The Prince of Heaven's Gate - Last Stand At World's End

The Ivory Killer Warthog squealed in anger as it got swarmed by hundreds of Dwarves that had taken advantage of its battle against Diablo.

Although the damage of the Dwarves was just a tiny bit higher than Lux’s skeletons, their numbers made up for it. Lux smiled because with Aina’s Guild joining the fray, the Warthog would finally divert its attention away from Diablo.

Warriors slashed their weapons at its body without mercy, Magicians fired ray-spells at its head, specifically targeting its eyes in an attempt to blind it.

When the Deimos Monster diverted its attention to the Dwarves, wanting to teach them a lesson, Diablo managed to land two solid blows on its body, dealing over two-hundred-thousand ethereal damage, making the Warthog squeal in pain.

Diablo’s attacks ignored defense. Whether the Deimos-Ranked Warthog had a tough carapace or not, it didn’t even matter. The named creature only cared about getting a clean hit on his opponent since it could deal a devastating amount of Ethereal Damage that could make anyone writhe in pain.

“Mana Drain!”

“Mana!”

Lux and Eiko didn’t stand idle and started absorbing the mana of the Field Boss. Most powerful skills required mana, and they wanted to eliminate any chances the Warthog had to make a comeback.

Mana Drain [EX] would drain the mana of its target by 5% of its maximum Mana. Since Eiko was using the same spell as Lux, that single round of Mana Drain was able to shave off 10% of the Deimos’ Monster’s mana.

They would need to do it nine to ten more times before the Warthog completely ran out of mana. This was the strategy that they had developed when dealing with strong monsters.

The sooner the monster ran out of mana, the sooner it would find itself helpless against the combined assault of Lux, and the Eternal Guild.

“Grand Cross!” Aina shouted as she delivered a strike to the Warthog’s back leg, in order to destroy its balance.

It was her strongest attack, but the monster’s defense was simply too high for her to break its stance. Even so, she wasn’t depressed about it.

“Everyone, continue attacking!” Aina ordered. “The moment it changes its target, Shield Warriors, prepare to intercept and use your strongest defensive skills!”

“”Yes!””

Lux, who was not far from Aina, smirked internally. He already knew that the Warthog wouldn’t dare change its target from Diablo because it knew that the moment it did, Diablo would unleash a sneak attack on its body, dealing damage that surpassed the attack of all of Aina’s guild members combined.

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< Ivory Killer Warthog >

Health: 4,331,285 / 4,800,000

Mana: 262,354 / 300,000

—–

Seeing that it had no way out of its predicament, the Ivory Killer Warthog’s body immediately changed to crimson-red, which meant that it had activated its Berserk Skill.

“Brace!” Aina immediately ordered.

After hearing her command, the Warriors all pulled away from engaging the Berserked Deimos-Monster because its attack would certainly deal enormous damage.

The Shield Warriors stepped forward and deployed their strongest defense, Shield Wall, which grew stronger the more Shield Warriors activated it at the same time. One could even say that this was the “team-ability” that was unique among Shield Warriors, regardless of their rank.

When more than one Shield Warrior deployed this ability, their combined defense would stack up, forming a united defensive barrier that would mitigate most attacks.

The Ivory Killer Warthog raised both of its front legs and slammed them on the ground, creating a shockwave that sent the Shield Warriors on the front lines flying backwards.

“Healers, heal the wounded!” Aina ordered. “Second Defender Team, step forward!”

The second team of Shield Warriors took the place of their fallen comrades and activated their Shield Wall in order to keep the Warthog’s berserked-rampage at bay.

Even so, they were once again sent flying after the Warthog swung its massive tusks at them, sending the defenders flying like dried leaves being swept away by a broom.

At that exact moment, Diablo snuck under the Warthog’s neck and leapt high into the hair, activating its strongest single target attack, Hellfire Annihilation Slash.

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< Hellfire Annihilation Slash >

(Mana: 200)

Cooldown: 5 Minutes.

