Chapter 24 - Boss Battle out of Nowhere

Without hesitation, the seemingly possessed queen changed her target. Disposing of this Feihren would make things a lot easier. As for King Samson, he's already in a pathetic state. Disposing of him a little later wouldn't be a problem, but the one who caused him to be in such a state is the man she was facing right now.

The queen was confident that the power of her Olegar family's treasure would be sufficient for her to achieve the goal she had aspired to since her youth. Her desire was to make the Olegar family into the royal family once more!

The struggle for political power had been bad in Ranustin for a long time now. Even though Angelique was indeed a 'queen', she was nothing more than a figurehead. She didn't actually have a say in anything that was happening within the kingdom.

Unbeknownst to Angelique, the family treasure she had was possessed by a demonic consciousness that allowed her to have incredible powers. Driven by her desires and ambition, the power within the necklace grew stronger in time. She was patiently waiting for the perfect opportunity, and it seems that it had arrived…

"Little boy, you seem to be someone who's actually powerful. How about you work for me and I'll make you the new "king" instead?"

"Uhm no thanks, I'm not into crazy ladies…"

"Crazy!?"

The lustrous silver and green armor the queen was wearing erupted with ominous power covered in a thick killing intent.

...

"Corrupted Angelique Olegar" (1-star King-class)

"Title: 'Queen' of Ranustin"

"Class: Dark Arts Sorceress"

"Base HP: 3,200"

"Base Damage: 400"

"Equipment: [Demonic Pendant] (Legendary)"

"Equipment: [Jade Dragon Armor] (Legendary)"

"Skills: 'Void Grip': Disables target for 2 seconds

'Shadowsphere': Channels for 3 seconds, unleashes 250% of base attack'"

"Special Skill: 'Death Fog': Causes the area in a 20-meter radius to be covered in a thick deadly mist. Causes 40 damage per second."

...

'A human-type boss out of nowhere?' Feihren thought to himself as he started inspecting the ominously powerful figure in front of him. This 'queen' is surprisingly already at King-class! Around level 600! It may be caused by the corruption of the demonic consciousness, but reaching this level without collapsing entirely because of the demonic control was indeed amazing!'

Her willpower was so strong that Feihren couldn't help but feel a hint of respect towards this seemingly crazy woman.

Aside from the crazily high level within this world's standard, everything about this woman right now was crazy. Her class was even one of the forbidden classes! This was the kind of class that was once used by that crazy man that almost plunged humanity on this world into extinction! Dark arts! Her health points weren't that high, but her base attack damage… it was too high even for a king class. It's almost as much as Feihren's base damage and he is already at Divine-class!

" …2 legendary equipment, one being the demonic essence… a combination of disabling and burst damage skills… and a DPS skill on top of that hmm…"

Feihren thoroughly assessed his enemy, as the enemy also seemed to be taking time to assess Feihren himself, after all, battles could be won even before starting if you find your enemies weakness…

"That energy flow… hmm, I think I got it."

*Swoosh! *Boom!

A surprise attack by Queen Angelique landed on Feihren!

"Base HP: 9,010 (-1,000)"

Feihren spat out a mouthful of blood from the sudden attack! It turns out that while the queen was staring at him, she was already charging her Shadowsphere!

"What a tough little boy you are!" Queen Angelique mockingly said as she started to charge another attack.

'3 seconds…'

'Equip'>>>'Main Weapons'>>>'Samuel's SC-76 Thunderbolt'

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[Samuel's SC-76 Thunderbolt]

"Description: Precision meets Accuracy meets Perfect control"

"Base Damage: 1200 per round" "Bolt-action: 1 sec cooldown"

"Effective firing range: 600 Meters"

"Maximum firing range: 1,000 Meters

"Feed system: 10-round detachable box magazine (7.62×51mm)" "Inv. (+800 rounds)"

"Effect: Grants True Strike, locks fixed target within 2 km radius (30-minute cooldown) (Cannot be evaded)"

...

'2 seconds…'

'Activate: Nevermiss'

The queen's eyes keenly stared at the seemingly unmoving stance of Feihren as he was holding a pitch black, rod-like weapon in his hands. It was giving Angelique a bad feeling, so she canceled the channeling of her Shadowsphere and immediately activated Void Grip.

The ground below Feihren suddenly distorted into a black and purple sphere as arms started crawling out of it, attempting to reach Feihren!

'Sudden Flash'

*Pew!

Suddenly, Feihren disappeared! 'Too bad that skill could be dodged'. Feihren thought to himself as a smirk appeared on his face. 'Too late'. The queen attempted to avoid the upcoming attack, but it was too fast for normal human eyes to follow.

*Boom!

*Clank!

A thunderous sound was heard followed by a loud cracking of metal...

"Base HP: 3,200 (-4,250)"

The bullet directly landed on the necklace as it pierced the entirety of Queen Angelique's chest. A large bloody hole could be clearly seen as the silver and green armor shattered, leaving the bloody fallen queen on the floor…

"A bit overkill for my taste, I think… I forgot to add my base damage in the calculation. I expected it to do around three thousand damage, leaving her immobile, but alive…"

Regret was evident on Feihren's face as he was staring blankly at the queen's corpse. He was certainly not that bad at math. It really was just him being too forgetful nowadays. Since his mind has all the memories of the past 83 years of his life, it would make sense that he would become a bit forgetful sooner or later.

Feihren dismissed the thought that was kind of bothering him. It was no use crying over spilled milk anyway. He obtained a legendary-grade armor [Jade Dragon Armor], but for Feihren, it paled in comparison to the legendary armor he already has. However, it came from this world so he still kept it under the custom tab 'New World Items' together with the useless skill book [Kings Aura]. The armor disappeared into thin air and appeared in his inventory.

As for the [Demonic Essence], Feihren kept it for a while instead of immediately infusing it with the carbine. He had a premonition that this fragment is somewhat different from the other two he previously obtained. The dark sprite was wildly swirling around as it seemed to be enraged. It was also a bit bigger in size compared to the other two.

As for why is this, the Ancient Demon Lord explained that this was caused due to it being a 'larger' portion of his consciousness. Making it a more dominant fragment and thus could thoroughly possess someone, even with human intelligence. As for the other things he acquired...

"9,000 general exp!" Yup, Feihren's theory was right. The closer the enemy's level was to his, the higher the exp that would be granted. However, to be honest, it was just common sense by now.

...

A group of people rushed forth to the now abandoned arena as the news of the king being attacked by the corrupted queen reached the army corps. They hurriedly went to the arena to assist the king, but upon their arrival, all they saw was their still unconscious king being assisted by the elders using healing magic, and a few generals looking dumbfounded as they all stared in a similar direction...