The Reincarnation of the Kingmaker

Chapter 137: Raiding the Mountain Monkey's Lair part 8

The next day came.

Kayn and the others along with over fifty Goblins travel on a slope leading down to the third floor of the Mountain Monkey's Lair.

The ground was wet, muddy, and occasionally slippery. It's very evident that the reason for this was the flood they have created yesterday. Because there was no wall to block the water from reaching the entrance of the third floor, it also flowed inside.

Fortunately for them, there were many patches of stalagmites around that they can hold onto and use as something like a handlebar to assist them as they walk down. Otherwise, there's a huge chance they will slide down below.

Needless to say, not everyone was lucky enough to walk safely. Along the way, Chastine and Cedric had already healed quite a few Goblins that suffered from falls.

It can't be helped because unlike Humans that have five toes, Goblins only have three to four, thus significantly lowering their gripping power down in their feet. To compensate for that though, they are nimble and very skillful in climbing, so they were at least able to minimize the damage they would have likely received in their fall.

As they reached the end of the slope, they were immediately greeted by a huge puddle of water from the flood. Some patches of puddle could also be seen surrounding it.

They made plenty of splattering noises as they walked in the puddles, making them careful every time they make another step as they still haven't found the Mountain Gorilla yet and they are afraid that the noise would bring them any dangers.

Contrary to what they have expected, the third floor was considerably huge in size. Until now, they still couldn't see the other side of the wall.

"Should we split up?" Friedrich can't help suggesting.

"I don't think that's a good idea," Chastine express her concern.

"Chastine's right," Kayn agreed with Chastine. "We don't have a clue where the Mountain Gorilla is, and we are not even certain whether it's awake or resting right now. If it's the latter and it's just observing our actions as we speak, then splitting up would spell danger for all of us,"

To make it short, they are not going to do something else until they have gathered enough information.

As for how?

At this moment, Natas has gone ahead to scout for where the Mountain Gorilla is. At the same time, he also wants to find the Mountain Heart Flower.

Kayn plans to wait until Natas returns before suggesting doing something else.

"In the meantime, why don't we light up some certain areas?" Kayn pointed at a patch of stalagmites right in front of them. "Just put some light spell in there so that we can see a bit more and also prevent walking in the same place we've already looked,"

Jude, Kimberly, and Cyril nodded their heads and began putting lights in patches of stalagmites as they continued to walk.

Gilbert suddenly expressed. "I just realize now. This area is freaking huge. I thought boss rooms would be smaller compared to the other floors,"

"That's also what I thought," Cedric nodded his head.

"That's normally the case. But there's always going to be exceptions every now and then," Jude explained. As someone that raids Monster Lairs for a living, he has experienced situations similar to this many times.

Whoosh!

All of a sudden, a loud noise was heard behind them and a light orb that the Mages have cast a while ago suddenly disappeared.

"As expected," Kayn immediately unsheathed his Molten Ice Sword.

Monsters like the Mountain Gorilla could detect if ever another monster or a person gets close to them. And depending on how strong they are, the diameter of their perimeter would vary accordingly.

"Men, get into formation," Gnarlak immediately issued an order to the Goblins.

In a quick manner, all Guardians came into the front, the Knights behind them, and the Marksmens farther behind the line.

Swiftly, Kayn and the rest covered the noticeable weakness of the Goblins' formation — their side and rear.

Roshan and Carter positioned themselves on either side. Friedrich, Charles, Kayn, Gilbert, Natasha, and Jackson are at the rear. While the rest are at the center of the Goblin formation.

Gnarlak positioned himself in front, facing the direction of where the light have just gone off.

In the next moment, a huge rock was thrown at the Guardians.

Whoosh!

Boom!

Despite the strong defense, a few of the Goblins still got blasted away from the formation.

"Quickly get back!" Gnarlak shouted.

Picking themselves up quickly, the Guardians run to return to the formation.

"Ah!"

A shadow suddenly pulled one of the Guardians into the dark.

"AHHH!"

A loud cry of pain shook everybody's eardrum as that Guardian started shouting in the dark.

