"UWAAH!" The Behemoth suddenly produced a powerful roar that shook the surroundings as it suddenly started to gather energy from its mouth.
[The Behemoth is using Continental Destroyer. Evade the absolute death beam.]
The Behemoth gathered pure energy into its throat that was gathered from the mana around it. Its whole body even shimmered in a bright light as if its whole body processed the energy. With a powerful bust of pure energy, the Behemoth released the skill Continental Destroyer.
A powerful beam of pure energy is launched from its throat where everything in its path was destroyed. All the players that did not have absolute defense skills turned into particles of light as they did expect that they would be killed in one hit. Some also died despite having absolute defense skills as they were not able to deploy it in time.
Pristina, the Pope of the Church of Light, knew that she cannot just increased the defenses of the soldiers. She knew that she can only deploy her angel form in order to block such a powerful attack from the Behemoth. If she does not block it, then all of the priests and mages behind her would perish completely.
The Behemoth seemed to have focused the Continental Destroyer on her direction with the intention of killing her. It seems that the Behemoth has indeed posed such great intelligence that it could easily pinpoint where it needs to attack. Pristina knew that she must defend as it would be incredibly malicious if only, she could survive the attack.
"I have no other choice! Blessing of the Goddess of Light: Blessed Angel Form!" Pristina stated as she immediately shed her mortal disguise.
Pristina shouted a nonexistent skill name as she wanted to hide the fact that she was an angel. Her mortal shell immediately fell down like a corpse as the soul inside of it which is really her has left. An angel with six wings could be seen coming out of the body of the Pope of the Church of Light.
"It's a miracle of the goddess!" The priests of the Church of Light shouted as they did not know that their Pope was really an angel and not a mortal.
Pristina smiled inside as the mortals have believed her when her 'soul' suddenly transformed to that of an angel. It was a good thing to make angels establish a connection with the Church of Light earlier on which is why she could do such a thing. Almost all of the people there believed her act except for the players that know and the incredibly intelligent NPCs.
"With the power of the Goddess Luminaria! You must fall evil monster!" Pristina shouted as she created a staff made of light and fired a beam of concentrated light towards the Behemoth to counteract the Continental Destroyer skill.
The beam attacks clashed upon one another and cancelled each other out which shocked the Behemoth. The field boss could be seen incredibly shocked to see its most powerful attack deflected by a skill that did not have much preparation. Pristina smiled as she also healed all of the injured from the stray energy beams.
[The Behemoth has fired Continental Destroyer.]
[The Behemoth is now tired due to using such concentrated energy.]
[All damage done to the Behemoth will be increased by 10% for five minutes.]
[The attack power of the Behemoth will be decreased by 10% for five minutes.]
[The Behemoth cannot move its legs due to the immense power that needed to support the Continental Destroyer. The Behemoth shall be rooted in place for five minutes.]
The Behemoth had to sacrifice a lot in order to fire the Continental Destroyer skill as it took a lot of its own energy to use. This is why its shock was incredibly apparent when it was easily matched by Pristina. Pristina made sure to also use the light element around her to make her look incredibly holy.
"The evil monster is incapacitated! Brave warriors! Finish off the evil monster in the name of the Goddess Luminaria!" Pristina shouted as she buffed all the damage done by the army.
"Wah!" The army shouted as their morale increased.
Pristina knew that she can now return back to her mortal disguise as she has already done her part. She is glad that nobody seems to be asking her how she did that. If there was someone that asked her then all she could say was that it was the messenger of the Goddess of Light, the angels, that has taught her even if she was lying.
The army launched a barrage of attacks against the Behemoth and all the field boss could do was defend its head. The onslaught of attacks did not stop as it is only rooted for five minutes. They must defeat the Behemoth in five minutes or at least get it close enough to dying so that victory would be assured.
Adrian, who was observing at the top of the clouds, could not stop laughing at the clown show that Pristina just did. He could not believe that a proud angel would do such a thing just to make sure that it fools humans. It actually blurted out a skill just to show its true form in order to hide the truth that she wants to conceal.
"I have good footage that I can actually use. She also made sure to call the Behemoth an evil monster when it has not done anything evil so far. She is really well versed in the art of information deception." Adrian muttered as he saved that clown show in a memory crystal.
Nevertheless, Adrian was still observing greatly and ready to swoop in if the World Eater Parasite does indeed show up. He already placed Sirius below and is actually waiting in the shadow of a general in the army below. He also made sure to have Chiron hide as well as he might need to root all the humans in place later.
Adrian also sneaked an attack earlier to the Behemoth as he attached a Quantum Spacemine on its body. He also wanted a part of the experience points and the loot it might contain. Even if it is not big, he was also participating with the army, but he made his attacks unable to be easily traced. He also timed the Quantum Spacemine explosion to the lightning bold attacks.
"UWOAH!" The Behemoth cried as it took its final breath.
The Behemoth drew its final breath as all form of life escaped its body as it gigantic legs that supported its heavy weight crumbled. The Behemoth was actually supporting its large weight with mana just like any large monster. When it no longer lived, its heart that pumped mana into its large body gave out.
The Behemoth was crushed under its own weight as it produced a loud crash when it died. The ground beneath the Behemoth caved in due to the immense weight that the Behemoth had. If one looked at the dead Behemoth from far away, then they might actually say that it is just a mountain.
"Hoorah!" The human army cheered as they managed to defeat the Behemoth.
"Great job, brave warriors! The Goddess Luminaria is incredibly delighted to have all of you be blessed by her as you have defeated an evil monster that threatened the lives of normal people. I shall all bless you once more so that your tiredness will be washed away." Pristina stated as she raised her staff as a cool flowing light came out of it.
The cool flowing light affected all of the people in the army and washed at least 50% of their tiredness. Pristina did no do this from the bottom of her heart as she wanted the soldiers to not rest. They need to extract the Heart of the Behemoth within a day of its death.
If they do not extract the Heart of the Behemoth within a day of its death, then the body of the Behemoth would naturally turn to stone. It is said that a Behemoth would undergo petrification upon its death due to the unique nature of its body. The Behemoth's body understands that its death is like something of a permanent sleep hence becoming into a stone.
There are even folktales of mountains sprouting up the next day because a Behemoth died. This is the origin on how mountains are born in Pandemonium as they are often told to be the bodies of dead Behemoths that turned to stone. Anything extracted from the Behemoth would be exempt from this petrification which is why they must extract the heart immediately.
"You are truly the representative of the goddess!" The soldiers clamored as they thanked Pristina for alleviating their fatigue.
Pristina looked at the paladins of the Church of Light as they needed to proceed in extracting the heart. The other higher ranked soldiers of the kingdoms that gave their aid also joined the paladins. All of them are only here for one thing and that is the Heart of the Behemoth.
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