Chapter: 609

“Quick.” Jay said as he gave them more orders mentally.

Three of them lined up on either side of the chair and picked up the wooden beams, lifting the chair and Jay along with it. This was the second reason why the skeletons were summoned.

Jay felt quite royal at this moment, sitting on his throne carried by his loyal troops.

“Go.” he smiled.

Each of them began marching slowly. They had to remain slow because they almost dropped Jay a few times, but after a while it seemed that they got used to it and could travel at walking speed while carrying Jay smoothly.

Since the skeletons were lighter than Jay, and all six of them were dispersing his weight between them, they actually left weaker imprints in the dirt and leaves on the forest floor – though the same couldn't be said about Heavy.

Heavy had replaced Handy as the vegetation clearer, as carrying all its armour and Jay would have made things quite difficult.

As Jay grew more confident in his skeletons and the ride became more stable, he began to craft weapons while sitting in his chair with the bones in his lap.

After crafting a level three ossein sword last time, it seemed that his class remembered it and he didn't have to concentrate as much. This helped a lot due to the slight bouncing motion while he was on the throne.

“One down…” he looked around at his skeletons, “four more to go.”

“…and three daggers.” he glanced at Dark and Heavy.

As Jay watched Heavy, he realised he also had to make another shield for it too. He was a little dissatisfied, as unlike the armour, the shield didn't stay with its body when it died

Jay started with a dagger for Heavy next, as he also didn't want to let the armoured skeleton dual-wield the ossein sword for too long and possibly influence its future role choices.

During the journey there was some rougher terrain: streams and steep walls of dirt, so Jay was forced to hop off the throne so they could continue their journey smoothly.

This strategy continued for hours, and compared to other adventurers his level, his speed through the forests was unimaginable.

Not only would a normal adventurer have to stop to rest, but they would also be losing energy by constantly slashing at the vegetation – not to mention, the skeletons were even getting faster while carrying Jay.

They started at a slow walk, but after repetitive practice in the last few hours, they could travel at jogging speed now.

Unfortunately, jogging speed was as fast as the heavy armoured skeleton could move, and was simply too slow, so this would be their max speed for now.

Jay didn't mind though.

There was still the option of unsummoning Heavy, but then he would have to cut the vegetation and resummon the skeleton when he was tired. It would be a waste of mana and may not even be much faster.

Besides, the marks he left on the mage hunters were so far away now that it seemed like they had merged into one.

The tension of escaping was beginning to wane, and he felt like he had succeeded – but still, he kept his skeletons marching forward.

The sun was setting and in only a few moments it turned dark; the thick leaf canopy above blotted out the remains of sunlight scraping across the sky – but Jay kept his minions marching forward as the darkness didn't matter to them anyway.

Due to their [Shade Vision] they could easily spot a root or a rock in daylight or night time, so there was little chance of tripping over.

Still, Jay felt uneasy as his skeletons continued to jog through the forest since he couldn't even see the ground anymore. He had to learn to trust them.