Chapter 194: Weird Boss
The monster in front of him is a goblin; that is something Dhruv is sure of. What he isn’t sure of is why the monster in front of him is adorned with jewelry.
The goblin was wearing rings on all of its hands, it even wore earrings. There are multiple pendants hanging on its chest. Besides these cosmetics, there was nothing unique about this monster.
’Tier Ⅳ. It is indeed the boss.’ Dhruv smirked as he looked at the monster with mana sense.
"This one’s mine... You can go and try to stop the rest of them," Dhruv whispered as he observed the monster.
"@ @&%* .... .. .. .. *&" Goblin muttered something while staring at Dhruv’s chest.
"What the heck, yo..."
Before Dhruv could even finish his words, the goblin lifted his hand, and a rock in the shape of a drill began to form on his hand. In just five seconds, the monster had enhanced his spell and fired it toward Dhruv,
Wooooosh!
Booooom!
Crack!
The shield created by Alaric cracks after withstanding the attack from the goblin. With a clear smirk on his face, the monster began to gather his mana once again.
[Alaric and Vexar clear the area; I will deal with him,] Dhruv suggested to the duo over the connection.
Knowing that someone needed to handle the rest of the goblins, both of them dived into the shadows once again. Before diving into the shadow, Alaric had repaired some of the shield’s damage...
Taking a deep breath, Dhruv examined the shield in front of him. In just a single glance, he was able to realize that it could only withstand one more of the goblin’s attacks. Like the monster he was facing, Dhruv began to enhance his spell.
Boom!
The monster was the first one to act. Without any warning, the [Enhanced rock drill] shattered the shield with a loud crack.
The moment the shield got shattered, Dhruv fired an enhanced metal arrow. Because it had just cast the spell, the goblin didn’t have the time to cast a protective spell strong enough to stop Dhruv’s attack.
Strangely enough, the monster knew this, and thus it didn’t even try to cast anything and just remained standing without doing anything.
Boom!
The arrow zoomed toward the goblin, narrowly missing his chest. The monster had dodged at the last second.
Although Dhruv had thought it was doing nothing, this was far from the truth.
The reason the monster was standing still was so he could see where Dhruv was aiming. Of course, this was the second reason, as the most important thing the monster was doing was staring directly at Dhruv’s chest like... some pervert.
’What the heck is wrong with this guy? Why is he constantly staring at my chest?’ Dhruv thought; he was getting annoyed by the constant staring of the monster.
Although the monster was handsome by goblin standards, Dhruv didn’t have any strange fetishes at which he likes people or monsters to stare at his chest.
Before doing anything, Dhruv just cast a simple spell from earth magic, Earth armor on himself. This was the spell Dhruv had seen goblins use, although the armor wasn’t strong enough, it at least gave him a sense of privacy.
"Ohhh! Come on, man... have some respect..." Dhruv shouted as he noticed that the monster was still staring at the same area.
The monster didn’t care what Dhruv was babbling about and instead blasted him with a rain of sharp rock. Even though Dhruv was frustrated he wasn’t distracted. Within seconds he cast a metallic shield around himself.
Like this, the battle continued for quite some time. After a minute or two of exchanging spells, Dhruv activated his mana sense and looked at the core of the monster.
The Goblin core was still more than 70% full... After checking the monster’s core, Dhruv checked his own. He quickly realized that both of them had more or less the same amount of mana.
’There is no point in fighting with him magically. I have to bring this fight into melee mode.’ Dhruv thought. Although he appeared frustrated, he was surprised by the fact that his core had the same mana compared to a tier 4 monster.
"Here goes nothing..." Dhruv whispered and conjured a crimson, razor-sharp, blended spear from his ring and charged at the goblin.
The moment he summoned the spear, Dhruv noticed something... the monster who was staring at his chest all this time had changed his target. Now the monster was staring at his hand.
For a second, Dhruv was sure that he saw the goblin whipping the drool that was escaping its mouth.
’What a weird monster...’ looking at the strange scene in front of him, this thought appeared in Dhruv’s head.
Instead of being frustrated by it, this time Dhruv exploited the distraction and closed the distance. Though not fully successful, it was a start.
Noticing that the distance between them was only ten meters, Dhruv decided to activate another of his skills. Focusing on the goblin’s chest, he whispered, "Tempest Charge..."
Moments after activating this skill, his legs blurred as he vanished from his spot.
Dub!!!
The sound of something dropping on the ground echoed in the surroundings.
Undeterred by anything, Dhruv, spear in hand, aimed for the monster’s throat. Disappointingly, the goblin had summoned a stone armor around its neck.
It took Dhruv some time to fix his posture, and this little delay cost him as the goblin punched him directly in the stomach which sent him flying into the distance.
Gasping for breath, Dhruv dropped to the ground. Wiping blood from his mouth, he looked at the goblin. Although his last attack had missed its mark, seeing that the goblin had lost one of his arms entirely brought great satisfaction to his heart.
Dhruv knew it wasn’t easy to harm a goblin, not when the monster in front of him could track any of his attacks. And thus, he decided to use something cheeky while attacking.
A second before activating the Tempest Charge, Dhruv had cast his invisibility spell on himself. It was a gamble on his part; after all, the monster could’ve still tracked him down if it had used mana sense... but the good thing was it didn’t.
Looking at the obliterated hand, the goblin surrounded it with a layer of rock so he wouldn’t lose his blood.
"&^^* ..." Shouting something in the language Dhruv couldn’t understand, the monster lifted his hand.
This time the mana that was gathering on his hand was of a different color. The color of the mana was... Violet.
