ALL NOVEL Chapter 157 “Monsters of War.”
Chapter 157
“Monsters of War.”
Kalysto dodged the vertical slash of one orc’s mace, only for the other’s bat to nearly break her back if she hadn’t dodged it in time. Despite the eight feet in height that both orcs were, they were both agile enough to keep her busy, giving the troll time to recover and pull out the ice spear she had thrown against his thick thigh.
“Seriously, it’s a pity neither of them have a core,” she muttered grimly as she calculated the time it took for her to use her skills again.
A mighty roar erupted from the troll’s throat and Kalysto’s body froze for a few seconds, giving the orc with the bat time to hit her in the stomach, throwing her several meters away and breaking two ribs.
[Warning: the user is under the influence of the attack ‘Fear’. All of her stats have been reduced by 40%!]
[The passive skill Mental Defense has resisted the attack: ‘Fear’ and is still active. The attack has been canceled and all stats are back to normal.]
Kalysto coughed several times as the metallic taste of blood permeated her tongue.
Shit, isn’t my Mental Defense supposed to be so high that my system should be able to resist that attack without it hitting me first? She worried. Or is that monster’s skill superior to mine?
“Regeneration!” she conjured as she felt her ribs break. Pain exploded in the side of her body and a pair of windows appeared on her left.
[The passive skill Pain Resistance has been activated.]
[Warning! The user has less than 10 MP left. Please wait a few minutes before attempting to use any skills again or your health will be severely affected.]
“Tsk!” She clicked her tongue, annoyed at the untimely sign as both orcs, followed by the troll, ran towards her. “Inventory!” she muttered and immediately pulled out a mana crystal.
At this rate, I’m going to end up spending all my remaining mana crystals! ...Absorb!
[Does the user wish to absorb this mana crystal?]
[YES/NO]
Yes! she thought as she took out a bottle of holy water and took two long gulps, speeding up the healing process.
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 4000 MP!]
Kalysto waited until the three monsters were less than a meter away from her and conjured:
“Tundra!” Freezing the orcs completely, but only half of the troll’s body. And she clicked her tongue again at her failed plan. “Ice spear!” She conjured and threw it at the troll’s throat. ”Ice daggers! Ice manipulation!” she added and then jumped against his back, burying them in his neck.
[You’ve gained 4000 experience points!]
[You’ve gained 3000 experience points!]
[You have gained 2700 experience points!]
[You have leveled up!]
[The user is now level 38!]
And as the troll fell, she scanned her surroundings with the intention of checking that the rest of the group was okay, only to notice that besides the huge castle wall that covered their swords and the wall of bushes that gave way to one of the gardens, leaving them locked in an alley whose only exit was blocked by an army of undead, several packs of wolves and a large collection of skeletons.
Behind them, the sky darkened, and several swirling shadows began to form. Several headed towards the center of the city, others towards the various palaces, but one headed in their direction.
Shit!
“Dispel Ezhil! Purification Ezhil!” she conjured as she jumped up. “Guys, we need to get out of here now! Koden lure the monsters! Now!” she shouted as she ran towards them at the same time that a part of the army of monsters that had been marching towards the castle entrance strayed into the small space between the wall of bushes and the castle wall where they were.
“Okay,” Koden replied, jumping backward and moving two meters away from the other troll, who had already destroyed a part of the wall that was part of the garden surrounded by bushes that imitated a small labyrinth. “Taunt!”
“Are you crazy? Do you want us to get killed?” Gideon complained. But despite his complaints, Koden did as she ordered, ignoring him.
Unlike them, Rita immediately realized that something was going on.
“What’s the plan?” Rita shouted.
“Look to your right!” And when they did, they saw that more than fifty meters away from them, a black whirlwind was approaching. “Edward, Emanuel, Gabriel, and Gideon jump over the bushes to the other side!”
“Where did that shit come from?” Gideon panicked.
“What are you waiting for to leave? An invitation signed by the king?” Kalysto shouted to the weaker members of the group as he evaded the attacks of the troll Koden had been fighting while the young tank kept summoning his skill and making the nearby monsters run toward them with their weapons raised. “Rita and Oscar, go with the rest and make sure to keep them safe while we make time for them to escape! Get as far away as you can! I’m going to freeze this place!” she warned them.
“I’ll make sure they leave!” Rita assured her as she grabbed Gabriel and jumped with him over the wall made of bushes carefully trimmed by the king’s skillful gardeners. “Oscar, will you help me, please?” The dark-haired man nodded his head and took Edward and placed him on his shoulder as if the young man was a sack of potatoes, then he took Emanuel and jumped over the wall of bushes with them on his back.
“Wait for me, don’t leave me behind!” shouted Gideon, who with great difficulty managed to jump over it on his own.
“Dispel Ezhil! Purification Ezhil!” She conjured several times, feeling calmer now that the rest of the group was gone.
[You’ve gained 1000 experience points!] x10
[You have gained 2000 experience points!] x5
[You have gained 1500 experience points!] x10
[You’ve gained 700 experience points!] x20
Kalysto then pulled the Minotaur axe from her inventory and chopped off a troll’s arm at the same time as she dodged the second troll’s attack and a pack of wolves with fur as white as snow rushed against them as the bodies of the undead vanished under the golden light of her skills.
[The skill Ezhil Dispel has risen to level 10!]
[The skill Ezhil Purification has risen to level 15!]
“Don’t stop Koden!” Kalysto shouted as she cut off the head of one of the trolls.
[You have gained 2000 experience points!]
“Are you sure about this?”
“Would you rather risk the lives of the rest of the group and let them take on these monsters?” She questioned, jumping on the other troll’s head and cutting the head off. “Multiple targets! Lightning! Ice arrows! Ice stacks!” she conjured, directing her attacks at the wolf pack. “Dispel Ezhil! Ezhil Purification!” She continued conjuring, taking advantage of the fact that with the tank’s skills, dozens of undead ran towards them through the maze’s dead-end corridor.
[You have gained 2000 experience points!]
[You’ve gained 1700 experience points!] x10
[You have leveled up!]
[The user is now level 39!]
[You have gained 700 experience points!] x20
[You have gained 800 experience points!] x10
[You have gained 500 experience points!] x30
Just as she finished exterminating the last group of skeleton warriors that had entered the labyrinth corridor they were in, the swirl of darkness lost its form in front of them, revealing a massive six-meter-tall lich, four headless horsemen, and over a thousand skeletons dressed in thick armor and far better armed than the ones she had seen so far.
A smile broke out on Kalysto’s face at the sight of the large collection of undead that would soon become experience points and she whispered:
“Dispel Ezhil! Ezhil Purification!” But contrary to her belief, the giant lich with a black crown on his head, a necklace of precious stones, and a round crystal on top of his staff, did not disappear under the golden light of any of her skills.