Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Art of Death (End)

Merlin placed a spell on the hunting map Muyoung had .

It evolved to be an item that allowed him to move without getting lost, at least in Blue Temple .

Afterwards, Muyoung headed out on his own .

Although he could feel the lingering gaze of Merlin, he knew that if they were to stay together, they would only grow to become more attached to each other .

On his way back, Muyoung killed monsters and used his ‘Art of Death’ skill to increase his level of understanding .

Level: 14

Type: Zombie

Strength 17 Agility 15 Stamina 20 Intelligence 3 Wisdom 1 >

Grr . Grrrrr .

The completed undead looked at Muyoung while flicking its tongue .

After wildly mixing the corpses of a monkey monster and a red salamander, he received an art score of 5 .

‘Just mixing them won’t do . ’

Muyoung lived the past 40 years as an assassin .

Perhaps the little artistic sense he may have had in the past had already disappeared by now .

He rubbed his chin .

‘How to get a higher score . ’

However, the stronger a class was, the more difficult it was to master .

If he carefully experimented, he would be able to laugh at the face of necromancers .

‘I should make a skeleton by carving out the bones . ’

Instead of connecting monsters’ body parts to create a zombie, wouldn’t it be better to create a skeleton by carving out its bones?

Muyoung first looked for materials .

If the materials were good, it would have a better compensation effect .

And it was making a soldier out of bones .

He couldn’t just use the random bones of monsters .

He needed the sturdiest bones possible .

‘If I remember correctly… there were cannibalistic elephants around here . ’

He thought of the elephants that lived in the forest of the Blue Temple .

These elephants that had robust frames and huge ivory tusks were very hard to find as there were only a few . Cases of them being found were very rare .

Even in the case that they were found, it was difficult for someone to fight them alone .

However, Muyoung had the map Merlin had placed a spell on .

Also, Muyoung wasn’t just an ordinary person . In the Underworld, he might have been a weakling, but at Blue Temple, he was one of the strongest .

Muyoung quickly moved his steps and entered the territory of the ‘cannibalistic elephants’ .

He was able to witness four elephants drinking water near a lake .

Unlike regular elephants, cannibalistic elephants did not normally move in groups . At most, they moved as a family .

But, they were aggressive and were known to enjoy fights .

If you approached them carelessly, you might suddenly get attacked by them .

Muyoung carefully stalked the elephant family and at the moment an elephant was by itself, he rushed in .

Tralala!

The elephant who discovered Muyoung screamed out loud .

It was because Muyoung swiftly went on top of the elephant to stab its neck with Anguish .

The elephant constantly shook its body, but it was useless as Muyoung was stuck to him like a glue .

Thump!

As soon as Anguish had sucked out all of its blood, the elephant collapsed onto the ground .

Muyoung wiped his forehead .

‘I think I also need the cartilages and the tendons . ’

He couldn’t make a skeleton with just its ivory tusks . He needed enough cartilage and tendons to connect the bones to make a proper shape .

However, Muyoung didn’t have enough time to dissect the enormous elephant by parts as the other elephants may discover and attack him .

“Remove the skin . ”

Scrape .

Grawl!

Muyoung wasn’t alone .

The giant undead serpent and the undead salamander monkey followed Muyoung’s order and started to move slowly .

The serpent swallowed a big chunk and spat it out, while the monkey used his dull sword to slice the skin off .

They were slow, but it was much faster than Muyoung doing it alone .

Muyoung started to dissect the elephant and left the useful parts aside .

When he had gathered enough bones to create a skeleton, he finished by cutting off its ivory tusks .

He wasn’t done just because he had collected enough materials .

A lot of knowledge and effort was required in slicing the tusks to make a skeleton .

It was fortunate that he knew the anatomy of a human body better than anyone else, but it was hard work to carve the tusks into bones .

Scrape . Scrape .

After moving to a safe area, Muyoung started to cut the tusks inside an empty cave .

If he had a sharp chisel, it would have made the job much easier, but all he had was axe to carefully carve the tusks .

The axe was one of the items he grabbed while he was massacring the monsters with Merlin protecting him . It seemed like a waste to throw it out, but as he didn’t really need it, he kept it in his Infinity Pouch .

Carving wasn’t hard to do .

All he had to do was concentrate his strength and scratch along the grain .

‘This is an interesting experience . ’

He chuckled out loud .

Something he had never done . It wasn’t a bad feeling .

It must be because you get stronger by learning things you didn’t know and by overcoming them .

It wasn’t bad for Muyoung to experience these things .

‘It’s probably better to make it a bit different than just having it shaped like a normal human . ’

Didn’t he just have to make it as beautiful as he could?

