Chapter 20: Breakthrough Quest (4)
<Beginning breakthrough quest>
<You have been transported to 'The Furthest Grave'>
<Objective: Survive for 10 minutes>
The Furthest Grave looked like a normal graveyard in the middle of the woods. It was obviously night time, and Lennon was currently looking around, trying to identify the legend. But he already had a bad feeling, the name implied that there would be undeads, and there weren't many undead legends he knew of.
"Kekekeke"
He heard an eerie laugh, and realised his precognition had come true. High in the sky, a great lich was looking down at Lennon. They were the elites amongst liches, able to command thousands of undeads. However, they weren't powerful enough to be considered a legend or a myth. It meant that since it had appeared here, it had probably raised a corpse of a legend.
Such events are rare, but very rarely legends could die. Though they live for quite a long time, they can die to old age or by fighting another legend. Then, a necromancer such as the lich could come along and raise the corpse, resulting in them acquiring a powerful minion.
"Kekeke, what a foolish human, wondering into my domain without care"
The lich was obviously underestimating him, but Lennon was definitely not going to underestimate the lich. Liches, even without a legend under them, were powerful monsters capable of destroying armies.
"Why don't you come down here and fight like a real man?"
"Kekek, I'm not as foolish as you are human. But don't worry, I'll put your corpse to good use"
The lich said as a couple of skeletons climbed up from the ground, encircling and slowly approaching Lennon. They were the lowest tier of undead, and the lich was underestimating Lennon way too much. The skeletons were immediately smashed apart by a book. The lich seemed impressed.
"Not bad, kekeke, looks like you'll be useful"
As soon as he said that, an arrow was shot straight for his head. The arrow was easily dodged, but it quickly changed direction and headed once again for the lich. Then, it was blocked and crushed by a summon.
'A death knight'
A death knight, a classic undead which appears in most VRMMORPGs. They are considered elites among the undead, and have powerful strength along with regenerative abilities. As for the arrow, Lennon had been thinking about his fighting style and figured that he lacked long-range capabilities. His skills were suited solely for close range combat, and he needed to cover his weakness, which is where the bow came in.
<Clover Bow>
- Made using elven wood, it is a bow even the elves would treasure
- Grants +4 Strength while equipped
- Arrows shot from this bow will always hit the target
It was quite a good bow, though the arrows can obviously always be blocked or deflected.
"Kekeke, finish him death knight."
The death knight wasn't an easy opponent, but it was much easier than fighting a legend. Fortunately for Lennon, the lich was dumb and didn't send all his summons at him at once. Of course, the lich also had to worry about his MP getting drained.
<Untold Chronicles>
Lennon activated his buff as he blocked a hit from the death knight's sword, then swung at it using his whip greatsword. It managed to penetrate its armour, but did not do a lot of damage.
<A miraculous stroke of luck has struck!>
Suddenly, the death knight's sword shattered into pieces. Although it was dead, it was clearly surprised, so was the lich, so was Lennon. But Lennon didn't falter, he used this opportunity to quickly eliminate the death knight.
"Human, it seems like I may have underestimated you, don't expect a painless death"
The lich had stopped playing around, it wasn't laughing anymore either. It descended onto one of the graves, most likely because flying took too much MP.
"Fenrir!"
A big, black wolf rose from the ground, it had no pupils and bits of skin was missing.
"End him"
The wolf charged towards Lennon, who only just had enough time to activate his skill.
<Untold Chronicles>
Even with the extra defence and agility it gave him, he was unable to dodge the attack and knocked back into a tree.
<You have taken 330 damage!>
<Your HP has fallen below 50%, your reaction speed lowers>
'Shit'
<A miraculous stroke of luck has struck!>
The undead Fenrir suddenly got one of its feet stuck inside of a hole, while the situation was extremely bizarre, Lennon couldn't let this opportunity go. The almighty Fenrir, a legendary wolf from myths, was currently getting smashed by a book. Of course, it fought back but Lennon clearly had the upper hand.
'Shit, that's not what I should be focused on'
In the middle of giving the Fenrir a beating, Lennon realised he should be taking down the great lich instead. The great lich was currently hiding somewhere, and clearly exhausted. After all, summoning a legend takes a great amount of magic power as legends are much stronger than liches.
'Is he dead yet? He should be, there's no way he could beat Fenrir'
"Found you"
The lich looked to where the voice came from, but instead found a book rushing towards his face.
"Summo-"
The lich didn't have time to speak as his skull was smashed, but obviously it wasn't enough.
<Summon undead>
The Fenrir had managed to escape the hole exactly after five minutes, and another pair of death knights also joined the fray.
'His MP must be running low, I need to draw this out longer in order to win'
<You have survived for ten minutes, you are now able to withdraw from the dungeon>
Lennon obviously wasn't about to withdraw, with his luck, it should be possible to beat the lich, who was clearly panicking.
'Why hasn't the human died yet?
The lich watched on from afar as Lennon battled the Fenrir and the death knights at once, but the situation was somehow in Lennon's favour.
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