Chapter: 398

“Only cut it once. I don’t want it dead… Not yet anyway.” The skeleton then sped off into the room – its target was the half-bred abomination.

The creature, despite only taking one damage, began to squeal incessantly.

Jay waited and waited as he suffered through the mind-numbing squeals. It seemed that this was taking forever – he slowly got frustrated.

Jay walked slowly to the passageway, ignoring the shrill screeching coming from the next room as he stared into the tunnel for a moment.

“Where the hell are you…”

Suddenly, Jay’s shield lightly squeezed his arm. He looked down at it, eyes bulging for a moment as he realised it had seen something in the darkness.

Immediately, he rushed behind the pillar while mentally commanding his skeletons to get into position and hide.

Then, he listened.

…

*tap… tap… tap tap… tap*

It seemed that the creature was sneaking back slowly, cautiously.

Seeing the bone pile near the doorway, it seemed like that gave it some reassurance – perhaps the undead skeletons assaulting it had all died somehow?

It was no longer as intelligent as it once was, so it didn’t question how they would have died.

Unfortunately for the assistant, the skeletons were still there waiting silently, brandishing their hammers behind the pillars. Time did not matter to the undead.

Each one of them was ready to strike; a single thought from Jay and they would enter battle, becoming the berserk, unmerciful skeletal warriors they are.

*Shhriiii~ … click click click*

It made some strange hissing and clicking sounds, very different to the hissing previously.

“Is it trying to lure out the skeletons?” Jay wondered, shaking his head with a smug smile.

“It won’t work with me controlling them.” he shrugged, “try all you want.”

*arrchh~ arr~*

The half-bred cooed, replying back in its own way from the other room.

“Oh, it was calling its offspring?”

*tap tap tap tap-tap tap*

The creature fully entered the throne room, ignoring the bone pile as it began to head into the dark room.

Jay only smiled hearing this, with each of the tapping steps of its sword-like legs, the trap was closing. Slowly, its fate was being sealed.