Re: Evolution Online

Tssssssssss…

A drop of lava burnt Liam's shoulder guards as soon as he entered the dungeon. In front of him, laid a vast expanse of rocks, protrusions, and crevices that could be easily manageable, except that it was raining lava. 

And also, there was lava everywhere else. The rocks were basically floating on the lava soup. There were only two stretches of land that were somewhat safe.

One where Liam was standing and the other at the center of the lava lake. However, the former was still unsafe as lava drizzled on it, dripping constantly from the rocks at the top, spread across as the roof of the enclosed dungeon.

If Liam didn't make a move soon, he would be completely drenched in lava, his health bottoming out, but this dungeon was not new to him so he knew exactly what to do. 

Though he had not entered into this space before, he had heard about it and read about it in his last lifetime so he was somewhat familiar with it.

Tssssssssss…

Another drop of lava fell on the exact same spot and Liam burst into action. He used the small rocks that were here and there and raced across the lava pool to reach the center safe spot.

However, after reaching there, he placed the fox on the ground and immediately swung around, unsheathing the black dragon sword. 

"Come out." He shouted, summoning the soul minions and the howler demon, and before he could close his mouth, the lava around the small rock platform started bubbling.

"Here they come." From within the bubbling lava, all sorts of creatures started stepping out. Some were tall, some were short, some were beast-like, some were humanoid, and so on. Their only common feature was that all of them were dripping with lava.

Liam grinned. His fighting spirit was raging. Fully surrounded by Level 60 deadly lava monsters that could take his life in an instant. This was it!

Thud! He planted his feet strongly on the ground and started his onslaught. 

With this type of lava beasts, ice attacks combined with lightning attacks, wind attacks, and dark attacks would be the most effective. Fire and earth wouldn't do much.

So he churned his mana core and immediately started spamming [Ice Spears] and [Ice Shards]. These seemed to do the maximum damage.

And at such a close vicinity as more and more beasts crawled up from the lava to enclose Liam, he started swinging his sword. 

The small rocky platform was meant to be an inconvenience to the player but Liam was using this small space to decimate all the creatures that were relentlessly coming up one after the other.

The only tricky part was that a creature had to be finished quickly. Otherwise, it could regenerate its health somewhat by jumping back into the lava.

Liam was already aware of this point so he did not let himself get overwhelmed. Though his moves seemed arbitrarily random, there was always a pattern in that he was not sparing any injured creature.

With the soul minions, the howler demons, and the lava creatures, the small platform was a complete mess. Halfway through, Liam sent away some of the soul minions back in so that the fight did not become too chaotic and backfire at him.

This smoothened some things and the first wave of the dungeon was swiftly cleared. However, almost immediately afterward, the second wave appeared. 

This was the second plus point of the dungeon. Liam did not have to move anywhere. Everything knocked at his doorstep one after the other giving him absolutely no rest. This was the brutal design of the dungeon.

Liam grinned, welcoming the second wave of the lava creatures with open hands. 

With every lava creature that fell notifications popped up endlessly. The huge chunks of experience points raining on him had already made all of this trouble worth it.

Liam tirelessly slashed the black dragon sword that roared in his hand. After the tower tournament, finally, the sword seemed to be alive once again when facing so many enemies at the same time.

The legendary rabbit's foot neckpiece was also working amazingly. This was the item that had given Liam the idea of attempting this dungeon in the first place. Without it, Liam wouldn't have come to this place just yet. 

The buffs from the neckpiece boosted his attributes tremendously. His speed, strength, stamina everything was pushed to the extreme as more and more lava creatures started pouring in.

The second wave, the third wave, and even the fourth wave, everything was handled in a jiffy, almost as fast as the previous dungeon. If the players from his past life knew about this clearing speed, they would shed tears of blood.

As the last lava creature of the fourth wave fell, the entire place started shaking. There were light tremors everywhere and the lava lake roiled.

Waves after waves of lava started assaulting the small platform, rocking it back and forth. However, Liam did not look scared. He gripped his sword tightly and stood steady. He already knew that nothing was going to happen to this platform.

Even the one at the entrance had a chance to crumble but this platform was the core of the dungeon so no matter how much it rocked it would never fall.

The threatening tremors continued to rage for a few seconds when from within the turbulent waters of the lava lake, something huge started materializing.

A giant creature appeared from the depths of the lake to face the intruder. 

<Lava Giant, Level 60, Dungeon Boss>

This was the only boss of the dungeon and it had a mana core! This meant that its attacks were going to be much fiercer than the other mobs.

So for this boss fight, Liam only kept Crawford and the howler demon around, sending back everyone else.

"Let's go," he shouted as he dashed forward and swung his sword. 

And just like that, the fight started with the black dragon sword howling loudly.