Chapter 1083: Disaster
At the same time, a sinister red glow formed around Dragon's fist.
"Shattering Fang!" Dragon's fist crashed into the creature's side, creating a deep red imprint on its body that caused the surrounding skin to fragment.
Shrieeeeeek!
The creature let out a painful cry as its HP continued to drop at a slow and steady pace.
"Approaching this battle was originally one of our guild's biggest headaches. Who would have thought that a single chance encounter would ease our worries?" Dragon thought to himself as he retreated back a few steps to avoid one of the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga's skills, Death Aura.
In total, 125 players from Broken Exile participated in the boss raid of the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga. So far, more than half of those players had already been eliminated.
Confronting a level 70 legendary world boss monster was a huge investment for Broken Exile. For one, a lot of resources went into preparing for the boss fight. Potions, pills, enchantment stones, equipment-the total price of everything was far from cheap. Hundreds of thousands of gold coins and millions of RMB had been poured into this single raid.
In addition, the elite and core players who perished under the hand of the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga, had to suffer a momentary setback due to the penalty of dying in RML. On top of those, the ones who died also lost an event life, which was incredibly limited for most ranks one could receive.
Initially, Broken Exile planned to keep the location of the legendary world boss a secret before confronting it at a later date. After all, it was best for everyone facing a boss monster to be a few levels above it. And, of course, the equipment at higher levels was more powerful.
But, despite all the risks involved with facing the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga, Broken Exile still decided to proceed with it. This was due to a fortuitous encounter and a recent stroke of incredible luck.
A while back, during one of his explorations, one of the core players from Broken Exile, who enjoyed venturing to out-of-the-way places, discovered a hidden cave. In that cave was a strange creature that handed out gifts called the Imp of Dreams.
At first, that player tried to eliminate the creature and take all three treasure chests for himself. However, he found that no matter what attack he threw at the creature, it all phased through it as if it did not exist.
Thinking that the treasure chests were a trap and the true prize was defeating the creature, the player called for backup from Broken Exile. But, this player would soon come to regret his actions as he realized the value of what he'd just given away to his guild.
Not long after backup arrived, they discovered that killing the creature was impossible. Magic, items, skills-none of it worked. Therefore, in the end, they decided to open one of the chests. As a result, they acquired an epic-ranked piece of equipment!
They also noticed that the creature did not disappear. From there, Broken Exile assigned someone to stay and watch the creature. After that, they found out that the treasure chests respawned every three days.
Once this discovery was made, Broken Exile ordered its subsidiary guild, Shattered, to manage the area surrounding the mysterious cave, Fragul's Valley.
Broken Exile knew that if they made a move themselves on a large scale, the other top guilds would know that something of amazing value was in Fragul's Valley. So, they decided to keep it a close secret, with only a handful of people knowing the cave's existence. Every three days, they would have someone from Broken Exile who already knew of the cave's existence go to collect the item from one of the chests.
This time around, however, due to the importance of the boss fight against the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga, all the core players and elite players were busy. And so, they decided to leave the task of collecting the item to a new guild member, Feral Blade.
Under normal circumstances, this task would have never been given to a new member; however, that person was the younger brother of one of the Six Stars, Judge. There was no chance that he would betray them or mess up such a simple task.
"It'll be at five percent HP soon! Judge, get ready to use Dawn Breaker!" Dragon ordered.
"We would have suffered heavier losses this time around if not for that item. It was the right call to face the ghoul now. Even if the players of my Broken Exile lose a bit of EXP, it can also be earned again. The loot that we'll get from a legendary world boss will be well worth it." Dragon thought to himself as he could not hold back his grin of excitement.
"Leave it to me! I'll wrap things up nicely!" Judge roared as he collided with the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga, interrupting one of its casts.
The shield in Judge's hand was shaped like an oval with golden, blue, and silver designs coursing throughout its surface. The shield unleashed a pulsing protective wave that seemed to encompass all the members of Broken Exile.
The reason why Broken Exile was so confident in facing the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga, had to do with one of the items they received from the Imp of Dreams treasure chest.
