Hello again! This is in place of tommorow's update. I''m updating early so that I'll have time to write tommorow. Now, prepare to face...


Evil Eye Tyrant

Oculus

It's a big eye with lots of little eyes around it that eats adventurers for breakfast.

-Description of a Beholder

Music: Zelda Reorchestrated's (zreomusic:dot:com) Fire Temple Redux

Link and Mythisper stood immediately outside the Boss Door. Obtaining the Big Key had not been easy. The only way to unlock the treasure chest it was in was to hit a crystal switch and a Goron switch at the same time, while three torches were burning. He struck each of the braziers with magic powder packets from his trebuchet. Immediately after, he chucked a bomb at the crystal switch. He waited a moment, then wound up with the Meteor Maul. After three tries, he finally managed to get the timing and hit the switch as the bomb went off. Now, as Link's numerous small wounds had healed, he would face the creature which had conquered the mighty Gorons.

Music: Zelda Reorchestrated's (zreomusic:dot:com) Oot Boss Battle Redux


Link found himself in what must have once been a mighty feast hall. This room alone was larger than the Stock Pot Inn. Giant tables ran the length of the room, coated in thick layers of obsidian. A massive throne stood at the opposite end. Reposing on the air above it was an eight foot diameter ball, covered in eyes. It also had a large mouth, with larger fangs. Suddenly a massive eye in the center of the beast opened, staring directly at Link. From that eye radiated a cone of pale orange energy one quarter the length of the room. With a roar, it opened the rest of its eyes and floated higher, moving towards Link and Mythisper.

Link raised his shield and cautiously advanced towards it. As the cone of energy reached her, Mythisper fell to the ground. Link interposed himself between the monster and his fairy ally. It launched itself at him, preparing to bite his arm off. Link grabbed one of his few remaining bombs and lobbed it into the creature's mouth. The results were predictable; it fell to the ground, stunned. However, the aberration had the sense to close and protect its central eye, stopping the energy field. Link jabbed at whatever he could reach, and managed to sever one of the beast's eye stalks. With a roar of pain, it rose into the air again, re-opening its eye. Mythisper had regained her flight while the eye was closed, but lost it while within the cone.

Suddenly, the monster rotated so that Link wasn't in front of it. However, it could evidently see Link, as one of its eyes focused upon him. Without warning a ray of searing flame struck Link square in the chest. He gritted his teeth and put on the tin soldier mask. Its next ray did no significant damage to him. Link used his trebuchet to strike it with a unit of magic powder. The monster began to sneeze, rays of varying colours flying everywhere. The deadly beams bounced several times off the reflective surfaces of the room. Each vanished as after several reflections. None of them struck Link or the monster. The beast again turned so that Link was within its energy field. He tried to fire another unit of magic powder at it, but the second burst had no effect.

It charged towards him again, its massive fangs likely able to rend him in two. Link ducked to the ground, and it was unable to reach him. He stood up behind it and removed his mask. Grabbing the Deku Blade, he struck at the back of it. It attacked him with another ray, which threw him a fair way across the room. He drew his magic wand and tried to petrify it. The attempt succeeded, and he quickly charged at the monster. When he reached it, he attacked with a rolling blow from the Meteor Maul. Cracks appeared in the surface of the fiend, and it returned to normal. It was bleeding in multiple places from Link's attack. It turned to face him again, keeping him in the energy field.

Link tried to petrify it again, but nothing happened. The aberration began to fire its eye rays again. This time, it did not aim directly at Link. Instead, it attacked a nearby wall. The magic bounced off the wall, narrowly missing him. The beast did not stop with just one ray. It fired everything it had, creating a devastating spray of bouncing death. Link quickly ducked under an adjacent table, and the Eye Tyrant's attack passed right over his head. It attacked again and again, slowly drawing closer to Link. If he didn't move soon, one of those bursts would start under the table with him, causing every ray to hit. He bolted towards the other end of the hall.

Link had a sudden thought. He jumped over the table to stand beside the wall.

"Hey Ten Eyes!" he yelled. "Over here!"

The creature turned, bringing all of its eyestalks to bear on Link. It closed its central eye and fired. Link immediately fell flat, and the beams passed overhead. They ricocheted of the reflective surface of the obsidian wall behind him and struck his opponent straight in the face. It roared in pain and hovered there, temporarily blinded by its own attack. Link stood up and swung the Meteor Maul horizontally, sending the monster flying across the room. Before it could recover, he launched a petrifying blast from the magic wand. He returned the Meteor Maul to the D-bag and charged across the room. Link leapt into the air, calling his hammer to his hands at the apex of his jump. He slammed the massive blunt instrument into the central eye of the beast, and the whole monster shattered.

Music: Zelda Reorchestrated's (zreomusic:dot:com) Goron City Redux


As the chunks of beholder regained their fleshy state, something appeared at the center of the mess. It was pink all over, had a big head and small body, and floated effortlessly upon the air. Link began to draw his sword, but Mythisper (who had been quiet for the whole battle) stopped him.

"No! That isn't an enemy." she said. "That looks like a piece of a Great Fairy's power. Surely your father mentioned them in his journals?"

"Yes." confirmed the Stray Fairy. "Please return me to the Snowhead Fountain. I'm very confused, and I want to go home."

"Alright. But first, I need to tell the Gorons that the monster is dead.


Link, Mythisper, and the Stray Fairy headed for the surface. As soon as they exited the Ancient Hall and entered the main city, they noticed an increase in the number of Gorons (i.e. there was more than one). After a cheer and a group hug (which was very nearly more deadly than anything in the dungeon), they led Link to their current feast hall. They partied well into the night.

In the morning, Link gave his new friends a temporary goodbye. After restocking on bombs, he took out the Lifesong Orb and sang the song that the Great Fairy of Woodfall had taught him. Within moments, they were back at the fountain of the Great Fairy of Snowhead.


Comment: Another boss down, and another dungeon finished! Just one more chapter before the start of Act 4.

This boss was a little bit tough to write, mostly because I knew what I wanted it to be but had no clue how Link would defeat it. It momentarily fell victim to the standard "insert bomb here", but a beholder is too smart to fall for the same trick more than once. I found a way to use the hammer, but unfortunately, I didn't see anywhere to use the Wolfos Mask. Sorry about that.