Chapter 78 Must've Drank A Lot Of Milk

The mist that was inside the skeleton was morphing not making any sound but it could be seen violently thrashing around, till it finally took a form extending from the skeletons body and enveloping it.

The armour the skeleton wore had been covered in this purple mist till finally it gripped around the body and slowly turned into a midnight purple armour. Eventually all the pieces of armour had turned into this midnight purple armour with additional pieces, the extended parts of the mist had turned into extra arms for the skeleton.

The skeleton had dropped his great sword and the purple mist began to extend further into the hands of the skeleton creating pure black swords. The swords were rather normal looking except the hilt, the hilt looked like a pair of demon horns and was emanating a slight purple light.

Shaman's heart began to pound as the presence of the monster became more dense and she was terrified of what she was looking at. Her hands were shaking and sweat began to fall on her face as she checked the status screen of the transformed skeleton.

[Midnight night]

[A skeleton imbued with demonic powers as represented by its weapon, proceed with caution as one hit from the blade can paralyze the body.]

'Looks like I'm going to have to go full power as this battle won't allow me to conserve my mana at all.' Shaman began to think of the ways to approach this as one mistake could mean she loses an arm.

She had also sent a message to Elysia of the description and told her not to hold back.

'Wolfy I don't want you out of the shadows and only attack when I say.' Shaman wanted to keep Wolfy safe as if he were to become a target. Shaman did not want that extra burden of protecting someone as worrying about Elysia was already stressful enough.

'Let's try out these new skills I have yet to use.' Shaman remembered she had acquired 2 new skills but had no reason to use it and also did not want to use it in front of Himeko.

Shaman began to run towards the skeleton as being on the defensive would not be an option.

Before Shaman got close she finally activated [Spatial rift] and entered a separate space.

The separate space was in a dark blue color looking like the sky, it also had this stary effect which amazed Shaman but she could not admire it for long as it drained her mana fast and could only stay in there for a short period of time.

Shaman ran behind just where the skeleton was as the room was still visible just with that dark blue filter over it. Shaman changed her affinity to ice and exited the separate space.

Shaman summoned ice spears and used her other skill [Chains of earth], the ground rumbled for a moment before the ground broke apart and chains came out wrapping around the skeleton immobilizing it.

'Now.' Shaman called for Wolfy to attack.

Wolfy came from the roof with what looks like a shadow spear going straight for the neck of the skeleton where there was a gap in the armour.

Elysia had also shot a [Blade burst arrow] to the front side aiming for the left shoulder.

This all happened in a matter of moments and Shaman began to swing her blade towards the skeleton's back while she used the ice spears to go for the leg joints. Shaman and Elysia had used quite a bit of mana to make sure they were powerful strikes and were more than they would usually use for a strong enemy.

Shaman hit the armour and was able to slice through it just as she expected but when she came in contact with what seemed to be the ribcage the blade was put to halt.

'What? My legendary sword can cut through some good looking amour but I can't go through the bone, did this skeleton drink a shit ton of milk?" Shaman was surprised but she did not need to cut through him anyway as all she needed was to get inside the armour.

The ice on the sword started to spread inside the body and began to freeze him over.

Wolfy's attack was unfortunately unsuccessful as he was unable to get past the bone as it seemed like it was more sturdy than the armour itself. Wolfy bounced off and quickly went back in the shadows to wait for Shaman's next signal if there was one.

Elysia's attack on the other hand was half successful, the armor on the Skeletons armour was shredded to pieces and part of the bone had been melted away making it hang from the shoulder.

Shaman noticed the effect fire has on the skeleton and could be the key to the battle.

Shaman had now jumped away as the skeletons body was being encased in ice but she still did not let her guard down.

The ice at this point had fully encased the body of the skeleton but what Shaman hoped to be the end of the battle did not end up being true as the ice instantly began to crack.

'Of course it would not be the end.' Shaman expected this as she had only just backed away and it was already breaking free and she had no time to set up an attack for when it was in the ice.

Shaman took in a deep breath to calm the nerves as her hand began to shake again.

'It's okay, we just need to try a different strategy.' Shaman began to think of different ways to attack the skeleton night during the little time she had before it broke free.

Elysia had also sent a message to Shaman as she could visibly see her stressing out just like she was.

[Since fire is the most effective against the bone how about instead of ice try to put it in a pillar of fire]

Shaman had thought of this idea as well but the issue would be trying to keep it in that one spot long enough.

[If we need to keep it one spot how bout we just bombard it with spells and keep it from moving]

Shaman mentally face palmed as Elysia was making a lot of sense. They don't need to make an elaborate trap; they could trap it by using spells and keep hitting it back in the pillar if it were to escape.

'Alright, let's try it.' It was worth a shot as the skeleton did not seem very smart and was more of a muscle head kind of monster.

The skeleton finally broke free and shards of ice launched across the room destroying the walls and some of the pillars in the room. The earth chains had also shattered and turned into ambient mana slowly floating away.

The skeleton also seemed agitated as ice was still inside its armour and the sound of cracking could be heard as it moved. The damage that was also done to the armor and bone were getting fixed as purple mist floated around the area slowly repairing it.

'Damn it regenerates, we are going to have to make sure nothing is left of it when we try to burn it.' Shaman was a little worried that they would never be able to kill it but they would not know unless they tried.

Shaman gripped her sword and Elysia got ready waiting for Shaman.

Shaman dashed forward towards the skeleton as it was still distracted getting all the ice out. The skeleton noticed however and grabbed out 3 more swords that looked the same as the first and occupied the 4 arms it now had.

Due the blades being light they were even faster than the great axe but since the ice still invaded the ice the arm movements were still impaired enough that she could still react to the skeletons movements.

Shaman quickly entered the rift and a second later appeared behind the skeleton. Shaman slashed down and was quickly blocked. The force of the block launched Shaman back towards one end of the hall.

Elysia had jumped out and caught Shaman making her landing more smoother.

"I think our idea is going to take a bit longer." Shaman thought it would be a little easier but it seems like this battle is going to take a lot longer than expected.

"At this rate, yes but we can't give up just yet." Elysia let out an awkward smile as the skeleton knight is a lot stronger than they initially thought.

Shaman got up on her feet and stared back at the skeleton that had not moved.

"Seems like it is wai-" Shaman was cut off as it vanished and appeared behind them swinging.

"FUCK, ELYSIA." The skeleton swung towards Elysia and Shaman knew that Elysia would not be able to react in time.

Shaman instinctively jumped towards her to save her but was unsure if she would be able to make it.

'Please make it.'