bookrebus Chapter 314: Necromancer
Chapter 314: Necromancer
Chapter 314: Necromancer
"Are we at a disadvantage in numbers...?"
The male Player dressed like an office worker tore off his tie. The veins on his neck pulsed violently, and dark purple spots gradually spread across the skin of his face.
A moment later, he took a dark green crystal ball from his inventory and smashed it hard against the ground.
"Snap!"
With a crisp shattering sound, dozens of human corpses appeared before them.
The Player who had previously summoned Luoxin Fu slowly raised both hands. A dark green, eerie aura seeped from his palms and drilled into the corpses through their mouths and noses.
"Animate Dead."
The dozens of human corpses quickly stood up, pale pupils lifeless and numb faces devoid of thought. Seeing this, Iwanaga Kotoko frowned slightly and bit her silver teeth.
"A Necromancer class, huh... This bunch of guys really does have one disgusting ability after another."
Sakurakawa Rikka looked at the five enemies controlling dozens of zombies and spoke softly.
"What should we do now?"
"Attach your black mist to me."
Asagiri’s tone was flat.
"I’ll kill them all."
"Understood."
Sakurakawa Rikka did not ask further. She simply took a deep breath and closed her eyes. A wisp of black mist emerged from her body and quickly merged into Asagiri’s.
Her exclusive talent was the ability to create black mist. At the current stage, it had two uses.
The first was to attach her consciousness, or soul, to a body condensed from black mist, achieving an effect similar to remotely controlling a clone.
The second was to merge the black mist into another person’s body, just as she had done for Yuuki Asuna in the Mount Massive Asylum Dungeon. By attaching the black mist to a target, she formed a peculiar connection with them.
In this connected state, Sakurakawa Rikka could not move, but all damage received by the target would be transferred to her instead.
Although Sakurakawa Rikka’s ability was powerful, its drawback was just as obvious.
Whether she transferred someone else’s wounds to herself or created black mist, it consumed mental energy and part of her vitality. In other words, every time she used her ability, her physical fitness would decline.
"Then..."
After Sakurakawa Rikka’s black mist merged into his body, Asagiri raised the black gun shaped summoner in his hand, aimed it at his temple, and pulled the trigger.
"Let’s begin."
"Persona, Human Asura!"
While Human Asura charged into the dozens of corpse puppets, Asagiri had already bypassed the corpse horde in an arc. His black figure swept forward like a pitch black scimitar, rushing toward the five Players hiding behind the dead.
"Creak, creak, creak..."
Prototype Mita moved on all fours, advancing rapidly across the dark red lava ground with an eerie, beastlike posture.
Crazy Mita lifted her chainsaw and followed in Human Asura’s wake.
Hat Mita, Short-haired Mita, and Mira, who wielded a tachi, were responsible for protecting Sakurakawa Rikka, who had no combat ability, as well as Iwanaga Kotoko, whose weakness was close quarters combat and who was providing remote support through IBMs and Pale Ghost Hands.
"Four targets, huh..."
Seeing this, the Necromancer Player glanced at his companion. The latter immediately understood and once again used the ability to summon pitch black ghost shadows.
This time, four pitch black ghost shadows appeared directly in front of Iwanaga Kotoko, each holding a rusty short blade and stabbing fiercely toward her slender, snow white neck.
"Slash!"
Mira’s reaction speed was extremely fast. Her movement could barely be seen. One moment, her hand rested on the hilt of her blade. The next, a flash of cold light swept past, directly severing two pitch black ghost shadows.
Hat Mita and Short-haired Mita were no pushovers either.
They did not possess Mira’s exquisite tachi technique, but among all the Mitas, they had the highest strength values, even slightly surpassing Crazy Mita.
The two clenched their fists and hammered the pitch black ghost shadows attempting to assassinate Iwanaga Kotoko straight into the hard lava ground. The air throughout the cave trembled faintly under that terrifying force.
"This guy... is really in the way."
Seeing Crazy Mita and Human Asura begin a one sided slaughter after breaking into the corpse horde, the female Player signaled her summon, Luoxin Fu, to block Prototype Mita approaching from the left.
Just as she turned her gaze to the right, intending to let her teammates deal with Asagiri first, she saw a scene that exceeded her expectations.
Coming from the right was not that black shadow.
It was Prototype Mita, crawling across the ground.
"How is that possible...?"
Before the five Players could shift their gaze again, a loud impact erupted from the left, accompanied by Luoxin Fu’s scream.
When they turned, they saw Luoxin Fu’s body fragments scattering through the air, dark green blood splashing upward.
