Versatile: Alternate World

Chapter 941  Beat it Until It Drops

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! BOOM!

KACHA! KACHA! KACHA! SWOOSH!

Pandora and I kept up our relentless assault on the Soul Eater, showing no mercy as we quickly dispatched its healing ghosts, preventing it from regaining any strength.

"This fella's a bit of a walk in the park, don't you think? It's like it's not even putting up a fight. Is it just lurking around for the sake of lurking?" Pandora commented with a casual shrug as she sent more chains toward the Soul Eater.

"You should cut it some slack. It's trying to look scary, but it's not exactly nailing the whole menacing thing. It didn't sign up to be a walk in the park for us," I advised Pandora, all while keeping the pressure on the poor guy.

"You've got a point there. The more it squirms, the more satisfying it is."

Pandora and I kept unleashing our arsenal of spells and attacks on the Soul Eater. Fortunately, it was vulnerable to both physical and magical assaults, so it didn't matter which type of damage we dealt – we weren't exactly running low on options.

Facing a major setback, the Soul Eater opted for a tactical retreat.

Pandora wasn't about to let it off the hook that easily. "You're not slipping away that effortlessly!" She chucked a little ball of light that clung to the Soul Eater before vanishing into thin air.

The sneaky Soul Eater disappeared into the shadows, presumably to patch itself up, but Pandora's light ball had other plans. Even as it melted into the darkness, it cast a gleam that betrayed the Soul Eater's hideout, ultimately exposing its secret sanctuary.

"That's an interesting move, Pandora."

"Of course, it's me we're discussing here, and you know I'm pretty good at this," Pandora replied with a playful grin.

"Hmm, well, I'll give you credit for that one. But let's focus on getting that guy out of hiding. I've got an idea," I said, reaching into my inventory and producing a scroll then tearing it into two.

A sudden gust of wind materialized in front of us, slowly enveloping everything in its path, though it left us unaffected.

"[Swallowing Gale]? That's quite a rare scroll. It's a tier 6 spell!" Pandora raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, it's me we're discussing here, and you know I'm pretty good at this," I said, playfully echoing her words from earlier.

Pandora gave me a playful nudge, chuckling, "You're being quite cheeky, aren't you?"

The [Swallowing Gale] continued its relentless onslaught, devouring every ghost in its path. The ghosts that had just been spawned were wiped out, and the lurking Soul Eater was rudely ejected from the shadows by the relentless spell's suction, making it scramble to escape and ultimately dissipate.

As soon as it resurfaced, we wasted no time in launching another assault. The Soul Eater tried to shake us off, but we pressed on without breaking a sweat, both of us vying to see who could deal the most damage.

Before long, the Soul Eater's HP dropped to a critical level.

"Check it out, my spells and sword swings are hitting harder," I grin at Pandora, giving my bicep a playful flex.

"Hmm, you wish! I'm pretty sure I did most of the damage earlier. Even if you just out-damaged me this time, it doesn't necessarily mean you've out-damaged me overall against this guy."

We kept pounding on the Soul Eater like it owed us money, not breaking a sweat. It was almost comical how we were locked in this unspoken competition to see who could dish out the most damage. The Soul Eater? Well, it must've been questioning its life choices right about then.

I mean, it tried to flex its healing powers, but it couldn't even patch up a paper cut. And when it attempted to summon a bunch of hostile ghosts to gang up on us, we didn't even break a sweat, taking them all down one by one. Then we just got right back to our little beatdown on the poor Soul Eater. We made it suffer, no doubt about that.

Maybe, in a final desperate move to slow us down and give itself a fighting chance, the dungeon boss decided to throw some heavy hitters our way. It conjured up some towering ghosts and a bunch of Corrupted Elves.

Pandora's eyes lit up when she spotted the Corrupted Elves. "Well, well, it seems we've stumbled upon the source of those pesky elves from the upper floors," she remarked with a grin.

