ushernet Chapter 45: Frostfeather Harpys Juicy Reward
Chapter 45: Frostfeather Harpys Juicy Reward
After everyone arrived at the cave, they entered and walked through the passage for fifty meters before arriving at an icy cavern.
At the center was a ten-meter-tall harpy with her frosty wings curled up around her.
The moment they exited the passage and entered the cavern, Frostfeather Harpy woke up and screeched sharply as ice pillars produced around her, and she flew up.
"You know the plan. This will be our quickest boss fight," Almond grinned. "Let’s start."
Viperfiend, Alfred, and Almond went first, attracting her attention.
Viperfiend and Alfred unleashed their long-range skill attacks while Almond waited as he took a potion at far left, his eyes on the monster.
Natalia and Lily also took up a crossbow and bow, respectively, shooting arrows.
Lily also used her newly acquired class skill during this—Phantom Moon’s Edge.
[Phantom Moon’s Edge]:
-Effect 1: Grants 100% penetration boost and 50% damage boost to any attack. 50 Mana cost.
-Effect 2: Disintegrate a weapon-type item and covert its entire potential into a single highly penetrative projectile attack of any shape you desire. 100 Mana cost. The higher the Mana consumption when using this, the higher the potential boost.
Lily fired two arrows instead of one, both being produced from the magic quiver. She used both effects of her new skills, enhancing one arrow with 1st effect and using 2nd effect on the second arrow as it disintegrated and shaped into a vertical slash of hazy white light, slicing off Harpy’s right wing.
Before her wing was sliced off, Harpy had attacked Alfred and Viperfiend with Ice Shards, but that was the only attack she could make before everyone’s attacks struck her...including Almond’s ultimate attack.
Spirit Explosions x 20!
Ten in front of her.
Ten behind her.
*BOOOOOOOOOM!*
The stacked explosions of 20 Spirits were destructive, to say the least, not to mention that seven of them burst out in special effects!
The harpy was immediately frozen and attacked with unique ice-type attacks and poison attacks as Almond had used ten spirits of monsters from White Polan’s lair and the other ten from Frostbite Cliffs area!
"This is crazy," Natalia muttered. "Isn’t that too op, Lily?"
"It is," Lily nodded. "It doesn’t cost Mana, so he can stack 100 Spirits...Imagine the damage from those."
"Fuck..."
[Congratulations on defeating the hidden boss, Frostfeather Harpy. Everyone in the party is rewarded 10,000 gold coins and one random skill generation, which you can access in your status. Good luck.]
The battle was over, and everyone reached the peak of level 10.
"Well, you’re wrong," Natalia’s smile had stretched from ear to ear as she shared the notification.
[Congratulations. You have triggered a lucky break, acquiring an S-rank skill: Arcane Bastion from the Random Skill Generation.]
"S-rank?" Lily was taken aback.
Almond was dumbfounded, "Holy shit, Divine Witch Natalia, alright."
"What does it do?" Lily curiously asked.
Natalia shared the skill status with a grin, "It’s awesome!"
[Arcane Bastion]
-Skill rank: S
-Effect: Conjures a tower shield in front of you, capable of absorbing damage and generating Bastion Aura based on damage it absorbed.
—Bastion Aura: You can use Bastion aura to boost an attack or heal. Bastion Aura limit is based on the amount of Mana consumed when using the skill.
-Cost: 100 Mana.
"That’s truly a good skill," Almond raised his eyebrows. "Suppose you consume 300 Mana on this skill to defend against a powerful attack, storing a high amount of Bastion Aura and then use your remaining 100 Mana to use Action Mirage skill, copying an attack and boosting it with Bastion Aura to increase its power."
"Hoho, nice idea. This skill can come in clutch in that style," Natalia grinned.
"Lucky," Lily wryly smiled. "Let’s see what do we get, Almond."
"I ain’t using my spell for you two," Natalia snorted.
"Yeah, yeah," Almond rolled his eyes.
Pressing on the button with his thought, the tab [Random Skill Generation] disappeared and a notification rang.
[Congratulations. You have acquired a B-rank skill: Lightning Lash.]
[Lightning Lash]
-Skill rank: B
-Effect:
—> Lashes at an enemy within 10 meters of yourself with a lightning whip from either of your hands. Has a chance to shock the target if the target takes damage from the skill properly.
Shock ailment was different from paralyzing. Shock could weaken the enemy, slowing down their action and responses. Lightning-attributed attacks could also cause paralyzing, but this skill couldn’t do it given how it was structured according to the effect.
’Well, not bad. Once I hit 50 in Focus and Perception, I might be able to improve it,’ Almond truly couldn’t wait to explore the world of magic and learn how the skills were created.