Chapter 16 Part1 (1/2)
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The shriek resounded clearly across the city, alerting them that the battle had begun.
”This city is ours (Pauls) now! Throw down your weapons and surrender!”
”Do you really have to say that!?”
[By using Low Rank Shriek of the Dead, the enemies in the entire area fall into a frenzied and fearful state.]
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's booming voice echoed throughout the entire city. However, rather than throw away their weapons and surrender, their enemies that heard him rampaged about and blindly thrust their weapons at each other's heads. Obviously, whenever he utilized Shriek of the Dead, its effect would be the same, regardless of what he said.
[Kyahaaaaaahk!]
[Kihik, when did so many undead invade the city!?]
[All knights, draw your swords! Teach those undead how heavy a sin it is to trespa.s.s on the Empire's sacred soil!]
”Just one shout caused the city to go from peaceful looking (at least on the outside) to a complete mess...”
”As I thought, it would be easy for a high leveled Treasure Eater to wreck a city like this one if it were drawn here.”
Did Lee s.h.i.+n Woo rush into battle right after shouting? Of course not. The main focus of this mission was to ascertain how many high leveled undead there were, as well as their location.
He had divided the city into sections, based on how many high leveled undead there were, and had been moving around as he calculated the effective area of his Shriek of the dead.
[I'll engrave the Empire's laws into your body!]
[How dare you, a mere undead! You wicked black magicians; I'll make you kneel before the Emperor!]
”Whoa, these knights here fight well.”
Of course, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had predicted that there would be some who wouldn't be affected by Shriek of the Dead, but that didn't matter. Since even the level 4 Skeleton Knights were affected by his level 6 Low Rank Shriek of the Dead.
Normally, it would be difficult to achieve this good of a result with a low rank level 6 skill, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's Mana Bone skill was helping. Any act that utilized magic would be buffed by Mana Bone, but it was particularly effective on abilities that changed pure magic and utilized it.
”Let's move quickly, before the lord intervenes with his own golems and knights!”
”I know already! We'll arrive at our next position shortly!”
They had travelled incognito around the city for upwards of two hours, and they had already picked the spot where he would use Shriek of the Dead. After they confirmed that the spot was safe, they immediately moved to the spot and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo used Shriek of the Dead for a second time.
”Ooaaaaaaaaaaahk!”
[Evil puppet!]
[You should be in h.e.l.l. Why have you come outside!?]
There weren't any Skeleton Knights in that area, but a huge concentration of soldiers instead; he was extremely satisfied with the chaos that spread instantly. If one were to look at the city from above, they would see h.e.l.l.
”Good, let's go to area C now!”
”I'm the devil, the devil...!”
The plan was progressing smoothly. Since the undead were fighting amongst themselves everywhere, Stealth... No, Shadow Sprint was released and he was exposed to the world to see; despite that, none came to attack Lee s.h.i.+n Woo or Jin.
[The Low Rank Shriek of the Dead skill has become Lv7. Magic has increased by 3.]
”Nice, the skill's leveling up quickly, too.”
”...s.h.i.+n Woo, I feel like they're on the move now.”
”Ok, I'd expected that they'd start to move about now.”
The ones 'on the move' described the Undead Commander's group atop the hill. Regardless of how dull he had become after transforming into an undead, he was still the lord; Lee s.h.i.+n Woo didn't think the lord would sit still while there was chaos spreading throughout various areas of the city.
But in order to delay him as much as possible, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had been focusing on the faraway areas in order; obviously, it seemed as though the lord had decided to intervene before they could finish up.
Immediately after hearing Jin's report, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo heard a screeching sound from afar. The Iron Golems were moving.
'What should I do? Will my acid mist be able to melt them?'
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo briefly pondered on the subject and shook his head. Even if he focused all of Melting Bone Double Axe's power in one place and exploded it, he wasn't confident that he could defeat an Iron Golem in that way. That's because each and every one of those Iron Golems were elites.
'There are four of them. And the one controlling them is a level 5 Elite Skeleton Commander. There are three level 5 Elite Skeleton Elder Knights guarding him, as well as twelve level 4 Skeleton Knights...'
Imposing monsters were guarding the lord, proving that he was the lord for anyone who didn't already know. Rather than fighting them straight up, calling upon the group that was on standby would be cleaner and safer. It probably would be, but...
”But it's also worth a try.”
”Weren't you the one that said we'd be giving up on fighting the lord? You're still out of it, aren't you?”
Jin scolded him and was about to move to the next area. Since their original plan was to go to as many spots as possible before the lord earnestly decided to intervene, use his Shriek of the Dead to cut down the number of knights and soldiers, as well as evade the blindly rampaging swords and arrows, and then get back outside.
There were more than 10,000 level 2 or higher undead within the city, so it would be foolish to fight them one at a time... Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, who'd said that himself, was for some reason patiently looking towards the direction of the lord's troops.
”You...”
”...Jin, there are times when a person needs to take a risk.”
Even though Jin knew that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's heart was set, he retorted in a weak voice.
”You're a skeleton, though.”
”For me, that time is now!”
”...G.o.d.”