Countless white lights surged violently, dazzling and magnificent! Immediately after, a deep voice echoed endlessly in the basement.

“Who... is summoning Maratook! Maratook is sleeping. Whoever wakes Maratook will suffer the punishment of frost!”

Boom!

A giant, at least six or seven people tall, suddenly appeared in the center of the magic circle. His entire body was sky blue, exuding a chilling cold air, instantly lowering the temperature in the basement by several degrees!

“You—mortal, how dare you disturb Maratook's beautiful dream! Maratook will crush you!” The blue giant quickly spotted David Bolton and immediately swung his massive fist down at David Bolton!

【Maratook】 (Elite)

Level: 10

HP: 5000

David Bolton took a step back, then immediately charged forward. Stars representing dizziness flashed above Maratook's head.

“-18!”

A sword slash landed, but it only dealt a pitiful 18 points of damage! Such high armor!

Unfortunately, the effect of the trial poison had long since worn off, and each player could only purchase it once. David Bolton could only rely on himself to slowly wear the boss down!

“Damn ant, you have angered Maratook!” Maratook furiously raised his fist and smashed it at David Bolton again.

“Block!”

“-17!”

“What a thick-skinned guy!” David Bolton muttered, swinging his shield to unleash “Shield Bash.”

“-54!”

Struck painfully by David Bolton, Maratook roared repeatedly, took a big step forward, and stomped hard at David Bolton.

Dodge!

“-19!”

“-19!”

One normal attack after another powerful strike—though not much HP was lost each time, it only made Maratook even angrier.

But for the agile David Bolton, Maratook was like playing a game of whack-a-mole. Although he had an absolute advantage in strength, he could never land a hit, and instead, David Bolton chipped away at his HP bit by bit!

90%! 80%! 70%! 60%! 50%!

“Insignificant mortal, face the wrath of the God of Frost!” Maratook suddenly crouched down and slammed both palms heavily onto the ground! Instantly, countless ice spikes shot up from the earth like sharp spears!

Having never encountered such a monster before, David Bolton had no idea what skills it might use. Although he was already on alert when it spoke, not knowing what move the opponent would make made it impossible to defend!

In an instant, David Bolton pushed his sharp athletic reflexes to the limit, weaving and dodging among the ice spikes with dazzling agility!

“Ding! You were hit by an ice spike and lost 30 HP!”

“Ding! You were hit by an ice spike and lost 30 HP!”

“Ding...”

Five consecutive system prompts rang in his ears. Even though David Bolton had pushed his speed to the max, his character’s agility stat wasn’t high enough to fully utilize his skills, and he was still hit by five ice spikes, his HP bar plummeting rapidly!

It was only thanks to David Bolton's skill that he survived—anyone else would have been instantly killed by this boss’s ultimate move!

David Bolton had only 190 HP in total, and in an instant, he was left with just 40 HP. He quickly drank a bottle of basic healing potion, and a green “+100” floated above his head as his HP shot back up.

The red potion had a thirty-second cooldown. Fortunately, Maratook's ultimate didn’t trigger too often; otherwise, the potion’s cooldown really wouldn’t be enough!

“Maratook will shatter your bones!” The frost giant stood up again, and everything returned to the original rhythm.

40%! 30%! 20%! 10%!

David Bolton was a little nervous. When the monster’s HP dropped to 10%, it might enter a berserk state! And once it did, the frequency of its skills would increase dramatically—that’s the most dangerous part of the fight! Even though David Bolton was an expert, there was no way he could survive three or four consecutive waves of the boss’s ultimates!

Luckily, it didn’t turn red!

David Bolton breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking about it, it made sense—the quest required it to be completed solo. The monster having skills was already tough enough; if it could also go berserk, how could anyone survive?

...3%! 2%! 1%!

“Damn mortal, Maratook will definitely return... definitely!” As the last sliver of HP was depleted, Maratook finally collapsed, his massive body crashing to the ground with a thunderous boom.

“Whew!” David Bolton let out a breath—finally done!

The magic circle began to operate again, and the frost giant’s corpse slowly shrank, eventually forming a blue orb the size of a fist.

“So this is the soul of the frost giant?” David Bolton casually picked up the orb, looking around with wide eyes. “What a rip-off! I killed such a big boss, and nothing dropped!”

Fuming, David Bolton returned upstairs and handed the blue orb to Farion.

“Young man, you have proven your courage and strength. I must admit, you may become a great warrior in the future!” Farion beckoned and said, “Come with me. Now that all the materials are ready, I will forge for you an indestructible battle blade!”

“Ding! You have completed the quest: Materials for Forging the Battle Blade (3), and gained 10,000 experience points!”