Chapter 2369: 2369. Not A Ruin

Chapter 2369: 2369. Not A Ruin



"Those are not normal vultures." Alice's whisper was her pause right before changing songs. It was mostly for her to ask Walker what was going on since she had no idea what they were.

Most people knew what a vulture was, there might be a few species, but for everyone, they were signs that something dead might be nearby. For adventurers, they were signs that there could be a larger group of predators nearby.

The vulture species would follow the pack of monsters or the large predator and eat from the remains of their hunts. A perfectly balanced relationship that would actually help protect more people in the long run since they could avoid the dangers that came with that predator.

However, these vultures had ink black feathers and their beaks and talons were white. While Walker could only see one that had lost some of its body to become an undead, the dark mana around its body proved to be more of a boost to the other death vultures around.

Meaning, that the entire flock had been attracted by the rot dogs as they could be food as long as the death vultures managed to avoid the attacks of the zombified monsters that the rot dogs were. That way, the vultures would eat from their rotting bodies and follow them in hopes of always getting a snack.

But right now, the young adventurer party was weak because of the undead mana around and the simple fact that there was plenty of other issues they needed to worry about. Like the fact that the rot dogs were still attacking even though their bodies were burning. Not all of them had been eliminated by Walker.

That was another terror of zombies in general. They didn't just stop when they were burnt, they couldn't even feel it.

The death vultures saw this as a chance to just hunt more. And with all the commotion, scent of rotting and burning, and then the changes in mana it showed signs of battles. This pushed their natural instincts to come and enjoy the feast. They could have been pushed away by the fire, but since they had death mana and naturally lived in areas with undead mana, they could care less.

Becoming an undead was just a part of their lifespan in a way. For the death vultures, when they awakened their innate affinities and changed from another species of vulture that only relied on dark mana, they had become much more powerful by comparison. The fears that they had innately were gone with the wind.

Things would just get tougher when Walker noticed that the decaying dark mana in their feathers actually managed to repel the flames a bit. Their feathers did not outright burn when he directed fire attacks at them. He had managed to utilize the fire mana that the quick fire mage had left around in the air to start a grander flame wall. That was all though.

When it came to the battle healer, she was just stunned. She could feel her wounds and even her body overall becoming better with every step. The soft song that Alice barely spoke was enough to clear away even the general fatigue she had felt from the entire journey. How could someone be that adept?

When the two shields and short swords using twins looked out, they did not feel awe or wonder. They felt terrible. Their leader had been harmed because they had not been ready to attack. Their styles were weak. Their attacks were weak. They were weak.

So what if they had been told a tiny bit of what made the true draconic guardian Su powerful was? Who cared if she had the styles and the developed training to be that strong? They couldn't use it because they didn't learn enough to make a single bit of it theirs.

They needed to become ten times, if not a hundred times better. This trip wasn't just a showing of how little they were in the world. It was proof that they should not have stepped a foot from their home without training even more than they had. Just because there were two of them did not mean they could stand on one side alone.

Walker could see all the thoughts racing through the young adventurer's mind. He always felt that way. Evaluating what he did wrong and how he should change his ways. He knew his family did that too. So, he let them think. He would not suggest a single way for them to improve. Instead, he focused on the problems of this entire area.

It was a land of the undead now, not a single undead ruin. But even that was part of the world's balance.

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