Chapter 401: The First God Rank Artifact

Chapter 401: The First God Rank Artifact

What kind of an existence was the Death Guide? The truth was, there was only one Death Guide, a fact that was contrary to what the Rocard Kingdom believed. And this person happened to be Death, an unofficial Korean ranker that had been working under a thin veil of mystery for the longest time.

Death transferred to the Black Wizard class and accidentally reached the God Class ‘Immortal’. The Immortal class was simply put, a higher rank of the necromancer class. The biggest reason why his existence remained unknown was...

‘Undead summoning.’

The ability to summon a huge number of the undead had allowed him to forego participation in any party hunt. The Immortal’s summons were completely different from an ordinary necromancer’s summons, which had given him the leeway to work independently.

Death was one of the few people that had received the Black Dragon Vormon’s quest. He was the one that found the Death Knights and the souls trapped in their bodies. He had struggled desperately to gather all of the legendary souls. He also did his best to grow stronger and eventually gained enough foothold, becoming Black Dragon Vormon’s Undead Corps’ commander.

But after all those hardships, what the hell was happening right now?!

Death thought that he could continue digging through and pushing the Asgan Continent to its limit with Black Dragon Vormon’s Undead Corps as long as he remained alive. However, Vormon had died and Death was left with no choice but to give up on his dreams. However, even if he gave up on that dream, Death still had the power to swallow a huge dungeon or field by himself.

Yes, he had power that was comparable to the Summit Five.

Each of the players hailed as the Summit Five had the power to fight against an entire kingdom by themselves. However, Death was different. He could fight against an entire kingdom thanks to the power of the undead that he summoned.

So, he made a decision. Death, who had become the king of Vormon’s Undead Corps, knew that the Undead Corps would disappear forever a month after Vormon’s Death. However, he thought that it would be a pity to simply lose them like that.

If Death risked everything and attacked Asgan Continent, he was sure that Ellie and her troops would decimate them. Therefore, he needed to increase his power. Besides, he did not want all the time and effort that he invested into Vormon’s Undead Corps, as well as his plans on building an undead kingdom, to go to waste. So, he decided to plunder the Hybrid Race living under Vormon’s protection.

Death wanted to gain their special crops and special artifacts! On top of that, he also wanted to gain money by selling the Hybrid Race as slaves! That was right. He planned to destroy the lives of thousands of people in the Rocard Kingdom, just for his own personal gain.

However, something unexpected happened. Golden Mage Ali and Minhyuk had suddenly appeared. The outstanding men from Atlas came and trashed his Death Knights. But not long after, Minhyuk disappeared to who knew where.

“Where did he go?”

Death did not know where he went but there was one thing that he was sure of. Ali and the Food God might have appeared as variables but he would still be able to succeed in his quest to plunder the Rocard Kingdom. Death wanted to squeeze the Undead Corps until the very end and make them exert their strongest power before they disappeared completely.

Furthermore, as the Immortal and their king, he would also be able to temporarily exert the strongest power he could muster. Death decided to use this opportunity to push through. He might not know where the Food God went, but he knew that he would be gone for a while. So, he once again launched an all-out attack.

Alas, another unexpected thing happened.

“What the hell?!”

Five hundred of Rocard Kingdom’s elite soldiers suddenly became more powerful. These soldiers were barely able to deal with the skeleton knights before, but now every single one of them could fight against three or four by themselves! This was something very surprising.

‘Don’t... don’t tell me!’

Death had a hunch that this was all thanks to the Food God’s power.

‘Yes! It must definitely be the Food God’s excellent buff abilities!’

However, that thought was unbelievable, so he shook his head. If he continued to think in that direction, then it meant that he was not denying the fact that the Food God harbored power that was beyond any common sense.

Even if he was not using Vormon’s Undead Corps, the number of undead that he could summon were usually around 2,000. However, the Named NPCs that the Food God had summoned in this battlefield, together with the mighty elites of the Rocard Kingdom, as well as Ali, were more than enough to deal with those undead. Death needed to prepare another move.

That was when he brought out two small decrees. These parchments were something that Vormon had handed over to him when he became the commander of Vormon’s Undead Corps. These were decrees created with Vormon’s amazing magic and brilliant mind.

‘Undead Strengthening Decree.’

‘Powerful Undead Troops Production Decree.’

The Undead Strengthening Decree had the power to increase the power of Vormon’s entire Undead Corps right now. Vormon had intended to use it later during the battle of the continents. Of course, by then, the number of undead in their hands would be replenished, although it did not came to be.

