Hell Mode: Volume 6, page 20
Agility: 3,510 + 3,000
Intelligence: 2,250
Luck: 2,688 + 3,000
Skills: Sword Emperor {6}, Slash {6}, Phoenix Smash {6}, Healing Blade {6}, Supreme Ruling Blade {6}, Valor {2}, Sword Mastery {6}
Extra Skill: Limit Break
Equipment
Ring 1: +5,000 Attack
Ring 2: +5,000 Attack
Adamantite Greatsword: +3,500 Attack
Adamantite Armor: +3,000 Endurance
* * *
Name: Cecil Granvelle
Age: 15
Class: Wizardess King
Level: 60
HP: 2,470 + 2,400
MP: 3,974 + 2,400
Attack: 1,640
Endurance: 1,686
Agility: 3,382 + 2,400
Intelligence: 4,138 + 2,400
Luck: 2,541 + 2,400
Skills: Wizardess King {6}, Fire {6}, Ice {6}, Thunder {6}, Light {6}, Abyss {2}, Sparring {4}
Extra Skill: Petit Meteor
Equipment
Ring 1: +5,000 Intelligence
Ring 2: +5,000 Endurance
Rod of the Wizardess King: +4,000 Intelligence, +20% Magical Damage
Robe of the Wizardess King: +4,000 Endurance, Magical Damage Resistance (High)
* * *
Name: Dogora
Age: 15
Class: Destroyer
Level: 60
HP: 4,089 + 2,400
MP: 1,919
Attack: 4,348 + 2,400
Endurance: 3,595 + 2,400
Agility: 2,849 + 2,400
Intelligence: 1,757
Luck: 2,664 + 2,400
Skills: Destroyer {6}, Full Might {6}, Explosion {6}, Peerless Slash {6}, Slaughter Strike {6}, Fighting Soul {2}, Axe Mastery {6}, Shield Mastery {4}
Extra Skill: Heart and Soul
Equipment
Ring 1: +5,000 Attack
Ring 2: +5,000 Attack
Adamantite Greataxe: +4,000 Attack
Adamantite Large Shield: +3,000 Endurance
Adamantite Armor: +3,000 Endurance
* * *
Name: Keel von Carnel
Age: 15
Class: Saint King
Level: 60
HP: 2,740 + 2,400
MP: 4,100 + 2,400
Attack: 1,580
Endurance: 1,786
Agility: 2,893 + 2,400
Intelligence: 4,030 + 2,400
Luck: 3,634 + 2,400
Skills: Saint King {6}, Healing {6}, Exorcism {6}, Purify {6}, Holy Wall {6}, Pray {2}, Sword Mastery {3}
Extra Skill: Drops of God
Equipment
Ring 1: +5,000 HP
Ring 2: +5,000 Endurance
Rod of the Saint King: +4,000 Intelligence, +3,000 HP, +20% Healing
Vestment of the Saint King: +4,000 Endurance, Magic Resistance (High), Curse Resistance (High)
* * *
Name: Sophialohne
Age: 50
Blessing: God of Spirits
Class: Grand Spirit User
Level: 60
HP: 2,834 + 2,400
MP: 4,156 + 2,400
Attack: 1,933
Endurance: 1,719
Agility: 3,011 + 2,400
Intelligence: 4,243 + 2,400
Luck: 3,453 + 2,400
Skills: Spirit Manifestation {6}, Water {6}, Wind {6}, Earth {6}, Wood {6}, Bow Mastery {3}
Extra Skill: Grand Spirit Manifestation
Equipment
Ring 1: +5,000 MP
Ring 2: +5,000 Endurance
Rod of the Grand Spirit User: +6,000 MP, -10% MP consumption
Raiment of Spirits: +2,000 MP, +3,000 Endurance, Breath Damage Resistance (Mid)
* * *
Name: Volmaar
Age: 69
Class: Bow King
Level: 60
HP: 3,436 + 2,400
MP: 1,949
Attack: 3,965 + 2,400
Endurance: 2,960 + 2,400
Agility: 3,428 + 2,400
Intelligence: 1,566
Luck: 1,972 + 2,400
Skills: Bow King {6}, Keen Sight {6}, Fire Dragon Shot {6}, Strongbow {6}, Power Shot {6}, Angled Shot {2} Bow Mastery {6}
Extra Skill: Arrow of Light
Equipment
Ring 1: +5,000 HP
Ring 2: +5,000 Attack
Adamantite Greatbow: +3,800 Attack
Garment of the Chief Protector: +4,000 Endurance, Breath Damage Resistance (Mid)
* * *
Name: Meruru
Age: 15
Class: Talos General
Level: 60
HP: 1,677 + 1,800
MP: 2,420 + 1,800
Attack: 782 + 1,800
Endurance: 1,318 + 1,800
Agility: 782
Intelligence: 2,420
Luck: 1,503
Skills: Talos General {6}, Flying Arm {6}, Drill Punch {6}, Laser Sword {6}, Repair {6}, Alloy {2}, Spear Mastery {3}, Shield Mastery {3}
