Evil Avalon

Chapter 65-Bloody Baron

(TL:By Rafael)

She smashes the Corpse Warrior with her swinging spike mace. As the dust settles and my vision clears, my sister carefully picks up the dropped items and puts them in a garbage bag.

"That's the twelfth one!I wonder if I can call up some kind of patron."

"Bloody Baron. I thought I'd give it a try today. ......"

　

　Inside the garbage bag are twelve chunks of flesh that look like organs of some kind. After smashing hundreds of Skeleton Knights and Corpse Warriors with a bang, I finally got the number I needed for the summoning ritual. In terms of drop probability, I guess that's pretty good.

　

　And this lump of meat. Unlike the game, this lump of flesh was more gruesome than I had expected, as it had materialized in real life. It occasionally twitches, and the creepiness is unbelievable. Hanano also put it in the bag as if she was picking up a stranger's dog poop on the street.

"If we do this, I'd like to have a strategy meeting with first ......."

"Oh, there it is again."

　

　When I looked in the direction she pointed, I saw a dried-up hand sprouting from a pile of earth. The next monster popped up at the execution site as soon as it was defeated, so there was no time for idle chatter. It would be better to go outside once.

　

　

　

We Jump over the fence that surrounds the outer frame to find a reasonably flat place and lay out a rush mat after checking the safety. I poured myself a cup of tea from the water bottle I had brought with me and took a sigh of relief.

　

　The area was still dark and desolate. I was quietly amazed at how one can get used to such a scene after a while.

"I can put all the items we've collected together somewhere, right?:

"On the pattern in the center, yes."

　

　In front of me, Hanano asked in a good mood as she bit into her favorite candy bar.

　

　In the center of the execution site, a child's drawing of a swirling sun is vaguely depicted on the ground, and placing the twelve pieces of meat you've collected on it will trigger the Bloody Baron's summoning ritual.

　

　In the game, this was shown as a movie scene. The twelve guts, which are the quest item, pulsate and connect with each other, gradually swelling up to create a fresh zombie. It lasted 30 seconds. The summoning ritual in our world should take the same amount of time and be reproduced in the same way.

　

　Now, here's the problem. Do we have to watch it with our fingers crossed, just like in the game?

"Once the ritual begins, the Bloody Baron will be stuck for a while as he builds his body. So--"

"We can attack?"

"Yes."

　

　In the game, we were forced to watch that movie scene, and the player was restricted from moving. But in this world, there is no such thing. If we can move, we can attack as much as we want during the summoning ritual, which means it's bonus time.

 "Hmmm, 30 seconds for attack ......? How strong are they?"

"The monster level is 20, and since it's a floor boss, its HP and VIT are pretty high. There will be no general monsters, but instead 12 guard knights will pop at the same time.:

"Eh?Are you talking about the knight who was executed together?I don't know if I can handle that many."

　

　The escort knights are Bloody Knights, monster level 16 undead. They have a variety of armor, from large weapons to flying tools, and their individual strategies vary.

　

Facing 12 such monsters at the same time is difficult, even though they are now level 19 - normally.

"I'll stop the escort knights. I'm going to use Shadowstep as soon as I start summoning them."

"It's a skill that makes your legs fluffy and allows you to move faster. I want to learn that too!"

"I want to learn that too!"

 "First, you have to raise all the job levels of the basic jobs."

　

The 《Shadow Step》 is a divine skill that even top players find useful, as it increases evasion in addition to movement speed. It is learned in the advanced job [Shadow Walker], but there are many prerequisites for this job, so it will probably take some time yet.

"Anyway, go ahead and hit the Bloody Baron for 30 seconds. You can also try the manual activation I taught you before this."

"Hmmm. I don't know if I can do that."

　

　I groaned and practiced the skill motion. In the beginning, I struggled with manual activation, but thanks to repeated practice and research, I can now activate skills from normal attacks in a flowing manner. If you're going to dive into dungeons in the future, you'd better let your mind and body learn it.

If you can't beat them in time, or if something unexpected happens, don't force yourself to leave the execution site. ...... In that case, it'll disappear."

"Yeah! .....I've worked so hard to collect them, and now they're going to go to waste."

　

　The Bloody Baron is a special boss that not only has high durability, but also uses a large number of skills and magic. It's not impossible to defeat them if you use a cheat skill with a huge load, but we  don't need to force it.

You will be the one who will keep hitting the Bloody Baron that Hanano is summoning. If you can beat them in 30 seconds, beat them. If you can't, run away immediately."

"Okay."

　

　But let's eat the sweets I brought first. By the way, that stick candy looks delicious, can I have one?

　

　

　

　After taking a break from eating and lounging around, we entered the execution hall again. I cleaned up the two undead that had popped up, and stood with my sister on the summoning magic circle in the center.

　

　If the Bloody Baron can be defeated by us now, it's a big gain. We can move on to earning lil' money right away, and we'll be able to prepare level 20 class armor and items. With this expectation in my heart, I continued my explanation.

"When the twelve [venomous organs] come together and start pulsating as one, you can begin your attack."

