Previously, Abyssal Kukanid's attacks, whether in its Delusional State or Fantasy State, had consisted almost entirely of inflicting status ailments on NPCs and rather monotonous tentacle attacks.
However, Kukanid's third stage—the Imaginary State indicated by the game—was still octopus-shaped, yet even an idiot could tell that the Holy Grails held by its eight tentacles were clearly not mere decorations!
The different colors of the Holy Grails most likely indicated that they possessed different abilities.
And if that guess was correct, then Abyssal Kukanid's third-stage Imaginary State was simply several times more difficult than its previous two states!
Because they had too little information, Seiya and the others did not rashly charge forward. Instead, they turned to look at Rust and Molde.
The moment they noticed Seiya's gaze, Rust and Molde immediately understood. One drew her bow, while the other gripped his staff and conjured a fireball.
Imaginary State Kukanid was too different from before. Until they knew what abilities those Holy Grails on its tentacles possessed, recklessly approaching it was clearly unwise.
As an archer and a mage, Rust and Molde had ranged attacks. Letting them probe first was the safest course of action.
However, just as Rust's arrow and Molde's fireball were about to strike Abyssal Kukanid, the orange Holy Grail held by one of its tentacles suddenly erupted with a blinding glow.
Almost at the exact same moment, when Rust's arrow and Molde's fireball hit Kukanid, they seemed to crash into an invisible barrier and were directly deflected!
"Magic immunity?"
Seeing the Damage Negation notification appear, Sun Yue immediately cried out.
However, Seiya frowned when he saw this. "It isn't simply magic immunity. Rust's arrows carry flames, but they should still count as physical attacks.
Yet her arrows were deflected just like Molde's magic..."
"No way. Are you