From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead

Chapter 49: Becoming a “Usurper” (6000 words, please follow up)
【mission completed!Obtained the achievement "Lucky One (Elementary)"]

[Remarks: Luck value increased by 300% - greater probability of extraordinary performance/emerging wisdom out of desperation/correct intuition]

This thing is...part of the function is similar to increasing the critical hit rate?
Roja touched his chin. He didn't play many games, so he didn't know if this was the right understanding.

But is "intuition correct" a bit mysterious?
You can’t take the test, but you can get everything right?

In short, it can be seen from this description that the luck value is only related to the exertion of one's own original ability, and will not add mechanical deity-like external assistance.

Since your intuition has been increased, let’s give it a try.

We can't go back to the Dragon's Nest for the time being. Guess which direction we go to, we can find a safe and hidden place.

Roja picked up a wooden root, stood it on the ground, and then let go.

The fairy guides the way!

"Bah."

The wooden stick fell to the right...

——But I think we should go to the left.

Roya walked to the left.

……

On the other side, the battle between the mercenaries and the bull-headed monster is about to decide the winner.

Three mercenary captains of the Eagle Group, the elf Finn and the Amazon female warrior sisters, hunted a Minotaur together.

However, in fact,

Finn and [Angry Snake-Kybar] are all on guard, and the only one who is really wrestling with the Minotaur is [Great Severing-Oliba].

"Moo-"

The Minotaur's eyes were red, white mist was spitting out from its mouth and nose, and it bared its white front teeth and let out a low roar.

Veins popped up all over its body, its slender tail was as tight as a bamboo pole, and it had completely entered a terrifying and violent state.

In front of it was an Amazon woman whose height only reached its belly.

"Moo!!!"

The Minotaur howled angrily, swung out its thick arm, and hit Oliba hard on the head!
"Boom!"

A punch strong enough to shatter a steel shield hit his head, making a muffled sound.

Suffering such a blow, the female warrior's head suddenly tilted, as if her neck was broken.

But the next second he turned around with a grin.

"Ho ho ho ho!!"

With a beast-like roar, Olipa suddenly punched back and hit the Minotaur in the abdomen!

"boom!"

The Minotaur's abdominal muscles dented instantly, and he was even knocked out by a wave of air!
"Pfft! Uh-"

Transparent liquid spurted out from the Minotaur's mouth, its body swayed, and it collapsed.

It lay on the ground trembling slightly, its belly was covered with clear fist marks, and it had lost its fighting ability.

Although the female warrior was victorious, she still lowered her head and panted violently, suffering from serious physical loss.

Her slender and toned body was covered with bruises and bruises from being beaten, as well as horrific scars from the horns piercing her bones.

From the beginning to the end, she and the Minotaur did not defend or dodge at all, and attacked each other crazily more than 80 times.

In fact, under normal circumstances, the Minotaur's power, especially defense, would be better than hers.

But "the more injured you are, the stronger your strength will be, and every time you are close to death, you will hit the upper limit of your strength" - this is the unique talent of [Big Cut-Oliba].

It is rare to encounter an opponent's prey, which is why the two companions next to him tacitly agreed not to interfere.

In addition, the Minotaur did consume too much energy in the process of chasing Roja, so in the end it was the female warrior who lasted until the end.

It is said that the Amazons have the blood of the God of War flowing through them.

No matter what race they combine with, they will only give birth to pure-blooded Amazon women, so they need to plunder men of other races to reproduce their offspring.

This kind of physique is naturally extraordinary, and it is difficult for ordinary pure-blooded humans to compare with their bodies.

"Okay, that's it."

Finn stepped forward and put a palm on the seriously injured female warrior's shoulder.

He chanted the incantation, and a rich golden light poured out from his palm.

Oliba's whole body was bathed in a pale golden light, and the wounds on her body began to heal quickly.

After a few minutes, all her wounds stopped bleeding and shrank to a gap.

