Ice was still laying on the ground, shivering from fear of the boss. But she was just saved by a serpent made up of red aura. And the one who unleashed that move was standing right infront of her eyes—me.
I looked at her with the eyes of calmness. I would have showed her cold eyes but for some reason, I went with calm and warm eyes.
Her tears wouldn't stop rolling down her cheeks. Her voice was cracking, still she was trying to thank me.
I extended my left hand to help her stand up.
Her shivering right hand grabbed it and she slowly stood up.
Then she murmured to me in her wavering voice, "What are you.., the protagonist? "
I didn't have any answer to that question.
I don't think so a protagonist's luck is as bad as mine.
Out of the millions or even billions of players, I was the one chosen to be given the title—Cursed Player.
The title which put my life in danger, which made me into a creature who just wants to survive—no dreams, no hope for anything else. But only survival.
I looked at the boss while holding her arm, the boss was in pain.
It was moaning, growling at me while grabbing it's remaining right arm with it's left hand.
The group of the players which created an alliance to take down the boss—half of them were laying on the ground—tired, wounded, afraid.
Some of them were dead.
While the remaining half were trying to do their best. They weren't giving up but all their efforts were in waste as they couldn't wound the boss—not even a bit.
But Ice was capable of it but for some reason—most probably the weakness of the group fighting along side Ice was restricting her from launching an all out attack on the boss.
The weather had become a lot cloudy. The sun had hid itself behind those bluish clouds.
Everything around us was engulfed by the shadows of the clouds high up in the sky.
The corpses of the players, Forest Elf Flowers, the crimson bushes, the tall trees, crimson leaves laying on the ground, stones shattered laying on the ground, the dirt, the soil, everything was under the vision of the clouds.
With a very swift swing the boss extended it's right arm in it's right side.
The swing was so powerful that it launched a high speed gust of wind towards us.
I protected myself using my sword while Ice protected herself using her boths arms.
And then, in just 10 seconds the boss' cut arm grew back.
The boss was looking at me with it's ugly eyes.
[Passive Increasement In Effect]
[Time left: 20 seconds]
'Only 20 seconds, huh? '
'Well, I guess I need to finish this in 20 seconds then but how? There was no clear statement about the weakness of this boss. '
I looked behind with the corner of my right eye towards Ice. She was still shivering from fear. She was afraid. Alissa was now standing alongside her but still there was a fear of the boss on her face.
And so to keep her away from unnecessary danger, I dashed forward towards the boss so that it only targets me.
And that's what happened, it tried to struck me down using it's right hand again.
I jumped onto my right and dodged it.
A large crater was formed on the ground.
A lot of dust spewed out of the ground.
I covered my eyes using my left arm.
The boss this time launched a barrage of strikes on me.
The buff from my passive increasement was so amazing that not a single strike touched me.
The group of the players was watching me, all of them were amazed.
I used the plant type body of the boss and tried to climb up.
I took a step and the vines on it's body were too weak to sustain my weight.
And so they tore apart. I used my sword and struck it into the boss' waist which stopped me from falling deep down into the body of the boss.
But the boss didn't feel a thing. Of course for such colossal beast, which was bigger than a 12 floor building, this kinda wound was nothing more than a small scratch which it won't even feel.
The boss this time launched a right fist on me.
That fist was a double aged sword for the boss. Because if by any chance I dodged it—the boss would ultimately damaged it's own waist.
It was around 12 meter away from me.
'Not yet. '
7 meter...
'Not yet. '
.... 4 meter...
'Not yet. '
..... 1.5 meter...
'NOW! '
And so I dashed backwards with all my strength and speed.
But I guess, I really am a Cursed Player—even without the title.
Because at the last second, the worst thing happened.
[Passive Increasement has been deactivated as the time limit has been completed]
[You cannot use passive increasement for 4 minutes and 59 seconds]
I did get out of it's range but the impulse from the impact of the fist and the waist send me flying into a tree trunk and it was so massive that I damaged my right arm and because of the pain, I let go of my sword.
The boss cried in pain as it's waist was now damaged.
But so was my right arm.
'What the fuck was that? '
'Passive Increasement my ass. I could have died right now. '
Moaning in pain, I stood up and looked at the boss. It was still moaning in pain.
I walked to my sword which was laying on top of a crimson bush.
Beside the crimson bush was a corpse of a player.
I grabbed my sword and looked at Ice.
She was still shivering but that won't do any good. To win the battle against the boss, I needed her skills.
"Hey! Ice! Please, help me defeating this boss! I cannot defeat it alone! I need your power! "