Chapter 13: Defeating the Floor Boss?

(This is going to continue Dark's past story and how he came to be so hateful towards pokemon.)

{Third Person Point of View}

Pain... that's all there was left to feel as Arthut awoke from his slumber. It was small at first, then suddenly became unbearable. His eyes shot out, letting out a howl of pain. He was not in his home, but ashes stuck to his body. That meant he was in the fire, so none of that was a dream! Although... if he's alive... why does he have to endure all this pain? That's when he noticed... the fire scarred his body, incineration most of the top skin beyond repair. It was utterly repulsive! The pinkish red skin mixing with the tarred top skin made him look like an abomination. Arthur forced himself up, trying to see where he is currently.

He called out, "Is... anyone there?"

His voice was hoarse, dry from all the smoke he must have inhaled. Arthur let out a few coughs, feeling his thirst come forth. No answered him, forcing the boy to try and get up himself. The entire room was pitch black apart from the bed he rested on. A tiny candle lit it from the top of a bedside table. A slight draft told Arthur that there's a window open.

Arthur asked himself, "Where am I?"

Arthur did his best to get up from the bed, but ended up falling back in pain. The bottom of his feet were badly burned as well. Yet, he must endure it longer. This was not a place to stay for long, at least, he thought it wasn't. The lack of light was not appeasing. Arthur couldn't think of any human that could withstand such deep unrelenting dark. Not even the king. When he thought of him, Arthur clenched his hands in anger. Remembering it was his fault, Arthur is stuck in this situation. Then another thought crossed his mind, hell. Was this his hell? If so, why would he go to hell in the first place? Arthur was always a good boy, doing no harm to anyone.

A low cackle made Arthur's hair raise, "Eh heh heh heh heh heh..."

Arthur swallowed hard, getting up from the bed again. This time he was ready for the pain. It seared through his body for a moment, but he still stood. Then he took a step, picking up the candle for light. The tiny candle did its best to light the area. Seeing only a foot in front of him, Arthur walked. He found a doorway, leading him through a creaky hall. It shook, as if an earthquake started, then rested easy. Arthur look hesitant steps, ready to run whenever anything dangerous comes into contact. A door finally stopped his progression, flicking lights and shadows danced from underneath it. Arthur slowly grasped the handle, shivering like a leaf as low humming started to come from the door. With a gentle pull, the door opened, revealing a circular room lit by blue candles. 6 men dressed in black cloaks that concealed their entire body, face, but not their hands, we're arranged as if to make an imaginary hexagon.

Arthur took a step back, scared from their humming, "Who are they?"

Then he bumped into something, a man was behind him, "What are you doing outside of your room!?" He demanded.

Arthur turned around, still shivering, "I-I... Where am I?"

The man reached for me, but stopped himself, "You're injured. You mustn't leave your bed. Please, follow me back."

Arthur stood his ground, mostly out of fear, "Please, tell me where I am."

The man sighed, "You're in the stone sanctuary. One of our followers brought you here. You're still badly injured from the fire."

Arthur calmed down a bit, "So... you're saving my life?"

The cloaked man nodded, "Yes, let us go back to your room."

Arthur wasn't sure what he should feel... but ultimately decided to follow the mysterious man.

{Rui's Point of View}

[Status of the Game so far]

Top Player of the Chapter: UncleInTheAttic

Gender: Male

Age: 22 Years old

Level: 77

Class: Bow Specialist

Weapon: (Super Rare) Tri-Tipped Dragonite Bow

Skills: 39

Guild: Sharpshooters

Guild Leader: KeenEye107(Level 74)

Quests Completed: 1291

Players left in the Game: 1.71

Players that have died: 864,272

Floor Bosses Defeated: 40

Highest Floor Achieved: 32

(Floor 32 - Final Boss Room)

As Justin led me to the boss room, I began to feel nervous. It's been a while since I last soloed a boss. Once we reached the large boss, blue fire torches lit up the area. Justin stepped aside, letting me walk to the door.

