Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 150: Can the Boss Speak?
"This guy," Alice said with a serious tone, "looks very difficult to deal with. He is much stronger than the Harvest Shadow outside."

Not only did his HP double, he even had a 1000-point physical shield, which added up to a total of 3000 HP. As for other attributes, such as attack power and defense power, although they could not be seen on the panel, judging from the oppressive feeling he brought to people, he was obviously not the type that was strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

"He is not an ordinary shadow beast."

Alice gave her own conclusions after careful observation, careful thinking and rigorous argumentation.

Since this was a fact that anyone with eyes could see, Ovella couldn't agree against her will, so she changed the subject and asked worriedly, "Can we win?"

Alice turned into a wise general at this time and actively offered suggestions: "Well, this shouldn't be a big problem. Isn't his weakness written on the panel? He is afraid of being controlled. Once he is controlled by the enemy, he can't play to his strengths. Then we just need to find a way to control him."

"Control effect?"

"It's the effect that can restrict his actions. For example, the giant lizard we fought before had a deceleration effect on you. That's control. Of course, it's not hard enough, it can only be considered soft control. If you want to fight a BOSS, it's best to find ways to use more hard control, such as stun, freeze, knock down, knock back... and so on."

"I see." Upon hearing this, Avella not only did not resolve her doubts, but frowned even deeper: "But we don't seem to have any of the control effects you mentioned."

"Nani!?"

She lowered her voice and asked, "What should I do if I don't have control?"

"Then let me explain it to you now. I estimate that the bosses in the next few levels will also be covered with shields. The sooner you understand this mechanism, the better you will be able to deal with them."

Avella's face tightened and she nodded seriously. Alice was very satisfied with her attitude, so she pretended to cough twice, cleared her throat and said, "First of all, shield types are divided into physical shields, magic shields and special shields. The three types of shields rely on the corresponding attack types to reduce their shield values. For example, physical shields must be broken by physical attacks, magic shields must be broken by magic attacks, and special shields must be broken by applying special states. If you use the wrong attack type to attack the shield, although it can also reduce the shield value, the damage is only half of the original, and it will also trigger the shield's counterattack mechanism, which is twice the result with half the effort. It is not recommended."

Olvera: “…”

"After a shield is broken, different effects will occur depending on its type. After a magic shield is broken, a magic vulnerability DEBUFF will be added to the BOSS, doubling the magic damage it receives. At the same time, the magic damage it causes will be halved. After a special shield is broken, a fragile constitution DEBUFF will be added to the BOSS, making it more susceptible to negative states. At the same time, the effect and duration of the negative state will be doubled. As for the effect after a physical shield is broken, take a guess. Can you guess it?"

Isn't the holy sword - Oath of Broken Steel Alice's weapon? If she scolds the holy sword, it's the same as scolding herself, right?

How can there still be such a pure knife player in this day and age? Alice, the actual developer of the game but not involved in the design of the weapon, couldn't help but sigh: "What a useless weapon!"

Olvera shook her head honestly. Until today, she didn't know what the so-called "game" was, let alone the various mechanisms in the game. If Alice hadn't explained it to her from beginning to end, she probably wouldn't have been able to get to the boss room.

Alice quickly confirmed it and found that it was true. The holy sword - Broken Steel Oath was a weapon centered on violent output. Not to mention the hard control she wanted, it didn't even have soft controls such as slowing down, aggravating, and silencing. It had no other functions except chopping.

The princess kept this sentence in her heart and didn't say it out loud. After all, it was not the most important thing at the moment. She should think about how to deal with the BOSS in front of her.

"Don't panic, I have another plan." After Alice finished criticizing the Holy Sword, she offered another suggestion: "We can start with his physical shield. By the way, Olvera, do you know what the shield mechanism of this game is like?"

She kept it a secret here, but Ovella thought of the previous conversation and immediately made a guess. She replied in an uncertain tone: "Is it... the effect of control?"

"Well, you can say that, but it's not entirely correct."

Alice corrected her: "To be more precise, it adds a defense-breaking DEBUFF to the BOSS, doubling the physical damage it receives. At the same time, if you attack the dangerous area of ​​the BOSS in a defense-breaking state, you can create a series of control effects. The most damaging of these is the four-hit combo of defense-breaking-falling-floating-slamming. If it goes smoothly, optimistically, it should be able to reduce the opponent's health to less than half." Less than half, which means it can directly cause up to 1000 points of damage. This is the damage to the BOSS. Olvera opened her mouth wide: "Amazing."

Alice didn't take it seriously. "It's not bad. Hitting the danger zone does 4 times the damage, and after breaking the defense, it does 2 times the damage. If you add in the damage of the combo itself, it only does half of the damage, which isn't that great. The main thing is that when you break the defense four times, the boss can't resist, so you can basically complete a whole combo."

"What about the remaining half?"

"It's simple. Just look at your ATP tank."

Olvera almost forgot that she had this statistic. Upon hearing this, she quickly glanced at the attribute panel, which showed [ATP: 75/100]. These were all accumulated in the process of fighting monsters before. She was just one step away from releasing the hero's link-up skills.

"If you can break the BOSS's physical shield, the ATP gauge will probably be full. After you perform four consecutive defense breaks, you can directly release the hero combo skill of the Holy Sword - Broken Steel Oath. It has a 4x damage bonus in the dangerous area and a 2x damage bonus in the defense break state. It won't be a problem to clear out his remaining health." Alice said.

Although the Holy Sword - Oath of Broken Steel has no control effect and is relatively weak, the advantage of a pure sword weapon is that its output is very explosive, especially its hero combo skill [Blue Flame Dance·Unparalleled Combo]. If Alice remembers correctly, it should be a terrifying output skill with a maximum number of 999 combos. Even if it only hits 1 HP each time, the BOSS can be killed by grinding.

Thus, the battle plan was finalized.

The first step is to fight with the BOSS and find ways to attack its weak areas to weaken its shield value; after breaking the physical shield, use the broken defense state to perform a four-combo control to reduce its health to less than half; then release the hero's combo skill [Blue Flame Dance·Unparalleled Combo] to kill this guy directly.

perfect!

"The formula for victory has been determined!" Alice said a very fashionable line, irresponsibly instigating: "What are you waiting for, Olvera? Come on!"

"..."

The princess pursed her lips. Although she was still a little nervous, if she wanted to regret and give up now, not only Alice, but even she herself would not agree. So she held the hilt of the holy sword tightly with a resolute mentality and walked towards the square step by step.

Walking on the cold and silent stone steps and into the square surrounded by stone guardrails, it was like walking into a sacred arena. With the surrounding braziers as a backdrop, a solemn atmosphere arose spontaneously. The lantern on the girl's waist swayed slightly, and the flickering flames in the dim ocean were like a beacon guiding her on her destined path, but at the same time it also attracted the attention of the arena's owner.

The majestic giant wolf that was wandering back and forth in the square and guarding the stairs slowly stopped, turned its huge head, and fixed its scarlet eyes on the face of the princess who broke into the arena, seeing her nervousness and determination.

"Goo!"

Being stared at by such a heroic and proud beast, even Her Royal Highness Princess Bemang could not help but swallow her saliva, raised the holy sword in her hand, and concentrated her mind as never before, ready to fight.

however--

"You seem to have made up your mind to challenge your past." The giant wolf just stood there, staring at Olvera quietly. Between its teeth, which were as cold as silver moonlight, it uttered an indifferent and serious voice: "But do you have the courage to face difficulties?"

"You don't seem to have a clear answer to this question."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)