Dungeon Day 80 - Continues

  The battle wasn’t going to be a battle. It was going to be a slaughter. That was something Dan firmly believed as he watched his monsters approach the enemy. The enemy was too outnumbered, even if they had multiple High D Rankers in their midst.

  The green monstrosity had stood a chance because of the fusion and its large army. However, this small army of ogres and trolls was nothing. Dan also didn’t think that the Chaos Mother cared anymore about this area and was just ready for him to move on. Otherwise, he knew this battle would be much harder.

  Noticing his moving forces as they approached, the enemy reacted, and Dan heard a horn as the small army began to form. For their part, his monsters stopped their march, and George took control.

  The first thing the gorilla did was tell the eagles and the hawks to grab the squirrels, all 92 of them. It didn’t take long, and the birds were soon flying off, the enemy most likely losing track of them. Dan did spot through Eagle the Hawk that the giant was paying attention to the birds but didn’t have the forces needed to do anything about them.

  Next up, George had the bears, gorillas, and centibulkers get closer together to form a proper line of defense. Naturally, the baboons, jaguars, and centiblades moved forward as well to back their heavies up. Then, the giant decided not to let his enemy set up, and its army began to march.

  Getting real-time feedback from Hawk the Eagle, who was flying above their army along with the remaining bats and cardinals, George told Hawk to engage. This left Balbatzar, the bats, and the cardinals behind.

  As they waited for Hawk to make it to the advancing enemy, George gave out more orders. Jamole and Chomp, along with their worms and moles, were to remain under the enemy, and after the explosions, they needed to make sure they got a troll and ogre out of the fight so Dan could absorb them later. The cheetahs joined the moles and worms, having been told to wait for the underground beasts to do their thing before running by and unleashing lightning bolts on the enemy before retreating. Meanwhile, the panther already had their orders to flank the enemy and wait for further instructions. So, with those orders given, the underground team and cheetahs moved out.

  Next were the stags and centimentalists, who were ordered to ensure the enemy had only one way toward them. In response, the group began erecting thick walls in possible paths the enemy army might use. Dan doubted they would need it, but having the walls even as a delaying tactic was nice.

  Hawk the Eagle finally made it above the enemy army and was met by bolts of green gooey energy from the shaman trolls. She dodged them with ease and began to work.

  It didn’t take long for the enemy to realize something was wrong as the eagle flew in circles above them, starting to work her Eye of the Tornado skill. As the skill activated, the wind grew in strength, and it wasn’t long before a full-on tornado was making a mess. It didn’t do much damage or lift the enemy up since it was still relatively weak, and they were rather heavy, but it stalled them, and by the time they started moving, Hawk had left.

  Meanwhile, as Hawk had done her thing, George had ordered the spiders and porcupines to head up to the front line and stand on top of the highest rocks they could find. By then, the centimentalists and stags had done their thing and were back behind the front lines.

  The enemy army continued marching, and as they got closer, the giant saw how they had walled off other paths, giving only one specific path for its army to follow. In a move that surprised Dan, the giant gave orders that Dan understood thanks to one of his oldest and first abilities—the blessing the World Crystal of Earth had given him. Anyways, the orders from the giant was to make the ogre and trolls fan out. Sadly, before they could, nuts started raining from the skies, and explosions went off as the falling nuts rocketed the army. At the same time, George sent the cardinals forward to specifically target the trolls and their regenerative ability.

  The shamans shielded themselves, avoiding a good portion of the damage from the nuts, but were still slightly blasted about. After the explosions stopped, the worms and moles appeared from the ground, piercing through bodies or swallowing monsters whole. Then came the lightning bolts from the cheetahs that had been running laps around the small army.

  Seeing its army getting devastated, the giant and probably the shard roared and charged forward. Hearing the giant roar, his worms and moles retreated, and Dan, knowing they had already captured some of the enemy, was fine with it since the battle had already been a success.

  Sadly, for the enemy, they still had some more presents to receive. George called for the spiders and porcupines to unleash their needles and spines, and a rain of pointy things struck the enemy.

  The giant had been hit, too, but he didn’t look bad. Still, it had been a good distraction letting the bats move in, and they soon opened their mouths as they activated their Sonic Resonance skills. The skills melded together, creating a field of thundering sound that blasted into the enemy. It was a powerful combo skill that caused even the giant to place his hands over his ears.

  The bats were long gone when the enemy realized the sound had stopped.

  The enemy army was in shambles, barely one or two ogres standing. Though unsurprising, ten trolls were still standing, two of whom were shamans. The giant looked around his destroyed army and roared angrily, his once-normal eyes glowing bright blue, matching his crystal club.

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  That told Dan that things were about to go down, and he pushed George to recall the army and have the bosses engage. Agreeing with Dan’s assessment, George had the army part, and the bosses, including the gorilla himself, made their way forward.

  Of course, George also gave additional instructions. He had the spiders, porcupines, and almost everyone who had expended too much mana back off. Meanwhile, the rest of the monsters, which included the bears, gorillas, centibulkers, jaguars, baboons, centiblades, stags, doe’s, centimentalists, hawks, and eagles, split into teams and were sent to remove the remaining enemy monsters. With orders to join the main fight by the time they were done if it was still going on by then.

  The approaching bosses finally saw the giant, who had come to a halt as the light intensified to cover him completely. Dan had to assume the thing had gone to its final form.

