In Dungeon and Stone, there were several specialized essences for certain races. A typical example was the Elementalization skill that Erwen had just used. When used by a human who had no spirits to summon, all he did was turn him into a spirit without attributes. Even the skill coefficient was added to the Elemental and Natural Forces that were used as resources to manage spirits. In reality, this essence was for the exclusive use of fairies.
Crujido...
Every time he moved his arm, crumbs of dirt fell. It was like I had turned into a rock giant. Oh, I guess giant wasn't the right word.
Ha, I really want to use Gigantization.
It was a shame that I couldn't see that magnificent view, but this problem couldn't be helped.
Dash.
I regretted it and ran forward.
«Kweeeeek!» At this moment, the corpse monster on which the clown was riding spat poison from its mouth. Without holding a shield, I received it with my body. The Barbarian Eli (Earth) mode was immune to poison.
«Oh, I had forgotten about that effect». It seemed like this bastard had defeated cheater mode because it was now that he realized my state. However, he remained relaxed. «Ok, you used your brain a little. Pshehe.» Even though his main poison deal became useless, Clown still laughed. Well, I would. This guy was not just a poison necromancer, but an agile poison necromancer.
Dash.
The bastard got off the corpse monster he was riding and took a step back. I was also running at full speed, but our distance was widening. It was due to the penalty associated with Eli Barbarian (Earth).
[Agility stats are greatly reduced].
I felt like my body was moving at half speed. This was actually the biggest penalty, not double water damage or a drastic reduction in mana resistance.
«That? Didn't you expect this?» When the poison became useless, Clown gave up hand-to-hand combat and began controlling the distance, something a proud bastard would never do.
I didn't turn off Gigantization for nothing.
Was an advanced scout with the nickname Corpse Collector fleeing from a rank 5 barbarian?
I thought you'd do that, idiot. Jump.
I muttered the name of the skill in my head and kicked the ground.
«Kyaa!» Unable to move more than five meters away from me in spirit form, Erwen was dragged with me. That ended up being unfortunate.
I can think that the maximum distance is thirty meters.
I calmly evaluated the current situation. Considering that he had once jumped seventy yards even in Gigantization, the distance had been drastically reduced. I was realizing how heavy this body really was. If it had been in gigantization mode, it would have weighed less than half as much. Still, the speed itself was similar.
«Behell-ahhhhh!» Like a transport device, I reduced the distance in an instant.
¡Caboom!
The ground shook around the landing point. The effect itself was the same as before, but there was an obvious difference. The corpse monster's huge body didn't even move before.
«Gueeek?» He couldn't bear the shock and rose into the air.
[Your total weight is more than 1 ton.]
Yeah, it seems like I'm heavier than you now.
Clown was clearly scrawny so it wasn't even worth mentioning. His body floated at half a step. Before I landed on the ground, I ran to close the distance and adopted a stance as if I were going to swing a baseball bat.
At that moment, my eyes met his in the air. He didn't seem to smile anymore. Geez, and hurt my feelings. «Sketches a smile». I didn't receive a response.
Well, if you really don't want to, I'll break you instead.
¡Whooom!
I struck with my mace just in time to smash the bastard's skull. Just then, thick bones sprouted from his skin.
[Abed Necrapeto has released Bone Armor.]
This was what easily blocked Mr. Bear's final shot, but it didn't worry me too much. Outlaw of the Wildlands was still activated, with Eli Barbarian's destructive blunt weapon customization (Earth), and on top of that a Swing containing the soul of an ogre. Even with that synergy, it wouldn't be possible to stop this with a rank 4 ability.
¡Crackkk!
The moment the mace touched him, his Bone Armor shattered like breaking a nut with a hammer. Beyond that, the soft inner skin was revealed.
«¡Erwen!»
Erwen, who was flying in spirit form, shot a fiery arrow. The objective was, as always, between the eyebrows.
¡Kwa claim!
The incendiary arrow embedded itself in his mask and exploded, but that mask also seemed to be a piece of equipment. The first effective hit was blocked and did not cause much damage.
Hit.
Clown flew backwards by the force of inertia, then found balance and landed. That was the moment.
Destroy.
Fine spider web-like fissures spread across the mask before it broke into pieces. Looking at him, I smiled satisfied.
So that's what you look like.
«Ugly as hell».
If little dragon Penn had seen this face, she would have been scared. But was this its trigger?
