Chapter 68
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Translator : PolterGlast
After walking for a
few more minutes, a gate so large that I had to look up at it appeared before
me.
The style was rather
peculiar.
The path here had been
a straight line, so I guess this meant I had to go through here.
I made sure I could
return home at any time, and then touched the gate.
Then, suddenly, the
gate began to shrink.
The double doors, now
small enough for only one person to enter, opened by themselves.
What spread out before
me was--
"This is..."
What spread out beyond
the gate was a circular arena.
I've only seen it in
textbooks, but it resembled the Colosseum in ancient Rome.
There was a circular
stage in the center, surrounded by higher-level seating for spectators.
I was standing on that
stage.
Looking ahead, I could
see a gate of light similar to the one I had just passed through.
And standing between
me and the gate were four monsters... I guess this means I have to defeat them
and move on.
(Or rather, are
those... monsters?)
Those four monsters
were clearly different from the undead I had encountered so far.
Their skin was
strangely bluish, but other than that, they didn't look any different from
humans.
They didn't have
bulging eyes or rotting bodies like zombies, and they were even wearing proper
equipment.
There was a fully
armed knight-like man, a lightly armored man, a pointed-hat woman behind them,
and a healer-like woman standing behind them, making a total of four.
I desperately tried to
recall the monster encyclopedia I had read at the Adventurer's Guild, searching
for similar monsters.
(Probably...
Revenants, I guess.)
Revenants, one of the
high-ranking undead.
They are monsters like
upgraded zombies, born when a human corpse is enveloped in dense magical power
and meets certain other conditions.
They are considered
one of the most powerful undead monsters, along with Liches, but the
Adventurer's Guild does not recommend the extermination of these monsters.
The reason is... while
most monsters are powerful mages like Liches, the combat ability of Revenants
varies greatly depending on the undead human.
Revenants are monsters
that inherit the knowledge of their previous lives.
There doesn't seem to
be a problem if an ordinary human becomes a Revenant just by meeting the
conditions, but if a powerful human becomes a Revenant, their combat ability
becomes extraordinary.
Looking at the
Revenants who were already in battle stance, I made a rough guess about the
monsters in front of me.
(Each one is... about
as strong as an Elder Lich, I guess?)
Perhaps because I've
been seeing too many monsters lately, I've started to get a sense of their
strength when I look at them.
Although it's a very
rough feeling of whether they're dangerous or not.
I was able to defeat
three Elder Liches with relative ease, so I guess there's no problem in terms
of combat ability... but the problem is that Revenants have the knowledge of
their previous lives.
No matter how I look
at it, they probably fought as a party in their previous lives.
If they fight in
coordination... the situation will quickly turn against me.
"""..."""
The four Revenants
moved without uttering a word.
That was the signal
for the start of the battle.
I decided to make the
battle that started suddenly a so-called throwaway.
This time, I would
focus on gathering information and carefully observing the Revenants' fighting
style.
And if I thought I
could defeat them, I would go for it.
I activated Mjolnir
and Aegis in dual activation.
By the way, I had
already used Accelerate and Quick before opening the gate.
Considering that I can
enter the battle with the buff effects still active... is it possible to enter
after casting magic?
I'll try that next
time.
"--!!"
Even when he saw the
shield and hammer that suddenly appeared next to me, the lightly armored
warrior man didn't stop and came towards me.
His speed was equal to
or greater than mine, who had the buff on.
"Koooh..."
The man lunged in,
taking a deep breath.
His weapons were two
daggers.
He held a reddish
dagger in his right hand and a bluish dagger in his left hand.
Since he was holding
them in both hands, was he a dual-wielder?
The first attack was a
blow from the dagger in his right hand.
I avoided the slashing
blow widely so it wouldn't hit me.
Then, a blow from his
left hand followed, and then a blow from his right hand.
I kept avoiding them,
but each time I avoided them, a new blow was waiting for me on the path of my
evasion.
A blow that emphasized
the number of attacks, not the power.
An ordinary human
would have a gap in their breath, but the opponent was a Revenant.
He didn't pant, and
just mechanically swung his dagger with the technique he had cultivated.
As an amateur, I could
only avoid them by relying on speed and moving widely.
As the man swung his
daggers, he adjusted his movements to match mine, and the daggers began to
graze my body.
The power of each blow
was heavier than I had imagined.
Probably because the
daggers he was using were imbued with some kind of magic.
As I was being turned
sideways, a knight man slipped his sword into my blind spot on my side.
"Aegis!"
I had detected his
approach using my Wind Search and caught the blow with my shield.
And at the same time,
I used Mjolnir to blow away the lightly armored warrior and hit the knight with
another blow.
Surprisingly, the
lightly armored warrior nullified most of the impact by flying backwards at the
moment of impact, and the knight stopped the blow with the shield in his left
hand.
"--!!"
Behind them were the
mage, who had finished preparing magic, and the healer, who had already
activated magic.
Suddenly, the
Revenants' bodies were enveloped in a black aura, and at the same time, wind
magic flew towards me.
I knocked down the
magic with Mjolnir and activated the magic I had prepared with my free hand.
"Chain
Lightning!"
The magic hit the two
rearguards.
I could see their
bodies twitch slightly, and the magic they were preparing to activate
dissipated.
(...I see, stun and
paralysis work on Revenants!)
Basically, the status
ailments of lightning magic are less effective on undead, but it seems that
Revenants are an exception.
As I was looking at
the rearguards, who were clearly paralyzed, I felt an impact on my abdomen.
When I looked, a
throwing knife that the lightly armored warrior had taken out of his pocket was
stuck in my abdomen.
"...It's not that
easy after all."
I thought I could
somehow manage with the brute force of lightning magic, but it wasn't going to
be that easy.
While glancing at the
rearguards, who had already recovered from the shock, I continued to attack and
defend against the knight and the lightly armored warrior.
It seems that the
battle on the eleventh floor is not going to be easy either, just like the
previous ones--.
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