Chapter 243 (2/2)
The gigantic undead army present had been summoned by the Lich King before his eyes. That alone was enough proof of the creature’s abilities.
Not only that, but most attacks also didn’t even work on the damn monster. Gordon had already tried flinging a few spears at it, but they were all intercepted by a “wall” surrounding it.
“That guy is trying to wear me out first.”
Gordon wiped away the sweat trickling down his forehead.
At the same time, two more Death Knights aimed for the opening and pounced on him from the front and back.
Crunch—!
Clang—!
Gordon spun his body and took a big swing with his spear. The Death Knights were blown away, and at the same time, his figure flew up.
Giii-iiing—
Paaahng—!
Gordon’s figure flew toward the Lich King once more.
And so, the moment the spear in his hand gleamed brightly…
Clang—!
Hiss, buzz, rumble—
Blue flames exploded between the Lich King and Gordon Rohan. The latter had failed yet again to penetrate past the semi-transparent barrier surrounding the former.
Snap—
Ruuuumble, boom, boom, boom—!
Fingers made out of nothing but bones snapped sharply, and several explosions went off all around Gordon. He used the pure-white wings on his back to protect himself and quickly put some distance between him and the Lich King. He scanned his surroundings and saw that dozens of skeletons had fallen to the ground.
“Didn’t I tell you that it’s useless?” the Lich King spoke in an arrogant tone once more. “Unless all of my followers have been killed off, it will be impossible for you to even touch me.”
“What a seriously f*cked-up barrier this is.”
A sigh automatically escaped from Gordon’s mouth.
The protective barrier cast all around the Lich King was, according to the explanation provided by the bastard, connected to the “lives” of the surrounding undead.
The magic sent all impact forces affecting the barrier to the undead. Meaning, all the undead creatures the bastard had summoned needed to be defeated first before the barrier could be penetrated.
But, as expected…
Gordon thought he could figure it out after experimenting around for a bit.
“If you flip that around, it means that as long as I can shatter that barrier of yours, I can still end everything without fighting against this army, correct?”
He decided to look at it from the other side.
It’s not the case of “needing to defeat all the undead first to break that barrier” but “having enough power to penetrate the barrier to naturally end the undead army.”
“You are certainly not wrong.”
“How kind of you. In that case, no need to complicate this, right?”
Gordon raised his hand high.
Not too long after that, tens of thousands of spears in the air began combining into a single shaft.
Pah-zuk, buzzzz—
Go-oooooh—
A gigantic mass of magical energy could be sensed next.
“That’s a familiar sensation.”
This would be dangerous. The Lich King finally recognized that and, for the first time ever, uncrossed its arms and raised them up.
At that exact moment…
“Too late.”
Along with the flick of Gordon’s hand, a massive spear broke through the cloud cover and descended to the ground below.
FLASH—!
* * *
The world was dyed in pure white.
Gordon, with his entire body sweating profusely, rubbed his eyes. Despite him being the one who caused that flash of light, he also ended up being affected by it.
Soon, the whitened world reverted back to how it was. And then, he could see it.
Fuu-wuu—
He let out a sigh of relief.
The undead army of tens of thousands around him were all collapsed on the ground, unmoving.
The impact force transmitted from the barrier protecting the Lich King to the rest of the undead caused this.
That single powerful attack managed to bring down the entirety of the undead army.
This was the strongest skill in Gordon Rohan’s arsenal.
And that guy managed to block it back then.
Only one person had defended against it so far—Kim Su-hyeun.
Su-hyeun managed to block this skill back in the previous Ranking Wars, and the moment the attack in which Gordon poured half of his strength to perform ended in failure was also the moment his defeat had been decided.
And so…
“Arise.”
Ku-gugugugu—
It was the same story this time as well.
“Dammit.”
Gordon swore under his breath.
While he muttered unhappily, he took a look at the undead army that was rising once more one by one all around him.
“This is cheating.”
He was being serious.
The undead army that could revive again even after being defeated—he had heard about such a thing quite often but never really believed it.
Of course, he too had faced the undead several times during his trials. However, those were different from the stories and didn’t possess any abilities to revive themselves even after being defeated.
But now, the scenes from those stories were playing out in real-time, and Gordon watching it couldn’t help but almost lose all of his enthusiasm.
“I shall praise you.”
BUZZ—
A voice loud enough to rock the world resounded. At the same time, a gigantic amount of magical energy enveloped the surroundings. From Gordon’s perspective, after he had seen all of this, it felt like his energy wanted to abandon him.
“This is the first time I had to deal with a human like you. A man who can use the powers of the Celestial King? Honestly speaking, I’m truly stunned.”
The voice sounded calm and unperturbed.
Gordon raised his head and stared up at the Lich King.
Half of the latter’s skull had been shattered, and at a casual glance, it looked almost dead. And it would have been so if it weren’t for the fact that this was a Lich, not a regular living human being.
Of course, that was all ifs and buts.
This creature was not human but a Lich. Unless its Life Vessel had been shattered or its whole body had turned into powder, it would never die.
It’s not gonna work out.
Should I run from here?
That was the first time such a question popped up in his head, but it got erased soon afterward.
“No way. It’ll be too embarrassing.”
Gordon smirked deeply, which didn’t really suit his current situation.
Even if he ran, there was nowhere to run off to, and there was the Gordon Tower behind him to consider.
He had already heard what the end goal for this bastard was. The death of all living beings—what an insane notion that was.
Gordon held the spear in his hand once more.
He no longer had enough strength left to create tens of thousands of spears and blanket the sky with them, unlike before.
“Well then, let’s see…”
But just as he got ready to move again…
“What the hell,” Gordon said with a hollow chuckle. His raised arm faltered down to his side. “You’re freaking late, you slowpoke.”
“My bad.”
Step, step—
Sounds of footsteps reverberated within the undead army.
“Well, then. From this point on…”
[The trait “Necromancer” has been activated.]
[By using “Death Aura” you can now see or command the dead.]
“All of you will serve me.”