Chapter: 497
“Damn, how many skeletons will I have to sacrifice?” Jay wondered.
Losing skeletons wasn’t so bad, but each of them carried the bone hammers which took blocks of metal to craft; Jay had no more metal chunks or hammers in his inventory, so equipping the skeletons after resummoning was not possible – they would have to find the hammers again.
With enough distance, Jay had the skeletons disengage from the dihexapede, but one didn’t make it.
[Your skeleton has been slain]
The lone skeleton caught up to them quickly – however, another dihexapede soon emerged from the fog too, and hence another skeleton had to be sacrificed.
“It might as well be the weak one.” Jay thought, commanding it to jump at the new enemy.
A few shrieks later and the third skeleton died.
[Your skeleton has been slain]
It did the trick, buying them some time.
As they ran, it sounded like a stampede was coming for them, but thankfully the tower emerged from the mist once more. It was like a breath of fresh air, and each of them felt a rise of hope in their hearts.
“There!” Anya yelled.
The two dashed in quickly, followed by the two remaining skeletons.
“Get ready.” Jay said as he stood in the entrance.
A dihexapede came charging in straight after them – only to be met with the blunt strikes of the hammers.
Bits of its body chipped off and cracked as it cried in pain. Immediately it regretted its foolish charge, yet it couldn’t stop.
The sheer speed of it managed to push back the skeletons and get close to Jay, but he braced himself and got his shield out, letting it take all the damage. Smashing it with his shield and it was brought to a halt.
Jay smiled as it came to a stop. He was glad these dihexapedes were smaller, remembering how the assistant sent him flying.
*Shring~*
[14.4]
Immediately he retaliated, slashing his sword across its decaying human face.
The two skeletons got to work now, hitting its sides while Jay slashed in its face, it was forced to back up.
The dihexapede was in a horrible position; each hit of the skeletons against its legs and the twisted black spines across its back, causing it to shudder in pain and slow its movement. Meanwhile the sword attacks on its face were stopping it from accurately slashing its talons at anything.
Jay smiled slyly, its retreat was pathetic and this was all he needed: time.
A pile of bones suddenly appeared near him and was suddenly covered with the dark green necrotic mana.
Bones began floating in the cloud of mana, and one by one, skeletons marched out with a glint of revenge in their eyes; the last one summoned was the level one feeble creature.