Divinity

--- [Alex’s perspective]

Just before I reach the top of the stairs, the hooded figure swings its staff yet again.

The glow is almost blindingly strong.

“You two were a lot stronger than I had expected. If both of you fight me at the same time, you might actually win… There is no way in hell I’m letting that happen!” – Hooded figure

I hear Shin say something and I turn around.

“What the hell…” – Shin

All the skeletons except for the one that Lett is fighting fused together, forming one giant skeleton.

“Behold, the ultimate skeleton! The skeleton golem will destroy him, and there is no doubt in my mind about that. If you want to go help him, then go do that. I’ll be waiting in the other room, hahahaha!” – Hooded figure

Damn it!

What should I do?

No…

Why am I even thinking about this?

I trust Shin, I know he can deal with that big lump of bones.

If I don’t deal with that weird guy, it won’t ever stop regenerating anyways.

It’s decided then!

--- [Shin’s perspective]

Okay, I didn’t expect that…

It may be big, but I won’t let that stop me.

The golem lets out a roar and throws a punch right towards me.

I instantly jump back, and the impact of its fist makes a large hole in the metal floor.

It’s way stronger than the normal skeletons!

Not to mention the speed…

What the hell was that speed?

It makes sense that it’s a lot stronger than before, but how can something this big be that fast?

If I get distracted for even a moment, I’ll get hit…

The golem lifts its leg up and tries to stomp me.

I barely dodge it in time by rolling as soon as I saw the attack coming.

Before I get a chance to get back up, it throws a jab at me.

The jab connects and it sends me flying into the wall.

“GUah!!” – Shin

The impact was enough to make me cough up blood.

I get back up, but…

That hurt me a lot more than I expected…

It’s like the whole world is spinning, and I feel like I’m going to throw up.

Even so, the golem doesn’t give me a break.

It starts sprinting right towards me and prepares an attack.

It launches its fist and I luckily get away just in the nick of time.

Not only does its fist penetrate the wall, but so does his entire arm.

It’s stuck!

This is my moment!

I jump up on its should and hit it right in the temple.

The head wobbles a little, but it doesn’t even take any damage…

It quickly turns its head and tries to bite me.

I launch myself backwards to avoid it.

I’ll take the opportunity to charge up an attack for a few seconds while it tries to get out of the wall.

The moment it gets out, it charges right at me.

It’s relentlessly chasing after me without ever stopping…

It goes for a kick, but I release my charged attack just in time, blowing the leg off.

The golem falls over, but even as it’s falling, it’s still on the offensive.

Given its weird positioning, dodging wasn’t that hard.

The fragments of the bones that used to make up its leg starts flying back.

Damn it!

I can’t let it regenerate!

I sprint behind the golem as fast as I can, making it just in time; any later and the golem would have regenerated.

I hit the bones, sending them flying to the other side of the room.

They keep flying back, but that’s fine.

As long as it’s missing a leg, it can’t get up; I just need to make sure it doesn’t get to regenerate.

I smack the bones away a few more times, but just as I’m about to do it again, I notice something…

The golem is crawling towards me!

It quickly catches up to me and continues to relentlessly attack.

I dodge the attacks, but at the cost of letting the bones fly back to it.

The legs grow back, it stands up and lets out another roar before charging at me yet again.

Tsk.

This dungeon is a lot more troublesome than I thought it would be…

--- [Alex’s perspective]

I’ve been running for a little while now, but I still haven’t caught up to him.

Where did he even go?!

There aren’t any lights here either…

Luckily, I haven’t ran into any monsters either though.

“Ugh! Can you just come out already?!” – Alex

And the exact moment I shouted that, the torches start burning; lighting the entire corridor up.

I go through a door and…

The entrance behind me closes!

There’s no way out…

The room is a lot bigger than the one Shin is in.

There is no staircase at the end either, instead there is a throne…

Atop the throne sits the hooded figure from before.

He starts clapping.

“Well done! You’ve made it here. You abandoned your friends just to chase after me, and it’s just going to end with all of you dying.” – Hooded figure

As if!

“Who am I you ask?” – Hooded figure

What?

“I didn’t ask-” – Alex

“Well, I guess it’s fine to tell you since you’re about to die anyways. I’m the boss of this dungeon…” – Boss

As he says that he takes his hood off and reveals his face.

“I’m the skeleton king!!” – Skeleton king

He’s a skeleton too…

How unexpected…

“It doesn’t matter who, or… What, you are. I’ll destroy you right here and now!” – Alex

I charge right at him; he points his staff at me.

Insanely fast and sharp bones shoot towards me.

I run and jump to the side, desperately trying to dodge; all while he just sits there, following my movement with his staff from afar.

There’s a continuous beam of bones shooting out of his staff; there’s no way for me to get close!

The moment I try to get closer, I’ll just get hit…

The bones that flew past me come together forming new skeletons.

Looks like it’s just those small and weak skeletons, but that’s still annoying…

A couple skeletons get close to me; I grab them and use them as a shield to close the gap between us.

“Ooh! That’s an interesting strategy.” – Skeleton king

Right after he said that, he turns the skeletons back into bones.

That includes the one I used as a shield…

It takes a moment for me to react, that moment was all he needed…

Three bones fly right through my left arm.

“Aghh!” – Alex

I got a bit closer, but now I’m back to just running from side to side again.

“I guess turning them into skeletons won’t work against you… That’s okay.” – Skeleton king

This continues for a few seconds, until he suddenly stops shooting.

He must have run out of stamina!

This is my opportunity to get closer!

Just as I start running towards him, he raises his staff high into the air and a thick bone wall forms in front of him.

The wall quickly grows to the size of the entire room; bone spikes cover every inch of it.

What the-

Suddenly, it shoots forward at an incredible speed.

It’s headed right for me…

The entrance is no longer there, so I can’t run back.

There is nowhere to hide, and nothing to block with either…

The wall will hit me...!