Chapter 55: Trial of the Undead

Chapter 55: Trial of the Undead

Now that my skeleton is a little bit better than before, even when he falls, he doesn't get killed. He just gets up and follows me. Of course, I try to not make his path difficult, like jumping across the river of garbage. I am sure that if I do that, he will just walk right in and get killed. I can't risk that. So I wait for twenty minutes to get enough mana to curse a group of soldiers. Their deaths need to be done by the hand of my loyal undead. After I manage to create a real group of skeletons, I am sure they will be capable of hunting those soldiers. But I need time for that, like for everything. Oslo, where is the nearest group of humans?

(No, not the nearest. I have a group a little bit farther but you will like it more. Because the closest is accompanied by a priest. You probably don't want that. Instead, I get ten guards alone. It's better, right?)

You are right. I choose the ten-man group. I have not a single intention to defy the priests, especially since I need my skeleton to survive. So I quickly reach those slow humans, while making sure that my undead is not dying on the way. I hope, I really hope, that at the level three their intelligence will grow. Like the elites in the lich temple. They were organized, they had a plan, a good way to fight the enemy. I only have a mindless servant. And he just falls again. But at least, I know he is resistant. In half an hour, he has touched the ground four times. Well, I have to say, the ground is really uneven, it's full of garbage.

"Can we just stay here, under this grid, and say that we participated?"

"Roger is right, I mean it is not our job to hunt monsters like ratmen. And apparently, they are at least two, a plague master and an assassin. I don't want to meet them."

"Yeah, my poor mom was his victim, she died horribly. She had turned black, and every time I touched her, a part of her body was destroyed. I don't want to end like this."

"Shouldn't you be angry about this?"

"No, I value my life more, I have still 3 kids and my wife to feed. And the bounty they offered is a death trap, of course for those adventurers, it is possible that they really capture one of the two ratmen. But for us, the guard? We will just be slaughtered." New novel chapters are published on

"Agree, let's just stay under this grid and wait for the night. It should come soon. That way, we have the additional pay for getting in the sewers and we survive."

"Yeah, the sewers are so big, what are the odds to really meet one of the monsters."

"Why did you say that; you know very well that it's stupid. You jinxed us. Shut up Roger, next time don't even talk."

"What? A lone guard, what is he doing alone? Where is his unit?"

"Hey, what's up, man?"

"Look, he is closing his fist. What does this mean?"

"That probably means shut up. But why does he do that?"

"Now he is pointing something, I can't see A LEG!"

"WHERE? THERE IS BLOOD ON IT!!!"

"That's why he wanted us to shut up. Someone died nearby. Get in formation. Fellow guard, join us. The more we are, the safer we are. What's your name by the way?"

"He is probably terrified, all alone in those dark corridors and seeing his first death, look at him shaking."

"Pal, you okay? Do you nee"

He never finished his sentence. It was the closest guard and the moment he lightly touched the shoulder of the skeleton, his life ended. My servant did a great job. He singles slash, cutting his head. Right after, he pierces the neck of the soldier behind his first victim. They are not reacting at all. Some are still watching behind them, looking for the ratmen. Only after hearing fighting noises do they turn. But it's too late, the third and fourth guard are lying on the ground. Their slow reactions barely manage to save two guards, the fifth getting kicked in the chest by the skeleton and then executed. He is even improving. I did order him to kill them efficiently. I need to remember to say that in the future fights.

The last two guards are defending and counter-attacking, but they are far too slow. They are even shaking in fear. My skeleton quickly bashes one with his shield, and then let go of his sword to grab the head of the other. He inserts his fingers into the eyes of the guard, who begins to scream. After that, he retrieves his sword and achieves him. The only survivor just has the time to get back on his feet before seeing a body fall on him. Stuck under it, the last thing he probably sees is a sword falling on him. He doesn't gain a level, but I am certain that his intelligence is progressing.