Chapter 11 : Dancing with the Skeletons (4) (2/2)

An Jaehyun was also curious.

At this point, even if not one of the top Rankers, a level 60 necromancer should be famous to a certain degree. But why was a player like this not in An Jaehyun’s memories? If he was at least decent, An Jaehyun should have remembered him.

There were two possibilities.

First was that he quit Warlord. The second was that he reached a limit.

‘Warlord isn’t a game you can quit because you want to. Not unless you run into an unjust problem.’

This was the main point.

Helgen’s method wasn’t bad. It was both logical and effective. Defend first, attack after. With this method, he trained his skeletons to be soldiers.

‘But this is only effective on small fries.’

There was a huge flaw in this system. Defend first meant one had to give the opponent the first attack. It was fine versus weaker monsters. However, it was a different story for large-type monsters that were above one’s level and even had a fierce spec. There was a high chance the skeletons wouldn’t be able to endure that first hit.

‘Rich Lich covered this problem with money.’

By pouring money into the game, Rich Lich raised his Skeleton Warriors’ specs to an unprecedented level. It was something no one else could do.

In other words!

‘This is not the way to go.’

With Helgen’s style, he would only remain an ordinary necromancer. It wasn’t the path for An Jaehyun.

But An Jaehyun wasn’t disappointed. In fact, this matter gave him a certain confidence.

‘They aren’t stupid.’

What An Jaehyun was most worried about was that his Skeleton Warrior’s Combat AI was lower than his expectation. Thanks to Helgen, he learned that it wasn’t that Skeleton Warriors lacked intelligence, but that they lacked knowledge.

They were like blank slates, ready to absorb any knowledge.

‘Absorb…’

An Jaehyun stood up. He grabbed a mouth full of glucose candy, then put on his V-Gear.

‘Let’s do some dancing.’

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Thwack!

With a harsh, resounding sound, the Skeleton Warrior’s head flew off. It was flailing its arms around to regain balance when Hyrkan sent a low kick to its knee.

Thud!

With another resounding sound, the Skeleton Warrior fell on the ground as Hyrkan yelled towards the Skeleton Warrior.

“Get up!”

At his words, the Skeleton Warrior got up and picked his head up before plopping it back on his head.

The skeleton’s eyes, made up of blue flames, were shaped into Xs, making it look rather cute.

But Hyrkan did not laugh looking at its state. He didn’t sneer or scoff at it either. As soon as its eyes returned to normal, Hyrkan sent another punch to its head. This time, the Skeleton Warrior tilted its head to the side, avoiding the punch.

Thwack!

But when Hyrkan bent his elbow, it met with the Skeleton Warrior’s head. Its head was shaken up, and during the time the Skeleton Warrior stood dazed, Hyrkan swiped his leg at its ankle. The Skeleton Warrior’s body became parallel to the ground before it fell with a thud.

Rattle rattle!

The sound of bones hitting each other resounded out from its body.

Hyrkan yelled at such Skeleton Warrior.

“If you get hit, don’t just stand there! Move! Be wary and continue dodging!”

The Skeleton Warrior gave no reply; instead, it just stared blankly at Hyrkan.

In reality, this was to be expected. Skeleton Warriors couldn’t attack their master. In other words, Hyrkan’s Skeleton Warrior couldn’t counterattack to any of Hyrkan’s attacks.

Hyrkan knew this as well. All he wanted was for it to dodge his attacks.

‘The defend first, attack second method won’t work in the long-run, when you start fighting proper monsters.’

Defend first, attack second did not work.

Then?

‘Dodge first, attack second is the answer.’

The best way was to evade the first attack. Dodge instead of being hit. Dodging was also a way of defense, but it was totally different from blocking.

If this failed?

‘If this fails, I’ll quit the necromancer class and restart as a swordsman. It’s a waste of time and money, but it’s better than throwing away my second chance.’

Give up when needed.

What won’t work will never work.

Hyrkan swung his fist at the Skeleton Warrior that had stood back up. It was the same attack route as the previous time, and the Skeleton Warrior dodged the punch by tilting its head to the side. Hyrkan then bent his elbow. The Skeleton Warrior bent down, increasing its evasion radius and successfully avoiding Hyrkan’s elbow.

Whish!

Hyrkan immediately swiped his leg at its ankle, but the Skeleton Warrior easily avoided it by lifting its foot.

However, as soon as Hyrkan’s legs came back around, he swung his other leg around in a huge motion.

Whish!

The Skeleton Warrior bent its body back, avoiding the kick.

Then.

Thud!

It fell to the ground. Because it bent back too far, it had lost its balance.

Watching this, Hyrkan’s let out a slight smile.

‘Not bad.’

It was absorbing everything. The Skeleton Warrior had a surprising advantage as well. Because it was only bones, its joints had much better maneuverability. Even if its joints got dislocated, it could easily restore itself.

It had all the right conditions for evading well. It just had to use its head and utilize its advantages.

Hyrkan!

It just needed to be around his level.

If it could…

‘If there’s ten like me, that’s a real dream-team.’

Grin!

Hyrkan’s slight smile had now turned into a full grin.

Hyrkan touched his wristwatch and activated its music app. Immediately, music filled his surroundings.

It was one of Michael Jackson’s masterpieces, Billie Jean.

“Alright, it’s time to dance.”