Chapter 10: Boss: Eye of Cthulhu

That afternoon, Garret requested a town meeting.

As soon as everyone gathered in Mark and Naomi's dining room, Garret said, "Mark, Naomi, we might have a problem. Edmund here keeps having these impressions that someone is watching him. Now, that may not be a cause for alarm, but when Helen and I both got that feeling not too long after, we have a problem.

"This is a sign we have been watching for. It is a sign that a powerful creature has noticed you two." He paused. "The Eye of Cthulhu."

"So," Mark said, after a bit of silence. "He noticed us. And?"

Garret sighed. "This creature is now waiting to kill you two."

"Why hasn't he come out before?" Naomi asked.

"He hasn't considered you a threat until now. Or," He looked at Edmund. "Two days? That was when you first felt it?" The Merchant nodded. "Two days ago. Plus, like most monsters, he's nocturnal."

"So, why hasn't he come out yet? If it has been two days since he began to notice us."

"I don't know. But, we need to plan. Here's what I think you two should do..."

Garret's plan was this:

1) Mark and Naomi will pull together the best metals they have and make the best armor and weapons they can make. (If they haven't already done so)
2) They will set aside an area specifically for this fight. They chose to build a bridge over a nearby lake. They will relocate their banners and the campfire to this bridge.3) They will gather all of their Healing and battle potions and divide them evenly.
4) Mark will be close-range while Naomi will use her bow and boomerang (it came from a random chest somewhere).

Naomi decided that Mana potions won't be necessary, since they don't have any magic items. She gathered all of her arrows and used all of her torches to make Flaming Arrows and then rearranged everything in her pack for quick access.

Mark packed the Mana potions because he didn't feel like putting them anywhere else.

By nightfall, they completed all of the preparations. They both have (2) Ironskin Potion, (3) Swiftness Potion, (1) Featherfall Potion, (1) Thorns Potion, and (30) Healing Potions.

Mark is equipped with: (Armor) Platinum Helmet, Gold Chestplate, Platinum Greaves, (Accessories) Sandstorm in a Bottle, Warding Shoe Spikes, Rash Aglet, Spiked Shackle, Band of Regeneration (Weapons) Dangerous Platinum Broadsword, and Godly Spear.

Naomi is equipped with: Gold Armor, (Accessories) Brisk Cloud in a Bottle, Intrepid Climbing Claws, Angry Radar, Quick Depth Meter, Shackle, (Weapons) Platinum Broadsword, Platinum Bow (with 128 Wooden Arrows, 999 Flaming Arrows, and 12 Jester's Arrows), and Keen Wooden Boomerang. She also has (5) Grenades, but she decided to give them to Mark.

They were most definitely ready.

The crescent moon was high in the sky. Mark and Naomi were sitting on benches on the bridge (There weren't any monsters. Strange.) when a loud roar was heard off in the distance.

The Eye of Cthulhu has awoken!

They both got to their feet, tense, and waited for their enemy. Suddenly, an eyeball as big as their house swooped low along the bridge. Mark and Naomi threw themselves flat against the boards and, when the Eye flew past, Naomi got up and loosed three Flaming arrows in quick succession. Two missed, but the third one hit it right in the pupil and set the Eye on fire. The flames didn't last long.

Mark ran up to it, sword raised high. Before he got halfway, small eyes (smaller than Demon Eyes) came out of the Eye and swarmed Mark. He skidded to a stop and started slashing left and right in an attempt to clear a path.

Meanwhile, Naomi was firing arrow after arrow at the Eye of Cthulhu. She found out that Jester's Arrows go through multiple enemies when a line of Servants of Cthulhu (the tiny eyes) got directly between her and the Eye. After that, she used those arrows to help Mark out.

Mark swung at a line of Servants and they exploded into bloody bits. He looked behind him in time to see another line flying right at him. A white, starry arrow flew by and they too exploded. "Thanks, Naomi!" he said, and jumped up to the Eye of Cthulhu. He held out his sword as he activated the Sandstorm in a Bottle and, using the force of the spin, sliced upwards multiple times. The improvised Spin Attack made eight diagonal gashes in the Eye. Then, by luck or skill, Naomi fired a Flaming Arrow into the gash that was directly on the pupil.

The Eye of Cthulhu roared in pain and started spinning. Faster and faster it spun, until it gave out another roar. The iris and pupil were replaced in a shower of blood by a gaping maw. The Eye roared again and dove straight for Mark.

He barely managed to roll away in time. Naomi fired two more Flaming Arrows before she had to dive out of the way, almost falling off the bridge. The eye turned around, roared, and chomped at Naomi. She jumped out of the way and slashed at it with her sword when it got it's teeth embedded in the wood. Mark ran up to join her when the Eye wrenched free and closed it's jaws around them. Mark pushed Naomi away and...

They Eye bit down on Mark's spear, wedging its mouth open. Mark then pulled out all five of his grenades and tossed them down its throat saying, "Eat this!". He yanked his spear free and the Eye's jaw clamped shut with a loud snap.

It floated there.

It worked its jaw.

Mark and Naomi held their breaths.

Then, the Eye roared and exploded.

The Eye of Cthulhu has been defeated!