Extra Skill: Union (Right Arm)
Equipment
Ring 1: +5,000 HP
Ring 2: +5,000 MP
Necklace: Magic Disc
Magitech Specialist Cloak: +3,000 Endurance, + 2,000 MP
* * *
After looking over all their stats, Allen closed his grimoire, convinced that his friends were ready for the battle ahead. All around him, the group armed themselves and got in formation, just as they had practiced.
“All right then, we’re gonna do this just like we practiced. We’ll cast the buffs once we get a bit closer.”
Zeu, Garara, and Helmios all nodded in response before giving orders to their respective parties.
I haven’t heard anything about there being any kind of time limit for beating the final floor boss, but I’d like to keep the battle to under an hour.
Allen was planning on the Abilities and Awakened Abilities of his Fish-type Summons to carry the day. Though normal Abilities lasted twenty-four hours, Awakened Abilities only lasted one. Assuming this battle would be even more difficult than when they had battled Rehzel, Allen had doubts about whether he would have time to recast buffs on the party.
While Allen was using the Abilities and Awakened Abilities of his Fish Summons on the four parties, Keel would also be casting his holy skills and Sophie would have her wood spirit manifest itself.
“Honorable wood spirit Dryad, please buff this party.”
“Okay, sure.”
Dryad, a spirit who took the form of a young girl with trees where her arms and legs should have been, appeared in the air above the group and began to shake her branches. The whole group experienced a boost to their stats as the leaves rained down on them. This process was then followed by her manifesting her wind, earth, and water spirits.
Sophie’s Spirit Magic
Water spirit Nymph: +3,000 MP
Wind spirit Gale: +3,000 Agility
Earth spirit Pygmy: +3,000 Endurance
Wood spirit Dryad: +3,000 HP
Sweet! Looks like Sophie’s spirits have really powered up. That’s gonna be a huge help. I gotta admit, I’m really impressed that each of the spirits is able to boost our stats by 3,000 points.
While Cecil’s growth as a Wizardess King gave her the ability to cause more direct damage through her offensive magic, Sophie’s new class of Grand Spirit User gave her a tremendous boost in her recovery and defensive skills. The most notable of these was her ability to manifest a wood spirit, which was proving to be a huge boon.
Once Sophie was finished, the Holy Knight in Helmios’s party cast their buffs next. In this world, buffs from different skills could stack, meaning that the Holy Knight’s buffs were added to those given by the spirit magic. However, as was the case with the Cleric class and its promoted class Saint, buffs coming from the same Talent line only allowed for the higher class’s skill to take effect; the buff from the lower class would be lost. Helmios had two Saintesses in his party, but as they were of a lower class level than Keel’s Saint King, their buffs would be overwritten by his.
In addition to that, the beastkin’s Talents seemed to be on a completely different class line, possibly due in some part to the Beast God Garm, meaning that their skill and magic buffs also stacked.
The two Saintesses simply stood by, waiting along with the rest of Stinger and Meruru. The moment the dwarves called forth their golems could very well be the moment the battle with the final floor boss started.