On the other hand, the Powerful Undead Troops Production Decree was a special parchment that could produce Vormon’s Undead Corps. And the one that could produce these troops was none other than Immortal Death. Death used this excellent parchment to produce several incredibly powerful units of undead every day. However, the only downside was that these troops were disposable. Thankfully, the parchment could accumulate the troops that he produced everyday. It was because of this that Death had refrained from using the parchment and opted on accumulating the troops that he could produce. It was only today that he thought of using them.

Death immediately tore the Undead Strengthening Decree. The moment he tore the parchment, a black current swirled over the heads of the undead and got sucked into their bodies.

“Kiheeeeeeeek!”

“Kyaaaaaaaack!”

“Kihyaaaaaaack!”

Notifications rang for Death alongside the roars of the undead.

[You have used the Undead Strengthening Decree.]

[All of Vormon’s Undead Corps’ abilities have increased by 1.3x.]

[Their HP reserves have increased by 1.5x.]

And it did not end there. With his God Class Immortal, he gained a new set of special skills. He could designate a place and make the area around it a ‘death zone’. Death raised his staff encrusted with black gems. A powerful wave of power stretched out from the staff before seeping down into the ground just below the gates of Rocard Kingdom.

Shwaaaaaaaa—

Then, a black aurora stretched out and covered a radius of 30 meters.

[Death Zone]

[Those that stand inside the Death Zone cannot use any skill or potion.]

[You cannot use any special power to stop the Death Zone.]

[The skill has a 30 minute duration.]

“Bennet! You must survive! Close the gates!”

Screams rang loudly in the area as they got stabbed by spears and blades. They cried loudly as their bodies spurted out blood. The people of Rocard Kingdom had no choice but to close the gates in tears and reluctance.

All of them were of the same mind. They all had a firm will and determination to protect their kingdom! Under these dire circumstances, they were able to hold out and protect the gates for twenty minutes. Alas, they were already at their limits.

“Keuhahahahahahahaha!” Death laughed viciously.

He would build his ‘Kingdom of the Dead’ by plundering and looting the Rocard Kingdom! Then, the gates slowly began to open.

“Keooook!”

“Keuaaaack!”

The undead once again stepped foot inside the kingdom through the open gates.

“Kill all of the Food God’s subordinates!”

They said that the Food God would become a king. But the first king would be him, and him alone. In reality, he might be someone that could easily be ignored and could not do anything. However, in this place he would be the king.

‘Even if I can’t do anything in reality, I will still become king here!’

The cries of the people that he put into despair did not register in his ears. Only the fact that one of the Lord Legends had broken through the gates entered his mind. This was the Lord Legend that had power comparable to a Legendary Named NPC! And it will slaughter hundreds of these people for him.

Just when Death was about to grin widely...

Crackle!

Bang, bang, bang!

A mysterious, yet domineering, blood-red lightning bolt fell down from the sky and struck the Lord Legends. The lightning strike had wiped out dozens of undead in one go.

[Three Lord Legends has been destroyed.]

[Forty one Skeleton Knight Lords have been destroyed.]

“...?!”

The Lord Legend that was comparable to a Legendary Named NPC was thrown away in one strike?! However, it did not end there. Another set of notifications rang the moment the unidentified lightning bolt struck down again.

Crackle!

Bang, bang, bang!

[Five Lord Legends has been destroyed.]

[Thirty four Skeleton Knight Lords have been destroyed.]

Crackle!

Bang, bang, bang!

[Fifty four Skeleton Knight Lords have been destroyed.]

“...?!”

Death suddenly turned flustered. What the hell was that skill and how the hell did it have that much power? Then, it made him think, ‘But skills can’t be used inside the Death Zone, right...?!’

He could not understand what was happening. Finally, the figure that struck down his Lord Legends appeared in front of him. The man was none other than the Food God. The Food God held an unidentified blood red sword which he brandished once again.

Crackle!

Bang, bang, bang!

Another blood-red lightning bolt fell down from the sky and annihilated everything that it fell down on.

‘Im... impossible! Does he have the power to neutralize the Death Zone?’

Common sense told Death that it was impossible. The Death Zone was an ability that ignored any kind of power or ability that could stop it. However, this was the Food God, and he might really have that kind of power.

So, Death decided to use one of his skills. This skill was none other than ‘Enemy Troops Observation’. This skill was very useful in creating the undead. This skill would observe the enemy’s active skill and develop a sub-par, yet compatible, active skill that the undead could learn.

[The Enemy Troops Observation has started.]

Ring!

[The Enemy Troops Observation has been completed.]

[There are no skills that are currently being used.]

[The attack is an ordinary attack.]

The moment Death heard the notifications, he recalled...

“Ordinary attack...?”

... he recalled what the players called attacks like this. A direct and basic attack.