Chapter: 822
It would have shocked any human at least, but to these parasite-infested knights, it was just an odd enemy.
If it was a human, perhaps they would talk with it - though this weak-looking creature was, in the grand scheme of things, nothing but a strange pest.
The small skeleton was not a threat to them, but possibly a threat to their food source: the humans which they farmed.
The two intelligent knights glanced at each other for a moment before deciding what to do - one walked over to two of the lesser knights, tapping them on the shoulder and sending them after it.
“Only two?” Jay smirked.
A devilish grin grew on his face as he watched from the other side of the forest, knowing those two lesser knights were marching to their deaths; they were now chasing Handy away from the safety of their group, and Handy was successfully running slowly without being obvious about it.
It turned out that a slow-moving skeleton, somehow, seemed quite natural - despite itself being an unnatural abomination, a mockery of both life and death.
Being underestimated was almost as important as the element of surprise.
Handy soon disappeared into the forest, and the two knights following it did too.
The two intelligent knights, which functioned as officers or commanders, went back to analyzing the corpses and seemed completely uninterested, neither of them reckoning the trap that was closing around them.
Handy led the knights past Blue, Sweeper, Lamp who cut them off from behind sealing their fate.
Neither was able to lift their sword in defense or attack as both fell, and it wasn’t long until Jay received some notifications.
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“Two down…”
The remaining eight knights didn’t move, none of them responding to their fallen comrades, and it gave Jay a clue.
“So their communication isn’t telepathic… or at least it’s very short range?” Jay squinted, remembering how Viladore used to speak into his mind.
“Or it could be something that I can’t comprehend at all.”
The two intelligent knights had finished their investigation, and seeing that they were not under attack, they decided to send the other six knights to begin scouting the nearby surrounding forest.
Unfortunately, they were not sent to scout very far and were still within view distance of at least one other knight, and if the skeletons tried to assassinate one, the others would all know.
“Hmm… what to do…” Jay thought, but he soon realized he didn’t have much time left to think.
It would only be a matter if time before they found the corpse of the intelligent knight, and then there would be no telling what the knights would do after - would they panic and send for help? Call for reinforcements? He could not let that happen.
“I have to act.” Jay nodded resolutely, his hand forced.
(Each of you pick a separate target and get ready to assassinate. Wait for my signal.) Jay ordered, and the skeletons moved.
Red was sent to find an enemy too, as he needed to kill as many as possible before they went on alert.
With Blue, Red, Sweeper and Lamp, Jay believed four knights would soon fall.