Warlock of War: My Ares System

Typically, you would dwindle away at the dense slime with long-range attacks, but as we didn't have that luxury, we had to aim straight for its weak point.

The slime may regenerate at an insane speed, but each time you take a chunk off of it, it also loses part of its health.

But, this could also be said for any other part of the skeleton's body.

Okay… Distraction… Distraction… What can I use to distract…?

I glanced at the glowing green orb beside me and then glanced at the leader, who was getting ready to run the opposite way of me.

"Think you can distract it for a bit?" I ask the leader, and he nods before running perpendicular to me.

His breathing was so heavy you'd think it could cloud the cave, but it's not like that heavy breathing came from exhaustion… but from nerves.

Squish

I glanced back around the rock and noticed the skeleton was charging full speed ahead at the leader who was circling the perimeter of the cave.

The green glow within its eyes sockets made it look like a possessed skeleton.

"Foooooo,"

After letting out a long breath of air to calm my nerves, I dashed towards the closest green orb beside me and then ripped it off the wall with as much force as I could muster.

My nails felt as if they were about to tear off, but thankfully, I managed to just about rip the orb off the wall and then toss it at the skeleton.

Sadly, the skeleton didn't even notice my attack as the orb was pierced by the slime swimming inside the skeleton's leg.

But, it was a bit weird… the reaction, I mean.

The tendril that it shot out was so fast you'd think the slime was scared of getting hit by it directly.

This also happened on my first run within this dungeon. fr𝚎e𝙬𝚎𝚋𝚗૦ν𝚎𝒍.c૦m

When I threw the green orb at it, a tendril pierced it with such force it splattered all the green liquid inside against the wall.

The tendril was even shaking a bit…

As I pushed my head out further from the rock, my eyes met with the leader, who was sweating profusely.

He gave me an urging glare, but I signaled that I needed five more minutes… which he reluctantly agreed with.

"YOU BETTER MAKE THIS FUCKING WORK!" He shouts as he just barely manages to roll out of the way of a massive skeletal hand coated in corrosive slime.

Where the leader previously was, a crater had been formed in his place, acidic slime widening the hole by a few more meters.

As soon as he gave me the signal of confirmation, I dashed towards the nearest glowing orb, which had green liquid sloshing within it.

Each time I moved it, the liquid would carry its weight with me, so I was forced to spin around and then throw it as I needed momentum.

And just like last time, a green tendril shot from the skeleton's slimy coating, piercing the orb at an insane speed.

But I wasn't convinced yet, so I threw a couple more, and after seeing the speed of the tendrils quickly increase, I smiled.

"It's gonna work," I muttered before picking up one more glowing orb.

After seeing it was small enough to just chuck it with no momentum, my smile continued to trail all the way until I lifted my head up… and noticed the skeleton's hollow face was right in front of me.

It was something straight out of a horror movie… but I had already expected this.

Each time I threw the orbs, I revealed more and more of myself from behind the rock, trying to bait the skeleton into turning towards me.

Its glowing hollow eyes loomed over my presence, sending a bone-chilling gaze to pierce straight through my body.

It felt as if my spine had been coated in ice, but I pushed through it as I chucked the green orb at its face.

ROOOOOAAAAR

The skeleton roared in pain, cocking its head back as the slime began to melt into greenish ash, which dissipated upon coming in contact with the cave floor.

"NICE!" The leader shouts before slashing the back of the skeleton's ankles, causing it to fall back as it continues to hold its face.

Roars of pain echoed through the cave, bruising my eardrums.

The leader looked to be gritting his teeth through the pain as well while he quickly backed up and then jumped up, gaining momentum for an earth-shattering slam.

My spear began to crack as the leader pumped more buffs into it, and now he was holding it like a javelin.

"ARGHHHHHHH!" He shouts as he brings the tip of the spear down onto the dense slime, penetrating through it.

The slime around the spear tried to devour it, but the leader quickly backed away as a few cracks could be seen in the spine of the skeleton.

FWOOSH

A boney arm came from beside the leader, and just as he was about to get swatted into a bloody wad of meat, I appeared from behind a rock.

The leader noticed this and ducked his head slightly, allowing a green orb to appear from behind him, squashing against the hand.

ROOOOOOAAAAAAR

The skeleton roared in pain once again, its arm flopping limp, creating a new opening that the leader immediately utilized.

He might've not had any momentum, but as the slime was taking a while to regenerate due to it trying to focus more on its own melting slime, he was able to pierce straight through.

CRACK

A nauseating bone crunch echoed through the room as the leader jumped right back beside me and gave me a hard fist bump.

"Good going," He said as I rubbed my sore knuckles.

"Thanks," I replied.

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[The Boss has entered its Second Stage]

[The Boss has activated its Unique Skill: Oni Body]

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[Giant Toxic Skeleton - Boss]

[Health Remaining: 5000/10000]

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Damn unique skills…