He said, "You know, this is your last chance to back out."

I shook my head, "Don't try to make me quit now. You'll be watching, right?"

Justin nodded, "Of course man, if anything goes wrong, I'll be right here to save you."

I allowed myself to let out a sigh of relief before putting my hand on the door. The door quickly opened, revealing a magma cavern. Much to my dismay, the heat began to eat away at me. I looked through my inventory, equipping some heat resistance items. I ended up wearing a green muscle shirt, Flareon shorts and sandles. I felt like I was going to the beach, not a magma cavern.

I did notice a difference in the temperature, "Huh..."

Justin asked, "Where'd you get those?"

I thought back, answering his question, "I found these in a chest on floor 17. It was guarded by a Flareon. Don't tell Eevee about it, please."

Justin chuckled, "My lips are sealed. Go kick their ass."

I pulled out my sword, heading in, "Alright." I talked to myself, "Silvia, are you ready?"

"..." There was no response.

I looked at my sword, "Silvia?"

Again, no response.

I started getting mad, "Silvia!"

Suddenly the magma cavern began to shape as the ground under me cracked. I quickly jumped aside as magma erupted from the ground. I stood on a rock as lava filled the room, creating a sea of molten rock. Very few platforms were left for me to stand on. This boss room was designed for flame retardant players. Then, Level 59 magcargo started to climb onto the rock around me. I quickly unequipped Silvia's sword and took out one of my better ones.

I slashed my sword vertically, "Aqua Slash!"

The water evaporated instantly, a message popping up, "All water and ice attacks are negated."

I started killing the magcargo with quick slashes, "Damn it! Just my luck, ugh!"

A bit of magcargo blood got on my arm, burning me for a 1000 points of damage. I jumped away, letting myself heal but my healing was hindered by the heat as well. After killing at least 25 magcargo, I started feeling the effects of their burning blood. My health points have fallen to about 30%. I had to use a health potion but they kept refreshing embargo on me.

I felt my back against a wall, "Silvia, I really need your help here."

I heard Silvia giggle, "I thought you said you didn't need me."

I gripped my hilt tighter, "Silvia, now is not the time. I need you to give me power."

Silvia snickered, "Why should I give someone as ungrateful as you power? I was willing to help you, but then you declared that you didn't need me. Now that I think about it, you were the one who wanted my power in the first place. Now, you need to beg for it. Beg for me to save you."

I killed three more magcargo, getting hit with a flamethrower. I saw my health fall to 5%, feeling panic begin to rise in my chest. The embargo was still in effect, my regeneration is only 10 hp/second, and I had no one to help me. Wait... that's it!

I called out to Justin, "I need help!"

Then I realized the entrance was blocked by lava. There no way he could get in... unless... there was another way in here. Is there? Come to think of it, this place was under a volcano... if he did try to come save me, it'd be impossible. The only entrance has been submerged in lava. There's no way they could get in here. Im... trapped. I started fighting for my survival, but there was only so much i could do. A magcargo was able to tackle me, causing me to lose a bit more hp. The smoke and damage began to take their toll on me. I leaned back against a rock to hold myself up. My sword shook a bit in my hand as my Hp stayed at 1%.

If it wasn't for the heat, I think I'd be crying, 'I'm... going to die? Like this?'

More magcargo inched towards me, lava dripping off them. I tried to move, but ultimately just slumped to the ground.

Silvia knelt down beside me, "Quite sad that you'll die here."

I looked at her, "If you're not going to help, then mind your own business."

Silvia snickered, "That attitude is why I'm not helping you in the first place. You begged me to help you, remember?"

I shook my head, "No, I don't remember that."

Silvia placed a hand on my cheek, "Oh? Too weak to move now?"

I hung my head, "Shut up..."

Silvia made me look at her, "I was murdered by the game creator. He killed me, because of you."

I was losing consciousness, "Why... would he..."

