Chapter 10 Part3 (2/2)
”Ugh...”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's index finger was launched with a simple, weak sound. Just by seeing that, Jin looked like he himself was hurt by it, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was accustomed to this kind of pain now, and didn't even feel an itch.
He checked the trajectory that his index finger drew in the air, and nodded his head in satisfaction. It was flying towards the center of the group of several thousand undead.
”How many of them do you think you'll kill with that?”
”All of them.”
”All of them?”
”Yeah. As long as I take one more step.”
”What step...”
Jin thought he was out of his mind, but when Jin tilted his head, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's Grenade had arrived at the center of the group of undead; with his command to self-destruct, it exploded grandly. At that moment it burst forth with a fearsome force of flames and poison!
[Kuaaaaahk!]
[Kihiiiiiiiiiiiiii!]
Hundreds of level 1 undead at the center disappeared without even being able to scream, and even the level 2 and higher undead took significant damage. Moreover, since the poison and the flames had the quality of diffusing into the surrounding area, they were quickly expanding to encompa.s.s them within their range!
”Oh jeez, even the mana that's escaping is no joke.”
”That attack was definitely incredible, but what are you going to do now!? Even if they're low leveled, there're several thousands of them!”
”So what we're going to do now is...”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo measured the distance between them and the monsters. It was roughly 300 meters. Even by human standards, it wasn't very far, and it was a distance that quick monsters would be able to reach in only a few seconds.
”Cover your ears.”
”I don't have any ears, and I don't even have hands to cover them.”
”Well, I guess it can't be helped. Tough it out.”
And sound could travel the distance in only a second.
”Kill yourselvessssssssssssssssssssssss!”
[You used Low Rank Shriek of the Dead, and the enemies in the entire area fall into a frenzied and fearful state!]
[You have succeeded in using the skill while engaging more than 1000 foes! You have acquired a large amount of skill proficiency. The Low Rank Shriek of the Dead has become Lv5. Magic has increased by 3. The skill's effect has become stronger, and the skill can affect a larger area.]
”Urgh!”
Jin screamed in anguish from Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's momentary, horrific shriek. However, since Jin was Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's ally, he wasn't affected by the skill in the least. Because of that, it took him a bit of time to realize the effect of the skill.
”What the h.e.l.l are you doing all of a sudden... Huh?”
Jin abruptly shouted, and then quickly scanned his surroundings. The group of undead, which looked furious and would dash at them at first chance, didn't approach them anymore. To be more exact, they weren't worried about Lee s.h.i.+n Woo or Jin any longer.
[Enemies. To think that there are this many enemies...!]
[My body is made of bones...!]
[Haha, I'll kill all the enemies of the Imperial Army!]
[Kyahaaaaahk!]
They each spat out a peculiar noise then stabbed with their swords, and swung their clubs at each other; seeing that, Jin looked puzzled and asked Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.
”That's... What the h.e.l.l is this?”
”The best tactic for not smearing your own hands with blood is using your enemies to defeat themselves. This'll show up on the test, so make sure you remember it.”
”...”
While Jin was speechless, the monsters fought intensely amongst themselves, confirming Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's statement.
Furthermore, the monsters didn't really wander, and fought in around the same area, so the flames and the poison soon covered the entire battlefield. Thousands of monsters were being harmed by the DoT damage in real time.
”It probably wouldn't be very effective against high level monsters, but at least it's not out of my reach to slaughter a mob of monsters now. As expected, you can only do it with a large-scale ability.”
”A large-scale ability...”
Why doesn't a level 3 skeleton have so many frightening abilities!? However, if he said that, it was obvious that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo would just tell him it was all due to Bone Reinforcement, and that he should work harder, so Jin just kept his mouth shut.
While Jin kept his mouth shut, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo concentrated on drawing the surrounding mana in order to recover the mana he was using to maintain his Flames of Revenge. The mana instantaneously entered and escaped him, so it was as if his entire body had become a pa.s.sageway for mana.
[Gu...aah...]
[My... wife...]
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was busy harmonizing with the mana, so he didn't notice the pa.s.sage of time, but honestly, everything was finished within 20 minutes.
The zombies, which arrived late, completely merged with the group, and the flames s.h.i.+fted and latched onto them. After they died horribly, they left Perium and bones in their place, and when all the undead had completely disappeared... a message appeared in front of Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, one he hadn't expected at all.
[You have removed all the death within the city, 'Derita'. Though you haven't removed the curse, all the death energy in the entire area has faded, so no more undead will sp.a.w.n in this area.]
[You have acquired 1 permit for G.o.d's Secret Shop. You have acquired 10,000 Perium. The proficiency of all your combat related skills increases.]
[The Beginner Avenger skill has become Lv8. When you meet the target of your revenge again, all abilities increase by 36%. The Beginner Power Slash skill has become Lv9. The power of the skill increases.]
Of those, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's attention lingered upon the message that appeared last.
[You have proven your qualification as a hero who lifts the darkness underground as a subst.i.tute of G.o.d's will. You have acquired the Hero's karma token. The growth rate of all skills increases by 10%. If you gather 10 of these tokens, you will become a true hero... but what a shame, it seems like this would be impossible for you.]
”Impossible, huh...”
”What's wrong?”
It seems that because Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was the one who mostly 'purified' this city, Jin didn't receive this message. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo replied like this to his question.
”It's nothing. It seems like I can't be a hero.”
”What are talking about all of a sudden?”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo just shrugged his shoulders and smiled. Whenever he got a karma token up until now, he would obtain a stat increase as well, but this time, he received a blessing that would increase his skill growth by 10% instead. He couldn't hold back his curiosity of what would happen if he obtained just one more token.
However, was it good or bad that he had become unable to gather all of them...? Even though he felt slightly complicated inside, he moved to collect all the loot with Jin. Right now, he needed to do what he could.
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