The hunched over Vessel was a muscular man. The upper body had runes of blood painted on the sickly grey skin while the tattered remains of mismatched robes covered the lower half, secured by a thick black whip tied into a makeshift belt. The Vessel held a staff made of rusty tal in one hand and a short knife in the other.
The Vessel was a pretty hard boss, all things considered. They were fighting the Floor 9 version for the third ti now. The fight against the Vessel was long-winded and dangerous, however it had yielded John three ‘Key of Forgotten Sins’ already, which he was keeping to use on the tenth floor as they did indeed have the ‘Revealer of Secrets’ attribute. To be exact it was ‘Revealer of Secrets 2’, which added a bit of context to the attribute, informing him that this key would only work on Secret Rooms of the Core Floor 10 or lower in difficulty.
‘Which in its entirety just ans that I cannot farm easy bosses to get keys for higher level Secret Rooms,’ John thought as he waited for the Vessel to enter his first phase. As per usual with the bosses his Gar ability spawned, it was invulnerable before that.
The Vessel had three phases, symbolized by where the knife was currently resting inside his body. The first phase started with the Vessel stabbing his staff-holding arm. Black blood oozed from the wound and dripped to the ground.
In the first phase the Vessel summoned things called Bloodworms, these were pretty harmless if taken care of early, as leaving them alone would make them grow. The kicker however was that they were literally impossible to kill. Damage only served to keep them small. They only died once the boss did, therefore at least one person always needed to deal with the Bloodworms. Salamander usually took that job.
“Gruuuaaahh,” the Vessel's ghoulish cry echoed over the battlefield, a plateau of dark grey stone atop a tall pillar, connected to other ones like it through bridges of spikey rocks. The Demon dungeon reminded John a lot of the ones in Diablo 3. Actually, the sa was true for the Angels, but that was a matter for another ti.
The blood oozing from the wound dripped to the ground, all of it crawling towards the first Bloodworm that had ford which Salamander kept under constant fire so it wouldn’t grow. This would work until the start of Phase 3, so John left her to it and instead ran towards the Vessel. The staff it carried made it immune to ranged attacks, this made Sylph useless for the most part, which was why the tempest elental just hung around and conserved her mana until Phase 2 rolled around. It also ant that John had to bust out the Mana Blade Spell.
“Undine!” he said as he conjured the blade, sending so of his mana through the water elental and getting it back a mont later, imbued with her properties.
The short blade of deep blue appeared around his hand, its base around his wrist. The Vessel was immune to ranged attacks but it was also slow and weak, making him an easy target for lee attacks. It was therefore his and Aclysia’s job to wound the boss in this first phase while the other elentals kept back, with the exception of Undine who ca with him to imbue his Mana Blade with the water property, as that dealt extra damage to the Vessel.
Aclysia was the first to strike the boss, unsurprisingly, her combat stats remained miles above his.
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