Chapter 605: Astrios (Happy New Year's Day~)
"It should be noted that when Colonel Nato's HP reaches the third bar, it will continuously use paralyzing impacts, and according to the situation of the first layer, when the boss's HP reaches the third HP bar, it is very likely that there will be an unknown situation, which is the real test for them."
Kirito still has some worries, because the real time when something can go wrong is at the last pinch.
Soon, however, their attention was drawn to another monster, the real boss that appeared only two or three minutes later than "Colonel Bull Nato".
With a somewhat hoarse roar, a large, startling black shadow appeared, looming over Diabel's heads.
"Bull General Balan", it is full of muscles, with short crimson hair on its body, and its upper body is still naked according to the "iron rules" of the bull clan, but its equipment is very tyrant, not only is the waist wrapped in luxurious golden cloth, the chains hanging from the shoulders are also made of gold, and the war hammers held in both hands also shine with a very exaggerated golden yellow light.
But other than these colors, it looks almost the same as Colonel Nato, no, there is a considerable difference, and that is size.
The second floor of the level of the boss "General Bull. Balan", the red bull monster known simply as "General Balan", is already twice the size of Colonel Nato.
Due to the physical limitations of the Ain Grant Labyrinth Tower, such as a ceiling, "General Balan" is smaller than the oversized black Wagyu "Ballhead Bull Bau" as the node boss, but the humanoid monster that is more than five meters tall still triggers instinctive fear in humans.
And the golden hammer held by "General Balan" is a terrifying weapon the size of a wine barrel with a single mallet.
When General Balan swung it up, yellow lightning would appear on the striking surface of the hammer, which was similar to the "sword skill", but General Balan burst out with twice the power of Colonel Nato, and the hammer hit the ground violently, and the shock wave caused by the impact even spread to the front of the boss room located in the distance, which made everyone watching the excitement in front of the door exclaim, and they unconsciously took a step back.
The attack range of "General Balan" is much wider than that of his subordinate "Colonel Nato", but fortunately, the lightning that chased the shock wave did not expand too far, so it also left Diabel and them some room to dodge, and they would not be killed directly by one move.
"This ......"
Klein was dumbfounded, obviously surprised by the effect of this skill, which was really amazing.
"This move is General Balan's unique skill paralysis blast, and it is the superior skill of paralysis impact, and the effect is naturally exaggerated."
Kirito explained that looking at the situation in the boss room, he was very worried and was ready to go in and help.
Although it must have been made quite clear in the previous strategy meeting, in the face of this kind of powerful attack, there were still two people who did not have time to retreat outside the safety range, and their feet were engulfed by the yellow lightning.
Lightning immediately wrapped around their bodies like ropes, causing the two players to freeze there.
This is the most common of the "Hindrance Effects", the most frequent hits by the player, but it is definitely not to be taken lightly.
The "stun" effect brought by the "paralysis blast" is actually only a short three seconds, and unlike most of the "obstruction effects", after three seconds, the "coma" effect will automatically recover, and it will not be like some "obstruction effects", and special "antidotes" and "antidotes" are needed to remove.
Three seconds is not a long time, if it is hunting miscellaneous monsters, it is naturally nothing, but in the face of the current strongest existence "General Balan", three seconds is like a century long, how scared and anxious the two people in the coma are, the players at the door seem to feel it, after all, it is a real threat to life.
One second, two seconds, counting to the third second, a player who fell into a stiff state, one hand in his right hand slipped to the ground with a short gun, making a crisp sound, this is an additional effect in "Unconscious" that has a certain chance of appearing, "Weapon Drop", well, this is very real.
After three seconds, the "unconscious" state is lifted, and the player doesn't know what to think, and immediately bends down to pick up the weapon.
"What is he doing?! Is the weapon important or the life important?! ”
Klein exclaimed in disbelief, shouldn't he have stepped back at this time? It's too much to pick up weapons, isn't it?
"Stand back! The second blow is coming! ”
Kirito shouted inside, and at the same time, he couldn't help but stride forward, and he had already stepped into the boss room.
After a "thump", the second "paralyzing blast" exploded, and the yellow lightning immediately spread from the hammer, at which point the player who had managed to pick up the short gun was swallowed up again and froze there, and the player who had not lost the weapon managed to escape.
The player who was just standing and unable to move, fell into a "coma" state this time, and this time he fell directly to the floor, and at this time, the character was no longer covered by yellow lightning, but a layer of light green special effect light, and he was no longer "unconscious", but fell into a more powerful and serious obstruction effect "paralysis".
That's right, although the name of the skill is "Paralysis Blast", in fact, this move must be hit twice before it can really make the player fall into a "paralyzed" state.
Unlike "coma", "paralysis" will not recover after three seconds, although the effect will not last forever, but even the weakest "paralysis" will take ten minutes, nearly six hundred seconds or so to disappear.
If you pass out for such a long time in battle, if there is only one person, it is obvious that you will die, so you must use items to recover.
The main means of recovery are "anti-anesthetic", or the universal "purification crystal", the latter can only be obtained by going to the upper floor, so at this stage you can only rely on "anti-anesthetic", and after falling into a state of "paralysis", it is obviously not a simple matter to take out the potion bottle from your waist bag and open it and drink it.
This is probably the disadvantage of "complete stealth", you can't use items directly, you have to perform a series of actions.
So that player is of course that it is impossible for him to leave the attack range of the boss by himself, so he can only wait for death in a daze.
