Apocalypse Monster
Chapter 040: Skeleton Commander
Three days after leaving the Military Base in Malang City. The group of four humans with one animal had traveled quite far, and had arrived in the city of Salatiga, Central Java.
In a journey that was quite tiring and a little rest, they met a lot of monsters and other groups of humans who built a headquarters.
Nathan chose to avoid the problem, so he went through a slight detour.
Natan's level has touched 260, Ayumi and Erina 257, and Vely 160. The level increase of Vely was extremely fast, as all the Skeleton Knights that were commanded, were used to help Vely Anindya in leveling up.
The Skeletons Natan could raise were already 18, with each level being 117, no matter what kind of monster.
Currently they were in one of the terraced houses in the center of Salatiga City. The house whose owner has an interest in antiques, it is based on collections in every corner of the room.
Antiques relics of the past have additional effects such as equipment, but not as good as Dungeon Boss and can not be increased anymore strength. Therefore, Natan chose to sell all the items he found.
"We're going to Cilegon City, and it's likely to take five days if every day goes a hundred kilometers."
Natan gets ready in the early hours to leave after sunrise. He did not need to hold back like before, and used every weapon he had.
Vely who was sitting next to Natan just kept quiet and prepared the equipment he had just bought. Level 160 equipment with high quality units priced from 340 to 400 Gold.
Vely used a brown boot, made of wolf leather, which was almost up to his knee. He also wore a Doctor-like robe, was white and added HP and MP.
"Natan, aren't you sleeping? Let me keep watch."
Natan nodded slowly. "No need, I'm getting used to not sleeping ..." He looked back at Ayumi and Erina who were sleeping soundly in Kuro's stomach. "There are even times when three days and three nights are not sleeping, because you have to be careful."
Natan turned to the left looking back at Vely's eyes. "Did you not get a new job yet?"
"Not yet." Vely shook his head slowly. "I hope to get a Job that can attack from a distance. Indeed the White Mage can attack, but it would be better if there were another long-range Job."
Natan nodded his head, indeed the White Mage was still lacking to augment the attack, despite having a wide area attack.
[Assize]
[Providing unexpected damage with a potential of 75% of STR to all enemies around (10 meters each level)]
[Additional Effect: Restoring own HP and the HP of the closest party member]
[He]
[Give unexpected damage with a potential of 30% of STR to all enemies around (10 meters each level)]
[Additional Effect: Unexpected damage over time by as much as 10% of STR for 30 seconds after skill activation]
[Glow]
[Give unexpected damage with a potential of 50% of STR to all enemies around (10 meters each level)]
"Does Brother want to try using a sniper? I still have one." Natan handed over the usual Sako TRG 42, which has not been revamped.
Natan has three Sako TRGs, two of which already use Mana as ammunition.
Vely paused for a moment staring at the weapon Natan was carrying in both hands, then nodded quickly. "Can!"
Natan smiled faintly, and walked out of the room towards the third-floor balcony. It just so happened that the Moon was glowing brightly, shining all over the city as there were no clouds in the night sky, so monsters not far away could be seen.
"Sister, let's stand in front and hold the weapon properly." Natan patted the balcony fence made of concrete, asking Vely to stand in front of him.
Vely gave a small nod and followed the directions from Natan. He carried the sniper properly, left hand was in front, and right hand held the back, with index finger in front of the trigger.
Natan stood behind Vely with both hands forward, like she was hugging him. He also tucked his head to the right of Vely's head. "Strengthen Brother's grip, make sure Big Brother's breath is calm and regular."
Vely turned his head to the right looking at Natan's face which looked very serious, then lowered his head to hide his reddened face.
"What's wrong? Doesn't my brother want to learn? Why down?"
"In- Quiet!"
Natan tilted her head looking at the astonished Vely who was still downcast. He doesn't know what's really going on. Is Brother scared? That was why he did not dare to raise his head to shoot. Aye! Definitely it!
Natan nodded firmly and snorted loudly, confirming his own thoughts on Vely's current state.
Vely exhaled a long breath and calmed himself back down. Then see the monsters at night through the scope. He could see Goblin-type monsters eating human corpses on the streets, along with other Goblin colleagues.
His mentality was already undisturbed after several times seeing monsters eating human flesh, even more so with Calming the Mind.
