Chapter: 549

After backing up from the wall a bit he had a thought.

“I wonder… can I throw a skeleton over the wall perhaps?” he thought, scratching his chin.

Jay was thinking outside of the box, on a different level – the dungeon wouldn’t have factored in such crazy ideas to its design; the wall was incredibly high, so it would be a stretch to throw a skeleton that far, but who’s to stop Jay from trying?

He knew he couldn’t do it alone, but surely if every skeleton grabbed a leg of the smaller one, Dark, maybe it would be enough.

Jay only had twenty strength after all, but combined with the other four skeletons it would reach seventy-one.

Seventy strength is considered high for someone on Jays level. If someone was level eleven and had invested all their attribute points into strength, it would reach seventy – though they would be the melee equivalent of a glass cannon: high damage, low health.

Anya noticed Jay looking concentrated so she stood back and gave him some room as she watched patiently.

The next thing she saw him doing was quite strange, and she wanted to immediately question him but decided to just wait and see. Besides, Jay seemed a little frustrated with this never-ending dungeon.

Jay had his smallest skeleton lie down while he stood over it and channelled his glowing necrotic mana, sending it over different parts of its body and slowly severing different bits of bone.

Eventually, the poor creature wasn’t even able to stand up – it lost its feet, hands and ribs, along with its tibia, fibula, radius and ulna (forearm and shin bones).

“This should work.” Jay smiled.

Oddly enough, Dark didn’t look betrayed – in fact it even looked excited somehow, ready to carry out its mission as it wriggled helplessly on the ground.

The four other skeletons all grabbed one of its upper leg and arm bones and began to swing the amputated skeletons backwards and forwards, while Jay grabbed its skull.

“Here we go.” Jay smiled.

After a few more practice swings, the skeleton was released; it rocketed upwards and even whistled through the air. There was little resistance and it folded its elbows into its body and went skull-first.

From a distance it would have liked a skull and a spine flying upwards, like a large undead ballistic missile.

Surprisingly, the skeletons didn’t need his help to throw it over as Dark went easily sailing upwards and above the black wall. Eventually it disappeared over the top, wriggling wildly in the air as it reached the apex.

It seemed like it was even trying to swim through the air at one point.

“Huh, that wasn’t so hard.” Jay nodded.

Next he planned to send bones over so Dark could eat and regain its limbs – then it could wander around and hopefully find a way to open the gate.

[Your feeble creature has died]

“…” Jay looked up, confused for a moment. It had lower health after he took some of its limbs away, but he didn’t expect it to simply die.

Anya was still looking excitedly at him, realising his plan. She gave him an approving look as she waited for the gate to open – of course, she didn’t know that Dark just died.

“Fuck… I guess it took fall damage without its legs to brace the drop.” Jay thought, pursing his lips.

“Maybe it’s face-planted?” He raised an eyebrow.