A Living Armour Owns A Tavern - Chapter 25 Bubblegum Hardsui
“No! Rhoanne wake up!” fearfully said Nico as he continued to fire bolts on the goblin lord to slow it down.
Rhoanne is heavily injured and in critical condition. She is scarcely breathing and her consciousness is starting to fade. Her life is hanging on a thread. Rhoanne decided to use her remaining breaths to thank her employer and to Sir Magna who saved her life twice.
“B…b..oss… thank.. you…”
“Don’t speak Rhoanne! Save your strength!” Said Nico as he keeps barraging the Goblin Lord with every bolt he had.
“Sir… Defender… Thank you… as… well…”
As Rhoanne was about to lose consciousness, Gus immediately jumped at her. The Magna Defender’s body looked like the monster from a gruesome nightmare and swallowed Rhoanne’s whole body.
“What are you doing?! No! Give back Rhoanne!” said Nico as he frantically tried to dig Rhoanne from the Armor’s clutches.
“Mr. Nico! It’s Fine! Please Trust me!” said the moving armor.
Nico remembered what he said to Gus earlier.
He decided to place his trust on Gus once more and kept firing its barrage of arrows at the Goblin Lord, buying more time for Gus to help Rhoanne.
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“Am I Dead?” said Rhoanne. She slowly opened her eyes and found herself still in the dungeon.
“Boss! Sir Defender!” As she stood up, she noticed that her body is wearing an unusual armor. Rhoanne is fully equipped from top to bottom.
Gus had no idea what a female knight armor looked like, so the one Rhoanne is wearing ended up looking like it came from another of her sister’s TV shows.
Her armor looks exactly the same as the one from “Bubblegum Crisis 2040.”** She is wearing **Nene Romanova’s Hardsuit. She was stupefied. She kept thinking that she should have died given her lethal injuries, but now, her axe wound is nowhere to be seen. Besides Gus’ cooking skill which is still in effect, Gus’ passive “Valued patron” is now also applied to her. Rhoanne’s stats rose even more because Gus has shared his current stats to her.
Soon they realized that Nico was in trouble. He couldn’t hold on anymore. His fatigue was beginning to show. As the Orc lord caught up to him and was about to deliver a deafening Axe smash, Nico prepared for the worst as he attempted to block the attack with his blood short sword.
“CLASH!”
Nico opened his eyes and couldn’t believe what was in front of him. A shiny red hardsuit has intercepted the Axe with its Iron Two-Handed sword!
“Boss! Move!” Said Rhoanne with a muffled and robotic voice.
“Rhoanne?!” Nico was unable to recognize her, as she was fully fitted to the teeth, from top to bottom. This is the first time he has laid his eyes upon such a masterpiece! What blacksmith can produce such a sleek and well-fitting armor. The Blacksmith must have an aesthetic sense of a God. His eyes sparkled and thought, what a fine product it was.
Rhoanne frowned in her helmet as she recognizes the face the boss was displaying. It was a face he only shows when he sees a product he would chase to the ends of the world. She grabbed her boss and quickly repositioned themselves to a spot where Nico could safely catch his breath.
“Boss, we got this. Just try to find a way out of here. We will buy you time.”
As Rhoanne finished she rushed towards the Goblin Lord with her Agile Hardsuit. Rhoanne executed her “HelmSplitter” technique to gauge her newfound strength.
“CLASH!”
The Goblin Lord was able to block with his Axe. At that moment, Rhoanne saw a hint of fear in its eyes. Rhoanne grinned. She knew the Goblin Lord felt the strength of its’ opponent attack!
“Rhoanne, do it again! I mean, your Helm splitter move. I have a plan.” said Gus.
As Gus explained a bit more, Rhoanne understood Gus’ intention.
She mixed up her basic attacks and used HelmSplitter to finish her combos. Then she would recover, and use another HelmSplitter move.
The Goblin Lord couldn’t read or understand the red warrior’s plan. It plans to keep defending until it figures out the red warrior’s attack patterns.
Rhoanne executed Nico’s sword dance gracefully and again finished with Helm Splitter Over multiple times. Rhoanne backed away and was about to drink the last of her stamina potion till Gus moved her armored hands. He took out a drink he was saving for the kids and mixed it with the stamina potion.
“Drink it!” said Gus.
for visiting.
