"..."

"We might be fucked..." Foxly said looking over to Bonifacius.

They stood within the boss' chamber, the screams of some players filling the room.

"I... have to get up..." Bolst lay on the ground surrounded by screaming people as the remaining players face off against an unpredictable opponent.

"OUR STRATEGIST IS HUGGING A PILLAR!" Pandors_T_T exclaimed as felt his leg being grabbed, he looked down and saw the boss' tail coiling around his right leg.

"SHIT!" he fired at the tail, the bullet ricocheting off and flying into a rock wall.

"What the h-" he was cut off when he was dragged into the darkness, unlike before the screaming was followed by a splatter of blood.

"AH FUCK!"

"SUFFERRR HERRRRE FORRRREVERRR FORRR WHAT YOU DID TO HIM!" cried the boss as a detached arm flew into view of the players, it was Pandors'

"Damn you..." Pedecree cursed as he used ammo-synthesis to create several flash-bang pellets for his slingshot.

He aimed it into the darkness, the pellets hit the ground and lit up the scene for just a second revealing the boss' transformed body for a just long enough for chills to run down everyone's spines.

His torso was now longer and more hunched forward with visible bits of the spine poking through, his arms were long and dragged on the ground with massive, powerful claws.

His face looked more snake-like, though his eyes looked like a blackened void as several rows of sharp teeth could be seen in him gaping maw that looked deformed and big enough for him to swallow Bonifacius in one go.

In its giant way was the still-moving body of Pandors.

Jordan aimed his staff at the boss once more, firing a bolt of flames. like a bullet the boss flew towards him, circling around the fiery projectile just to spite him before planting his clawed hand against Jordan', shattering it to bits, bone, flesh and skin no longer one as he let out a cry of pain previously unknown to him.

Next, the boss penetrated his guts with the same claws.

Bromy moved in to heal him as vines rose from the ground, restraining Imbusio.

Bromy's healing was interrupted as Imbusio separated Bromy's lower and upper half in a single slice. Jordan fell over to the ground next to him.

"SHIT!"

GarlicBoi, Cabage_san and Mufinski charged in towards the partially entangled boss, they swung their weapons at him only for them to break, his scales weren't rock hard, the rock was soft in comparison.

RuRet shot a beam of purple the boss's way, some of his scales flaked off where the beam touched.

Seeing this the boss casually flicked RuRet away with its tail.

In a single swift slash, all three were decapitated spraying blood at the remaining people.

The boss' eyes set on Revenberry.

"Shit..." she said backing away.

She shot a stream of water at the boss only for him to slither up and raise his claw to slash at her.

In the last moment, Alex charged in, cutting the boss' tail with Thal.

As soon as Thal penetrated the scales the entire boss burst into azure flames.

"TOO BAD! FIRE WON'T BE ENOUGH THIS TIME!" laughed the boss, his body engulfed in fire as he spoke completely casually.

Bonifacius charged at the boss, his shield cracking and splintering into bits of metal as the boss unhinged its jaw.

It coiled its titanium-hard tail around Bonifacius as it began devouring him whole.

"DO IT FOXLY!" Bonifacius exclaimed.

"Hmm?" the boss looked to the frogman who detonated the seals stuffed in Bonifacius' pockets, his eyes widened as the flames erupted from his gut.

The force of the explosion shattered the boss to bits as blood and gore sprayed all over the room.

"Phew..."

"IT'S OVER!" cheered one of the players.

"Why are the doors still closed then?"

"...not...so...soon..." the gargled voice came from the boss who manifested as a mass of flesh in the centre of the room.

"THIS IS NOT OVERRR!" he cried as the slime slithered towards JohnWillStab.

It sped towards him, Rootin' and Shootin' tried to kill it to no avail.

Alex slashed at it from a distance, the blue flames missing the boss.

The thief cast manoeuvre, swapping places with JohnWillStab and kicking him aside as the slithering monster stabbed through her gut.

She fell down, covering her gaping wound as she spoke up "Yes... this body will do..." she looked up and her eyes were those of the boss, black and empty.

"What now, Herrrroes?!" he taunted.

"Will you attack a frrrrien-" he was interrupted when the Thief's body became riddled with holes from casters and gunmen alike.

She fell to the ground, dead as from her body slithered out the fleshy mass.

Barely, it crawled.

"I... should have expected... you to betrrrray yourrrr.... frrriends..."

"IT'S STILL ALIVE?!" Alex demanded.

With its remaining strength, it lunged at the nearest body, Bolst.

It crawled towards him, seeping into his body through his mouth as his eyes became solid black.

"Much betterrrr!" exclaimed the boss.

Bolst stood up, his head twisting to face the players.

"..."

He lunged forwards with a woosh sound, leaving a trail of dust, his speed greater than it ever was as he pulled his fist back before planting it into the wall beside Foxly.

"THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FORRRR BLOWING ME UP!" he cheered as the realisation he hit the wall and not Foxly sank it.

He pulled his fist back again and again missed.

He tried this a few more times, each time missing him by a fair bit.

"WHAT'S THE MATTER, WORM?" Bolst asked taking a step back.

"WHAT!? HOW CAN YOU RRRRESIST ME!?"

Slowly, Bolst took a step back.

"HOW DID YOU BRRRREAK YOU HYPNOSIS?!" demanded the boss, suddenly he came to a terrifying realisation.

He lifted Bolst' arm and tapped his right hand revealing that Bolst had negative intelligence.

"N-NEGATIVE INTELLIGENCE?!" the boss demanded.

"HE'S TOO STUPID TO MIND-CONTRRRROL FORRR LONG!" cried the boss as Bolst began to feel the boss welling up inside him, the mass of slime began Crawling back out.

"I DON'T THINK SO!" Bolst cried as he clenched his teeth down, blocking the boss' exit.

"...don't make me go thrrrrrough yourrrr ass, man... that will be unpleasant forrr both of us..."

"GOOD LUCK! MY ASS IS CLENCHED SHUT!" he exclaimed before snapping towards the rest of the group.

"QUIT STARING AT ME LIKE RETARDS!" he demanded through clenched teeth.

"I'M GIVING YOU ALL ONE SHOT! GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT! MAGIC OR OTHERWISE!"

Bolst stood before the players as they began casting different spells, all directed at Bolst.

A few of the players came up close with melee weapons, Imbusio tried desperately to attack them but his aim was always off thanks to Bolst.

JohnWillStab opened his eyes along with several other members a few seconds later, the boss was dead and Bolst was coating several walls of the room.

"What the hell happened?" asked John.