Lv1 Skeleton - Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Fortunately my idea worked, I guessed that it had faced off with the dragon before, so in principle, the dragon hide should be able to resist the acid attack without melting . Looking down at the floor, I realized that If my guess had been wrong I would have melted and disappeared without leaving any trace .

'Now it's time to counterattack . '

"Fireball! Fireball! Inferno! Inferno!"

"Corpse Explosion! Corpse Explosion! Corpse Explosion!"

I used up all my MP spamming spells in combination with the sulfuric gases surrounding the approaching King .

Previously, I had simply sent out small spells to ignite the gases but this time I let it all out, aiming for the gaps where the gas was seeping in from, causing an enormous explosion .

Boom! Bang! Ka-Boom!

Kueeeeeek

Kuoooooo!

The cave collapsed under the unprecedented scorching red fire storm . I was completely covered in the Dragon skin, but I was still sent tumbling and rolling dozens of times while I embraced the baby dragon protectively .

After some time, the dust finally began to settle and I could see King buried beneath the rubble, I checked its status hoping to have done a lot of damage . Unfortunately, against all expectations, it was already back to full health, what insane regeneration power . At least it appeared to be stuck and unable to move under all those heavy rocks .

'Little bastard, you surprised me with that trick but it's not enough to finish me off . I'll simply call over my minions to help me remove these rocks, you have no way of hurting me . '

He was right, even now the King still held the upperhand because as soon as those rocks were removed, we'd be back to square one . Luckily it was currently unable to move its head around, so it couldn't use it's glands to spit out acid, one of its greatest weapons was temporarily neutralized .

Putting the young dragon down to the side, I pulled out two triangular shaped objects from my bag .

'What…what is that?'

I held the objects in each hand and approached it without answering .

Zaaap Zaaap!

At the last moment, from the horn on his head, the King shot out a lightning bolt in self defense .

Tzzzzz!

[You have learned Lightning resistance Lv1]

[You have learned Stun resistance Lv1]

The lighting didn't affect me because of the dragon skin, it simply bounced off on contact and hit the floor .

'So nice, I learned two skills without suffering any damage!'

Reading the messages which appeared, I was once again thankful for the protection the dragon skin provided .

Shick Shick

The last hurdle were the king's large mandibles . It was worried about my approach so it lashed out in self-defense .

Although it's size is enormous it still has the body of an insect so the joints are it's weakness . I got close and aimed directly at the joint under its chin .

"Firshock! Fireshock!"

The two spells hit the sensitive joint almost simultaneously making the King flinch and give off an involuntary shudder lasting just 0 . 6 seconds . I used that short opening to jump up, using it's jaws as a step and stabbed the sharp triangular object I was holding into its eye .

Kuoooooo!

It was a large tooth I had scavenged from the dragon . Even if its eyes were tough, it was by far the weakest point on its body and I thought it would be possible to penetrate it with a dragon's tooth .

Pak Pak Pak

Kuuooooooo!

I was holding a tooth in each hand and using them like pickaxes, trying to dig through the King's tough gelatin like eye, seeing it twist and squirm in pain . As it tried harder and harder to resist and break itself out it simply created more shockwaves, causing more stones to fall down, further sealing him in .

'Are you sure you want to do this?' It threatened .

'Is this enough?'

I had completely dug out the entirety of one of its eyes and stood in front of the large groove .

"Inferno!"

The fire burned the soft inner flesh widening the hole and causing some melted liquid to ooze out .

'Kuooooooo! Kuoooooo!

The King moaned in incredible pain but I payed him no heed and continued to rained down spells with his hollowed eye . The more he struggled the more rocks fell down on him . I climbed into its eye socket and crawled as deep as I could .

'Is it about time to cause some serious damage?'

'You…what are you trying to do!?'

I ignored any of the messages he kept sending telepathically to my mind . Even if he knows what I was up to there was nothing he could do about it . I finally had a method to kill him and I wasn't going to stop .

Pak Pak Pak!

I was using the tooth to make a hole and dig deeper in the corner of the eye socket .

"Inferno!"

I concentrated all of its power within the deep, narrow hole .

'Kuooooooo'

Ignoring the King's wails of suffering, I continued to dig through his body with a combination of spells and the dragon tooth .

'I'LL KILL YOU!"

His crazy threats resounded in my mind but I didn't waver, until finally it was silent, it had finally died .

[+ 17,721,152 experience points]

[Acquired ｟Title: Ant Exterminator Lv14｠]

[Acquired ｟Title: Giant Slaughterer Lv1｠]

[Acquired ｟Title: Wizard of the Pit｠]

[Obtained ownership of the ｟Jungle Pit｠]

[Level increased 24 32]

[You can now own a Familiar]

'What? Ownership? Familiar?'

There were some new messages that I wasn't able to comprehend . Looking around I was able to clearly see the entire terrain of the Jungle Pit despite it being behind  a wall of stone . Also, all living beings within it appeared as translucent shapes with their statuses readily available .

'Is this what it meant by ownership?

In the various status windows I could also see that all living creatures were either neutral or friendly towards me, including the information about Gwyn and Ian .

'What's this?'

[Erase]

Curious, I decide to try it out on one of the giant termites . Immediately the surrounding companions rushed towards it and chopped it up into small pieces, its status window disappeared .

'This… this… I the power over the life and death of any creatures in my area?'

I seemed to have inherited this position after I killed the previous ruler, the King of the Pit .

I had just realised the incredible powers attached with ownership in this world .

'Huh?… wait what's going on there!'

I was surprised to see that a horde of termites were assaulting the small fortress I had created for Ian . It seems like she was already un direct attack and her health was dropping rapidly .

