To a newbie like , the ecosystem of the Prison of the Dead was a complicated question. I knew that the undead here had a habit of wandering around so encountering them was rely a coincidence.
The hellhounds were circling around the bone mountain and so my devils ended up being the first line of defense. Judging from the clattering of the bones, they should be relatively close to us.
Get ready for battle!
It was a simple command but One-eye should be able to handle the rest.
The thirty strong shieldbearer squad ford up near the entrance and put up their shield wall as always. Behind them, the Mo sabre wielders took up position as well. At the sides were 60 guardsn who defended the flanks.
Just as we finished setting up our standard formation, the enemy arrived.
They were a bunch of skeletons, numbering around 80 and were all clad in a light set of bone armor with a pair of bull horns sticking out of their helt. Judging from their appearance alone, these werent the sa trash tier armor the undead wore in the land of dead.
As if to confirm this fact, each of them carried a set of bone weaponry that were anything but simple. There were swords, shields, hamrs, long spears and even javelins. Right at the very back of the army were about eight to nine javelineers.
These javelineers were at the level of one to two-star and wore a set of light armor that looked a lot sturdier than the others. Looks like they were the elites of this army.
Upon noticing us, the lee skeletons imdiately charged at us. Leading the charge were the agile skeleton warriors who wielded a sword and shield. They were the first to collide with our shield wall.
Needless to say, our heavy shields withstood the brunt of this charge without any losses. The sturdiness of these shields and their bearers were proven ti and ti again in my battles.
Not to ntion that strength was never the forte of these frail looking skeletons. Being unable to break through the shield wall, all that awaited them was a swift counterattack.
*clatter*
The deadly Mo Sabres pierced through the air as always but this ti, they were foiled by the bone shields of the warriors. Before the Sabre wielders had the ti take in this fact, their Sabres were swiftly shoved aside by the shields, beneath them, the bone swords of the warriors had already shot out in another attack at the shield wall.
These skeletons were fast! Unfortunately for them, speed alone wasnt enough to bring down my heavy shields. Without the required strength backing up these stabs, they deflected harmlessly off the shield wall.
Seeing an opening once more, one of the sabre wielders tried to stab at the warrior but was instantly halted by an unexpected javelin to his heart.
With their precise throwing skills, these javelineers were able to easily bypass the shield wall. Backed by the montum of their running charge, the javelins whistled through the air in a parabolic arc and landed right atop the defenseless Mo sabre wielders.
With the loss of their supporting sabre wielders, a number of the shieldbearers were put in the disadvantaged position of only being unable to counterattack. Thankfully, not every javelin was an instant death for us and for those that were, a reserve was ready to pick up the slack right away. And so, this disadvantage was only short lived.
By now, the rest of the lee skeletons had caught up as well.
The hammar skeletons were substantially stronger than the warriors. Each swing of their hamrs would cause the shield wall to vibrate slightly but fortunately, that was all.
Such strength was still bearable for the shieldbearers. Furthermore, without a shield of their own, these skeletons were easy prey for the Mo sabres who swiftly claid their first victims.
Each javelineer had a total of three javelins on their backs. If we allowed them to freely throw all theseit would be disastrous for the current mbers of the Mo sabre squad.
Thankfully, the hellhounds joined at this mont. With their superior mobility, they bravely leaped over the shield wall and agilely weaved around the undead.
They perford quick hit and run strikes on the undead where every hound would quickly lunge at their targets weak points and move on whether or not the bite hit landed successfully.
With their support, One-eye finally had the space needed to attack the javelineers. He dispatched Nine-finger along with his 30 guardsn to wipe out the javelineers.
As they circled around the clashing lee forces, they ca upon 20 long spear skeletons who acted as the guards for the javelineers.
These spears had a longer range than the bone broadswords and so what greeted the guardsn as they charged in was a wave of spear thrusts. However, these imps werent any old imps. They were seasoned veterans who had undergone nurous battles with .
With a casual raise of their bone shields, they harmlessly deflected the incoming spears with their trusty bone shields. The first wave of thrusts ended with only minor injuries inflicted on the bone shields and now they were completely open to our counter attack.
As my bone swords hacked down upon them, their razor sharpness shone through once more. These were swords that had undergone my refinent process and would not lose out to any sword used by human armies. With just one swing of this sword, the skull of the skeletal spearn were swiftly cleaved in two.
Ten of these spearn fell in the first wave of counter attack. The rest who survived were those that reacted fast enough and managed to dodge that fatal swing.
*whoosh*
The bone javelins descended from the sky once more. Their target, the guardsn. Having just counter attacked, the guardsn were unable to raise their shield in ti to block the javelins and Nine-finger ended up losing four of his guardsn in that sneak attack alone.
Seeing so many of his subordinates die in one go, angered him greatly. With a thunderous bellow, he broke into a unstoppable charge. With every step he took, he would wildly wave his spiked mace around.
His first victim was a spearman who tried to halt his charge head on with his spear. Nine-fingers spike mace crashed through the slender spear and sent the skeleton flying, spear and all. He then shifted his round shield to the front and took off once more, his head lowered and his body crouched slightly behind the gigantic shield.
A couple of spearman tried to stop him but he continued charging at them with reckless abandon.
*bang*
Their spears collided with the rounded shield but the sheer force of Nine-fingers charge sent a shockwave right back at the spearn. In the face of such force, their bony fingers buckled under the impact and ended up letting go of their spears instead.
Without anything left to stop him, Nine-finger easily ramd through the two skeletons, scattering their bones.
