Year 397 of the Holy Calendar - Seventh Boss Room of the Titan dungeon
The room was a perfect square of steel, there was nothing exceptional about it.
"..." Final boss
Except for the silver lion that lies in the center.
[So that is the dungeon master]
{...}
It wasn't bigger than myself, the mane was especially shiner than any other part of the body and, above all, the presence that was emitted was overwhelming.
{Alright}
[Ifrit?]
She got off me and climbed to the top of one wall in the corner of the boss room.
{If you can't defeat this by yourself, I will be very disappointed}
[...Then let me show you what I can do]
"Here I come!" Alastor
Mana flows through my body, making it stronger than steel.
"ROAAAARRRRRR!!!" Silver lion
The entire dungeon trembles along with that thunderous roar.
"HAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!" Alastor
Indifferent to that, I jump towards the boss and stretch my right fist towards his face.
"!!!" Alastor
The lion twists his body and his mane pierces through my hand.
"How about this!" Alastor
I retreat one step and focus my mana in the palm of my left hand.
"Fire Ball!" Alastor
The size and heat of this spell are incomparable to the one I used before the sixth floor.
"RRRGGGHH" Silver lion
The floor boss dodges the fireball at high speed and gets to my right side.
I can see his left claw in front of me, trying to cut me in half.
"GHAAAA!!!!" Alastor
I grab the paw behind the claws with my left hand and he counters with his right one.
"...!" Alastor
To which I also counter it with my injured hand.
"GGGGHHH!" Alastor
"RRRRGHH!" Silver lion
With our strengths matched, we struggle in the same place for a moment.
Before his mouth goes into action.
"GUAAAHHH!!" Alastor
With his teeth approaching me, I throw my body back to the ground and kick the lion to the wall behind me using its own momentum.
"..." Silver lion
But contrary to the sound of a body hitting a steel plate, the sound of a soft landing is emitted.
"What?" Alastor
The wall changed to some kind of soft material to protect the dungeon master.
If he can do that...
"Then...!" Alastor
I try to jump but the steel floor embraces my feet before I can react, immobilizing me.
"..." Silver lion
The final boss slowly moves to my blind spot.
"..." Alastor
I lose sight of him as the steel spreads through my body to cover half of my body.
"So, this is it" Alastor
This is...
"ROOOAARRG!!!" Silver lion
"..." Alastor
I focus the mana in my legs, easily freeing myself by melting the steel with my fire.
"!!!" Silver lion
I spin around to grab the lion by the fangs as it tries to bite me from behind, leaving it suspended in midair.
"THIS IS THE EXTENT OF YOUR STRENGTH!" Alastor
I focus a large amount of my mana in my mouth and release one of my strongest skills.
"CRIMSON BURST!" Alastor
A beam of fire shoots out from my mouth and pierces through the body of the floor boss.
"..." Silver lion
I can't feel any mana left on the monster, I won.
"Was it good enough?"
I drop the motionless body of the boss to the ground.
{It could have been better}
"Jijiji" Alastor
That is the best I can get from her.
"Yes, it was very good" ???
An unknown voice appears in the room.
"?" Alastor
Below Ifrit, another silver lion appears. This one is slightly bigger and has a golden star symbol on his forehead.
"!!!"
How did it get here?! I can't feel any mana on it!
"Ifrit!!"
She is in danger!
{Shut up}
Or so it seemed...
She lands on top of the calm lion.
{He was here from the beginning}
She calmly speaks telepathically.
[From the beginning? but how?]
I thought I had mastered how to feel mana.
{There is nothing wrong with your perception of mana, this one here is one of my kind}
[That means he is a...]
The silver lion walks closer to me.
"Allow me to introduce myself"
Now that she said that, I can faintly feel some energy on him resembling Ifrit.
"I am Titan, this dungeon master, and the Earth Spirit King"
And it is also an energy that is everywhere in this dungeon.
