Avilien

Invasion boss Nargl

At the apex of the rift, streams of green data converged into one mass. Trillions of numbers all crashed into one another, and first an arm emerged the size of a car and as grey as stone. Covered in spikes and rocky formations, chains and armour appeared around it before the signs of a torso became evident. A torso with a giant slobbering mouth filled with shark-like teeth.

"Wow, we get to see whatever an invasion boss is. Do you know what one is, Squeeks?" Brit asked as her eyes were glued to the forming monster.

"No, I do not. Something very bad has happened. Why in Amidilia's name is this thing coming to this world? I am with Nebs on reckoning that this is Amilia's doing. I see no other plausible way that this could be happening." Squeeks looked at Amilia.

"And all because she loves potatoes more than her master's life. Truly pathetic," said Nebs as he shook his head in disgrace. He would have taken the same offer for half the price.

"I don't think this is Amilia's doing," said Luke. "This is happening all over the world...and isn't that thing forming a little close to where we are?" Luke kept his eyes on the now fully formed monster.

Looking like something out of the ancient movie Frankenstein, a Gollum looked down on the highstreet below it as Nate's minions stopped in their tracks and paid it attention. Unknown to the undead minions, smaller portals had started to form all around the town and on the tops of buildings. No matter where Luke looked, he could see one after another created. The enemy's numbers would soon be enough to overrun the entire town...or what was left of it. The warning was not lying when it spoke of an invasion force.

"Breaking protocol eleven," said Squeeks as he checked his knowledge banks. "Here it is," he exclaimed.

"Invasions are public events that happen at random all across Avilien. The forces are made up of corrupted forces that are led by several mini-bosses and a main boss. The reasoning for the invasion is yet unknown. This appears to be something new, and I had to break code to get the information on it." Squeeks lowered his head, feeling bad that he broke Avilien's laws.

"Hate to be the barer of bad news, but according to NowTube, different bosses have emerged and gone on to crush entire towns. They are targeting players regardless of level, meaning their goal is to wipe out as many of us as they can before Avilien goes live." Nagori kept pulling up clip after clip on her GTs and scanning for any possible way to beat the invasion boss, everyone now forgetting about their main objective to defeat Nate.

"American guilds, Korean guilds, and hundreds of other guilds have beaten these bosses, but it is true that they are after players," said Cissy as she extracted more information from the net.

"Targoon. What is our chance of beating that thing before it wipes out the entire town?" Lance asked his guild guide as the behemoth-sized monster dropped from the heavens. Dropping with such force that the town shook. To Brit, the boss sounded like epic fun and to a smiling Luke, it was a challenge to be devoured. His first taste of what Avilien was truly made of in boss-like form.

A sheet of dust and debris pushed through the entire high street, making every remaining person and undead minion buckle. Lance, followed by the rest of the group, hurried out onto the main street to get a closer inspection. On all the GTs, statistic bars started to show up for the boss next to a small red skull icon next to the monster's green health bar—it's health being a jaw-dropping half a million.

Enveloping the small skull icon, level, health bar, and what looked like Brit's rage bar, was a gold backdrop covered in flames. Above that was the name Nargl the Triumphant.

"I don't think you want the answer, master," said Targoon to Lance as it spoke from within the phone.

"Avoid it and take the backstreets to the other side, and then head up towards the graveyard. If we fight that, we will definitely end up getting deleted. We should focus on Nate," said Anna as she looked terrified for the first time.