'No…no way . '

I couldn't forgive them after all the effort I had gone through to protect her .

I used [Erase] on the termites in her immediate vicinity, but her health was still declining .

Pak Pak

"Inferno!"

I was trying to rush out of the dead King's corpse as quickly as possible . After digging for some time I came out from her butt .

Shick Shick

The path was now almost cleared because the minions had been put to work previously by their King . Running towards the teepee, I was ignored by all termites because we now had a friendly relation .

'No! You need to hold on!'

Ian was down to only 20 health and it seemed to still be dropping due to a bleeding state, I didn't think I could arrive in time .

'What could I even accomplish if I get there, if I get near her won't it just be worse?'

It was a difficult situation, and I didn't exactly have any healing spells .

I was able to quickly arrive just outside the teepee and look inside . The surrounding moat which I had dug was filled the corpses of dead giant termites . She was still breathing, laying in a pool of blood among insect corpses .

'This is…'

Faced with so many termites, she had been surrounded before she could run away . Although she had tried to use her magic and succeeded in killing a few with fire, it wasn't enough .

'What should I do?'

I thought about an ability I had just gained, it was a longshot but possibly her last hope . What if she became my familiar, perhaps in that case she could be healed . This world seemed to follow the settings of an RPG and in many games familiars shared some of their master's abilities .

Still, she was a person, so maybe her free will would be too important to her . If it would follow an RPG setting, then it's possible for her personality to change into one of servitude .

'Well, you're certain to die this way, so it can't be helped . I'll let you choose your own fate . '

[Ian has accepted to be your familiar]

[Human Ian has been registered as your permanent familiar]

[You have learned Possession Lv1]

'Huh? Permanent? Possession?'

"Thank you, I didn't expect to see you again . "

Ian barely opened her eyes and whispered before losing consciousness .

I didn't want to risk absorbing her lifeforce so I was keeping my distance . Her bleeding state disappeared and her health was slowly rising .

[Your Familiar Ian has transformed into a Witch]

Taking a look at her status, under the class section it had indeed changed to Witch .

'This… finally is it good for her? It was the only option, so I had to save her from dying . I didn't want to imagine what would have happened otherwise . '

She had lost her friends in the Catacombs recently, an ordeal she barely survived . She was once again assaulted by termites now but she survived and somehow became a witch .

I was keeping an eye on her status and saw her health was improving .

Leaving her behind, I went back towards the tunnel to pick up the baby dragon . Some termites had dug their way through the rubble and were gearing up to attack the baby dragon, I used [Erase] and they quickly became corpses . If I grilled them I wouldn't need to worry about feeding the little glutton for a long time .

Kueeeeeeek!

Catching sight of me the dragon began stampeding towards me with his little legs, his tongue slopping about . I fed it a huge piece of meat which I had succeeded in roasting after a few attempts before placing him in the bag behind me .

Kueeek

It was feeling better already, after the regular swaying of the bag and the rhythmic sound of my footsteps it easily fell back asleep .

'Having just saved this little guy, I should go back and check on Ian . Oh right, why don't I take the chance to pay Gwyn a visit as well . '

Having just survived a difficult ordeal, I was looking forward to seeing her, she was after all my first companion in this world .

Chomp Chomp!

"Oh! Chompy is it you? Chompy! I'm here! Did you come over?"

I using the sound of my jaws biting down to call out Gwyn . She quickly rushed out, but I remind her with a hand gesture to keep her distance .

"Hey Chompy, is that a new look? It's… I mean, it looks great! Ehehehe! Are you doing well?"

I nodded, it was always nice to hear her praise . I know her compliments comes naturally without any hidden agenda . I listened to her for a long time while she narrated her story about her life here by the stream . Her small and simple stories brought a sense of calm and peace to my heart which was filled with death and pain .

In the meantime, I noticed that Ian had woken up and was walking around so I bid Gwyn goodbye .

"Chompy! Will you pass by to visit me again? I'll keep waiting for you!"

I nodded my head to her and walked off . Ian was up and looking around when she caught sight of me, staring from behind .

"Oh!"

The sudden encounter exposed my skeleton appearance . Shocked and somewhat frightened, she hid behind a tree, staring at me carefully from a distance .

"Are you the one that saved me?"

I nodded back .

"You're not human . " she said somewhat hesitantly, unsure how to continue .

'Not only am I not a human, I'm an enemy of humanity . '

"Enemy of humanity?"

[Familiar Ian the Witch has learned Spiritual Connection Lv1]

'What? Spiritual Connection?'

It seems that as my familiar we had naturally formed a connection and she could read my thoughts .

"Was it you that saved me?"

'That's right . '

"Did you save us last time?"

'Yes . '

"Why did you you save your enemy?"

She stepped out from behind the tree and approached .

I realised she was getting too close and quickly thought .

'You can't come near me, I'll absorb your lifeforce . '

She stops walking and takes a good look at me .

"Are you a skeleton?"

'Right, a Lich to be exact . '

Her facial expression turned sour for a second before composing herself .

"You need to absorb other's life force to survive right?

I shooked my head . 'Although it's a passive skill it isn't necessary to my survival . '

"Then why are Liches mortal enemies of humans?"

She asked me with a curious expression . I shrugged my shoulders, unsure . All I knew was that in RPG's, Liches were always mortal enemies with humans, dark and blasphemous creatures .

"What should I call you?"

'Well, my friend gave me a nickname but it's a bit childish, Chompy'

"Maybe I could give you a different name . "

I had high expectations, hoping she'd give me a good name .

I gently nodded .

"Johra! How's that? I just came up with it!"

I agreed happily, finally a normal sounding name .

[Second Name 'Johra' has been selected]

My favorite message to date appeared before my eyes .