Yo. Here's your chapter. It's just... so sad. I had to kill a character. They become so real once you write about the character and then, when they die, it's like a bunch of words just die! You know? (joke) Anyways. I hope you like this chapter. Of course Zeke turns out to be a badass.
Zeke tried to find Amelia, but couldn't see her. Surely she had to be here. They wouldn't have started this boss raid without her.
Zeke wanted to look more, but the center of the room exploded and a real Ent appeared in a shower of dirt. Arboth the Akon was probably called that because of copyright. Zeke drew his blade and watched the branches that flung around from it's back.
"Every man for himself!" "Hit it 'til it dies!" "Hamburgers are on me after this!" Every other player just rushed the Ent and most were brushed aside. A few did manage to get a few hits in. One of them was Kain. He was just smashing away at it with his extreme speed.
Zeke stood back, observing the boss's attack patterns. Seeing a gap in his defense every time he swung at another player with his living branches. He charge forward with another Fierce Defense. He made it close to the tree before the Akon noticed him. It swung at him and Zeke feigned right. The tree obviously had termites in his brain, because Zeke obviously feigned. The Tree of Stupidity slammed down beside him, but Zeke suddenly realized his mistake a second too late.
*smack*
The Akon used his arm to smack Zeke across the face and sailed into the crowd, crashing into Amelia.
"Hey. I make it in time?" He grinned up at her, even though she was behind him. It took him a moment to realizing why her face was red. "Oh, uh... My bad?" Amelia kicked Zeke in the head and hugged her legs to her chest.
"Wow. That was quite a show. Can we get back to fighting a Boss?" Kain had wandered over and saw the whole thing. Or more like chased after him.
"I- it was an accident," Zeke said, holding his head. "You saw what happened."
"Yeah. So? Let's go kill this thing." A player flew past them. Kain held out his left hand and helped Zeke up. "Time to see how good you are. By the way, I'll be honored to join your Clan." Zeke quickly withdrew his hand. Kain laughed and showed his empty palms. Then he vanished, attacking the Ent again.
"C'mon, Amelia. Let's get it. Use the others as distractions and attack it. Okay?" Amelia nodded and pulled back an arrow. Oh, yeah. She can attack from long range. But something was up with this arrow. Amelia let if fly and Zeke saw that it was a normal arrow, no flames, no skill. Just an arrow.
Zeke ran forward and activated a skill called 'Plus Speed'. Then, he activated the sword skill 'Adamant Strike'. The Dragons Blood glowed a light blue as Zeke's speed increase three fold. The Akon didn't realized he was coming up on it until the blood-red blade and the ivy-green blade passed through it's back.
"Combo?" Kain was there by him for a second before running off again. Zeke stopped for a second. Just a second and he wondered why the Ent wasn't attacking him. Time slowed down. He turned and he saw Amelia in the thrashing vines. Amelia struggled against the branches but nothing worked. The Akon fended off the other players as he grew a long, sharp branch from his wrist. Zeke saw what was happening and started into a run, four or five meters away. The beast raised it's hand. The meters closed.
Closer...
Closer...
Zeke jumped into the air above the Akon. The wrist-spike became closer. Amelia caught his eye and nodded, then closed her eyes to accept her fate. Then, it was too late. The spike impaled her. Her health dropped to zero and she burst into blue pixels. Her bow dropped to the ground and a few of her arrows shattered into pixels with her.
Zeke smashed into the Akon with tears blurring his vision. The reverberation of the strike forced his goggles down to his eyes and hid his face from the rest of them. Why? Why did she have to die? They hadn't even started dating.
His anger started over powered his grief and his body grew warmer and a red aura surrounded him.
"AAGGGHH!" He rushed forward and his blade glowed an orange color. Taking a zig-zag line, he advanced on the Akon, it's branches lashing at him. As soon as he was close, he pushed an orange-haired player out of the way and slashed the wooden body.
"Hey," the orange-haired guy said. "Leave some for the rest of us." He was carrying a battleaxe, like a newbie. Power isn't always everything. Zeke was about to yell at him when he was batted aside by a branch. He and the ginger hit the earthen wall of the dungeon. Zeke's health dropped down to 38% of capacity. He saw, in his dazed state that the Ent's health was into the red. It's branches seemed to have multiplied because it looked as if there were a hundred limbs waving around.
"You need a moment," someone asked. "You take the time ya need. We'll keep 'im off ya." Zeke stood up and picked back up his blade. This Tree is going to pay for what he's done. His red aura regained it's strength and he ground his teeth, taking a vial out of his inventory. He downed it in two gulps and dropped the glass bottle. The other players, now around two dozen, were forced only to defend. Only Kain and a purely black-clad man. The others were collapsed around the walls.
"Alright. Let's do this." Zeke spoke aloud, but only to himself. He activated his most recent skill. Holding his blade straight up, vertical, a blackness enveloped the red until the entire sword was black. He didn't even know what it did. As a side thought, he also activated the enchantment set in the hilt. Flames ran along the sharpened edge. He felt tired and spent, but he recklessly charged. One or two of the flailing weapons struck him, but he didn't let the pain through; he already had enough in his chest.
The instant after the blade pasted through the tree, the bark it was made of burst into fire. The last of the health it had drained away as it ran in circles. And then, it was done. The entire being was suddenly lit up by a light brighter than the flames. Cracks appeared and then it was gone, nothing more than a few blue stars. At least, that's what Zeke thought they were as he collapsed to his knees.
Congragulations! You can now teleport to the town of Tentus on the second floor.
Results:
EXP: 1500
Gil: 5000
Item: Akon Wood
Last Attack Bonus: Eye of the Akon
Level Up!
Zeke was tired. He was angry. He was grievous. He didn't want any of this. He wished it was only a dream. Amelia was gone and she wasn't coming back. He felt tears running down his face and blinked them away. He reached up to wipe them, but was blocked by his helmet. He moved the goggles up and into his hair and wiped the hot, salty liquid away, some finding his gasping mouth.
He opened his eyes. The difference was strange. The red tint was missing, like his vision had turned black and white. He hadn't noticed the vision difference but it was visible now. He closed the results page and wiped away more tears, sniffling.
"Are you alright, man?" Kain was now next to him. Though he didn't know him that well, he was his only friend. And his only clan mate. Zeke shook his head and choked on his tears. He missed his brown-haired companion. "Want a Cheeseburger? That one guy is offering to give everyone either or. Your choice."
"I don't want any food. I want to go home. I want Amelia. I want the damn game to end!" Zeke's voice was rising above the tears quickly. Kain simply nodded and pulled out two crystals, after conveniently bumping into another player.
"Let's go home," he said. He held out the crystals and tapped them, setting a destination, and tossed one to Zeke, who barely caught it. The same blue enveloped them both and they disappeared from the boss room...
Okay. That was a good chapter. I'm sorry Amelia! You came too soon, too early to be good. I know this chapter was short, but I only wanted to get the boss fight in this chapter. I do hope you're not mad at me or anything, but Amelia just didn't grow on me. Leave feedback, comments, and suggestions. LowePlays, signing out.
