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Frank opened the large, black-colored door that led towards the Boss Chamber, where a creature of monstrous strength and size rested inside. ​​

The moment Frank opened the door, which let the dim light of the torches around the corridors enter the darkroom, several eyes flashed with eerie crimson light.

An enormous tremor could be heard, as the room was completely illuminated, revealing the creature within.

Frank glanced with awe as the pressure of the monster in front of him was simply overwhelming… even after having acquired such power from Hades, after taking a glance and being showered in the bloodthirst of such a being, he could not help but feel as if his entire spine had been paralyzed, his eyes stuck into the creature's enormous body.

A black, metallic exoskeleton that covered it entirely into a hard armor against physical attacks.

Eight legs packed with strong muscles and covered in such armor, but flexible and slim enough to grant a fast speed to the creature.

Two enormous pincer claws with sharp razor-like teeth, which closed and opened viciously as the creature imagined tearing apart its new foe.

Eight vicious crimson eyes, flashing with an eerie light and a strong bloodthirst.

And a gigantic tail that curved upwards, showing a sharp, needle-like stinger where a deadly and foul-smelling poison was produced from within.

A creature born to kill and fight, possessing outstanding defenses, powerful physical offense, and a strong and deadly poison to boot, all coupled with great agility.

"The Boss is a Giant Scorpion…?"

Frank quickly inspected the creature as it woke up from its slumber, using these precious seconds before the chaotic fight were to unfold.

[Name: Nameless.

[Race: Giant Black Scorpion King.

[Types: Arachnid/Dark

[Mana Core Cultivation: Rank 1 (Peak Stage)

[Level: 1

[Health Points: 555/555

[Mana Points: 165/165

[Strength: 375

[Defense: 180

[Magic: 135

[Resistance: 160

[Agility: 150

[Passive Skills: [Mana Core (Black): Level 1], [Iron Armor: Level 4], [Hard Exoskeleton: Level 6], [Poison and Toxin Resistance: Level 4], [Monstrous Strength: Level 1], [Deadly Poison Secretion: Sting: Level 3], [Physical Damage Resistance: Level 4], [Magic Damage Resistance: Level 2], [Rapid Healing: Level 3], [Enhanced Body Parts: Exoskeleton, Claws, Jaws: Level 1], [Aura of Fear: Level 4]

[Active Skills: [Strong Bite: Level 2], [Strong Pincer Attack: Level 1], [Poison Sting: Level 4], [Charge: Level 4], [Dark Attribute Magic: Level 2], [Throwing: Level 2], [Dimensional Maneuvering: Level 1], [Cursed Evil Eye: Level 1]

Frank was in awe due to the number of Skills he was able to see in the Scorpion Monster.

And recalling what he had learned and also figured out, being capable of seeing other people's status did not mean that they were part of his System, but it was the ability to see anyone's ability through the system 'way' of doing it.

Meaning that each ability and capability that this Boss Monster had shown itself as Skills, be it Passive Skills for those abilities that were inherent of its own body, and Active Skills for anything that the monster was good at doing actively, did not necessarily as part of his body, such as being good at biting or using his pincers to slice off enemies.

However, the status of this Boss showed more than Frank had expected, even revealing one of the reasons why Frank was feeling so overwhelmed by its presence.

One of such reasons was the Skill 'Aura of Fear', while the other was one of its Active Skills, one that it had activated the moment Frank opened the door and showered Frank, Cursed Evil Eye.

Not only Frank but also the rest of his party felt as if they were being cursed by the creature!

Frank glanced at his status, as he noticed the Status condition of [Curse: Lowered Stats], [Curse: Fear], and [Curse: Lesser Paralysis].

The state of shock not only brought him fear but also paralysis and had his stats lowered by at least 5%...

Frank found himself at a disadvantage the moment he entered the room!

The overwhelming power of a monster at the Peak Stage in Rank 1 was incredible, Frank couldn't help but think of himself as a complete idiot for not having investigated enough about the Dungeon Bosses and how the Adventurers had managed to defeat them.

And within such milliseconds, as he infused Gift of Life into his body and that of his party to heal themselves from the curses, Frank noticed that the door closed itself tightly!

"So this is why Dungeon Bosses are so deadly… Not only do they come packed with special skills that not even the normal monsters have, but the Boss Room automatically closes when the party enters…!" thought Frank, gnashing his teeth as the curses began to slowly dissipate thanks to his resistances…

Only to appear again!

Due to the constant use of Cursed Evil Eye by the Scorpion, Frank was being constantly showered in curses, even if he dispelled them, they would appear!

He had to force his own body, which was being paralyzed by the electrifying effect of Paralysis and Fear, he had to force his own muscles that were hit by the shock of this curse, which made his body ache as he moved, as if he were holding into one hundred kilograms over all of his muscles…

Frank noticed that Zhulong seemed immune to Paralysis, Nezhit wasn't as affected by it because he was an Undead, but Ruby was rather paralyzed yet, although Nezhit grabbed her as he ran away from the Scorpion's charge.

Frank moved, as his entire body ached, he gnashed his teeth almost as if he were about to break them inside of his mouth, glancing at the creature with great fear and also with a flashing conviction on his eyes.

He had to defeat it.

He foolishly ran into it, but he had now to defeat it.

Or he would simply die.

"Kid! If you die now, you're not getting revived again you know?!" asked Hades.