«Stupid NPC bastards, you know nothing!» The praise returned. The bastard was no longer clowning. Abandoning his exaggerated actor tone, he spoke like any trash explorer. «Don't think it will end with death».
Huh, the dragon slayer son of a bitch said the same thing. He mumbled something like: «Not even death can save you».
«I will grant you pain you can't even imagine.»
Was this type of dialogue popular in Orcules? He wasn't sure, but a praiseworthy battle continued smoothly. It was to be expected.
[Abed Necrapeto has released Puppet.]
The true value of a necromancer was in a war of numbers, but most of the corpse army was fighting the main team and many of them were dead. This bastard wouldn't even have much PM left. And more importantly, it also had more advantageous compatibility.
[Abed Necrapeto has released Curse of Stone].
A curse ability that prevented a charge? Although the skill attribute was earth, it made no sense.
Yes, I'm Eli Barbaro.
Even despite the drastic reduction in mana resistance, resistance to earth easily ensured immunity.
[Abed Necrapeto has Bone Armor caste].
I Counter Bone Armor with Swing.
¡Crunch!
Every time a shell came off, Erwen shot a spirit-shaped arrow from my side.
¡Zas!
Damage steadily accumulated as the battle continued.
«Gruhhhhh!» Clown also began taking out elite corpses with high individual combat power from subspace to attack Erwen. It was an excellent decision. If Erwen took a certain amount of damage, Eli's Barbarian Mode would also fall apart. From that moment on, the poison distributions would come to me too.
Okay, so there's no magician?
His summoned beasts focused strictly on poison and physical damage, making it impossible to harm Erwen, who gained immunity to physical damage. Well, there were some elite corpses with attribute weapons from time to time...
¡Crunch!
I crushed them before they got close. Of course, I found it difficult to block them all by myself. But he wasn't here alone.
«Dertu Teiran!» Raven drove away enemies with Burst magic, and if that didn't work, she deployed a mana shield to protect Erwen.
The usefulness of a magician is unparalleled.
The rest followed from afar and concentrated on protecting Raven. It was ideal teamwork where everyone protected each other.
«How long do you think you can last?» Spitting bloody saliva, the bastard vomited ruthless criticism, but his words contained a threat I couldn't laugh at.
That weasel-like son of a bitch.
The battle itself seemed to be going in our favor, but it was our side that was in a hurry. Even if Erwen's damage was reduced to a minimum, over time, Eli's Barbarian Mode would end. Besides, he didn't know how long Kyle could last.
Ugh, I have to finish him off before Fallen Scholar arrives.
As time passed, the urgency increased. My physical stamina increased as I became an earth attribute barbarian, but my mana stamina decreased proportionally. With a proper magic strike, Erwen or not, my main body would not be able to withstand it, especially if it was a water attribute attack that dealt double damage. If it weren't for the Fallen Scholar's existence in the first place, we could have gotten here on our own, without needing a prominent unit of over a hundred people.
«...The corpses are being removed!»
To make matters worse, the bastard began to put the nearby corpses into the subspace one by one. This was a very big problem. However, thanks to that, the burden of my comrades who were still behind decreased.
¡Hack!
The Bone Armor, which used to be crushed at once, now withstood up to two blows. This was because Desert Outlaw's damage rate increase had been reduced.
«So that was it?» Damn bastard players. I hid it tightly and he still noticed. Clown's eyes curled into a smile. «Do not laugh. You're ugly».
«...When it's all over, I'll stick my tongue out at you first.»
Try if you can.
«Behell-ahhhhhhhhh!» I let out a scream and pushed him even harder. The resistance was fierce. It seemed like he had recognized me as an enemy since I was using an essence unknown to the public.
[Abed Necrapeto has released Ephemeral Immortality].
This was the ability of a rank 4 monster, Lord of Death.
¡Whoosh!
The bastard's clothes were devoured by the black flames and his skin burned until only the bones remained. It was the appearance of a Lich.
No wonder he wasn't wearing armor.
I was afraid of it, but to think that he really had this ability. The effect of Ephemeral Immortality was really simple. With it, whatever you did, you couldn't die for a minute, and spirit stats and special abilities were converted into physical stats.
An advanced explorer with physics-focused statistics...
I spoke calmly, even as I swallowed. «Now you look much better».
The guy didn't even respond, he just shook his bony jaw and rushed towards me.
