For a moment, Quinn thought that they had finished the special event, as no more Elementals were coming.
Then, the building at the edge of the boss fight area began to shake. Stone by stone, it rearranged itself into a massive Earth Elemental boss and stomped toward the fight.
Ophelia huffed and stomped her foot, using [Gravity Slam] to slow the boss and let the others know that she would take the lead Tank role against this oversized opponent.
She was the only one other than Nachtia who was close to its size, unable to be stepped on or knocked over.
The boss rumbled, a sound like stone grating across stone, and Ophelia roared as she charged, claws clashing against stone clubs as the titanic combatants engaged.
"Gods above, that is terrifying." Quinn muttered as he joined the attack.
On four feet, Ophelia was twice the warrior’s height. Standing upright to engage with the Elemental, she was simply enormous.
Ophelia grappled with the giant Elemental, who wrapped her form in a massive hug, smashing its clubs into her back as she tore apart its sides with her claws. She twisted as she sidestepped, turning the boss away from the group, so that everyone else was attacking its back.
The boss twisted its wrists and got the clubs between them to push Ophelia away for a moment, then the two collided again, shaking the ground under them.
And not just because Ophelia was using [Gravity Slam] on her attacks.
The group was hacking large chunks out of the Elemental’s back, faster than the stone was reforming. But the healers could see that even with the damage reduction of [Consecrated Ground], Ophelia was slowly losing health.
Eventually, she would have to switch out with someone. But there was nobody who could take her place, the boss could just step over them.
Or on them, as had happened to one unfortunate warrior.
He had survived, but judging by the amount of damage and blood, it was not a pleasant experience.
Finally, an attack made one of the boss’s legs crumble, which effectively ended its mobility and let Ophelia retreat for a few seconds to regenerate. It was still hopping after her, but now she could just drag it around in front of her without taking too much direct damage.
The rest of the melee fighters followed, circling around the mages in the middle.
It looked ridiculous, but it appeared to be an effective tactic to deal with the boss. Quinn made a mental note to do that next time, if they happened to trigger this special event again in the future.
The first boss had focused entirely on Dana’s Golems, so it was possible that she could trigger it on most visits if it was a repeatable event.
With a crashing of stones, the boss collapsed, revealing a large glowing orb in the air above its corpse.
{Event Completed. Please select rewards.} Appeared in everyone’s System interface.
{Uncommon Class Advancement Token}
{Grade 3 Skill Book}
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