Chapter 45: Sword Mistress

Before Michu made a move, other players glanced at each other. With this brief eye contact, all of them allied and circled the monkey boss. He was alone, exposed his muscles, and continued to wave those biceps without batting an eye at those humans!

The first player left a deep print in the ground as he stepped forward, "Yakuzan." He spoke while glaring at the monkey boss. His heavy armor heaved up and down, and anger soon flooded those eyes, "You stole my Ying Yang Sunglasses."

The boss halted his steps, "Uhhh..." He exhaled while his sunglasses slid down his nose, "Uhuhuhu!" A burst of loud laughter escaped his monkey mouth, then his steps resumed. Outsiders would assume that the player got ignored and that was the truth.

Yakuzan continued his march and ignored all players that had been eyeing him. The first player that barred his path let out the red wave that was the evolved taunt! The waves looked like sharp sharks with widely opened jaws.

Those gnawed at Yakuzan, but his muscles ripped before any effect could take a place. His muscles pushed up his coat, "Huhu!" Undisturbed, the monkey boss flashed his muscles and looked down at the first challenger.

"I will take those glasses back!" Even if the crowd control ability didn't work, it didn't mean the tank was powerless. The player pushed his shield forward and stopped the monster with his mass.

The players called it 'The Reality CC'. In the game that heavily favored realism, the thrown sand would become one of the worst CCs if aimed at eyes! And who could throw sand? Everyone, even this monkey boss! This kind of CC was utilized by the tank who wanted his sunglasses back!

Faced with the shield, Yakuzan clenched his hands and formed two heavy weapons. Those weapons sunk into the shield immediately, leaving deep dents behind. A sneer spread on the monkey's face, then he battered the shield.

The loud bangs hid the impending skills conjured by the alliance made on the spot. Various magic bolts, arrows, javelins, and spears flew at the monkey boss. All of them left scars behind, but nothing looked like a laceration.

As if all this help didn't exist, to begin with, Yakuzan's focus lay on the tank barring his way. The moment the tank stumbled under this heavy force, Yakuzan threw a jab from under. This pushed the tank up into the air.

"Uhuhu!" The monkey underling let the tree's branch go and pulled himself closer to the floating player. He then whirled mid-air and slapped the player with his tail.

The tank rolled and fell first with his heavy armor bringing him closer to the earth. On the ground, his body tumbled a few times, then other underlings kicked him straight to Azure Lake!

Within this lake, the player died instantly.

"This damn idiot! I can see how he lost his glasses!" The players commented after one of their new allies died in the unfathomable environment.

Under this relentless march, Yakuzan brimmed with confidence and excitement. His laughter blessed the player's ears more often and he gladly took any challenges on his way.

Meantime, his underlings jumped around with high agility and tactics. Using the players in the deep meditation, the monkeys avoided the lethal wounds and forced players to shift their attacks somewhere else!

"We have to somehow nail him down!" The player called out, but the punishment quickly arrived. One of the underlings threw his red cap at his face, then teleported his way towards the player's face.

His hands scratched the human's face in rapid succession, then his legs kicked the cheek to distance himself.

Using such rough and high-risk movements, the gang spread their dominance across Azure Lake. Worst, they kept themselves closer to this environment that no player dared to come close to.

The boss' path also never got stopped! His eyes continued to hover on the man with black robes and shiny earrings. This was the monkey boss' target and he didn't hide that! Looking at the man, the monkey boss' aura changed.

For a second, it seemed like the hurricane swept through him.

His muscles rippled once again, but his next step was actually the most monkey-like from all steps he had done so far. On his four, the monkey rushed past all players, whether lost in meditation or not and arrived before his target in the blink of an eye.

Nonetheless, the monkey's true target was something else.

All those players that protected the man swept their weapons and skills to no avail!

The high-speed boss flew past them and arrived before a woman whose appearance was concealed by the black robe. Once still could outline her armor and sword, though. She was alone and lost in meditation, so many players exclaimed in sorrow.

Has this monkey truly outsmarted them all?

Before any of those thoughts bloomed within their hearts, the monkey god's bonk swept from above!

