Chapter 76: Entering the Secret Rift's Boss Area
As Stark continued to climb the stairs, carefully watching the events unfolding below him, he couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.
Alex, Stella and Jay were now focused on the raptor as it had put itself between him and them.
And now, Stark was climbing as fast as he could, there were no more enemies to stop him in his quest to reach the boss.
~THUMP, THUMP, THUMP~
Even though he knew the three were distracted, he didn't slow down his pace at all.
'After all...'
~BOOM~
He heard a massive explosion behind him.
'I know they are monsters…'
Back to Jay, Alex and Stella, they were absolutely furious, they had been tricked again by that bunny-masked guy, and were now forced to fight off another mini-boss.
But it didn't matter to them, they were way to strong.
"Flame Breath," the raptor unleashed a blast of fire.
"CREATION!" but Jay just raised a wall using the materials and rocks around him, essentially blocking the attacks.
Trails of aura were in each of their eyes, and as soon as the [Flame Breath] ended…
"ALEX BEAM," the pink-haired magus used the beam attack yet again, sending a pink laser toward the bird's wings to stop it from flying away.
~BOOM~
"-47261!" a massive hole was left in the middle of the right wing.
And when the raptor sensed the danger and tried to use its last wing to leave…
"SHADOW BEASTS!" Stella used her signature move to send dozens of beasts of all sorts toward the raptor's feet/tallons.
Many of them biting it and eating pieces of its flesh, stopping it from doing anything else.
"-21721! -19288! -26454!"
"BONE CRUSH!" knowing it couldn't move anymore since both its feets had been massively injured and that its wing had a hole in it, it tried to use one of its more powerful attacks, strenghtening its body and rushing at the classifiers to try and fall on them.
But…
"CREATION!" Jay's skill creation was so powerful that he could do pretty much anything with it, which was why he only reserved his other ones for special occasions.
~FWISH~
Jay formed a giant spiky rock in the air above the bird's head while it was rushing at them.
And after a few seconds…
The rock began falling at incredible speed.
~BAM~
The 'Crimson Raptor's" weakness was its head, and once the powerful rock absolutely demolished it, it died.
"-102826!"
With the mini-boss defeated, Jay, Alex, and Stella turned their attention back to the stairs which Stark was climbing and dashed, their speed much higher than before since they were much more angry.
"DON'T LET THAT FUCKER GO!" they had defeated the boss in three attacks, and in under thirty seconds, proving that whatever Stark attempted to do from now on was futile.
Stark was now almost at the top of the mountain, and as soon as Jay, Alex and Stella defeated the mini-boss…
[The Mini-Boss 'Crimson Raptor' has been defeated by Jay, Alex and Stella from 'Wyvern Wrath'!]
[Unlocking a replay for credit purposes!]
He, just like the rest of the people at the canyon who were bored to death waiting, clicked on the video and saw the thirty seconds battle, which ended almost just as quick as it started.
'They are not fucking around,' he mumbled, but immediately grinned as he saw that he had reached the top of the staircase.
He was now at the peak of the mountain, which was basically just a large area of flat ground, and a monument at the end.
But what was most interesting wasn't the monument in itself, instead, it was the giant doors that led to it, and obviously, the silver fog that appeared in the door frame.
He knew from the moment he saw them that they were the doors he had been looking for.
"Alright, time to see what's on the other side," he said to himself as he took a deep breath.
Even though he was excited for what might be waiting on the other side of the door, he couldn't help but feel a bit of unease.
He had battled everything by himself until now, and even went as far as fighting people and monsters much more powerful than he was.
And yet… he felt like that going against the boss of this area alone was a bad idea, almost as bad as attempting to beat the 'Domination' trial alone.
Nevertheless, he took a step forward, placing his hand on the cold, metallic frame of the door, right next to the silver fog.
'Welp… here goes nothing,' he took a step inside of the fog.
But at that exact moment…
"ASSHOLE!" he heard the sound of the wind slashing., and the three classifiers he had seen on the video were now right in front of him, fury in their eyes, "STOP RIGHT THERE!"
'…'
"Y-you are really annoying…' Stella, the nervous beast tamer, mumbled.
"Let's just kick his ass, Jay!" Alex spinned her scepter in her hands.
Stark currently had a foot inside of the silver fog, meaning that he was pretty much guaranteed to pass through alone now.
"I enjoyed the chase," Stark bowed, a chilling grin on his face, "But I think i'll take my leave for now.'
Stark's brother, seing his foot half through the fog, immediately dashed toward him, his 'Wielder Heart' ready to cut him in half.
But he was too late.
"Cya, loser!"
And so, Stark passed through the fog alone.
Jay, of course, tried to follow closely after him as to try and get him on the other side.
But…
[You are currently in the 'Wyvern Wrath' party, cannot enter!]
He was locked out of the boss area since he was already in a party, meaning that Stark had essentially gotten away with everything he did.
And to add even more to the embarassment of getting outsmarted by a level 23 classifier…
[Something INCREDIBLE has happened inside the rift!]
[Unlocking a replay for credit purposes!]
In addition to everyone being able to see who defeated a boss/mini-boss/elite enemy, when something spectacular happened inside of a Secret Rift (or any rift that was at Hell difficulty or above), such replays would be available for everyone to see.
And the fact a level 23 classifier escaped the 7 members of the 'Wyvern Wrath' group could only be deemed as spectacular by the 'Greater Force' that judged such things.
"No way," Stark's brother's eyes widened as he saw the panel, and he clicked on it reluctantly, sensing that he would see something he would regret.
And as expect…
Whether it was at the start of the rift, in the forest, the canyon, and even those that passed it and were heading toward the stairs of the mountain… everyone could see the chase between Stark and the 7 members of the group.
From the beginning to its end, from the moment Stark stunned the blue-haired man to him reaching the boss area.
It was visible for everyone to see.
And so immediately, the 'Wyvern Wrath' group was humiliated, and given the name 'Cannot catch up to a level 23 bunny!'
"YOU ASSHOOLLLLEEEEEEEEE," Jay shouted as hard as he could, blood pouring out from his mouth because of how hard he bit his tongue.