A/N: Alright time for the big 50th floor boss fight. Hope everyone enjoys it. As always, feel free to comment and/or review.
"What is that thing!?"
After getting a single glance at the boss, most players became paralyzed with fear. Our front row of tanks were completely out of formation, with everyone trying to run from the boss.
"Let's get out of here!" yelled one of the players, taking out a teleport crystal. Many others did the same.
"Cowards! What are you doing idiots?!" Asuna yelled. "If we stick to the plan, we can win!" But as she spoke, most players had already teleported away.
"Damn it." I cursed under my breath. Thanks to that pack of cowards, we had lost over half our raid party. It would take forever for them to get back here, if they came back at all.
I looked around at what we had left. My team, the KBO and HDA parties, and a few players from other parties that still had the balls to stay and fight.
What should we do? We don't have anywhere near the amount of strength we had at first. We need a plan now or we're toast. I was lost in panic till Heathcliff spoke up.
"I'll distract the boss. While I do, figure out its attack patterns and weaknesses."
I was in shock. "Are you nuts?! You can't handle that thing all by yourself!" I said.
"He's right, Commander!" Asuna agreed. "Let me help too."
"No. You stay here. Don't worry about me." Heathcliff said as calmly as ever. Even now, he still hadn't lost his composure. He truly was worthy of the title "Man of Legend".
Heathcliff continued to impress as he fought the boss one-on-one. He kept the boss at bay for about half an hour.
"How is he doing that?!" I exclaimed. "He doesn't even seem tired."
"He can't keep this up forever though." Asuna pointed out. "Have you got a plan yet Ren?"
I had no clue what to do. We had probably seen all of its attacks, so we could dodge most of them. However, we wouldn't last long enough to finish it. Our only shot was to attack its weak spot. After watching the boss's movements, I had a pretty good guess what the weak spot was: the boss's neck. The only problem was that it was way too high to reach. We needed something to jump on or something in order to reach it. Once again the boss swung its arm down towards Heathcliff. Its arm hit the ground as he avoided the attack. The arm was so massive, someone could walk across it.
That's it! We don't need something to jump on! There's another way to get to the neck!
"I've got it! I know what we need to do guys!" I exclaimed.
Everyone turned to me, wondering what it was.
"Ok listen closely." I said as I explained the plan. Once everyone knew what to do, we got ready. The plan would just involve me, Kirito, and Asuna. Our window of opportunity was small, so including others would be too risky.
We waited as Heathcliff held off the boss. Finally, the boss used the attack we were waiting for. It swung its arm down full force and hit the ground.
"Now!"
At my command, Kirito, Asuna, and I ran at the boss. We ran in a straight line. Asuna was in front, I was in the middle, and Kirito ran in the rear. We ran past the hammer the boss swung down and jumped onto its arm. We kept running up its arm. We all got our best one-hit sword skills ready as our weapons lit up.
"Take this!" Asuna yelled as she slashed the boss's neck and jumped off. Kirito and I followed suit, hitting the boss's neck with powerful slashes, then jumping off. We looked at the boss's hp bar. It had decreased drastically.
"Perfect! It worked like a charm, Ren!" Asuna smirked.
The boss suddenly went into a crazy rage, swinging its axe and hammer randomly. It hit Heathcliff's shield and he was pushed back about 20 meters back. Luckily, the damage wasn't anything serious. But the others were in trouble.
"Everyone look out!" I warned. We all moved as far away from the boss as we could. However, some of the players got backed into a corner by the boss. They had no escape route, and the boss was getting closer to them by the second.
"Where are you looking you oversized piece of trash!?" Helios yelled. He, Alice, Riku, and Mai all charged and attacked the boss from behind. The boss turned around and roared in anger. It chased them as they fell back, allowing the cornered players a chance to escape.
The boss only had one hp bar left now. Even still, we had exhausted ourselves with that last barrage. I didn't know if we could pull it off again. Just when I thought this, the sounds of footsteps were heard. I looked over towards the entrance to the boss room and saw a familiar face.
"Klein?!"
"Sorry we're late guys. Traffic was a nightmare."
Klein had his entire guild team and a few other parties with him.
"What are you doing here?" Asuna gasped.
"We saw the large group of players from the raid group teleport back to town. When I asked what happened, they told us how they turned tail and ran. I gathered some other players and we rushed here to help."
"Thanks man. We really need it." I said.
"Well the hero does tend to show up at the darkest hour." Klein smirked.
"Alright Batman, I wouldn't take it that far." Helios said, rolling his eyes.
With Klein and the others here, we had a much better chance of winning this. I turned to Kirito and Asuna.
"Let's try that one more time." In response, both of them nodded. We yelled over to Klein.
"Distract the boss!"
"Got it!" Klein nodded. His group ran at the boss and attacked. Once they got its attention, they got ready to dodge, but Heathcliff suddenly intercepted the attack with his massive shield.
"Hurry up and get ready!" Heathcliff ordered us.
The three of us nodded and got our weapons ready. Once again, the boss raised its hammer and swung it down. We immediately jumped on its arm afterwards. We got close to the neck and got ready to end it. However, the boss suddenly brought its arm back up and shook it violently. We slashed the arm as much as we could before losing our balance Kirito, Asuna, and I were thrown into the air.
"Damn it! So close!" I cursed.
Kirito barely regained his balance and stuck the landing. Asuna and I weren't so lucky. We rolled on the ground after making a crash landing. Our hp had been hit hard. The two of us could barely stand. The boss walked up to us and prepared to attack. We wouldn't survive the attack.
Suddenly, a barrage of lights came from behind the boss. It was Klein, Alice, Heathcliff, and everyone else. The attacks gradually drained the boss's hp. However, it stopped with a small amount of hp left. Everyone else was in a stun effect from the high level sword skills. The boss once again prepared to attack.
"Not gonna happen pal!" Kirito screamed as he charged at the boss, activating a sword skill. The boss's hp was fully depleted and it shattered. The 'Congratulations' sign appeared. I collapsed from exhaustion, as did Asuna and Kirito.
"Ren! Ren are you ok?!" Alice screamed as she ran over to me. She kneeled down beside me.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Don't worry." I reassured her as I was catching my breath.
"Dummy. You're so reckless." she smiled with tears rolling down her eyes.
I laughed a little. "It's what I do."
Alice started chuckling too.
"Well we're going to have one hell of a story to tell everyone when we get back." Helios said.
"Yeah. If Asuna doesn't kill them all first." Kirito pointed out. After that comment we all bursted into laughter.
"Come on guys. You're making it sound like I'm some berserk general." Asuna complained.
That just made us laugh even more.
A/N: I hope everyone liked the boss fight. Look forward to the next chapters.