Chapter 44 - 44 : Rinotsu (1/2)

Being stuck in a dilemma, Belic couldn't decide on what to do, he just backed away and only stopped when he was next to Robin.

There is no safe solution out of this mess, he turned his head to look at Arthur yet again, but this time, he didn't remain silent, instead, he spoke in a somewhat loud tone.

”Sir Arthur, could you give us a hand? We will greatly reward you.”

This time, Belic didn't call Arthur 'Friend' but respectfully called him 'Sir', it was a small change but it was apparent that he was demanding help, however, he didn't lower himself as to beg for it.

Arthur, who had his eyes glued on C12, came back to his senses when he heard Belic's voice, he totally expected the old man to ask him for his help, after all, it was very clear that he and his guards alone are not enough to deal with those people.

”Oh~~ Well, you know what exactly I want, if you are willing to do that, then I don't mind helping you”

Since an opportunity like this came, of course, Arthur would grasp it, for him, killing that weakling can be done in seconds.

C12, who was enjoying the moment of glory, he finally was going to finish his mission and may be handsomely rewarded, probably even rank up, however, hearing the old man ask for help from someone else alarmed him a little, because, the old man was really strong and for him to respectfully ask for him, it is unusual.

He glanced at Arthur, who was leisurely sitting on the bench with a silver-haired beauty and a kid, he frowned and stared cautiously at this man.

He wasn't an idiot to underestimate anyone, everything should be done carefully, or else the consequences would be bad.

Hearing what Arthur said, Belic regained some hope, though what he demanded was a lot, if he didn't escape from here today then forget about that favor he owes the elven chief, he would even lose the item C12 came to get.

He didn't need Robin's confirmation in such matter, he would accept and then when the time comes he would try to repay Arthur with another thing with an equal value if possible.

Belic gritted his teeth and replied with a somewhat hesitant voice

”F-fine, if we get out of here alive then we will give you what you want.”

”Excellent excellent! hahaha”

Arthur began laughing, he was overjoyed when he heard that, with the help of the world tree, Saly would surely be healed so he felt quite happy.

He didn't want to end this quickly, furthermore, he always wanted to test the bone dragon's power and the skeletons, he never got to use them on enemies, so why not use them now?

He waved his hand and a huge dark pit appeared out of nowhere, it's appearance startled everyone present.

C12 who was already cautious of Arthur, backed away when the pit appeared, he felt ominous aura from it and some danger.

Very soon, the familiar bone dragon flew from the huge dark pit, it looked as big as ever and its appearance couldn't be more creepy and terrifying.

With a loud roar, it came out from the pit and flew above Arthur, the port was small, to begin with so it can't fly too high, however, that didn't mean the small place would trouble it a lot.

C12 gasped looking at the bone dragon, never did he think a dragon would come out, and a huge one at that, his confidence almost disappeared as he stared at this humongous beast.

”Ne-Necromancer....You! who are you? no one should know about necromancy magic!”

He started to have suspicions because there were some people in 'Medusa' who are good with necromancy, he didn't know all high rankers so he wasn't sure of Arthur identity, however, he suspected him to be from the same organization as him.

Arthur merely grinned and replied

”So what if I can use it? More importantly, you should think how you are going to deal with my baby boy and his brothers....I swear you all from 'Medusa' always cause trouble...”

Just as C12 was going to shout at Arthur yet again for answers, he was interrupted as several skeletons came from the dark pit.

There were skeletal warriors wearing black armors and holding a sword and a shield, skeleton archers and even skeleton mages which held either a book or a staff.

They never stopped coming out from the pit, and they didn't just stand there, they charged at all the black-clothed people.

One would expect skeletons to be slow or weak, however, they were so fast that few of the enemies who were closer to the skeletons got instantly killed by the magic attack or sword slashes.

Arthur ordered his little army to only attack the enemies and spare no one, he wasn't that merciful to let them go.

The bone dragon also engaged in the one-sided slaughter, it flew at C12 while ignoring the others.

Although some of the enemies were killed, there was some who reacted in time and defended against the swarm of skeleton, the powerful individuals even managed to finish some skeletons but the ranged ones which used magic and arrows were bothersome as they(the black-clothed people) couldn't reach them because the skeleton warriors were blocking the way.

The dark pit never stopped summoning the skeletons, the mana it cost was nothing and Arthur could summon non-stop without losing any bit of mana, only the dragon cost a lot, however, a couple of minutes are enough for him to recover that 50.000 mana.

He was very impressed with the skeletons, though they can't win in a one on one fight, with their large numbers, they could even overwhelm high leveled people, but there was also some enemies which dealt with the skeleton easily and were not injured.

The fight between the bone dragon and C12 has long since started, numerous dark balls would strike the dragon's body, however, except a few scratches and some half destroyed bones, the damage was not great, but for C12 it was much worse.

He managed to defend against the ruthless strikes of the bone dragon as he was slightly faster but the bone dragon was able to hit him with its fast tail.