  When the light cleared, the club had been split and reduced in size. The giant now had two clubs that were more like thinner tree trunk size than the previous refrigerator size in thickness. They weren’t as long either, and he was able to dual-wield them without problem. That wasn’t even the most impressive thing. What was impressive was the blue crystal armor the giant now wore. It was a full suit of armor covering the giant completely, and the monster gave off blue crystal knight vibes with his two matching clubs. The giant also glowed with pinkish energy, and Dan had to admit that it was its own full-blown raid boss.

  Things were about to get crazy, and silence spread over the now-gathered army. Yes, the army. His monsters had dispatched the trolls and ogres rather quickly, and pretty much his army's full front line, along with the caster group, was grouped up behind Ingot, George, Fur, and Fir, who had been standing together.

  As for the rest of Dan’s bosses, Kinetic was running around charging up, Xinos was hiding and waiting, and Itsy was riding Kinetic. Jamole and Chomp hid underground, their mana having been partially depleted, but still wanting to fight. Hawk the Eagle was also in the fight, even if her mana was half gone. Apparently, she didn’t want to let Eagle the Hawk show her up, and the two, along with Balbatzar, were flying above the battle site with all the hawks and eagles.

  The giant broke the silence by roaring and charging straight at Ingot, the only monster actually around its size, if not matching it. Ingot roared but with his Roar of the Mountain skill, buffing all of his allies. Then, the bear activated his body enhancement at full blast.

  As it ran, the giant was blasted with wind slashes from everywhere as the birds flew above it. The slashes didn’t do much of anything, but they annoyed the giant, which was a good thing. And it spent mana sending one or two waves of kinetic energy into the sky, hitting nothing but keeping the birds at bay.

  The giant got closer and closer to Ingot before it jumped, gaining quite the height. Ingot just waited to receive the incoming slam attack at least until Hawk’s Wind Slash hit the giant's side and took the monster off course, causing it to slam into the ground, eventually sliding to a stop.

  As it was getting up, Ingot arrived, stood on his hind legs, and his front paws glowed with power as he activated Earth Slam. The giant acted in time, and a pink barrier popped around it. The barrier cracked but held, and instead of dismissing it, the giant turned it into a blast of force, causing Ingot to stumble back.

  Kinetic ran by as the giant was getting back up again and unleashed his fully charged lightning bolt right at the giant's head. It didn’t react in time, and the bolt struck it, shocking it and leaving a nice singed mark on its forehead. This was then followed up by Itsy shooting a bunch of webbing toward its face, blinding it for a second. A second was all George needed as the gorilla had already been running towards the armored giant, his fist glowing with power. Needless to say, the giant did not see the uppercut that struck its chin, cracking its helmet a bit while also sending it tumbling back down.

  Next in the combo was Eagle the Hawk, who came down in a streak of green energy and slammed right into the giant's face, cracking the helmet further. After Eagle came Jamole, who struck the helmet from the back at full speed. The impact finally shattered the helmet and briefly stunned the giant.

  From there, things didn't go well for the giant.

  Unlike the fight against the green monstrosity, the giant didn't have an army, and it was quickly overwhelmed.

  Ingot, George, and Fur got into it, and so did all the melee combatants of the army. The bears, gorillas, centibulkers, and the three bosses were good distractions and damage sponges. And even if the giant could hit hard, there were only so many things it could react to. And there was a lot to react to.

  From range, Eagle, Hawk, and Balbatzar, along with the hawks, eagles, centimentalists, and bow-wielding baboons, kept a constant barrage of projectiles, always keeping the boss unbalanced or making it spend mana as it created barriers to absorb the damage. Then, when it got hits on the melee combatants, whether directly with its clubs or indirectly via telekinetic attacks, if the attacks weren't enough to kill the monster in one hit, it let the doe’s do their jobs, and healing beams shot to retreating minions preventing their deaths.

  The stags even joined in the fight at some point when George ordered them to. The doe's were safe since the giant was focused on the nearby combatants. Thus, the stags summoned earthen spikes or rammed into the boss, giving it more things to target, allowing the centiblades to use their superior agility and strike unbothered. As the fight continued, monsters were hurt as area-wide telekinetic blasts whittled down Dan's army. Still, that was in Dan's favor since the more mana the monster used, the better.

  It was a battle of attrition, and Dan had the numbers. More importantly, Mother Infinity hadn’t put any restrictions on him. Heck, the whole fight could have probably ended even faster if Dan had sent more monsters, but he still needed to keep his monsters clearing the invaders in the rest of his controlled territory.

  The battle finally reached its apex when Xinos came and tore into the giant's already cracked armor. Dan's jaguar broke the chest plate apart in a combo attack with Ingot, George, and Chomp, who put the giant off balance. Xinos tore a good chunk out of the giant's body and gave the rest of the monsters a good area to target since it no longer had a chest plate.

  Slowly but surely, the giant's energy was whittled down until it eventually fell exhausted onto the ground. It had taken almost half an hour of fighting, and Dan had taken a decent number of casualties, but nothing like with the green monstrosity.

  It took about another hour for the body to be dragged to Dan's territory, during which it recovered enough to put up a quick fight. It didn't do it much good, and it wasn't long before its body crossed over to Dan's territory, where he had been waiting. Slowly floating over to the crystal giant whose eyes were now blue crystal, Dan tapped it with his body and began the absorption process.