Debuff Master

[Lamborghini van Labyrinthos]

[The Last King of the Labyrinthos Dynasty that existed eight hundred years ago.]

[The Labyrinthos Royal Family was known to have Minotaur’s Blood in them, but the Minotaur’s Blood in Lamborghini mutated.]

[He would beca monster named Maranello when agitated, and the monster would destroy everything in sight.]

[Lamborghini could no longer bear the guilt of the destruction he had caused, so he built the Daedalus Underground Great Labyrinth to trap himself in it for eternity.]

[Type: NPC]

[Rating: Boss Monster]

[Race: Half-Monster]

[Level: 350]

[Class: Hyper Taurus Berserker]

[Note 1: He is an immortal being that neither grows old nor dies.]

[Note 2: It is advised to stay away from him or risk calling forth a catastrophe.]

[Note 3: Caution is advised when dealing with him.]

The man in front of them right now was indeed Lamborghini.

Lamborghini’s body mutated, and his muscles grew larger and larger.

“Mr. Lamborghini! Calm down!”

That was the longest Lamborghini could maintain his consciousness as a human.

Lamborghini’s transformation progressed faster, and he could no longer speak in human tongue.

Lamborghini let loose a piercing roar.

Siegfried and the others finally realized that the man in front of them was no longer a human being.

[Maranello]

[HP: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛]

[Stamina: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛]

Lamborghini’s head was no longer that of a human but was now of a bull, and the nabove his head changed to Maranello. He stood four meters tall and seemed to weigh at least a few hundred kilograms. On top of that, his entire body was covered by black fur, and his large eyes like that of a bull were bloodshot as if to showcase his rage.

He was without a doubt a hideous monster.

“Ah… I think we’re fucked…” Siegfried muttered in disbelief.

It felt as if he had messed with something he wasn't supposed to mess with. It wasn't that he was scared or anything, but it was more like he felt like he had caused unnecessary trouble..

Siegfried took a few steps back and said, “I think… We have to run—”

The ground shook whenever Maranello took a step, and it felt as if the entire labyrinth was shaking from it.

“R-Run! We gotta run now!” Siegfried exclaimed and ran as fast as he could.

***

Siegfried’s party ran as fast as they could.

The boss monster chased after them, looking like a tank charging toward its target at speeds of two hundred kilometers per hour.

What would happen if they were run over by the raging boss monster? They would without a doubt meet a gruesand tragic end.

Of course, it was the sfor one of the continent’s Five Star Heavens, the Grappling Master, Leonid.

“Excuse me! Elder-nim!”

“W-What?!”

“Can’t you do something?! You are one of the Five Star Heavens!”

“I’m not confident I’ll survive after getting run over by that thing!”

“…”

“Just keep running!”

Maranello’s charge was so fierce that even Leonid dared not to stand in his way.

Siegfried continued running and saw an intersection up ahead.

“Over here! Hurry up!”

The party members hurriedly turned the corner, but…

Maranello suddenly turned his gigantic body, sliding on the floor as if it were ice to turn the corner smoothly in one fluid motion.

“Hey! That’s cheating! That’s fucking cheating!” Siegfried screamed out of agitation.

That giant monster actually managed to change directions with ease despite running at high speed?! This was a blatant disregard of the laws of physics! It was possible to be fast despite being so gigantic, but being able to turn so easily with such a massive body was supposed to be impossible.

However, Maranello seemed to be able to control the massive kinetic energy that his body was generating while turning. He used it to propel himself forward instead of crashing into the wall.

Thus, Maranello instantly caught up to Siegfried’s party, and the first victim was Metatron’s loyal subject, Chaos.

“…!”

The demon hit the labyrinth wall but did not bounce off of it. The sheer force of the impact from getting hit by Maranello ensured that he'd get stuck in the wall.

“…!”

Siegfried and the others were shocked.

“Hamchi!”

“Shoot it!”

“Shoot something at that thing!”

Hamchi opened his mouth and shot his Kyu~ Ray at Maranello.

The attack managed to slow down the boss monster just by a little bit.

Their combined efforts seemed to be effective.

Of course, Maranello did not suffer one bit of damage in all of this, and the combined lasers of Siegfried and Hamchi proved to be ineffective against the boss monster.

The entire scene looked like a fire truck shooting its water cannon at a protester, who was inching toward the truck, and this was a testament to the absurd tenacity of Boss Monster Maranello.

“D-Do something!” Siegfried shouted at Leonid.

“Alright!” Leonid replied as he ran behind the boss monster. He grabbed Maranello’s leg and started spinning around it, and a current formed as the Grappling Master spun.

***

The current formed a small tornado that eventually lifted both of them off the ground. Then, they flew all the way up to the labyrinth ceiling before making a U-turn and plummeting to the ground. Leonid smashed Maranello into the ground.

This was the Grappling Master’s skill, Tornado Powerbomb.

“Now’s your chance!” Leonid shouted before unleashing a barrage of attacks at the boss monster.

A Master was indeed a Master, as every attack from Leonid dealt damage on par with a mortar shell.

However, Siegfried knew that he did not have the luxury to be in awe of the damage. He immediately took out his +13 Horse Fly and placed down his debuff fields. Then, he transformed his +13 Horse Fly into a shield and smacked Maranello with it.

He even used Machine Gun Smash and focused every strike on Maranello’s head.

The damage dealt by the joint attack was so fierce that it would have totaled more than one hundred million by now, but the problem was…

[Maranello]

[HP: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜]

[Stamina: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛]

The boss monster still had fifty percent HP remaining even after receiving more than one hundred million damage.

The party was able to deal this much damage all thanks to Siegfried’s debuff fields, and without them, they would have only shaved off less than twenty percent of the boss monster’s HP.

“What the hell is this monster…?” Siegfried muttered in disbelief. He was shocked by the boss monster's sheer toughness, and he realized that they needed a powerful attack to defeat it.

Just then, Maranello grabbed Leonid and slowly got up to his feet.

“Huh…?” Siegfried was dumbfounded by what he was witnessing.

Why? Because Maranello’s HP suddenly replenished itself right in front of Siegfried’s eyes.

[Maranello]

[HP: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛]

[Stamina: ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛]

Maranello’s HP was instantly restored to one hundred percent.

“So is this what they meant by immortal…?” Siegfried muttered, bewildered. He finally realized why Maranello was considered an immortal monster.

However, Siegfried suddenly stopped after he heard a strange sound coming from somewhere.

Someone was humming for sreason.

He found the source of the humming, and it was none other than Gringore, who had his eyes closed and was peacefully humming a tune.

He expected Gringore to use his abilities as the Phantom Singer to at least dish out damage. However, Gringore was leisurely humming a peaceful tune that would only make kids fall asleep.

“Hey, Gringore! What the hell do you think you’re doing right now?!” Siegfried shouted.

However, Gringore completely ignored him and continued to leisurely hum.

“Hey! What the fuck are you doing, Gringore?!” Siegfried screamed out of agitation.

“HEY YOU LITTLE—”

A string of messages popped up in front of Siegfried’s eyes.

[Alert: The Song of Cradle has calmed you down.]

[Alert: Your character feels very calm.]

[Alert: Your heart rate has slowed down.]

[Alert: You have relaxed.]

[Alert: Your character is feeling the true meaning of tranquility.]

Siegfried couldn't understand what was going on, but he noticed a sudden change in the landscape of the battle.