A Gunslinger’s System in a World of Magic

Chapter 147: The Monstrosity (1)

The pressure of the forceful wave sent everyone in the hall to the ground with those unable to properly ground themselves rolling a few steps back. Henry was one of those who rolled.

With his guns in his hands, he had nothing to anchor himself with.

Louis rolled too but Andor stabbed his Spear into the ground and used it as an Anchor. When the wave passed, the Mummies returned to their feet almost mechanically without any actual concept of struggle.

The Mummies all held weapons and despite their obvious limited thinking ability, they knew to use those weapons to Anchor themselves and once they were back on their feet, they were quick to start striking down at the fallen humans.

With a grunt of effort, Andor rolled away just as a sword came stabbing down at him still on the ground. He got on his feet and used his Shield to deflect an Attack before stabbing his Spear through a Mummy.

"Ahhh!" Yelling out in a battle cry of sorts, Andor dug in his heels and pushed his Spear against his Mummy victim until it stabbed a second.

With two Mummies skewered on the shaft of his Spear, Andor turned and stabbed into a third before letting his Mana surge out violently. The Spear reacted to the surge. It drew in his released Mana and it became infused and let out what it absorbed in a violent discharge that ripped all three Mummies apart from the inside.

"Whoa!" Andor said with his eyes wide. He had known Echo's Spear was special ever since he first held it but had had no idea it was capable of this.

"Ah!"

Arching his back, Andor yelled out in pain as a mummy stabbed its sword through his back. The strike hurt and he bled, but gritting his teeth at the pain, he wheeled around and stabbed through what would have been the Mummy's jaw if its head was not so bandaged up and misshapen.

To further test what he just learned about Echo's Spear, Andor let his Mana surge once again and the weapon absorbed his Mana and discharged it violently to blow the Mummy's head up.

With his lips stretched into a grin, Andor gripped the Spear with excitement and took on a stance while stretching his Shield out in front of him for the Mummies to come.

While Andor was getting locked in a battle with multiple Mummies and discovering more dynamism in his fighting, Henry and Louis rose off the ground and, having been separated from the attacking Mummies, they were able to survey the Hall even better.

They were able to focus on the actual problem in the situation they now faced; The recently summoned Monstrosity.

It stood at over Nine Meters with a width to match its height. An absolute giant created by a fusion of all sorts of bones and looked to be preparing itself for another powerful stomp.

Nyx had avoided getting slammed away by the forceful wave as she had been hiding within the Shadow of a Mummy before the Monstrosity stomped the ground.

Now she leaped out, discovered the Mummy whose shadow she had hidden in was down following the forceful wave and she proceeded to stomp the shit out of it until it stopped moving…

[Nyx has received 250 Exp]

… Bringing the total of kills she had made since she leveled up, to 8. She made to rear her head and whinny as she always did at every successful kill when her ears perked and she turned around and discovered The Monstrosity had its eyes on her as its closest target.

It took one step toward her and the impact of its giant bandaged foot against the ground released a wave focused precisely on Nyx.

*Neigh!*

Nyx made to vanish into shadow but let out a scared Neigh when the wave struck her faster than she could use <ShadowScape>. The skill was canceled and she was sent slamming into the wall.

[Nyx has lost 50 Hit Points]

[Nyx's Hit Points: 105/155]

"RARRRRR!!!"

Raising its head, the Monstrosity let out a powerful roar as it raised its foot and brought it down with a Thunderous stomp.

*BANG!!!*

Unlike the last one that simply unleashed a forceful wave, this stomp was backed with the release of Mana which had a sickly, deathly scent that Henry and everyone in the hall knew quite well already. The scent had been prevalent everywhere they had been within the Dungeon so far.

The forceful wave spread in arches in a far more composed attack than the last.

"Hngh!!" Henry let out as the forceful wave slammed into him and although he was forced to side back a few feet, he remained on his feet with his heels dug in.

When the wave passed, he saw that Monstrosity had taken multiple steps toward the Knight Party. It cared not for the Mummies it met on the way and crushed a few of them underneath its gigantic feet and moved so fast, despite its large size, that it was soon in front of Eloise and swinging its large arm at her.

"Fall back!" Aurelius yelled as he stepped between Eloise and the Monstrosity with his Shield raised to defend against the enemy's strike.

In his eagerness to protect her, Aurelius knocked Eloise down and she watched with wide eyes as the Monstrosity's monstrously large hand connected with his shield in a hit that sent him slamming into the wall with no resistance.

Eloise stood to her feet and managed to get many steps away while ushering the Squires to step back for their safety as she chanted a spell and unleashed a Magical beam into the Monstrosity's chest only to watch as it slightly singed its bandages but otherwise had no effect. Besides pissing it off, of course.

"RARRRR!!!"

Letting out a roar, the Monstrosity brought its gigantic hand down with the clear intent of crushing Eloise to paste. She leaped away and avoided the arm by a foot only to still be smacked by the wave that was unleashed by the hand's contact with the ground.

With a groan that sounded from deep within the Monstrosity's chest, it raised its hand off the ground about an inch, leaned forward, and swung in a wide arch that connected with Eloise and sent her flying feet away.

"Ugh!" She let out as she rolled to a stop and with her sword stabbed into the ground, she got on one knee with her brows furrowed and a focused look in her grey eyes.

That focused look became a wide-eyed stare of horror when she saw a massive shadow looming above her.

In the seconds Eloise had spent rolling, the Monstrosity had taken a powerful leap that put into perspective just how high-ceilinged the Hall was.

"What—?" Eloise let out in disbelief but reacted fast enough to not get stomped on.

*BAM!*

Alas, when the the Monstrosity landed after its leap; it created a powerful updraft of pressure that lifted Eloise a few feet off the ground and then it followed up by slamming a large fist against her to send her flying away. Probably with a few broken bones.

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After the second attack of forceful waves backed by sickly, deathly mana, Louis stepped forward to assist Andor with the Mummies. Casting spells and striking out streaks of lightning.

Henry joined in. He stood right where he was and fired shots from 'Violent Retort' to eliminate the Mummies standing at the fringe so both Louis and Andor were not overwhelmed.

He heard the sounds of the battle happening feet away. He heard the sound of Aurelius getting slammed into the wall and still he didn't take his eyes off the Mummies attacking Louis and Andor.

He had eliminated 9 of them and was starting to draw their attention when he felt something coming at him. He couldn't possibly ignore it and he looked toward it only to have Eloise slam into him following the slam she received from the Monstrosity.

Armor slamming into his body hurt Henry and he even lost a few Hit points but even as he winced, he cradled her against his body, balancing her weight, armor and all, in his arms as he was sent sliding many feet away.