The remaining non-fatal injuries can be fully recovered within a few days by relying on the female warrior's own physical fitness.

"Hehe, I feel like I can have another fight with Wolf when I go back!" Olipa put on her blouse and showed a faint smile.

"You haven't recovered your strength yet, and you won't even be able to catch her tail."

"Okay, it's time to deal with the prey as soon as possible."

The elf pulled out the enchanted sword from his waist,
"If I want to break the throat of this monster, I have to strike with my sword several times. I'm afraid only Wolf's physique can compare with this monster..."

Although the Minotaur was exhausted, it still took a lot of trouble to slit its throat and bleed it.

"call--"

Suddenly, the breeze blew, bringing with it a cold breath.

The expressions of the three mercenaries all changed, and they turned to look at the entrance of the valley.

The aura of the visitor was so strong that even they could feel the hair on their hair stand on end. It must be an extremely powerful undead spirit.

In the gray fog, a figure floating in the air gradually emerged, becoming increasingly clear.

After a few breaths, a skeleton mage floating in the air appeared in strange clothes.

It wears an exaggerated colorful jeweled crown, a black star-striped robe, and two red pointed clown boots.

The body floated two meters above the ground, watching several people quietly from a distance of dozens of meters, without seeming to intend to initiate an attack.

But in fact, gestures and incantations are not necessarily required for a powerful mage to prepare spells.

Therefore, all three mercenaries looked nervous and highly alert.

Finn's face was extremely solemn and he said in a deep voice: "The skeleton mage wearing the crown... is the Clown King who ranks second among the twelve heroic spirits."

According to the information collected by the Eagle Group about the Mountains of the Dead in the past few decades:
There are twelve extremely powerful high-level monsters under General Skeleton, who are called the Twelve Heroic Spirit Commanders.

All of them were top masters or monsters above the mercenary captain level during their lifetime, and they retained most of their martial arts and magic abilities.

General Skeleton divided and ranked them according to ancient military ranks, and divided them into six senior ranks and six minor ranks.

It is said that the undead occupying junior positions have been hunted down for hundreds of years and replaced by subsequent undead.

But the six heroes with the highest rank have never changed because of their overwhelming strength.

Over the past few hundred years, each of the top rankers has accumulated great strength in a lifespan that far exceeds that of normal humans, and has killed countless top mercenary masters.

The skeleton mage "Clown King" in front of them was the second most powerful, so one can imagine the pressure it put on Finn and the others.

Suddenly, the Clown King raised his left hand, which was only a bone. There were gemstone rings of different colors on each of the five fingers.

One of the black rings lit up, and a staccato, hoarse and deep male voice suddenly came out:
"This Minotaur... has been spotted by General Skeleton... and will become one of the new twelve heroic spirits... and you guys... are not qualified... so... get out of here!"

"you!"

The grumpy Oliba took a step forward and stared hard at the monster in front of her, almost unable to help but want to take action.

Finn was so frightened that he quickly grabbed her, "Wait!"

However, the next second, the skeleton mage waved his hand gently,

Their bodies were surrounded by a ball of black light, and they lifted off the ground and floated out of thin air.

Several people kept struggling in fear, but their limbs were all unable to move!
Gravity Magic!

A spell that is more difficult to master than most forbidden spells, the nemesis of purely physical warriors!

Perhaps only the undead with endless lifespan can spend hundreds of years learning.

It only lasted a few seconds, and the black light disappeared, and Finn and the others fell to the ground again.

Although they were all fine, they were all frightened.

Finn, the only one of the three who mastered magic, had cold sweat on his forehead and comforted his companions by saying:

"Don't be afraid, it's just a bluff. The level just now was probably his limit... But today is not the time to decide the outcome with him, let's retreat!"

He blew his whistle hard, and the giant white eagle floating in the sky came down.

The few people ignored the Minotaur on the ground and left on the giant eagle without looking back.

After a few mercenaries left, the Minotaur lying on the ground regained some strength and got up again.

