"Haah… haah…" While making his way through the fourth room of the Rare Abyss, Valyr took the time to catch his breath, feeling a hint of exhaustion from the fights he had fought in the three previous rooms he was in. "It's definitely more exhausting when compared to my two previous runs, but man is it far better than my first attempt at the Rare Abyss back then."
Gazing at the path before him to get an idea of how many Skeleton Mages he would have to fight before being able to proceed to the fifth room, Valyr rummaged through his memories to recall the layout of the Rare Abyss, which did not differ much from the first two dungeons in the fact that all three of them were procedurally generated.
However, with the Common Caves' exit being found after 10 rooms, and the Uncommon Depths' exit being found at 12, one would only be able to exit the Rare Abyss once one has gone through 15 rooms.
Not only that, but one would have to face against mini-bosses every five rooms, which meant that one would have to face a total of three mini-bosses before reaching the end of the Rare Abyss, which is two more when compared to the number of mini-bosses one would have to defeat in the Uncommon Depths.
Though, just like the Uncommon Depths, being unable to defeat the mini-boss did not mean that one would have to submit to fate and disappear from the face of the planet. Instead, one would appear at the entrance of the dungeon they had entered, resetting the progress one has made in the dungeon back to zero.
"[Intermediate Fire Magic Style]."
"[Intermediate Wind Magic Style]."
"[Billowing Tempest]."
Arriving at the portion of the fourth room that would allow him to proceed to the next room, Valyr took a look at the great number of Skeleton Mages loitering around the large space before him, prompting him to utilize a combination of two elements he had used before to dish out great damage not long after.
However, unlike before, all of the skills that went into its damage had increased by a grade, causing a far stronger maelstrom of fire and wind to wreak havoc at the skeletons that roamed about, all of which eventually succumbed to the damage before turning into a pile of ashes that sparsely covered the ground.
"No sign of the third runic parchment anywhere." Dispelling the storm of fire and wind in less than an instant, Valyr then conjured a strong gust of wind to blow all bits of dust and ash to the edges of the space before proceeding to look for signs of the third parchment, even going so far as to bring out the large parchment to see if anything would react.
Seeing as there was no trace of the third parchment in the fourth room whatsoever, Valyr's thoughts of the third and last parchment being found at the final room grew stronger as he proceeded through the door-shaped energy barrier, entering the fifth room not even a couple seconds later.
"Facing off the mini-boss from the get-go, huh." Unexpectedly, there was no corridor whatsoever that Valyr had to go through to fight against the mini-boss. Instead, the other side of the door-shaped energy barrier led the young man directly to where the mini-boss was located, which appeared to be a skeleton a couple of heads taller than the other skeletons Valyr had come across earlier.
Aside from that, the robe the skeleton wore was considerably nicer than the ragged robes of the Skeleton Mages he had fought, getting a feeling that the robe was infused with a decent amount of mana. To top it all off, the skeleton also wielded a staff that seemed to be carved out of an exquisite piece of wood with a large ruby crystal affixed to one of its ends.
"[Greater Analysis]."
[Fibula the Skeleton Archmage (Legendary Elite)] (Level 45 | Mini-boss)
Class: Skeleton Archmage
Stats: 227 VIT, 371 STR, 263 AGI, 113 DEX, 371 INT, 252 WIS, 158 PER, 101 LUK
Skills: [Intermediate Spellcasting], [Intermediate Incantation], [Intermediate Mana Affinity]…
Remarks: For once, you're up against someone significantly difficult to defeat. Of course, there's nothing else to say about the bone part.
"Hiss…" Sucking in a breath of cold air through his teeth, Valyr looked at the stats of the mini-boss before him, eventually concluding that it would take him a considerable amount of time to defeat the boss, even with his absurdly high stats as someone in the middle of his Rank 2 class.
"I guess it's time to bring out the big guns." Feeling that he would only be able to leave the Rare Abyss by the time it was midnight if he fought against the mini-boss before him with pure magic, Valyr let out a low sigh as he retrieved the spear from his back, instantly feeling the spear gradually siphon a bit of his energy with every passing second.
Knowing that he had to make the most of his time, Valyr swiftly formed a connection with Shadow Energy before swinging his spear upward, causing the ever terrifying wave of dark energy to appear before him not long after.
"[Shadow Serpent Style]…"
"[Tide of the Dark Night]."
"I wonder if the remaining mini-bosses also have something to do with a bone in the body…"
After ending the fight against the first mini-boss within a few moves thanks to his timely usage of his spear, Valyr was able to speed through the sixth to ninth rooms with the help of his magic, eventually finding himself up against the second mini-boss by the time he entered the tenth room. Activating [Greater Analysis] to get a better idea of what he was up against, what Valyr instead found left him at a loss for words.
"I can't fucking believe it…"
"It actually fucking happened…"
[Tibia the Skeleton Archmage (Legendary Elite)] (Level 47 | Mini-boss)
Class: Skeleton Archmage
Stats: 241 VIT, 401 STR, 277 AGI, 122 DEX, 401 INT, 266 WIS, 171 PER, 106 LUK
Skills: [Intermediate Spellcasting], [Intermediate Incantation], [Intermediate Frost Magic Style], [Advanced Mana Affinity]…
Remarks: Guess who's back… back again…