Chapter 533 Dungeon Lich
The Dungeon Lich turned and glared at us, the light in those empty, dark sockets where its eyes should be shining menacingly.
It waved its arms in the air and several skeletal arms popped out of the ground, its skeletal summons standing protectively in between us and the Lich.
The skeletons were also wielding a variety of weapons, though I suppose a good thing was the fact that they were not an organised team but just basically a mob of monsters.
The skeletal mob started shambling their way towards us where our lone leader stood facing against the horde with a determined stance.
Behind him was Eita and myself, acting as his support against the skeletons.
The first skeleton that reached him wielded a greataxe, the undead monster raising it above its head to try and smash it down on top of the swordsman.
Riklan nimbly sidestepped out of the way and avoided the sluggish strike, responding to the attack with a slash to the skeleton's head with his blade.
There was a loud 'crunch' as the force of the blow was enough to shatter a part of the skeleton's skull and dislodge the head from the spine, the rest of the skeleton crumbling into a pile of bones shortly after that.
The next skeleton was quick to take its place, this one wielding a sword and shield.
It tried to raise its shield in an attempt to bash the swordsman but Riklan attacked it first with a shoulder bash instead, sending the skeleton stumbling back clumsily and crashing into its comrades.
He then quickly ducked as a skeleton archer attempted to shoot him with an arrow, the projectile barely missing him by mere inches before another skeleton got into melee range.
This one was wielding a longsword and was trying to slice at Riklan with a slash from the side.
Riklan rotated his grip on his sword quickly and parried the blow away. Then, in a single smooth motion after the parry, he rammed the pommel of his sword into the skeleton's unprotected spine below its ribcage, shattering it into pieces and breaking the skeleton into half.
Hmm... Even though there's a lot of them, the skeletons seem to be quite stupid and brittle. I guess as long as we can keep away from getting hit by their weapons, we can smash them quite easily. You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin
Now the mob was starting to congregate in front of him, forcing him to take a step back.
Just as three skeletons were about to descend upon him, an icicle shard flew out from Eita's hands and shattered the skull of the one on his right.
The projectile did not stop there as it continued its path to impale itself in the head of the skeleton archer, similarly destroying it as well.
Riklan then swung his sword with both hands in a wide arc, smashing both the skeletons in front of him in the head and leaving them as nothing but piles of bones.
Before the buff ran out, he charged forward and smashed his shoulder into another skeleton, the force enough to send it flying into the air and crash down in the throng of skeletons behind it.
Two skeletons had slashed at him with their swords, one of the blades bouncing off his armour harmlessly but the other managing to score a hit on his arm.
Riklan then swung his sword in a backswing, decimating another six skeletons including the two that stood in his path.
I switched off the buff and changed back to healing him, returning his body back to perfect health.
Kaelin attempted another sneak attack from the back at the Lich, his twin swords slashing out at the Lich's back.
Unfortunately, the Lich seemed to have grown a little smarter and intercepted his blow with a shield of earth that blocked his slashes.
It then shot a small fireball that exploded in Kaelin's abdomen, sending the poor rogue flying back.
Fortunately, I managed to get his heal off in time so most of the damage should already be reversed even while he was sent flying through the air.
He managed to recover enough to flip himself in midair and land on his feet, the front of his armour a little burnt but otherwise still fine.
I switched back to buffing Riklan again as Eita had to chug another mana potion, allowing him to cleave through another group of skeletons before he needed to retreat and let Eita bombard them with an AOE ice spell.
Kaelin slinked back into the shadows, attempting to find another chance to strike at the Lich from behind.
But surprisingly, Riklan shouted at me, "Aster! Buff me again!"
I did as he asked and his body glowed to show the successful activation of the spell.
He then further baffled Eita and I by leaping over the heads of the skeleton horde to land in front of the Lich, the monster having turned his back on us to look in the direction of where Kaelin had been.
The swordsman let out a roar and brought his sword down in an overhead slash, the Lich only managing to turn his head back halfway before the blade smashed down on top of it.
The floor boss let out a screech before the blade completely cut through its skull and even also its robes like it was made of paper.
There was a moment of silence before the boss monster fell down on the ground and the rest of its skeletal summons followed suit, leaving nothing but piles of bones that slowly disintegrated into dust.
Ermm... Well... I have to say... That was actually easier than I thought... I didn't think Riklan would rush in like that.
But hey, we won, so that's all that matters, right?
Now, dibs on the monster materials!