Facing the mysterious and powerful Skeleton Mage, it showed no fear at all. Instead, it let out an angry roar again and charged forward with steps.

"boom!"

The Minotaur's heavy fist hit a transparent shield in front of the Clown Emperor, causing it to be instantly covered with cracks.

"Sure enough... the floor master... is physically so frighteningly strong..."

The Minotaur struck hard one after another, causing more and more cracks on the shield.
But it was still unable to be completely shattered. Instead, the shield seemed to become stronger and harder as it was broken into pieces. The cracks even cut the skin on its fist.

"It's time...to invite the General over..."

The skeleton mage floated backwards, powerful energy fluctuations gushing out from his body.

On one side of it, a teleportation gate more than ten meters high slowly opened, with a black vortex surging.

A few seconds later, first a huge and ferocious dragon head poked out, letting out a long and loud cry.

"hold head high--"

"..."

As soon as the Minotaur heard the roar of the dragon, he immediately stopped his angry attack and stepped back in fear.

Then what emerged from the portal was a huge front paw covered with gray scales, a broad back, wings, hind limbs...

A zombie dragon as big as a hill, with gray scales all over its body and a ferocious face, slowly walked out of the portal with heavy steps.

On the towering back of the giant dragon, there is a steel throne made of countless iron swords.

A tall figure covered in gray-black armor and exuding a strong aura of death was sitting on the steel throne.

The strongest monster in the Undead Mountains—Skeleton General!
The skeleton mage in black robes was already kneeling on the ground silently, welcoming the arrival of his master.

But the Minotaur no longer had any madness or fighting spirit, and its whole body was trembling and retreating continuously.
Finally, with a "pop" sound, he fell down on all fours and fell heavily on the ground.At this time, the figure sitting on the throne on the dragon's back slowly spoke: "Minotaur, military rank - first major!"

The one with less title is second only to the one with the highest title, ranking first among the monsters with less title!

After saying that, he condensed an ice crystal spear exuding black mist in his hand and threw it downwards with force.

"puff!"

A black stream of light flashed, and the ice crystal spear pierced the Minotaur's heart from behind, and then penetrated out from the chest!

"Moo!!!"

The Minotaur vomited out a large amount of black blood, and only had time to let out a tragic cry before lying motionless on the ground, lifeless.

Of course, General Skeleton's men will not be alive, so the moment it is spotted, it is destined to die.

After a few seconds, the ice crystal spear turned into a burst of black energy and disappeared without a trace.

And the Minotaur, who was completely dead, suddenly raised his head, stood up from the ground again, beat his chest and roared!
"Moo—!!"

At this time, this powerful monster has completely transformed into a zombie. Its strength and defense are not reduced, and its vitality and endurance become even stronger!

General Skeleton said again: "Give me a weapon, the battle ax of the Dwarf King - Chixel!"

"boom!"

A huge double-sided black battle ax spun and landed in front of the Minotaur, smashing deeply into the ground.

"Moo!!"

The Minotaur let out a wild roar, picked up the extremely heavy weapon with one hand, and swept it hard against the rock wall beside it.

The extremely sharp ax blade was like cutting into tofu, easily leaving slender carvings on the hard rock wall that resembled a sword slash.

The almost tireless undead body, coupled with this weapon, makes the Minotaur more dangerous than it was in life!
General Skeleton nodded,

Then, he picked up a black horn next to him, put it to his mouth and blew it hard!
"Woooooo-"

The sound of the low horn was not loud, but it spread far away, and the sound slowly spread towards the entire Mountain of the Undead.

And all the dead souls who hear the sound of the trumpet,
No matter how powerful the existence is, bipedal bone dragon, carrion giant, bone demon, ghost wizard, vampire knight, death knight, black warrior...

Even the two sides who were fighting desperately stopped and began to walk quickly towards the valley where General Skeleton was!

