Chapter 154. Mana Eater (2)
“Quo-o-ok?”
It was an undead mastodon that was charging while shaking the ground.
The merciless footsteps stopped so suddenly.
As if struck by lightning.
Or like being covered in ice water.
His whole body trembled and he abruptly stopped his charge.
“…Quo-o-o-ok?”
Originally, undead do not feel fear.
Even if it encounters any powerful enemy, it maintains a ferocious offensive without any fear or hesitation.
That was the Undead’s greatest strength.
But at this moment.
The undead mastodon felt a clear and distinct sense of fear.
human right in front of you.
Lloyd just sitting on the floor.
It was from the moment when his calmly raised eyes and gaze intertwined.
Ding dong.
[Mana Heart skill option ④: Undead control is activated.]
A new message appeared before Lloyd’s eyes.
Like a gift package that came suddenly into your arms.
Or like a token of glory given to those who overcame trials.
A wave of powerful messages occupied part of Lloyd’s field of vision.
[Your mana heart accepted a large amount of extremely corrupt energy in a state of trance and successfully digested it. This special experience grants a new exclusive option to the skill.]
[Skill exclusive option ④: Control Undead – Control and control an undead object with less mana than yours for a certain period of time. Domination time is determined by the mana reserves of you and the ruled undead. During the dominance time, the controlled undead entity will faithfully obey your every command. However, the undead object obeys you only when facing you, and when this condition is removed, it will immediately unleash its brutal aggression against you. No limit on the number of controlled objects. Can only be used once a day.]
‘As expected, the contents of the message are the same.’
Lloyd remembered what had happened a while ago.
Was it right after using fast charging?
I could feel the commotion all around me.
I opened my eyes.
I saw an undead mastodon charging towards me.
At first, I quickly got up and tried to avoid it.
But then I discovered a new message.
It was a message that the control of the undead was activated.
At that very moment, our eyes met the leading undead mastodon.
It was from then.
The appearance of the undead that trembled in fear as soon as our eyes met.
It was as if I had borrowed 10,000 won that I would pay back the next day and had been diving for a week before seeing a friend I ran into at the student cafeteria.
In a word, I was scared.
‘So to sum it up, thanks to absorbing a large amount of mana from the undead with rapid charging, you have a skill that can dominate the undead for a certain period of time, right?’
To sum up, it seemed so.
The proof was the appearance of a group of undead Mastodons that stopped charging right in front of their eyes.
‘under. I didn’t expect and calculate a situation where such a honey option would arise.’
I just thought it would be best to use rapid charging.
It was only determined that it would be most effective in blocking their rush in a narrow canyon.
But to get such a sweet option.
‘I even became an expert intermediate.’
It felt different from before.
The vitality in her body was no joke.
Comparing it to my previous low-class expert days, it felt like I had evolved (?) from anchovy, a beginner at the gym, to a gym-goat who could do 500kg of the three major exercises in an instant.
‘I feel like I found a 50,000 won bill that I forgot to put in last year in a coat pocket I took out in the very early winter.’
But it wasn’t a situation where I just liked it.
Lloyd’s gaze moved to the bottom of the message window.
The remaining time of the active Undead Control skill was displayed there.
[Currently controlled undead objects: 108]
[Remaining time until end of control: 4m 58s…4m 57s….]
The number of undead mastodons left in this canyon is 108.
And the time until the end of the rule, which is decreasing in real time, is about 4 minutes and 50 seconds.
‘I don’t have much time. If this option time is a little longer, I might be able to turn the undead like zombies and skeletons into unpaid workers.’
Maybe there really is a way to make it happen.
But not right now.
Now is also not the time when you’re messing around.
Lloyd immediately got up.
He backed away, careful not to let himself face the undead mastodons.
I approached Podongi and the five baby Mastodon siblings.
“Is everyone okay?”
“Ppodong!”
“Puyiaeng!”
“Yeah, I’m glad. Were you all scared?”
“Podo-dong! Boo-dong!”
“no? Weren’t you hugging them because you were afraid of them?”
“Ppodong!”
“Good job.”
It seemed that while this one activated rapid charging and fell into a trance, Podongyi was holding the five baby mastodon siblings tightly and protecting them.