That item was the very shield in Judge's possession, the Shield of The Breaking Dawn-a legendary-ranked item!
Armor Name: Shield of The Breaking Dawn
Armor Rank: Legendary
Armor Level: 68
Requirements: None
HP: 125,000
Defense: 8,750
Physical Resistance: 70%
Magical Resistance: 50%
Damage Reduction: 50%
HP Regeneration: 2,500%
Damage Return(Passive) - Reflects 25% of all pre-mitigated damage received back to the attacker as physical damage.
Dawning Safeguard (Passive) - Damage to all allies within 35 meters of the user is reduced by
30%.
Encompassing Embrace (Passive) - During combat, every 30 seconds, release a pulsing wave within 35 meters of the user that shields all allies in range for 10,000. The shielding from this effect can stack any number of times and lasts until it's broken or at the end of combat.
Dawn Breaker(Active) - The user calls forth the power of dawn, instantly restoring 100% of their HP and making them invulnerable to all damage and crowd control effects for 10 seconds. For the duration of this skill, the user gains Attack Damage equal to their Defense, 500% Attack Speed, 500% Movement Speed, and their attacks deal 775% of their Attack Damage as bonus light damage.
Cooldown: 1 Hour
Special Note: A shield of unknown origins that does not belong to its current world.
Thanks to the Shield of The Breaking Dawn, Broken Exile earned a trump card that was able to minimize their losses against the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga.
"Push on until the end! Once we obtain the rewards from defeating the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga, the other guilds will have no choice but to fall in line and accept their place beneath our Broken Exile!" Dragon roared as the mana around him exploded outward in all directions as he dashed forward.
The members of Broken Exile quickly began to whittle away at the boss monster's HP.
7%...
6%...
5.01%..!
"It's time!" Judge grinned as he tightened his grip on the shield in his hand.
Shrieeeek!
The Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga, released an angered battle cry as it lashed out with its
heavy claw at Judge.
Judge raised his shield to block the incoming strike and said, "This kind of attack-"
Just as the ghoul's attack was about to crash into Judge's shield, something unbelievable
occurred as a system alert entered Judge's ear.
[System Alert: The item <«
unequipped.
Crrrrck!
Judge's eyes widened in shock as the shield in his hand fragmented before shattering into countless tiny pieces. He did not have enough time to react as the ghoul's attack was already
upon him.
BANG! Riiiiiiiip!
-376,950 [Battle Alert: Player Judge has been killed by Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga.
With the massive loss of stats from his shield and having no other shield equipped to block
the incoming strike, Judge was immediately slain by the Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga, in its
enraged state!
The players from Broken Exile were dumbfounded. The shield in Judge's hand suddenly shattered without warning, and their main tank had died in one hit. What just happened?!
"The shield!" Dragon's expression darkened when he witnessed the Shield of The Breaking
Dawn being destroyed.
"No, the Death Aura...!" Dragon exclaimed as he retreated back several meters.
Thanks to the Shield of The Breaking Dawn's Dawning Safeguard and Encompassing Safeguard passives, the healers were able to manage the damage over time effect from the ghoul's Death Aura. However, now that Judge and the shield were no more...
[Battle Alert: Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga's > intensifies!
[Battle Alert: Player Juke has been killed by Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga.
[Battle Alert: Player Small Lizard has been killed by Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga.[]
[Battle Alert: Player Yerim has been killed by Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga.[]
...
In the blink of an eye, nearly all of the remaining members of Broken Exile were eliminated by
the ghoul's Death Aura and other attacks, leaving only Dragon alive.
Without their main tanker, the threat level was all over the place. Healers dropped like flies,
and damage dealers quickly fell.
"How did this happen?! We were so close! So-!" Dragon anguished as a heavy claw descended
from above.
[Battle Alert: Player Dragon has been killed by Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga.
...
Shireeeeeeeek!
Name: Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga(Legendary World Boss)
Level: 70
HP: ??? (3.14%)
The battle against the legendary world boss Ghoul of Deep Sins, Travgelga, for Broken Exile
ended in utter defeat!