Free Web NovelChapter 6: [6]: The Spider’s Fang, A Silver Upgrade
The clearing turned into a chaotic blur of motion. Levi danced around the Venomous Broodmother’s massive, hairy legs, treating the deadly boss fight like a highly optimized rhythm game. His eyes flicked constantly between the boss’s attack animations, his skill cooldowns, and the ticking green buff timer in his peripheral vision.
He strictly adhered to his mathematical cooldown rotation. He wove exactly three basic physical attacks between every 5-second cast of Reaping Arc.
The cycle was flawless. One Reaping Arc dealt 61 damage. Three basic attacks dealt 75 damage total. The Bleed ticked for 5 damage every second, adding 25 damage over the 5-second window.
Math cycle per 5 seconds: 61 + 75 + 25 = 161 Total Damage.
He was carving chunks out of the massive spider, but the fight was incredibly physically demanding. The VR helmet’s stamina system was burning his virtual lungs. Because his build was extremely glass-cannon, relying entirely on Agility for evasion, he had to constantly move.
The Broodmother lunged with a direct physical bite. Levi watched her mandibles open, used his 13 Speed to side-step perfectly, and slashed her in the face!
But he couldn’t dodge everything perfectly. Whenever the massive boss slammed the ground or thrashed her abdomen, the AoE shockwaves continuously clipped him.
[-15] [-15] [-15]
His health bar constantly bounced up and down. He would take a glancing hit, dropping his HP down toward 50, but the Uncommon potion’s passive 5 HP/sec regeneration perfectly offset the ambient damage. His health essentially floated around the 50/100 mark, never quite dipping into the critical red zone, but never sitting comfortably full either.
"Just a little more," Levi grunted, sweat stinging his real-world eyes inside the helmet.
He ducked under another wave of Acid Spit, the deadly green sludge washing over him harmlessly thanks to his immunity buff. He swung his Serrated Scythe, landing another heavy Reaping Arc.
[-61]
The timer in the corner of his vision flashed a warning orange. [0:20 seconds remaining on Poison Immunity.]
Levi checked the Broodmother’s health bar. It had finally hit the critical 10% mark. She had exactly 150 HP left.
Suddenly, the boss let out a deafening, vibrating screech. The green glow of her abdomen turned a violent, aggressive red. The system warned him with a pop-up.
[Warning! Venomous Broodmother has entered Enrage state!] [Attack increased by 50%. Defense reduced by 50%.]
Her Attack jumped from 40 to 60. Her Defense plummeted from 20 to 10!
She lunged at him with a terrifying, unnatural burst of speed. There was no way Levi’s 13 Agility could perfectly evade her now. If those mandibles hit him cleanly with 60 Attack against his 5 Defense, he would take 55 damage. Since he was floating at 50 HP, a single direct hit meant instant death!
Levi didn’t try to run. He completely abandoned evasion. He planted his leather sandals firmly into the sticky webbing and gripped the Serrated Scythe with both hands, pulling it back over his shoulder.
"Die," Levi roared.
He activated his final cast of Reaping Arc. The blade glowed a blinding red. He swung it directly into her open, enraged face.
[-71]
The boss shrieked, staggering from the massive blow to her face. Her health dropped to 79 HP.
Levi didn’t wait for her to recover. He stepped forward and unleashed a frenzied, desperate barrage of basic physical attacks, pouring the very last drop of his simulated stamina into his arms!
His basic attacks now hit against her lowered 10 Defense.
Slash! [-35]
Slash! [-35]
Slash! [-35]
He landed exactly three hits, totaling 105 damage. Combined with the Reaping Arc, the 176 total damage completely overkilled the boss’s remaining health pool.
The Broodmother’s massive body froze mid-lunge. Her eight eyes rolled backward into her head. The red glow faded from her abdomen, and her massive legs curled inward with a sickening crunch.
She collapsed onto the webbing and violently shattered into a mountain of glowing blue polygons, gold coins, and item boxes.
A golden, server-wide announcement suddenly flashed across the top of Levi’s vision, broadcasting to every single player currently logged into Starfall.
[Server Announcement: Player ’Levi’ has achieved the Server First Field Boss Kill! The era of pioneers begins!]
Levi didn’t care about the fame. He was staring at the massive, dense golden aura that was currently ripping itself violently from the boss’s fading corpse. The aura shot across the clearing and slammed directly into his chest.
[Supreme Harvester triggered.] [Venomous Broodmother’s primary stat is VIT (50).] [You have plundered 10% of its core stat.] [Gained +5 VIT permanently!]
Levi gasped as the raw Vitality rushed into his system. He also received a massive 2,000 XP drop from the boss, instantly pushing his experience bar through the roof.
[System Notification: Level Up! You are now Level 5.]
He ignored the flashing level-up notifications. He didn’t even allocate his new free stat points yet. He dropped to his knees and immediately started sifting through the massive pile of loot. The boss dropped several silver coins and some crafting webbing, but Levi tossed them aside.
He was looking for something specific. In his past life, the Broodmother always dropped rogue weapons for early players.
"Come on, come on..." Levi muttered.
His hand brushed against three identical item boxes. He opened them quickly. Inside sat exactly three identical daggers made from sharpened, jagged spider legs.
[Bronze Spider-Leg Dagger] [Rarity: Bronze] [ATK: 20]
"Perfect," Levi grinned ruthlessly.
He immediately opened his UI and used his SSS-Rank talent, Boundless Fusion. He dragged the three Bronze daggers into the fusion slots and hit confirm.
A blinding silver light erupted in the dark clearing, far brighter than the golden light from his previous fusions. The three Bronze daggers melted together. The metal morphed, elongated, and twisted into a long, sleek, terrifying polearm.
Levi reached into the light and grasped the handle. The system chimed.
[Arachnid’s Fang Scythe] [Rarity: Silver] [ATK: 45] [Passive: Attacks ignore 15% of target DEF.]
A Silver-tier weapon on day one. It was mathematically impossible for anyone else to have gear this strong this early.
Levi equipped the new scythe. It felt perfectly balanced, the curved silver blade gleaming in the dim light of the forest. He opened his status menu and finally allocated his 5 free stat points from his level up. He dumped them all straight into Strength.
He reviewed his newly updated stat sheet. The transformation was monstrous.
His Vitality had jumped from 5 to 10 thanks to the boss plunder. In Starfall, each point of VIT granted 20 Max HP. His health pool instantly doubled from 100 to 200 HP.
His Strength jumped from 15 to 20. That gave him a base attack of 40. Combined with his new Silver weapon’s massive 45 ATK, his Total Attack skyrocketed to 85.
He went from being an incredibly fragile glass cannon to a durable, hard-hitting bruiser in the span of five minutes.
Levi slung the Arachnid’s Fang Scythe over his shoulder and looked down at the empty clearing. He had conquered the Weeping Woods. Now, it was time to find the blind beggar and unlock a class that would make him a true god of this game.
