Chapter 5 This skeleton is incredibly cunning!

A maze, in a room near the exit.

Lance stood on a protruding rock, looking down at the orderly ranks of skeletons below, and shouted with outstretched arms.

"Gentlemen, I love war!"

"Creak!"

The skeletons raised their swords and shields, responding enthusiastically with their actions.

"The monsters are bullying us, and the humans want to join in the fun? Then let's fight!"

"Creak!"

Gu Ka raised his hand the highest, looking very excited.

According to Lance, these low-level monsters have no chance of promotion in their entire lives; they can neither die nor escape.

Life is so incredibly boring.

They were like dry tinder; Lance only needed a spark to ignite their passion.

After the speech ended, Angelica secretly moved closer:

"Mr. Lance, shall we proceed deeper into the labyrinth?"

"No," Lance shook his head, "We'll block their escape route here."

"They must have been weakened after their fierce battle with the lord. Taking advantage of their vulnerability is a good opportunity for us to strike."

"Ugh, how despicable!" Angelica quickly retreated, looking at Lance with disdain.

Lance didn't explain; instead, he reached out, grabbed Angelica, and ripped her head off.

"Huh?"

Angelica froze, then reached up to touch the area above her neck.

Where is my head?

The field of vision has widened, and I can see very far...

Then Lance extended a finger and began spinning her head on her fingertip like she was spinning a basketball.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!"

"I'm going to faint! I'm going to faint!"

Angelica stretched her arms upwards and hopped around in place, trying to snatch her head back.

However, the height difference is too great, so it's impossible for him to reach it.

Seeing that it was almost done, Lance put the head back on for her.

Seeing Ange clutching her head and staggering as she walked, Lance smiled and said, "I'll give you a chance to say it again."

"mean!"

Angelica bared her teeth at him.

After saying that, he pressed his head tightly and ran to the side, as if afraid that his head would be taken away again.

Honestly, how can you call his meticulously prepared tactics despicable?

That's a four-person squad consisting of three level 15 or higher and one level 20.

If conditions allowed, Lance would have liked to gather 400 skeletons to gang up on them, but unfortunately the maze was too small, and he could only field 63 skeletons.

If you, Angelica, won't do it, plenty of skeletons will!

About five minutes after Lance set up his defensive line.

As expected, the wanted criminals appeared in their field of vision, and their numbers were reduced from four to three.

One of them was being carried by his teammates; he appeared to be unconscious, with his chest armor sunken, as if he had suffered some kind of heavy blow.

The two remaining people were also covered in dust and dirt. Although they had no obvious wounds, they looked quite disheveled.

The enemy is exhausted while we are strong!

good chance!

Lance quickly retreated behind the skeletons and pointed ahead:

"Let's all attack together!"

Skeletons surged forth from all directions like a tidal wave; some even sprang out from the path Martin and his companions had taken, blocking their escape route.

The sheer number of them was enough to make one's scalp crawl, not to mention that they also had to take care of the unconscious Mulin.

At least one forward is needed, Martin calmly analyzed the situation.

Duke's level is not low, and together with him, their firepower is sufficient to deal with these skeletons, but both of them are ranged classes and are afraid of being attacked by monsters at close range.

Just as he was about to check on Mulin's condition, Duke fired a fireball at the unconscious Mulin's head.

Martin was completely stunned.

"what!"

With a scream, Mulin awoke from his unconsciousness.

Then a water balloon extinguished the flames.

"What's going on!" The sober Mulin was somewhat bewildered, his afro making him look comical.

"Stop standing there!" Duke smacked him on the head with his staff, scolding, "There are monsters all around!"

Finally, before the skeletons could get close to the three, Mulin came to his senses and realized what he needed to do.

He quickly drew his heavy sword and struggled to unleash a sweeping attack, only managing to clear out the skeletons in front of him briefly before he had a chance to catch his breath.

"What the hell is going on?! When did skeletons start grouping up?!"

Looking back, I saw that the mage Duke had just managed to smash a skull's head at close range with his staff.

Panting, leaning on his knees, even the usually elegant Duke couldn't help but swear:

"Damn it! Why do these skeletons know to look for the mage first?!"

"It's that skeleton knight." Martin fired three arrows in quick succession, his hawk-like eyes locking onto Lance. "He's the one in command."

"Are you out of your mind?!"