Rhoanne drank with no hesitation and felt the fizzy aftertaste it had. It tasted great! The properties of her Stamina potion increased its efficiency. In video game terms, He just created a “Haste” effect.
Not only did her exhaustion fade away, but her stamina is increasing, making Rhoanne move even faster!
Rhoanne dashed towards the Goblin Lord! It was surprising that her attacks were still heavy and threatening! Rhoanne’s attack was getting more vicious as Gus produced another sword for her to use. As of now, Rhoanne’s strength is more than enough for her to double wield the sword. The sword’s weight was like wooden toys to her, which makes her strikes hit harder and faster.
One more time, she executes a string of different sword combos and finished with a HelmSplitter
“CRACK!”
The Heavy Axe Broke in half! This was Gus and Rhoanne’s target all along! She would focus all her strength and apply the same strike on the same area where she strikes the Heavy Axe.
“Rhoanne, Now!” said Gus.
The last attack has left the Goblin Lord defenseless. Rhoanne took this opportunity to Execute “Skyrush!” The empowered attack has greatly injured the Goblin Lord near its stomach. She then Executed Whirlwind slash which was able to slice away the Goblin Lord’s fingers!
Gus noticed the shining light that was inside the Goblin lord. It’s where the Injury he received from Rhoanne’s Skyrush. His Injuries were slowly Regenerating.
“Sif Defender! We can’t harm him! His Regenerative skill is keeping up with our attacks!”
said Rhoanne.
Their Boosted Stats were also about to expire and Gus is out of stocked food. “Rhoanne, you don’t happen to have any more hidden trump cards in your sleeves?” asked Gus.
“I’m sorry, Sir Defender. I’m all out,” said Rhoanne.
Gus knew this is where he needs to make it or break it. No matter how much damage they inflict, his Regenerative skill will just catch up! Rhoanne did mention that they need several parties of A class Adventurers to take this monster down!
Gus opened his Status Function once more and tried to think up of a plan before this monstrous beast can recover.
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“Emergency Mission! ”
“Objective: Conquer the Novice Dungeon! ”
Reward: Shop access to Earth’s “Kitchen World Store.”
Failure: Lose two random Passives.
Time Limit: 24 Hours
“Strive Hard Dear User!”
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Gus paused, his eyes brightened and opened the Goblin Lord’s Status
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Goblin Lord
LVL 58
HP: 21567/50000
MP: 0/0
PASSIVE SKILLS:
IMPROVED INTELLIGENCE — held the ability to plan and command it’s subordinates of Goblins.
HYPER REGENERATION — Automatically Casts Auto-Regen Upon partaking damage
GUARDIAN — It protects the Dungeon Core, also granting the Goblin Lord Enhanced Defense
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Finally, Gus opened his Skills status.
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I. BARTER LVL 04:
Ingredients:
(Page 1)
II. COOKING LVL 02: NEW *stats.improved*
MENU ( Page 1)
III. TERRITORY LVL 02:
5×5 Meter spacial storage
A.)TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE – Please Use Core to Proceed.
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As soon as Gus saw the things he wished to see. He came up with a risky plan.
Meanwhile, Nico was making his way towards them with a dejected face.
“Sadly, there is nothing I can do about the blocked doors. Let me assist you instead,” said Nico.
“We are bound to lose if we keep this up. I have one more plan. Do you guys trust me?” asked Gus to the duo.
“Sir Defender, I already owe you my life, twice! Let’s do it!” said Rhoanne.
“I’ll aim for its eyes. Our lives are in your hands Sir Defender.” Said Nico.
Gus explained the plan. It seems all he wants, was for Rhoanne to injure the Goblin lord enough to expose it’s the bright and shiny thing that was inside it. Nico is to give support and keep the Goblin Lord from doing anything sneaky behind their backs.
Rhoanne rushed right away at the recovering Goblin Lord. The Monster raised its arms to intercept the charging red warrior. Nico followed up with his skill “Piercing Arrow” aimed at its eyes. Thanks to the bolt attack, Rhoanne was able to rush in and proceed to execute her basic attacks injuring the limbs of the Goblin Lord once again.
“SKYRUSH!” The stomach opened once more exposing the shiny light from within the monster!
Gus used this moment, to drop the swords and grab the shiny thing inside the Goblin Lord!
“System! Activate “Territorial Imperative!” shouted Gus.