Chapter 69 - Ch 69 : Pocong!!

" Stop panicking!!!"

Seeing the other girls start to get panicked, Eve had no other way but to calm them down. Currently, their situation was already bad enough, and panicking would certainly not help.

The girls who heard Eve's voice soon also realized their mistake and calmed down. Griefing was no use, and their only option right now was either to continue going forward and try to survive until the dungeon was cleared or clear the dungeon by themself.

Looking for other awakened groups has almost didn't cross their mind. Lawang Sewu Dungeon was so big, and the structure inside was very complicated. Therefore, even the chance of them finding the boss room was treated than to find other awakeners group.

After the girls calmed down, Eve took the initiative and led the group to proceed forward, with the formation of Eve in the front and Ray in the very back. Normally, it would be such bullshit for the lowest level awakener in the group like Ray to be in the very back. However, Eve found that Ray's mental condition was the calmest among the other member of the group decided to ask him whether he was okay to stay at the back, to which Ray, after some time contemplating, eventually agreed.

As soon as they started walking, the group felt like deep darkness had swallowed them, the situation was getting eerier with every time passed, but they knew they must continue going forward.

Door by the door they have passed, and suddenly, when they had just entered another room, they felt like an eye was watching them.

'Heok!'

One of the girls stumbled on her step. She looked at what was in front of them, and her face was completely covered in fear.

"No.. don't come.. don't come closer!!!"

The girls' face was full of horror, and even the others were not so much better.

"We have been told that we would face this type of monster in the dungeon, still watching it with our own eyes surely give a different impression..."

"It looks so scary..."

Even Eve, who was leading in the front, had a trace of horror.

Only Ray was still able to somehow maintain his composure. He had died multiple times in the trial before and seeing a ghost wouldn't give so much impact on him.

As he scanned his surroundings, his eyes collided with that thing. A creepy-looking monster wrapped in a winding sheet. Its eyes were shining red, and Ray could feel death auras surrounding it..

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[ Pocong Lv. 25]

[ an Indonesian ghost that is said to be the soul of a dead person trapped in their shroud]

[ Special skill: Teleportation, Physical attack immunity, Death corrosion, Ally call.]

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Ray and the Pocong glared at each other without any expressions on their face. Their instinct had told them that they were definitely not an ally, and they were prepared for the soon-to-come collisions.

However, when Ray and the pocong were still glaring at each other, the girls had already recovered a bit and started their offensive.

*Swoosh*

A blazing arrow suddenly shot in the direction of the Pocong. And maybe because it was a bit too worried about Ray's presence, it was unable to cope with the trajectory of the blazing arrow and got hit right in its face.

The pocong groaned in pain as half his face was now burning. Even though fire-type was not as effective as holy-type, it still possessed some damage to the Pocong, and it was inevitable that the pocong would feel pain from the attack just now.

The girls' faces brightened as they saw the pocong was hurt by their attack, and they were ready to launch another round of offensive. 

However, just before they were able to launch another attack, the pocong suddenly screamed with all its lungs.

"Kyaaaahhk!!"

It was such an eery scream, and immediately Ray and the girls felt their spine was shivering.

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[ DING!!! Pocong had used Ally call. Another 30 ghost-type monsters would be coming in the host's direction.]

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Shriek and laughter, which looked like they came from hell, filled the entire room.

The girls who had just recovered a bit now turned pale once again. They never thought that their first battle in this Lawang Sewu Dungeon would be like this.

Even Eve, who had reached High commander level, now had her Danger sense screaming like mad. With her power, Eve might be able to survive and defeat the army. Still, she has no confidence whether she would be able to protect the other.

An army of ghost-type monsters would be coming, and they have no good solution for it. In fact, even during the strategic discussion, it was stated that when they were about to face more than 20 ghost-type monsters, the party should immediately retreat and find another way.

The attack of ghost-type was too heinous, and if they were not careful, the party could instantly get wiped out.

The girls' knees weaken as they feel they are about to face their despair. 

