CHAPTER THIRTY
A notification suddenly appeared in my vision when Holly died:
A boss monster (Dark Sorceress Holly) has been slain! +10,000 EXP and +200 Stat Points go to the killer!
I didn’t doubt that notification, because Holly’s Health bar had dropped to zero when the light bolt went through her head. There was a lot I didn’t understand about the Vaultwork, but one thing I did understand was that a character always died when their HP bar hit zero. Always.
Yet her death still surprised me, despite that knowledge. Who had killed her?
“She had it coming,” said a voice coming toward me, causing me to look up and see Mecha Knight approaching me. He held his staff out before him like a g*n, aiming it at Holly’s unmoving corpse.
“But she was just about to tell me who had brought her bac