¡Bang!
A simple push, that was all, but my body, which even floated the corpse monster with Backspace, was pushed back. Ugh, how high was his strength? The lucky thing was that there was no damage thanks to physical resistance.
Damn sea.
However, my classmates were different. It was clear that a normal blow with that monstrous body would knock them down easily.
«All back!»
In an instant, the situation was reversed. Instead of stopping him from fleeing, he now had to block him.
Dash.
Clown pushed me aside and began a bull-like charge. The distance was actually reduced in the blink of an eye. Wow, this was like a maximum level skeleton.
Dash.
I quickly caught up with Salto.
¡Bang!
When I landed, the bastard bounced with Backspace, but he wasn't even able to buy time. Although I stood my ground at the time of landing, he easily pushed me in a second and continued his charge. One moment was enough for an accident to occur.
« 'Señorita Ainar!»
Blocking his fist, Ainar fell while holding his great adamantium sword and collided with Mr. Bear.
¡Bang!
Missha was hit in the stomach and fell to the ground. Raven rushed to build a stone wall with magic, but it shattered with a single punch. It was all too clear what this guy's goal was. He must have been planning to defeat the most annoying wizard in his remaining life.
«¡Protege a Raven!»
Simultaneously with my Jump and my scream, the bastard ignored Missha and lunged again.
¡Boom!
In one fell swoop, the Iron Bear tank summoned beast was summoned in reverse.
«Kyaa!» Raven, who was riding Iron Bear, floated in the air. He punched again before landing on the ground. Mr. Bear pulled Raven behind him just in time.
¡Kwa claim!
I landed on the ground and the bastard bounced again. Meanwhile, I used Gigantization and lay on top of my fallen companions. Realizing what I was trying to do, Mr. Bear and Daria pounced on me.
¡Bang! ¡Bang!
Then, landing on the ground, the bastard hit my back as if he wanted to crush me whole.
Are they OK?
«Ugh…»
No, I don't think so. And I honestly thought this might be enough. Plan B.
I changed my mind in less than five seconds, quickly got up and punched him in the head. I assumed it was an unexpected blow because with that he fell backwards, even with his good physique. Yes, the best defense was attack. I flew over his body as if diving.
«Behell-ahhhhhhhhh!» I pressed him with my overwhelming weight and he endured it. It seemed like Eli Barbarian's weight was overwhelming even for him as he pushed me with difficulty. Now, how much longer?
«...Damn barbarian.»
So, it's finally over. Ha, I thought we were all going to die.
Seeing his naked body with the flesh stuck to the bones, I smiled satisfied. «How small». It would be a lie to say that he had no sympathy, but that left no room for consideration.
Dash.
I immediately pounced on him and brandished my mace. As expected, Bone Armor burst out.
¡Crunch!
Since it was in Gigantization, it was destroyed in one fell swoop. Erwen also didn't miss the opportunity to shoot an arrow. Although he aimed at the head, the bastard rolled and dodged it like an agile character. However, the arrow hit the leg perfectly.
Well.
Now that he had a hole in his leg, that cockroach should have slowed down. I quickly launched myself again. That was the moment.
[The power of your soul is insufficient. Gigantization is over.]
My MP ran out and my body shrank. Well, it's about time I used a lot of Jump and Swing. Of course, that wasn't a problem. It seemed like this bastard was also almost out of mana.
«Sir, all the corpses on the portal side fell!»
He kept the corpse army in Puppet state even while fighting us, but he turned it off? That shows how cornered he was.
A few more times.
I ran towards the bastard as he snuck away like a rat. There was no Jump, but it was similar to the ongoing battle. When he was caught mid-race, Bone Armor. Once I hit him several times with my mace, Erwen shot an arrow. A lot of time passed like this.
¿How big is your MP box?
This time again, I managed to catch up with him and he was about to start hammering his activated Bone Armor.
«Ah-ah, Yandel. Can you hear me?» Good and bad news came at the same time. «Blue Mane has been removed. We will come to help soon».
Melter Fend and his clanmates had finally managed to assault the werewolf. The disappearance of the corpses army was probably a big reason. It was great news.
«And one more thing. I think... Sir Kyle has lost.» Kyle was defeated. «Be careful. The Fallen Scholar can come for you».
Fend's warning didn't make sense, because it was already here. «Haha, Mr. Necrapeto. You look bad».
Damn sea.