However, when they thought this would be their end, a thing that they never expected happened right before their eye.

The one that they thought was the weakest awakener on their group rushed forward, and just with one hit, he had killed the pocong in front of them.

Plop.

The pocong's body fell, and it slowly disintegrated into particles of light.

[ DING!!! Lv 25 Pocong have been defeated. Exp+ 100.]

[ DING!!! It was indicated that the host's DM Level was still too low to break through the next DM Level, and the host currently couldn't receive any more experience. The experience will be converted to DM Currency.]

[ DING!!! Congratulations on getting +10 DM Currency.]

A rush of notification came as Ray defeated the Pocong. Just now, it was only a simple thrust of a basic staff movement from Pentjak Silat skill. Nonetheless, after applying the 4x damage multiplier from the type effectiveness, Ray could easily one-shot the pocong.

The scene just now truly surprised the four girls. Just when they thought there was no hope, Ray came and defeated the enemy in one blow, somehow giving them hope to continue moving forward.

" What are you guys doing? Stay focused; we have a big battle on hand!"

Ray's words were not that loud, but under the charm of a hero saving the princess, the three girls immediately felt motivated once more, and Even Eve now started to see Ray in a different light.

" Yeah!"

The girls who had calmed down shouted in unison, and now their eyes were full of determination to win the battle.

" Enemy attack, dodge!"

All of a sudden, Eve with the B-rank danger sense screamed, and at the same time, three blood arrows were fired, each at the three girls.

Still, because of Eve's warning, the girls were conscious of the attack and could somehow dodge the three arrows.

" Over there!"

Just like how Eve could perceive the direction of the arrow with her danger sense, Ray could also detect the presence of the hostile force.

The moment the three girls successfully dodged the blood arrow, a stone projectile imbued with holy light was also launched in the direction of the enemy.

*Swoosh*

BAMMM!!!!

With the power of hawkeye, Ray could see that the attack just now had directly hit the enemy, blowing its head in one shot.

[ DING!!! Lv 25 Pocong have been defeated. DM+ 10.]

A notification came into Ray. However, there was no trace of joy on his face.

The cheap surprise attack that the enemies launched just now had somehow reminded him about his many life and death experience before he gained the DM System, and it had made his blood boil.

Ray's face was fully calm. However, his eyes were definitely not laughing.

His killing intent surged, and without wasting any more time, Ray decided to rush at the enemies.

Completely ignoring the warning of the other group members, Ray poured 10 points each on agility, dex and sense, and entered the middle of the ghost-type monster army.

His eyes swiped the enemy as his hand didn't stop to move, thrusting the long slingshot in his hand at the enemy or swiping it to deal AOE damage.

Kakakakakakak!

One of the ghost-type monsters who has the form of a woman in white clothing swung its sharp claw towards Ray like a streak of lightning.

Swish-!!

However, the attack only swiped at the empty air, as Ray easily dodged it by jumping into the air.

[ Kuntilanak Lv. 25]

[ An astral spirit of a pregnant woman who died during Indonesian war]

[ Special skill: Dark claw, Physical attack immunity, Death corrosion, Nightmare blow.]

' A female astral spirit huh, I'll set you free from all your suffering.'

Ray was already above the Kuntilanak's head. His movement just now was so fast and didn't look like the movement of a level 20 awakener, completely making the Kuntilanak unable to respond.

' Sky swallowing thrust!' {Translate: Normal flying thrust}

Before the Kuntilanak could lift its head up, Ray's thrust with all his might had come right in the middle of the monster's forehead.

Kaboom!!

An explosion occurred as Ray severed the body of Kuntilanak into two separate parts.

Light glowed from her body and slowly dissipated, however, when the last particle of light was about to disappear, Ray could somehow hear the word "thank you" in his ear.

[ DING!!! Lv 25 Kuntilanak have been defeated. DM+ 10.]

A new notification came, but this time, Ray asked the system to turn the notification off.

He would be entering a big battle, and he didn't want to be distracted even for a moment.