"Hurray, we draw a rare boss!!"
After drawing the rare boss, I guess beginner's luck at its work, we immediately jumped in to fight against it.
We have 8 flutes thus giving us 32 chances to pull the rare boss but said chances are just 70% so it's not exactly good enough of a number.
That's why I'm glad that we were able to pull the rare boss right from our first try. This, too, must be the blessing of Sachineko-sama. I'm going to buy Sachineko-sama some expensive tasty meat!
"Rika, please take its aggro."
"Roger! I'm Rika, and I'm going to take your head for you are my target, â¹Warrior's Beginningâº! â¹Body Doubleâº!"
Rika immediately stepped forward at my instruction and began to gather the rare boss's aggro metre towards herself.
Rika basically doesn't need to give out her introduction when usingâ¹Warrior's Beginning⺠but that just seems to be her way of doing. And if you think about it, introducing themselves is really warrior-ish.
"Wooof!"
"... Hey Zephyr, the boss just let out a dog-like shout!"
"Seems so."
That was all I could say.
"The rare boss is... quite fat for a squirrel (?) Isn't it? It would have been more cute if it was just a bit more slim."
"Woof!?"
Even though its target had been set on the Rika, the â¹Electric Bear-cum-Squirrel⺠looked back at us as if to say âReally?â at Ester's remark.
I don't know what it was but maybe there was something in her statement that transcends the general concept of aggro.
Though that has been said, Rika wasn't the one to ignore such an opportunity when the opponent itself showed a gap.
"I'm impressed you have the leeway to look somewhere else! â¹Shogun's Burst⺠â¹Flash Pointâº! â¹Dark Sweepâº!"
"Wooo!"
"A gap, come on. â¹Force Sonicâº! â¹32 Star Streamâº!"
Karua also joined, raising a quite vague shout and further tilting the advantage to our side.
"Woof! Howl Howl Woof!"
"Haaa, â¹Take and Returnâº! â¹Begoneâº!"
"Hn. â¹Evade Dashâº!"
The â¹Electric Bear-cum-Squirrel⺠followed up with a â¹Electric Bear Punch⺠however Rika easily received and tanked it. What magnificent movework!
Rika is really so good at switching in her offensive and defensive stance. Karua, probably to avoid winding in, took her distance from there.
Karua's hit-and-run tactic was equally impressive.
"Grrrrr!"
Rika easily offset the three consecutive full power attacks and further increased the aggro on herself.
From there began the furious skills onslaught from the boss.
We also found it the right time and jumped at the rare boss.
"Leave the support to me! â¹Divine Protectionâº! â¹Blessing of the Guardian Dogâº!"
"Everyone attack the rare boss from its flank and back while it is focused on Rika! â¹Sonic Swordâº!"
"Got it! â¹Charge Spearâº!"
"â¹Scale Breakâº! â¹Twin Cat's Swipeâº!"
"Grrrrrr!"
"â¹Brave Slashâº!"
"HOWL!"
In the meanwhile â¹Electric Bear-cum-Squirrel⺠was busy focusing on Rika with its â¹Electric Claw⺠and â¹Finishing Head⺠attacks, close-combatant members joined the attack from its other sides.
However â¹Electric Besr-cum-Squirrel⺠is a rare boss, thus its strength is comparable to the boss class opponent from Int-mid. So its HP was equally huge and we couldn't do substantial damage in a short time.
"Kuh, â¹Begoneâº!"
"Wait, I'm going to heal you! â¹Healing Prayerâº!"
"Thank you Lana-dono! Haaa, â¹Taks and Returnâº!"
Any damage Rika incurred was quickly healed by Lana.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Rika was undoubtedly an impressive warrior but that being said, it was still quite hard to offset everything and so she couldn't avoid earning some damage as she defended herself with ordinary defence skill. That's why Lana didn't participate in the offence this time and was in charge of buff and healing.
"It's skin is quite thick, isn't it? â¹Flash Thrustâº! â¹Triple Shootâº!"
Seeing that damage wasn't passing through much, Ester prompted to 3rd order skills.
Indeed, the recommendation level for â¹Electric Bear-cum-Squirrel⺠was Lv59.
The general theory was to fight it with a 3rd order skill tree that raised the â¹Skill Lvâº.
I had intentionally avoided speaking about it in earlier strategy to hone their own judgement. And I could see that Ester and other members were gradually considering the skills compatibility and way to fight. They're growing.
"Hn, I'm going to increase my attacks â¹Delta Streamâº! â¹Starburst Tornadoâº!"
Karua's skills basically revolved around chaining her combos. The single attack might just put a simple scratch but when same attacks are made consecutively, they could also do significant damage. Seems like Karua too has switched to 3rd order skills.
"â¹Attribute Sword : Fireâº! â¹Lightning Slash⺠â¹Quick Strikeâº!"
"Wooo!?"
We finally did some damage and made the boss falter. It seems to have taken quite a damage, I guess Karua's and mine debuff had made it through.
Boss's movement began to lag behind after the momentary flinching, giving Rika's some breather as she successfully used her defence skill to pull a huge bonus.
"Howl!"
"Fool, I already saw this move. Behold! â¹Twin Swallow Flipâº!"
Karua used her unique skill.
The effect of Sakura petals dancing in the air ensues when Rika activated her unique skill at the same as â¹Electric Bear-cum-Squirrel⺠fired its ace move â¹Finishing Headâº, following a loud crashing sound that vibrates even our internal organs, and put a huge knock back effect on rare boss.
"Howwwl!!!"
"Chance. â¹Starburst ⢠Rain Edgeâº!"
Karua's strongest move, a multi-hit attack, falls on the â¹Electric Bear-cum-Squirrel⺠under the knock back effect and effectively pushes it into the down status.
"It's blasting time!"
"Haaa! â¹Battle Focusâº! â¹Shogun's Burstâº! â¹Flame Slashâº! â¹Ice Strikeâº! â¹Flash Pointâº! â¹Dark Sweepâº!"
"Finally, I can make a move! â¹Sacred Demon's Blessingâº! â¹Shining Sabre of the Sacred Lightâº! â¹Rise of the Sacred Treeâº! â¹Light Bladeâº! â¹Divine Pillarâº!"
Lana and Rika also switched to full attacker mode and bombarded the boss with their strong skills.
That's sure to do a huge amount of damage.