Chapter: 885
"You gotta be kidding me…" Jay looked at it hopelessly.
The skeletons were out of range of the new Ora, so at least it was no longer blocking the way.
The new Ora seemed to be smaller, and after analysing it, Jay confirmed it was only level five. It reconstructed itself from the remains of the body parts.
"I wish the skeleton could do that." Jay thought, a little jealous at seeing the creature rise again.
"Seems like it gets smaller as we destroy its body parts. I wonder if the opposite is true - if I give it more parts, will it become a god in this dungeon?" he pondered, obviously not willing to try it out.
The skeletons moved forward into the room, and the roots opened up ahead of them - two more Ora sprang from below.
"Hmm… focus on one of them." Jay thought, not wanting to waste any more time; his stomach was feeling hunger pains.
Both were level eight, but he would only need to kill one to slip past. The exp was good, but not worth it.
The skeletons got to work with Red at the forefront, tanking the hits. The only attacks which landed were the vines, which had little effect against Red's armor. It wasn't long until they brought the Ora down to half health.
Jay had moved through the room and stood just behind the skeletons. He kept one eye watching the fight and another on the roots below, monitoring them for any changes - but between the clashes of swords on woody flesh, he heard something different.
Something faint, but familiar. Distant clunking of rusted iron and steel.
"The knights are coming." He squinted back to the stairs and glanced towards the giant head through the next room.
"We're going too slowly." he thought, noting that all that was between him and the stairs was a measly level five Ova.
The level eight Ova ahead was down to seventy-eight health. The skeletons had been fighting cautiously to conserve their health, but the time for caution was over.
(Go all out and end it fast.) Jay ordered, while keeping his ears focused on the sounds of the coming knights. They grew louder each second.
The skeletons each sprung forwards, hacking their swords, and now, slashing their bone claws too. Unfortunately, the Ova didn't bleed.
Yet the damage was enough.
The Ova didn't expect such a sudden change in aggression.
It struck back fiercely, its spire-claws jetting through the air.
They slashed across two skeletons, sending spatters of its poison to coat the bones.
Four damage was all it could manage; the skeletons cared not for poison - their very being mocked the idea of it.
Some of the poison landed on Jay's flesh. It was sticky and smelt sweet, but it was harmless unless it could enter his blood.
Before it fell in battle, the Ova released a last attack, and the spire claws pierced through Sweeper's ribcage.
[831 Exp]
Jay received a notification, but ignored it as the battle was still in progress. While it was the Ova's last attack, it seemed to be quite a strategic one.