Is this really a Game?!

The flames suddenly scatter in the air as the boss and Reign stand still a couple of meters away from each other. Suddenly the Dullahan lifts his arm before his body suddenly starts breaking down, the once-powerful armor falls off the monster as its flesh breaks apart completely.

On the ground beneath the Dullahan a deep X-shaped cut could be seen, Reign's attack had proven to be above the flame, and now the monster had to pay the price. With the primal soul flame gone its powers had diminished greatly and there was a backlash to pay, not to mention that Reign's attack was one of immense power that would be able to damage it even in its peak form.

[Battle has been concluded, distributing experience...]

-          Lvl 40 Boss, Flaming Soul Dullahan killed, 12 000 exp gained

-          Rank A Tunic of Sacred Wars

-          Rank A Rapture

-          Rank A Soul Blockage

[The players have earner 12 000 exp and 1 000 S coins, distributing …]

[The player has earned 2 000 exp and 166 S coins ]

[Battle has been concluded, distributing subordinate experience ]

-          Lvl 40 Boss, Flaming Soul Dullahan killed, 4 000 exp gained

[ Subordinate has killed 1 monster, 4 000 exp earned ]

[Battle has been concluded, distributing pets experience...]

-          Lvl 40 Boss, Flaming Soul Dullahan killed, 5 000 exp gained

[Your pets have killed 1 monster, 5 000 exp points earned.]

Seeing the items that they had received from the Dullahan, Reign quickly puts them in the inventory before going to the others, everyone was incredibly tired as their mana and stamina were almost fully depleted. Beast's tamed monsters surround them in an attempt to protect them if needed while they rested, Beast had previously summoned the beasts but they never really fought since the boss was simply too tricky and powerful, not to mention that he targeted Laura and Beast a couple of times during a fight so they really needed to have some defense put in front of them, the animals would serve as a buffer, they were too weak to fight against the boss, but not weak enough to die against it right away. They would simply block him for a couple of seconds before Reign and the others arrived, thankfully no such thing happened during the battle.

They all took some mana crystals from the inventory and absorbed them, mana crystals were not the best way to replenish mana as potions existed as well, of course, potions that could replenish your mana and potions that could heal you were nothing cheap so the party only bought a couple of them which were kept for critical situations, this battle almost became one of such situations.

Laura's pale face slowly recovered after replenishing some mana and eating some food, even though she didn't really fight the boss that much, she was the one that healed everybody during the fight, and the mana that she spent was enormous, even with all of the healing the others were still left with wounds as the boss really gave them no chances to rest and think.

Tank puffed heavily as he lay on the ground, his shield was deformed from the fight and he was going to need to go to Adrian as soon as possible to fix it up, it wasn't the first time that his shield got battered up, but never did any enemy manage to completely deform it as the Dullahan has.

The battle they went through truly made them go all out, everything they had, except for the weapon power-ups, was used. Every single skill they had in their arsenal was used during the battle they even got ideas for some new ones. Some of their skills had also improved, for example, Tank's [ Shield Rocket ] skill had improved its rank and now he could use mana to control it after throwing it, no longer did he need to wait for the shield to hit something before coming back.

Reign's [ Lightning Movement ] had also improved, it was the first skill that Reign acquired during the first day of the game and it had served him well so far. He was interested in why the skill was still stuck at Rank C even after being used for so long, but it finally improved, it seems skills similar to it were ones that needed longer to improve.

Lightning Boost - by activating this skill an electric current flows through the body of the user and boosts it, speed and hand movement gain a 25% boost.

There was not a lot of change for the skill, but it was to be expected, after all, Reign doubted that he would even get a 25% boost when using it, after all, he was coated in lightning for most of his fights, an electric current flowing through the body wouldn't really be able to boost him that much, it was the same with the [ Lightning Movement ] skill. Reign had noticed that it wasn't really giving him the same boost it previously did, when he used it by itself it was fine, but if he was channeling mana and using his electricity to strengthen himself then it would have a much weaker effect.

Seems like there was a need to look carefully at skills before using them, when it comes to bonuses and such the numbers put in the description were only valid when used without anything else, there were probably even skills that would clash against each other if used at the same time, thus leading to a dangerous situation for the user.

It was similar to back when Reign used the power of the stars, his sword of dominion, and lightning power at the same time during the second trial. Since the three all overlapped they were able to work together and buff him, but the power he gained was so large that his body started breaking apart in seconds.

During their rest, the beasts around suddenly tensed up. Blackie disappeared from the spot and a moment later there was a sound of something falling down on the ground, looking around they were able to see that Blackie was holding onto the neck of a Nyxe that had tried to attack them.

Nobody relaxed as they were certain that more enemies were close by, there was no way that a monster such as the Nyxe traveled alone, at least not from what they had seen tonight. Their thoughts were in the end, unfortunately, true. More monsters arrived soon and they launched an attack. Besides the Nyxe and the moles, there were more enemies that attacked them.

[ Lvl 35 Silhouette ]

The Silhouette was a monster very similar to the Shadows that attacked them back in the black forest, it was almost completely invisible during the night and it would try to stick to a person and slowly absorb the life force and mana that the person had. They didn't really have any powerful attacks, but their bodies were incredibly resilient and hard to destroy, thus each time one silhouette drew closer the party needed to focus on it and destroy it as soon as possible.

[ Lvl 37 Vrylak ]

The Vrylaks were monsters that looked like they were a mix of a vampire and a werewolf. Their bodies had a slight amount of fur while their fangs and claws, although present and sharp, didn't look as menacing as a werewolf's or a vampire's would be. They, contrary to vampires didn't drink blood, they simply needed to eat the liver and some other organs to survive and become stronger. Vrylaks lived in packs and there were 5 currently staring at Reign and the others while they fought the monsters.

[ Lvl 35 Infernal Hound ]

Infernal Hounds were, well as the name suggested Infernal Hounds, dogs that come from hell, they were pretty much the weaker version of Hell Hounds. Their bodies were some 2 meters long and flames adorned their bodies. Their black skin contrasted heavily with the blood-red flames that would pour out from its body from time to time, the powerful fangs the monsters possessed were on full display as they glared at Reign and the others before charging at them.

Reign and the others fought strongly against the numerous monsters that were attacking them, they didn't know why there would be so many monsters that would attack them out of a sudden, but one thing was certain, they needed to get away from here quickly. They had recovered slightly but they were still not in their top shape, their stamina and mana reserves were still low and they could only fight for a couple of minutes tops.

Reign and the others nod their heads at each other before charging toward the monsters, they had to break through them before running towards another area. If the worst were to happen and they couldn't escape then one of them would use the weapon skill and destroy the enemies before they would all go back, of course nobody wanted to do that as there were more important things they needed to take care of, the orc chieftain and the giant ape were all enemies where they would need to use the skills as their powers were incredibly strong.

The party managed to break through the monsters as they charged forward, Reign used his lightning to zap the monster and stun them for a moment, as there were a lot of them his actions forced many monsters to hit one another and falls down on the ground, which in turn led to the monsters glaring at one another with eyes full of hatred.