I couldn't finish, the heat was beginning to get to me until I heard a loud explosion. All the smoke began to pour out of the room as the roof began to collapse. The magcargo turned around, looking at the hole. When I looked up, I noticed my Hp regeneration began to skyrocket.

I heard TheImmortalEevee yell, "Rui! Are you alive!?"

I shook my head, "Damn it Scott, if I wasn't exhausted, I'd reply."

Silvia sat next to me, "Looks like you're going to be saved."

I placed my hand on top of hers, "Yeah..."

TheImmortalEevee jumped down into the room with Mipha and Justin. In all honesty, I was really happy to see them. TheImmortalEevee looked around for me, quickly noticing the magcargo. Without hesitation, TheImmortalEevee, jumped over the magcargo and landed in front of me.

He asked me, "Are you okay?"

I looked up at him, sighing, "Do I look okay?"

TheImmortalEevee laughed, "Yeah... you looked like you were about to die. Luckily Justin told us what happened. Why'd you come in here alone?"

I shrugged, "I thought I could handle it."

Okay, his name is Scott so I'll just call him that from this sentence on. Scott turned to face the magcargo, fixing a bracelet on his left wrist. Scott pressed a button on the bracelet, allowing him to access one of his advanced eevee forms. His hair bristled up, resembling Flareon's hair. Large ears popped up from the hair on top of his head. A bushy Flareon tail appeared from the back of his clothes. Shiny grey fur covered his hands and forearms. Little fangs appeared from his lips, poking out cutely with slit blue eyes. I almost started laughing, he looked like a furry. Then, we heard an ear popping screech.

Mipha got over to us as quickly as possible, "It's so cute!"

Scott tried to stop her as she tackled him, "Hey, what are you doing!?"

Mipha had her arms wrapped around him, petting his head as she nuzzled him, "He's so cute! Can I keep him!?"

Scott yelled, "Get off me Mipha!"

I couldn't suppress my laughter as Mipha mercilessly pat Scott's head. Then she began rubbing his tail, making Scott blush. He kept trying to push her off but she was too busy fangirling over him. She only stopped when the magcargo attacked them. Using his Flareon form, fire attacks and lava damage are severely reduced. They barely harmed him at all.

Scott looked at Mipha, "Heal Murloc while I handle these things."

Mipha quickly nodded, running over to me, "Healing pulse."

I felt a calming sensation spread throughout my body as my Hp immediately went up to about 46%. The actual amount left is 8357 out of 17634.

Mipha took a step back, "That's all I can do for now. My healing aura will increase your regeneration, but I can't use any healing powers for a couple minutes."

I stood up, watching Scott kill the magcargo, "Thanks. How did you guys know you could destroy the roof?"

Mipha shook her head, "We didn't. Someone else was there, he said you needed our help and destroyed the roof for us."

I looked at her, confused by this news, "Who was it?"

Mipha frowned, "We don't know. He kept his back to us. I do know one thing, he was very powerful. I could sense it coming off him in waves."

I decided not to dwell on it, "So, are we going to have reinforcements?"

Mipha shook her head no, "We didn't tell our clan mates. We needed to come straight to your rescue. Don't worry, they'll be here soon."

The ground began to shake as the lava suddenly shot up to the hole and began hardening. It was like the magma was alive and wanted to seal the hole. With the only entrance sealed, we were trapped in here until we defeated the boss.

Mipha gripped her trident tightly, "We're trapped..."

I immediately ran into battle, killing a couple of magcargo with Scott. I couldn't see Justin and that worried me. His main pokemon is a Beedrill and we all know it's weak against fire.

I called out for him, "Justin! Where are you!?"

Justin was surrounded by magcargo, "I'm over here! I need backup!"

I turned to Scott, "Protect Mipha."

Scott nodded, "On it, make sure you both live."

