MMORPG: Rebirth of the Mortal Online - Chapter 51

Chapter 51: The Last Phase
“A smart choice from Donald.” Ron said with his arms folded across his chest. “When clumped together, they would be a bigger target, and it is harder to dodge the attacks.”

“See how that one archer is positioned?” Dakota pointed at the screen.

On the screen, the only archer among the players was positioned behind the players that had the greatest defensive weapons. The archer was ready to fire at Kuruma.

“It is starting to look like a proper party.” Ron nodded with acknowledgement. “They let the Tank, Adam, handle the aggro. Donald, the leader of the party, gives out the orders. Others are positioning themselves strategically.”

“This was also not planned beforehand.” Dakota said. “At first, it looked like everyone was going to be everyone for themselves. It would be disastrous, and there would’ve been a lot of deaths.”

“This is all because of Adam.” Ron said. “When he gives the order, all the players attack Kuruma simulatenously. This allows all the players to deal damage to Kuruma, which helps them get some points for their total score.

“This way, all the players are left satisfied. If there wasn’t any unity, all the players would’ve just rushed at Kuruma, desperately trying to get a few hits in.

“Adam, now, does the hardest part and lets the others have easy hits on the boss. It was masterful…”

In Ron’s vision, he imagined a gigantic Adam, who was standing over the chess board, strings going from his fingers to the players. They were the chess pieces, and he was controlling them like a puppet master, facing a lonely King on the other side of the board.

“Now, the question remains: how will Adam handle the Magick phase?” Dakota wondered out loud.

“Also, will the players be able to resist the temptation…” Ron narrowed his eyes. “Will they go for the kill or follow the orders till the end?”

“This is still far from over.” Dakota said in a serious tone. “Kuruma becomes more dangerous when it nears its death.”

…

Kuruma started launching fireballs at the players. It was hot and intense, causing chaos among the players as they scrambled to avoid getting hit.

At that moment, Adam rushed in and slashed through Kuruma’s Achilles tendons, forcing it down on its knees. It roared in pain but slowly started to stand back up, as if the pain only fueled its rage further.

Adam lifted his sword over the shield and stabbed through Kuruma’s back. There was a small enough hole in its armor for the sword to pierce through.

Kuruma again roared in pain and then summoned a powerful wind that pushed Adam back—he still managed to hold his ground, and as soon as the wind stopped, he rushed back in and slashed across Kuruma’s back.

The light blood spewed out from the wound, staining the ground beneath them.

“Archer, fire!” Donald swung down with his broadsword, signaling the archer.

The archer let go of the string and fired a wooden arrow at Kuruma. It pieced through Kuruma’s shoulder, but it didn’t look like it was capable of stopping it.

Kuruma growled loudly and turned back to Adam, then started shooting fireballs at him like there was no tomorrow.

Adam swung his shield sideways and smashed through the fireballs. He didn’t choose to block, but instead chose to smash right through.

It was easy to see why he did that.

The fireballs packed a lot of power. When they smashed into something, they exploded in a burst of flames. However, when Adam destroyed them, they died off with a whimper.

While the fireballs were very destructive, their defense was weak, and they needed to reach a certain amount of speed in order to maintain their power and eventually explode.

Adam was at very close range to Kuruma, causing its fireballs to be very weak. It looked like Kuruma didn’t understand that fact as it continued to fire those fireballs.

It was because Kuruma was not very intelligent. It was quite dangerous for Coinfeeders, but still very low-ranked Chaosbeing. Thus, its intelligence level was not high enough to realize the reason for the ineffectiveness of its attacks.

It was why Adam chose to instantly go to close range and attack Kuruma with his sword.

If he let Kuruma do whatever it wanted, it would be very bad.

Kuruma’s health continued to drop drastically after Adam destroyed the fireballs, which he then slashed through Kuruma’s exposed parts. It continued to writhe in pain.

Its health went below ten percent, and some of the players eyes lit up in excitement. There was some unrest among them as Kuruma was near death.

Adam didn’t pay attention to them and continued bypassing Kuruma’s defenses, then dealing painful attacks to its exposed parts.

‘Its Magick ability is also at the lowest rank. It can’t do much other than summon some wind and hurl fireballs at me. However, soon the end is near…’

“Are we allowing him to get the kill?” Niko whispered in Donald’s ear.

Niko clearly looked anxious, as it looked like Adam was more than capable of just killing Kuruma alone. He didn’t need them.

“Wait…” Donald said with narrowed eyes. “If chaos ensues, all of us will be in danger.”

“Kuruma is almost dead.” Niko said anxiously. “If we don’t anything…”

Donald scoffed and stayed silent. He was focusing on the fight with great interest. He had already learned a lot about leadership and how to control the party.

It was all thanks to Adam.

‘In the future, I might become the leader of a party in some guild, and this will be a valuable experience for me. It is far more valuable than killing the boss.’

[The Chaos Warrior, Kuruma]

[Health: 2%]

The players on the sidelines flinched and looked extremely agitated, with sweat trickling down their faces. A while away, Ramon and Hannibal licked their dry lips and looked like they were ready to pounce at a moment’s notice.

At that moment, Adam dodged a sloppy punch from Kuruma and slashed through its exposed waist. More blood spewed out.

And then Kuruma’s health reached the final percent. The eyes of the players flashed with greed, and they rushed straight at the boss with their weapons raised high.

“…” Adam didn’t say a word and instead backed off slightly in retreat.

…

“I knew it!” Ron looked sour-faced. “Those impatient fools. It is always the same. I suppose not even Adam managed to make them lose their greed.”

“Greed is a common aspect of human nature.” Dakota muttered under her breath. “Unfortunately, it seems to be a part of us that will never go away.”

“In the New World, if they did shit like this, their party leaders would cut off their heads. The tutorial was created to be a competition. Competition makes them strong. However, it also weakens them in a sense.”

“Now, I wonder how many will die.”

…

The players, with greed in their eyes, launched their attacks from a very close range.

At that moment, Kuruma raised its eyes and took a step backwards. Then it started weaving through all the attacks effortlessly. All the attacks missed it by an inch.

It looked like the weapons were about to slash right through, but at the final moment, Kuruma was able to dodge each one with grace and precision.

This was different.

Kuruma hadn’t moved like this during the entire fight. It was quite slow, stupid, and just used brute strength in attacks. It, of course, tried to dodge before but was unsuccessful.

Now, Kuruma was like a whole different person.

‘The last phase, Kuruma has the ability of Kiryoku.’