Chapter 35: *The boss room*
Kevin didn’t have time to answer; Axel was already off like a rocket, and in just a few seconds, they had returned to the main gallery.
Axel took the opportunity to run around the walls, and thanks to his new speed, he could even continue to run on the ceiling without feeling the weight of gravity. It was completely exhilarating, and judging by Kevin’s enthusiastic screams, he wasn’t the only one enjoying the moment.
Axel finally slowed down and entered the second gallery, the one where the boss was located. On this side, there was only one tunnel, and all the monsters were gathered in one place. All the way, he kept his eyes wide open in case there were any other wonders like the Nerudium, but he found nothing.
He finally stopped in front of the entrance to the boss room, which was closed by two large dark red wooden doors with huge handles that appeared to be gold. He put Kevin on the ground and said, "Behind this door is the dungeon boss, along with other powerful monsters and a few who are weaker... How are you feeling?"
A creepy smile appeared on Kevin’s face as he walked toward the door. "Don’t worry, I won’t get in your way, but I will fight with you, and as soon as I see any openings, I will hit them."
Kevin placed his hands on the two gold rings that served as handles, and thanks to his Strength stats, he only needed to exert a little pressure to snap the door open. He weighed the rings in his hands and seemed satisfied with what he felt, immediately putting them in his magic bag.
As Axel looked at him, taken aback, he said, "Well, what’s the matter? There’s no small profit; we can sell these easily."
Axel shook his head helplessly and asked him seriously again, "Ready?"
Kevin nodded, and Axel then kicked down the massive wooden door with a single kick. Kevin took his two daggers, one in each hand, and as he entered the boss room, the monster notifications began to pop up.
Kevin tightened his grip on his daggers; they were going to have to face a lot of monsters. There were 5 knight orcs—3 at level 12 and 2 at level 13—3 elite knight goblins at levels 25, 26, and 31, 2 elite knight golems at levels 22 and 30, and finally, 4 elite knight orcs at levels 28, 40, 44, and 48.
Kevin relayed this information to Axel, and suddenly he felt an evil and powerful aura. He looked in that direction and, unsurprisingly, saw the boss of this dungeon.
[ STATS ]
Name: Warrior Orc (Dungeon Boss)
Race: Demon
Level: 68
HP: 3,600 / 3,600
Kevin wondered why he could only see this information, but he wasted no time and immediately relayed it to Axel. Axel only wanted one thing right now: for Kevin to get out of here as soon as possible. But alone, he wasn’t sure he could defeat them all, at least not without getting hurt.
Seeing that Axel was stressed, Kevin activated his new skill, Vital Points Targeting, and used it on the 4 different types of monsters facing them. He didn’t count the knight orcs; they were too weak to waste 50 Soul Force points on.
It cost him 200 Soul Force points, but the information he gained was worth it. He quickly informed Axel where all the vital points of the strongest monsters were and told him to try to relax and concentrate on the fight. "We’re going together. Just let me kill the weaker monsters so I can complete the optional quest 2. For the rest of the fight, I will let you go first and stay in support. If I find an opening to hit their vital points, I will do it, but I promise I won’t put myself in danger. The boss will probably only intervene at the end of the fight. As for the others, I’ve watched you fight them before, so I’m confident I can avoid their attacks. Stop worrying about me and focus on the fight."
Axel immediately recovered; he tended to forget that Kevin was anything but an amateur, and the information Kevin had just given him about their vital points would save him time and energy.
Axel then charged at the first group of monsters, which turned out to be the elite knight goblins, while Kevin took care of killing the knight orcs. Strangely enough, the other monsters didn’t join in the fight, which made things easier for them.
The monsters Axel faced were relatively weak for him, and he remembered in time what Kevin had done earlier to keep all their precious blood. He decided to follow Kevin’s example and simply break their necks. Axel quickly killed the two stronger ones and then wondered if Kevin would receive any experience points if they fought the same monster. It was worth a try.
He broke the leg of the last elite knight goblin that remained, and it dropped to its knees. He then locked its arms behind its back so it couldn’t move and saw that Kevin was done with the 5 knight orcs.
Kevin was already coming back to him, so he said with a smile, "Kill him, babe; I want to check something."
Kevin wondered what Axel was up to, but they were in the middle of a fight, so he went straight to Axel and immediately broke the neck of the last elite knight goblin without even blinking.
Axel was starting to wonder if he was developing a problem, because watching Kevin kill monsters in cold blood like it was the most natural thing in the world made Kevin even sexier in his eyes.
Kevin was far from guessing Axel’s thoughts, and just then, the sound of the System echoed in his head. He looked at Axel, speechless. Axel noticed the change in Kevin’s expression and asked him curiously, "Did it work? Can you get experience points even if you don’t kill them alone?"
Kevin barely had time to nod when the scream of the dungeon boss rang out, and the pressure he felt made him fall to his knees.
Axel didn’t have time to catch him before he hit the ground, and an uncontrollable rage seized him. He turned back to the dungeon boss, and an animalistic growl escaped his throat.