Mullin shouted loudly.

"Skeletons are all bones, they don't even have brains, how could they possibly have such intelligence!"

You're the most brainless person here.

Martin rolled his eyes.

......

"Angie, what are those guys yelling about?" Lance asked, puzzled.

He couldn't understand human language, but he knew that the human warrior was talking loudly in a lot of gibberish.

As for Angelica, she could understand, but she couldn't relay it to Lance.

After considering for a moment, hesitantly said:

"In short, they're saying really outrageous things."

......

A grunt is still a grunt.

Even with an overwhelming numerical advantage, they could only inflict more external injuries and deplete some of their physical strength.

According to Lance's estimate, the skeletons would be able to weaken their combat power by 30% at best.

While I was thinking, my cloak was tugged.

Turning around and seeing Angelica looking uneasy, she said:

"Are we really going to kill the adventurers?"

"Too naive." Lance shook his head and sighed.

"I know I'm a monster now, so it's not appropriate to say this, but... I just feel a little awkward about it."

Angelica muttered to herself with her head down, after all, she had once been human.

"Kill them? With your strength?" Lance shook his head and sighed. "Too naive."

"Huh?"

So this is where the naivety lies!

As they spoke, the three-person team, panting, arrived in front of Lance.

"Besides," Langston paused, "these guys are wanted criminals, so there's no need for them to feel guilty. They can just fight properly."

"I, I will try my best!" Angelica clenched her little fist.

Lance thought to himself, "If only Angelica's support skills could be used too."

Battle is imminent.

Warrior Mulin charged forward with a roar, his sword wielded with all his might, leaping high into the air and slashing down.

Duke's magic is almost exhausted, and now Mullin is the team's absolute main damage dealer.

To Lance's surprise, Angelica also raised her sword with both hands and ran to meet her.

That posture was exactly the same as the "dignified way to die" taught by Lance before.

Miss Angelica, you've been working in the wrong direction!

Lance stepped forward, pulled Angelica back, and raised his shield to block.

[Defensive Stance LV1]

"Crack—"

The shield was shattered by the greatsword almost instantly.

As expected, with Lance's current strength, it's still too much of a stretch to defeat an opponent of a higher level.

If it's one-on-one, you might be able to wear down your opponent, but against three, there's absolutely no chance of winning.

The soul fire in his eyes flickered continuously.

Lance was thinking.

At this moment, Mulin steadied himself, gripped the hilt of his sword tightly with both hands, and thrust the heavy sword at Lance once again.

next second.

A bewildered Angelica was lifted off the ground by Lance and held up in front of her.

"Huh?"

"Feel sorry."

Lance's tone was remarkably calm compared to what he was doing.

Become the king's shield, Angelica!

[Defensive Stance LV1]

"Eh!!!!"

She saw the sword blade thrusting towards her.

I don't want that kind of thing!

No one, including Martin and the others, expected that the skeleton knight would actually use a small skeleton to block the attack.

Mulin's sword pierced directly through Angela's body.

Lance seized the opportunity presented by the slow recovery of the greatsword's attack and the moment when everyone was momentarily stunned.

He decisively abandoned Angelica and ducked under Mullin's arm.

He gathered his strength, took a lunge step, and hurled the black sword at the unsuspecting mage.

He checked; the mage was out of mana.

Right now, I'm just a burden who only puts pressure on my teammates!

[Powerful Throw LV1]

Everything happened so suddenly that by the time he realized something was wrong, the black sword was only inches away from Duke's throat.

Even after regaining his senses, Mulin turned around, swung his sword, and in one swift motion, cut Lance in half at the waist.

Even though Martin quickly fired three arrows, one of which pierced Lance's head.

But it was too late to change what had happened.

Everyone, including the stunned Duke, had the same thought pop into their heads at the same time.

"That skeleton is incredibly cunning."

The moment the black sword pierced his throat, Lance's body slowly turned to ashes.

Only a faint, burnt-out crimson remains in their minds.

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[Kill Human Wanted Criminal (LV18)]

Experience gained: 360 points

[Level Up: LV.10 → LV.13]

The "King of the Labyrinth" talent effect has been activated.

[Plunder Talent: Elemental Affinity]

【掠夺技能：人类通用语LV10、火球术LV3、水球术LV2、风刃术LV2、奥术知识LV3】

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