Chapter 4 Part3 (1/2)

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One way or another, the battle had gone on for 20 minutes, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo cleanly decided against using his Avenger skill against the Treasure Eaters. While the Pauls were fighting against the Treasure Eaters, he used his Beginner Stealth and tried to covertly escape the battlefield, but it was impossible to escape their sight, especially when their goal was his Bone of Thunder Lasting.

'Still, I can't use my weapon as bait to run away. Ultimately, I have to clean up all of them here before I can proceed...'

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo sighed and raised his head. He saw four Treasure Eaters that only watched him and followed him. There was no point to a beautiful girl chasing after him right now, let alone a caterpillar...

'How exactly am I supposed to take care of all of these?'

Truthfully, as the Pauls' bones fluttered in the wind, they were busy acting violently, and somehow managed to take down two of the Treasure Eaters. It wasn't hard to land a fatal blow if their swords boasted a high attack power.The problem was that he didn't have the opportunity to collect their bodies as the other Treasure Eaters ran amuck, eating their comrade's body and treasure whole. Even though they were the same species, their avarice didn't lessen one bit. Moreover, it seems as though they became stronger when they ate their comrades' bodies, so it was truly nuts.

[Kuwoooooooooh!][The Treasure Eater used the Shriek of the Dead, but it was nullified by the Invisible Heart.][Beginner Shriek of the Dead has become Lv5.]

Due to the Lv3 Treasure Eater's Shriek of the Dead, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's own Shriek of the Dead grew. He realized for the first time today that even if he didn't use the skill personally, it would increase his proficiency, as long as he was exposed to the skill.

[Ugh... Traitors of... the Empire...!][I'll get my revenge for... General Seagald here...!]

But whenever the Treasure Eaters shrieked, more than half of the skeletons he had gathered fought amongst each other; the fact that the numbers dwindled genuinely made his bones hurt. No, now that he thought about it, they knew about General Seagald! Exactly how popular could he have been!?

”You idiots, get a hold of yourselves! You're comrades!”[Over there, too... An enemy...!][He's holding... a nice sword...!][Execute him... and report...!]”Ah, s.h.i.+t.”

He wondered why his genuine scream hadn't caused the skeletons to get a hold of themselves. Rather, he had been targeted by the skeletons who were out of their minds due to the Shriek of the Dead. This is why they say kids are ruining comics these days!

”Sseup...”  It wasn't the time to leisurely take on skeletons right now. Though they had killed two Treasure Eaters, there were four remaining, and there was even a level 3 Treasure Eater amongst them.Fine, since it's come to this, it's time to counterattack! Lee s.h.i.+n Woo got atop the roof of a building that had been destroyed by the Treasure Eaters' rampage and shrieked.

”Kuaaaaaaaaah!”

[You used the Shriek of the Dead! The enemies in the entire area have momentarily fallen into a frenzied state!][The Lv3 Treasure Eater has resisted the Shriek of the Dead.]

At that moment, the atmosphere of the entire area felt like it had calmed down the few skeletons that had been attacking him, as well as the huge caterpillar shaped monsters crazily crawling towards him... The Treasure Eaters even stopped as if they had been stunned.

”...Hmm?”

At that moment, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo thought that it was impossible, but that impossibility had taken hold of those people, no those monsters. The Treasure Eaters started to fight amongst themselves!If they weren't cognizant that they were allies anymore; the prey they were most hungry for were obviously members of their own species

[Gguaaaaahk, Ggueeeeeeeeeehk!]

The Lv3 Treasure Eater, the only one to resist the Shriek of the Dead, tried to pull them apart and got between them, but it had the opposite effect. Like how the skeletons had tried to attack Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, the Treasure Eaters also started to attack the Lv3 Treasure Eater without fear. ”Wow, this is huge.”[Kiek!]

While the Treasure Eaters were tied up in fighting amongst themselves, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo cleaned up the skeletons running amuck. The Treasure Eaters were level 2 and possessed the Shriek of the Dead themselves, so he didn't think it would work, but that was also his bias. As expected, before he used it himself, he couldn't know how it would turn out. He had gotten another good experience this way.

[New...bie...?]”Die... You've recovered, Paul? You dumba.s.s, I was worried about you!”[Thanks... Joining...]

The moment he was about to shatter the Skeleton Warrior's head with his Bursting Thunder skill, it had recovered from the effects of the Shriek of the Dead. Upon seeing that, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo quickly withdrew his sword and patted its shoulder. Even while being dazed at Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's words of concern, it followed behind him.

”Those who have recovered, come over to this side! We can't do anything by ourselves, but if we're with our comrades, we can do anything!”[I feel strength... from the newbie's voice...!][Over here, this way...!][Kugegegegek!]

He coaxed the unscathed skeletons nearby and finished cleaning up the rest of the afflicted skeletons. Within the mayhem, all of the level 1 skeletons had already died, but the level 2 skeletons were fairly intact, and as a result, he gathered 15 Skeleton Warriors.

”Those wicked beings that are destroying the empire, let's take them down together! Let's pool our strength into one!”[Defeat... together...!][Energy... is rising!]

[Acting skill has become Lv3.]

The Skeleton Warriors, compared to the Skeleton Soldiers or Archers, were relatively solid. That was especially true regarding their fighting spirit, which had been ignited from Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's speech. But their idea of a system of command was still a mess, and just by him speaking a bit bravely, it felt a little bit like they had, at some point, recognized him as their superior. Though it was the best thing that could happen to him.

[Kuook... Kuheeeeeeeeeek!]

Meanwhile, at around the same time that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had rallied the Skeleton Warriors, the Treasure Eaters were suddenly finis.h.i.+ng up their b.l.o.o.d.y battle. In the most awful way at that.

[Kueeeeeeeeeek!]

Above the wreckage of the now ruined building, the sole remaining Lv3 Treasure Eater cried out as the winner. After being half torn apart and eaten, the corpses of the other abandoned Treasure Eaters truly looked pitiful. But Lee s.h.i.+n Woo wasn't very surprised, as he knew about halfway through that this is how it would turn out.

”I can get all the treasure if I take care of that one guy anyway. And it got a lot of injuries from fighting too...”[Report to... superiors...!]”Yeah, yeah, I got it. But we gotta take down that guy first, right?”