Lloyd said, keeping his eyes fixed on the stationary group of undead mastodon.
“So let’s get out of here. Listen carefully to my explanation.”
“Ppodong!”
“Puyiaeng!”
“I’m going to step on their backs and run to the exit of the gorge, skipping over them. I don’t have much time, so I won’t take any questions.”
“…Boo-dong!”
“Puayeng!”
The guys seemed to know enough that the situation was not easy.
He nodded his head without questioning anything.
Lloyd instructed quickly.
“Ppodongi burns me. What about the five babies? Hold each other’s noses and tails. like playing trains. Just like Vienna. I don’t know? like this. good job Don’t miss it and hold on tight. until you get out of the way. Understand?”
“Puyiaeng!”
It was a canyon that was tightly blocked by a group of undead mastodons.
But how do you get them out of here while pushing them back?
With less than 5 minutes left, there will be no jaw.
So, it seemed that the only way to get out of this place before the undead rule was broken was to step on their backs and skip them.
“Let’s go then!”
“Ppodong!”
“Puyiaeng!”
4 minutes and 26 seconds remaining.
Podongi and five baby mastodon siblings kicked the ground.
At the same time, Lloyd ordered a group of undead mastodons.
“Everyone kneel!”
Chizuzu!
His command became a powerful thought.
The reaction was instantaneous.
“…Koo quoook!”
The leading undead mastodon, who wanted to pause for a moment, lowered his front legs. Bent the hind leg. I lowered my large body as close as possible.
bow your head like that
He stretched his thick nose forward.
I fell down like a staircase that was easy to step on.
“Now, as quickly as possible!”
“Ppodong!”
“Puuuiaeng!”
Stepped on the head and back of the first undead mastodon. got up A view of the back was revealed.
“…Quo-o-ok!”
I saw over 100 undead mastodons lined up and filling the canyon.
“Gazua!”
Everyone ran in perfect order.
Kuda da da da da da da da dadak!
Step on the first guy’s back.
Kicking off the second guy’s crown.
Using the third guy’s ass as a stepping stone, I leaped.
It was from then.
“Quo-o-ok!”
Every time this side stepped on one by one.
The undead mastodon that had been trampled on jumped up.
It seems like when you were lying down quietly.
It was as if there had never been anything under the control of this side.
I got up and ran towards my back.
He burst out with a ferocious intent to kill.
The reason was simple.
‘As expected, the condition is released as the option description is, so it’s a change of attitude right away.’
It was because this one rode on the little boy and climbed over their backs.
That’s why the condition of ‘seeing face to face’ was solved.
However, he couldn’t even look back.
What if?
The one in front of me, who is lying down quietly, will stand up.
In other words, there was only one best that this side could do now.
“run! sooner!”
“Ppodong!”
“Puuuiaeng!”
Realizing the situation, Podongi ran even harder.
Let your chubby sides sway.
So that the puffy buttocks are dreamy.
To the point where I couldn’t even see my tiny hands and feet.
I squeezed even the strength I had been sucking on and ran and ran like the wind.
At that rapid speed, the five baby mastodon siblings in the back lined up in the air.
“Puyiaeng!”
The eldest, who wrapped his nose around Pudongi’s tail, cried in embarrassment.
That gave more strength to the nose.
He gripped Pudongi’s tail tighter.
The second with the tail of the first, the third with the tail of the second, the fourth and the youngest were the same.
I trusted my older brother and older sister.
He gave strength to his nose and buttocks.
Thanks to this, no one was able to drop out of the ranks.
“good. You can go like this. Keep running, Podonga!”
“Podo-dong!”
3 minutes and 25 seconds left.
Lloyd quickly calculated the remaining time and the number of undead mastodons lying in front of him.
‘Now there are about 50 left. I crossed the middle of the ranks. Since we started earlier with 4 minutes and 26 seconds left, it took just 1 minute and 1 second to get here. So it’s possible. If I keep this momentum intact, I can get out of there completely comfortably.’
I felt hope.
The angle of safe escape was visible.
He encouraged Podongi to run with confidence.
“good! You’re doing well baby! Cheer up a little more!”
“Podo-dong! panting!”
“Ladies behind you! Don’t miss the tails of the older brothers and sisters in front!”
