178 Episode 58: Grinding (1/2)
I know about defeating them in books and games but it seems like they don't die. Cracking their heads, breaking their whole body to pieces, attacking them with magic, or destroying them physically, they don't just die and stop moving. They just keep on reviving. Even grinding their skulls to dust, it seems it is not working either.
”F*ck, are they all unkillable at all?!”
What is worse about these enemies is that they multiply like crazy. I am just fighting 5 at first but now they are already numbering 20. Instead of decreasing, they are instead increasing.
”Blue! This is insane! Why did you include monsters that cannot be killed?!”
Blue's voice echoed around the place. ”Hey, I never include monsters that cannot be killed alright? How would you even clear and proceed to the next floor if you can't kill a monster? It is either you did it wrong or you are just too weak to kill it. Now continue killing enemies and stop complaining!”
After that, everything went silent except for the sound of the rattling bones that are currently trying to surround me.
”Damn it. Can I just blow them all up from within? Even if I have lots of mana in my body, I still get exhausted using too much magic spells for the past few hours...”
Then, a sudden realization came to my mind. What if I try what I just mumbled earlier?
Seeing the skeletons now gathering around, it doesn't hurt to try. Igniting my hands in flames, I meet up with the skeletons head-on and grab two skeletons in the skulls by my two hands, and separated them from the group. Although they are fourth-floor monsters, they are not that strong, they are just annoying and they multiply which is why the difficulty of the battle. Now let me try this attack.
”DIE!”
BOOM! BOOM!
I made quick work on the two and ignited them from the inside of their bones. By channeling mana to their bones and letting it run through their whole body, I can easily do that. Now the next thing I did is to control the mana on their bodies and put a spark on the mana. And destruction follows.
The skeletons did not leave a single bone intact and all of their parts were reduced to dust. After doing so, I started dodging the remaining skeletons and observed the skeletons that exploded from my magic. Usually, another one will rise on the ground depending on how many I destroyed the last time. If I destroyed two enemies, they will multiply to 4 skeletons. If they continue to multiply and add new enemies even with that technique, then everything is bad even for me.
After a few more minutes, I saw no changes from the ashes. Seeing not a single reaction is present to the dust, I felt excited, enough to change my despair into hope.
Seeing the skeletons are still attacking, I am not going to hold back now since I know what to do to destroy them, then, it is time to break them all down. There are still 18 skeletons to defeat. Igniting my hands, I will be breaking all of you down.
KLAK KLAK KLAK
Grabbing the next two skeletons' skulls, I didn't waste my time and supplied their bones with mana however, the skeletons are not just petty creatures, the moment I grab their skulls, they would try to stop me by swinging their arms armed with swords to detach my hands away from them. The good thing is that I can still supply them with mana before I cut the source. When they are almost loaded with mana, that is the time it is needed to ignite their insides.
BOOM! BOOM!
Rinse and repeat. Dodge and repeat, explode, and repeat.
It took me around 3 minutes to finish them all off. But sweat and blood pour in my forehead. Pain lingers in my arms and back as I ascend to the next floor. I never underestimated the skeletons but they are quite the pain in the neck. The novels and games describe skeletons as weak enemies but in real life, they are tough nuts to crack. I don't want to deal with skeletons next time.