Almost ANY monster that was in rifts was part of the [Godless Demon’s] army as he controlled them.
The ones in the [Danger Zone] of the outside world were the only ones safe from his control, though a small part of them were also under direct order from him.
That thing controlled almost ALL the monsters, and no one really knew what his goal was, most people forgot about his existence already after all, as there was no need for them to remember such an ancient being.
Many didn’t even believe in his existence, since there was no proof he existed.
If Stark ever recorded what was in front of him right now, the entire world would be in a state of panic and shock, though he couldn’t do that as he was busy with the [Guardian Ape]
“GROOAKKK!” the giant monkey slowly approached Stark.
The [Guardian Ape] has white fur with a red scar running vertically from the top of its head to its left cheek through its left eye, meaning that it was half blind already.
It also had sharp claws on its hands and feet, ready to pierce the human before it as it slowly walked toward Stark in a weird manner, standing on its too feet, its hands positioned like those of a predator.
But the most surprising and noticeable feature of all… was the large nodachi-style weapon (basically it’s a giant katana) running through the neck of the beast, piercing it from the left side.
The blade seemed to constantly put it in incredible pain, making it continuously in a berserk state it couldn’t leave.
And now… all that rage was directed toward him.
“GROUND POUND!” once reaching appropriate the distance, the ape used its muscular legs to jump in the air, putting its hands together then smashing in Stark’s direction.
“Invincible Dodge,” but the boy calmly rolled forward, meaning that he passed right between the ape’s legs, appearing behind it.
“PERCEPTION!”
…
[Name: Guardian Ape, Protector of the Sunken Valley (CALAMITY)]
[Level: 250]
[HP: 1,100,000]
[Strength: 18532]
[Stamina: 5782]
[Speed: 3511]
[Defense: 17462]
[Skills: Ground Pound, Tree Swing, Poisonous Poo, Rapid Slamming, Jumping Sweep, Claw Combo, Deserved Rest, Immortal Berserker (GODLY), Overtime Damage (PASSIVE MYTHICAL), The Sunkey Valley’s Guardian (MYTHICAL)…]
…
It had ten skills, a good number, meaning that it could do many things in addition to doing basic attacks.
As for its stats… well… let’s just say that the jump from level 150 to level 250 was out of this world.
The [Guardian Ape] was the first monster Stark faced that had more than 1 million HP, and its stats, strength and defense in that regard, were all so high Stark feared that he could die if he ever as much as got grazed by its claws, or if he could even hurt it.
And also… that thing had a [Godly] tier skill.
Godly was the seventh out of the eight tiers for skills, meaning that it ALMOST had a skill so strong it could be considered good enough be of the [Immortal] rank, which is the highest one.
Maybe the [Godless Demon] only had [Immortal] ranked skills, who knows?
~FWISH~
Stark avoided another smash from the ape who immediately turned around once realizing the human had snuck behind him.
The ape’s speed was actually pretty damn slow, and it made sense since it was its lowest stat of all, not even going above 4000.
Though that didn’t mean he couldn’t hit Stark, as he still had skills, plus a single touch from him would be enough to crush the boy.
And yet… there was no fear in his eyes as the ape turned around for the second time, trying to aim for him.
And this time…
~FWISH… BOOM~
A crimson fist flew toward its head and hit it with full impact, sending it flying and forcing to use its claws to not crash against the walls of the valley.
“GROAKK?!”
And as you might expect, it was the [Superior Clone] that was charging up [Aura Smash] that sent the attack.
“-143628!” the number rose up, a testament to just how much damage Stark was able to deal to his enemies now, even with all that defense.
“GROOOOAKKKKKK!”
[“Guardian Ape” passive skill “Overtime Damage” activated]
[+1000 speed! +1000 strength!]
“Huh?” Stark’s eyes widened, “What the fuck-”
~FWISH~
“TREE SWING,” while getting up, the ape grabbed one of the dark trees around it and teared it off as if it was a mere stick, then dashed toward Stark, much faster than before.
“WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!”
…
[Skill: Overtime Damage (MYTHICAL)]
[Description: the more the guardian ape is hit, the more his stats increase randomly by 1000 (except for HP), allowing it to grow stronger as the fight goes on, do remember that these effects are temporary though, and its stats will be reset after battle!]
[Note: smaller hits don’t matter, you need to hit hard, as hard as you can.]
…
“Fuck,” this was putting him on a ‘damage’ limit.
If he took too long (and too many attacks to kill it), then he would surely die at some point, as his stats wouldn’t be enough to hold up against it.
Oh well… he needed to hit hard, as the note said.
But first…
He needed to try things out, basically, he needed to test some things to make sure if there wasn’t some kind of ‘exploit’ to find.
He was currently much faster than it was, so it greatly helped in his little ‘experiments’.
“=)”
“Well… let’s start, then.”
[First Experiment!]
~FWISH~
“SPATIAL INVENTORY!”
Stark grabbed three [Crystal Stun Potions] from his inventory and immediately threw them towards the guardian ape while avoiding another barrage of attacks and several swings from [Tree Swing] as the ape was currently using it like some sort of sword.
~BAM, BAM, BAM~
All three vials shattered upon impact with the ape’s body, releasing the white mist within, surrounding it completely.
But…
[Mist doesn’t work on “Guardian Ape”]
To be honest, none of these potions were working against the bosses at this point, so maybe he should really start looking for new ones just in case.
He had done well using only [Strength], [Speed], [Regeneration] and [Crystal Stun], but there were definitely so much more powerful potions to use than these.
But… even though the mist actually didn’t work or deal any damage.
The simple fact that it hit the ape’s body was enough to activate [Overtime Damage].
[“Guardian Ape” passive skill “Overtime Damage” activated]
[+500 speed! +300 defense!]
Didn’t work, and it seems even a single attack, or even a single attempt at trying to harm the ape that results in hitting it physically, meant its stats would be upgraded.
“CLAW COMBO,” the ape got closer to Stark, and he yet again took Stark aback as his speed did in fact become higher, meaning that Stark would need to keep adjusting over time as using too much speed would exhaust his stamina, but not enough would mean getting hit.
“INVINCIBLE DODGE… PERFECT!”
He rolled and achieved a perfect on the first attack, meaning that the world around him turned gray and stopped.
Currently, the [Superior Clone] was charging up another attack, trying to help its host in case anything dangerous happened.
They really needed to figure something out…
[Second Experiment!]
