15 Trigram Dance

A towering figure About 4 meters tall, emerges from a cave not far from the field of sun-kissed flowers. It was woken from its slumber by the countless cries for help of his underlings.

Sniff... Sniff... Sniff... the creature went, searching for a scent that is unfamiliar.

"Grrrr...." a growl escaped from the vocals of the beast. A scent of blood pervaded the field of his vision.

"Awooo~~~" a cry of anguish for his fallen companions. Then rushed to the direction where the scent of blood was thickest. When he arrived in the carnage, there were six people playing around with seemingly harmless spells. This act boosted the rage that was running in its veins.

"You... Dare... To... Lay... Carnage... In... My... Garden..." this was what the Beast said, but to the onlookers, it merely growled.

If Izen had turned on her watchers' emblem, she could have heard that the beast was communicating. But this doesn't matter, they still had to kill it or flee from it.

[Lycan lvl. 15

HP: 10,000

MP: 5,000]

For the beginning stage of the game, this gauge would be a difference of needlepoint and a nail. For players who can inflict damage a little over a hundred, regardless of defense, this amount of life would take them a long time even if the beast just stood there.

"Should we run?"-VerBoss

"It's too late for that... Everyone prepares to fight!... Saya prepare the Purple Aura Blast"-AleyaNala

"We're not transforming?"- Shapeless

"If only we are immune to the Wolf's Bane."-GurinBare

The rest came to a realization, the boss before them was impossible to defeat, for non-registered adventurers, that is why whenever the boss appears, players within the dungeon immediately flee for their lives. Their leader's purpose was to attach the boss with the [Aura Blast] to insight weakened state of the boss, for them to be able to flee from or destroyed the beast.

"It's ready! Lure it in..." Saya shouted, with purple Orb of concentrated Wolves Bane in hand. This Aura was not just any energy from random flowers, it was a combination of the spirit flowers aura he received from Izen, mixed with the highest quality wolf Bane they found.

Sai did not need to say. The beast was already within 15 meters from him. The wolf was attracted by the light, it assumed that the one who was casting a spell was the most vulnerable. It was the worst move. Sai bided his time until the Beasts mouth was right before him, when he released the spell, inflicting an absolute weakened state. Of course, it came at a cost. Sai received fatal damage. Bringing his HP below 25%, without the help of the four Healing totems, and Mizarin's Healing non-stop with the help of the quill, Sai would have perished on the spot.

Without losing time, the four damage dealers assisted on healing Sai with their magic wands casting healing spells and when Sai's Hp was back to 90% the damage dealers retrieved their Staff and started assaulting the now weakened beast.

Avery hit of the staff dealt about 50-100 damage. The damage would seem small but considering that the enemy was a boss and the weapon was a staff, the damage was actually very good. The team was only waiting for the aftereffect of the Aura blast.

10 seconds... 13,600HP

6 seconds... 10,200HP

3 seconds... 9,089HP

When the effective time was up, the weakened state was in absolute effect, and the purple powder in the air was nowhere to be seen.

The four Druids Transformed once more, the two assists positioned themselves on the side of the beast, casting healing spells, buffs, and de-buffs. Sai maintained on AleyaNala and VerBoss, while Izen focused on GurinBare and Shapeless.

10 Minutes... 5784HP

When Lycan's HP was under 10%, it went into berserk mode, removing the Weakened state. When this happened, AleyaNala was caught off guard and received a direct hit from the Beasts claw dropping her HP to less than 50%, Saya who was on her watch had to concentrate on healing her, since the beat locked on her position, aiming to eliminate the immediate threat.

When Izen saw what was happening, she equipped the Grimoire on the Belt socket and held the light orb on her left hand. She can no longer hide her cards if any of them die, their formation will be compromised, and it would be a waste if they die now, the Bosses HP was almost depleted, in the short time that the boss is in rage its defense and attack was increased, but only for a short time. If they can survive this time, they would be able to kill the boss that will enter the weakened state once more.

Izen threw the orb just pass the boss's head as if the boss wore a crown, the light orb hovered above its head.

Purple light attracted everyone's attention, coming from the lady holding a fan on each hand spread apart, she looked like a cross, with a purple orb in front of it, a book on the left side and a quill on the other; simultaneously casting a spell.

The Wolf altered its destination, leaving the druids covered in dust. Drool leaking at its foaming mouth, with heavy steps, rushed to the attractive light.

Time seemed to slow for the druids, helplessly admiring the priestess's courage.

10 meters... the beast glowed crimson

5 meters... the feral scent was unbearable

1 meter... an enlarged paw was directed to where the priestess stood

Izen purposefully positioned herself away from the Druids, before she started assimilating the compressed spirit flowers aura to the compressed wolves bane. This was the reason the Druids couldn't do anything if one of the assists die to buy them time, they could still defeat the boss with as long as all four damage dealers survive, but the only way they could help was not helping. This was all in Izens Calculations.

When everyone was preparing to accept the inevitable, the large paw struck the Verdant light, exploding to a lavender mist. None of the druids could approach to cast healing, nor could their totem help her even if they threw it, she is just too far for the assistance to be helpful.

