Chapter 560 – Maparapara’s trial.
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"...So... This s the place?" – asked Maparapara as she was wearing a bluish heat protective equipment.
"I think this trial was meant to be in a party, however considering our current circumstances, you will have to do it alone." – said Phantasia as the duo stood in front the door leading to the dungeon.
"Up to it?"
"Of fucking course!" – said Maparapara as she approached the door.
"Well then, good luck." – said Phantasia as Maparapara entered the dungeon and quickly found herself in the main room where warrior already emerged.
"So, you are the champion that wishes to take on the challenge?" – said the warrior.
"Yeb. That s me!" – said Maparapara.
(FUCKING FINALY! NOBODY STOLE THAT FUCKING SHIT FROM ME FOR THE THIRD TIME!) – thought the slime girl.
"Very well." – said the warrior as he used the lava to create a polearm for himself, before then striking the ground with his polearm, which caused the massive metallic door behind the warrior to open up.
"This is the test of might and power."
"For this test, you are allowed to call forth those who wishes to help you."
"But yet, here you are, standing alone."
"Are you sure you wish to take on this challenge by yourself?"
"Yeb." – replied Maparapara.
"Now shut up and hit me with it!"
"..."
(Welp, she should be taking the test by now.) – thought Phantasia who was walking through the underground corridor.
(So, what the hell do I do now?)
(Honestly, I don’t doubt Maparapara ability.)
(She is strong and she can murder people.)
(Many people think she is just a tank that refuses to die, but her build focuses on using her defense as offensive tool.)
(She can fight all on her own.)
(But... This trial bothers me.)
(Mine and Thanatos’s trials were for a single person alone.)
(And hers is for 5 people.)
(I don’t doubt Maparapara abilities, but hers trial maybe far more difficult than ours.)
"..."
(Then maybe her divinity may end up being much more powerful than ours?)
(If that is really the case, then we have even more reason to try and get this divinity here....)
(But the hell do I do?) – thought Phantasia as he stopped himself from leaving the underground path just yet and returning to the volcano.
(Honestly, I should just leave this place and look for another divinity... But the problem is these fuckers.)
(They may try getting in Maparapara’s way... Or even worse.)
(If they knew that the trails are difficult, then they may have somebody out there who is possible strong enough to take it on.)
"..."
*Sigh*
"Yeb. This is annoying."
(I guess I will be staying here and making sure nobody gets in her way.) – thought Phantasia as he left the volcano and began his preparations for war as well as hunt.
[Meanwhile: Maparapra]
"Huh... A colosseum?" – said the slime woman as she found herself in the colosseum like structure which was completely made out of black metal.
"Yes. This is the place where the secret trial shall be held." – said the warrior as he sat on the throne that was located on the tiered seating, which were completely empty despise looking like it was meant for the crowds of people to gather and watch the fight.
There was only one spectator.
The warrior.
"Your challenge is simple." – said warrior.
"Defeat the last champions of the god of pure destruction, Guriow."
"Defeat them and the price shall be yours." – said the warrior above behind him there was a two massive statues of what appears to be a humanoid monsters wearing a knight armor, which held the chains that covered up a block of purple dark metal that was on the very top of the colosseum spectator stands.
(It must be there!) – thought Maparapara as she stared at the chained-up room sized metallic box.
(The altar which contains the divinity!)
[Quest: Challenge of the God Of Pure Destruction, Guriow]
[You have been faced with the challenge left behind by the elder god named Guriow.]
[Destroy and conquer his echoes of his champions in order to prove yourself worthy.]
[Rounds completed: 0/5]
(So, a boss rush with 5 rounds. I’ve got this.) – thought Maparapara as she read quest description.
"I’m ready!" – shouted Maparapara.
"...Very well." – said warrior as he tabbed the ground with his polearm, causing one of the gates below to open up, alarming the slime girl as she got ready, equipping her two massive spiked shields as something began walking out from the gate.
[The Destruction By Hunting]
The being that walked out of the gate looked somewhat similar to the warrior... But it was different.
