Chapter 78 – Episode 78. Legion of the Dead (2)
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My Legion of the Dead skeletons who can’t stand still for a moment.
With a clattering sound, it stands strangely bending its bones.
In the empty eyes, a small blue light flickers as if a candle has been lit.
Jiyoon said to me in a surprised voice.
“Is this… Is this your brother’s new skill?”
“Huh. Call it the ‘Army of the Dead’. Well.. It feels a bit shabby to be a legion.”
“It’s shabby. It’s like a great skill. It’s a bit scary…”
Well, it’s definitely a visual that someone would be terrified of if they saw it.
They are literally skeletons.
Anyway, how good are their combat abilities?
I’ll have to experiment with that.
I called Dongseok.
Dong-seok trudged along with blank eyes.
Dongseok’s current level is 13.
It’s not a combat job, so it can’t be said that his body movements are good, but he has the ability to deal with two or three goblins with just his stats.
Then I gave him the goblin dagger and tried one on one against the skeleton.
Indeed, how much fighting power will the skeletons show!
My expectations collapsed like a fallen skeleton shortly after the battle between the two began.
What is it, why is it so weak?
The fallen skeleton disappeared as if it had soaked into the floor without being able to rise again.
Write, this is almost as good as a goblin’s fighting power?
Effortlessly hiding my disappointment, I tried attaching two skeletons and soapstone this time.
I didn’t expect much because the disappointment in the previous fight was so great, but surprisingly, the skeletons fought much better than when they fought alone.
The two of them moved organically as if they were one body, and eventually they were able to insert the dagger into Dong-seok’s back.
Again, this is an unexpected result.
If Dongseok really fought with the two goblins, Dongseok would never have lost.
If it’s Dongseok’s stats, it’s stats enough to fight even with three goblins.
However, the two skeletons who dealt with Dong-seok in harmony as if they were friends for 10 years put their swords in Dong-seok’s back without much difficulty.
That’s what…
‘Each one of them has the fighting power of a goblin. But does it mean that joint battles can create significant synergies?’
Deciding that a little more experimentation would be needed, I called the captain.
“Mister, do you have any poison needles left?”
“You mean poison? There are only three left.”
“Three. It’s just right. Wash it and fight with them.”
“… Yes?”
The old man looked at me with surprised eyes.
The current boss level is 15.
There is no big difference in stats with Dongseok, and the level is similar.
But it’s different if you’re an old man.
If it was doping with three poison needles, it would probably be as good as my current stats.
What will be the confrontation between such a man and the skeletons?
The captain looked at me and said in a voice mixed with concern.
“Would it be okay? They are also Min-gu’s subordinates…”
“Do not worry. After all, they are beings that can be summoned again. It doesn’t matter if we destroy them all, so please do your best to fight.”
“If so…”
The captain takes out a poison needle case from his pocket.
Tendons rise from the arm of the man who took out three poison needles and inserted them into his arm.
“Aaaaa…”
A man whose top is full of swollen muscles.
The big man with a distorted expression looked at me and said.
“Do you start right away?”
“Yes, please start right now. Attack everyone!!”
9 skeletons rushing at the captain at my command.
Soon, the captain ran towards the skeletons at lightning speed.
In the first collision, the skeleton in front of them shattered as if they were about to explode.
But,
“Omg!”
Taking advantage of the gap in which one was broken, three skeletons attacked the uncle with their entire bodies.
Skeletons rushed with their arms wide open as if they were aiming only to restrain the enemy, not attack.
One skeleton was destroyed by the uncle’s fist, which was swung again, but the other two skeletons hugged the uncle and began to strangle him with rattling bones.
“Profit! Let go of this!!”
The old man struggled and twisted his body vigorously to free the two skeletons entangled in his body.
Thanks to that, one skeleton that was entangled in the body broke off again,
Due to the three skeletons rushing in with daggers in the gap, the captain allowed the attack as it was.
“Keuuugh!”
Head, heart, and pith respectively. Skeleton’s daggers that pierce only vital points.
However, due to the difference in stats, he could not pierce the skin of Mr. Captain.
The uncle struggled and tried to remove the skeleton that was entangled in his body, but as two additional skeletons clung to his body, he was unable to do this or that and continued to be stamped by the skeleton’s dagger.
The three skeletons in charge of the attack continued to hit the same part with their daggers.
Eventually, the dagger pierced the captain’s skin, and soon black smoke began to rise from the uncle’s body.
“Hey, these guys!!!”
When the embarrassed uncle struggles to escape from the skeleton’s restraints,
“Until there.”
At my command, the skeletons slowly back away from Mr. Captain.
The uncle gasped and looked at the skeletons with dumbfounded eyes.
I used the ‘exploitation hand’ skill on the captain and even Dong-seok, who was stabbed in the back with a dagger, and asked the man whose body wounds were healed how he felt about dealing with them.
“Haa.. I’m sure each one of them is weak… But they are really smart guys. Each of them divides up their duties and attacks the enemy thoroughly according to the mission. This made me feel like a raid monster being hunted.
And the attack points… They only attacked vital points that could thoroughly kill living things.
If I were a living person, I would have already died.”
The man shaking his head and talking to me.
I was able to roughly estimate the power of the skeletons.
‘Each of them is weak, but they are good at cooperation. Good head too I can’t say it’s amazing yet, but this is pretty good, right? As the skill level rises, it will eventually become a size worthy of the skill name of a real corps, right?’
I clenched my fists and thought.
‘… I got a good skill.’
I waved my hand to cancel the summoning of the skeleton.
The remaining six skeletons collapsed as they were, and the remains disappeared as if they were seeping into the ground.