After a few seconds, the noise died down and the surroundings turned quiet once more.

"He's dead," Kayn uttered.

There was no need to say it. Everyone understood that the moment the Guardian stopped shouting in pain.

It was exactly like what Kayn had said before. The Mountain Gorilla is totally unlike the Earth Gorilla.

"Its Gift is probably related to the shadow element considering that it likes to take advantage of the darkness," Friedrich immediately realized.

"I see," Kayn also agrees with Friedrich now that he thinks about it. He has experienced fighting against Earth Gorillas in the past. In all of those experiences, he fought with them head-on. This is his first time experiencing fighting against an Earth Gorilla that takes advantage of the darkness.

"Light the cave up!" Friedrich exclaimed.

Whoosh!

Three tongues of flames were shoot out from the center of the formation, instantly lighting up the nearby surroundings.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

This time, they can finally see silhouettes of the Mountain Gorilla moving swiftly in a circle around them.

"It's looking for another chance to attack," Friedrich realized. He nodded his head at Gnarlak and said. "Let's try to disrupt its movement,"

"Marksmen, start shooting everywhere!" Gnarlak issued another command.

Whoosh!

A series of arrows started raining from farther from the flames.

Friedrich's plan is proven successful as the silhouette suddenly disappeared.

"Prepare for another attack," Gnarlak sent a warning.

This time, all the Guardians put a lot more force in their arms and feet.

As expected…

Whoosh!

Another huge rock was thrown in their direction.

However, this time, it came from the side.

Bang!

Roshan blocked the rock with his shield quite easily.

"Not on my watch!"

Contrary to the last time though…

Whoosh!

Bang!

Carter blocked the attack.

Whoosh!

Bang!

Charles sent a Sword Wave to destroy the rock.

"We're getting played," Kayn muttered.

"What do you mean?" Friedrich looked at Kayn.

"The Mountain Gorilla is trying to understand our formation. It already knew that there are Guardians in front, and through those three attacks, it was able to understand that there are two powerful Guardians at both sides, and one Knight at the rear," Kayn explains. "If my guess is correct, it's going to attack in the center next,"

Just like what Kayn had guessed.

Whoosh!

"Don't let the Mages attack!" Kayn exclaimed.

"On it!"

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Natasha and Jackson used their <<Cleaving Cut>> skill to cut the rock.

A barrier was immediately created to protect the formation from the falling small debris.

"Are you intending to confuse it?" Friedrich wonders.

"As if that would work. I am just preventing the Mages from using their skills and having them in cooldowns,"

The Mountain Gorilla isn't stupid even though it is a monster. It obviously knows that there are Mages, especially after what transpired with the flames just now.

That is why he doesn't want the Mages to use any skills because the Mountain Gorilla would definitely take advantage of their cooldowns.

"I didn't think of that,"

"Make sure to only use your skills when it is necessary. If not, just rely on your natural strength,"

"Noted," Friedrich nodded in understanding.

The others also responded positively.

Honestly, they've experienced a lot of Monster Lair raids in the past. But this is the first time they've experienced fighting against an intelligent monster, not to mention an intelligent boss monster.

In most cases, the boss monster would proudly display its strength and recklessly clash with them. It would only start showing intelligence once its health is low and its situation is dangerous.

"Never ever underestimate primates. They might be monsters, but their intellectual capacity could sometimes be equal to ours," That's the exact reason why the Mountain Gorilla is a very difficult monster to deal with. Taking out the fact that they are monsters, they would become no different from them.

"Take these," Kayn started handing out Luminescent Stones to everyone. Jude bought these from the Sea Spring Village the last time, and he had bought close to a thousand of them because they are sold in kilograms due to how common and easily found they are and very cheap as well.

"Throw them everywhere,"

Using Luminescent Stones to brighten up the place is much better compared to using magic spells. In addition to that, it saves mana and the only way to turn off the lights they are providing is to destroy them, which is barely going to help because he has plenty of them.

"This should slightly prevent it from using its Gift,"