“But the way of the sculptor seems to follow down the same path… there’s some gold!”( He means the better you get the larger the statue you can make)
Even the smaller sculptures would take a lot of manpower just to lift them. It was necessary of course to get a closer look at the price of the sculptures. It takes a strong attachment to work, for mere pennies. Through the sculptures a rough path could be picked out when they first arrived. This land seems to stretch on forever!
The trail disappeared with the land in the distance. The third largest peak, filled with Drakes and Chaos warriors, came into view as the crow moved through the dangerous mountains. In the mountain’s valley, abandoned mines with unknown entrances supported by really old posts sat undiscovered.
“Think carefully…. Where would a sign of the Armenia Pirates be.”
He had to find a sign of the Armenian Pirates. If he only thought about where they sailed he couldn’t find them, but it could narrow down the scope of the search.
“Maybe they did not come up the unfreezing river and instead walked over by landing in the glacier region.”
Reconnaissance of the glacial boundary! Because it was so cold, frost formed on his beak and wings, but he keep up his meticulous reconnaissance. Thanks to this he was able to distinguish traces of human remains near the glacial area.
The place where the remains were, was barely visible thanks to the monsters that walked over them and covered them in snow. However the places that had many footprints clearly revealed evidence of frozen pirates!
The Armenia pirates had gone through over there. The pirates’ trail was hard to differentiate from the land but it was clear they moved from the snow filled region.
Several skeletons were shown where the snow filled skeletons left off into Las Phalanx. Where the Armenia skeleton bones were found there were also their last belongings. The pirates that headed over the seventh highest peak of Las Phalanx seemed to be mostly dead. They moved toward where the monsters mostly stayed.
“Straight from the glaciers to the monster’s dens. They must have tried to reach a place somewhere nearby.”
It was a very rough scout, but Weed deemed it was impossible to approach any further. The monsters would have shot him down. Weed flew back to the place where Geumini and Rover were. He undid the sculpture transformation and turned back into an undead skeleton.
“Geumini.”
“Gologologol, what did you need me for this week? You must know I believe in you the most,
right?”
“So what?”
Even though he abandoned the sculptures for a long time intimacy had increased. Absence does make the heart grow fonder.
“Get ready for battle. Call Death Knight!”
“Master, I’m ready to fight anytime.”
Death Knight was also summoned. Geumini riding Rover escorted by Death Knight were equipped with a wide assortment of basic equipment.
“Skill check”
Undead summoning intermediate 7(65%)You can make use of the undead. The amount of undead and their skill levels is dependant on the users body.
◾Step 1 of Undead Summoning : Understanding 1,187
◾Step 2 of Undead Summoning : Understanding 450
◾Step 3 of Undead Summoning : Understanding 11
Corpse explosion intermediate 3(41%):Able to destroy a corpses body in a explosion. Very powerful magic
◾You are currently under the effect of Transfiguration.
◾Your skill and stats are affected by the current transformation. Based on that a penalty will be granted.
Sculptural Understanding Advance level 3 had considerable advantages. Besides various curse magic and escort golems, production of every undead went up as well.
“Okay, Undead Summoning is Intermediate level 7.”
Alcohol was useless in his transformed state so this was as far as he could get for benefits. Thanks to the sculpture transformation the majority of his skill of raising undead had improved, while his main attack skills had greatly reduced.
“I think its time to start hunting.”
Weed looked at the rest of his set up before turning to Van Hawk.
“I have no brother more reliable than you brother Hawk, you go first.”
“I get it master.”
Death Knight did not say a word as he walked toward the front. Weed’s hunting laws are usually different when Death Knight comes to the forefront to fight.
“Leaving everything to death knight in the front and fighting behind his back, I’m not use to this fighting style …. Well, it’s no big deal.”
One of the top thing’s to revitalize was the attributes of the job. Producing curses from the back!
“Dark Speculation!”
Around Death Knight’s body distinctive shadows jumped out of hiding places. Access a Weapon! Diet and Exercise! (T/N -.- he’s testing out his skills on Death Knight but I have no idea why the author insist on using these weird references)(PR: I don’t get it TT^T)
The shades that jumped out of the shadows started to attack Death Knight. Deer and chubby bats that were level 300 started to come out at the sound of the battle. Then 6 horses and 5 dogs and a whopping 23 cats came out.
“Master, your command.”
“The darkness descends, corpse soldiers attack!”
Death Knight swung his sword all over the place to prevent their approach and attack, hurling away the ones who came close away as they railed at him. However among the common monsters there were several uncommon:
Tairbeth
(T/N In volume twenty these creatures were called TairBeth’s but in translating I’ve found that their called Tair Badgers, which I think is the correct name since they never give an explanation of what it’s body looks like. I think it’s a flying badger type creature. Since they use their teeth and claws to attack and can spit.) (PR I’m just gonna leave this word there as a reminder then)
The TairBadger quickly glued their body to Death Knight. Their saliva had a sticky mucus like quality that stuck to death knight like a kid playing with glue. It was toxic, and strong enough it melt the bones off your flesh, but the potent poison was of no avail to death night.
‘I think their physical attack power is weak compared with their level. Their saliva can suppress Death Knight’s movements. Then they attack him with attacks too fast for him to avoid. Considering Death Knight’s defenses (armor) he can hold out for a while.’
The TairBadger attacks were quick enough that it made it difficult to dodge, along with the movement sealing mucus, it was too much of a burden to deal with all at once. Assassin, adventurers and explorers have navigation skills. But no matter how much you scout you can’t find out everything hidden. For example, the hostilities of TairBadgers. It was better to throw Death Knight out there as bait instead of charging in like a fool. Weed pulled out the Fallen Saints staff and started summoning.
“Your flesh will be made undead. Ye shall be forever stuck in my hand. Necromancer’s Declaration.”
You have used Necromancer’s Declaration.
◾When you create undead the effect is increased by 15%
◾The target’s physical ability will be decreased 10%
◾The targets mental suffering will be increased by 10%
◾The target’s hit by Necromancer will have greater hostility towards you
Necromancer’s declaration. Before a full-scale fight, use the top tier spells to increase your powers. If your magical proficiency is high enough, then it can even increase the effect of unique techniques. Some TairBadgers turned and attacked Weed, even when they were near death or severely weakened.The 10 TairBadgers attacked his body with spit shots, scratches and bites. Weed’s bones made sounds as they absorbed the attacks.
“The fateful bitterness doesn’t feel. A narrow sight! The confusion and suffering is endless. No end to the pain! Even at dawn, just do as they do and fall in a deep tired sleep. With deep stinging in his eyes and yawning come forth. Increase in Fatigue!”
“Every inch of the body is tickled. The disease of the blood occurs! The body is rotting away from the corrupt air, spreading to anyone who drinks it in. Summon Poison mist”
A huge number of subsequent curse magics were summoned continuously. Weed had summoned up to 4 instantaneous curses a minute. In order to prepare a magic curse he has to constantly recite the exact summoning spell. But Weeds cursing did not falter for even one second.
During the battle he placed curses on the creature that attacked him and the sculptures of life fighting. There was a delay when using curse magic. The effect of using many curses in a row lead to considerable drop in magic concentration.