YM778.TV Chapter 166: Elite and Destruction
Just like its other peers though, it had mostly beige/gray skin with disgusting bumps all over it, and just like the other guards, a dark cloth was hiding its genitals.
But in comparison to the others, it wasn\'t bear-chested, as it actually had a piece of silver armor over its chest and stomach, allowing it to protect itself from stabs.
Over its head was also a silver helmet from the same materials as its body armor, with only two small holes where its eyes are supposed to be.
Beyond those holes was darkness, and only a little white point from its pupils was there to show that it was indeed alive.
As for its weapons, it had two: on its right hand it was carrying a giant metal sword with traces of blood all over it, something that showed that thing has already killed many living beings, whether humans or monsters didn\'t matter.
And on its left hand was… a morning star: it was a spiky black ball with a handle the guard was holding to control it.
"KRAAKRA~" the elite guard roared as it took yet another step toward Stark, ready to destroy the prisoner that tried to escape the Lucullus Prison…
\'Heh~ it\'s fine, it should be as slow as the others-\' Stark kept his focus on the monster, but it shouldn\'t be that fast.
~FWISH~
\'Huh?\' yet in less than a second, the morning star of the elite guard was already in front of his face.
It was too fast, way too fast.
"INVINCIBLE DODGE!" he rolled away.
[Perfect Dodge!]
The world slowed down around Stark, and he took advantage of that to activate [Perception] to check out his enemy, the small white pupils beyond the darkness of its helmet\'s holes burning with aura as a trail was left behind every time it moved.
…
[Name: Sublevel 4 ELITE Guard]
[Level: 100]
[HP: 365000]
[Strength: 5931]
[Stamina: 1312]
[Speed: 3749]
[Defense: 4133]
[Skills: Chrono Dodge, Critical Hit Spin, Morning Star\'s Darkness, Crippling Blow, Mad Rush, The Fourth Elite, Sword Cut, Body Slam, Intimidation, Status Immunity, Guard Sacrifice…]
…
All of its stats were much higher than any of the normal guards, and its speed was also much muchhh higher for some strange reason.
Stark backed away, that thing was almost as fast as him even with its sturdy body, so staying close wasn\'t a risk he was willing to take.
"CRIPPLING BLOW," but as soon as the world went back to normal, the guard lifted his morning star and swung it at Stark.
\'OH COME ON…!\' he avoided it by ducking, but the weapon came crashing against one of the obsidian walls, and it was so strong that it even created cracks on it, \'I\'m dead meat if this touches me…\'
"AURA SMASH!" he sent three fists at the elite guard, who didn\'t even bother to avoid them.
~BOOM, BOOM, BOOM~
It pumped its chest and received all of the damage.
"-10129! -9837! -11281!" Stark almost thought he went back to the time he was level 15 because of such low damage, but it was reality: that thing\'s armor was protecting him way too much, even if its defense wasn\'t even that high compared to the normal guards. Discover more at m-vlempy _r.
"And just when I thought it\'s a piece of cake," he mumbled, eyeing the elite guard, "Time to get creative."
"CLONE FRENZY!" he summoned his three clones.
Of course, under normal circumstances, Stark would only summon two as distributing his aura between the three would result in their power massively decreasing.
But this time… Stark had a good reason.
\'Go behind the corner and do THAT,\' he smiled at his clones, and they all nodded as they ran away to hide.
Meanwhile…
"KRAARKAK~" the guard didn\'t stand still as he immediately threw his morning star toward the group of clones.
"INVINCIBLE DODGE," it hit them straight on, but thankfully they all had the skill to roll away to safety, then immediately began to do \'THAT\'.
The ELITE guard, now only with a sword in hand, didn\'t even seem bothered, instead it just rushed at Stark.
"SWORD CUT!" it sliced in Stark\'s direction once.
~FWISH~
But the boy avoided the attack by backing away.
"SWORD CUT!" and it did it again.
\'…?\' Stark avoided by crouching.
"SWORD CUT, SWORD CUT, SWORD CUT!!!" instead of being like the average guard or monster and attacking randomly in the hopes of hitting, the elite guard actually looked like it knew what it was doing, precisely aiming for Stark while keeping its balance enough to be able to strike again.
~FWISH, FWISH, FWISH~
Stark was forced to keep dodging as a single strike would be game over.
"CRIMSON SPEARS!" he summoned his three spears and sent them at the guard.
But…
~KING, KING, KING~
The guard just blocked all three with his sword, taking 0 damage as it was way sturdier than the cleaver the others had.
"SPATIAL INVENTORY," while he was blocking Stark\'s attacks, the boy opened his inventory void and took out four [Crystal Stun] potions.
~THROW, THROW…~
He threw them all toward the elite\'s body while it was occupied, and all potions hit it, exploding upon impact and releasing the white mist.
But…
[\'Status Immunity\' makes \'Elite Guard\' immune to status effects!]
Meaning that the [Stun] wouldn\'t work on it, even from his crimson fists.
And so right at that moment, when Stark was thinking of what he should be doing…
~THUMP, THUMP~
Stark lifted his gaze and saw the giant rush at him.
"BODY SLAM!" then it jumped in the air, preparing to land on top of him with its full weight.
"INVINCIBLE DODGE!" he couldn\'t avoid this attack to begin with since the monster was almost as big as the hallway, and even damaged the ceiling in the process of jumping, plus the impact would surely send him flying, so this was his only option.
[Perfect Dodge]
Stark looked at the corner of the hallway, his gaze shaking as he wondered when the hell would \'THAT\' finish, he really needed it.
"MAD RUSH," not letting him get a single second of rest, the elite guard got up unharmed and rushed toward Stark, placing its shoulder in front of its body like a rugby player wanting to tackle down somebody.
~FWISH~
Stark slid down and somehow managed to avoid the attack by passing between the guard\'s legs.
~BOOOOM~
It crashed against the obsidian wall in front of it as it couldn\'t stop in its rush.
~SHATTER~
The wall was completely destroyed as the guard passed right through it, revealing another hallway behind.
"-12813!" it received some damage, but quickly got up and grabbed its morning star back.
This fight was getting really bad, and Stark had no idea how to beat this thing for now…
\'Think, Stark, think…!\' Stark faced the giant monster as it removed the debris from its armor and got up again.
"KRAKKR~" and the guard was also getting angrier for no apparent reason, I mean, it was the one that decided to crash onto the wall?!
Soon enough… they would be able to use \'THAT\' perk for the first time…