Chapter 32: Fierce Battle, The Resentful Dead [Seeking Recommendations and Collections]

The flesh and blood of these mummies were shriveled.

It was impossible to tell how long they had been dead.

They looked incredibly eerie.

However, although Zong Shen felt a slight sense of discomfort in his heart, as a Lord, he had to lead from the front.

These undead moved sluggishly.

As long as he was careful, there should be no problem.

Zong Shen took the lead, stepping quickly toward the mummy holding a short sword, and raised his sharp Germanic sword.

"Two-stage Cleave!"

Zong Shen used the skill he had just learned.

In the blink of an eye, he delivered two slashes.

They struck the leather armor of the undead.

Two sword marks were instantly left behind.

【-28】

【-28】

"Holy crap!"

Zong Shen cried out in surprise.

Even though the leather armor on this undead was tattered and worn, its defensive capability was truly something to behold.

His base cleave damage was 46.37, and the Level 1 Two-stage Cleave added 1.3 damage.

This meant the cleave damage of each strike should have reached 60 points.

But the actual damage dealt was only 28 points.

In other words, this undead's upper body defense was as high as 32 points.

Zong Shen took two steps back and focused his attention on inspecting the specific attributes of this short-sword undead.

【Resentful Undead Lv8】 【Race: Undead】 【Cleave Damage: 21–27】 【HP: 394/450】 【Armor: 32】 【Skills: Corpse Eater (Devours corpses to restore HP), Undead Swing (Uses a short sword to perform a swing, dealing 10 points of chaos damage that ignores armor)】 (Its head and exposed limbs have no armor protection and can take full damage.)

This undead's HP was actually as high as 450, combined with 32 points of armor—a standard tank-type monster with high health and high defense.

Fortunately, aside from its high defense and high health, it didn't seem to have any other special traits.

Zong Shen began to move left and right.

The marble pillars became obstacles that hindered the movement of these undead.

Zong Shen performed a maneuver, circling around the pillars like a strategist.

Then, seizing an opportunity, he swung a strike aimed directly at the undead's head.

【-46】

As expected, it was full damage, though it lacked the damage bonus from the Two-stage Cleave.

Still, the damage value was considerable.

However, before Zong Shen could deliver a second strike, the short sword in the undead's hand flashed with a black light, and it swung toward him!

It was fast, leaving him no time to dodge.

This was the effect of its skill, Undead Swing.

Zong Shen avoided his vital organs.

He watched helplessly as the short sword struck directly against his tough wolf-skin armor, carving a small notch into it.

【-6】

【-10】

"That was close!"

Zong Shen endured the strike, retreated several steps, and reached out to touch the sword mark on his wolf-skin armor.

The undead's attack could barely break his defense; as for that 10 points of damage, it was the chaos damage attached to the Undead Swing.

With this, Zong Shen had a clear understanding.

He began to launch a continuous barrage of attacks.

Using the marble pillars for cover, he repeatedly attacked the mummy's weak points.

He managed to land seven hits like this!

The mummy before him finally had only a sliver of health remaining.

One more strike would send it to its grave.

Below Zong Shen's field of vision, kill notifications from the Wolf Cavalry also appeared.

【Your subordinate Wolf Cavalry has killed a Resentful Undead Lv9. You will receive half of the experience points.】 【Your subordinate Wolf Cavalry has killed a Resentful Undead Lv6. You will receive half of the experience points.】 【Your subordinate Wolf Cavalry has killed a Resentful Undead Lv8. You will receive half of the experience points.】 ... 【Experience Gained (150×) = 75】 【Experience Gained (110×) = 55】 【Experience Gained (130×) = 65】 ...

Three Wolf Cavalrymen had successfully secured their first kills.

Currently, only he and Tie Zhu had not yet killed an opponent.

The three Wolf Cavalrymen seemed to handle these mummies with ease.

Combined with the biting of the giant wolves, they could easily eliminate an undead.

Zong Shen gripped the hilt of his sword, preparing to deliver the final blow to the undead in front of him, when suddenly, a green light flashed beneath its feet.

The stone slab floor beneath it was blasted open.

Then, a thorned vine covered in barbs grew out from below, instantly entangling Zong Shen's lower leg.

It bound him in place.

At the same time, the barbs on the thorns were constantly attempting to pierce into Zong Shen's leg.

Fortunately, the defensive capability of the 【Emerald Greaves】 was quite exceptional.

"Damn it!"

Zong Shen raised his sword to cut the vine beneath him, but at that moment, Colby's slightly anxious shout came from not far away.

"Lord, watch out!"

*Whiz!*

Then, the sound of something piercing the air rang out. Colby had thrown a short spear, which flew past his cheek toward the area behind Zong Shen.

*Thud!*

A muffled sound echoed.

Zong Shen whipped his head around and saw the short spear collide with a green energy arrow in mid-air, shattering the energy arrow. The short spear Colby had thrown bent out of shape and fell to the ground.

Behind him, an undead wearing tattered priest robes and holding a staff high aloft was performing a silent chant.

He turned his head and swung his sword to sever the thorns beneath his feet.

The short-sword undead happened to be staggering toward him at that exact moment!

Zong Shen kicked it to the ground with a foot, then gripped his sword with both hands and thrust it fiercely into its head.

【-12】

【-26】

The undead turned into white light and vanished, leaving two or three smaller clusters of light on the spot—the rewards it had dropped.

【Killed Resentful Undead Lv8】 【Gained 130 experience points】 ...

Zong Shen didn't have time to check the other rewards.

He turned and rushed toward the Priest Undead behind him.

By this time, Tie Zhu had finally dealt with an undead.

However, he was nowhere near as composed as the three Wolf Cavalrymen or Zong Shen.

He had lost a full quarter of his health.

At this moment, Tie Zhu was closest to Zong Shen.

Seeing that Zong Shen was preparing to deal with the Priest Undead, he also dove into the shadows and stealthily approached, moving even faster than Zong Shen.

The Priest Undead was still chanting silently, preparing to unleash a powerful spell.

But Tie Zhu clearly would not let that happen.

The dagger in his hand turned into a silver-white streak of light, slashing across the Priest Undead's throat.

This, too, was a weak point without armor protection.

【-37】

A damage value floated up from above its head.

Simultaneously, thorns suddenly grew from the Priest Undead's body, stabbing out like spikes before vanishing.

This was Thorn Thorns (Thorn Armor)!

"Ugh!"

Tie Zhu let out a muffled groan and hid back in the shadows.

【-4】

A damage number also floated up from above his head.

It seemed this Priest Undead was more difficult to deal with than the short-sword undead.

It had many tricks up its sleeve, even possessing a passive counterattack method.

"Tie Zhu, don't be reckless. Follow my commands."

By now, the three Wolf Cavalrymen had finished off the second wave of mummies.

A white light flashed around Zong Shen, and his health was instantly restored—he had leveled up!

The numerical advantage of these 【Resentful Undead】 was also gradually diminishing.

It wouldn't be long before the three Wolf Cavalrymen could arrive to provide support.

However, the three Wolf Cavalrymen had also sustained some injuries during the battle.

Watching them made Zong Shen feel a pang of heartache.

These warriors were the most precious assets he had to establish himself in this world.

(End of Chapter)