Chapter 102.2, Night Crystal (5)
Blood Ruler left by the Lord is a wonderful machete. Its reach, strength and sharpness are just perfect.
Fulfilling my duty of stalling them, I destroy the Skeletons that are rushing in, while avoiding the arrows and sometimes slicing them apart. The Skeletons attacked like the waves. Even if they’re the bones of ordinary people without combat skills, the tombs are finite. The night is still young. Since they’re also undead, they surely don’t intend to fight until sunrise. Time is on my side.
I hear the sound of trampling the ground from countless sounds. I jump over the Skeletons and block the jet-black blade that was swung down, with the machete. After I force it back by pouring in more power, the Black Bone knight that launched the attack jumps far back and lands while trampling its allies.
“They’re really generous.”
I involuntarily stare in wonder. It’s a magnificent ‘Black Bone’, towering at 2 meters. It was undoubtedly a famous hero in its lifetime. Without saying anything, Black Bone raises the giant sword the same height as his body. It truly has a terrifying physical strength, the privilege belonging only to non-humans.
But, not as much as me. If they could open their mouths, they would surely exclaim ‘That’s impossible!’ in disbelief. The single slash that was most likely swung with its full power contained strong force that I wouldn’t be able to bear when I was a newly turned Lesser Vampire. Still, they’ve only evolved once. I have gone through a number of evolutions.
Before I knew it, the number of surging Skeletons had decreased. They were replaced by more powerful variants. Bone wolves, bone monkeys and bone bears. When I look at them like this, I end up thinking about strange things, like how different animal bone structures are. It’s very fresh for me, because the Lord used animals other than Skeletons as they were. In addition, before I knew it, countless semi-transparent humanoids started flying in sky and a large chorus that sounded like screams echoed at night.
It’s almost like the end of the world.
“It’s a full-course meal. Aren’t they going to great efforts?”