I’m glad I brought all these groups here with us. Each group has their own diverse abilities and skills, which I can only hope will prove useful in the upcoming battle.
Lepe, the Beast Bard, clapped his hands together and shouted toward their opponents. “Heh, interesting. So this is what kind of enemies lurk outside our borders. Battle Beat!”
Several long, tubular drums appeared and Lepe began to dance between them, slapping the top of the drums in a fast-paced rhythm. This was his skill known as Battle Beat, which boosted the Attack stat of all nearby party members by twenty-four percent. Once his performance was finished, the drums disappeared and he called forth a thin, round percussion instrument akin to a tambourine, which he hit with his free hand while he danced. This skill added a twenty-four percent buff to Agility.
Whoa, this guy’s amazing!
There were not a lot of classes that had Attack-boosting skills. The most common buffs were to Endurance and were mostly given to others by healing classes such as Clerics.
While an impressed Allen was still checking out the effects of Lepe’s skills, Temi took her turn in the spotlight.
“Celestial Protection!”
The squirrelkin reached into a bag in her cloak and threw its contents into the air. The crystals and gems twinkled as they floated around the parties, granting all members the status buff of auto-regenerating HP and MP.
Allen was really getting into it now.
Now this is what I’m talking about! I’m getting the same thrill I had whenever I did a raid!
Emphasis was usually placed on the arrangement of each individual member when working in a small party, but when you started working with thirty or even fifty people, party members were able to complement one another. Additionally, having a team of this size allowed a person or two to have classes normally not found in their party, as this actually gave the whole group an even more stable footing—a style of play that Allen had learned during his previous life as a gamer. He was thrilled to finally have a chance to put this into practice for the first time since being reincarnated here.
After all the buffs had been cast, it was finally time for things to get underway. Allen took a deep breath to try and keep himself from getting too excited.
“All right then, let’s get going.” Zeu, Garara, and Helmios all nodded in agreement as their respective parties got into the agreed-upon formations and started to advance. Once they were fifty meters out, the hihiirokane golem’s eyes lit up.
“I am Goldino, protector of the Tower of Tribulation,” its voice boomed, echoing throughout the room. “Have you measly runts come to challenge me?”
Huh, I never thought I’d see the day when someone would call me a measly runt. In fairness, Allen and his group must have looked minuscule to the massive golem. More importantly, though, I guess Goldino here has a sense of self. Seems like it’s no different than the final boss of the Rank A dungeon in that it doesn’t recall those who’ve fought it before.
Admiral Garara and his party tensed up for a moment at the sight of the hihiirokane golem, but it did not appear that the monster was paying any special attention to them. As far as Allen could tell, it seemed as if it had no memory of its battle against Stinger and that its personality and memories were reset each time someone confronted it. In that case, it would not be adapting to their strategy each time they faced off against him.
“Show me what you’ve got, if you wish to defeat me.”
As soon as Goldino finished speaking, the other golems began to move. This was all in line with what Admiral Garara had told Allen. Now, all they had to do was stick to their strategy.
“Run toward the left hallway, now!” Allen quickly made eye contact with Zeu, Garara, and Helmios in turn before shouting out his command.
While Zeu was the overall leader of the parties, it was decided that Allen, who was accustomed to raids, would take command during the battle. Based on the flow of the battle, he would decide which enemy to attack, as well as when to defend, hang back, and retreat. Each of the party leaders would then issue more direct and specific orders to their respective parties.
Allen was in his element taking command of a raid.
“Yeaaah!” the group shouted out in unison at Allen’s command. Thanks to their practice over the past five days, all of the members had grown to trust that he would properly analyze the situation and come up with the best strategy, and thus immediately took action.
Some party members rode on Bird Bs summoned by Allen, while others, such as Dverg, moved under their own power. Thanks to their small size compared to their enemy, the group members were able to fight on a three-dimensional plane by taking to the air.
“What’s this?! You’re running away?! C-Cowards!” Judging from Goldino’s sudden outburst, it seemed as if the inhuman golem also had a rather human side.
Though the golems were slow on their feet, they had a long stride thanks to their immense height and were able to cover tens of times as much ground as the group could. In just a few steps, the golems were on them. But this was all according to plan.