Vely pulled the trigger Sako TRG, firing a fast-flowing ordinary bullet. He who shot got back pressure on his shoulder, making him almost fall down and lean on Natan's chest.
Natan secured the weapon Vely was holding first, as his finger was still touching the trigger. Then he used his left hand to hug Vely from behind. "Are you okay?" He asked with a plain look.
Vely looked up at Natan's face. His lips trembled like coldness, his face slowly began to red again. "It's okay!" He pushed Nathan away and ran into the room.
Natan who was left on the third floor balcony could only be speechless with an astonished look of incomprehension. He doesn't feel like he's doing anything wrong, and he should get 'Thank you' for teaching him how to shoot.
Natan raised both his eyebrows and both of his shoulders, then refocused on the rampaging Goblin as the bullet missed. "There are seven Goblins and Goblin Mage, suitable for additional Skeleton Forces. After reaching the maximum level, I don't know if it can raise an animal-type monster."
It only took two minutes for the Skeleton Knight to bring along the Goblin Mage that had lost its limbs.
Without lingering any longer, Natan slashed the two necks of the Goblin Mage in a single swing of the sword.
Various lights were seen when the two Goblin Mages were killed, replaced with Monster Core, Goblin Meat, Goblin Fangs, and Magic Wand Lv.60.
Natan raised his right hand slowly, directing his palm at the place where he monsters were killed. "Rise."
[Successfully Resurrecting the Goblin Skeleton]
[Revitable monsters (18/18)]
The floor in front of Natan trembled slightly and there began to be cracks on its surface, which then saw hands trying to get out of the floor. Until before long, there was a skeleton of two meters tall bones that were not too big, blue eyes lit up like a burning fire.
~Information~
[Name : -]
[Bag : Skeleton]
[Type: Goblin Mage]
[Level: 117]
[HP :34,762]
[MP: 24840]
[[Fire Ball Lv.06] — [Fire Arrow Lv.06] — [Fire Tornado Lv.06] — [Fire Wall Lv.06]
~Information~
[Name : -]
[Bag : Skeleton]
[Type: Goblin Mage]
[Level: 117]
[HP :34,762]
[MP: 24840]
[[Ice Arrow Lv.06] — [Ice Wall Lv.06] — [Ice Chain Lv.06] — [Ice Storm Lv.06]
Natan tilted while looking at the Skeleton Mage's statistical information which was very different from that of a Skeleton Knight. The striking on the HP and MP parts.
The Skeleton Knight had a HP of 69,525 Points, with an MP of 12,420.
"Is it because of the differences in jobs?"
Natan called out to all the Skeleton Knights in hiding, and observed one by one their stats. Although the stat basically uses his stat, but from the skill mastery there are different. Like the Skeleton Knight that he had awakened first, it had the Lv.08 Sword Skill.
"Xifosta. I'll give you Xifostha's name." Natan pointed to the Skeleton Knight who was in front of him, who had the Lv.08 Swim Skill.
Natan sensed the flow of Mana coming out from within his body profusely. Where it moved to the Skeleton Knight.
The Skeleton Knight was wrapped with abundant blue Mana, about one fourth of Mana Natan was used just to give it a name.
That blue mana continued to expand covering the entire body of the Skeleton Knight that had just been given a Name. Slowly, the Mana began to be absorbed into the bones, and faintly began to be seen the armor covering a portion of the skeleton.
A dozen minutes passed, The mana exploded into a blue ring. Because the explosion also resulted in a loud noise that pulled the monsters around, as well as destroying the balcony barrier and the wall next to Natan.
From the center of the explosion, the Skeleton Knight who had previously only carried a sword, had already begun to show a drastic change.
Wearing black clothes with a slight burn mark on the bottom, there were arm, knee and shoulder protectors. Her clothes also showed the ribs and spine, and there was a blue flame mixed with black in the skeleton, to burn into the skull.
Natan who saw this could not hide her shock. He really does not get out of thought of giving a name alone can make drastic changes. Statistics are also increasing.
HP 108150 MP 12420.
"Commander's Keleton?"
Can I upgrade all Skeletons? Then, why did the Skeleton Commander look more like a human? His skeletons were not as big as before, although they were both three meters tall.
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