"Yes. I'm going to do my best!"

　

　Hanano readies herself with a spike mace in her right hand and [Sword of Volgemuth] in her left. Well, if you fail, you can just run away. I'll tell her not to get too worked up.

　

"　Then I'll move on to the final preparations."

　

　I've already used the Shadow Step magic circle so much that my body remembers it. Even if it is a little complicated, I can draw it without difficulty. I had already experimented with it after reaching level 19, but I had already confirmed that I could use it without too much strain on my body.

　

　When activated, the surroundings darken slightly, and an afterimage shimmers around my feet. When I use this skill, it brings back memories of fighting against other people in the Dun-Ex era, which lifts my spirits and naturally switches me on to combat mode.

(Mmm, I'm getting better.)

　

　I nodded that I was ready to go when I looked at Hanano, so I took out the [poisonous guts] from the garbage bag and dropped them all over the ground. In a short time, the sun-like pattern on the ground glowed vermilion, and the flesh began to writhe and groan.

"Oh, it's working! But it moves in a weird way."

　

　In a few seconds or so, the flesh masses began to pulsate loudly as they gathered in the center and fused into one huge mass.

　

　In the same time, twelve mounds of earth were created around them, and something was trying to crawl out of them: twelve guarding knights--the Bloody Knights.

"Let's get to work! Knock 'em dead!"

I'm coming!"

　

　Raising her voice, Hanano swung down her spike mace. Despite the impact of the wind pressure that raises a cloud of dust, the mass of flesh is not crushed and continues to pulsate. As expected we're able to attack, but the summoning ritual hasn't been interrupted.

　

　On the other hand, the twelve Bloody Knights are "inactive monsters," which is rare for undead monsters, but this setting doesn't make sense because they will attack us if we attack the Bloody Baron. So we had to make the first move.

　

　First, I went to the nearest dirt mountain.

　

　I stepped in as if to check my toes, which were blurred by the afterimage of the 《Shadow Step》, and accelerated at once. The increase in AGI seems greater than when I used it against Volgemut. I think I can roughly master this skill now.

　

　Without slowing down, I thrusts my fine sword deep into the base of the earthen mountain and twists it hard. Then I heard a low roar from the earth. First one.

　

　Looking ahead, I saw a large sword already protruding from the mound of earth, and an individual trying to crawl out by scratching the earth with it. I accelerated again, sprinted, and stabbed it as it came out. The second one kicked off its head, which was in just the right position for a thud.

　

　To my right, 20 meters away, there was another one with its upper body already exposed. I threw my battered greatsword, which had fallen at my feet, with all my might, and succeeded in blowing off the upper half of the body along with the mound of earth.

　

　There was a hatchet sticking out of the mound to the right. It seems that they are foolishly trying to get out by facing the other side. There was no way I was going to overlook such a delicious opportunity, so I swung my sword down, thinking that the fourth one would be a piece of cake. But he prevented it with his hatchet, even though he was half buried in the ground!

"As expected of a knight. But--"

　

　I was surprised that he twisted his upper body to block the attack, but there was no way he could keep up with me if his lower body was buried and he couldn't move properly. The fourth body.

　

　Right behind me. I saw an individual that had just broken out of the earthen mound coming toward me, so I turned around to intercept it.

　

　The Bloody Knights come at me while raising a large double-bladed axe. While feinting from the opposite direction of its stance, I approached it and went into a close-range battle. The Bloody Knights can't seem to cope with my movements, which are more than twice as fast as theirs, so I tossed and turned them into demon stones after a few slashes by always keeping a blind spot. This is the fifth one.

　

"I thought I could do better." 

"Oh, ...... only seven left. I thought I could get a few more."

　

　I had expected to be able to kill about half of the twelve before they came out of the ground, but they came out much earlier than I expected. However, we had to fight them all at the same time, so it's a good thing we were able to reduce the number by five.

　

　In front of me, there were Bloody Knights with shortswords, knives, bows, large maces, and even something that looked like a sickle. Their faces are disfigured and their equipment is in tatters. Even so, I could see the will to protect their master, Bloody Baron, in their sunken eyes. It seems that it is not me who is pointing the tip of the weapon I am holding.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

　

　Behind me is Hanano, who raises her voice and strikes with all her might, paying no heed to the blowing dust. The summoning ritual has not stopped yet, and the lump of flesh is about to be spun into a humanoid form and become a fresh zombie. There's still half a minute left, but it's going to be tough to defeat a special boss with durability in time.

　

　Blood is still spurting out from the surface of the lump of flesh, limbs are bent in the wrong direction, and some of them are on the verge of disintegration. It was evidence that he had lost a lot of HP. Seeing this, some of the Bloody Knights are shouting and waving their weapons threateningly.

　

　It's no wonder they reacted the way they did, since their beloved master was being beaten to a pulp.

"I'm sorry, I can't let you through back there. That's why you guys--"

　

　You can be my exp.

TL Note- long time no see people and this series has still no sponsors so it's on weekly releases .

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