“All right, ye scurvy dogs! Let’s show ’em what we’re made of!” Admiral Garara shouted to Stinger, who served as the retreating parties’ rear guard.
“Raaah!”
The thirteen dwarves, accompanied by Meruru, roared in unison and grabbed their magic discs. The discs glowed as a massive wall made up of fifteen one-hundred-meter-tall golems appeared between Goldino and the rest of the retreating party.
Goldino looked over the golems and immediately took notice of the hihiirokane golem standing among them. “Hm, I see one of you has a hihiirokane golem.”
The vermilion golem standing at the center of the formation was Geraraba, Admiral Garara’s golem. The base stats of the golems called forth by the magic discs were largely determined by their rank: bronze was 1,000, iron was 1,500, mithril was 3,000, and hihiirokane was an impressive 5,000.
The Gamers had acquired the magic disc that could call forth a hihiirokane golem from a silver chest, which he then presented to Admiral Garara on the first day all four parties gathered for practice. By using this and turning Geraraba into a super hihiirokane golem, all of its stats increased to 25,000 and the effects of the admiral’s Talos King skills were boosted.
After handing over the super hihiirokane set, Allen had Admiral Garara show him his magic disc so he could make a note of Geraraba’s stats in his grimoire.
* * *
Name: Geraraba
Pilot: Garara
Rank: Hihiirokane
HP: 25,000 + 2,400
MP: 25,000 + 2,400
Attack: 25,000 + 2,400
Endurance: 25,000 + 2,400
Agility: 25,000
Intelligence: 25,000 + 2,400
Luck: 25,000
* * *
Goldino and its party of golems immediately attacked the dwarves’ golem wall.
“Hrngh!”
A mithril golem had one of its arms destroyed by using it to block the incoming bronze golem’s drill punch.
“You okay, Beruruka?!”
“Aye, sir!”
Beruruka, the pilot located in the crystal cockpit of the mithril golem with the decimated arm, hurriedly swapped out the mithril slate. Instantly, the destroyed appendage was replaced with a fully intact one.
Allen had given a large number of slates to the dwarves. He and his party had pulled over a thousand of these “useless” drops from wooden chests over time. While Allen had planned to have the dwarves return the slates once the final floor boss was defeated, he had told them to use as many as they needed until then. Even if their golems’ bodies were destroyed and became unusable, they could use their Repair skills to once again use the slates, meaning that it did not really matter if they took some damage.
“Orochi, I want you to go in front of the admiral and support our retreat!”
“Ahhh!”
“Certainly, Master Allen! Leave it to me! Groooar!” The Dragon A Summon slipped through the wall and blocked the path of the oncoming enemy golems. While it was busy doing that, Geraraba stepped forward and took an attack from the bronze golem head-on. Though the hihiirokane golem’s body was much stronger than Beruruka’s mithril golem, it still began to take damage under the onslaught.
Allen looked down at the battle unfolding below from his position atop a Bird B high in the sky. The golems were acting as a barrier while Allen’s Summons played a support role, allowing the party to escape. In a matter of moments, they would reach the entrance to the hallway located along the room’s outer wall. However, though the golems had been able to provide an impenetrable barrier against all of the floor bosses up through Floor 4, the five enemy golems were giving them trouble. Just like Beruruka had done before them, many of the golems were swapping out damaged arms, heads, and legs for new ones in order to stay in the fight, but it looked as if they were about to be overrun by the powerful enemies.
Things aren’t looking good. Guess I have no other choice.
Allen issued his next command, which was then repeated using Bird F’s Transmission Ability. The Ability was usable within a three-kilometer radius, which allowed Allen to easily give orders to all parties even in this huge battle zone.
“All right, everyone, I want you to use your supercombined form!”
“Huh?! Are ye sure?? Don’t ye think it’s a li’l early?!” Admiral Garara’s reply boomed from his golem’s mouth. The original plan called for them to wait a little bit longer.
“Don’t worry about that! This is only our first try! We’ve gotta fight back any way that seems like it’ll work!”
