Chapter 239: First Wave
[With Jason]
Jason stepped out from the blue Dimensional Tear and appeared in a dark and dreary world. A notification echoed from his system and Jason glanced to the side to read through it.
[The user has arrived in the world of Ruen.]
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New Mission: Defeat the Immortal Lich
The user has stepped foot in the world of the Immortal Lich, Ruen, and his presence has been discovered by the Immortal Lich. In order to clear this mission, the user must eradicate the Lich’s subordinates and kill the Immortal Lich.
Rewards
+50,000 Free Kill Points
Introduction to the [Runic Arts]
+1 ??? Rank Weapon
+1 Legion Based Skill
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Jason raised a brow when he read through the rewards for the new mission. The Free Kill Points and Legion based skill were not surprising, but the other two were completely new to him. The first time Jason had heard about Runes was when Katarina tried to use a Rune to save her life, so Jason couldn’t say that he wasn’t curious about them. It was another way to gain more power, so Jason wouldn’t overlook it. But it was the other thing that really made him curious. Why was there no rank for the weapon?
Jason asked the system what it meant by the question marks and he was only told that he would understand after the mission was completed. Jason hummed at that before he finally turned back to the scene around him. The world of Ruen was as dreadful and depressing as Jason expected it to be. There was barely any light coming from the sun above due to the intense smoke and dust that filled the air, the ground was flaky and hard, and the trees were bone white with black leaves.
The system already told him that the Lich knew he was there, so that meant there would be a swarm of enemies coming his way very soon. If Jason didn’t want to get overwhelmed, then he needed to do two things. The first was to find a good vantage spot so that he would be able to see the incoming enemies before they caught him by surprise, and the second was to find the location of the Lich himself. Jason’s plans were still the same as before. He was going to figure out the strength of the Lich’s subordinates and then figure out whether or not he could resurrect them using his abilities.
Then Jason would figure out a plan of attack while sending out some of the subordinates to find where the Lich was hiding.
’I just hope I can resurrect them. It would be bad if I can’t even reduce their numbers after killing them.’
[Mana Sense] has been activated.
Jason suddenly activated this skill and his mana pulsed out from his body in a sonic wave that spread across the region! Jason closed his eyes as he tried to feel for any movement around him, and for a few seconds there wasn’t anything at all, but all of a sudden, Jason turned to the side sharply as multiple mana signatures registered on his senses! Jason activated his [Predator’s Gaze] to get a good look!
’Monsters? Why the hell do they look like that? They’re moving like zombies.’
Jason felt his eyes narrow as he saw the monsters that were coming for him. There were five of them in total, and they all looked like giant horses with black, thick skin. They were running towards Jason at breakneck speed, but their movement was unstable and wonky! It was almost like they were drunk on too much alcohol! Jason quickly called on one of the Rook Rank [Iron Bladed Falcon] and he told it to fly off and look around the surrounding for any place they could use as a vantage point.
The Falcon flew into the air and Jason narrowed his eyes as he saw a group of buildings in the distance through the [Eye of the King]. It was a large city that looked like it had gone through doomsday. There were tall buildings that had been broken down and emptied out, the streets were cracked and destroyed and a cloud of black smoke and dust had taken over the city. But it was a good place to take a stand!
ROARRR!
The screams from the undead horse echoed through the region as they reached Jason’s location and Jason watched as they headed towards him with their drunken intensity! Jason put his hand out towards the beasts and he activated [Iron Storm]! Fifty long swords appeared around him and Jason pushed his mana to shoot them forward like arrows! The swords carved a bright straight line through the air as they flew straight towards the five horses! The horses were still moving toward him, so their speed only added to the momentum from the swords and Jason watched calmly as the fifty swords struck true!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of metal striking metal and stone echoed through the air and a large dust cloud spread across the region, but the sound of the monsters echoed once again, and Jason hummed as he saw the beasts run out from the dust cloud with the swords still lodged in their skin! They didn’t even register the attack as something worth stopping for!
But the fact that the swords were able to pierce through their skin told Jason that the horses were not as strong as they appeared. The swords were all A Rank weapons, and they would have easily killed a fellow A Rank superhuman. The fact that they managed to break through the creatures’ skin meant that the horses were either low-level S Rank or high-level A Rank. They would be around the same power level as Jason’s Rook Rank I’s!
Jason immediately activated [Black Fog] and he watched a thick fog spread across the land and block the senses of all the attacking monsters. Jason then told Raya and three other Adamantine Ants to attack the horses, and his subordinates charged forward! The black fog had taken away the senses of the undead monsters, but they didn’t even look like they registered the loss of their senses as they just kept running towards Jason and his Legion like they had gone absolutely mad!
Jason watched as the horses let out loud cries and ran straight for Raya and the other Adamantine Ants, but the Adamantine Ants didn’t show any fear as they slammed into the horses and started a terrifying battle! The two groups of creatures were both undead, and that meant neither one of them possessed any fear of death or injury! This allowed them to fight with a ferocity and madness that you would normally never see in a living creature!
Raya grabbed one of the horses around the neck and swung it to the side to slam into another horse! The horse released a loud cry as they crashed on the ground, but they were charged back to their feet immediately, and one of the horses turned around and used its rear hoof to kick a Rook Rank I Adamantine Ant in the head! The Rook Rank I immediately lost its balance as it was sent flying back, and Raya appeared from the side and quickly used her mandibles to catch the horse’s leg when it tried to attack her! Raya snapped her mandibles shut, and the horse let out a cry as its leg was cut clean off! The horse fell to the ground, but it was immediately replaced by another horse that headbutted Raya like a raging bull!