Chapter 1558: Chapter 949: The Silent Solar (Part 2)
She and Em had already taken the highest ground with the other magicians in the team. Previously, while being forced to flee by the Hundred-legged Demon, these narrow clearings could hardly hold anyone, but now with Solar holding the front, they could finally stand there safely and concentrate on their output.
The best moment for magicians is when they can be stationary cannons!
"Aim at the dark circle at the base of its tail. Wait for my signal."
"Okay."
The battle at the front had already reached a fevered pitch.
Solar was swiftly weaving between the insect legs of the Hundred-legged Demon, leaving charred slashing marks on the twisted flesh with his Straight Sword, and each lash in the wounds made the entire patch of flesh twitch violently as lightning darted into the depths.
The Hundred-legged Demon was evidently uncomfortable with this lightning-enhanced attack, flinging proliferating flesh around, saturating the area with attacks like strands of Human’s Pus spilling out all over, forcing Berto nearby to look at his Brass Shield with a useless gaze.
"I really want to switch to a Big Shield. Next time I come in, I’ll change to Shield Stab..."
Mila finally waited for her chance, taking advantage of the moment when Solar drew most of the Hundred-legged Demon’s attention, she used a sweeping fleshy tendril to leap up, flipped her body mid-air, and slammed down fiercely on the Hundred-legged Demon’s back!
The heavy force made the Hundred-legged Demon’s knees bend for a moment, but unfortunately, the magma suffused in the flesh at this point smeared all over her, and Mila let out a cry of anguish.
Just then, Luluwo issued the command to attack.
All the magicians launched attacks at the base of the Hundred-legged Demon’s tail; two even launched Mage’s Hand to catch the falling Mila.
The attacked tail instantly burst into a shower of flesh, but the power of this salvo wasn’t enough to completely destroy it.
And the Hundred-legged Demon seemed particularly sensitive to the attack aimed at its tail, suddenly behaving like a Rascal, rolling around madly like a child, constantly raising huge magma balls with its insect legs and crashing them in all directions, forcing people to retreat in defense, even temporarily pushing Solar back.
The Mage’s Hand that caught Mila was destroyed, she was hit by a tendril and flew into the sky, then rapidly began to fall, about to plunge into the magma.
Then she was caught steadily by a large hand.
It was the reliable Solar who caught her.
He grabbed Mila’s collar with one hand, holding the Sun Straight Sword with the other, the lightning jumping on the sword blade brighter than ever, and leaning to kindly block the magma splashing towards them.
Even if his current state seemed off, he continued to protect the adventurers.
This scene made Mila’s heart flutter like a young girl, her heart pounded wildly, and at this moment her body finally recovered its ability to move, she quickly said, "I-I can still fight!"
Solar glanced at Mila but said nothing, using the moment before the magma could splash over to hurl her towards the Hundred-legged demon above!
"Haha, he’s so manly!"
Mila loved it, feeling her body surging with power due to Solar—actually, it was Luluwo remotely casting Beneficial Magic on her—she grabbed a machete projected by others, along with Luluwo’s chain that somehow appeared at her waist, which one end bound her waist and the other shot into the Hundred-legged Demon’s behind, bursting with enormous pulling force.
She used this pulling force to spin her body, like the Investigation Corps slashing a giant, she spun striking the demon’s tail base.
This was the decisive blow, the Hundred-legged Demon let out the most intense howl ever, the tail filled with countless insect legs was instantly severed!
As the tail was severed, along with the splattering hot blood something charred flew out, Mila quickly grabbed it, and the chain at her waist spontaneously gripped the overhead rock pillar, lifting her entire body.
"What’s this, a ring?"
She examined the object in her hand, clearly a charred ring.
[Black Charred Orange Ring]
[A ring imbued with the Magic Power of the Izalith Witches, massively resistant to magma damage]
[Gifted by the witch sisters to their tormented brother "Festered Creature" upon birth, but he foolishly lost the ring, thus giving rise to the dreadful Hundred-legged Demon]
[Prolonged immersion in magma damages it, once loss reaches a certain level, its effects temporarily cease, requiring time for recovery]
Not much fond of text, Mila only noticed the phrase "massively resistant to magma damage," the Skyrim Strategy Group’s training made her instantly aware of the ring’s value, and after a brief thought, she tossed it to Tami, the team member with the strongest melee capability.
"Is this for me?"
Tami barely held the ring and saw the description, immediately complaining:
"Why hide such a useful ring inside a hidden map, damn Sain!"
Anyone could see the immense value of the ring; upon just putting on the Black Charred Orange Ring, he was face-to-face with a magma wave, but it felt just like being splashed with boiling hot water, the damage is negligible for adventurers of his level.
This is the Divine Artifact for exploring the Chaos Ruins of Izalis!
Fortunately, the Skyrim Strategy Group obtained this ring before carefully exploring the Chaos Ruins of Izalis, otherwise...
Tami imagined if they charged through the pervasive magma to complete the Izalis quest, then turned around only to find such a shortcut ring existed, it would evoke strong frustration.
Surely, they’d want to curse.
To hide such an important ring on the hidden demon’s tail base in a hidden area, truly underworld!
"Alright, I’m going in," he rushed boldly "Let’s go together, Mr. Solar!"
Having lost the Black Charred Orange Ring, the Hundred-legged Demon weakened quickly, its twisted flesh seething with magma from every crack, continually burning its own flesh—it seemed its innate resistance to magma was not particularly high.
The magma environment it summoned itself had now become a disadvantage, putting it in an awkward position.
No wonder it had to wear the Black Charred Orange Ring, which was indeed good news for adventurers.
Luluwo had already figured out how to write the strategy for the Hundred-legged Demon just by observing, it was certainly crucial to deal with its tail first.
Solar and Tami gave the Hundred-legged Demon no time to breathe, the duo charged into the enemy through the magma waves from left and right, the lightning jumping and magic power flickering on their Straight Swords simultaneously slashing towards the Hundred-legged Demon’s head.
Golden and blue sword lights exploded together, the flame-filled eyes instantly lost their glow, its head was tough enough to not be directly severed by the hit.
But next, came a round of volleys from the magicians, because the two warriors’ suppression on the Hundred-legged Demon gave the magicians more time for chanting and charging, thus the magic launched at the demon now was the slowest to cast but most powerful Broom Star!
The magical light exploded one after another on the Hundred-legged Demon’s riddled body, the extremely weakened demon’s flesh defense sharply decreased, and amidst the magma raid and magical attacks, it could no longer hold out.
Its massive flesh body fell piece by piece, like a collapsing castle, in the splashing magma wave, the Hundred-legged Demon’s form was quickly reduced to ashes and slowly dissipated.
Hundred-legged Demon, successfully defeated!
"We won! We won!"
"Woohoo!"
"Won on the first try!"
Everyone cheered, the rising magma affected by the Hundred-legged Demon’s presence completely receded, surprisingly revealing a large amount of rewarding light points on the ground.
"Praise the Sun!"
Mila ran to Solar’s side, raising her arms high wanting to interact.
Yet, she saw his shoulders slump, like a long sigh releasing energy, his whole demeanor conveyed an unusual fatigue different from his usual self.
He just faded away like that, not speaking a single word throughout.
Mila slowly lowered her arms, tilting her head slightly.
Instinct told her something might be going wrong.
