At Diabel's words, everyone shouted "Oh!" and raised their arms. After confirming this, Diabel turned around and put his hand on the door where the Boss was waiting. Sensing the player's contact, the heavy stone door made a huge sound and vibration, and opened to one side, revealing the boss room.
"All troops, charge! The target is Hekaton Kyle!!"
Our team headed by Diabell rushed into the Boss room. However, we immediately stopped. Not long after we entered, a giant bronze statue that really looked like a Buddha, with its body shining with light and huge arms on its shoulders and back, stood in front of us.
We couldn't help but get nervous and each prepared our weapons. A cursor appeared above the head of the colossus, and four red HP bars were displayed in the upper left corner with the name of Hekaton Kell written on them.
The search skill shows an abnormal reaction to the quarter-point boss. There is no doubt that this guy is stronger than any boss we have fought before….
"Don't be afraid! Form a formation and observe the opponent's movements!"
Diabel gave instructions, and those who heard the instructions quickly dispersed and surrounded the Colossus. Most likely, that arm's attack is his primary mode of action and strongest weapon. And it looks very heavy, with very high attack and defense power...if it is crushed by that heavy arm, there will be no hope.
The moment I thought of this, the colossus finally moved, stretched out its six arms, and then waved it violently. A heavy roar echoed through the ears, and the players standing nearby were severely knocked away. When I looked at the player under attack in surprise, their "health bar" went from green to yellow to red at an alarming rate, reducing to dangerous levels.
——With one blow, he was already on the verge of death! ?
"It's so powerful...!"
Sure enough, standing on the road ahead is a Boss with overwhelming combat capabilities. This is it, the most powerful Boss. It is not only extremely difficult for us players to defeat the colossus that caused so much damage at once, it may even lead to instant death. We can't stop. We must formulate a smart tactic and find a solution! We don’t have time to despair.
Besides, we - no, what I have is the great strength that I gained yesterday. That power called Lilan. Although I felt a little helpless when I suddenly relied on it, when I showed that power to everyone for the first time, they were very happy and full of hope. I have to tell them that there is a trump card in this seemingly hopeless battle.
"Lilan, let's go! Defeat that Boss with my power and yours..."
When I looked at Lilan, I was suddenly speechless. The figure of the wolf dragon "The_SwordDragon" just now is no longer there, replaced by the posture of a transformed small animal.
When Lilan entered the realm, it became like that.
"L-Lilan!?"
"W-what, what is this!"
"W-what's wrong with you! Why have you become smaller!?"
Lilan looked anxious.
"I, I don't know either. The moment we entered this room and the battle with the Colossus started, I became like this. What is going on, what should I do!?"
Lilan didn't seem to know what was happening.
me too. It was obviously intended to aim Lilan's power at the giant statue, but Lilan had become smaller, so this didn't work. As Lilan was now, she couldn't breathe fire at all, and if she got close, she would be crushed by the arm of the colossus. All of a sudden, I lost the trump card I thought I had!
"You, what on earth should you do!? Don't you know at all!?"
"I don't know! Since I don't know why it's like this, don't you, the master, have any ideas!?"
"I don't know either!"
Just as I said this, we heard Diabel's voice.
"What's wrong, Kirito! Are you doing something like a comedy!?"
Diabell must also have considered using Lilan's battle plan. But now, Lilan's power cannot be used, which means that the plan completely collapsed. Oops, I have to tell Diabel about this!
"Diabel, Lilan has become smaller! From the posture when leaving the field back to the posture when entering the field!!"
"W-What!?"
"So I'm sorry, the plan that relies on Lilan can't be used!"
Diabell saw me and the smaller Lilan, looked at him in surprise, and then immediately turned his attention back to the Colossus. The colossus is waving its six arms wildly, sweeping away players who challenge it. The "health bar" of the players under attack quickly decreased to the point of death, and then fell to the ground.
They may be using a potion type item, so the "health bar" is automatically regenerating, but the regeneration rate is obviously very slow. They have to run away for a long time before fully recovering, and even if they are fully recovered, they will return to the red zone once they are attacked by the colossus.
Moreover, if they attack anxiously while waiting to recover, they will be counterattacked, directly defeated by the Colossus' super high firepower attack, and killed. In this way, we will be forced into an extremely disadvantageous war of attrition and be completely defeated. Some kind of tactic had to be figured out.
"What should I do...what should I do!?"
Just when I was thinking about this, there was a sound on the battlefield.
"Hekatonkel's attack is very heavy. But it is very bulky and has a single attack method. It can be defended by blocking. And its arms can be destroyed. If it can launch an attack and destroy them, it can be sealed. Its terrifying and devastating attack!"
Lilan and I looked in the direction of the sound in surprise.
