56 I Am—Ba.Mannoroth.Con (1/2)
NotWearingPants and Sylvanas dragged the corpses of the Houndhead Man Specter Warrior and Arthur as they ran to the stronghold that was set up by the gamers in the Spiders' Lair.
There were ten gamers in the stronghold who were eating Spider Meat, resting to recover their strength, and chatting.
When they saw the two gamers running anxiously with Arthur, whose face was shot, they burst into laughter.
”Is it funny? The Houndhead Man died once and revived, and new monsters started appearing from the sides. They looked like skeletons that we haven't seen before. I guess it could be a BOSS. Call for reinforcements. I'm posting on the discussion forum!”
Sylvanas blushed from the gamers' teasing. After speaking, she laid on the ground and went offline. She had gone to the forum to create a post.
When they heard about the new monsters, they climbed up and wanted to take a look. NotWearingPants brought the gamers to the cave where the Skeletons appeared.
The cave was filled densely with Skeletons, and they continued to grow in number.
There were a lot of bones accumulated over the years in the Spiders' Lair. The gamers contributed their fair share over the past month. The bones were conjured by Professor Bacon to become the Spirit Legion.
The gamers hadn't witnessed such a scene before, and the Skeletons were frightening. They were accustomed to Underground Spiders, but with that many Skeletons, whose eyes were beaming with green light, they started to panic.
Nobody fled despite their panic. It wasn't easy to encounter such a strange phenomenon. There must be something, perhaps a hidden plot or mission.
It was terrifying, but with more than ten of them gathered together, the gamers composed themselves. Moreover, it was only a game!
The Skeleton Soldiers on the outer perimeter discovered the gamers. They opened their mouths and ”Ka Cha” sounds filled the cave as they charged at the gamers.
”Oh my God! It's scary!”
”Is this a horror game?”
”Be quick! Who's fighting the monster?”
The gamers hadn't fought with Skeleton Soldiers before, and they were disorganized. There was a gamer who collapsed to the ground after being scared offline.
There were only five Skeleton Soldiers, and they didn't have any weapons. They used their bones or the stones on the ground as weapons as they charged at the gamers. One of the Skeletons was a Dire Wolf. The mouth had sharp fangs that made this Skeleton more threatening than the normal humanoid Skeletons.
The gamers were fully armed with shields, weapons, and armor. Though they screamed and were terrified by the Skeleton Soldiers, they gained courage in greater numbers. They had ten of them versus five Skeleton Soldiers.
The gamers charged at the Skeleton Soldiers and slashed wildly.
The fighting alerted the other Skeleton Soldiers, and more of them made their way to the commotion.
The gamers realized their predicament. They shouted to each other before fleeing.
On the discussion forum, Sylvanas made a post entitled [Undead monsters appearing in Spiders' Lair! Call for all Beta Gamers to rally!]. The post created a sensation on the forum.
The chain reaction was that the gamers who were carrying bricks went out in force, except for the offline gamers and a pro-life gamer who was planting at the flowerbed.
The gamers marched out together, leaving only four NPCs in the Dungeon.
Moroes made use of the opportunity to chat with Simba and Mufasa at the Blacksmith Shop, as they appeared more normal than the Goblins.
Even the useless Little Fairy, who laid on the bed daily and spat saliva at the gamers who harassed her, appeared more normal than the Goblins.
Two Blackiron Dwarves and a Gnome sat in the Blacksmith Shop, enjoying a cup of bloody chrysanthemum tea and a slice of mousse Spider Leg cake. They gazed in the direction the Goblins left and heaved a sigh of relief.
Another peaceful day in the Eternal Kingdom Dungeon.
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Killing! More killing!
Every gamer was surrounded by one or two Skeleton Soldiers, and more Skeleton Soldiers started coming in.
When the gamers who were carrying bricks rushed to the Spiders' Lair, the ten gamers who were defending the stronghold were being chased out by the Skeleton Soldiers. Other gamers in the Spiders' Lair were also being chased out by the Undead forces.
The gamers consolidated their forces and fought a terrible battle with the Skeleton Legion!
The gamers were brave, but they quickly retreated.
It wasn't that the gamers couldn't defeat the Skeleton Legion. While the Skeleton Soldiers had greater numbers, most of them were without armor and weapons. The Skeleton Soldiers would use their bone fists to hammer the gamers' chests while the Wild Beast Skeletons that had teeth stood by the side and watched.
The gamers retreated because they didn't want to fight.
It was risky to fight the Skeleton Soldiers. If they were surrounded, they couldn't run away, and then they would lose their equipment.
The situation wasn't clear, and they didn't want to kill the Skeleton Soldiers blindly. There were no Reputation Points and no loot. If there were Reputation or coin rewards, then the gamers would be willing to kill Skeleton Soldiers daily!