– Coat your weapon with the Hellish Flames and deal massive damage to your enemy.

– Deals 500% of your maximum damage to your enemy.

– This skill has a moderate chance of dealing critical damage.

– When the attack becomes a critical hit, decrease your target’s physical, and magical defenses by 20%

– Has a moderate chance to inflict Burn status on your target.

– If the attack dealt both critical damage and Burn status at the same time, the duration of Burn would extend to a full minute. During this time, any regeneration abilities by the target, or any skill that restores its health will not take effect.

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< Burn >

– Enemies inflicted with Burn will have their health decreased by 1% of their maximum health every 2 seconds.

– Burn effect lasts for thirty seconds.

– While under the Burn effect, the monster’s physical attacks are decreased by 20%

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The attack landed perfectly on the Warthog’s blindspot, searing its skin with hellish flames, making it squeal in pain as it flailed its tusks around in an attempt to ward off the Skeleton Rider who had dealt it a devastating blow.

Diablo’s attack was a critical hit and, at the same time, it activated the Burn effect on the Deimos Monster, making its health decrease every two seconds, as well as lower its physical attacks by 20%.

“Everyone attack and don’t hold back!” Aina ordered as the sword in her hand radiated a golden light. “Full Throttle!”

Aina coated her weapon with the Holy Property before increasing her physical prowess by 300%. Full Throttle was a skill that allowed her to increase her strength for a few seconds, in order to strengthen the next skill that she was about to unleash.

After boosting her attack that could last for a short period of time, Aina raised the golden sword in her hand and swung at the rear leg of the Warthog, who had just received Diablo’s Hellish Strike.

“Ignition Burst!” Aina roared as her blow penetrated the Warthog’s tough skin, and pierced through its bone.

—–

< Ignition Break >

– Deals 300% Physical damage and has a small chance to shatter your target’s armor, or weapon.

—–

Due to Diablo’s and Aina’s combined assault, the Warthog lost its balance and fell on the ground. Immediately, the monster was mobbed by a bunch of crazed Dwarfs who seemed to have been injected with steroids.

Even Lux who was watching the scene couldn’t help but feel goosebumps, thinking that Aina’s Guild seemed to be too excited as they mercilessly hacked, stabbed, and pounded the Warthog, whose skin color had reverted back to its normal color.

Clearly, the effect of its Berserk ability had ended, and it temporarily entered a weakened state, allowing the Dwarves to attack without holding anything back.

The Guild Leader of Twisted Destiny scowled when he saw the current status of Aina’s Guild. He thought that with the Deimos Ranked-Monster would be enough to decimate the Eternal Guild and allow his guild to catch up.

But seeing that Aina’s Guild had everything under control, he knew that the gap would only widen once again when the Deimos Monster was defeated.

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Killing Deimos Ranked Monsters = 500,000 Merit Points

—-

The Guild Leader of Twisted Destiny clenched his fist when he saw the number of merit points that Eternal would gain after they had killed the Ivory Killer Warthog, which made him want to sabotage them at any cost.

However, just before he could think of a plan to make their guild suffer, something unexpected happened.

From within the dense Beast Tide, something silver flew straight at him.

It was none other than Lux’s Demonic Defender, Pazuzu.

Right behind him was a four-meter tall Flying Tiger, which the Guild Master of Twisted Destiny had seen in the past.

How could he possibly forget the exact same creature that had wiped out their entire guild after they entered the S-Ranked Dungeon that they had discovered by accident a month ago.

The creature that was chasing Pazuzu was not just an ordinary Deimos-Ranked Monster, but an Alpha-Ranked Deimos Monster that went by the name, Diabolical Demon Flying Tiger.

Lux, fed up with Twisted Destiny’s repeated attacks on Eternal by using dirty tricks, made a move. He decided to teach them a lesson which would not only eliminate one of Aina’s rivals, but also exterminate one of the collaborators of Twilight Rain, who was after his life.