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"Not bad. That was so close."
Liam quickly took out a health potion from his inventory and recovered his health points as the next second another damage number showed up for him from holding the hot sizzling rock.
His hand as well was stinging with the pain of holding the scorching hot object.
"Fuck!" He switched his hands and used the other hand to hold onto the crevice and looked at the dead birds sprawled
"Awaken." Four more undead birds were summoned but since his current limit was controlling only 5 undead, one fell back down.
"Alright. Time to finish the last stretch of the climb. Huaaa" Liam sucked in a big mouthful of air and stretched his chest before sprinting upwards with a burst of energy.
He was clearly pushing his limits and for someone looking at him from the ground, it would seem like he was running up the mountain, rather than climbing it.
He focused all of his mana on his hands and his feet, moving up with the utmost strength and agility that he could muster.
This would be difficult even for him to maintain throughout the entire climb but now he could almost see the cave opening so Liam sprinted up without holding back.
By the time he reached the cave, he almost crashed into it.
However, he was not done yet as a huge bird stared back at him from inside. It was guarding a bunch of eggs near it and a silver glow covered its body.
[Twin-tailed Wind Ripper]
(Elite Boss)
Level 15
Health: 50000
This was the regular elite boss, twin-tailed wind ripper. As one of the elite bosses in this area, it was obviously a famous one and Liam was already aware of its attack patterns.
"Huff… Attack… Huff" He readily sacrificed his undead birds to catch a breath.
His vision was also blurry and his body was also feeling faint, both because of the altitude and exhaustion, not to mention the heat.
Without hesitation, he downed another health potion and then joined the fight after a few seconds. Three of his undead were already dead.
Since the undead summons was weaker than their original counterparts, it was already enough that two of them survived, probably because the elite boss was guarding its eggs while it was also trying to fight.
Liam was still surprised to see the eggs near the elite because eggs were rare, to begin with, especially that of flying pets.
Even if the pets did not transfer from the virtual game world to the real world, flying pets were still very valuable as they saved a lot of time if they were raised to be mounts.
But the previous time around, there hadn't been any news about anyone finding eggs in this cave.
"Eh? So many people hid things I see. First come first serve I guess."
Liam grinned and then unsheathed his sword to deal with the huge bird in front of him. This time there was no other restraint and he was able to finally fight freely.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
The crimson blade flashed as he danced around the bird, especially from an angle as if he was targeting the eggs.