Destiny Online: Halo Paladin

Chapter 25: Clearing The Dungeon

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A while later, when everyone was ready, and had refreshed their buffs and healed up, FlyingFireball put both keys into the keyhole and opened the last door.

The party finally met the last boss in the underground dungeon: Darl.

[Cave Lord Darl] (Boss)

[Level: 13]

[HP: 32,000]

Darl was a large-sized cave dweller, sitting on an ugly throne. Behind the throne was a big treasure box, seemingly the biggest and best reward the party could get if they cleared the dungeon.

When Darl saw the party had barged into his chamber, he roared strangely but loudly. He grabbed his huge sword, which was beside his throne, before lunging towards the party.

Nocturne stepped up and cast Provoke on Darl, he then pulled the boss to the corner of the chamber.

After FlyingFireball commanded everyone into position, they started engaging the boss.

A while into the fight, Darl growled loudly and swung his giant sword around. A red sword flash swept across his surroundings, casting a red glow on everyone who was caught.

[You are affected by Cave Lord Darl’s Slash skill. Debuff Bleed induced. Decrease 120 HP in 10 seconds.]

The Bleed debuff was a powerful skill as its damage was quite high. Not even five healers combined could provide enough healing to counter the Slash skill, let alone one. No wonder FlyingFireball said the healer in the party could not sustain the pressure.

Soon, Darl’s HP was reduced to below 75%. He raised his sword and started chanting the devil’s language, “ΦρΦρόσωέρραчИ!”

A hexagon formation appeared further away from Darl and it was glowing in deep green. A demon, as tall as half a man, appeared from the formation while engulfed in green flames.

The body of the demon was covered in white fur, its ears and nose were extremely long, it also had a long tail at its back; its teeth were sharp, eyes were green and it had a pair of goat horns on its head.

[Darl’s Demon Imp] (Elite)

[Level: 12]

[HP: 2,000]

‘What the f***? You bastard!’

Darl looked tall and wielded a sword, so Nocturne had thought it was a melee fighter, yet he was surprised when Darl cast a skill similar to a Warlock and summoned a demon imp.

The moment the demon imp appeared, it shrieked awfully. It jumped towards BigVolumeHeal with its fiery green claws.

Provoke!

Nocturne noticed the demon imp had its attention on the healer, so he quickly cast Provoke to distract it away.

“Focus on the demon imp, kill it quickly!” FlyingFireball commanded.

The demon imp’s Attack was ridiculously high but it has low HP and poor Defense. The party was able to take it out quickly by focusing their attacks on it. They then quickly shifted their attention back to Darl.

Then, Darl’s HP was lowered to 50%.

Darl raised his sword again and chanted once more, “ΦρόσγωέφρξραЫчИ!”

The hexagonal formation appeared again and Darl summoned a bloated blue demon. It has no legs, it was floating on a dark cloud and other than a pair of eyes, its face did not have other facial features.

[Darl’s Voidwalker] (Elite)

[Level: 12]

[HP: 3,000]

The voidwalker growled heavily and its weightless body floated towards BigVolumeHeal.

Provoke!

Once again, Nocturne took over and swung his sword at the voidwalker.

Compared to the demon imp, the voidwalker’s Attack was lower but it had higher Defense. It took the party a while to kill it.

When Darl’s HP reached 25%, he summoned the last demon to his aid.

[Darl’s Demon Hound] (Elite)

[Level: 13]

[HP: 3,000]

The demon hound looked similar to Black Claw, the first boss, but smaller. Its Attack, however, was ridiculously high.

The party swiftly focused fire on the demon hound. The demon hound barely lasted before it followed in the footsteps of the previous summoned units.

However, the demon hound’s ridiculously high Attack managed to lower Nocturne’s HP to a dangerous level.

He was forced to drink a potion to pull his HP back to a healthy level.

“The last summoned unit is dead! Hurry up people, try to take the boss down as fast as possible! If our healer can’t sustain the damage, we will die on the spot!” FlyingFireball reminded everyone after they took down the demon hound.

Soon, Darl’s HP reached 5% and entered Fury state. It gained increased attack speed and cast Slash more often.

The barely noticeable Rogue, ShadowKill, failed to keep up and was killed on the spot.

“Steady! Steady! We are a step away from taking it down! Get your heads together, we can do this!” FlyingFireball consoled everyone when ShadowKill was killed.

The truth was, the reason why ShadowKill died was because BigVolumeHeal was overwhelmed by the intensive healing. She decided to give up on him and concentrate the healing on others to buy the party more time and the reason she chose him because he was barely there.

After the healer gave up on the Rogue, the party was able to survive the Bleed a little bit better.

Fortunately, Darl was almost dead. The party finally took him down after less than 20 seconds.

The dungeon was designed to test the player’s general abilities. If the tank was not tanky enough, when the boss summoned the demons, the party would be surrounded; if the DPS was not high enough and the battle was dragged out, the Bleed debuff would break the party eventually.

As for the healing, once the healer failed to keep up with the damage, it would already be over.

Nocturne played a vital role in the party. As a tank, he was sturdy enough and Vitality Halo’s regeneration was able to mitigate a part of the Bleed debuff.

The reason why Vitality Halo was the MVP of the dungeon run was because this was a normal dungeon run. Hard and sudden death dungeon runs would have to rely on the healer’s skills.

“Woohoo! We finally cleared it!” ShootingSheepFrom100ft jumped excitedly and ran towards FlyingFireball and BigVolumeHeal with her arms open.

FlyingFireball also opened his arms to welcome his sister but ShootingSheepFrom100ft jumped towards BigVolumeHealer’s big chest.

FlyingFireball was left speechless. He sighed and put his hands down.

Nocturne seemed to have noticed something when he saw the scene, which made him giggle.

“Okay, let’s take some rest. We will wait for ShadowKill to be back before we open the treasure box.” FlyingFireball sat down beside the boss’ body.

Nocturne also sat down and rested as told beside the boss’ body.

The boys sat beside each other quietly but the girls were chatting non-stop on the other side.

The atmosphere started to get awkward but fortunately it did not last. ShadowKill came back soon enough.

“Okay then. Now that everyone is here, we will start accessing the loot,” FlyingFireball said as he stood up.

“Me, me!” ShootingSheepFrom100ft jumped up and ran to the big treasure box behind the throne.

[Acquired: Shatterbone Greatsword, Abyss Ring, Protector’s Gauntlet, Small Talent Stone x 5]

[Shatterbone Greatsword] (Great)

[Two-handed Sword]

[24 – 32 Damage]

[+5 Strength]

[+5 Stamina]

[Requirement: Level 13]

[Abyss Ring] (Refined)

[Ring]

[4 Magic Resistance]

[+10 Stamina]

[Requirement: Level 12]

[Protector’s Gauntlet] (Great)

[Plated Gauntlet]

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[20 Armor]

[+3 Strength]

[+4 Stamina]

[Requirement: Level 12]