Chapter 91

Chapter 91

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Chapter 91: Ant Hell (3)

The shadows were well aware of the Demon’s Castle. That’s why Kim Minwoo had a hunch as to why he chose this gate.

For the infiltrating assassins, the maze-like layout was like a piece of cake. Plus, the seven reception rooms in the castle had only one entrance and were very spacious inside.

‘Perfect for a necromancer to spread his wings.’

It didn’t matter.

They were prepared to endure this level of penalty.

So, the group began opening the reception rooms one by one and checking inside.

The doors were opened one by one by the trainees. The rest of the group stayed a bit away, ready to react. After all, there could be a surprise attack from inside.

Four of them were empty.

They had only killed demon-type monsters.

When they opened the fifth door,

“...!”

A trainee was seen wide-eyed.

‘Is it here?’

The S-rank awakeneds waiting nearby reacted distinctly differently from before, their eyes shining.

Han Baekgil was no exception.

He tightly gripped his weapon.

Activating his skills to be ready to enter at any moment was just a bonus.

Then.

Swoooosh...!

A tremendous wind began to blow in front of the door, sucking everything in like a vacuum cleaner.

All the awakeneds were sucked in.

“What, what’s this?!”

“This is...!”

“It’s, it’s magic!”

S-rank mage Wi Rungkang, who came from China, shone his eyes.

The flow of standardized mana.

This was definitely magic.

Since there’s no way the necromancer could use this kind of magic, he must have obtained a remarkable item.

‘Cocky bastard.’

[Land of Death is activated!]

[Life is continuously drained!]

Another message popped up, but it wasn’t important right now.

It’s probably an AoE attack.

The damage isn’t that strong either.

What’s important is solving the wind raging right now. He was a mage who had been through thick and thin.

He had some magic prepared for times like this.

In an instant, the spell was activated in his hand.

[Weight Amplification (B) is activated!]

[Earth’s Grasp (A) is activated!]

Amplifying the target’s weight.

A gigantic hand protruded from the ground and grabbed the party members by their arms.

The members of the shadow group, who were being swept away by the wind, let out a sigh of relief.

Their bodies came to a halt in mid-air.

Then.

[The Archmage is watching you!]

[The source of the magic has been detected!]

[All magic is being completely dispelled!]

Before even 0.1 second passed, all of Wi Rungkang’s magic vanished as if it had never existed.

‘...?’

Wi Rungkang’s eyes widened at the sight of the message, something he had never seen before.

The source has been detected?

And on top of that, all magic is dispelled?

What kind of nonsense is this?

‘What’s this talk about ‘The Archmage’ again?’

The party members were all dragged towards the door. The same went for Wi Rungkang. The party members hurriedly used defensive skills, and soon a huge explosion erupted.

Boom!

“Aargh!”

“Ouch!”

The trainees’ bodies turned into rags. Even the S-rank awakeneds suffered damage. It was such a tremendous force.

“It’s him!”

Inside the reception room.

Kim Minwoo was stationed there with numerous undead creatures.

A gigantic golem and Cedric.

And even skeletons.

Familiar summoned creatures were present. Although he expected a group of specters, he had already anticipated that.

He would have learned C-rank skills long ago. The only peculiar thing was...

‘What’s that?’

There was a woman standing next to Kim Minwoo for the first time.

A woman wearing a distant robe, smiling while looking at this place.

She looked foreign no matter how you looked at her...

‘Who’s that again?’

‘Could it be... secretly calling reinforcements...’

‘No, wait a minute.’

A warning echoed in everyone’s mind along with doubts.

The maximum capacity for entry into a B-rank gate is 20 people. But there were already 19 people who had entered with Kim Minwoo.

In other words, it meant that although she looked human, she wasn’t.

And the mysterious woman.

They all looked at the sparkling group as if unaffected by the rain of light.

‘What’s going on?’

‘Why didn’t it work?’

‘Why aren’t they dying?’

Even for a Death Knight, it was a huge amount of light storms that would make them disappear in an instant.

If it were an ordinary necromancer, they would already be scrambling to flee with their ranks breached.

But why?

Silence ensued for a moment.

The first to regain their composure were Kim Minwoo’s undead side. Undead beings launched attacks from all directions.

“Cough!”

“Argh!”

Casualties emerged from the unforeseen situation.

Han Baekgil was equally stunned.

* * *

‘It’s easy.’

He had gained momentum from the beginning.

He pushed forward and unleashed explosions.

Although S-rank awakeneds began to resist, his undead army alone had managed to stall for more time than he expected.

‘They’re not as strong as I thought.’

The average level of the original shadow members was close to 500.

Doubling the experience points wouldn’t make them 1,000 levels. As the level increased, the required experience points also increased significantly.

‘Maybe around 700.’

Average stats of 700.

Of course, there were other factors to consider, so their actual abilities would be much higher, but his summoned creatures were not to be underestimated.

Numbers were their strength for now.

They played their role in stalling for time perfectly.

And on top of that, Merhen played a major role.

‘Just a counter to the mages.’

Among the ten mages in this world, nine were just fakes.

They learned magic from spellbooks like an automatic casting system. In other words, their method of casting spells was fixed.

But Merhen...

‘She’s a real mage.’

She manipulated mana to create magic freely. For her, the fake mages were just delicious prey.

Just by looking at them, she could discern how to bypass their magic. Even blocking the flow of mana a little would cause the fake mages to collapse, vomiting blood.

Like that Wi Rungkang guy up there.

‘It’s similar to swordsmanship too.’

Like when some amateur swings a sword, you figure out what to do next and put a knife to his throat.

Magic was similar.

A true master would easily dismantle the amateurs.

‘And I’ve roughly understood their skills too.’

There was a reason he summoned the undeads first.

At the 6th stage, there were many variables.

It was to see if their skills had changed, if they were using any unique skills, and so on.

Eventually, Han Baekgil tried to pull out his trump card.

‘Sorry, it didn’t work.’

Light magic?

His skill is at a level where even the SSS Holy Sword Light doesn’t work. With just S-rank light magic, there wasn’t much they could do.

Thanks to that, the bewildered shadow members were taking a beating.

‘I need to take out a few before they escape.’

That’s when Hidden Piece would activate.

He looked at Merhen.

She nodded.

Kim Minwoo drew his command sword and charged.

Cedric did the same.

The closest one was Six.

As he approached the assassin, he glared.

The assassin swiftly thrust his dagger.

‘Not a skill.’

Cedric’s spear intercepted the dagger.

A gap was created as the trajectory was deflected.

As the dagger pierced, he urgently tried to use a skill. His body surged like smoke. It was one of the assassin’s S-rank skills, Emergency Escape.

Then...

[Merhen uses Sticky Submerge (S)!]

Splat!

A sticky liquid adhered to Six’s legs. Six, whose Emergency Escape was canceled, widened his eyes.

Terrified, Six bent his waist. The sword struck down, cleaving his body in two.

[Your Level increased by 3!]

Even though it was S-rank, the level was just so-so. In terms of skill itself, it was well-executed, but it was at the same level as the First Young Lord he met at the Wuxia Gate.

‘Well, then, you die.’

He probably saw his fight with Cho Pilwook and thought that was all there is to his hand-to-hand skill, so he tried to figure it out on his own.

Unfortunately, Kim Minwoo’s swordsmanship didn’t amount to that.

Two commanders.

Plus Kim Minwoo.

With the combined attack of these three masters, the S-rank awakeneds fell without even trying to resist.

‘Now there are three left.’

The shadow members, led by Han Baekgil, began to tremble at the overwhelming skill that transcended imagination.

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