The Primal Hunter

The three Lords of the Cloudspring Archipelagos have fallen, powerless before their foes. As the three islands crumble, the Orb of the Winds, Clouds, and Lightning all lie broken. Behold, as the Monarch of the Skies awakens.

Objective: Defeat the Monarch of the Skies.

Warning: the Monarch of the Skies is an optional objective and is significantly more powerful than any prior Floor Bosses.

“Meet up at my location,”the Fallen King sent to Jake and the others as they began flying towards the central island.

On the island, a massive pillar of wind, clouds, and lightning had appeared that soared toward the sky. Far above, lightning clouds formed as the wind picked up, the occasional sound of thunder audible. It truly gave off the vibes of a proper final boss being summoned.

Meeting up with the Fallen King, Jake saw that Sylphie had already returned, and they waited only for the Sword Saint to make his way back as they observed the pillar slowly fade to reveal the form of the final boss.

Jake wasn’t sure what he would have expected as he laid eyes on the Monarch of the Skies. Considering the three Lords had all been elementals, Jake had assumed that this Monarch of the Skies would be an elemental too, but what he saw instead was a humanoid creature that stood nearly ten meters tall. Feathers crackling with lightning covered the creature’s entire form, only hidden by silver-ish armor that protected the Monarch’s chest area, with two large white wings springing from its back. The Monarch looked androgynous, and Jake honestly had no idea what its race was either.

What he did know was that this creature was far more powerful than any Floor Boss they had faced before in Nevermore.

[Monarch of the Skies – lvl 225]

However… even if this one was stronger than anything they had ever faced in Nevermore, it was not stronger than anything Jake had ever faced before. Compared to the Isoptera Hive King, this Monarch of the Skies fell short by quite a margin. Moreover, Jake was not alone.

“Are you disappointed?” the Sword Saint, who had just returned, asked Jake as they both looked at the event boss.

“I don’t know,” Jake said honestly. “But I guess I had hoped for more.”

“We are barely at the starting stages of Nevermore. This foe already surpasses what the vast majority of parties would be capable of handling,” the King chimed in.

“I know, I know,” Jake said with a sigh. “Anyway, let’s just get this over with.”

Jake wasn’t gonna lie. While he did find the experience of exploring the floors of Nevermore kind of interesting, and he enjoyed the company he was there with, the entire thing had been quite disappointing so far. He would have preferred to just skip to floor 20 or some shit. Sadly, he had to bully far weaker foes for a while longer before that was possible.

However, just as they were about to engage, the Sword Saint seemed to get an idea as he turned to Dina.

“Dina… how about taking on this foe alone?”