And that black shadow had already closed in.
"Luoxin Fu was rammed straight through!? No... Impossible..."
"There’s no other way."
Seeing Asagiri approach at astonishing speed, ruthlessness flashed through the Necromancer Player’s eyes.
Immediately afterward, he suddenly pulled out a dark green dagger, stabbed it hard into the back of the female Player’s neck, and activated his ability.
"Animate Dead! Corpse Enhancement!"
The moment the female Player died, she was dragged back up by her teammate’s ability. Her body began to swell violently. Eight furry, disgusting tentacles tore through her skin, and her entire body transformed into a repulsive form, half human and half spider, biting at Asagiri.
"Holy Cross."
The moment she touched the holy light cross condensed in Asagiri’s hand, the female Player, who had become a spider zombie monster, let out a shrill scream.
Large charred marks were burned into the surface of her body by the holy light.
However, even under attribute suppression, the power of Holy Cross was not enough to kill her instantly.
Eight sharp spider legs stabbed toward Asagiri.
In that instant, Asagiri displayed movements far beyond ordinary human imagination. Although the spider monster was extremely fast, he had already flashed behind it before its attack landed.
After bypassing the monster, Asagiri did not hesitate. He rushed straight toward the Necromancer Player, who had successively cast Animate Dead and Corpse Enhancement.
Bypassing the summon to attack the Summoner directly was the most basic tactic.
"Stop him!"
Hearing the Necromancer’s words, the Player with a pair of sharp claws, who had eaten the flesh and blood of some kind of yokai and was clearly a close combat type, immediately blocked the way in front of his teammate.
A dark green, eerie light appeared on his claws, and his gaze locked tightly onto Asagiri.
The other two Players widened the distance and were just about to launch long range attacks at Asagiri when more than a dozen Pale Ghost Hands suddenly appeared, directly interrupting their casting motions and forcing them to dodge and defend.
"Clang!"
The Rope Dart in Asagiri’s hand collided with the enemy’s sharp claws, producing a harsh sound like metal grinding against metal.
"Too slow."
Seeing the opponent’s expression turn increasingly ferocious, Asagiri’s eyes remained calm. He simply clenched his left fist and struck at the man’s abdomen.
"Bang!"
A shocking punch, powerful enough to create a sonic boom, landed.
The clawed Player gave only a muffled groan and did not retreat. Instead, he raised his left claw and stabbed fiercely toward Asagiri’s face.
Asagiri dodged sideways, and the dark gray mask he wore was grazed by the sharp claws, leaving a dented mark.
In that stalemate of less than two seconds, the monster transformed from Luoxin Fu had already attacked from behind.
Asagiri made an immediate decision and chose to retreat a short distance for the time being.
Sharp spider legs grazed his back, but he was not injured. Because he was in a Linked state, Sakurakawa Rikka bore the damage from that attack.
"Interesting. You’re strong. Perhaps you’re the strongest Player squad I’ve encountered so far."
After creating nearly ten meters of distance, Asagiri looked at the expressionless Necromancer and the claw wielding warrior, then spoke softly.
Judging from their performance since the battle began, the Necromancer was the strongest, followed by the claw wielding warrior, and then the two ranged Players who could summon pitch black ghost shadows and use black strands of hair emerging from their bodies to fend off Pale Ghost Hands.
As for the female Player who had summoned Luoxin Fu?
Her strength was the weakest. Otherwise, she would not have been so decisively offered as a Sacrifice by her teammate.
The claw wielding Player’s strength, speed, explosive power, reflexes, and dynamic vision were all on the same level as Asagiri under the Human Asura buff.
Moreover, the opponent was not some novice with empty stats who did not know how to fight. On the contrary, judging from his performance in battle, he was clearly experienced in Player versus Player combat and was not an enemy who could be dealt with easily.
"Interesting? What a reckless fool."
The claw wielding Player was not as expressionless as his Necromancer teammate. He looked at Asagiri standing there, and a disgusting grin appeared on his twisted, ferocious face.
"Instead of courting death here, you’d better obediently hand over the Princess. Perhaps I’ll give you a quick end."
"Good. Very good."
Asagiri nodded.
Before the four Players opposite him could understand what he meant by "very good," they heard his cold voice continue.
"This is the first time someone has dared to put on an act in front of me. It’s quite interesting. And as a reward for making me laugh..."
Having said that, Human Asura vanished from the middle of the corpse horde.
Asagiri’s eyes turned golden, and strange dark red markings appeared across his skin.
"The BOSS has entered the second phase."
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