“Puyiaeng!”
good night.
everything is going well
You just have to run away like this.
“Come on, Kazuah!”
“Ppodong!”
ran more vigorously.
The number of Mastodons remaining in front of them was decreasing moment by moment.
twenty fifteen eight five three two.
I finally jumped over the back of the last one.
Wow!
“done! Just like this, to the exit of the canyon!”
“Ppodong!”
“Puyiaeng!”
It was a yard where all undead mastodon had already been freed.
Looking back, today was also a situation where I couldn’t control them.
‘Because I said that the option to rule the undead is limited to once a day.’
All that remains now is to run with full power.
Get out of the canyon first.
At that moment, I will shoot a blast at the towering cliff next to the canyon.
It will cause a landslide across the canyon to bury the undead mastodon horde.
Lloyd put his plan together in an instant.
It was from then.
He encouraged Podongi.
ran down the narrow road.
I skipped the creek and took a few corners.
The canyon exit was visible in the distance.
The light of hope became clearer.
The angle of safe escape became more certain.
It seemed like that.
At least that’s how it was until now.
“Koowook!”
Whoa!
The sound of cracking air was heard along with a harsh scream.
I felt something flying behind me.
“What?”
Lloyd was startled and reflexively ducked.
It was right after that.
Whoo!
With a terrifying sound, an enormous, black lump passed overhead.
“rock?”
It was a rock that could have been 3 meters in diameter.
It was probably a mastodon in the back that used its nose as a catapult and threw it away.
‘If I was right, I would have gone directly to see my ancestors in one queue.’
Lloyd broke out in a cold sweat and was relieved.
But next moment.
He had to realize that his relief was premature.
A boulder that passed by him as if he was passing by.
It was because the large mass flew along a clothesline-like trajectory toward the towering cliffs by the canyon.
‘…uh?’
It flies. without hesitation. bump into bang. plugged in
And the whole cliff shakes.
Aaaaaaaang-!
It was a cramped canyon and cliff.
The boulders smashed into it made a great roar and echo.
The entire cliff shuddered.
It gave off a sharp feeling.
‘no way?’
Suddenly, I felt ominous.
I raised my head at the thought.
Activated the surveying skill.
then it appeared
‘Incontinence is spreading all over the cliff.’
It was a very fine crack.
But it was so clear that it was growing every minute.
I got goosebumps.
Lloyd involuntarily exclaimed.
“Ppodonga! run more! as soon as possible!”
That was the moment.
Kwajajak Kwaang-!
The sound of something twisting.
A roar of explosions and crushes.
All over the cliffs began to crumble.
It was the beginning of a landslide.
“What crazy!”
Quaang-! Kwaaang!
Rocks fell from all sides.
ran between them.
Avoid cooking.
to live at least a little bit
He jumped, rolled, stepped back, and charged again.
But it was heavy duty.
‘No. I can’t see the way out.’
It became dark before my eyes.
My fingertips got cold.
The entrance to the gorge in the foreground.
All routes leading there were collapsing.
No, everywhere I could see was crumbling.
Thousands of tons of soil and rocks were pouring down from all sides.
Avoiding it already seemed pointless.
This isn’t even blasting.
‘A stampede ending.’
Even thinking about it to myself was absurd.
He just smiled and raised his head.
I suddenly felt embarrassed.
I thought I was out for nothing.
I’ll just run away with the workers.
You shouldn’t be taking risks alone to save people’s lives.
But it was already too late to regret it.
Even if you look up.
Even if you look back.
I couldn’t see the sky.
Piles of dirt and rocks covered most of the field of vision.
So now it’s really over.
“…I’m sorry guys.”
Lloyd, who intuited the end, said.
But that was the moment.
Zurich!
“…!”
Suddenly, something white flew by.
His arms and legs were tightly wrapped around his body.
And that wasn’t all.
“Ppodong?”
“Puyiaeng?”
It was the same with Podongi and the five baby mastodon siblings.
Everyone was quickly entangled in a pure white net without any time to respond.
So this….
“Spider web?”
Lloyd’s eyes widened.
next moment.
As if answering his self-talk, a clear cry resonated from the sky.
“Kkoming-!”
