Utopian System

Level 10/10 Max Meta Locus

Skills:

Jump

Frenzy

Mana: 10/10

Resistance: 1000/1000

Stamina: 25/25

Attack: 15

Magic Damage: 10

Strength: 25

Defense: 15

Magic Defense: 20 (2x)

Speed: 10

Elio narrowed his eyes, trying to discern something above the colossal creature.

The distance made it difficult to see clearly, but a bluish glint caught his attention: a crystal, similar to the entrance one, dozens of meters above the monster's head.

Numbers and letters glowed on its surface, but the only thing he could clearly distinguish was what was written in much larger letters than the rest...

A status bar that read:

"1000/1000"

"Its resistance?" he murmured, but before he could analyze the rest of the information, the Locus moved.

The monster's speed took him by surprise. Despite its colossal size, the creature moved with an agility that defied all logic. In an instant, the distance between them was cut in half.

"Attack!" Elio shouted, his mind working rapidly.

'We just eliminated 100 Locus with 500 resistance each! Just one with 1000 shouldn't be so difficult! Right?' Elio thought while charging his attack.

"All together!" Elio ordered.

The group responded instantly. The air filled with the whistling of burning carbon projectiles, the most efficient option.

Though it wasn't the most powerful attack... It was one mana point per attack instead of the two that nitrogen cost. Although it traveled slightly slower and the projectile was smaller, the damage in the end was the same.

The black spheres crossed the air in a deadly rain towards the monster.

But the Locus moved, dodging each projectile with unnatural grace. Its fluid movements contrasted with its grotesque form, as if it were dancing between the attacks.

Elio saw an opportunity when the monster changed direction.

In a fluid motion, he sent his electric eel while launching his own carbon sphere. The black ball flew directly to where the Locus should be in its next movement, while the eel approached from another angle.

The eel would reach it.

The Locus had dodged the carbon sphere, but Elio's familiar was too close to evade...

Or so they thought.

With an impossible jump, the monster twisted in the air, evading the eel, and launched itself directly at the group. Its claws gleamed with deadly purpose.

"Walls!" Elio shouted.

"Yes!" Brok and Mei shouted in unison.

Carbon walls rose at an angle in front of the group just as the Locus was about to reach them.

The barriers began to crack under the monster's pressure.

"Fall back!" Elio ordered as the cracks spread like spider webs across the wall's surface.

They barely had time to move away before the barriers shattered. Carbon fragments rained around them as they took distance.

"No more games!" Elio gritted his teeth. "Advanced ice, everyone!"

While his eel returned, Elio began forming three lithium stakes, the metal gleaming with a deadly radiance. Around him, the air grew cold as his companions prepared their most powerful ice attacks.

The Locus seemed to sense the danger.

With a jump that defied gravity, the creature moved away just as they launched their attacks. Almost all missed...

Almost.

Except for Lila. Her shot, through luck and clumsiness slightly deviated upward, connected with one of the monster's feet.

The impact caused a deafening shriek. The Locus spun in the air, its movement losing some of its supernatural grace.

Above, in the floating crystal, the numbers changed:

"978/1000"

The ice spread through its leg, momentarily slowing it.

"We damaged it!" Lila shouted, hope in her voice.

"It's not immune!" Mei confirmed.

"We just have to hit it! Obviously!" added Kriz.

Elio observed the monster. It was fast, agile, and clearly intelligent. But it wasn't invincible. They just needed...

"Listen everyone!" Elio shouted, an idea forming in his mind. "Everything you've got! Daggers, spears, magic, summons! Don't give it time to dodge!"

Perfect synchronization wasn't always the best strategy. Sometimes, controlled chaos could be more effective.

"Desynchronize your attacks!" Elio shouted, his voice resonating in the chamber. "As a team! Don't give it time to predict where the next hit will come from!"

"Desynchronize as a team," Kriz muttered with a chuckle.

But he was the first to adapt, launching his attacks at seemingly random moments.

Brok and Mei followed his example, creating an unpredictable pattern of magical projectiles that filled the air.

Lila, always attentive, complemented the spaces the others left.

The colossal Locus suddenly found itself in the middle of a chaotic storm of attacks. Its supernatural speed was no longer enough to dodge everything; when it avoided one attack, another was waiting from a different angle.

Among the magical attacks, daggers flew through the air. Most bounced harmlessly off the monster's carapace, but those thrown by Mei, powered by the Attack emblem, managed to penetrate its defense. Each successful impact drew a shriek of pain from the creature.

"Give your daggers to Mei!" Elio ordered, noticing the effectiveness. "The rest, let's focus on magic!"

The weapons quickly changed hands. Mei, now armed with all the team's daggers, threw them with deadly precision while the others maintained pressure with their magical attacks.

The crystal above the Locus began marking increasingly lower numbers: 850... 720... 650... The strategy was working. The monster, despite its speed, couldn't evade the constant rain of attacks coming from all directions.

Its enormous size didn't help either.

Elio's eel followed behind the Locus, taking every opportunity to discharge electricity onto the creature. The team's penguins launched ice attacks, further limiting the monster's maneuver space.

But when the counter dropped below 500, something changed.

The Locus's body began emitting an ominous glow, its colossal form vibrating with new and terrible energy. Its eyes, previously cold and calculating, now burned with murderous fury.

For an instant, time seemed to stop. The Locus turned its head, its eyes fixed on Lila, the first who had managed to damage it. The air itself seemed charged with electricity.

And then it moved.

It was no longer the supernatural speed they had seen before. It was double that.

Lila barely had time to register the danger when the colossal mass of the Locus rushed toward her, its claws gleaming with deadly purpose.