NOVEL WEB Chapter 3 : Prepare for Fight
After preparing for a few minutes, Alice is currently wearing full armor that covers her entire body from neck to toe. She also wears a helmet that completely conceals her face, except for a horizontal line right in front of her eyes.
In dangerous situations, Alice won't leave any openings in her armor, as she is a cautious fighter. On her right arm, she has a golden armguard, so her right arm is protected by two layers of armor.
The golden armor is a God Item called God's Judgment. Its function is to reflect any attack, including the opponent's God Item, as long as the attack hits Alice's right arm. It can be said that Alice is currently wearing two God Items, with one of them located elsewhere on her body.
"I didn't expect a Mythical Monster to appear near my base; it's very dangerous, and I must defeat it quickly without causing significant damage."
Behind her helmet, Alice's face is completely serious because the appearance of a Mythical Monster near the base is a highly dangerous situation. This is because Mythical Monsters are the second most powerful type of giant monsters after World Monsters.
In the game Monsterland, defeating a Mythical Monster is highly recommended to be done in a group of at least 10 players with level 150 or higher, each equipped with tier A weaponry and gear.
"The attack from the Mythical Monster could potentially destroy my base."
"It's also my fault for being too focused on collecting materials, items, and hunting monsters, and forgetting to upgrade the Tower into a Castle."
Alice grips her hand tighter, indicating that she will be very serious in facing the Mythical Monster. It can be said that Alice is one of the top players who can defeat a Mythical Monster alone without the assistance of other players in Monsterland.
Of course, this is due to Alice's excellent weapons, items, and gear. Alice has been lucky several times in gacha to obtain such great equipment.
"Hopefully, this isn't the strongest Mythical Monster, because I won't be able to face it alone."
Alice swallows hard, hoping that the Mythical Monster that will appear isn't the strongest one. Mythical Monsters in Monsterland are ranked from 1 to 50, with Alice being able to face Mythical Monsters alone if they are ranked 15 or higher.
If the Mythical Monster that appears is below rank 15, Alice will have to flee for her own safety and use her most valuable item to relocate her base to a random location.
"Black?"
The mana that's gathering slowly starts to turn black, indicating that the Mythical Monster that will appear has the dark element.
Instantly, Alice breathes a slight sigh of relief, as she won't be facing a high-ranking Mythical Monster, since high-ranking ones don't possess the dark element, except for the 12th ranked Mythical Monster.
However, Alice couldn't let her guard down at this moment. She was also simultaneously thinking about what steps she would take to defeat the Mythical Monster quickly before it destroyed the shield protecting her base.
Alice held her chin while contemplating.
"If I use the usual technique I use when facing Mythical Monsters, it will take too long, and my base will be destroyed,"
"Perhaps I should use burst magic to significantly reduce its HP,"
"All right, I'll use Burst Magic,"
Burst Magic is a type of magic that typically inflicts very high damage in a very short amount of time and is well-suited for annihilating something.
Alice snapped her fingers, and instantly, many light blue magic circles appeared around her, indicating her preparation to unleash one of her most powerful Magic Tier S+ spells.
"Oh, this works,"
Previously, Alice had only imagined what spell she would cast, and now it worked. Alice also didn't expect that casting magic would be relatively easy, especially considering she had only used a mouse and keyboard to cast spells in the game before.
"Casting magic directly is not as difficult as I imagined,"
"I'm greatly assisted by various fantasy novels I've read, hahaha,"
Alice chuckled briefly, then grew serious again.
The process of casting a Tier S+ spell took quite some time, so Alice planned to prepare it in advance. When the Mythical Monster appeared, she would activate her spell immediately.
However, the preparation time for a Tier S+ spell could be reduced with certain special items that could be purchased in the game. Tier S+ spells were not very effective when used against players or in player-versus-player combat, so Alice rarely used them.
Furthermore, Tier S+ spells drained a significant amount of mana. However, given the current situation requiring Burst-type magic, Alice had to use a Tier S+ spell.
Before long, a black portal appeared near Alice, and Arina emerged from it, fully armored and wielding an axe.
"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for quite a while. I had to put on four layers of armor to withstand massive damage and protect you, Alice-sama,"
Alice glanced to the side.
"It's not a problem; we'll face the Mythical Monster,"
Alice pointed towards the gathering of mana. The wind was blowing stronger, but Alice didn't feel the cold, and some trees were almost lifted off the ground.
"Well... in that case, I should provide a lot of buffs for Alice-sama,"
"Thank you, Arina,"
Arina, clad in a mix of black and platinum armor, then extended her hand towards Alice, beginning to bestow buffs from her skills and spells onto Alice.
Spells and skills typically required their users to speak their names to activate them. However, if used without uttering their names, the mana consumption would be higher.
"Samara Warrior"
"Physical Boost"
"Magic Boost"
"Bless of Tartarus,"
"Protection of True Darkness,"
"Stamina Boost"
"Energy Boost"
"Anti Low Nightmare,"
"Anti Middle Nightmare,"
"Anti High Nightmare,"
Since Arina had the primary role of a Tanker and a secondary role as Support, she could only provide limited buffs to Alice. The most potent buffs she could give were [Samara Warrior] and [Bless of Tartarus].
[Samara Warrior] was an Ultimate Skill that could be given to oneself or others. It could increase damage by up to 80% for a duration of 2 hours and boost attack accuracy by 40%.
This was perfect since Alice would play the role of dealing the most damage to the current enemy.
"Thank you, Arina,"
"It's no problem, Alice-sama,"
Arina smiled from behind her helmet. Even though Alice couldn't see it, she could sense Arina's smile because her voice became softer and gentler.
"It seems I can only provide limited buffs for myself right now because Tier S+ spells can consume over 60% of my mana,"
"I need to conserve mana since the enemy might appear after I'm exhausted from fighting this darn Mythical Monster,"
Alice gritted her teeth quite strongly because she was truly frustrated by the Mythical Monster's appearance near her base.