Ruinous Berias

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Ruinous Berias
Age	Unknown
Sex	Male
Race	Imposter
Affiliation	Black Order
Occupation	Dark Knight Trio
Alias
Location	Black Purgatory - Destroyed Los Chest
Foreign Name(s)	N/A
Likeability	N/A

Ruinous Berias is one of the Three Dark Knights that serves Apostle Ozma and wields the power of Destruction and was sealed away in Dark Side during the events surrounding the Black Crusade against the Priest Order. He would later be revived during the Black Crusade Resurgence.

Lore

Black Purgatory Lore:

I felt everything around me disappear with an unpleasant light. I didn't know it would be the last thing I'd feel for a long time. The darkness surrounding me was so dark, even chaos couldn't penetrate it. Neither could my angry shouts. Even my destructive dance with my sword was futile.

Here existed nothing but darkness in which time didn't seem to flow. After a while, I couldn't even feel if my eyes were open or closed. Finally, I started questioning my actual existence. That was when I opened my eyes as if nothing ever happened.

I exhaled the breath that I'd held for a long time as I grabbed the earth. I felt the soil crumble through the tips of my fingers, and the sensation spread throughout my body. My memories were fragmented. Instinctively, I searched my old memories. What felt like an eternity now feels as if it was only a moment.

She was right. We've been waiting for so long. Is everything going as she planned? I stretched myself and inhaled deeply. As I moved my stiff body, the old void and yearning inside me disappeared, replaced by the sight of leafless trees bowing toward me.

Several figures in black clothes approached me. They had to be her—wait, something was not right.

"Ruinous Berias, welcome back."

One of them bowed, offering me my sword with both hands. I grabbed it at once, but I was looking for something else.

"Where's is the Pureblood who should have been awaiting my return?"

I saw hesitance in their eyes.

History

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As an Enemy

Otherverse

Berias originally made his first appearance in the Otherverse's Dark Side and later Time Gate's Black Crusade dungeons prior to their removal.

Black Purgatory

Ruinous Berias

Type

Berias makes his return and second boss appearance during Black Purgatory as the end boss in Paradise of Ruin.

Move Set

• Continous Slash: He'll do a flurry of sword swipes until he targets a player to jump up and strikes down at them.

• Rushing Slash: Berias powers up his sword to dash forward and does a circular AoE spinning slash. Another variant of this pattern makes a larger circle and deals more damage.

• Charging Grab: Functioning like one of Sarpoza's Phase 2 patterns and regardless of a player's distance or position, Berias charges up his hand and attempts chasing at his target to grab them in a total of three times. If anyone gets caught, he'll drag them on the ground and stomps down to create energy explosions, dealing very lethal damage.

• Wind Slash: Berias starts spinning around like a tornado with his sword as he follows players. He'll leave a encroached trail behind him on the ground that damages those who step on it. Afterwards, he'll stop spinning and make the trail that was created explode.

• Ghost Summon: Berias jumps towards the room's middle section as he smashes downwards with his sword with dark flames appearing to summon and absorb various Ghosts of Destruction around him. Then he will jump airbone to perform a AoE explosion around him followed by a ring of dark flames.

• Arena of Ruin: Berias stabs the ground and summons numerous Destructive Ghosts that create a dual arena around them that spins clockwise and the player who's trapped is given a target above their head. In order to successfully clear this pattern, he must be countered at least three times in total before either the arena shrinks down in size or a timer gauge below completely fills up. When Berias starts attacking, watch for his eyes glow a different color where:

If his eyes glow blue, attack him to expand the arena's circle that counts as a successful hit.

If his eyes glow red, do not attack him as this shrinks the arena's circle.

Upon meeting the requirements, the arena vanishes and Berias is in his groggy time for only 5 seconds. Failure to counter him results in those ghosts gathering around players to explode, causing an instant-kill.

• Berserk
  • Tree of Ruin: Berias teleports to the middle section as he summons a red orb alongside launching out a series of shockwaves at the entire party. If anyone takes that orb, they'll transform into a Destructive Ghost who has the ability to reveal either Purple Roots or Yellow Roots across the map. In order to clear this pattern, the party is required follow whoever became a ghost and destroy at least four purple roots they find before the timer gauge fills up. If done correctly, Berias enters his full groggy time for 15 seconds. DO NOT destroy the Yellow Roots as this causes AoE damage and failing to meet those requirements can result in a instant-kill wipe.

Strategy

• Berias can be seen as a updated version of his Dark Side appearance, heavily emphasising his usage of sword-based combat patterns along with the ability to control Destructive Ghosts, making him far more powerful and dangerous than before.
• While his Charging Grab can be easily avoided, it is very lethal towards classes with lower defenses.

Quotes

Black Purgatory

Encounter

• "This is where you'll die." (Normal Encounter)
• "There you are, you rats!" (Intrusion Encounter)

Continuous Slash

• "I'll split you!"

Rushing Slash

• "Mwa hah hah!
• "Begone!"

Charging Grab

• "Crumble!" (If he catches a player)

Wind Slash

• "My power of gust" (On cast)
• "Will blow away you all!" (Pattern end)

Ghost Gathering

• "Ghost of Destruction, bring them to me!" (On cast)
• "Mwa hah hah hah! Explode!"

Arena of Ruin

• "There's no place to run."
• "Alright, let's do this!" (On cast)
• "Ha! ha! Ha! I win." (Pattern failure)

Tree of Ruin

• "Can you feel the energy of destruction?" (Tree of Ruin cast)
• "Ha ha ha ha! You're doomed! (Pattern failure)

Groggy

• "Khhk...Ghost of Destruction..." (Arena of Ruin pattern success)
• "Khhk... No!" (Tree of Ruin pattern success)

Defeat

• "What the? No way!"

Ozma Raid

• He'll make his third appearance as a returning boss in Ozma of Chaos Raid as Revealed Ruinous Berias.

Rewards

•  Ore of Despair in Paradise of Ruin (all difficulties)
•  Saturated Ore of Despair in Paradise of Ruin (all difficulties)
• Level 100 Epic Equipment

Appearances

• Paradise of Ruin (Boss)

Artwork

Gallery

Sprites

Dark Side

Black Purgatory / Ozma Raid

Media

Voice Lines:

Trivia

• Berias' name is derived from Belial, a Hebrew Goetic Demon.
• Because of the returning Kazan of Destruction in Season 6, Berias' previous title was swapped over to Ruinous, which can also be used as another word for destructive.

References