Soul Devourer Chapter 5 Episode 11 — Mockery Echoing Throughout the Paradise of Death
He advanced down the long corridor lined with torches placed at equal intervals. Illuminated by the eerie light, his shadow swayed ominously.
At last, he placed his hand on the heavy door to the boss room and pushed it open…
Cold, dense fog immediately came pouring out from inside, wrapping around his entire body.
The moment he stepped into the ruined graveyard, eleven spheres of light descended from the heavens, clearly visible even through the thick fog.
The spheres shone brilliantly… and just like before, ten Liches and one Elder Lich appeared.
“Alright, sorry to ruin your grand entrance… but I have no business with you lot. I’ll purify you in an instant.”
The moment he declared it, he activated «Fujou Taisan • Turn Undead».
Pouring in more magic power than usual, a gigantic magic circle appeared beneath the ground, enveloping all ten Liches.
Pillars of light surged skyward from the faintly glowing magic circle, and in the next instant, the Liches vanished completely.
After the light faded, the only things left behind were ten magic stones.
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『Magic Power +27』
『Strength +16』
『Endurance +23』
『Agility +18』
『Intelligence +30』
『Spirit +29』
『Dexterity +18』
『Luck +18』
“Come, I’ve prepared the food for you… hurry up and show me your true form.”
It probably didn’t understand his words.
Even so, the Elder Lich slowly descended to the ground and picked up the magic stones one by one, crushing them between its jaws.
With every stone consumed, the Elder Lich’s presence swelled.
Before long, black haze enveloped its body, and together with the haze bursting outward, even the dense fog blanketing the surroundings disappeared.
An overwhelming aura of death completely dominated the area.
A skeletal body draped in a pitch-black robe. Up to the point of holding a staff adorned with a human skull, it looked no different from a Lich.
However, red light glowed within the skull’s eye sockets, and countless crimson cracks resembling blood spread across its surface.
“The name is… Amortas Magia. Its stats and skill levels are both equivalent to S-Rank, huh…”
Sweeping his gaze over it, he slightly raised an eyebrow.
“What interests me most is… the new skill【Thanatos Dominion】.”
Judging from the name alone, it was probably a field-type skill… the moment he thought that, Amortas Magia slammed its staff into the ground.
In the next instant, a red pulse crawled across the earth, and the ruined graveyard itself began to transform.
The ground changed into a cold, hardened terrain, while crimson cracks resembling blood vessels branched endlessly across the surface.
Above them hung a blood-red moon.
Countless pale souls with distorted human faces drifted through the air, and low, grating groans filled the space.
It was a sight that made one instinctively want to cover their ears and avert their eyes.
…But something like this wouldn’t make him falter.
Without pause, Amortas Magia launched its next move.
Using【Necromancy】, it summoned two Liches, fifteen Skeleton Knights, and ten Skeleton Magicians.
Just to be safe, he checked the effects of【Thanatos Dominion】…The stats of all the summoned undead had increased by 1.4 times across the board.
“I see… so it’s an effect that strengthens summoned undead.”
The corners of his mouth naturally curled upward.
“This is definitely a skill I want to obtain.”
Without hesitation, he activated【Holy Magic】to wipe out the undead. A massive magic circle spread beneath their feet, and just like before, pillars of light surged toward the heavens.
With this, the nuisances would be instantly annihilated… or so he was certain.
But in the next moment, undead figures leapt out from within the pillars of light completely unharmed.
“…Huh?”
An idiotic sound escaped his lips before he could stop it.
There was no way monsters below A-Rank could survive unscathed after taking holy magic backed by over 100,000 Intelligence value and【Holy Magic Enhancement】.
“So【Thanatos Dominion】… isn’t just a simple buff?”
His sense of caution spiked sharply.
“This… might be an even more troublesome skill than I thought.”
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E/N:
Oooh! New skill to steal!? That's more like it!
Stay tuned! (2/6 chapter)
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