Chapter 215 (1/2)
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The forest was silent.
Su-hyeun was sitting on a spot at the foot of the mountain, eyes closed. He had used his sword to smoothly cut off the top of a sharp boulder to prepare a place to sit down earlier.
One hour passed like that. During that time, he didn’t do anything, simply stayed still, eyes firmly shut.
“They sure came fast, didn’t they.”
He suddenly opened his eyes.
Rustle, shu-shu-shuk-
Multiple presences not visible to the naked eye had appeared. Several dark human-like figures began appearing one by one on top of the surrounding trees. Quite a lot of them had shown up as a reward for him diligently waiting for an hour straight.
<< About a hundred skeleton mages and another hundred close-quarter combat type skeletons. >>
Although he was guessing, Su-hyeun could still more or less decipher the overall size of the approaching skeleton combat force instantly.
<< And… a single Lich-class, too. >>
There was no reason to get alarmed here.
After all, even if a Lich was considered high ranked among the undead monster types, a single A-Rank awakener was enough to easily deal with one.
Of course, he was under no illusion that this Lich was the boss of this trial.
“You aren’t a bunch of squirrels, so what are you all doing up in the trees? Come down already. I’m not planning to kill you right away.”
“…”
There was no reply.
Su-hyeun straightened his knees and slowly stood up.
It was around then…
Swiiiish, swish-
Several skeletons descended to the ground. Unsurprisingly, none of them possessed an ego. Only one among these creatures possessed that, actually.
The Lich asked, “What is your purpose for calling us out here?”
“Well, there are several reasons. I thought that seeking you out one by one would get tedious, so I might as well deal with you all at the same time, and…”
“You still think that way after seeing this many of us?”
“You still think that way after witnessing me?”
Su-hyeun scanned the hundreds of skeletons surrounding him and smirked deeply.
He wouldn’t get perturbed in the slightest no matter how many of these undead decided to show up. Everything he had gone through until now would’ve been for naught if enemies playing numbers games managed to scare him at this stage.
Su-hyeun retorted, “Even if you bring an army a hundred times bigger than this, I still wouldn’t get scared by small fry like you lot, so you better stop trying to intimidate me. It’s a waste of time.”
“We shall see about that.”
“Oh, really?”
Stomp-
Su-hyeun’s foot stomped on the ground.
Right after that…
Whir, whirr, whirrr, whirrrr-
Fwooooosh-!
A vivid line suddenly stretched out and instantly created a gigantic ‘circle’ with Su-hyeun on one edge.
The Lich sensed the reverberation of magical energy coming from the line that blanketed the land and hurriedly shouted, “Jump up to avoid it!”
But the response came a beat too late.
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pang-!
A massive explosion enveloped the huge expanse of the verdant forest.
This fire wasn’t from the skill, divine ‘Flame’. This was just an enormous explosion capable of blowing up the entire forest.
Toss, grab-
In the center of this explosion, Su-hyeun was nonchalantly tossing a small pebble up and down over and over again. He then asked a question. “You done with seeing now?”
This was the result of a device that caused an explosion when magical energy was injected into it, one of Kim Dae-ho’s creations.
“As a trap, this device is pretty much perfect. Not only can I cover a wide area if I have enough of them, but the explosions can go off with only a little bit of magical energy, too. It’s pretty good at saving my magical energy when dealing with small fry.”
Giiii-iiing-
Su-hyeun stared at the sole surviving monster, the Lich, within the flames of the explosion. The creature protected itself by casting a thin barrier around its body.
“Of course, its firepower isn’t really enough to kill an undead on the level of a Lich, though.”
“You dare to lay down a trap…”
“Didn’t expect you to use the word ‘dare’ in this situation, but okay. Anyways…”
Swish, grab-
In the blink of an eye, Su-hyeun’s hand was grabbing the Lich’s head. “What I’m saying is, you shouldn’t die just yet.”
Giii-iiing-
Magical energy leaked out from the tips of Su-hyeun’s hand and permeated the skeletal head of the Lich, reaching into every corner of its bleached bones.
Right afterward…
Tumble-
The Lich’s body went slack. Its soul had abandoned it.
Crush-
The Lich’s head was crushed to powder in Su-hyeun’s hand.
Shu-wuwu-
Then, a thin thread of magical energy materialized from his hand. This unbelievably thin and fragile-looking thread soon lost its shape and scattered away.
“Miru.”
Gya-oh-ong-!
His soft call was met with Miru’s energetic cry.
“You saw it, right?”
He meant the magical thread that had materialized in his hand.
The moment Su-hyeun grabbed the Lich’s head, he took over the control of the undead and began searching for the ‘main body’ somewhere else.
A thin thread-like medium existed between this Lich and the main body, and Su-hyeun used magic to connect the two and find the source. And it was Miru’s job to detect the exact location.
Su-hyeun was well acquainted with these monsters called Lichs. They were fundamentally sorcerers. Rather obviously, they enjoyed manipulating things while hiding behind the scenes.
That was why they wouldn’t try a head-on confrontation unless they held a certain degree of confidence in their success.
<< As I thought, there are more than one. >>
The Lichs sent out one among their ranks and watched through its eyes. They were probably planning to test the depths of Su-hyeun’s abilities this way.
But that only served to trap these undead creatures, instead.
Flap-
Miru, flapping his wings and flying in the air, dropped closer to the ground. Su-hyeun activated ‘Leap’ skill and jumped up high to climb on the back of his red dragon. There wasn’t a single issue with flying around on Miru’s back as he had grown quite large recently.
“Let’s go.”
Gya-ong-!
Flap-
Fwooooosh-!