Is this really a Game?!

Reign and the others stared at the giant figure in front of them, there was a wide scar that could be seen on the ape's body that went all the way from the right side of its chest all the way down to the stomach, the scar was, of course, the gift that Eldar had given to the monster when it charged at their territory the first day.

The giant ape simply stared at Reign and the others before plunging his right hand down into the ground, with great power the ape sends a huge piece of the land at Reign and the others. Soil that was mixed with rocks was lunched at great speed as all of them quickly went to Tank who had used his shield's skill in order to block the attack. The soil blocked their sight for a short period of time while the rocks banged on the protective dome of Tank, some of the rocks flew around them and hit the many trees of the jungle, taking off big chunks of the trees as some started falling down.

As the party's sight was back to normal they were shocked to see that the giant ape was nowhere to be seen, it was as if it had completely disappeared from the area. Reign quickly tried sensing the surrounding mana, only to widen in his eyes in shock before shouting, "It's above us!"

All of the party members quickly jumped to the side as the giant ape landed on their previous position, the earth shook from the impact as the ground around it caved in and a 1-meter-deep crater was created.

The powerful monster didn't stop there, without missing a beat the monster jumped from its position before landing near the party and swinging its fist at them, the powerful attack cut through the air with great speed and power as the party could feel the incredible pressure it gave off. Tank immediately appeared in front of the others as he had already used his [ Guardian's Blessing ] in order to block the attack.

Bang!

Tank manage to block the attack but the incredible power behind it forced him to go down to one knee, even with his stats and the incredible bonus to blocking that his skill gave it still wasn't enough to fully block the attack of the giant ape. Monsters like the ape were ones that had incredible physical prowess but couldn't use mana as efficiently as others, of course, whether or not that was a strength or weakness of the monster depended greatly on the enemies it was facing and how it was using its power.

The ape for example fought like the others at first glance, simply charging in and delivering a barrage of attacks, but the first action it did however betrayed that as it was clear that the ape had a higher level of intelligence as its first action was to actually blind its opponents before attacking them from above in order to get a surprise attack in.

Fighting against an ape that had a higher level of intelligence was much harder compared to the other apes as Reign and the others had found out previously after going against the black ape. Quickly all of them scattered around before launching attacks on the giant ape. Its dark-brown fur was barely even damaged after a round of attacks, compared to other enemies they had faced before this ape had a much stronger defense, second only to the giant golem they had faced.

Reign's lightning imbued attacks did little to the giant ape as the lightning shocks simply weren't powerful enough to deal any significant damage while his blades were barely able to cut through the tough fur of the monster. Wolf's golden flames had for the first time in the jungle failed to deliver as the ape was able to blow them away easily with a swing of its fist, even the flames that managed to land on his fur did little as for some reason they couldn't spread easily to the body of the ape.

Arrows, demonic energy missiles, Tank's axe, and all the other weapons were barely doing any damage to the ape that was simply tanking all of the powerful attacks. Only Shadow's daggers were able to get through the defense but even then, the damage they dealt was simply too low as the enormous 20-meter tall body of the ape was simply too big to be seriously hurt by such small wounds on its body. The acidic poison did its job and allowed the daggers to stab through the fur, but after getting inside the body of the ape the poison was simply not strong enough to do anything to the ape in a short amount of time as a much larger amount was needed.

The ape of course didn't stay idle during their attacks, it twisted and turned while attacking with its powerful limbs, the ground around them was filled with holes as each of the ape's attacks was packed with power. Tank did his best to block the attacks but each time he did he would be forced down on one knee, he had to block 3 attacks in a row at one point which almost made him fall down on the ground.

Compared to other bosses that the party had faced before the ape didn't have any powerful skills it used to deal an enormous amount of damage, what it did have was consistency. Ever since the battle had started the ape was attacking them with the same speed and power, each of its hits was powerful enough to even shake Tank, not to mention the rest of them.

They would much rather fight an enemy that had weaker attacks but powerful skills as they could always come up with a way to dodge or block the skill together, but since the ape could simply continue assaulting them with a non-stop barrage of attacks it was much harder to do anything. Reign unleashed the full power of his ability as black and white lightning coiled around him, after training his mana control and leveling up he was able to control the lightning even more than before and now he could force it to stay on him without actually discharging around him, he still didn't have a perfect level of control over it as it would still continue overflowing and leaving his body.

The ape was currently busy attacking Tank and Reign immediately used that to his advantage as he charged at the ape while the body of a Kirin was manifested around him. Sensing the powerful mana behind it the ape tried turning around only to be greeted by multiple attacks from Wolf and the others. The attacks didn't do a lot of damage but they were enough to force the ape to stop for a moment and allowed Reign to stab him with his [ Rage of the Kirin ].

Bzzzz

Lightning erupted as the Kirin's powerful horns plunged into the back of the ape, even with the ape's incredible defense it was still unable to fully stop the attack. Two holes were left on the ape's back after the attack had finished and blood started flowing out of them. Reign, however, wasn't happy, that was one of his most powerful attacks and yet it was only able to deal such a small injury to the ape, all of the other bosses he and the others had faced would be clearly injured after it, but for the ape, it looked like it simply got stung by some insect, the wound was more of an annoyance than a threat to it.

Soon the whole area started shaking as the ape stopped in its tracks and stared at Reign, its body was slowly changing, its brown fur slowly turned red while its body became a bit smaller, from the previous 20 meters the ape was now standing at about 18 meters.

"Berserk!?" Shadow suddenly shouted as he looked at the ape with disbelief.

"No, this isn't it," Wolf said before throwing a flame spear toward the giant ape who simply used its hand to grab it before destroying it. The powerful flames didn't even hurt the ape's arm and it simply glanced at Wolf before charging at Reign.

Its speed had improved, even though the ape couldn't be called slow previously, compared to now he was, his speed had increased by about 30% and it was in front of Reign before anyone could do anything to stop it. Its attacks were however still the same, just faster as well, each attack the ape launched would still shake the ground and leave holes in it.

Wolf and the others quickly started attacking the monster from close range while Laura and Beast continued doing their best in order to help them out. They had hoped that since the ape was now faster and a bit smaller its defense would be weaker, but unfortunately for them, that was not the case as their attacks still barely did anything to the powerful monster.