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"You have to use your advantage, Michu!" Sandra's voice still reverberated through his mind. He almost made the same mistake and rushed to protect the woman before this monkey boss. He could understand the monkey, so he got an advantage by knowing about their plans, and yet he almost failed to leverage it!

Sandra left similar words to Venomous and even his sister, so Michu swore to not waste this chance at all!

Though he was surprised by Yakuzan's high speed at the end, the monkeys were supposed to be fast anyway! His eyes followed the boss, then his bonk unleashed its whole might the moment Yakuzan's hands extended to grasp the black robe!

The bonk felt like a heavy hammer that pinned Yakuzan down with its presence alone. Even before Yakuzan could raise his eyes at the falling staff, his face sank. The bonk felt like he was being reprimanded for all the deeds he had done so far!

Thus, he fell heavily onto the ground!

Michu then thrust his staff again, "You have paid the price for what you've done! Now, you can think about it in this lake!" The thrust hurled Yakuzan straight into the lake. The whole flight looked like it was in slow motion as all players wanted to see the fall of this monkey boss the most.

Even Yakuzan's underlings cried out in dismay, their faces distorted with pain.

Yakuzan, however, landed on the water as if it was a solid structure.

"Eh?" Michu, Sandra, and everyone else felt like rubbing their eyes. No matter who it was, their doom would be inevitable within this lake! But Yakuzan stood up, fixed his eyes on Michu, and glared at him with his sunglasses gone!

He threw his black coat too!

The woman, who had been the target so far, opened her eyes and glanced at Yakuzan, "You weren't here before." Her eyes then turned to Michu. She gave a nod, then raised her body, "That was a nice blow."

"You could see it? I thought you were lost in meditation!" Michu asked.

"I was in meditation," The woman laughed, then took off her hoodie. A blue hair cascaded onto her robes, but all players were pulled by the tag that appeared above her head.

[Sword Mistress Lv. 234 HP:??? MP:??? Guild: Amazons.]

[The Guild Leader Of Amazons Guild.]

"Oh! I know you! Hehe! I have been following you ever since I created an account on social media!" While all players reacted as if the celebrity entered the stage, Michu extended his hand and requested a handshake!

Many players felt their eyes stretching when the Sword Mistress shook his hand.

Michu continued, "I answered some haters in your place! They are really mean. I mean, I asked uncle gogogo about fake breasts. I saw those and I can easily discern fake from the real ones! You have real and beautiful melons! Don't change!"

Had those haters had some effect on her mental state, Sword Mistress would long since stopped her social media account. Better, she would give up on her celebrity life and just focus on the leadership within the game!

She covered her lips and laughed faintly, "Thank you for protecting me, my white knight." Her eyes turned to the Azure Lake, "To disappoint you a little, I have changed a few times already. This lake reminded me of that." On her adventure to remind old times, Sword Mistress meditated and faced what was unfathomable two years ago.

Now, it was all child's play... "Disappointed?"

"No. I also have changed! There were a few downs and fewer ups, but I think everyone knows inwardly what they want! That's how I ended up in this game! Hehe!" Michu smiled widely and Sword Mistress reciprocated his feelings.

Not too far away from them, Sandra had been biting her lips. Those words had hit her differently and she had to hide her face.

Yakuzan's presence also lent a hand as he pulled everyone's attention.

Sword Mistress said, "By meditating, you can see your reflection in this lake. It must have been dormant for too long."

"Why?"

"Otherwise, we wouldn't see a muscular monkey standing on it." Sword Mistress replied, then added, "Go ahead. This monkey is challenging you, so you should be able to step on it too."

"Ohhh! I know! Do you have sunglasses? If I put them on during battle, Yakuzan should stop fighting me and I will strike him from behind." Michu felt like he found a flaw or another advantage.

Sword Mistress dismissed it, "You would lose your challenger status and fall to the lake."

"Oh..." It would be his doom! Michu thought that he outsmarted the system, but it was too early for him!

He heartily laughed and stepped forward, "I guess I have to believe in you! This monkey will be defeated by me!"

Seeing Michu's steps, players turned their eyes to him. No one looked at Sword Mistress and waited for his foot to touch the lake! After his foot touched the lake's surface and no HP fell, other players tried their luck and stomped on it as well.

All of them died on the spot.

The stage belonged to the monke now!