Published: July 5, 2025
Inside the ruins, the confrontation with the four-armed skeleton continued.
The four bludgeoners surrounded it, yet all their attacks were being defended against by the four swords.
Harimun, the wielder of "Great Thunder," and Yasukin, the user of "Flowing Water," were both contemplating their next move.
“Release!”
With Harimun's command, the bludgeoners encircling the skeleton jumped backward.
In response, two attack magic spells flew forth.
Swish, swish.
The skeleton cut through the magic that assaulted from both sides almost simultaneously with its sword.
“It can respond to magic, huh?”
“It’s about time our stamina…”
Even for an alpha class adventurer, continuing to fight seriously was tough.
Everyone has their limits on stamina.
“But we have no choice. We’ll surround it again!”
The bludgeoners stated this among themselves.
Harimun and Yasukin silently watched from a distance.
They remained silent as they couldn’t think of any other method.
However, three minutes after they began to surround and attack again, Yasukin, sensing something off, shouted.
“Everyone, get away from the skeleton!”
Upon hearing his voice, the four who were surrounding jumped backward.
But it was too late.
Something invisible attacked them.
They were also alpha class adventurers.
While they avoided fatal injuries, all four were heavily wounded.
It was immediately clear that continuing the fight would be difficult.
“I’ll go. Nomirato, please heal them.”
Harimun approached the four-armed skeleton.
Harimun was also a bludgeoner.
However, it was quickly apparent that he couldn’t hold it down alone.
But retreating wasn’t an option.
If he retreated, his teammates who were undergoing treatment might be finished off.
“Great Thunder” consisted of three bludgeoners, including Harimun, a scout, a mage, and a healer, making a six-person party.
“Flowing Water” was composed of two bludgeoners, Yasukin the mage, a scout, and a healer, totaling five.
Aside from Harimun, there was no one else who could stand on the front lines.
No one else…
“I’ll join you.”
A bludgeoner circled around to the opposite side of the skeleton.
“It’s you, Mamadou. Thank you.”
Vice-captain Mamadou had joined the fray.
The surprise of the skeleton's magic attack wasn’t limited to inside the ruins.
It was also felt on the Skizblaznil Deck.
“The skeleton cast magic!?”
“It is indeed rare.”
“No, that’s impossible.”
While Ryo was surprised too, it was not to the extent that Abel was.
“Is that so?”
“Have you forgotten? Skeletons don’t have magic stones.”
“Oh…”
“Yet it casts magic? How is that possible?”
“Indeed, that is impossible…”
Abel was genuinely astonished, and Ryo confirmed it.
Yes, while the skeleton was a monster, it didn’t possess a magic stone inside its body.
The fact that it could move magically without a magic stone was already strange, but to cast magic…
“Lau, perhaps people still don’t fully understand skeletons.”
“Hmm?”
“Remember when we fought on the ghost ship in the Eastern Nations? Fan said something to his partner Lau.”
“Oh… now that you mention it, I think he did say that. You remembered well.”
“The two of them left a strong impression on me in many ways.”
Ryo nodded repeatedly.
Yes, it was also a skeleton back then.
Though it wasn’t four-armed… there were a lot of them.
A lot of them?
“Ah!”
Ryo exclaimed, for from the ceiling of the ruins, another skeleton appeared.
That one was also a four-armed skeleton.
Harimun and Mamadou found themselves in a precarious situation.
It was immediately clear to both Harimun and Mamadou that a second four-armed skeleton was descending from the magic circle on the ceiling.
They realized it quickly, but couldn’t move.
However, they had to move.
If that one made its way to the teammate who was undergoing treatment…
Clang!
In the next moment, a loud sound echoed.
A blue flash struck the skeleton.
The flash stood in front of the skeleton.
“A golem!”
Indeed, the one standing in its way was assault explorer no. 3.