Chapter 38
One Blow
Translator : PolterGlast
The seventh floor was
even darker, and the brightness of the scattered stones was so low that I
couldn't see what lay ahead.
Without Wind Search,
it would be so dark that I couldn't predict where enemies would appear at all.
When I searched for
enemies, there were seven reactions nearby.
As soon as I sensed
the reactions, I started running.
Not to avoid the large
number of enemies--but to intercept them.
I remembered the
explanation I had heard from Varietta-san.
"What comes out
from the seventh floor is a mixed force of high-ranking skeletons. The Skeleton
Soldiers who were the boss on the fifth floor are just soldiers here. The
Skeleton Knight, a higher-level variant of the Skeleton Soldier, the Skeleton
Mage, who uses offensive magic, and the Skeleton Priest, who uses dark magic to
heal his comrades, all move in a well-coordinated manner. And what controls
them is--"
"So that's Lich,
the Immortal King..."
Right now, I was
carefully checking out my opponent while keeping my distance so as not to get
caught by the enemy's search.
Walking slowly while
holding a shield and sword is a skeleton soldier I have fought several times.
Unlike the skeleton
soldier on the fifth floor, its weapon was a little rusty, but it was still a
solid weapon.
And behind the
skeleton soldiers, clad in full armor, most likely a skeleton knight.
It is wearing metal
armor, and every time it moves, it makes a loud rattling sound.
If it weren't for the
red light leaking from its slits, its movements would be so refined that I
would mistake it for a heavily armed knight.
There are two monsters
far behind them, who are the vanguard.
The one with the eerie
staff made of bones is the skeleton mage, and the one wearing something like a
pitch-black monk's robe is probably the skeleton priest.
And standing between
the vanguard and the rearguard is an existence that is clearly different from
the skeletons around it.
"..."
It wears a purple
robe.
A fist-sized gem is
embedded in the wand it has in its hand, and if you look closely, its body is
slightly floating in the air, perhaps because it is using magic.
It emits something
like a red-black aura from its entire body, and just looking at it makes sweat
ooze out.
A reddish-black aura
was radiating from its entire body, and just looking at it made me sweat
profusely.
I'm glad that I raised
my level to the limit.
Probably, its level is
much higher than mine.
As a living being, I
felt the difference in ranks, or rather, my instincts were telling me to run,
even before I knew if I could beat it or not.
(Am I going to fight
that...?)
The difficulty of
defeating a Lich is about the middle of B.
Considering that Grim
Reaper is a high-ranking monster in C, it shouldn't be that strong. It's
troublesome that the level seems high, though...
The breakdown of this
group of seven is 2 skeleton soldiers, 2 skeleton knights, 1 skeleton mage, 1
skeleton priest, and 1 lich.
The lich should be
defeated first.
And the next is the
two rearguards, and when that's over, it would be ideal to deal with the
vanguard.
Just in case, I use
Wind Search to check the other monsters.
Apparently, the group
of seven is not that large, and there were quite a few groups of more than ten
monsters not far away.
In other words, it'd
be bad if I couldn't easily crush them.
(For now, I'll go
without holding back.)
As usual, I use the
door installation power with my left hand and finish preparing to activate the
magic with my right hand.
"Eat
this--Judgment Ray!"
What I activate is
Judgment Ray, which has the maximum firepower in light magic.
Light magic is very
effective against the undead. Probably, in terms of the amount of damage that
can be inflicted on the lich, it should exceed Gungnir, which can be learned at
the same LV10.
When I thought I heard
a "koooo..." sound, an extremely large pillar of light, enough to dye
the cave pure white, pierced the lich.
"--Whoa, it's
blinding!?"
Perhaps because my
proficiency in light magic and magic attack power had increased from before,
its power was clearly greater than before.
The pillar of light
had become so huge that it could cover the undead army led by the lich all at
once, and the light had become so bright that I, the caster, was so blinded
that I couldn't keep my eyes open.
When I waited for the
light to subside after activating Aegis, which is an absolute shield, so as not
to be attacked while my vision was blurred, there were--shattered, scorched
cores and tattered equipment.
"...Huh?"
One blow, one blow.
Even though it was the
highest-ranking magic, it completely annihilated the lich army with just one
shot.
But the spirit that I
was prepared to escape at any time must have been genuine.
...Hmm.
This is, maybe...
"Am I getting
really strong?"
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