Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 174: Has the BOSS’s mechanism been cracked?

The magician in the high tower stood in the starry sky. He raised his hand gently, and his slender and soft fingertips slowly plucked the strings as if stroking a guitar. Suddenly, brilliant starlight swayed, and turned into countless arrows falling from the sky, as mighty as a meteor shower, drawing thousands of dazzling tracks in the extremely dark night.

A cold voice fell along with the mighty rain of stars: "Since you have ignored the warning and insisted on defying fate, you must bear the consequences. I am different from the guardian of the fifth floor, Princess Beman. The memories and emotions he inherited are too weak, so it is not surprising that he was defeated by you. But people cannot always rely on those weak things to move forward. You still don't understand the cruelty of this world, so let me tell you."

“Everything in this world is tied to suffering.”

As she finished her words, a mighty rain of star arrows descended on the ground. Any of these trajectories in the sky had the power to tear apart the darkness and annihilate the abyss, but at this moment, they were all locked on the princess. When she raised her head, her eyes were filled with the aura of arrows, as if a torrent of stars was hitting the lonely hills of the world. The scene was spectacular and shocking, and it gave people an incomparable sense of oppression, which made her hold her breath involuntarily, and even felt difficult to breathe.

Seeing this, Alice shouted, "Don't just stand there, Olvera! Run!"

Run? But where to run?
All directions of retreat were blocked by the star rain falling from the sky. No matter which direction they ran, it seemed that they could not escape the range covered by the starlight.

"Run around the tower." Linger instructed her calmly, "Use the high tower to block the opponent's attack."

This is the conclusion drawn based on the prompts in the attribute panel. Although Olvera still suffered damage while hiding behind the tower, it was because she did not run fast enough and failed to avoid it before the damage was determined.

Olvera immediately chose to follow Lingge's instructions and ran as fast as she could, racing around the magnificent tower next to her to race against the falling star rain. Dazzling tracks streaked across the night sky, rumbling and hitting the ground and the tower, making a trembling thunder. Only a few tracks could avoid obstacles and catch up with the enemy's fleeing footsteps, but Olvera rolled and jumped to avoid them. Although the invincibility effect of rolling was useless for star magic, the princess's grasp of timing still made this evasive action without stiffness play its due role.

After enduring the impact of falling stars and star rain, even these towers that had been tempered in darkness for many years and were colder and harder than ice and rock had long been riddled with holes, and their huge bodies groaned under the heavy load. At a glance, the spreading cracks were as dense as shattered glass, shocking.

The meteor shower that fell from the sky gradually subsided and eventually fell silent. Olvera had a brief respite. She picked up the holy book without hesitation and chanted the fireball magic to prepare for the subsequent erosion mark. However, before she finished chanting halfway, a low sound suddenly came from behind her, as if the cliff was breaking and the earth was collapsing, which made people shudder and suddenly had a premonition of danger.

Avella felt a strong impact from behind her, pushing her body forward involuntarily. She did not resist, but rolled over to try to cushion the impact, but she was still pushed more than ten meters away before falling heavily to the ground with a low muffled sound.

Every taut string in her mind was reminding Olvera to escape quickly. The princess had to interrupt her singing and hastily looked back. Her pupils shrank slightly: on the surface of the tall tower standing tall in the dark night, those dark and cold stone bricks had been torn into hideous cracks at some point, and were still spreading rapidly towards the top and base of the tower.

When the tower collapsed, the stars in the sky lost their support on the ground and fell with endless starlight. The ocean in the sky lost a small piece of light, and countless starlights refracted repeatedly, intertwined, and gathered into a mighty starburst, like a tidal wave sweeping past. The extremely dazzling incandescent beams instantly wiped over the wreckage of the collapsed tower and incorporated it into the void of nothingness.

Once the tower completely collapsed and the gems fell, the stars in the sky would crash into the ground without reservation, causing a terrifying starstorm... Thinking of such terrible consequences, Olvera didn't even need her companions to remind her, she already knew what to do now.

She turned around and ran without hesitation, appearing to be very skilled. After all, she had only launched a few decent attacks since entering the fourth-level rulers, but she had been running away all the time, so naturally she had gained experience.

Just after running a distance, I heard a crisp "crack" sound, as if a brick on the wall finally couldn't bear the excessive pressure and suddenly broke, which immediately caused a chain reaction. The cracks tore the wall like tearing fragile paper, and countless bricks broke from it, falling with trembling gravel and dust. The whole tower began to collapse, and the movement caused was as terrifying as a landslide. Even Olvera, who didn't dare to look back, felt a palpitation.

As the walls of the tower broke, the dazzling gem held up by the platform on the top of the tower began to shake, and the reflected light flickered violently at an unsettling frequency. The dazzling beams of light not only stirred rapidly in the sea of ​​stars, but also dazzled the eyes of people on the ground with a dizzying white light.

After all, she was unable to completely escape the attack range of the falling stars, and Olvera's health dropped a lot again. After standing up, she quickly took out a few pieces of [Ashes of the Remnant Fire] from the prop bar, crushed them together, and slowly raised the health bar.

The magician on the tower watched this scene calmly, not disappointed: "You managed to escape by luck? You are lucky, Princess of Beman, but will you be so lucky every time a star falls next time?"

“The enemy that the star is watching has nowhere to escape.” She raised her hand again, connected a star in the sea of ​​stars with her mind, and began to control its movement trajectory.

Olvera bit her lower lip unwillingly, feeling very difficult. The opponent's attack came one after another, leaving her no chance to breathe. She was already stretched to the limit just by dodging the star magic, and there was no gap to chant magic.

Just when she was at a loss, Alice in her mind suddenly shouted, "I understand!"

Olvera asked quickly, "What do you understand, Alice?"

"Of course I understand the mechanism of this BOSS!" Alice's tone rose, revealing a bit of pride and pride: "I am a genius player, such a simple mechanism is not difficult for me!"

"So, what kind of mechanism is this, Alice?" Seeing that she still had time to brag, Ovilla became anxious. You are not anxious because you are watching the show, but I am the one who actually fights the BOSS.

"I know you're anxious, but there's no rush. Anyway, you should hide behind the nearest tower first. She's about to release Starfall again."

"But--"

But what if the tower collapses again? Once the tower collapses, the gems on the top will fall with it, releasing a second wave of falling stars. With Olvera's current movement speed, it is basically impossible to escape its attack range. She has already stacked two layers of broken star DEBUFF. If there is another layer, it is estimated that there will be no need for falling stars. The boss can clear her health bar with just a random star magic.

"It's okay, it won't collapse."

Alice made a solemn promise, and Lingge did not speak, as if he agreed. Seeing that the gem in the sea of ​​stars was gradually deviating from the orbit under the control of the enemy and was about to fall to the ground, Ovilla had no time to hesitate, so she gritted her teeth and made up her mind, running towards the nearest tower, and successfully hid in the shadow behind the tower a second before the gem fell.

Almost at the same time, the magician on the tower finished chanting.

The falling stars created a terrifying starstorm tide on the ground.

This time, Olvera hid behind the tower and was not hurt. The tower itself was like a silent wall standing on the coastline, blocking the surging waves and isolating the burst of starlight in another realm. But Olvera was not completely relieved. She kept staring at the tower wall beside her, worried that it would not be able to withstand the power of the falling stars and would collapse in the next moment.

Fortunately, until the starburst subsided, what she worried about did not happen. The tower always stood tall, as firm as a giant that would never fall, and rejected the enemy's invasion.

"Huh!" Olivia breathed a sigh of relief.

"As expected!" Alice said proudly.

"I see." Lingge thought thoughtfully.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)