episode_0055
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-Just!! Just!!!
The skeleton running towards me with an ear-piercing sound stretched out its hands forward as if it was craving something and continued to clink its jaws.
The way he clenched his chin regularly seemed like he wanted to convey something, and it also seemed like a kind of threatening behavior.
However, since it was a skeleton with not even a single muscle left, let alone skin, no matter what it tried to say, nothing would get through to me.
Undead like lichs can express their intentions by sending thoughts, but it seems to be too much for him, who is just a skeleton.
I don’t know what he was thinking or what he was doing, but whatever it was, it wasn’t a reason to hesitate in taking him down.
“Summon a superior spirit.”
Along with the spell, pure wind without any dust gathered in one place and formed the shape of a huge falcon.
“Blow away.”
Soon, a heavy wind that seemed to have mass blew the skeleton away.
Light skeletons, lacking flesh, were vulnerable to this type of attack.
Of course, if the level is high, I might be able to survive somehow, but in terms of mana, that skeleton’s level is a little lower than mine.
The level of the spirit summoned by spirit summoning magic is proportional to the level of the caster.
Perhaps it was because his level was low, but there was no way he could withstand the wind magic emitted by a spirit of the same level as himself, despite his weight disadvantage.
Now that I have the upper hand, I don’t see any chance of losing.
If there is a variable, is it that magic sword?
While he was thinking that, the magic sword in the skeleton’s hand began to emit an evil light.
“Inspection… .”
One of the swordsman’s few long-distance attack methods.
Other than that, the only thing you can do is throw a sword or throw a memorized weapon like a shuriken.
Considering the level, it’s not really strange, but why didn’t you use it when you first met?
Have you not entered combat stance yet?
While I was thinking about that and preparing the wind spirit for the next attack, it flew by.
A sharp sword blade in a shape reminiscent of a crescent moon cut the wind spirit’s body in two.
“Huh… .”
The upper-level spirit disappeared in one blow.
It was not a firepower that a low-level swordsman could produce.
‘Is there something in that magic sword? No, more than that now… .’
When I turned around and saw Sarah, she hurried away as if she understood without saying anything more.
My HP is not more than that of a high-level spirit.
If I were to receive that attack with my bare body, I would follow in the spirit’s footsteps.
‘You can be resurrected once, but feints won’t work against the undead.’
I gathered my thoughts and looked ahead.
For some reason, the skeleton looked very angry and was running with its jaw clenching loudly.
“Unity of elements: Quartet.”
fire. water. earth. wind.
Even with the slightest hesitation, the four elements begin to attack the head of the skeleton running in a straight line.
Elemental attacks as small as raindrops did not cause much damage to the skeleton, but the true value of this magic was that it summoned many elements at once.
“Summon a superior spirit.”
The elements that fell from the sky began to solidify into different forms and transformed into higher-level spirits.
Perhaps sensing a sense of danger from the upper-class spirit that suddenly appeared next to him, the skeleton responded immediately, but this time the spirit was faster.
The wind spirit crushed the skeleton’s body with strong winds, and the fire spirit added its breath to the wind, creating a fierce flame.
Soon, the Earth Spirit jumped into the flames with its iron fist and beat the skeleton, and the Water Spirit also purified the skeleton’s polluted body with purification magic.
It seemed like the winner had already been decided.
As if to ridicule such thoughts, the purple sword energy that spewed out from the flames split the bodies of the spirits.
“… … .”
The skeleton that rose from the flames was fine, without even a single scratch.
What trick did you use?
That sword?
or not… .
“Is this the land?”
The morale in this land has decreased.
Every time the body is destroyed, the morale that resides in this land is consumed to rebuild the body.
Understanding that fact, we renewed our strategy.
“Affiliation of the World Tree.”
What appeared in my hand along with the spell was a large seed about the size of a finger joint.
When the seed was thrown carelessly on the ground, the seed burrowed into the ground and instantly began to grow in size, purifying the fraud in the land.
Literally in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant tree that seemed to have lived for hundreds of years, purifying its evil spirits and reviving the land.
This seed, a member of the world tree, purifies the polluted land and makes it abundant again.
-Just!! Just!!!
Perhaps feeling a sense of crisis at the fact that its morale was being purified, the skeleton clapped its chin again and fired sword energy… .
-Ting!!
The sword energy was blocked by my arms without being able to reach the World Tree’s circle, and it naturally extinguished with all its power.
Originally, it was impossible for my weak arms to block the sword energy that destroyed the spirit in one blow.
“Shape transformation: Nature’s friend.”
The magic that transforms the appearance of only demonic beasts and demonic insects into monsters registered in the encyclopedia transformed my body.
Forearm muscles that have far surpassed human limitations.
The forearm muscles are tightly surrounded by hard keratin and thick fur that resemble rocks.
At the fingertips were claws that were sharper and stronger than a magic sword with a skeleton, and on the palms were meatballs that were far from soft, giving off a strong presence.
