The Night Sun

"Did you hear that both older brother and No One have been here since morning? Why?"

"I'm waiting for him to study."

"Study?"

"Yeah, while I take notes," Sword of Love chuckled.

Lady Lam playfully knocked Sword of Love's head, then explained to Hana.

"He's studying the boss's mechanics."

"Boss mechanics?"

"It's how a boss acts, like how it will move, what skills it will use, and any special abilities it might have."

Hana, being new to the game, wasn't familiar with the terminology, so Lady Lam avoided using the technical term 'mechs.'

"The reason he sticks to the Bard class, even though he always complains about its weakness, is because he’s—"

"A Warrior like your brother," Sword of Love interrupted.

"No."

"A mech addict. Don't interrupt me."

This time, Lady Lam grabbed Sword of Love's hair and pulled.

Her in-game character was as tall as she was in real life, standing at 1.8 meters.

As tall as Sword of Love. It was easy for her to reach his head.

"Let me explain more clearly. The Bard is often criticized in lower difficulty dungeons or daily quests. But it becomes essential in high-difficulty dungeons and boss fights."

"When facing bosses with a lot of health, high damage, and time-consuming battles, the Bard’s effectiveness shines."

"With healing skills over time, they can restore a lot in the long run, and the Bard's ability to debuff bosses greatly aids the team in prolonged battles. Unlike normal bosses that can be taken down with a bit of burst damage."

"And for someone who loves challenging bosses like him, no matter how much he complains about the class, he won't choose another profession."

Hana watched naively as No One rushed toward the Ogre, towering over 3 to 4 meters tall.

His mouth was singing a song.

"Smoke and flames rise, chaotic flowers of war."

"Tears blend with decorations, staining red."

"With brows like paintings, husband and wife at peace."

"Speaking of roaming the ends of the earth with me, it's all a lie."

Woosh.

No One's movement speed seemed to continuously increase.

【 BUFF: Speed Increase! 】

【 BUFF: Speed Increase! 】

【 BUFF: Speed Increase! 】

The quick tempo of the song boosts both the attack and movement speed of those who hear it.

【 Vocal That Melts One's Heart 】 continuously creates Buffs for No One.

The beginning.

The boss will roar loudly, causing a stun.

Then comes.

A strike to the ground. A Red Strike.

This is how players have named the boss's attacks. Unblockable. The only way to withstand the damage is through invincibility. That's a Red Strike.

Normally, many classes can use dash skills to dodge it. But with the Buffed speed, No One simply moves out of the damage range.

The attack just now is extremely dangerous for first-time players tackling this difficulty.

The boss's roar that stuns has very little downtime before the Red Strike hits.

No One yelled at the start of the fight to disrupt the roar's stun effect.

Let's see who has the louder voice.

Normally, the bosses use a yellow attack first.

These are skills that can be blocked.

And there's a short interval before the attack strikes down.

Thanks to that short interval, No One can run out of the area of effect.

This is because there was no roar; if it wasn't interrupted, one would need to use dash or teleport skills.

Next up.

A sweeping horizontal attack. A Red Strike.

No One jumped back.

It starts with a roar, a red strike in front, and a red sweeping strike over a wide area.

Each attack can be deadly for classes not geared toward defense.

No One brushed his hand across his sword and then unleashed a slash of sword energy at the Ogre.

Then, even as the sword slash wasn't fully executed, he charged directly. But that sword energy still hit the Ogre, dealing damage.

Even though it's virtual reality, it's still just a game.

Animation-Cancel actions is possible!

Canceling unnecessary actions is a technique in games where you can overlay another action before the animation of an attack is fully completed.

For instance, when you swing a sword to hit an enemy. The damage is calculated the moment the blade hits the enemy.The animation of the sword slicing down after that isn't necessary.

So, you can use a skill or another action to override the excess part.

For No One, he uses a dash as soon as the sword sweeping action generates enough sword energy.

Two-thirds of the sweep is enough to create the sword energy. The damage doesn't differ from a full swing.

So why not save half the execution time?

No One charged directly at the boss, thrusting his sword straight through the Ogre's chest.

"With one strike, the heart has grown desolate."

He used his foot to push off the Ogre, pulling the sword out.

"In a world where perfection exists not."

The Ogre, in pain and anger, reached out intending to grab No One.

"Out of sight, what remains of summer's end."

No One immediately leaped and slashed at its eyes, blinding it.

"Even if one rules the world, it's just a mere woah~"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"

Another piercing scream came from No One.

The Ogre at this point had dropped to 50% health. It was supposed to roar, causing a stun.

But before it could do anything, that bastard interrupted it, stunning it instead.

Lady Lam covered her mouth, unable to suppress her laughter, though her ears were ringing.

He truly screamed right in the boss's face.

Hana was a bit taken aback.

"But... why this song?"

"Ignore him, he's just playing Bard to blast his old ass playlist."

"If my dance alone could decide the fate of the world."

The Ogre, stunned, could only helplessly take continuous damage.

Since this is a solo boss meant for testing, its health isn't particularly high.

What's truly important is understanding the mechanics.

There was supposed to be a barrage of red attacks targeting No One.

We've been sitting around waiting long enough to see others go through the phase after this Boss's scream. Although the number of people challenging Hell has risen, not many survive the second roar of the boss.

No One found that if you interrupt the second scream, the boss won't execute its dangerous combo afterward and will instead repeat its initial actions: a red strike and a sweep attack.

But due to the stun, its combo was abruptly cut off.

"Then toppling your game is just as simple~"

"Aaaa~!"

One decisive slash from the sword finished off the Ogre.

The Ogre fell.

1 minute...

Flames ignited.

Fire burst forth from the Ogre.

It seemed as if an invisible hand lifted it, now emanating an unusual aura.

After 1 minute. If the Ogre isn't defeated...

It will enter this berserk phase.

Fully recovering Health, increasing attack speed, enhancing damage, and changing its attack patterns.

That Sword of Love guy directly killed the boss with damage before 1 minute.So there was no need to fight through this phase.

I thought I finished it just in time. Unexpectedly, it was still a bit short.

The damage buffed from The Vocal wasn't enough.

No One swung his sword again, launching another sword energy strike.

Extremely skilled, as the sword path reached halfway, the animation was immediately canceled.

Another sword energy was created right from the remaining half of the sword's path.

"This is...!"

Lady Lam was a bit surprised.

Sword of Love chuckled with delight.

"Brilliant! You monster! Brilliant!"