Unfortunately for him, his brainless charge didnt work out in the end. The javelineers upon seeing him charge at them, cleverly split into two separate groups and distanced themselves in two different directions.
With their last javelin in hand, they broke into a running charge once more and tossed it at Nine-finger from both his flanks.
I had to admit, these skeletons were surprisingly smart. Since he had only one shield, this two-pronged attack couldnt be completely blocked.
Nine-finger knew this as well and with a grit of his teeth, he made his decision. He chose to block one of the javelineer groups attack while charging at them. As for the other, he planned to take the hits head on.
With that settled, he charged without any hesitation at the nearest group, 20 ters away, his back completely exposed to the other group as he did so.
AHHHHHH KILL!!
Nine-finger roared as he continued with his suicidal charge, fully aware that this could be his last.
All this ti, I had been monitoring the battlefield from the sides. Upon discovering that Nine-finger had been given a solo mission, I imdiately turned my attention to him.
This potato was soone who ssed up on a regular basis and so I wasnt too comfortable with leaving things to him. As expected, just two minutes after he got his solo mission, he got himself into trouble.
Luckily for him, I began casting my fireball upon noticing his little bout of madness. The mont he made that inane decision to leave his back exposed, my fireball had already flown out.
*Boom*
I targeted the other javelineers with my gaze and with a forceful push of palms, shot out the one ter wide ball of flas. As it hurtled through the air, it reminded of a teor with its beautiful stream of fire trailing behind the sphere.
The giant fireball landed right in the middle of the javelineer group and exploded upon impact, killing the four javelineers in dazzling but deadly display of pyrotechnics.
The sheer force of the impact caused their bones to fly into the air before falling to the ground once more in a rain of blackened bone fragnts.
Hearing the loud explosion behind him, he gave his back a quick glance and saw the raining bone fragnts land right in front of his eyes. He finally understood what happened. His ugly mug scrunched up into what looked like a chrysanthemum and shouted while waving his hands at , Thank you Master!!! Ouch
This potatocouldnt he have waited till after the battle to thank ! Hes lucky those javelins didnt skewer him for his stupidity.
In a strange stroke of luck, those javelins ended up missing their targets because he suddenly halted his charge. Only one of the five javelins missed their intended destination and ended up scratching him on the back.
This idiot was lucky he didnt die then
In the anti, the guardsn under Nine-finger had managed to kill the remaining spearn and had used this distraction to completely encircle the remaining javelineers. With their last round of javelins spent, they turned into long spearn.
However, the nurical advantage was too much for them and they were swiftly hacked to pieces by the guardsn.
And so, this battle was basically over. The undead army that attacked werent that big to begin with. Furthermore, the sound of battle attracted more and more hellhounds and they were soon severely outnumbered.
With the aid of these brave dogs, the shieldbearers were able to swiftly corner the lee skeletons allowing the Mo sabres to tear through the trapped undead. After approximately ten minutes, the battle ended with the skeletons being wiped out.
The casualties were quickly tallied up and the count was: 10 dead large imps. As for the hellhounds, they rely suffered minor injuries as they only joined in midway. We managed to kill a total of 82 skeletons with every one of their soul flas being significantly richer than the ones we harvested previously.
They mustve at least been one to two-star and were probably the kind that could advance at any ti.
With the battle over, Violet Snow carefully dragged the canine skull which was roughly as big as her, down the bone mountain. She brought it to and with her tiny little paws pushed it towards and murmured: Help make sothing.
At that mont, I was in the midst of tallying up the loot. Vick the freeloader chose to float in at this ti and attempted to freeload once more. He stretched out his incorporeal hands and attempted to grab a soul fla for himself.
Seeing this, I angrily tossed the Grimoire of the Dead at him but ended up missing. This vigilant fellow imdiately noticed the book and fleeted away before it even got close to him. At least it stopped him from stealing the soul flas
Hey, I said, help make sothing. Having been ignored, Violet Snow unhappily repeated her words once more, impatience dripping from every word.
Having just chased away Vick, I finally noticed the little puppy standing beside my legs. Judging by her unnatural pose as she looked up at , she probably wanted to craft sothing with my dark alchemy.
[Little doggie, looks like its finally ti for you to beg .]
And so, I disrespectfully pointed at the skull between us with and said: Using this thing?
Watch your tone!
Out of a sudden, she leaped into the air and smacked away my finger. Startled, I imdiately withdrew my hands. As I turned to look at her once more, I saw the tears rolling down her eyes as she stared back at with a pitiful expression on her face. S***, I overdid it this ti
Despite not knowing her for long, this sudden 180 in attitude caught off guard.
Alright, alright, its my fault okay? I bent down and with my other free hand, consoled her in the sa manner as you would a small animal.
Initially, she showed signs of rejection but later on, she just stood there quietly and let pet her head.
This was the first ti I had ever touched her fur and it felt really good. It had a feel superior to the even the best silks in the world. This was especially so when I lightly brushed against it with my palmthat soft yet slightly cool feel was just so addictive.
Its so comfortableI might just get hooked on this, especially that faint fragrance coming off her, its faint but its still soothing to the soul.
As expected of a little princess of who only eats souls, her aura is totally different from those guys who reeked of blood.
Are you done touching ?
As I opened my eyes, my eyes stared directly into an impatient and extrely unhappy set of eyes. I jumped back in fright and instinctively withdrew my hands. The expression she had on right now was just so terrifying
Ah, sorry about that. It just felt too good so I ended up touching your fur a few more tis.
I guess this counts as a complint of sorts.
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