Chapter: 881
The health would be at 188 if the enemy didn't regenerate so quickly; already it was back to 194.
Yet simply attacking wouldn't be that simple as Jay noticed the creature became more enraged when its health lowered, swinging its claws more furiously and chaotically.
The random swings made the skeletons back off of their attacks, which allowed more of its health to regenerate.
"Dammit. We need to speed this up, otherwise this will take a while… maybe this isn't enough to even defeat it."
(Be more aggressive.) Jay ordered, and joined the battle himself.
Jay stepped onto the roots and walked closer, just outside of the skeleton encirclement.
The ethereal head of the necrotic helminth appeared on his shoulder, and a bolt crackling with necrotic energy shot out, landing on the knee of the Ova.
It staggered to one side, and the skeletons took complete advantage of it as they brought their swords down over its back.
The root which connected the Ova's body to the Elder tree took damage, but was not severed.
Its health lost large chunks. In seconds, they brought it down to 124 health.
Before it could be severed, the Ova stood up and released a flurry of swipes, sending the skeletons back.
"Huh?" Jay thought, checking its knee.
The knee of the Ova had turned to white bone liquid, but after a moment it solidified, giving the creature stronger shins. It simply reconstructed the knee with the living roots and returned to fighting.
"Ah, this thing is a real pain." Jay pursed his lips.
(Target the elder tree root connection.)
More necrotic bolts landed on the Ora's body, and they disabled it a few times, yet it was only temporary as the living roots replaced the damaged parts.
Seeing that the necrotic bolts are not very effective, Jay called the attacks off, stopping the helminth from launching bolts; its ethereal skull disappeared and nursed itself back on his shoulder.
"Better to save them for emergency," Jay thought.
Four skeletons surrounded the Ora in on each side, cutting and slicing away at its flesh, whittling down its health.
After sorting the skeletons into an attack formation, Blue waited at Jay's side, awaiting his orders.
(Blue, time to scout.) Jay pointed through the long room to the giant, pulsing head in the next.
Jay assumed there would be traps or more Ora hiding among the roots, so Blue was really there to reveal them. Not that it knew.
"I could warn Blue, but I want it to learn for itself." Jay thought, watching the skeleton march towards the middle of the room.
The fight was going well, and so far, the skeletons had dodged any serious damage. The Ora's needle-like claws simply didn't have enough range.
The Ora was down to fifty-four health, and gradually dropping as more hacking swords dug into its flesh.