I nodded knowingly. "No surprise there, it's the dungeon boss, after all." With that, I dove into the battle against the Corrupted Elves and the big ghosts.

The Soul Eater, in all its sinister grandeur, met its demise even before it got a chance to lift a finger. Those wayward ghosts and those misfit Corrupted Elves that it spawned? Well, they hardly had a chance to cause any trouble. The instant they showed up, we pounced on 'em, hitting 'em hard and fast to ensure our damage-per-second was more than enough to wipe 'em out.

After it finally croaked, a bunch of loot plopped onto the floor, right next to four gleaming treasure chests that were practically dripping with gold. Honestly, I couldn't believe our luck, especially since the boss was basically a waste of time – just a glorified punching bag.

"Whoa, check out those treasure chests. It's not every day a boss coughs up four of them," Pandora chimed in, rushing over to inspect the loot. As for me, I checked the materials dropped instead and met disappointment.

"I'm not too thrilled about these drops, to be honest. Most of them seem pretty lackluster, and I can't really see a use for them. Maybe Almira will find them more appealing?" I went through the loot carefully, and either they're just not up to par in terms of quality or they're not really fitting for my specialty in crafting. It's a bit disappointing, considering we took down that boss and all, but the loot isn't all that impressive.

Pandora made her way to the treasure chests. She opened one of them, and while I was still engrossed in sifting through the loot, she nudged me on the shoulder.

"Hey, Manato, check this out. This little booklet, it feels like I have seen this before."

I shifted my attention to what Pandora had discovered. When my eyes met the booklet she held, I couldn't believe my eyes.

The booklet she stumbled upon in that chest? It's a piece of the long-lost Necromancer legacy. I snatched it up, but as soon as my fingers made contact, it vanished into thin air. A notification popped up, announcing the restoration of yet another part of the Necromancer's legacy.

Pandora couldn't help but be curious, "Have you been gathering these for a while?"

I replied casually, "Oh, yeah. I've had this thing since the days of my Bladeheart character. It just carried over even after we reset to level 1 and changed characters. So whenever I come across it, I make sure to snag it. I'll give it a closer look later."

Pandora gave a nod and turned her attention back to the treasure chests. This time, her gaze fixed on the second one. She popped it open, and inside, there was just one ring. The ring had a skull with eerie, glowing eyes. It was reminiscent of the kind of bling you'd see on a biker's hand.

"This ring's got some serious spook factor," Pandora commented nonchalantly, pushing it in my direction as if to say she wasn't too keen on it.

"I actually think it's pretty cool," I said, plucking the ring out of the chest. It was a bit perplexing that a colossal treasure chest like this would only contain a single ring. I mean, does this ring have its own VIP section in there, or what?

In any case, I checked the ring's description.

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[Ring of The Reaper]

Type: Ring Equipment

Equippable at Level: 300

Equippable by: All Classes

Stats:

AGI: 179 (That's some fancy fingerwork!)

INT: 230 (Because brains are just as important as brawn!)

Special Skill:

1. (Soul Converter) - allows the user to convert the lifeforce of the monsters killed into a source of power, source of healing, or store it for later use. So, monsters beware, your lifeforce might end up as someone's power snack!

2. (Soul Bank) - a special chamber to contain the converted souls before it can be used for later purposes. It's like a secure vault for those ghostly investments!

Description: A ring used by a necromancer once to store a bunch of souls to use as fuel for his Necromancer activities. It can carry multiple harvested souls in one go wherever the user goes. However, he failed to conquer one ghost and attacked him, freeing the other ghosts in the process which then proceeded to attack him and brutally kill him in the process. (Moral of the story: Don't mess with ghosts or bite more than you can chew... literally!)

Note: Although the note has a scary background, it no longer does that as someone has rewritten or remade the whole item. Guess you would be happy to at least use it without turning into a ghost chow huh? (Phew, no more ghostly surprises, we promise!)

Durability: 10,000/10,000