There is a demon beast named Cheolwoong (鐵熊).
The bear, whose entire body was covered in hard keratin that was stronger than steel, was a being that could be said to be the natural enemy of warriors who relied on physical attacks.
“Druids are naturally like this.”
Until now, they had relied on spirits or familiars, but in fact, this was the standard fighting method of druids.
He attacks the enemy with spirits and demonic beasts, breaks through them, and uses the power of the demonic beast to defeat the enemy standing in front of him.
“Summon a superior spirit.”
Following the basic battle doctrine, I stepped forward and blocked the skeleton’s path by summoning a superior earth spirit as an assistant.
The skeleton immediately tried to fire sword energy again, but just before the sword energy was fired, the Earth Spirit raised the skeleton’s feet and disturbed its posture.
Of course, the sword energy was aimed at the sky, not at me, and I took advantage of that opportunity to rush at the skeleton and blow off its head with my sharp claws.
“It’s been a while since I’ve had close combat. Sometimes it’s not bad to fight directly.”
While he was saying those leisurely words, the skeleton’s body began to absorb the surrounding morale and regenerate.
The sight of bones regenerating, not even flesh, was so surreal that I didn’t think I would ever get used to it.
Before its head could regenerate, it swung its front paw again and this time blew its entire chest away.
Will you play it again?
But how long can it really be played?
Feeling the morale gradually fading, I knew that the end was coming soon.
******
“Is he barely dead?”
After repeating the same attack about forty times, the skeleton could no longer regenerate and crumbled into black powder.
This was my first time encountering a black skeleton, so I checked the monster encyclopedia just in case, but there was nothing new added.
It appears that it is not a mutant monster, but has only temporarily turned black for some reason.
First of all, I collected the bone meal as much as possible and put it in my inventory, in case I needed to use it somewhere.
I don’t know if I, as a non-necromancer, can put this bone meal to good use, but it might be helpful when making a contract with a devil.
‘… ‘It’s a contract.’
An item that may be helpful in a contract.
When I turned my attention to the item that was probably the most expensive item in the place.
“You could transform into something like that.”
Sarah, who had taken refuge early in preparation for an emergency, suddenly returned and spoke.
“I came here with a light heart, but I never thought I would end up in a situation where I would have to use transformation.”
The time it takes to transform is usually when the vanguard collapses.
As I told Sera, it was actually a casual way to kill time that brought me here, but I never expected it would end up like this.
“That guy killed the spirit with one attack… . Even thinking about it again, I was really dizzy.”
Really, it’s true.
If I had made a little mistake, I might have ended up in a situation where I had to use resurrection once.
“But what does Sera think of this sword?”
“What do you think?”
“No, I was wondering if you felt something as a minister of the devil. Because I’m not an expert in that.”
“… … .”
Sera did not hastily touch the sword, but stood from a distance and observed it closely.
Is there something you can know just by looking?
While thinking about that, Sarah seemed to have noticed something and shook her head.
“I’m not sure, but at least I don’t think it’s a weapon related to the devil. ” Items that are inhabited by the devil or in the hands of the devil tend to be a little more noticeable.”
“I see… . After all, necromancy is not a type of magic that only devils can use.”
“Necromancy?”
“The skeleton holding this sword used fraud to regenerate its body. Among the necromancy techniques used by necromancers, there was a technique that consumed morale to heal one’s own body or that of a familiar.”
I’m not sure, but wasn’t that why this guy was able to resurrect his body?
Maybe it’s not the magic sword’s ability, but the skeleton’s own ability… .
“My sister might know something, but I don’t want to show that person a sword like this. I don’t even know how to use it.”
“… Something strange will happen, so don’t ever do that.”
“I know. then… .”
I stood up and stretched out my hand toward the magic sword.
I was reluctant because I thought it might be a magic sword that robs the wearer’s mind by touching it, but this was the only way to check the information on this item.
‘Well, the only thing I can tell is the name… .’
In preparation for an emergency, I activated several spells to protect my mind and after making all preparations, I placed my hand on the sword.
[Sword of □□□□]
“Huh?”
“… Why, why are you like this?”
“No… .”
There is a mosaic on the item name.
You can obtain quite a few items with hidden names as you progress through the main scenario.
Usually, when new clues are obtained as the scenario progresses, the mosaic is solved.
‘So, is it an item related to the main scenario? No, why is it in such a remote area… .’
Should I call it fate?
I can’t quite explain it, but it felt artificial, as if someone knew I would pass by and placed it there.
So, does it have something to do with the light that hit the forest on the day of the midterm exam? .
Without finally solving the mystery, we returned to the village with the sword in our inventory.
When the demon sword was shown, claiming that it had killed the demon swordsman who had taken over the plain, all the villagers cheered with relief.
However, our minds were extremely confused by the unidentifiable sense of discomfort.
We stayed up all night, shivering from the strange feeling that someone was watching us.
*****
Completed .
begins.
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