By the time that Hawk had all but one group pulled before he would reach the third boss, nearly everyone was panting with exertion.
The Mana Pylon let them keep activating skills, but that meant a lot more energy was spent, and a lot more movement for the warriors, who were furiously swinging weapons to target their skills.
It was an excellent workout, but now they were ready for the fight with the second boss and needed another moment to breathe.
"Quick snack. These are granola bars designed to recover energy." Karl announced, borrowing them from the Tiny World’s pantry.
He would apologize to Lotus later for stealing so many snacks from her stockpile, but she was on a baking spree lately, and the pantry was absolutely stuffed.
If he had the chance, he would have to ensure that someone else was trained, specifically to make snacks for their outings.
There were Immortal Grade ones available in the Clan, but it was so much more convenient to just eat whatever was available in the Tiny World. Plus, Lotus knew all the flavours that he liked.
That counted for way more than mere convenience.
The group didn’t stop for long, only enough to get some food in them and get refreshed before facing the next boss.
The Oathbreaker Demon was known to be one of the most agile creatures alive, and keeping it under control was going to be a chore. But worse, every time it dealt damage, that damage spread to the rest of the group.
So, their healers would be working overtime, even with area healing effects.
"Alright, everyone stay in groups to make the healing easier, but not so close that the boss can reach you.
He’s most likely going to go for the easiest to damage of us, no matter how well I try to keep him contained.
With my skills, I take very little damage, even if he does make it through my barriers, so that will limit the splash damage to everyone else. But it’s going to be a workout for our Druids and their healing over time effects.
Shout if it’s not working, and we will find another way." Karl instructed.
"You speak like you’ve been here before." Burt noted.
"No, but I’ve faced that particular sort of Demon before.
On the good news side, once the fight is over, we will be able to call them as Epic Golems, and we can spread the joy of area damage through the rest of the dungeon.
It should make the rest of the run faster, and with so many of us here, we won’t be missing the extra durability of tank type Golems."
Karl led the group into the ruined building that was the boss demon’s domain.
The creature smiled at him, and Karl smiled back.
"Oathbreaker."
"World Dragon."
Then the boss was above his back, and Karl spread his wings for balance as he twisted to parry the demon’s claws.
Black sparks flew as [Chaos Vortex] collided with the Unholy Magic skill that the boss was using, and a surge of power slammed into the group.
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