Chapter 88: Death Zone (1)

"Hmm?"

Opening his eyes, Elias faced the next level, this level was not like the previous one where the vegetation was abundant, in this level it was a representation of a withered forest, with a kind of mist covering the area...

"What are you doing?! Quick, you have to hide!"

And just when Elias was about to explore the area, a familiar voice stunned him...

"Huh?"

Elias didn't have time to turn his gaze when a hand touched his barrier and it will activate his magical power invisibility and camouflage system.

It happened so fast that Elias only felt a small electric shock and he was already strongly pressed to the ground...

"What?!"

"Don't speak! Shut down all your life signs!"

Feeling pressured by the voice on his intercom, Elias fell silent and what slowly came out of the withered forest left him dumbstruck...

*Grrr...

A growl was heard, it was so chilling that it made the weather change to an unprecedented coldness...

Just hearing this growl made Elias tremble, he didn't know what it was but the feeling of fear made him unable to move...

*Grr...

The growls were getting closer and the sound of footsteps was terrifying, likewise out of the mist a creepy creature mounted on what looked like a horse of death made its appearance...

It was a kind of Undead creature, it had complete black armor and black mist seemed to come out of its suit, but what Elias feared the most was that this character had his head in his hand.

"Don't move, calm down"

Elias couldn't control himself, luckily the hand on his barrier pressed down on him and also shut out all sound.

[Scanning...]

[Starting related search in the Database]

[Name: Dullahan

Type: Undead

Attributes: Darkness, Death

Range: S

Characteristics: A monster created by the Secret Kingdom.

Highly dangerous, his death attribute is a poison to all living and he is very sensitive to 'Life'.

Aura of the dead, curses all living with Fear.

His armor can block all magic, has high resistance, specializes in close combat, but also has innate abilities related to ghosts.

Holy attribute resistance...]

[Name: Nightmare

Type: Undead

Attributes: Fire, Death

Range: S

Characteristics: Monster created by the Secret Kingdom

Dulllahan's mount, its abnormal powers of fire are so high that they are capable of reaching 3000 Celsius]

There was a reason why Arthur called this place the Death Area, it's because of its Undead type monster, the paradise of the dead, the nightmare of the living even a necromancer would have to think twice if he wanted to subdue the monsters in this area of ​​death.

Due to this reason, Arthur knew that Elias would not last an hour to die in this level, he just entered and a Dullahan was already hunting them, this is an S rank monster, one at the same level as a Transcendent...

*Grr...

Death's hair growled and the Dullahan's eyes scanned the area for the 'Life' sign, unfortunately, he found nothing and returned into the mist...

"I... I..."

After the Dullahan disappeared, Elias was able to speak however he still felt incredible fear in his body, facing that Monster, Elias felt desperation and terror beyond what he felt in his life.

"Okay, calm down, he's gone..."

Still invisible, Arthur kindly comforted himself from his space ring as a 'Pill' materialized...

"Eat this, it will prevent the curse from affecting you and help you resist the aura of death..."

This area was infested by the aura of death, for a living being to stay in this place for a long time will bring dire consequences, it will be infected by the poison of death, its magical power will be consumed, it will get sick and finally, it will die, becoming a No -dead.

Arthur didn't fear this Death Aura, after all, he had awakened a Divine body that was capable of neutralizing these poison and Curse effects as well, not to mention he also awakened another Divine body to hide his 'Life' but it was different for him. Elias so Arthur did not hesitate to give him a provisional medicine...

"Thanks..."

After eating it, Elias sighed in relief and his complexion returned to normal, so did his mind as this time he focused his gaze on the person who helped him at this time.

"Liam?..."

Although they were in invisibility mode, Elias could see the person next to him, Arthur had shared part of his camouflage so they were both visible to each other and what Elias saw surprised him...

