Caelid Bosses Novels & Stories

Damn it… they can’t be killed by steel alone. “Magic!” she shouted. “It’s the runes—cut off his source!” Elion had already seen it. His eyes scanned the glowing symbols beneath Lazarus, watching the way their light pulsed in time with the shadows’ movements. “They’re feeding on his anchor. Break the circle and the beasts fall!” Caelan moved beside him, raising his sword. “Then I’ll carve a path.” Before Soo-ah could protest, Caelan charged straight into the mass of shadows. The beasts turned, their claws slashing down. He ducked, rolled, then struck upward, his blade cutting into one beast’s chest. It howled, dissolving halfway before reforming again.

Cael said softly, the glow in his eyes brightening until even I could feel the heat from where I sat, “I was already old when your ancestors still crawled.” His voice dropped lower. Darker. “I’ve watched empires fall. Kings beg. Gods bleed.” The elder didn’t dare speak. No one did. Cael looked past him, and locked eyes with me. “I am not one of your lords or leashed beasts. I am a god,” he said, voice darker on the last word. Low. Dangerous. Then his eyes slid over the rest of them like he could see through their skin. “And she,” he said, pointing to me, “is my queen.”

“Your legacy. My life’s work.” Caelum stared at the feed, jaw clenched so tightly I thought it might crack. But when he looked back at me, his expression shifted something fierce and protective overtaking the cold strategist I’d known. “They can burn buildings,” he said quietly. “They can steal data. But they don’t get you.” Another tremor ripped through the tunnel. A support beam snapped overhead, crashing down just feet from us. “We need to move!” I shouted. Caelum nodded sharply. “Maintenance ladder. Now.”

Without a doubt, she was quite scared of that boss creature. "Looks like you guys haven't grasped the situation quite yet," Oren said, and tightly gripped his sword, "You probably realized that just a week ago an E-tier quest suddenly jumped to be an S-tier quest all of a sudden…" Just with those words, all of them knew that their system did not anticipate that a horrific monster was lurking deeper in this tunnel. For sure the boss creature was hiding it's presence only to unleash its aura sometime after. I inwardly clicked my tongue. It was too much of a bother to explain everything afterwards, but I guess I need to use a bit of my strength to conquer this beast if the situation escalates f

“It’s deeper in the ruins. Caelum’s power is tied to whatever’s there. If we destroy it, we weaken him.” Cassius walked at her side, his gaze fixed ahead. “And if we can’t?” Zoe glanced at him, her wolf’s growl resonating faintly in her chest. “Then we make sure we do.” Ellara moved to the front, her sharp gaze scanning the path ahead. “Be ready for anything. These places are never left unguarded and Caelum wouldn’t make this easy.” The corridor opened into another chamber, this one lined with tall, jagged obelisks that hummed with dark magic. The air vibrated with an ominous energy, and the faint sound of whispers seemed to echo from the stones.

"You remember the cellar, don't you?" ​Cael’s jaw tightened into a hard line. "You were there." ​"I was born there," the child replied, lowering the key. "And you were made there." ​A violent, invisible pulse tore through the room. Cael gasped, dropping to his knees as thick, black veins erupted across his neck and temples. ​"Cael!" Lyra screamed, dropping to catch him as his body convulsed, his silver eyes rolling backward into his head. ​The creature beneath the throne pulled itself up until it stood at full height. It was monstrously tall, the bone crown scraping sparks against the stone ceiling.