In the time that the group was waiting for the system to tell them that one of them had perished. The light orb above the wolf that should have disappeared, moved to cover the beasts eye. The monster's figure overshadowed them.

"I'll attract its attention! Once it leaves the Auras Area of Effect, start attacking!" The druids were startled by the voice that came from the shadow beneath them.

"How did you..."-VerBoss

"Talk later, Fast kill!" Izen said while rousing herself from the shadow. It was not the first time she used it, but she was still unaccustomed to the feeling of using it.

The Vanguards positioned themselves on the side of the two assists. Izen then started casting, quill drawing, book flipping, and then she started moving from one spot to another, striking one magic circle after another with a wind blade spell.

Observing her movements would seem like she was dancing. Two steps left, magic circle appear, strike; wind blade turned to fire blade. Two steps forward diagonally to the right, magic circle appear, strike; wind blade turned to water blade.... two steps back to her original location, magic circle, strike; wind blade turned to the lightning blade. Then repeat.

Izens act was a strange method of fighting for anyone who sees. This was actually a combination of two casting methods of multiple spells. The First was the usual shaman's method of prepare magic spells engraved on some talismans, but with the help of the grimoire that recorded these spells, it was easy to reproduce with the use of the quill. The Second was the casting method of oracles, preparing magic circles on specific locations beforehand, and striking with mana or offensive spells. To invoke the effects.

The methods were called [Kagome's Prayer][Elemental Talisman].

Kagome's Prayer was a ten-step spell casting method, that draws a pentagram on the ground, amplifying the spell cast during its formation, and it must be done in quick succession or the spell amplification will be weakened. Best used on a long-range battle.

Elemental Talisman was a collection of magic circles, usual prepared beforehand for immediate use. But in the case that Izen utilized, the spell was inscribed on air, a few seconds before it was used. Very efficient use of resources.

To the group who was closest, what they saw was a beautiful priestess dancing, casting spells one after another. What they thought was, how long could she do this? Casting many spells one after another would be taxing to the mana reserve. This is true for most, bit for Izen it is not, with all equipment combined she could regenerate 3-4% of her mana per second, and with high enough mana pool, she could keep casting this spells for 10 minutes straight before running dry, besides the spell and the magic circle doesn't eat much MP.

The boss received the priestesses onslaught, taking little damage just slightly higher than the boss's regeneration rate. Her attacks kept Lykan's HP from regenerating, and slowly chipping on the remaining HP. But even if she could continue this bravado, she still needs the assistance of the others to take down the boss. It was a boss after all.

Izen retrieved the light orb, positioning it just above her head, beckoning the monster to approach, there were no minions to worry about since they were all slaughtered before the boss woke up. So the only challenge was preventing this one beast from approaching or running away.

When the Wolf left the Poisoned area, the four Transformed Druids attacked without mercy, biting the legs, clawing the back, pouncing at its head. Healing spells flew from an orb a few steps away behind the priestess. Keeping the vanguards HP above 50%, everyone was working hard.

2704... 1509... 562... 10...

Finally, the boss died. It did not just drop down when the HP bar was emptied, rather it stared at the group, then slowly positioned itself in a sleeping position. It was not just a mere look that it conveyed, it was the look of pity. Pity not to those who have died but to those who killed. With its lingering eye, it rested on one person, the only druid that couldn't change, and with its final breath. Slowly fading away, the witnesses looked at one man. The Druid with an Orb in hand. As if understanding the sentiments in the gaze that left the living petrified.

"That's a creepy way to die!" Saya said shaking the uncomfortable feeling that the Wolf left on everyone's heart.

A sound of trumpets echoed in the skyline, clouds cover the sky allowing only a portion of the light to descend, striking the corpse of the wolf that started to fade. Two large spheres 2 meters in diameter escaped the carcass, then exploding to a number of small globes of light slowly descending to the ground, and when it rested, items revealed themselves.

[System: Your group was the first to defeat Lycan without awakening. Your names shall be engraved on this gardens gates]

"Wah... a Devine Providence!" Shouted VerBoss.

On the ground lay a mountain if loots. AleyaNala proceeded to collect these items as per the group's encouragement. This is not because they trust her with their full mind, but because only the leader could pick up this item. A restriction set by the system after many squabbles about item distribution in temporary affiliation, like joining a random party.

Unlike the old conventional games, there is a loot transparency system in a party, if this party function was active, all the party's loots would be stored on a party inventory, like the ones that a guild has but this inventory is temporary, if the party happened to disband without warning, the raw material items will be equally divided to the group members and equipment would be randomly distributed.

The party inventory, of course, doesn't take space on any of the player's inventory. Thus adventuring party takes advantage of this function, allowing them to amass items and equipment without the worry of their inventory overflowing, and hide no secret items from their members at that, everyone gets a chance to dice for items that suited their profession and taste.

While the group discussed amongst themselves how to distribute the items, a sound from the system rings.

[The dungeon boss was defeated. You have one hour to vacate the dungeon.]

The team was not yet done inside the dungeon run, they still need to collect sun kissed flowers and explore the cave of the boss.

"Let's go to the cave, I've marked all the boss drops, you can view them on the way," AleyaNala commanded, this is the reason that they chose her to be the leader, her thought process was advanced a few steps.