“Don’t. Stay back and watch their backs in case they will require us to intervene. I can sense that the other monsters are all actually converging to our location and leaving the soldiers to regroup.” Mr Know-It-All said as he raised his hand to stop Ryuli from intervening in their fight.
“You honestly think that they can win? No matter how I sense it, that guy in the weird suit is only Grade 8 Peak for goodness sake.” Ryuli argued, and Mr Know-It-All laughed.
“That’s what I thought too. But if you are sensitive enough to detect his chi, you should understand that his power level is …for the lack of a better word, fucked up.” Mr Know-It-All explained as he lowered the Dragon Wave Barrier and noticed the monsters under Jin’s command continue to pull those Bone Spirit Infused Demons towards the portals.
“Is that how he collects monsters and learns how to reconstruct them? Under controlled circumstances? If yes, he is one tenacious fellow with a high level of creativity.” He thought to himself. He was already looking forward to the next dungeon instance and expected it to be filled with those creatures.
“Erm, yeah. I did notice an abrupt spike in power after he used that card to transform and gain wings for his suit. Some of the talented mages in Europe’s Circus also possess such abilities, what is so special about that?” Ryuli asked as she pointed out that the spies in the European countries had better transformation abilities than him. Only when she said that she realised something was off.
“…He uses magic and chi circuits simultaneously and with the same efficiency too,” Ryuli whispered to herself and noticed this was unprecedented.
“Mmhm. You used to think that you were the only few in the world who could use magic to supplement your chi, right? It seems that he is one step further than you by utilising both circuits allowing him to cast spells too. So, at least int theory, he is actually as strong or maybe even stronger than you.” Mr Know-It-All reasoned. “All the more reason for him to be your so-called ‘elder disciple’.” Ryuli heard it and was unsure how to process that information. She could only listen to her superior ramble on as she watched the two start the fight.
*BAM!*
Kraft had fired his first volley of shots, and the three steel bullets were immediately imbued with his chi, breaking each and every hand tentacle that tried to stop it. Needless to say, the Loopa Ooofpa relished such a ‘mighty’ meal as it opened its mouth to slow its descent by absorbing the chi that was within the steel bullets.
But the moment those bullets stopped to a halt, they immediately released a gaseous substance that caused it to choke. Oddly enough, the bullets were releasing more gas than it should have contained in terms of standard physics. That was because it was actually a steel bullet encased with Evon’s inscription. The chi Kraft had imbued was like a bottle cap, keeping the bottle from overspilling. Only when the chi got taken away, would the inscription self activate courtesy of the bullet.
“Jespa really wished to pin me hard on the wall after I told her that I needed to make a bullet out of runic metals and of all metals. Steel fused with mithril alloy. Despite all her arguing, she sure did a great job. Hehehe!” Kraft was not one to waste any monster talents in Jin’s disposal, and the rune bullet itself provided enough power for Evon’s inscription to work beyond its inscription limits.
The gas eventually spread around the Loopa Ooofpa, and Kraft subsequently shot out standard incineration bullets to ignite the gas. “Though it was meant to be a choking gas bullet, it’s quite flammable in nature.” Kraft boasted as the bullets were visible with the tracers on them and instantly, the surrounding area exploded.
“Huh. Not bad. 1/10.” Peppers graded the explosion after helping the Valgs by magically chaining the monsters up with magic. She had used her staff as the anchor to pull all the surrounding Demons towards her. Only when the Valgs brought the Demons near the portal did she release the chains and the portal sucked them in. As for those Bone Spirit Infused Demons who were too close for comfort, a knockback explosion was sufficient to push it away and sometimes into the portals too.
“I am totally ignoring you, Peps.” Kraft declared nonchalantly. (Though Jin believed that he only did so because he was pouting. Everyone always looked up to Pepper’s review rating as if it was the international standard for explosions.)
“Go, my birds!” Que Er, who had actually used Jin’s Maqi to further juice up her birds’ offensive power, finally gave the order to attack the Loopa Ooofpa. With their small physique and their body frame for speed, the magpies and crows easily evaded the Loopa Oofpa’s hand tentacles by skidding along it and dived towards the body.
But what Que Er did not expect was that the hand tentacles began to evolve as soon as Kraft’s attack had started. The hand tentacles immediately released pores that could explode as quickly as one of Que Er’s birds entered within its proximity. As a result, a secondary blast happened since the magpies were basically flying timebombs too. (At least, it took out the hand tentacles too.)
“Do you see now what I told you about the Loopa Ooofpa? They will use your magic against you after eating it. If you throw a nuclear bomb at it, chances are it will become a walking nuclear disaster and irradiate the regions it does through.” Kraft pointed at it as if he was proud that the monster was proving his point.
“So, then how are we supposed to kill it?” Jin, who was at the sideline, saw it.
“Constantly interrupting its eating time,” Kraft replied. “Whenever it attempts to consume an attack, you break it. But of course, different types of attacks means different types of consumption methods, and that means it will make it harder to kill.”
“So that is why we are merely concentrating on explosions right now instead of a variety of attacks?” Que Er reasoned as the System Rider’s mask gave her a more advanced display interface on the visor so she and the System could fully control the movements of each and every bird as if they were living breathing homing missiles. With the evolution of Loopa Ooofpa in mind and the losses it incurred seconds ago, the System had already adjusted the birds’ trajectory and aimed for the parts of the body where it was producing the Bone Spirit Demons from.
“Yeap, that is why when it is attempting to eat the explosions, it is also taking damage from the constant release of choking gas turning into explosions. The fire from the after-effects will ignite those gases and cause the explosions to continue for some time.” Kraft informed them as he fired a few more incineration bullets.
“At the same time, we target its body which had residual crevices after the Demons get ‘born’. Even if it could regenerate and evolve, there is no such thing as an immortal creature.” Que Er remarked.
“How sure are you?” Jin queried thinking of the worst possible scenario.
“Trust me, I am an immortal at your service.” The magpie queen giggled as a result of her birds’ attack and her honest comment to Jin.
“Sometimes, we got to fight smart, right? Brute force isn’t always the way.” Kraft winked at System Rider Magpie while grinning when he thought how the Banned Emperor Assassins must be tearing their hair out to see their Loopa Ooofpa in trouble.
Especially when Loopa Oofpa should be deemed as their trump card in this Monster Horde attack.