"This is not a crystal-ineffective area. The injured should retreat first and use recovery crystals and potions to recover! The attacker must wait for the opponent to launch an attack, and then parry before being attacked, resist the attack, and create opportunities! The rearguard unit switches over and launches at the same time Use sword skills to attack and destroy its arms! Then switch targets and aim at the main body that has lost the means of attack! "
This was Diabel’s smooth instruction. Diabel, who had shown excellent guidance from the first level, was now improvising and executing a battle plan that did not rely on Lilan.
And judging from what he heard, he could quickly discern the movements of the colossus, analyze its characteristics and characteristics, and then formulate a plan based on his understanding. When aiming at the arm of the colossus as planned, names and numbers similar to "HP bar" and "Left_arm01" were displayed - that was evidence of possible parts of damage.
Almost every boss has parts that can be destroyed, and by destroying them, attacks and movements can be blocked for a long time. The Colossus' powerful attack also falls into this category, as once the arm is destroyed it can no longer be used.
Being able to discern the enemy's movements and characteristics so quickly makes him truly worthy of being the leader of the Holy Dragon Alliance.
Just as I was thinking this, the injured people retreated, and the defender moved forward to parry the approaching arm of the Colossus. This move happened to all six arms at the same time. The colossus lost its balance and fell to its knees. The other unit in the rearguard immediately switched over and bombarded the colossus with an attack that brought sword skills to the weapons of each arm.
The severed arm caused the Colossus to scream, and the "HP bar" of the arm decreased sharply. ...And the rearguard unit descended, exchanged positions with the attacking unit, and launched another sword attack on the arm. After withstanding the explosion of two sword skills, the terrifying giant arm turned into polygonal fragments and scattered in the explosion. Weapons that lost their ability to attack and defend, the Colossus was stripped naked.
"It's amazing... Diabel, your technology has improved to a new level recently...!"
At this moment, I noticed something unfamiliar to me on my "HP bar".
That's a bar chart. It is neither the "SP bar" nor the "HP bar" that visualizes the energy required to activate sword skills, but the third bar. The color is blue, and I have only saved about two-tenths of it so far. I had never heard of such a thing when I started playing SAO, and it has never appeared until now. What is this?
"Now is the time, Kirito! Attack the stripped Colossus!"
Diabell suddenly gave instructions, and I came back to my senses. That's right, it's a BOSS battle now. I can't think about these things anymore. I’ll think about this bar graph later.
I gripped the sword tightly, left Lilan, stepped on the ground, and ran side by side with Diabel.
After the Colossus loses its weapons, the only thing it can do is probably use its giant body to trample on it. If you are stepped on, you will definitely suffer considerable damage, but stepping on it does not fall into the category of attack. Moreover, if the belly of the colossus was cut off, it would definitely not be like that!
“Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”
Diabel and I roared loudly and rushed towards the Colossus. Sure enough, the colossus quickly raised its feet and stepped towards us. When the giant foot was about to fall, we immediately ran sideways to avoid the giant statue's foot.
The colossus's feet sent a roar and an earthquake-like vibration to where we had just been, but it stopped moving because it was using too much force. Taking advantage of this gap, I launched sword skills towards the belly of the colossus from the left and Diabell from the right.
top of form
bottom of form
“Ahhhhhh!!”
The sudden attribute one-handed sword skill "Blade Strike" was released from Diabell and I's swords, and the shining sword hit the colossus's belly three times. Along with the screams of the Colossus, the "HP bar" of the Colossus, which had shown no signs of decreasing before, sharply decreased. Is the abdomen a weak point? That’s it!
"Rearguard, switch positions with us! Attack its belly!"
I immediately shouted loudly, and then jumped back, while the team members who had retreated quickly rushed forward, occupying the abdomen of the colossus, and activated their sword skills at the same time. Countless slashes, assaults, and blows occurred at the same time. The first "HP bar" of the Colossus disappeared, and the second one was reduced to about one-fifth and turned yellow. Sure enough, it hit the weak spot and it worked!
"If this keeps up... we can win!"
I muttered to myself, then noticed something. The bar chart I had been paying attention to before had increased a lot at some point and was almost full. That's a lot more than before, which means there's an element of increased bars in the current action, and all I'm doing is attacking and unleashing sword skills. Could it be that this bar is increased by attacking or unleashing sword skills?
"Careful, Kirito! Colossus' attack is coming!"
Hearing Lilan's voice, I came back to reality and faced the Colossus. At some point, the arms of the colossus recovered, and the colossus turned into a four-legged walking posture, turning its head towards us... Moreover, its mouth was wide open, shining faintly.
This is the second form unique to the Quarter Boss!
And when I just thought about the open mouth of the colossus, the mouth of the colossus began to glow a lot.
"Everyone, leave!"
I felt an ominous premonition and immediately shouted to everyone. At that moment, the Colossus released light.
Swallowed by the intense light, I subconsciously covered my eyes.