"Damn it! Didn't you say that you shouldn't pick up weapons right away, but that you should check if the boss's hammer will launch a second wave of attacks?! What the hell is that bastard doing?! ”
Such a dangerous situation, naturally, made Diabel extremely angry, that player's wrong choice was simply fatal, not only his life, but also the morale of the entire raider group, and the battle with "General Balan" had not yet started, and the number of troops was immediately reduced, so how could the battle below continue?!
Diabel's anger didn't make any sense, and it was clear that he knew it himself, so the "knight" risked his life and quickly stepped forward to pull the player out, and the boss "General Balan" attacked almost rubbing their side and hammering it to the floor.
Seeing this situation, the players immediately stepped forward to resist the damage, of course they couldn't sit back and watch Diabel be attacked, of course, they wouldn't sit back and watch that player be attacked, just now they just didn't react, Diabel's action woke them up and made them step forward to resist the damage.
"Tank group! Tank group! Hurry up and go up! Attention everyone! After the paralysis, the boss's attack is not so timely, everyone must pull out the teammates who are paralyzed! ”
Diabel is in danger, the person in charge of the command is the tooth king, at this time, he is very "Ayn Grant Liberation Army" deputy commander style, with his command, the precarious, panicked front really stabilized, and Diabel and the player were also quickly pulled back by other players.
"Whew~~~"
Kirito stopped, and as he exhaled, he clearly heard a breath behind him, and everyone was greatly relieved by this.
No way, he can actually understand very well, picking up the dropped weapon is almost an instinctive action, he doesn't know how many times he made the same mistake during the closed beta period, and was attacked with strong attacks and even killed by it.
It wasn't until he had acquired the "Quick Switch" skill, which allowed him to equip a reserve weapon from his inventory, that he gradually began to be able to deal with the situation calmly.
In the face of a terrifying monster, the weapon in his hand fell to the ground, no matter who goes up, he must panic!
Especially since it can't be resurrected yet, and the weapon may not be of much use, but at least it can be safe to hold.
Kirito slowly retreated, because of the current situation of the raiders, it was obvious that they didn't need to help much.
"Looks like it should be fine."
Ling Ze patted him and motioned for him to keep his composure, the current difficulty was obviously not yet when they should play, just look at the old god Heathcliff over there, that guy had not moved at all, although for him, it didn't matter if one or two players died.
"They're slowly finding their rhythm."
Kirito nodded, and in a short time, there were already seven or eight players lying there by the wall, some of them were holding the green potion "anti-anesthetic" with their arms that could not move smoothly, and some were waiting for the potion to work to make the "paralysis" state disappear.
Although quite a few people have been hit, there have been no casualties yet, and it is clear that the "Raiders" have found the rhythm of the battle, and victory is only a matter of time.
"But if you look at it this way, it doesn't seem like an accident is going to happen, and we shouldn't have a chance to play."
Klein scratched his head, he was not disappointed, after all, this kind of ending is actually what everyone wants to see, no matter what, it is best to have zero casualties.
"Not necessarily, just wait."
Ling Ze shook his head, he still firmly believed in his judgment, especially after seeing Heathcliff himself, he was even more confident in his previous judgment, this Heathcliff was 100% waiting for something to happen.
Time passed, the raider operation went smoothly, the escort "Colonel Nato" was almost eliminated, and the last HP of the boss "General Balan" also entered the yellow zone, and the number of paralyzed people who retreated to the west wall not only did not increase, but even decreased to only five people.
"It seems that this time is no different from the closed beta period."
Kirito, who has been worried, has made up his mind.,Everything has been explained.,This strategy event is coming to an end.。
"Yes, there shouldn't be anything, the kobold lord on the first floor, as long as you look closely, you should find that its weapon has changed from a scimitar to a katana, and that Balan general, no matter how you look at it, is no different from when it was sealed and tested."
There are a lot of people who think the same as Kirito.,Among the players waiting outside the door.,There are also a lot of closed beta players.,Everyone's mood is obviously optimistic now.。
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
However, just when everyone thought that the strategy was coming to an end, the players were interrupted by a loud noise, the source of the sound was the center of the boss room, but there was nothing there, only concentric circles lined up by blue-black stone statues in the shape of bulls.
"What's going on?!"
Klein asked, confused.
"It's finally here."
Although Ling Ze didn't know the direction of the plot, this change was obviously the change that Heathcliff was waiting for, and he had already seen it, and the man began to move his body.
"That's not right! Wait a minute! The floor seems to be moving! ”
Kirito was the first to find out that something was wrong, after all, this guy's reflexes were inferior to that of Heatscliffe's GM.
And with Kirito's exclamation, in the boss room, the stone bricks drawn in a triple circle shape slowly changed their speed while moving in a counterclockwise direction, and then, the stone slowly rose from the ground, and finally formed a three-story staircase, and the background above the staircase slowly distorted.
"Ah......h
Many people let out incomprehensible moans, all of them closed beta players, because they understood that the effect was a precursor to a huge object about to pour out, and the shaking of the space expanded rapidly, and the black shadow began to seep out of it rapidly.
The shadow quickly acquired a humanoid entity, two feet as thick as the trunk of a large tree stepped heavily on the stairs, the waist of the comer was entangled in chain mail that emitted black light, but the upper body was still completely naked, its twisted beard hung all the way to the vicinity of its belly, and its head was still in the shape of a cow, but it had six horns, and the crown made of platinum in the center of the head was shining, and the shape was very unusual at first glance.
The third, and at the same time, the largest bull clan, leaned back as if it had been painted with ink, and then burst out with a roar that shook the ground, and lightning continued to fall around it, filling the boss room with white flashes, and the special effects that appeared were also directly full.
Finally, near the ceiling, six HP bars and a line of text appeared, which was "Bull King Astrios".