against water.

“Let’s do this!” I called out as I slid my hand over my sword and said: “[Water Blade]!”

[Skill: Water Blade Learned…]

[Water Blade: A augment type magic that will augment a sword with Water. Has a chance to apply Drenched. Causes the target to be drenched in water, weighing them down. Slowing them for 5 seconds.]

Water wrapped around my blade. This was not the best of offensive skills, but when fighting elementals, it was a much-needed skill for someone who uses a sword. I led the charge forward over the bridge with Angel and Derrick behind me. My sword in hand, ready to dish out the first attack. “Angel, do it as normal. Just wait for me to get it to 5% HP.”

“Try to do it fast, or else we might have an issue.” I knew Angel’s concerns. If Derrick had to heal me more than needed, then this battle would not be an easy one. Getting a boss to five percent was also not easy, especially an elemental. But this is where a different kind of skill came in handy when trying to keep aggro.

“Then I will not hold back!” I took a deep breath and began to summon my mana, and scanned the area with my eyes to map the location where I wanted to cast my spell out. “[Torrential Rain]!”

[Skill: Torrential Rain Learned…]

[Torrential Rain: An area of effect type spell. Once cast will rain heavily in one area for ten seconds, causing 100 damage every second. Deals more damage to fire-attributed enemies. +10% extra damage.]

Storm clouds formed over the boss and began to rain down on it. It was a short direction spell and only lasted for ten seconds but it was doing 110 damage per second. This might not seem like it but for a monster with only about 10 thousand Health, this was a good deal of damage from the get-go and had almost completely drained my mana. Luckily I had just enough mana to cast it and one more spell I will be needing soon.

“Burhgar!” The boss cried out. This was no fun for any fire elemental. It lashed out towards the clouds as I rushed in and cast a water shield. “[Water Shield]!”

[Skill: Water Shield Learned…]

[Water Shield: A shield made of water. Provides high defense versus elemental fire.]

I lashed out with my sword while raising my water shield in front of me. The sword sliced through the flames but the sound of sizzling could be heard, along with steam pouring out from the area my sword had passed. I could see the HP of the boss quickly by a good amount meaning my first attack was on point and did the damage needed.

I did not even need to turn around to tell Angel to begin her assault because balls of water began to rain down from above right as my spell dispersed. “Burhgar! Burhgar!”

The boss cried out twice, which, from my dream, meant it was about to use an area of attack on us. “Watch the floors. If you see any orange spots, move!”

I glanced back ever so slightly to see both Derrick and Angel getting ready to move when needed. They did not need to wait long as the floor under them began to glow. The same went for me. You only got a few pulses before the flames would fire up through the ground.

I quickly dodged to the right and gave another slash to the boss with my [Water Blade]. The other two also moved out of the way. The pillars of fire shot up into the air and expanded across the ceiling. To be honest, it was kind of a cool sight.