Chapter 209 - Three New Hidden Bosses Emerge!
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At the same time as the Accursed Tree King was shattered and eaten by Iris, three Hidden Bosses emerged from the soil deep down, as if triggered by the death of their ally.
Their presences held great magical power, which resonated through the entire battlefield, intimidating anyone that sensed it.
An enormous vine monster covered in several colorful roses, each one holding an eye capable of inflicting a curse, a large bee-fly hybrid beast with a sharp, poisonous stinger, and a giant golem made of black ore and covered with colorful jewels.
As it felt their presences appear, the entity within the large castle sighed, clenching his fists.
"Graddon… Is this the fate that the other Archdemons have decided for us? Trapped within this space-time singularity… And I cannot even move from where I am if they don't open the door? What kind of accursed existence is this? Forced to see as my subordinates are slaughtered one by one…! Curse you, Archdemons!"
As the entity cursed the "Archdemons", Noah and his party prepared for battle.
The three Hidden Bosses unleashed their powerful and thick auras, as they suddenly dominated all the monsters on the battlefield and forced them to obey them.
Noah, through Fartalk, began to plan what to do.
"They would be annoying to fight together, let's separate them, and fight against them. Iris, Adamantine, you come with me, we'll go towards the golem…" said Noah.
Iris and Adamantine quickly answered rather quickly.
"Alright!" said Iris.
"Golem? No meat…" sighed Adamantine.
"There will be meat later. Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina will go against the bug." Said Noah.
Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina nodded in affirmation.
"We'll take it down quickly!" said Arthur.
"Leave it to us, master," said Timassa.
"No problem," said Clementina.
"Noire, Sakura, and Sugar, you three will go with Jon and fight the vine monster. If it possesses a lot of eyes it means a lot of curses. Jon is the best at curses while your robotic bodies should be naturally immune to most curses too," said Noah.
Jon, Sakura, Sugar, Noire all answered almost at the same time.
"Yes, my lord." Said Jon.
"We shall take it down…" said Noire.
"Uwah, we are finally battling a big boss now!" said Sakura.
"I will do my best," said Sugar.
Noah nodded, as he had summoned Iris and Adamantine to his side, and flew directly towards the three Hidden Bosses, who felt his threatening presence right away!
Similarly, Arthur and the rest were summoned at his side as he flew, and all of them formed their groups and separated into three!
The three hidden bosses, similarly to the Accursed Tree King, were able to speak rather easily, ad immediately began to chat as they saw the Vampires' plan before rushing towards them.
"So these fiends are the ones that defeated Graddon!" said the Rose Vine King with an ear-piercing voice, as his tentacles waved around and leaked slimy venomous fluids.
"Damned otherworldly demons… our lord cannot even walk outside of his castle anymore, and we couldn't come earlier because we were forced into strange spaces until certain conditions were fulfilled…! Were those conditions… the death of our friend?!" roared the Bee-Fly King as his wings began to emit loud sounds, his large claws constantly cracking in anger.
"Graddon! We must avenge Graddon! Kill! KILL THEM ALL!" roared the Golem King, as his enormous body began to move, all the jewels over his body started to glow with many magical colors, emitting bright lights!
"Wait, you idiot, we need to do this together!" said the Bee-Fly King, trying to stop the Golem King, as he charged power from his crystals and ran towards the group of vampiric undead, unleashing an enormous colorful beam of light!
FLAAASH!
However, Noah, Iris, and Adamantine intercepted it head-on!
Noah's crimson aura, Iris's phantasmal blue aura, and Adamantine's abyssal shadow aura combined into an enormous mass of energy, clashing against the powerful magic beam generated by the Golem King, and clashing against it as they kept pushing through!
CLASH!
"Guoooh?! You can… resist that?" asked the Golem King in surprise, as Noah answered rather cheekily.
"This is nothing! Lifeblood Exceed, Lunar Slash!" roared Noah, as he charged his entire body with the combination of his Soul, Vitality, and Mana, until darkness and crimson-red energies concentrated into his large Bone Claw and in Excalibur which he held in the other hand!
SLASH!
Noah unleashed a powerful Lunar Slash that clashed against the beam of magic with enormous power, but it seemed that the Golem King was not over yet, as he kept charging magic, as if it were limitless!
FLASH!
"And I am just starting…! Lifeblood Exceed, Execution!"
Noah concentrated the power of his very being, going for a combo attack using Lifeblood Exceed Techniques! Right after Lunar Slash came Execution, which was a vertical slash attack with enough strength to slice a mountain in half!
SLAAAASH!
BOOM!
By receiving additional power from Iris and Adamantine at his side, the enormous vertical slash carried phantasmal flames and abyssal shadows from the two girls, which made Noah's Execution attack even more potent!
An enormous wave of crimson red energy, phantasmal blue flames, and abyssal shadows rushed through the beam of magic, as it sliced it in half!
FLASH!
His beam simply sliced in half… this was something ridiculous!
The other two Hidden Bosses were shocked by Noah and his companion's might, the three of them sliced the powerful Jewel Beam made by the Golem King as if it were absolutely nothing at all!
However, the Execution Slash continued, slicing through the beam and reaching the Golem King, hitting him directly!
BOOOM!
"UNNGGGGAAAGGHH…!"
The Golem King roared in surprise and pain, as he was thrown into the air, despite his size and weight!
However, his enormous body was quickly called back to the ground by gravity's grace, as he fell over the dirt, generating a large crater!
BOOM!
Large chunks of his body began to fall apart, as the Golem King quickly stood up by shape-shifting his body as if he had no defined form, taking the shape of some kind of quadruped beast resembling a bear!
"GRROOOAAAH…!"
He roared once more, as he confronted the trio that came after him, Noah, Iris, and Adamantine all smiled as if this giant pile of ore was a mere prey to them!
The viciousness of the Noctem Family knew no bounds!
Flash! Flash! Flash!
The three quickly separated, aiming at three different directions and areas of the giant Golem King.
Noah knew that the best way to defeat a golem was to crack it from all around and make it crumble into pieces!
"Phantasmal Knives!"
Iris quickly summoned her Soul Weapon, which had evolved into two beautiful knives after reaching A-Rank, dividing themselves in the process! Such division was in fact part of a special Skill of the Soul Weapon, and it let Iris wield it in both of her hands.
The Phantasmal Knives glowed as they were covered in will-o-wisps, and Iris flashed towards the Golem's rear with all of her might, covering herself in her Phantasmal Blue Flames and her Spectral Soul-Beast Form!
CRAAASH!
Iris began to slice through the enormous Golem King with her knives, slicing large chunks of its body apart one by one!
And then, Noah and Adamantine acted!
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