After canceling the summoning of the skeleton, I looked at the party and said.
“All business here is over. We have a place to stop by, so let’s go there. Dong-seok, go and bring a car you can ride in.”
Dong-seok walks somewhere with staggering steps at my words.
I looked at the captain and said.
“I’ll take you to the station, so please go back, Mr. Now that stronger monsters are appearing, it would be better to prepare properly.”
The old man nodded his head with a hard face at my words.
“All right. I received a poison combination set, so I’ll use it to properly defend myself. Oh, and…”
As I stared at him, the old man continued to speak.
“It was an idea that came to me while fighting the skeletons, and I thought that if I mixed the poison I made and applied it to the skeletons’ daggers, their fighting power would be much higher. How about..”
Um, is that a good idea?
I don’t know what kind of poison to make, but it was clear that the fighting power of the skeletons would almost double if they were able to apply the poison.
I nodded and told my uncle.
“That sounds like a good idea. Please think about what kind of poison to apply and try making it. Please contact me when it is finished.”
“All right.”
While I was talking with the man, I heard the sound of a car running in the distance, and soon Dong-seok pulled a white van and stood in front of us.
After putting our party in the vehicle, the car started to run coolly.
After running to Uncle Captain’s group of survivors to drop him off, I contacted Soo-Ah Lee using a pebble and was able to hear the location of their guild.
It would take a considerable amount of time to move on foot, but it is a story that has nothing to do with us.
The power of the car was great, so at the end of the cool run, I was able to reach the area where Isua’s guild was located.
The car, which was running hard, squealed and stopped in the middle of the road.
It was to take a break to refill the mana of the steatite that ran out again.
My companions and I got out of the car and sat looking around.
Jiyoon asked me.
“Brother, by the way, where are we going?”
“I’m going to find the person who placed third in the dungeon I entered. We decided to exchange information. They say they built a guild base at an elementary school in this area.”
“Oh, I see.”
Jiyoon nodded as if she understood.
Si-eun, who had been silent until then, spoke to me.
“Brother. By the way.”
“Huh?”
As I looked, Shi-eun looked me in the eyes and said.
“There is something a little strange about it.”
“Is it strange? What?”
“You said that the event was over and new monsters appeared, right? But why can’t I see any? No, not only the new monsters, but even the common goblins, I haven’t seen a single one today.”
Oh well, I see…
I drove a fairly long distance in Dong-seok’s car, but I never encountered a group of monsters.
As I moved, I met quite a few groups of five goblins, but today, there has never been such a thing.
“Come to think of it, it is strange. If the number of monsters increases, there should be more of them. What happened?”
I have a question, but I don’t know the answer.
After roughly recovering Dongseok’s mana, we got back in the car and started moving.
I was thinking of going near Isua’s guild and using a pebble to blow up the communication.
However, shortly after starting, we had no choice but to stop moving.
We are located on a road on a relatively higher elevation than other places.
I can see the green waves gathering in the distance below.
I got out of the car and muttered as I looked at the green waves in the distance.
“Those are… Goblins, right?”
I heard that you don’t see too many goblins around, but it seems that they are all gathered there.
The largest horde of goblins I’ve ever seen was a horde of goblins I encountered on my previous travels.
A group of goblins numbering about 100 were on the move.
By the way, those groups were pitiful goblins who were on their way to become food for Grand Tail after receiving Juniel’s call.
However, the number of goblins seen in the distance now far exceeds the number of the group he saw then.
“How many of those are…”
“I think it will exceed one…Thousand? I see a lot of goblin warriors too…”
“No, why are there so many people gathering? I’ve never had anything like this before…”
A thought suddenly passed through my mind.
-As monsters with high intelligence appear, they will form groups and build forces.-
The last time Rat Head came to give me information about a major update, I’m sure he said that too.
If so, is that the situation right now?
Something highly intelligent appeared and gathered the goblins…?
“It’s a Goblin Lord.”
Juniel, who had come to my side before I knew it, said.
“A Goblin Lord?”
“Yes, Goblin Lord. It’s the entity that leads the goblins. Can’t you see it over there? A corrupt-looking guy standing with a cane in the middle of them.”
You see that?
The eyes are very nice
All I see is goblins swarming around.
I asked Juniel, who was staring at the goblins with his eyes narrowed.
“Then you’re saying that those guys are the ones who were gathered by that goblin lord? But what are they doing together? Aren’t they just gathering?”
Juniel nodded at my words.
“Of course it is. Looking at it, it seems that they are not just gathering, but are moving somewhere. Take a good look. It’s moving little by little in one direction.”
Oh, look closely… Is it really so?
“What is it, it’s really moving. Where are they going?”
Juniel shrugged at my words.
“That’s what I don’t know… If that number gathers and moves, isn’t it probably going to establish their own base? Now that the forces have been established, they will need a place to stay.”
Hmmm, that definitely makes sense.
Where would be a base for that number to stay?
The place with the best conditions is a space like a school.
It is well surrounded by a fence, and the building and the playground are well constructed.
If you’re looking for a place like that…
Uh… Wait a minute.
I surveyed the terrain around me, hurriedly ran down the road, and looked at the road signs that were still intact around me.
My group looked at me in amazement at my sudden action,
I muttered back to them.
“This… I think something is fucked up?”
“Brother? Why? What’s going on?”
Sieun looked at me with surprised eyes.
I looked at my companions and said.
“The direction they’re moving… I think it’s the direction of the base where the guild I want to go to is located.”
Should I say it’s polite?
The direction the large-scale goblin army was moving was the direction we were heading to, where Isua’s guild base was located.
