The next six days established an almost methodical rhythm.
While the builders expanded the tunnel another ten kilometers toward the deposit, Elio continued his experiments with the level 10 Locus.
Initial Abdominal Cut
In their 3rd encounter, he decided to start by directly separating the monster's abdomen. The strike proved critical again, inflicting 120 points, which bled out until stopping at 360 points of damage.
Elio then contained his attacks, using only fireballs and allowing them to do just 60 points of damage, observing, measuring, waiting to see if the monster would resort to its special abilities.
The jump never came since the monster now had no legs, but the frenzy did, when the Locus's resistance fell below 20%.
However, even in that state, its four arms barely allowed it to reach a speed of 15 points, far from the 20 that Elio had anticipated.
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Vertical Torso Cut