Harsh high temperature were being emitted enough to exhaust anyone getting near it.
Seoyoon stayed as far away from it in contrast to Weed who was marching towards it.
If not for his high fire resistance he would’ve suffered high amount of damage by now.
While Weed and his undead didn’t show much change on their bodies, Rover and Seoyoon were sweating out a lot.
Also their stamina was now consumed at a faster rate.
After confirming that there were no alternative ways to go around the lava river Weed made an announcement.
“We will have to go across using that.”
Rocks and metals were found sticking out in the middle of the lava river.
The smallest ones were barely enough to fit a foot while the larger ones were around 13 square feet.
A lot of them have flat surfaces.
Though that was not the only things found in the lava river.
Fire Giants that made the expedition group run away with tails behind their legs were sleeping in it.
And what connects the two sides from the lava river was a rope bridge probably used by either Inferno Knights or Chaos Warriors.
Weed examined the rope which seems to be made of twisted Bollard leather.
“Hmm, not sure if it’s safe, better test it with the undead. Chaos Warrior 1, you go first.”
“Yes. My. Lord.”
With the undead Chaos Warrior’s rigid movements it started to cross the rope bridge.
It was rather easy for the undead to cross since it didn’t have any fear of death.
After having crossed three-fourths of the rope bridge it then used its teleportation to reach the other side.
“Good. Let’s get moving.”
The other undead then took turns in crossing while Tori fly over carrying Geumini and Rover.
Rover, after seeing the hot flowing lava, got frightened and started to struggle but after much effort they were able to go across.
Now it was Weed and Seoyoon’s turn.
Out of concern, Weed suddenly asked Seoyoon.
“Are you scared?”
Seoyoon shook her head and then walked quickly towards the rope bridge.
Weed walked along behind her. He then grabbed the rope and gazed downwards, what he saw was quite a terrifying sight.
Popping bubbles from the red lava were producing intense heat.
One wrong move means a one way trip to hell!
Weed, feeling anxious, started muttering.
“You’re a guy who has live through worst situations than this. Just keep going straight, there should be nothing to be afraid, right? Though crossing the rope bridge maybe risky and dangerous but the monsters here use it and there seems to be no problem. In a way, I should consider myself lucky.”
As soon as Weed finished muttering 10 Chaos Warriors emerged from the other side.
It seems that a group of Chaos Warriors were scouting the area.
“I can sense someone’s presence.”
“Undead!”
“Purify the invading undead. Kill the guy that defiled our fallen brethrens!”
The red axe wielding undead Chaos Warriors, Tori, Van Hawk, Golden Bird, Geumini and Rover got ready to attack.
They were the only ones that could directly intercept them for the meantime.
“Defensive formation! Chaos Warrior 1, 2, and 3 focus your attacks on one of them while using teleportation.”
Weed commanded the battle while staying on the rope bridge and got ready to cast curse magic but then giant eel like figures suddenly emerged from the lava.
These eel like monsters then started spewing fireballs.
And those fireballs blasted Weed’s robe and Seoyoon’s armor.
- You have received fire damage from the Baovant’s attack.
Immolation!
If the fire is not put out the damage will continue to accumulate.
While the two of them were recovering from the sudden attack another group of Baovants appeared and spitted more fireballs.
Due to the increase of fire resistance, the damage was light but the current situation proves to be much more dangerous.
Moreover, each time the fireballs from the Baovants hits them the rope bridge would sway making Weed stumble every 2 to 3 meters when he tries to run.
Balancing to stand is already hard enough and now crossing had become an even more arduous task!
“The master is in danger!”
Van Hawk yelled when he noticed Weed’s crisis.
Weed was dealing with different sets of monsters while staggering to maintain balance but he deemed the Baovants to be a greater threat and decided to deal with them first.
‘They’re in the lava so I can’t attack them directly. Dark magic is all I could use since I don’t have any spells that could counter their fire attribute.’
Water magic series, it would have been a great help in this situation if a water or ice spell could be used.
Though Weed would only be able to use the basic spells even if he had a spell book.
And since he is not of the Wizard class he wouldn’t be able to deal the maximum magic damage from using those spells so using that method cannot defeat the Baovants.
‘I do not want to jump down on the rocks.’
Though the protruding rocks have flat surfaces it was still very unreliable since it was possible to slip into the lava river upon landing.
Fighting the Baovants in the lava river is definitely not an option!
Even if things turn out as a direct battle while equipping the Daemon Sword, as a Necromancer the physical damage would be weak.
‘This is not good.’
Weed is very fast when it comes to decision making but Seoyoon acted first before he could decide.
‘I don’t want to see him die.’
The Baovants started carpet bombing them but Seoyoon blocked the attacks reducing one-third of her health.
Weed was surprised with Seoyoon’s actions.
Light Sword!
One of the sword skills of the Berserker class.
After receiving the damage, she immediately activated this powerful skill. This was the new sword skill she learned after gaining experience from the previous battles.
Seoyoon’s sword was now wrapped with bright red light. She then swung it towards the Baovants.
Kwagwagwagwang!
By consuming mana the sword created a powerful blast.
Light Sword was a simple skill.
It only needs mana to activate and it can directly reduce monsters’ health neglecting their defense.
Since running away from this battle would be very disadvantageous, the only option left is to face them.
So Seoyoon devoted herself in using the sword skill.
Though there were a lot of them the skill was still very efficient to use due to its fast attack speed and high destructive power but the Berserker’s mana is being rapidly consumed.
Keee.
Kkwaeaek!
Baovants that were hit by the blast fell one after another.
Even if they try to defend the Light Sword skill will still successfully hit them robbing away tremendous amount of health.
Now there was no need to directly attack the Baovants since the skill was a long range attack using mana.
And due to the characteristics of the Berserker class the monsters fighting them were now being pressured.
The Baovants then started retaliating using their long range attacks as well.
In the meantime, Weed was clinging on the rope bridge suffering from ongoing battle.
“Damn it.”
Each time Seoyoon attacks, the rope bridge would shake violently.
Baovants spewing fireballs were rapidly decreasing due to Seoyoon constant swing of the sword.
Since they were affected by the Berserker’s curse of madness, the monsters could not escape the barrage of the Light Sword skill.
They now have lost physical control and even if their bodies grew tired and collapse they will still unconditionally attack their surroundings.
A skill that will not stop until all enemies have been obliterated.
Seoyoon intended to stay in order to make a way out for Weed.
Even if the rope bridge was destroyed and she falls to her death, she will still continue using the range attack until all of her mana was depleted.