Soon, the largest number of skeletal monsters gathered into a vast white army.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

The steps of the skeletons gradually became unified, and the sound of neat and huge footsteps shook the mountains and forests.

At this moment, the military parade in the Undead Mountains began.

……

And on the other side,
The battle between Roya and a monster is coming to an end.

Speaking of which, what he originally wanted was to find a safe and secluded place.

But after walking to the left based on his intuition, he happened to break into the territory of a bipedal bone dragon!

The moose was sleeping, and he had lost all the bones of the hundred-armed giant, so he had to fight alone.

"Roar--"

The bone dragon roared, and its slender body circled around the trees.

Its territory was originally an open space under a cliff, which was very convenient for movement.

But when chasing Roja, he was led into a dense mountain forest, and the movement and attack of his more than ten-meter-long body were very restricted.

Not to mention the broad wings, which have been completely shrunk by it.

"Hush-hush-"

This is the sound of spider silk shooting,
Thin spider threads continuously shot out from the gaps in the armor on Roja's arms, legs, and waist, and stuck to the surrounding trees.

He used these spider silks to swing quickly through the forest, like a big flying white spider.
With the support of extremely strong bones and powerful strength, the speed was so fast that it turned into an afterimage.

Roja did not launch an attack rashly. The undead's key point was the head, and attacking other places would have limited effect.
So he must look at the right moment and strike with a fatal blow!
"boom!"

The bone dragon closed its big mouth, but did not bite Roja. It only bit a thick branch. The powerful bite force directly cut off the thigh-thick branch!

"Snapped!"

It twisted its body and whipped its slender tail into the air to create a sonic boom, which was astonishingly powerful!
But Roja's reaction was obviously faster and his movement speed was superior. All the attacks of Bone Dragon could not even hit his shadow.

"Roar--"

Finally, the energy in the bone dragon's chest surged, and it opened its big mouth and spit out a blue flame breath.

It's now!

This thing will slow down when it is almost finished in one breath!
Roja saw the right moment and jumped up from the tree trunk, avoiding the blazing fire wave.

He suddenly landed on the top of the bone dragon's head, and the shining blue comet in his hand suddenly stabbed out, piercing the hard head with one shot!

"Gaba!"

Phew—the battle is over!
Luo Ya landed firmly on the ground, turned the gun barrel a few times at random, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Roar--!!"

Behind him, the bone dragon roared for the last time, and its huge body collapsed, hitting the ground heavily, stirring up a lot of dust.

Different from the first time I met the Bone Dragon,
At that time, Roya could only escape in embarrassment on a moose, and then defeated the Hundred-Armed Giant.
But in less than ten days, through the attribute rewards of B-level missions and continuous marksmanship practice,
His basic attributes have been greatly improved, and he has also mastered a more powerful spear-killing move.

After a battle that was not suspenseful, the Bone Dragon was successfully killed without any injuries.

Moreover, maybe it is really affected by luck,
He felt that his performance in the battle just now was extremely stable, without any mistakes.
Even when he dodged a few times, he felt like he had a sudden flash of inspiration. With divine help, it would be an extraordinary performance that would be difficult to replicate.

Roja happily put the bones of the bone dragon into the storage space, making up for some of the previous losses.

at this time,

"Woooooo-"

He heard a low blast from a trumpet.

The sound of the horn was not loud, nor did it sound like it came from a very far away place. It was as clear as if it was in my ears.

what is this……

Luo Ya suddenly felt confused and unconsciously moved his legs forward in one direction.

wrong!

Where am I going? !
He suddenly woke up for a moment and understood that there was something wrong with this demonic horn sound.

However, he only woke up for a moment, and his spirit quickly fell into chaos again.

It was as if there was an irresistible force that forcibly pounded his thinking into paste and molded it into a new shape.

Damn it!Is this a spell?
I must not go there!

I immediately realized that I had encountered an unknown crisis,
Taking advantage of another moment of awakening, Roja controlled countless flexible spider silks to spray out from the gaps in his armor, and then suddenly spun around, wrapping his body around and around with the spider silks, tying him tightly.