It took was being of the purple lava and stone, but its shape was far more animalistic as it walked on all four, resembling a hound with what appears to be goat horns.
However, what stood the most was the size of this hound, as it stood over 3 meters tall while walking on all fours.
"Huh... Big guy." – said Maparapara as she began her transformation, growing in size, to the point her height became over 4 meters.
"Come at me! Puppy!" – shouted Maparapara as the beast of lava rushed at the slime woman.
"[Cruel Shield: Unwelcome]!" – Maparapara.
[Cruel Defender] – [Rarity: Epic] (One Of Maparapara Favorite Classes)
[A class that focuses on countering the enemy attacks and using the user own defensive power in order to turn them into weapon.]
The two shields combined as the beast smashed right into them, causing the skill to activate and causing the short-range attack burst to occur, striking the beast of lava and causing parts of its liquid body to spill on the ground.
As for Maparapara?
Even though the creature smashed into the shields with its body, the massive slime was not pushed back nor it took any real damage.
Maparapara tried swinging around its spiked shields, but the massive beast was fast despise its massive size, dodging the attack, before then quickly going for the exposed side that was left open by the shield swing just now.
"[Cruel Shield: Unsuccessful]." – however, it was a trap, because as the creature bit into the slime girl’s body, a layer of proactive spikes emerged from her body, not only blocking off the attack, but also dealing a counter damage to the creature once again, which also ended up causing the creature to spill out even more of its liquid body on the ground.
"[Shield Art: Breaking Shield]!" – Maparapara swung her shield at the creature, this time landing a smashing hit upfront with its spiked front of the shield, dealing a critical damage based on Maparapara defense stat.
The creature quickly backed away as yet another shield attack came, dodging the strike... But obviously not still being able to deal any proper damage to the slime.
"[Byson Pride: True Charge]." – but the slime woman wasn’t done as she charged forward at the incredible speed with her massive body, smashing into the lava beast and dealing once again critical damage.
The beast tried counter attacking, but Maparapara easily countered its basic attacks with her own basic shield blocks.
The creature tried also spewing hot lava at the slime, but she countered with [Shield Art: Heavy Block], before then using her [Tiger Warrior] class skill, [Tiger Art: Tiger Blade], using her shield as a blade to land a strike on the beast as it tried retreating.
But even so, even after getting hit, the creature managed to retreat.
[Maparapara Build]
[Build that focuses on using defense as offensive tool.]
[Class builds]
-[Shield Build]
-[Knight Build]
-[Warrior Build]
-[Slime Build (Race exclusive classes)]
-[Poison Mage Build / Warrior Mage (Shield)]
-[Blood Mage / Blood Warrior type classes mostly]
(Honestly speaking, It is way easier than I’ve thought?) – thought Maparapara as she held up her shields while the creature kept its distance away from the slime woman.
(True, I cannot use one of my stronger builds, the poison warrior mage builds, since these guys are about lava and poison.)
(But still, I’ve already dealt a LOT of damage to it.)
(Honestly, I planned on freaking bashing its head back then when the spikes caught it, aiming for the quick finisher... But I didn’t expected it to forcefully rip itself off like that.)
(It must had damaged itself by doing so... But again, it survived.)
(However, for how long?)
(If I’m honest here, I think this guy is surprising easy?)
(I thought this would be bit-)
However, while the slime girl started getting over confided... Something bit her.
But it wasn’t the boss monster.
No.
Instead, it was a wolf monster which resembled the boss monster without horns.
The creature was... Smaller, just as large as the regular wolf... And its honestly dealt barely any damage to the slime.
"...Really?" – asked somewhat disappointed Maparapara as she looked at the regular sized wolf monster.
"That was your plan?" – said Maparapara as in the next moment the wolves entire body began glowing.
"!"
(Oh shit.) – thought Maparapara as in the very next moment, the wolf blew itself up, unleashing a powerful explosion.
"..."
"Oh... Okay?" – said Maparapara as even when caught off guard, she still easily survived the blow.
(Yeah... I think that bastards has some cards up his sleeve.)