Instead of letting the boss' attention go back to Thomas, who was ostensibly the group's main tank, Karl kept the attention on himself to test the changes to his body. With Cara, they could nullify the strongest of the Boss attacks, but the ones that were hitting Karl were still enough to take down his barrier in a single strike.
He wasn't in a hurry to bring them back up, though. He had to see what would happen if one actually hit him, with [Void Body], [Impenetrable Bulwark], and his new constitution.
The first strike that hit without a barrier up slid Karl back by over a tre, but only left a thin gouge in his armour spell, and what was likely to be a nasty bruise underneath.
That was a pleasant change, those hits were taking most of his effort to keep everyone protected through last ti. If Karl had to guess, he would say that he was very close to on par with the Dungeon Boss as far as durability went, but with faster regeneration.
While his armour might get beat up, if the armour broke, he would still recover from the wounds inflicted in a matter of seconds, where the boss would not.
Rae wrapped the boss up to keep it from flying, while Karl traded blows with the twin scimitars of the Dark Elven Warrior.
Karl's speed was enough to keep the boss tied up while the rest of the group pumlled it with skills. But the real star was Rae, who had the timing of the boss's power explosions down to an art.
Cara couldn't cancel them, and they broke the web every ti. But Rae managed to get the web back on the boss right away, even in its enraged state, which allowed Karl to capture its attention before it turned on anyone else.
With that alone, the fight was destined to go smoothly, and they didn't have to worry about Lotus or Dana, their physically squishiest mbers, being targeted for attack by the boss.
The boss fell with little fanfare, and the group gathered to try the bagged lunches from the hotel.
"Good work so far, everyone. We're making great ti, and even with the level disadvantage, the damage from the ladies is still comndable. I don't know what sort of group buff that is, but I would say that it more than makes up for the fact that you're not Overlords.
At least, it does when we're clearing the trash mobs.
Now, the rest of the dungeon is about the sa, but with larger numbers of everything, increasing until we get to the final boss area, which will be a courtyard surrounded by military barracks.
Karl and the other area damage dealers will pull everything to the centre of the platform and let the area damage wear it down.
We will only need to fight if they start getting too close to us, where they can see us through the storm.
That tactic saves at least an hour in the dungeon, so we're going to make the very best of it." Thomas explained to the group.
The other Dwarves looked skeptical, as did every one of the ladies. But Karl knew that. it worked, and with the entire group here this ti, it should work even better than the first ti.
The increased number of mobs only increased the speed that [Rampage] stacked at, and after the first minute, the beasts were practically walking through the dungeon.
With Cara throwing around [Void Blasts], Remi using [Chain Lightning] and Hawk throwing [Fireballs] at anything that moved, the dark elves really didn't stand a chance.
Eventually, it got to the point that they weren't even waiting to pull groups anymore. As soon as the numbers got low, Hawk would go and get more.
So, they usually had two groups in combat at any given ti, with Thor reinforcing the front line of Paladins using his massive body.
As Thomas said, 'he made a much better door than a window, and the Behemoth practically plugged the street, leaving the Spider Riders to go around one side of him or the other.
Both sides had Dwarven Shields waiting to stop them, as well as multiple ranged attackers, while Karl and Dana were both standing in the air above Thor's back height so they could rain spells down on the battlefield.
Karl could feel that the others were already well into the Monarch Rank, despite how recently they had advanced, but it would be quite a while before they could make it to Overlord.
By his guess, it would take close to a hundred runs through the dungeon, with their current ratio of damage and healing, to move through the full rank. So, perhaps eighty more from where they were now.
But there was no way for him to tell if that faint increase in power level that he was feeling from them would happen on every run, or if it was an advantage from the first visit to Bara Dungeon.
Finally, they made it to the final pulls, and Karl explained the plan to both Hawk and Remi to ensure that there was no miscommunication.
Karl and Remi would start up the [Apocalypse] spells, blanketing the area. Then Hawk would pull all the mobs into the spell. At that point, everyone who could use it would start casting [teor Storm] or an equivalent spell into the chaos.
It was going to be one of the most insane spectacles that the Dwarves had ever seen, but it should get rid of all the Elven warriors at once.
Thomas lit a tobacco pipe as the show started, and the other Dwarves gave him matching confused looks. They were clearly about to be sward with Dark Elves, but the main tank was stopping for a smoke break?
What level of confidence was this?
Then, the teors began to fall on the courtyard, and a massive [Lightning Zone] appeared on the ground, while a Lightning Elent [Blockade] hid them from sight, as well as giving them an extra layer of defence, should any of the soldiers make it this far.
"And that is how you clear a courtyard. Now, let's get the pillars up and prepare for the boss."
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