Chapter: 556
This theory made the most sense to him, as maids wouldn’t have been particularly good at fighting; they were not warriors. A strong magical poison would therefore be suitable for them.
Still, he wasn’t willing to test it with his own flesh. Why take unnecessary damage and pain?
While the battle was going smoothly, Jay imagined that it would actually be quite a hard fight for regular adventurers, having to contend with whatever poison was constantly being applied.
It seemed to have a very long duration too, as most of the cuts on the skeletons were still coated with a sickly dark-green substance.
Add the middle statue into the mix and it would have been an absolute nightmare – thankfully it was deceased before Jay even got here.
It wasn’t long till the left statue fell in battle, succumbing to the relentless skeletons who only took small cuts in return.
[215 Exp]
With the first statue dead, the skeletons all rushed over and bullied the last statue, pummelling it without remorse as they took the pressure off Dark.
Dark managed to sneak a few hits in as payback, adding deep stab wounds to the back of the statue’s knee joints and causing it to stumble a few times.
Jay was glad he forced it to use the dual daggers against the stone statues, as it seemed that the skeleton had inadvertently learned a form of vital spot targeting.
“I wonder if I should make Dark some armour… hmm, perhaps?” he scratched his chin as he thought, “but perhaps armour would only slow it down. Cloth armour maybe? Hmm, but where would I even start? It’s not like I can just request someone to make some cloth armour for a skeleton, and anything for humans would be too big.”
The statue was about to die as it began to crumble, so Jay put his thoughts of Dark’s armour aside for now.
[215 Exp]
With all of the enemies dead, Jay happily went up the ramp and approached the large throne – but before he got to it, one of his skeletons approached him, looking absent minded at him with its hollow eyes.
It just stood in front of him and gazed.
“Huh? What?” Jay raised a brow, wondering why it was behaving weirdly.
It took a moment but then it finally clicked.
“Oh, Red you levelled up?” he grinned, “Good, here, eat your fill!”
Jay quickly made a feast of bones fit for a king – an undead king anyway. The skeleton happily obliged as it began to munch away at the bones.
Anya thought it sounded like it was eating dry rice, so she got used to the unearthly eating noises quite quickly.
Before checking Red’s role choice, Jay grabbed the soul stone off the throne.
[Greater Soul Stone] (Empty)
“Finally.” he smiled, looking up at the statue – he paused.
“Such beauty…” Jay’s smile left him as he looked over it. He was simply stunned.
Every detail was pristine and perfect; the lips, the nose, the eyes – even its eyelashes survived the petrification process and somehow the passage of time.