"I know, you stupid skull face!" said Frank, enraged by Hades' comment, which also reminded him that he had already died once…

"I have to use it…!" said Frank, as the Scorpion's pincers closed towards him with immense speed, the creature's size was over ten meters, and its pincers were of three meters of length, enormous enough to break whole buildings apart.

Frank felt his entire body aching, as he activated the infamous Skill that he had gained an aversion towards.

"Undead… Progenitor Transformation…" said Frank mentally, as his entire body was shrouded in Death, his heart stopped beating, his blood suddenly became still, the warmness of his body faded, as the coldness of death embraced him.

His eyes flashed with an eerie and crimson light, and his dark brown hair became completely silvery white, his skin became pale white, of a very unhealthy color, and even the white part of his eyes turned deep black.

Flash!

Frank combined several Skills together, such as Fire and Light Soul Technique, coupled with Mana Aura, Body Aura, and Death Aura, embracing himself in the combined power of several abilities, enhancing his physical and magical capabilities, outweighing the lowered stats that the curse brought to him.

At the same time, he felt that the curse effect lessened and that the paralysis was not affecting his muscles anymore…

Frank quickly used his newfound strength and speed, darting away from the scorpion's pincer that closed in, hitting the ground, and creating a loud tremor.

Boom!

Frank leaped out of the ground, glancing at his companions.

Nezhit was carrying the tired Ruby, while Zhulong flew around while releasing a breath of thunder over the Scorpion's blind points, which seemed to work, although the damage was done was easily being healed by the creature's outstanding regeneration.

Frank then ordered Ginseng to constantly drain the Scorpion's Mana, while he used Gift of Life on Ruby constantly, letting her heal from the paralysis for a few minutes, Nezhit moved away from the scorpion's sight, making so that the curses instantly disappeared from Ruby's status once and for all.

"It seems that the curse only works when it is directly glancing at you! The curse will instantly disperse if you get away from its sight!" thought Frank, smiling slightly as he found that the scorpion's power wasn't completely overpowered.

Frank leaped once again through the corridor, carrying the attention of the scorpion, as the enormous creature used its ridiculous speed to charge towards him while using its heavyweight to hit the ground and walls where Frank was just a few seconds ago, using only its heavy size was enough of a powerful weapon for such a creature.

Frank glanced once more, as Nezhit resumed the battle, using his fists to hit the creature's hard exoskeleton, but finding that his attacks were almost useless… with such a defense, he could only act as a distraction, as the newly raised Undead didn't possess magic.

Meanwhile, Ruby and Zhulong combined their magic and breath attacks, hitting the creature with a barrage of fire and thunder, while Ginseng drained the monster's Mana.

Frank then began to conjure Magic, combining his Spider Thread with his Dark Death Devil Magic, generating his newly created spell, Dark Whip.

He released the whips as he evaded, entangling the creature's deadly pincer claws tightly together, without leaving it with the ability to slice anymore…

"Grriishaaaa!"

Not like it stopped it, as it used its pincers by themselves to hit the ground, generating shockwaves that made the cooperation between Frank and his party quite clumsy.

Frank began to sweat very cold sweat, as he conjured several spears of darkness and death, Death Spears over the creature.

Flash! Flash! Flash!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

However, the spears seemed to not have much effect in the hard exoskeleton of the creature, coupled with hits Magic Damage Resistance, the monster was able to easily scoff at Frank's trying to damage it!

"Damn it…! Devil's Whisper!"

Frank then began to spam Devil's Whisper, scaring the soul of the scorpion, who seemed way too confident to even be surprised, but it clearly seemed very annoyed, directing its attacks mostly into Frank, leaving Zhulong and Ruby to slowly chip away its Health Points.

"I need to combine more of my magic… Flame Arrows… Ice Spears… Dark and Death Magic…" Frank muttered, evading the attacks as suddenly, an enormous pincer attack closed in from his rear!

The Scorpion's crimson eyes flashed eerily as its enormous tail moved with incredible precision, the sharp needle that released deadly poison tried to impale Frank's body several times, hitting the ground and generating loud tremors one after another!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Frank Evaded as Nezhit tried to take some of the attention of the creature off Frank, hitting its legs until one actually broke!

Nezhit had infused all of his strength into it, and the leg actually was torn apart!

However, the creature's rage was immense, roaring ferociously at Frank and Nezhit, as the scorpion glanced back at Frank, its tail suddenly became as agile as a whip, clashing against him.

Boom!

Frank tried to evade in time, as he finally devised a spell that combined his Skills and Magic, only for the pincer to penetrate right through his shoulder and down his stomach!

The pain that he felt was highly dulled out due to his Undead Transformation, but it was still shocking!

Frank could not help as his stomach busted inside, making him vomit blood!

The Scorpion took out its deadly stinger as Frank's body began to explode in deadly poison…

But then, it dissipated into nothingness…

"Grryshii?!"

The Scorpion, completely in awe and disbelief, was paralyzed for a few seconds after seeing its foe, the one he thought he had destroyed, disappear into nothingness.

It was nothing but Frank's Light Clone Skill, which he had used right in the time when he was leaping and evading, letting the scorpion put his attention into it as Frank used his Enshroud Spell to cover himself in shadows, and using his other Stealth-related skills to remain within the Scorpion's own shadow!

Frank appeared from within the scorpion's shadow, his eyes flashing with an eerie crimson light.

"Purgatory Flames."

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