Episode 231 CyclopsZombie
The CyclopsZombie stood up and looked down at us with its one big lone eye. Fukamachi readied his spear, a Magic Weapon, and invoked magic.
I didn't know what kind of magic he had activated. It seemed that it was a Muscle Magic that I didn't know about. Fukamachi started running at high speed and jumped. Fukamachi's spear pierced the CyclopsZombie's chest and spewed out flames.
It seemed that Fukamachi's spear was the 'Flame Spear'. The CyclopsZombie struck its right hand towards Fukamachi who was stuck to the CyclopsZombie's chest. It was a gesture like brushing off garbage. It probably didn't feel pain.
Fukamachi pulled out his spear and leaped to the ground. He retreated as it was. This time Gotou stepped forward and stared at the CyclopsZombie. When I was wondering what he was looking at, he seemed to be looking at the chest that Fukamachi had injured.
When I squinted my eyes too, I realized why Gotou was watching it. The wound was healing. The Zombie's wound was healing? That's ridiculous. Zombies are corpses. Since the body cells are dead, it's strange for the wound to heal.
Gotou activated 'Sword Force' and aimed at the head of the CyclopsZombie. When the magical blade that was fired flew at high speed and approached the giant, a huge arm guarded its neck.
The magic blade bit into the huge arm and tried to cut it off, but it hit the bone and stopped.
"Wyverns can also be killed with 'Sword Force', are the bones of CyclopsZombies specially-made?"
I could hear Gotou complaining. Thinking it was my turn, I started running. I activated TripleCatapult just 10 meters away and threw myself straight up.
I released my magic in the sky, then swung the Black Thoughts Staff towards the CyclopsZombie. With that as the trigger, I activated SeventhHighBlade.
A gigantic D-Particle Blade swung down towards the undead giant and hit its skull. A sound resounded as if it had hit a lump of metal, and the Zombie's head caved in.
However, the CyclopsZombie didn't fall. I threw my body backwards with QuintCatapult. The giant's hand swung around as if chasing me.
A wind created by the giant hand hit my cheek. I landed using 'Airbag'.
"That guy's bones seem to have become unusually strong. I'll kill it with 'Super Nova'. I ask the two of you to buy me some time."
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Fukamachi and I agreed and started running. Fukamachi started sticking his spear all over the CyclopsZombie and burning it. I ran around the CyclopsZombie while shooting SeventhThunderArrow.
It was an attack method that could be done because the giant was slow to move. However, this giant Zombie wasn't slow to move from the start. Ever since Fukamachi injured the CyclopsZombie, its movements had slowed down.
I thought that the damage was accumulated and the movement slowed down, but that didn't seem to be the case. The same went for my SeventhThunderArrow, but Fukamachi's spear attacks were becoming less and less effective.
It seemed that this undead reacted to our attacks and increased its resistance to that attack. I didn't know how it was doing it, but it seemed to slow down while doing that.
I felt a tremendous amount of magic wriggling behind me. Gotou must be doing something.
"Back away!"
At Gotou's voice, Fukamachi and I evacuated to the back. At that moment, Gotou activated 'Super Nova'.
There was a sound of firing that echoed in the stomach, and the compressed magical cannonball flew faster than the speed of sound. It instantly hit the waist of the CyclopsZombie, and the compressed magical cannonball that burrowed into its body exploded with explosive flames.
The CyclopsZombie, whose lower body was shattered, flew through the air and fell near me. The giant Zombie that had become only its chest and above, crawled towards me using only its arms.
Feeling terrified by its tenacity, I reflexively took out the Light Sword Clau. I leaped forward to dodge the giant hand falling from above, rolled forward, and then got up.
At that moment, the huge face was in front of me. In a bit of a panic, I held the Light Sword Clau in an upward stance, and poured magical power into the sword as if being guided by the Light Sword Clau.
The blade of the Light Sword Clau shone like the sun. I enthusiastically hammered it into the giant head. The CyclopsZombie's head, which received the shining blade, disappeared in an instant as particles of light.
"Oi, oi, what power. What is that sword?"
I heard Gotou's voice. I put away the Light Sword Clau and returned to Gotou.
"I got it after defeating the IronDragon."
I didn't mention the name 'Light Sword Clau'. Gotou, an Attack Wizard, probably wouldn't want one, but Fukamachi, a Muscle Wizard, might get greedy if he heard 'Light Sword Clau'.
"Take a look. It's a black magic stone."
Fukamachi let out an excited voice when he found the magic stone. In his hand was a black magic stone
We searched around and found three rings. When I took out my Appraisal Monocle and examined then, they were 'Ring of Double Efficiency', which I also owned, 'Abnormal Status Resistance Ring', and 'Ring of Enhanced Magic Sensitivity'.
"Hou, aren't they all first-class rings. I want the 'Ring of Double Efficiency'. How about the two of you?"
Fukamachi said that he wanted the 'Ring of Enhanced Magic Sensitivity', so I got the 'Abnormal Status Resistance Ring'.
"By the way, what is the name of the Magic Weapon sword you used earlier?"
Fukamachi asked. It seemed that he was still interested.
"I call it the Sword of Light."
There were many Magic Weapons called swords of light. Most of the weapons were effective against undead monsters, but there were also weapons that demonstrated the effect of fire, so there was a wide variety of them.
"Is it not a named weapon, huh. Even so, I envy its power."
Fukamachi's Flame Spear was a Magic Weapon with no name. Its power seemed to be comparable to 'Burning Shot' with seven activations. Even though he had such a weapon, he was envious because he wasn't satisfied with the Flame Spear.
Having achieved our goal, we returned to the surface. Then, we went to the hospital where Akagi and the others were hospitalized and handed the Antipyretics to the doctor.
It seemed that Akagi-tachi's condition was dangerous. If we had been half a day late, they might have died. As expected, the Transfer Gate was absolutely necessary. Branch Chief Kondou was right in making that decision.
We went to the Adventurer's Guild and reported it.
"I'm grateful to the three of you. The rewards will be paid according to the regulations of the guild, but I will consider the fact that a CyclopsZombie also appeared. Of course, I will also record it as an achievement."
Branch Chief Kondou thanked us profusely. And, our search seemed to have been noticed. Since we made a round trip to the ruins area on the 6th floor in one day, the Transfer Gate became a hot topic.
The Adventurer's Guild had announced that the Transfer Gate existed in the Narukami Dungeon, but it was thought that it would not be necessary while they were still exploring the lower floors.
However, they were reminded once again that this method of exploration was quite convenient. From now on, the number of adventurers aiming for the Vagabond would increase.
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