It was time for a boss monster hunt in preparation for the PvP event! I needed their body parts to make my chimeras, and I figured it would be cool to have more bosses as allies alongside the Living Armor Knight and the Gigantic Dragonplant.
My first stop was the Goblin Fortress. The guide said level 15 was enough, so at level 25, I was more than ready.
I mowed down monkey-like goblins as I charged toward the boss area, then I knocked down the Goblin King with a punch! “Drop dead, goblin scum!”
“Gob gob gobuuh?!”
While the Goblin King was sent flying by my fist, I followed up with a volley of Puffster arrows, leaving the boss full of holes and ending the battle.
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Congratulations! You successfully soloed the Goblin King dungeon boss!
Yuri, Puffster Double Twin Mk II 2nd, and all summoned monsters gained copious experience.
You got an ultrarare item: Marbled Goblin King Meat!
Taming successful! The Goblin Ex-King boss is now your ally!
You can now summon this boss with its level reduced to 1!
Nice! Got some Goblin King meat! Goblins were hardy creatures, so if I blended the meat with an iron item, it would hopefully turn into a chimera specializing in defense. You’re gonna be my disposable shield!
“World news! Yuri, fighting solo, defeated the Goblin King! The race to solo clear the Goblin Fortress has concluded!”
Ooh, the first solo clear gets an announcement too! Now I’m really gonna make a name for myself before tomorrow’s PvP event. Then when we’re in the arena, I’ll show them the truth: that the summoner, bow, and pure luck builds they’ve been laughing at are actually the strongest options!
“Gob gob, gobubuh!”
“Huh?”
The hulking Goblin King had once stood twice as tall as any human, but now he was hunched over and grovelling at my feet. I had to feel bad for him after the game had renamed him Goblin Ex-King upon losing the fight.
His in-game description said “A goblin who’s lost his pride. In defeat, he’s little more than an oversized monkey. You’d better teach him some tricks to perform.” Now I really felt sorry for him.
I patted the ex-king on his shoulder. “There, there, Gobster. You work for me now. You know you’ll get your strength back when I level you up a little, right? And then we’ll raise hell together!”
“Gob gob? Gob buh buh!” The Goblin Ex-King sounded happy as he disappeared into thin air.
Okay, on to the next. I don’t have much time, so I gotta keep moving!
The second dungeon on my list was the Den of Wolves. It was a cavern packed full of wolf-type monsters, much like the name suggested, designed to be cleared at level 20.
Not only were the wolves quick, they came leaping out from countless tiny passageways in the walls of the cavern. Getting through this dungeon would’ve been a pain...except I had a plan.
“All right, let’s sprint to the finish! Time to spam Flash!”
“Hrrrr!”
With the speedy Armor Knight boss possessing my boots, I had no trouble shaking off all the wolves. Mor had recently surpassed level 20, making him even faster than when I’d first fought him. Aided by his power, I reached the boss area in no time at all.
The Wolf King was insanely fast, but my Puffster arrows kept up with him with their homing abilities. When he was almost finished, he charged at me, covered in blood, as part of a last-ditch effort to bite me, but I finished him off with a punch.
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Congratulations! You successfully soloed the Wolf King dungeon boss!
Yuri, Puffster Double Twin Mk II 2nd, and all summoned monsters gained copious experience!
You got an ultrarare item: Marbled Wolf King Meat.
Taming successful! The Wolf Ex-King is now your ally!
You can now summon this boss with its level reduced to 1!
Nice! I got Wolf King meat!
The plan was to use an item from a fast enemy in combination with an item that caused paralysis to get a devastating chimera that darted around while rendering my opponents motionless.
“Awwwwwn!” When the Wolf King rolled over to show me his belly, the name tag floating over him said “Wolf Ex-King,” proving he was now level 1.
The in-game description read, “In defeat, it is no more than an oversized dog yielding to a master with superior strength. It’s so utterly stripped of its royal dignity that you may as well put a collar on it and take it for a walk.”
Did sadists make this game?
“Wolfster, you work for me from now on. Actually, you’re more like my pet. Um...wanna go for walkies?”
“Woof! Woof!” The Wolf King got excited.
You’re really okay with it? Well, all right...
I mounted my new pet, then we galloped over the fields toward the final dungeon on my list.
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With a dog and a monkey now in my service, my last stop was the Phoenix Mountain Range dungeon. It was a seemingly ordinary mountainous region with a recommended level of 25, where the only thing to do was head for higher ground and aim for the boss at the peak of the tallest mountain.
As I climbed, I had to fend off a ceaseless onslaught of flame-covered bird monsters that breathed fire at me from overhead. It would have been game over for a player limited to close-range attacks, but for a bow wielder like me, bird monsters were easy prey. I aimed into the sky and launched a Puffster barrage straight up!
“Fly, my eleven Puffs!”
“Currscurrscurrrs!”
My underlings got right to it. Their Navigation skills meant that no matter how high up an enemy was, they could still strike them with deadly force. The birds had been confident in their dominion of the sky, but that confidence soon turned to shock as they fell one after another.
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Puff 11 reached level 25 and is ready to evolve!
“Ooh. Puff 11 can finally evolve! Soon you’ll all be shadow weapons!”
“Currss!” Puff 11 shrieked happily.
Puffster and Puffs 2 through 10 gathered around him to vibrate in celebration, like siblings praising their little brother.
I’m glad he made it before the PvP event.
After climbing a little farther up the mountain with my dependable underlings in tow, I found an area that was shrouded in a dense fog near the peak.
Oh, I get it. Rather than stepping through a door, I enter the boss area through the fog.
Needless to say, turning back didn’t even cross my mind. I plunged into the fog without ever slowing down.