To Muyoung, art was beauty .

He thought that his concept wasn’t bad .

Scrape! Scrape!

Muyoung’s hands slowly moved faster .

As he started to shape the bones and pieced together the pieces, more than half of a day had passed .

Muyoung nodded as he was satisfied with his finished work .

A skeleton with small wings was laid out on the ground .

As Muyoung activated Art of Death, a dark aura emitted from Muyoung’s hand and wrapped around the skeleton .

Type: Skeleton

Level: 21

Strength 33 Agility 19 Stamina 23 Intelligence 5 Wisdom 4 >

Rattle . Rattle .

Skeleton stood up awkwardly .

As Muyoung looked at the skeleton, he found out that the bilateral symmetry was slightly off .

It was the first time he had made anything . He couldn’t be satisfied on his first try .

As if handicapped, the skeleton walked while dragging its right foot .

‘A score of 15 . ’

It couldn’t be considered as a high score, but compare to the serpent or the monkey, it was much better .

Its stats were also quite decent .

Maybe it was because he made it with the tusks of the elephant, but its strength was high .

This should be similar to a typical undead .

“Take this . It was the axe I used to make you . ”

Muyoung handed the axe he used to carve the tusks .

Since the skeleton had a high level of strength, it was perfect for it .

Crack!

It made weird noises as it reached out to grab the axe .

*

The temple was calm .

The survivors, including Taehwan, gulped down their saliva as they blocked the entrance of the temple .

20 days had passed since they had first arrived .

He had heard from Muyoung that there would be a boss battle every 10 days .

If that was true, then today was the day a strong boss would make an appearance .

Taehwan looked around .

15 survivors .

Almost no one had died since the 10th day .

It was due to Taehwan’s leadership and his shield .

However, today, Taehwan was nervous .

Thump! Thump!

Soon after, a huge monster appeared heading towards the entrance as the ground shook .

“A goblin…?”

Everyone was puzzled after seeing it .

It was 2 . 5m tall, one-eyed monster, with a small horn on its forehead, holding a large bat . Whoever looked at it was reminded of a goblin .

It seemed to be a female considering her large breasts .

It was the first time they faced a human-like monster .

Gaaaaaaaah!

The goblin ran towards them while screaming out loud .

“Let’s act calmly . As usual, just attack behind me!”

The very first to act was Taehwan, with his Shield of Eradication .

The only reason why there weren’t many casualties was because Taehwan stood and blocked the front .

But, the conditions weren’t great this time .

The Shield of Eradication’s toughness buff worked when there were numerous of enemies . But, there was only one golem .

Thump!

“Gwagh!”

It was only a single attack .

But, it felt like his arm was being shattered .

Taehwan clenched his teeth .

As if it was unexpected, the goblin tilted her head . At that moment, a rain of arrows flew towards her .

However, a fog-like shield was formed beside the goblin and all the arrows bounced off .

‘Ah…!’

As expected, the boss is different . It was on a different level than normal monsters .

Even against Rellaka, it was Muyoung who killed the boss himself .

Thump! Thump! Thuuump!

Taehwan was at his limit after blocking a few more of the goblin’s attacks .

Crack!

He wasn’t able to handle her attack any longer and his bone snapped .

‘Damn it!’

He felt like he was going to faint .

Holding his right arm, he dropped onto the ground . The goblin slowly approached him .

‘If only hyungnim was here…’

Although he had made a resolution to protect the others by himself, there was a limit to his abilities .

Soon, the goblin tried to smash Taehwan’s head off with her bat .

Taehwan closed his eyes .

Swaaack .

He only heard a noise, his head wasn’t split open .

Taehwan opened his eyes and saw an odd sight .

‘A serpent?’

A huge serpent was wrapped around the goblin!

Gwaah! Gwaaah!

The enraged goblin held the serpent by its neck . She then threw the serpent on the ground and started to rip its body apart with her bare hands .

Swing-

Thump!

At that moment, a dagger flew straight towards the goblin’s head and embedded itself into the back of her head .

As if the barrier didn’t work properly, the goblin’s body started to wobble .

And then he appeared .

Twak!

Lowering his body as low as possible, he ran at an incredible speed, then flew up and sliced the neck of the goblin .

“Hyungnim…!”

“Goblins can’t produce a barrier if they can’t see where an attack is coming from . Aim for her back or her neck . ”

“You’re back!”

Taehwan lean forward and attempted to get up to greet him, but Muyoung stopped him .

“This isn’t the end . A male is going to show up soon . ”

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

The moment Muyoung finished his words, an enraged cry sounded out .

The ground shook from just the sound .

As they turned their heads, a completely red goblin snorted violently as he was staring deathly at them .