Don't worry about this,
He fired another circle of bone piles under his feet, and the top of his head and feet were also sealed with horizontally growing bone piles, shutting himself in tightly.

It is both a cage and a protection.

Before completely losing consciousness, Roja thought that it was lucky that the skeleton moose was not outside, otherwise he might not be able to escape the fate of being controlled by the sound of the horn.

After an unknown amount of time, Roja woke up.

Based on the remaining cooling time of "Landscape Change", he learned that only about 10 minutes had passed since he lost consciousness.

The low sound of the horn still echoed in the mountains and forests, but he seemed to be completely unaffected.

Roja first rubbed the side of his body hard against the bone pile, then used the spikes on the bone armor to cut the spider silk and free his limbs.

Then he stretched out his hand to summon the cursed gun that had been thrown aside, used the thunder beam gun to blast open the bone pile cage, and walked out.

In the end what happened?
Roja heard the faint sound of neat footsteps in the distance, and he looked in surprise.
I saw countless undead monsters walking out of their own territories and gathering together to form an army of neat steps.

The blue soul fire emerging from the eye sockets is like a faint spark from a distance, gathering into a luminous galaxy!

How many are there?have no idea.

But it must be far beyond the speculation and imagination of ordinary villagers in Border Town such as Yule!
No wonder the mercenaries are coming one after another. The magic stones from all the monsters here can fill up a huge treasure house!

Through the aura vision, Roja saw that the undead among them were as powerful as himself, and there were many of them!
There are even a few undead, and the terrifying breath of death reaches the sky, which can be compared with monsters like the Minotaur!

But now these violent and terrifying monsters,

They all gathered together like a pilgrimage to meet their gods.

Roja thought of the most likely answer,

...Skeleton General?
At this moment, several illusory passages of text appeared in front of us:
[General Skeleton is activating the ability of "Command" to review his army]

command?

So this is the command?
Roja couldn't help but think of an option he saw when he fused the magic stone for the armor for the second time:

Command 500 monsters weaker than yourself.

My upper limit at that time was only 500, but what was the number of the army in front of me?
The two are literally the difference between a domestic cat and a tiger.

[Through command, General Skeleton can forcibly brainwash monsters that are weaker than himself, making them obey from the bottom of their hearts]

[But your will to resist hidden deep in your soul has won you a glimmer of sanity!And take timely measures to avoid the fate of being enslaved! 】

[You have activated the hidden attribute "royal power" of the Ring of King Power! 】

[Remarks: Immune to all thoughts distortion, possession control, forced contract, mental intimidation, bewitchment, charm, confusion, suggestion, madness and other abilities]

Kingship?

Roja looked down at the ring on his hand, and it seemed that nothing had changed.

It just seems that the connection with my own deep spirituality is closer, as if water and milk are in harmony.

It seems that the reason why I am not affected by the horn sound now is thanks to the effect of this equipment.

The Ring of Royalty?

Because he is a king, can’t he be brainwashed, beguiled and manipulated?
At this time, a few more lines of text appeared in front of us:

[You resisted the rule of the Skeleton General, who was far more powerful than you, and obtained the achievement "Usurper (Elementary)"! 】

[Remarks: Whenever you kill an enemy who qualifies as a "ruler", there is a chance to usurp an ability/knowledge/skill from him. This probability is affected by the difference in strength and status between the two parties and the identity of the enemy]

……

　A big chapter of 6000 words, today’s updates are all collected here.

　　Also thanks to "K2 Metallic Paint" and "psycho" for their tips.

　　In addition, the author did not have the conditions to play games when he was a child. His understanding of Western fantasy elements basically comes from ancient fantasy online books more than ten years ago and current Japanese comics with different world themes. Therefore, some worldviews/race settings are mixed and may be inconsistent with DNF. There is a slight deviation from the settings in DND games.
　　
　
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