The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 335 - 236: Black Wind

Chapter 335: Chapter 236: Black Wind

In just a few days, Rod’s battle group had cleared nearly one-seventh of the area of Star Town.

Star Town is a total of 24,000 yards long, plus the distance between the Underground City and Star Town, the total advance was close to 10,000 yards.

They had also cleared all the surrounding areas and opened up the road to Star City.

Such achievements were beyond everyone’s imagination.

If they could maintain this efficiency, Star Town, which theoretically would take a year or even several years to occupy, seemed attainable in less than a month.

But soon, Rod encountered new troubles.

As the front lines pushed deeper, they encountered monsters far more troublesome than the giant beasts—Soulless Skeletons.

These were heaps of deformed bones, as big as a carriage, with dozens of long bone arms stretching out from within the pile.

When moving, the arms would quickly crawl on the ground, resembling a giant bone spider.

Some arms held Giant Swords or White Bone Giant Axes, and once they began to swing, they were like massive windmills, powerful and difficult to approach.

The most troubling aspect was that the monster’s soul was incredibly small, hidden within the pile of bones, unobservable to those without Spiritual Vision above 50 and therefore unable to be harmed.

The outer layer of bone was its exoskeleton, which could regenerate quickly and was very tough.

This monster severely exposed the team’s weakness—lack of mid and back-line combatants.

Close-combat warriors had to attack in groups of over a dozen to inflict damage faster than the creature’s regenerative capabilities, gradually wearing down the outer bones to breach its core.

Although it was a creature of the same tier, this thing was much more difficult to deal with than the giant beasts.

The team’s advancement speed dropped significantly.

The warriors were at a loss with this kind of monster, only the two captains fared slightly better.

O’Hara could, by virtue of his tough body, forcefully stop the spinning bone windmill, while Conrad’s Crushing Fingers could rapidly shatter the bones, exposing its core.

Yet it was still like trying to extinguish a forest fire with a cup of water.

Just like the giant beasts, the Soulless Skeletons were the predominant monsters of this region, present everywhere.

While they previously could advance a few thousand yards in a day, now they struggled to progress even a few dozen yards.

Even more, due to disturbing a large number of monsters, the front line even retreated several hundred yards at one point.

Just as Rod was fretting about this, Mephit arrived.

She came on the fourth day and joined the fight on the fifth.

Once she joined the battle, the situation changed drastically.

The dense bones of the Soulless Skeletons were very tough, but they had no Spiritual Energy enhancement or protection; their durability stemmed only from their own physical attributes, and they had no resistance to special states.

Mephit could easily freeze them, and the effect lasted for a very long time.

What followed was easy, warriors no longer needed to worry about attacking; they just fiercely struck the bone pile, exposed the core, and then left it to Rod to finish off.

Mephit didn’t need to stay by their side the whole time, either; once she froze one, she could move on to the next, and the warriors behind would slowly chip away its bony exterior.

The battlefield thus became quite bizarre.

In the front,

Mephit, enveloped in chilly air with ice crystals circling around her, left a long trail of frost in her wake. As she moved, the frost extended under her feet, making her resemble an Ice and Snow Goddess who had descended upon the world.

The monsters were frozen in an instant.

In the rear,

The frozen Soulless Skeletons were like peculiar ice sculptures, taking on a variety of strange poses.

Some with bone hands supporting the ground, like fleas ready to jump; others holding up White Bone Giant Axes, like a woodcutter; and yet others frozen mid-spin, resembling a still top.

The warriors were like a group of ice chippers, violently hacking at the ice sculptures.

The whole scene did not look at all like a war between the fiery warriors and dark monsters but more like a group of ice sculpture artists hosting an exhibition.

Everyone was astounded by this miraculous ability.

The previously troublesome monsters had turned into harmless targets in the blink of an eye.

The length of Mephit’s freezing effects allowed the warriors to take a break and have a quick lunch or even a short nap under the ice sculptures before resuming their chipping without any problems.

What was once fierce and dangerous combat now became pure physical labour, a gap unimaginable to ordinary people.

Mephit suddenly became the most popular figure in the base.

However, most people were rebuffed; in the entire battle group, aside from Rod, Mephit didn’t pay any mind to anyone else.

Both captains also strictly curtailed such behavior. They were aware of Mephit’s status as a taboo person, but in such matters, there was no need to broadcast it and create internal fractures or affect unity within the team.

At this moment, Rod was undoubtedly the happiest person.

Mephit had thoroughly proved her value with a weekly salary of 8,000 silver coins, solving the team’s biggest problem.

Not only that, but her arrival also solved Rod’s material issues.

After his persistent pestering, Mephit had no choice but to repeatedly lower her fees.

Rod had discovered that this girl, who seemed quite aloof on the outside, wasn’t very good at dealing with relentless pursuit, especially when there was just cause.

And Rod, as both the commander of the entire battle group and her employer, was the most legitimate reason.

In the end, he bought a huge amount of materials from her at an unimaginably low price.

The Resurrection Stone, previously 10,000 silver coins, now only cost him 3,000 silver coins.

Rod smiled so wide he couldn’t close his mouth, taking advantage of his authority and wealth, he simply emptied Mephit’s entire stock in one fell swoop.

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