I pulled out my sword, jumping over the magcargo to land on rocks poking from the magma. Justin was trying his best to keep beedrill alive, even going as far as using its mega form. The beedrill flew around the magcargo, distracting them as it used poison jabs for minimum damage. Once I reached him, we worked together to defeat as many of the magcargo until the room began to shook.

A blue warning screen popped up, "Warning! Boss approaching!"

I looked at Justin, "What do you think it'll be?"

Justin scratched his chin, "Uh... Entei? They say in the games that a new one is born with every volcano eruption."

I raised a brow, "I'm not sure that's the correct wording but close enough I guess."

Justin did a nervous laugh, "Besides, it could also be Heatran. I mean, why would they put groudon on such a low floor?"

The lava in the middle of the room began to pulsate as groudon emerged. Its red armored body is completely unfazed by the lava. The magma seemed to heat up from him as it dripped off its body. Groudon roared towards the ceiling as seven health bars appeared. It was level 77 and then it began to primal reverse.

I slowly turned my head to glare at Justin, "Why would they ever, by god, put such a legendary pokemon at such a low floor. I mean, really? Why would they try it in a game meant to murder every person playing it?"

Justin sighed, "God damn it..."

I continued, "I mean, let's not even fathom the chance that it might primal reverse. I mean, that must be too much in a death game like this."

Justin held his forehead, "Ugh... you're not going to let this go, are you?"

I wanted to continue, except a tidal wave of lave came towards us. Justin used his Beedrill to fly us over the magma. I looked at Primal Groudon, seeing how massive it is. The heat began to rise rapidly. It let out a roar, nearly blowing us into the damn legendary pokemon looked at us, charging a Fire Blast until it was hit with a Dark Pulse.

I looked at Scott to see he was in his Umbreon Form instead, "You okay?" He asked, sweating.

Beedrill dropped us off, so I yelled, "Yeah! Thanks!"

Mipha began channeling energy, forcing a powerful rainstorm to develop. Primal groudon roared again, dispersing the rain storm. I readied my weapon and used one of my special attacks. It's just called water cut, I slash a powerful wave of water. It hit Groudon, causing it to yell out angrily. The heat evaporated most of the water, causing minimal damage.

I looked at Justin, "I hate to say it, but I think we're dead."

Justin shook his head, "I'm not giving up. I still have my new form."

I raised a brow, "New form? Isn't mega the best there is?"

Justin shook his head, "No. I unlocked fusion on floor 28. I just haven't used it since it can cause... problems."

I asked him, "What kind of problems?"

Justin coughed, "Well... for one, it can't be undone. Two, I'm fusing with my beedrill so I'll be a hybrid, and three, I wish to initiate sweet justice."

I gave him a blank look, "Was that last line necessary?"

Justin didn't answer me as his beedrill flew to be behind him. Justin took off his mega bracelet, gripping it in his hand before thrusting his fist into the air. Light encased him and beedrill as they fused together. I needed to shield my eyes as groudon watched them in confusion. Once the light dimmed doen, I looked at Justin to see he hasn't just fused, it was like he evolved. Justin stood at 7 feet tall with yellow and black stripped scales covering his arms and neck. A helmet shaped like a mixture of a knight helm and beedrill head covered his top. The eyes were red bug eye visors that can turn on or off. In his left hand is a wide kite shield with a hornet design. A poison tipped spike protrudes from the center with other sharp edges to cause further lacerations. The scales covering his chest and back are a dark green with black dots. His legs are extremely thin around his ankles and knees with strange feet. The armor made his feet look like they have a pointed back and two toes on the front, making a V. Obviously, most of the V is filled in with only the tips pointing out. The wings of the beedrill are folded over his back, covering on the top half.

Justin looked at me, the red visor turning off so I can see his eyes, "How do I look?"

I nodded, "Pretty good. I'm impressed."

Justin looked at primal groudon, "It looks like I have to be justice's knight riding into battle against such evil."

I gave him an unimpressed look, "You ruined it..."

