Chapter 12: Veronica, the Evil Warlock
After Aiwass recalled his identity as the evil bartender, he completely recalled the details of this dungeon:
The first elite enemy, the "Evil Bartender," is a level 15 demon. Its primary mechanic is that after charging, it unleashes a powerful attack that can be dodged but not parried, knocking the player back without completely consuming aggro. This mechanic lasts approximately fifteen seconds. If knocked back, the player is likely to collide with tables, chairs, walls, and other players, causing secondary damage and stunning.
Furthermore, if the player is close enough to him—within one meter—they will be attacked immediately regardless of whether they have hatred or not. Therefore, if the front row is knocked back, it is easy to expose the back row.
The first time his health drops below 30%, he enters a demonic state, doubling his attack speed, movement speed, and the frequency of his first ability.
Beyond that, there are no other mechanics. You can use skills that prevent knockback to take the mechanic head-on, or you can dodge it. Alternatively, you can have a melee DPS approach him from behind just as he's about to trigger the mechanic, then take the mechanic and continue pulling aggro back. This way, he becomes a purely static boss.
The second boss in this dungeon is a demon dog created by a high-level demonologist, called "Evil Dog" Shell. Its special features include high-frequency attacks with incendiary, armor-piercing, and poison abilities. It also clears aggro every 10% of its health. With a little care, defeating it is relatively easy.
Of course, if this were real life, the boss wouldn't come out one by one for Calabash Brothers to save Grandpa. If the bartender and the vicious dog appeared at the same time, it would become difficult to fight.
...But now, the vicious dog has disappeared.
The moment he saw the bald woman's face, Aiwass reacted immediately.
The one who created this "evil dog" should be the bald man who was killed by me that night!
——Because this woman was the "apprentice" who met Aiwass that night!
Many fragments immediately reassembled in his mind, forming a new clue of events:
According to the original story, the player suddenly appeared, startled the two, and rescued Aiwass, who was already on the ritual platform, preventing the arrival of the Shadow Demon. After that, the man left and created the "Evil Dog" to guard this secret base.
The "Pelican Bar" should be related to the "Noble Red" association.
In other words, this was originally an outpost of their organization in Avalon.
The reason why it is called an outpost...
This is because even Aiwass, who didn't remember the plot very clearly, knew that the mysterious society "Noble Red" was actually a disguise created by spies from the Star Antimony Kingdom among the people!
The top leaders of this association are all spies of the Star Antimony Kingdom. They support the suppressed demonologists in the Kingdom of Avalon by distributing demonology books and forbidden ritual materials.
Of course, the two people who came to see Aiwass were probably not qualified enough to know this secret.
He then remembered why this incident involved a minister of Avalon.
Now, because he killed that man, the vicious dog is gone from the bar.
——Although it doesn’t make much sense, history has indeed been changed by him in a small way!
The apprentice who escaped that day was the evil sorcerer Veronica, a level 19 demonologist who was just one step away from reaching the third level.
Players affectionately call her Da Zi or the Bald Girl.
Because this is the lowest level boss that can drop a red robe, it is quite common to find it in large purple spawns. Although the red robe is not good looking and has no attributes, it can start the event line of the "Noble Red" association.
In that event line, you can get four books and a good staff. The four books give a lot of skill experience, so players whose profession is Demonologist will have to do it sooner or later.
Compared to the first two bosses that Aiwass had forgotten, Veronica's mechanism was much more difficult to defeat.
——Just like now, she came out directly with the ball.
Fifteen seconds into the game, she'll target the player with the highest aggro and unleash a high-speed, weakly tracking "Cursed Infant." If you can't dodge this skill, you'll die instantly.
This level of damage, without any damage reduction or invincibility skills, is impossible to withstand. It would take a tank class of around level 30, with the ability to break free, to withstand this attack head-on without dying. So, the only option was to dodge.
Players killed by her in battle will be immediately sacrificed to summon a little demon. The demon is not difficult to kill, just three rounds of concentrated fire. However, the sacrificed body means that it cannot be revived in battle to replenish the enemy.
This dungeon is for four people. If you fail to avoid the opening mechanism, you will lose a quarter of your combatants - there is a high probability that you will lose a tank.
The subsequent damage is not difficult, it is just a continuous cycle of releasing increasingly painful group damage. The higher the stack, the slower the movement and attack speed, and the stacks of other players will not be reset until one player dies.
As long as no one dies in the first round of the mechanism, you can basically win by focusing fire; otherwise, the healer will die when he can no longer maintain the health line, leaving the other teammates to empty the stacks. If you don't pass it this time, you won't be able to pass it.
Unlike the previous two bosses, the first two can be defeated without looking up a guide, and you can just attack them blindly. If you attack Veronica without looking at the guide, you will most likely die on your first encounter.
I can only say that this BOSS is playable.
Before entering the game, he secretly uses rituals to hold back his ultimate move, aiming to kill one person at the start. This is unlike other bosses who hold back until they are almost dead before using their ultimate move. This output mode is very similar to that of the players, who all start the game with a burst of attacks.
As a healing profession, Aiwass must read the guide.
If the tank or DPS doesn't handle the mechanism well at the beginning, he will have to go and die.
——But after all, it is the BOSS of the original copy. Players will definitely become lazier after fighting it for a long time.
So players have developed Veronica's skipping class strategy.
And to be frank, it's very simple.
Aiwass's previous preparations were also for this moment——
His left hand, hidden beneath his cloak, opened slightly, the power of shadow silently gathering between his fingers. The "Enchantment Card: Shadow Blade" he had crafted last night emerged from the twisting void, held between his index and middle fingers.
In order to distract Veronica, Aiwass said calmly: "You have left too many loopholes - or rather, they are countless.
"I was even a little slow in discovering the truth. I believe that if it were the famous Mr. Sherlock, he would have guessed it immediately."
As he spoke, the pistol in his right hand moved slightly closer to the "Moon" Tarot card in his left hand.
The moment the gun touched the tarot card that was rewritten as "Enchantment Card: Shadow Blade".
As Aiwas thought about it, the enchantment card in his left hand suddenly turned into a shadow and sank into the lady's pistol in his right hand.
Then, he raised his pistol and aimed at the evil sorcerer Veronica.
The woman in red also recognized Aiwass's identity at this time.
She had originally wanted to ask Aiwass how he had survived that night. The moment she saw the Shadow Fiend lose control and kill her mentor, she had turned and fled without hesitation. She hadn't realized that Aiwass had controlled the Shadow Fiend, and only thought that the mentor's contract had failed.
But when he saw Aiwass's ridiculous behavior, the doubts and vigilance in his heart were overwhelmed by contempt.
She couldn't help but sneer, and didn't even bother to dodge: "You don't think that this kind of thing can be useful to me, do you?
"Elf-made, lady's grip, five-round magazine capacity—am I right? You think it'll be useful to me?
"I don't even bother dodging. How about I just stand here and let you take a pounding?"
(End of this chapter)
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