The tunnel trembled.
Dust fell from the ceiling as something massive scraped its way through the darkness.
Seojun and Luma both leaned forward slightly.
Then it appeared.
A long, armored shape slowly crawled out of the tunnel mouth.
It looked like a giant centipede, easily twenty feet long.
Its body was covered in thick black plates that overlapped like armor.
Dozens of bladed legs scraped across the stone floor as it moved.
At the front, its head lifted slowly.
Two glowing yellow eyes locked onto the room.
Its mandibles opened with a sharp click.
Seojun felt a small pulse in his vision.
His passive skill activated.
Monster Tamer Passive: Beast Insight
Information flowed into his mind.
Iron Maw Burrower
Threat Level: Elite
Behavior: Tunnel Predator
Temperament: Extremely Aggressive
Tameable: No
Seojun exhaled.
“…Well.”
Luma glanced at him.
“Don’t tell me.”
Seojun shook his head.
“Nope.”
The creature’s massive body continued sliding out of the tunnel.
Its tail was still deep in the darkness.
Viewer1: BOSS FIGHT
Viewer2: THAT THING IS HUGE
Viewer3: JUNX TRY TO TAME IT
Seojun pointed at the monster.
“Chat, it literally says not tameable.”
Viewer4: TRY ANYWAY
Viewer5: YOU MISS 100% OF THE TAMES YOU DON’T TRY Luma snorted.
“Yeah go hug the murder centipede.”
The monster suddenly lunged forward, its front legs stabbing into the stone floor as it rushed the room.
The statues immediately reacted.
Two spear strikes slammed into its armored body.
The spears bounced off.
Seojun blinked.
“…That’s not good.”
Luma raised his hand instantly.
Gravity slammed down on the monster’s front half.
The Burrower’s body crashed into the ground, its legs struggling under the sudden weight.
“Okay,” Luma said calmly.
“That worked.”
But the monster kept moving.
Its body began dragging forward despite the pressure.
Viewer6: THAT THING IS ELITE
Viewer7: STATUES CAN’T DAMAGE IT
Seojun stepped forward, cracking his knuckles inside the gauntlets.
“Alright then.”
He glanced at Luma.
“New plan.”
Luma tilted his head.
“What plan?”
Seojun pointed at the statues.
“Keep on doing it”
Luma glanced at the two spear statues.
“…You want to push the giant murder bug toward the statues that couldn’t even scratch it?”
Seojun shrugged.
“Maybe they just need a better angle.”
The Burrower suddenly lunged forward.
Its massive mandibles snapped shut where Seojun had been standing a moment earlier.
He rolled to the side.
“Okay,” he muttered.
“That thing is fast.”
Luma lifted both hands.
The air warped.
Gravity suddenly tilted sideways, dragging the monster’s front half toward the nearest statue.
The Burrower screeched as its body slid across the stone floor.
Its armored shell slammed against the statue’s base.
The statue reacted instantly.
The spear shot forward.
CLANG
The strike hit directly between two armor plates.
This time
CRACK
The armor split.
Viewer4: OH
Viewer5: WEAK POINT
Viewer6: STATUES CAN PIERCE JOINTS
Seojun’s eyes lit up.
“There it is.”
The Burrower whipped its tail violently.
The impact sent Seojun skidding across the floor.
His health bar dipped slightly.
Viewer8: TANK BUILD PAYING OFF
Luma kept the gravity pressure on the creature, struggling to hold its massive body in place.
“…If you have a plan,” Luma said through clenched teeth, “now would be a great time.”
Seojun ran forward.
His gauntlet slammed upward into the cracked armor joint the statue had created.
CRUNCH
The monster screeched.
A damage notification flashed.
The creature’s body twisted violently.
Seojun’s gauntlets slammed into the monster’s armored plates with a series of CRUNCHES, smashing against its joints, trying to find weak points.
Each hit echoed through the cavernous tunnel.
Luma stared in awe.
“You’re actually going to try?”
“Yup,” Seojun interrupted, gritting his teeth.
“If this thing’s going down it’s gonna be because of me.”
The Burrower thrashed violently, swinging its massive tail and slamming its body against the floor, but Seojun held on.
He punched again, CRACK! a joint split.
Another strike, CRUNCH! its became a bloody mess.
The Burrower screamed one last time before its massive body finally went limp.
Seojun stumbled back, panting, gauntlets scuffed Viewer7: JUNX DID IT Viewer8: SOLO BOSS PUNCHER Viewer9: ABSOLUTE MADMAN Luma shook his head, grinning.
“You actually did something.”
Seojun wiped his brow, smirking.
A notification popped up.
Wave 3 Cleared – Elite Enemy Defeated
Experience flooded into their bars.