Primal groudon charged up another Fire Blast as a Lance formed around Justin's right hand. Without hesitating, he flew towards primal groudon. I thought he was going to dodge the Fire Blast, instead, he went through it. His lance cut through it easily, flew at a high velocity. Without stopping, he flew into primal groudon's mouth and pierced through the back of his head.

Primal groudon reeled back, screeching in pain, "Rrrrraaagh!"

Justin flew overhead, "You're not going to stop us. We WILL see our world again!"

Justin flew at primal groudon again, but this time was met with a slash. I yelled out in shock, thinking he was going to fall in lava. Luckily, he regained his posture and flew back up. The hot air continued to increase, causing me to fall to my knees. It was too much to take. I knew Justin felt it... but he didn't want to give up. He couldn't give up... we needed to win... we need to go home...

I stood up, "With or without her power... I'm still one of the best players. I can't let him outshine me like this! Heeyah!"

I activated my skill, battle cry. It allows me to take all the aggro of every enemy in the vicinity. Primal groudon looked at me, growling angrily before charging at me. I started running up the wall behind me. I had to, its body is too massive to dodge on such a small rock. Primal groudon tried to slash me, however, it only hit the wall. I dropped onto his arm, ignoring the burn damage, and ran up it. It looked shocked as I did this, before taking and snapped uppercut that'd kill an Ursaring. With the throat exposed, I spun in and snapped circle, cutting into it for critical damage. I ended up getting careless, so the second hand grabbed me.

It squeezed me, making my hp drop to 40% immediately, "Aack!"

Justin yelled, "I got your back!"

Justin flew like and snapped bullet, slamming into primal groudon's back with a drill run. I felt it's grip weaken, so I slipped out. Not wanting to waste anymore time, I jumped over to Mipha for some healing. We need to kill this thing quickly, but how?

Silvia whispered in my ear, "You could use me if you beg."

I rolled my eyes, 'Or you could stop being childish and help me anyways.'

Silvia scoffed, leaving me alone again as Justin yelled, "Air Zone: Null!"

Primal groudon froze for a moment as his figure suddenly looked distorted. The air began to cool rapidly as primal groudon backed away. Justin must have been able to negate his ability! Justin charged in with a Drill Run, aiming to do more damage. Instead, grimal groudon caught him with a tight grip. The hand shook violently as primal groudon tried to crush Justin.

Mipha yelled, "We need to save him!"

Scott is too busy protecting us from magcargo, so it was up to me. I have 80% of my health, so I can take an attack or two. I charged at primal groudon's legs, the lava immediately hardened on the floor, so I attacked the exposed joints on the back of its legs. Primal groudon fell forward with a roar, releasing Justin.

Justin flew over to me, "He still has 6 bars of health left! I don't think we can keep this up."

I said, "We've got Mipha to heal us, there's no way we can lose."

Primal groudon got up, turning towards us with fire burning around its eyes. It released another roar before a loud crack was heard. Primal groudon fell forward, cracks forming on its back. Then, a thin, but wide hand, like groudon's, ripped from its back. What looked like magma boiled under the red armor, acting as blood. A new creature crawled out of groudon's back; magma blood covering it. The magma dripped off, leaving this thing unharmed with shiny red plated skin. It's neck, joints, and stomach are an orange with red plated armor all over its body that isn't orange. Blue lines, like groudon's, cut around the red plates all over its body. It has a thin frame around its joints and waist. The forearms, hands, and legs are pretty think with the red plated armor. Its face looked human, except he had groudon's mouth. He shook his head, cleaning it of magma to reveal long Silver hair. He opened his eyes, revealing dark ruby colored irises. Standing tall at 6 foot 9, this thing stared at us.

Justin muttered, "What... is that?"

I shook my head, "I have no idea."

He smirked at us, "Ultra Beast Evolution... complete."

(That's the end of that. I hope this chapter was about what you guys expected. ^_^ I hope you guys favorite, follow, or review to support the story.)