"Alright, we've rested long enough…" Arthur sighed. "Prepare yourself… you could really die if you're not careful later."
"….."
It was the first time Komini had seen her senior look so serious. She said nothing, only nodded, then drank the potion in front of her.
Led by Arthur, they left the Nurse's room and headed straight toward the center of the wooden platform.
Only after she stood there did Arthur, from somewhere unknown, take out that suspicious eyeball.
He looked up at the night sky of Terraria, as if he could already sense the danger lurking within it…
Humans possess an instinctive fear of the unknown.
But as adventurers in Terraria, one must eventually take the first step.
After all, I have to do this… and it really does feel unsettling.
Arthur let out a bitter chuckle in his heart. At the same time, his grip tightened, squeezing until the disgusting pus burst from his hand.
A purple system notification appeared in the lower-left corner of his vision.
[Cthulhu's Eye has awakened!]
For a moment, the world of Terraria fell silent.
The spawn rate of surrounding enemies sharply dropped; for the time being, those troublesome Demon Eyes would no longer appear…
They had all been driven away.
The once star-filled night sky was swallowed by dark clouds. In the pitch-black heavens, Komini could vaguely make out a massive, terrifying shadow drifting through the clouds…
"What… what is that?!"
Cold sweat slid down Komini's cheeks. A chill crawled over her entire body, as though something malevolent were staring straight at her…
Even without seeing its true form, the overwhelming pressure alone caused her SP to plummet. The shrill whistling winds and the monster's roar echoing from within the clouds were enough to shake one's very soul.
There was no need for Arthur to explain. He had already gone over this countless times while formulating the battle plan…
Above them, that colossal evil being slowly descended, its blood-red pupil locking onto the two mortals below.
Cthulhu's Eye.
An organ torn from the ancient god Cthulhu during a bloody battle centuries ago in Terraria. It wanders the night skies, searching for its original body… and for revenge.
As for what kind of existence could tear apart such a monster—
Komini didn't even dare to imagine it.
"Don't space out!"
Arthur suddenly dashed forward from her side, already pulling out a golden bow.
He sprinted beneath the bloodshot eyeball, swiftly nocking a flaming arrow.
A streak of fire tore through the darkness, striking the monster dead-on.
Flames erupted across the surface of the eyeball.
From Arthur's perspective, he could clearly see its HP bar begin to drop.
[Cthulhu's Eye: 4623 / 4641]
The battle had begun.
Suppressing the chill in her heart, Komini moved as well.
Under the night sky of Terraria, only countless blazing trails of arrows illuminated the battlefield.
This wasn't a dream.
Arthur and Komini gradually fell into a rhythm—nocking arrows, firing, maneuvering—repeating the cycle over and over. Between the upper and lower wooden platforms, their movements became increasingly mechanical as they steadily whittled down the monster's HP.
The first phase of a boss battle was rarely difficult.
Cthulhu's Eye charged slowly and linearly; once the pattern was understood, avoiding it became manageable.
At the base of the eyeball were numerous openings, from which small, grotesque eyeballs constantly spilled out.
Servants of Cthulhu.
They possessed extremely low HP. In the game, a handful of grenades would easily wipe them out, and the red hearts they dropped made them little more than mobile healing items in players' eyes.
But here—
There were no red hearts.
Arthur hurled another grenade into the mass of flesh. Golden shrapnel shredded their bodies like fireworks, spraying thick, foul-smelling liquid everywhere.
His gaze never left the boss pursuing Komini in the distance.
[3017 / 4641]
Its HP was nearing the threshold.
"Komini! It's about to enter its second phase! Fall back!" Arthur shouted.
"Huh?!"
Komini was still sprinting across the wooden platform. Habit helped her move, but it didn't erase the fear gnawing at her spine.
Another arrow struck home—
And she noticed Cthulhu's Eye had suddenly stopped.
The oppressive aura weakened slightly. Hesitantly, she glanced back.
She immediately regretted it.
The monster hovered in midair, its body violently convulsing as flesh and blood peeled away from its surface.
Seconds later, a massive, gaping maw split open where its pupil once was.
A darker, more sinister aura poured out.
Komini's teeth chattered, yet she continued throwing grenades at it.
The explosives landed squarely inside its mouth, producing only dull, muffled blasts.
They barely slowed it.
Too late.
Cthulhu's Eye suddenly lunged toward her at terrifying speed. Komini instantly realized she wouldn't make it to the lower platform in time.
I'll gamble everything!
She forced herself to face the horror head-on, drawing her only melee weapon—
The Terra Blade.
Bang!
Unlike in the game, the massive body didn't phase through her.
Flesh and armor collided violently, the impact forcing Komini backward as black mist poured from the creature's maw, seeping through the gaps in her armor and corroding both her body and her SP.
Enduring the searing pain and overwhelming shock, Komini gritted her teeth and slashed into its flesh with the Terra Blade.
It wasn't enough.
Arthur knew it the moment he saw it.
Komini had failed to evade Cthulhu's Eye's charge.
On the status panel before him, both her HP and SP were rapidly dropping.