CHAPTER 17: SEA OF THE LIVING DEAD

Chapter 17 Sea of the Living Dead

Felix didn’t have a combat class, but he had his own way of fighting and keeping himself safe if needed, two platinum spheres were removed from his inventory that floated and transformed into two platinum robots.

"Your Majesty Meet Platinum 1 and Platinum 2, I built them myself"

Felix grabbed a PS remote and bragged about his robots to Alex

The roques attacked furiously in a berserk state, Arnaldo’s body was filled with a golden aura.

"These orcs are just stragglers. You don’t need to get involved. I’ll finish them all off in a moment so we can move on quickly."

Arnaldo took out his weapon from his inventory, a golden sword that had a dragon carving on it, it radiated a glow despite the darkness that surrounded the dungeon, strangely the sword pulsed as if it were alive.

His body released a tremendous golden aura, vibrating with a wave of intense heat that distorted the air, causing the orcs to hesitate briefly, but only for a second.

The monsters roared in unison, showing their yellowish fangs, bulging muscles, green skin arched with black stripes, their red eyes demonstrating their furious state, they ran like an unbridled pack, raising spears and axes.

As I said, Arnaldo attacked alone, the ground cracked with his movement, in the blink of an eye he disappeared from the sight of those who were watching him, then a golden glow appeared, cutting off the head of an orc warrior , the second movement caused three warriors to fall lukewarm without knowing what happened.

The monsters fell on their dead bodies, the golden aura repelling any attack the warriors attempted, generating metallic cracks that echoed across the battlefield, he swung the sword in a wide arc, releasing a wave of energy that repelled the enemy line, taking down 10 warriors in one go.

It was no longer a battle, it was a one-sided massacre on Arnaldo’s part, with each swing of his blade, bodies whose heads were cut off at the same instant flew into the air and shattered into a bloody mass.

After a short time, the last warrior fell to the ground, bringing a silence that took over the place, the ground was covered in corpses of monsters, blood scattered everywhere, but the golden aura protected his body, not a single blood stain could be seen on him.

" Bravo, with the sword saint here I can conserve my boys’ energy."

Felix said as he applauded his team leader’s achievement.

"Don’t sing victory before war"

Joana said placing her hands on the ground, with a frown she continued her words.

"Leader , I’m sensing a strong aura of necromancy coming from the west of the dungeon, it feels like the same aura we felt in Galax. aiz "

To corroborate Joana’s discovery, Félix operated a holographic screen and shared his analysis.

"Even though it’s a dungeon break, the energy is very chaotic, it seems like all the energy is concentrating in one specific point in this region"

Felix pointed to a location on the map on his holographic screen, to which everyone shared their opinions.

"Isn’t it strange that there are so few monsters even though we’ve already walked a kilometer?"

After walking for a while, Alex asked when he noticed the dark atmosphere that was unfolding. They walked for a while, but did not find a monster nest, a fact that left Alex quite intrigued. Being a newbie, he could only express his question after some time of thought.

" it’s really strange"

Joana said, analyzing the environment.

"Félix, do a reconnaissance of the area with the highest concentration of energy"

Following Arnaldo’s guidance, Félix gave the order to Platinum 1 which with a metallic shine transformed into a drone , to give more support and reach Platinum 2 also followed.

"I found a barrier at the entrance to a dark cave"

"Let’s take a look"

Arnaldo said leading the way

"Leader, if we cross this barrier we will be noticed by the other party that has installed it."

The mood intensified as a dense fog filled the air, a petrified smell reaching everyone’s nostrils.

As soon as Alex, Arnaldo, Joana and Félix crossed the magical barrier, the natural light disappeared, replaced by a gloomy twilight, the air became heavy, as if each breath was impregnated with dust.

The ground was covered in countless small craters, cracks stretching everywhere, a black liquid dripped from the ceiling disappearing before it reached the cracked ground, everyone felt suffocated as if the dungeon itself was rotting them.

System warning

You are in an environment of death

You will lose one HP per minute

"Leader, I can’t stay here, my class only has 200 HP."

Everyone received a similar system notification, but only Felix was trembling with fear about losing HP. His class wasn’t a battle class, so it gave little HP when leveling up.

"We will complete this dungeon as quickly as possible, and if anyone has below 30% of their HP we will abandon the quest to try later with PROPER preparation"

Félix became calmer after hearing Arnaldo’s words, Joana and Alex seemed calmer after hearing them too.

As he walked, Alex felt a chill, an invisible pressure built around him, altering the weight of the air itself, its gravitational authority enveloped his body activating his gravitational defense.

They walked through a narrow corridor, where the stone walls were covered in veins that pulsed like a living organism, with each step the atmosphere became increasingly dark, the smell of decaying flesh became stronger and stronger, causing nausea.

A sound of something crawling was heard through the drone , heavy irregular footsteps hid among the darkness, Alex expected common monsters, but what emerged from the shadows, made his stomach hurt.

Men and women in armor and typical hunter’s attire, but with dead looks and rotting gray skin, advanced with weapons covered in dried blood, their movements were clumsy, however, they carried a strength that was not inherent to them.

"Reanimated corpses, damned necromancers"

Joana said, taking a step back. Felix’s platinum drones illuminated the dark corridor, revealing more than forty undead, coming from various directions.

"We’ve been surrounded, Leader, what the hell are we going to do?

Alex tried to use his gravitational authority to repel an undead hunter, but felt resistance as if something heavier than his physical body was holding them down.