Chapter 15: The Bargain
The courtyard of the Lord’s mansion. The moon shone peacefully in the night sky.
I spin around and use the centrifugal force to swing my machete. The Skeleton Knight who is on alert, poised for defense, uses inhuman strength to ward off the blow, by retreating a few steps back and cleverly maneuvering the sword it held in both hands.
I could sense the weight of training and experience that went behind that single move.
The quality of a Skeleton largely depends on the principal abilities of the skeleton used in its creation. Because one’s experience is ingrained into the body.
If an accomplished soldier’s skeleton is used, then a Skeleton with adequate combat abilities can be created. On the other hand, if a skeleton with no combat experience, in other words, a civilian’s skeleton is used, there will be a huge difference between the two even though they are both the same class of undead. And this may be a cock-and-bull story, but the undead created from the remains of an ancient mythical hero is purported to have slaughtered even a dragon.
Skeleton and fleshman are both one of the lowest classes of the undead.
The undead can be created from four types of sources.
Namely, a Skeleton that is born from the skeleton of a living being. A Fleshman that is born from the corpse. A Wraith that is born from the soul. A Zombie that is born from the decomposed remains, as a result of necromancy.
Each has their own traits, but there are no distinctive differences between them. I, who evolved into a ghoul from a fleshman, am better than the Skeleton (it is clad in armor and using a knight’s sword, but it is a skeleton underneath all that), in terms of ability.