Debris and wrecked trees flew in every direction as the ground split and the large figure of the Mutated Nightshade Queen emerged from below the earth.
Its size, just as Raven had thought and imagined it, was anything but small; it was ridiculously massive!
The shape and appearance of the mutated creature were the same as any Mutated Nightshades with only a few differences visible here and there.
First of all, the most eye-catching difference was the skin... shell? of the creature. Just like Mutated Nightshade Soldiers, it was covered in a thick layer of armor that had a deep bluish color and looked akin to dragon scales, but much smaller than them.
Secondly, different from the creatures Raven and the others have already crossed paths with, this one possessed numerous tentacles that moved around like whips, each ending in a sharp and curved end!
If one looked a little bit closer, one would be terrified to see as from them some sort of blush substance dripped slowly out onto the ground where the grass immediately withered in seconds!
Lastly, it seemed the roots of the creature, which in the case of normal Mutated Nightshades only served as legs, could be also used as weapons as Raven saw how the Mutated Nightshade Queen used its roots to demolish an entire boulder beside it in a flash!
"You fucking had to speak, huh?" Mia stared sternly at Oliver once she was also at a safe distance to which the bulky man could do nothing but show a wry smile.
"Get in formation! We are gonna kill this bastard even before it can start moving!" John shouted as he waved his hand, quickly summoning a weapon into his grasp.
'So that is his Artifact, huh?' Raven narrowed his eyes once he saw what Artifact the handsome yet arrogant young master held in his hand.
It was a long scythe with a white handle, carved with golden symbols, and a large deep crimson blade at its end, giving it an image as if it was soaked in blood. John only needed to wear a long black coat that also hid his face then he would definitely look like the reaper itself from myths and legends!
Luna, who all this time stood beside Raven took a step forward and stood beside John. As for Oliver, Alex, and Mia, the former two quickly appeared in the front while Mia jumped beside Raven in the rear.
"If you don't want to die I advise you to summon that little bird of yours," Mia said with half seriousness and half-jokingly, her rifle ready to be fired at any second.
Raven upon hearing the seductive gal beside him nodded and quickly took his flute out, ready to summon his guardian when something neither he nor the rest of the party would have believed would happen.
Tremble!
With another powerful wave of tremor, the ground behind Raven and the rest split and shattered before the figure another abomination emerged from below.
"What!?"
"Fuck!"
"You must be fucking kidding me!!"
Everyone's eyes widened and faces pales when they saw another Mutated Nightshade Queen appear, trapping them between each other.
The palest and also the angriest among everyone was Raven as he knew all this was because of his Avatar Imprint.
'Curses!'
[Your Luck Energy had been boosted by 5%!]
Raven clenched his teeth in anger and watched with shrunken pupils as the creature swung one of its vine-like tentacles at him at a ridiculous speed which even with his increased Dexterity felt like lightning!
"Watch o-" Mia shouted at Raven when she saw he was targeted first out of everyone, however, just as she could have finished her sentence a silver flash appeared from the side.
Whoosh!
Swish!
"You okay?"
Watching as Luna appeared before him with her nails as long and sharp as blades while the creature's tentacle was shredded into pieces, Raven felt stupified which only lasted for a second.
"Yeah, thank you." Raven nodded with a serious expression.
"What now? While Oliver and I can keep one busy while you guys prepare for your strongest strikes, we can't take care of two!" holding his shield firmly to defend against the barrage of attacks from the creature on the front Alex asked with a pale face.
Firing several bullets at the Mutated Nightshade Queen at the rear that exploded like little bombs, Mia looked at John before she shifted her eyes at Luna who kept swinging her hands to shred all the incoming tentacles.
"What should we do? We are trapped in the middle and they have yet to create their minions. Even if we persist and wait for John to charge his strongest attack, unless we don't put these two bastards next to each other he can only kill one of them!"
After cutting a long tentacle into several pieces with lightning speed, Luna glanced at John and clenched. At the moment, the young man had his eyes closed while the symbols on his Artifact were slowly lighting up with golden light.
It was apparent he was charging one of his strongest attacks which required him a lot of preparation time. Luckily for him, Oliver was standing beside him to use his flames to protect him.
"If you guys can buy me a little time, I think I can injure this one enough that we can kill it with a single strike," Raven said as he dodged a tentacle that aimed at his head.
"How much time do you need?" Luna asked despite deep inside she doubted Raven could all of a sudden gain so much strength that could one shot a Mutated Nightshade Queen.
After all, Raven was barely someone at Rank 44 which was all thanks to his Mystique Trait. The rest of his Trait didn't even reach 350 points much less 400 points which was the minimum requirement to enter this Realm Domain!
Raven had a hunch about what Luna was thinking but simply ignored it and said, "30 seconds. I need 30 seconds."
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