Chapter LXXXVII - Dungeon Boss (part 2)

While Jrake was thinking, Fran's group moved at a fast pace. Most of the areas are already cleared out of Misoh or the hell hounds, so they only needed to run. If they somehow met a Misoh or a hellhound, that means they went to the wrong path.

And after running a while, they finally arrived at the door.

The door was a little bit opened, and they could sense an extremely high pressure coming from inside.

Fran nodded at Cane, and the two opened the door even wider, showing the scene of carnage inside.

Puddles of blood, as well as pieces of human bodies, can be recognized on the floor. Judging from the weapons and clothes of the body parts, it can be said that those belonged to Marksus and his team.

The others nearly puked at the scene just beyond the door.

But, that carnage was nothing. 

Far in the middle of the room, a single hellhound-No, the dungeon boss, is staring at them with deathly glares.

Seeing the infernal beast staring straight at them, everyone became frozen.

Fran and Cane can only drink their dry saliva, while the others dropped their knees to the ground. The pressure of the beast is insanely heavy. Judging from the pressure alone, this hellhound must be at least a higher White ranked… possibly even stronger.

For a Yellow dungeon… that's just insanely overpowered.

"Say, Fran... Do you have a boyfriend?"

Cane suddenly asked out of the blue. Fran turned to somewhat mock him, but seeing his face, she suddenly understood what he meant.

Cane's eyes are wide opened, and sweat rolls down from his head endlessly. His nose is drooling with snot, and his eyes are studying the monst-No, devil beast, right across the room. 

Cane is dying from fear.

"... You know, I never once had a girlfriend... If I'm going to die... at least... let me-"

"We aren't going to die."

Fran said as she unsheathed her sword. Even under this immense fear and pressure, her strong will is nothing to be laughed at.

Cane turned his gaze at her, and he noticed that she is just the same as him. Heavy sweat fell from the top of her forehead even reaching her blonde hair, as she tried very hard not to made her lip bleed from biting it. Her eyes are also studying the enemy very deeply, and her hands are shivering heavily from just holding a light sword.

She is just as scared…

Seeing her in this state somehow made Cane feel slightly easier.

"Heh. What the hell..."

Cane unsheathed both of his swords and turned his gaze back to the beast, who seemed to have taken a single step towards them.

"If we somehow don't survive this-"

"We are going to survive this."

"… If you say so."

The two grinned from confidence and started their preparation. Cane augmented his body in light magic, and Fran enchanted her whole body and cladded her sword in lightning.

Sparks of lightning and the brilliant light magic clashed between the two, taunting the beast even more.

"ROOAAA!!!!"

The beast let out a single loud roar, and it started to move its paws.

THUD! 

THUD!!

Slowly those steps became a walk, and then it turned into a run. The beast is now running towards them at high speed, and the only ones standing in front of the beast is Fran and Cane.

"... Damn, that thing is big."

"Let's go, Cane!!"

"O-Okay!!"

Cane and Fran quickly released their pressures, and the two dashed forward at an insanely high speed.

Light magic and lightning magic are known to be the two fastest elements to ever be known. And since the beast was too occupied in running, it didn't even think of the chance that the enemy was much faster than it.

SLINNGGGG!!!!

At the same speed, both Fran and Cane sliced off the hound's front legs, making the dog eat the ground at a knowingly high speed and force.

Everyone else watching was in awe seeing Cane and Fran being able to move. Then Fran turned around and shouted at the rest.

"The beast is yet to die!! Begin your assaults!!"

The adventurers who came with them quickly stood back up and started their attacks. Now that the dog is on the ground, it is basically an easy meal for the adventurers to attack.

By the time the beast looked up, a lightning arrow landed on the middle head's top left eye and exploded.

BARRR!!!

The lightning disarrayed the middle head completely, but since there's three heads, the hellhound can still see. But there are more where that came from.

BARR!!

BLARRRRR!!!

More explosive projectiles were thrown at the other two heads, hitting exactly on the eye.

Now, not only is the beast completely blind, it only has two legs left.

"Just a little bit-… oh no…"

Valey stopped her shout when she noticed something.

The beast was not as simple as they thought. The wounds on the front leg quickly burned from an unknown origin of flames, and what used to be a hole is now turned into a leg. 

The beast's leg was healed.

"Wha-"

Cane can only watch as the beast slowly stood back up and tried moving its face. More flames are burning heavily on the faces of the three headed hound, and once the flames dissipate, the eyes of the beast are wide opened.

The dungeon boss can self-heal… at a really high rate as well.