It was faster than the young earth dragon in every aspect, so an attack from its tail with its high strength stat would hurt a lot and of course, that's what exactly happened to the poor C12.

He was sent flying by the tail, if it were not for his subordinates barely catching him then he would have been injured even more by the impact of the crash.

After coughing some mouthfuls of blood, he lifted his head and angrily gazed at the bone dragon, he was weak compared to the high rankers in 'Medusa' but he was not THAT weak, to be this damaged by a single strike from the dragon indicated that this dragon is no ordinary bone dragon because he already saw a bone dragon previously and it was sure as hell that it was not this strong.

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Belic still couldn't understand what happened, he indeed knew Arthur can summon the bone dragon but he never thought he can endlessly summon skeletons, furthermore, they were strongly armed and attacked with coordination.

He knew a bit about necromancy but one thing for sure is that to control this many skeletons you need a lot of wisdom or else your mind can't handle it, and to make them be this coordinated, one must have immense wisdom.

His view of Arthur already completely changed, he even started regretting accepting his offer, since the beginning he was not going to give him what he wants, he was going to offer him a compensation that would appease him, but seeing now he started of other ways, otherwise he would meet his end at Arthur's hands.

However, his mind calmed a little when he thought about the old fogeys in his clan, he was considered weak compared to them so that's why he was sent to guard his granddaughter, though they didn't give him face, he didn't mind but they would surely act if someone dared to kill him or Robin.

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The large-scale battle already reached its peak intensity, there were hundreds who died at the skeleton's hands, but a number of skeletons were far greater, however, their numbers never decreased by even a single one, they came out endlessly from that dark pit, so the dark-clothed people couldn't help but feel hopeless, if this continued, their stamina would run out and they would surely die.

After being struck by the dragon's tail, C12 started dodging the beast non-stop and focused on evasion more than attacking, he was more powerful than the others so he still got a lot more stamina to spare, the problem wasn't that, but that this freaking bone dragon is troublesome to deal with so he was puzzled on what to do.

His control with his 'power' is not yet good, it was given to him by a high ranked so he could use some of it, but it was not enough, so he switched to his wind magic, he already reached advanced in it so maybe it would be more effective against the dragon.

Wind magic is known to be the sharpest amongst all the other normal attributes so he had high hopes to cut the bone dragons into pieces.

A long time ago, he managed to find a very powerful wind magic skill, it was called [Rinotsu], a weird name but that didn't depress him, when he read it's effect, he was dumbfounded for some time.

By using this skill, he would trap a volume of air in a circular invisible barrier and compress it until it's a fist's size, once he releases the condensed air, it would create a huge explosion.

Normally, Wind magic uses the air to create slashes or cyclone or whatever is the attack, however, to be able to control air, that's impossible to do, even for someone who perfected Wind magic, so when he had gotten his hands on this skill, he became overjoyed.

Although the skeletons and the bone dragon were very powerful, C12 didn't think that Arthur is strong like them as a necromancer is usually weak, his way of attacking is by curses or his summonings, so in his mind, if he gets rid of the bone dragon, then killing Arthur would be a piece of cake, he was also sure that he can't summon another dragon immediately or else he would already have done it.

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C12 retreated one final time, the dragon came at him slashing with its claws but he managed to barely dodge it and back away from the huge beast.

Then he began channeling his mana to use [Rinotsu], it would take half a minute or so to finish the skill and he can't be disturbed so he turned his head towards his subordinates, who were engaging in an intense battle against the skeletons.

”D18, D3! Come hold this f*cker for a second!”

Just as he said that the figures came out from that group of people and stood in front of C12, they didn't have anything special, just like any other black-clothed people, however, Arthur could see that their LVLs were 173 and 189.

Arthur was really impressed by this 'Medusa', he was not interested in it that much in the beginning, but once he saw that dark magic, he couldn't help but feel intrigued, he already decided to 'thoroughly' question C12 about that magic.

Moreover, for a secret organization to have this many high leveled people, it seems that the holy church and the others being the most powerful existences in this world is but a mere lie to cover up and to fool idiots, this C12 is already considered stronger than a bishop.

D18 and D3 rushed at the dragon wielding daggers, they also created small dark balls which were as big as a baby's fist, truly pathetic.

This small balls may seem weak to Arthur, but to others it was deadly, he just compared them to his dark magic, so of course, he would think they are weak.

They only needed to hold out for a short period of time, however, that easier said than done.

When they charged at the dragon, in seconds they were already close to it, each activated their strongest skill and launched their small dark balls, however, none of their attacks injured or scratched the dragon, in fact, it only made it angrier, it's tail pierced D3 at lightning speed, the poor guy could not even react in time before he fell on the ground, the tail made a large hole in his chest, it was a horrifying sight.

D18, who saw what just happened, froze there without even moving, he knew it was already his doom, in a flash, D3, someone stronger than him was instantly killed.

The tail then attacked the petrified D18 horizontally, cutting him in two, his eyes were filled with disbelief and fear, he saw C12 fighting almost equally against the dragon so he thought he and D3 had a chance but they could not even hold a minute against this beast.