The person in front of him had a full-body battle suit, quite advanced very different from Wunder, likewise, there were 5 metallic tails behind this figure which made Elias doubt since this person was not human, after all, though the appearance changed, Arthur's voice didn't...

"For now you can call me Arthur, Mr. Elias... I know he has many questions, but now is not the time to explain, we are on enemy territory, we cannot lower our guard..."

Shaking his head Arthur didn't explain and continued.

"For now you must follow all my orders we cannot be exposed, otherwise we will both die..."

Elias could dimly guess that Arthur hid many secrets, but he never thought that he would not be human, even as Arthur said, this was not the time to explain, so Elias attended, he was quite grateful that Arthur accompanied him and saved him again live...

Again the duo set off, however, this time Elijah stayed close to Arthur, both began to fly and entered the mist...

The time they had was quite limited and they could not afford to walk in this withered forest, although it was dangerous in the sky, it was even more dangerous on the ground, the Undead could distinguish the footprints and also the amount of Undead. The dead on the ground exceeded those of the Air, although all could fly due to their power, even so, the Undead of the ground rarely fly.

"Stay close to me, this mist has hallucinogenic effects, if you get lost no one can find you..."

Arthur wasn't kidding, he still remembers that two years ago, thanks to Level Upper and the awakening of his fourth innate ability, he was able to go through the fog, since even with a map it was very difficult to follow the path safely.

Elias listened to everything carefully, thanks to the medicine he was able to keep his mind clear, but still, he was pale from the horrors on this level.

Any of these monsters could be considered a national disaster in the human continent, humans simply did not have enough magical power to face these monsters and perhaps only the most powerful force in the country could face these aberrations...

"High..."

Suddenly Arthur stopped moving, he was continuously scanning the area around him thus avoiding this Undead, there was a sign of movement approaching and Arthur frowned strongly...

*Gyaaaaa

"Damn! They're Scavengers!"

The signal of movement was getting bigger and bigger which forced Arthur and Elias to go down...

The Scavengers are very strong skeletal birds, they hunted in packs and would stop at nothing to catch their prey, however, this was not what Arthur feared, the most dangerous of the Scavengers were their riders.

[Name: Astral Ripper

Type: Undead

Attributes: Darkness, Death

Range: S

Characteristics: A Monster created by the Secret Kingdom.

As astral beings, Soul Rippers are immune to physical attack, their main food is souls, and they have high resistance to magic.

Small resistance to holy attribute...]

These riders were formless and ethereal-like mist, they were very hard to deal with because they always stick to scavengers and can also repair their body.

Arthur had suffered many headaches due to these monsters, not to mention that his specialty is attacking the soul, which was a very difficult attack to evade, if not for Akagi who has shields against ethereal attacks, maybe Arthur would already have his soul being devoured.

*Gyaaaa

The scavengers kept spinning in the mist, their figure almost indecipherable, but through his motion scanner, Arthur could tell the anomaly of these things...

"Why don't they go?"

"It must be the scent of your soul that drew them, Lord Elias...."

Arthur clenched his teeth, this was the dangerous thing about the Undead, they may have camouflaged Ado's aura, his 'Life', however, the Soul Rippers could still have fresh souls, which was inevitable for Elijah.

Arthur had Akagi take care of his soul, but Elijah had nothing and there was no way Arthur could help him with this...

For someone like Elias, just being here was suicide.

"We can't stay here, otherwise we'll die..."

The scavengers were still tracking Elias's scent, which would be very bad if they got caught in mobs of Undead...

Suddenly a drone shot out of Arthur's wrist, this drone had a very attractive smell which the scavengers did not hesitate to chase, this was what Akagi called... A false soul, a perfect bait for these monsters...

"Fast!"

And at the same time that the scavengers left, so did Arthur and Elias, the drone with the false soul would not take long to be destroyed and they had to get out of that place as soon as possible...

[Beep...]

[Drone with the fake soul has been destroyed...]

Just as he suspected, the drone didn't last a minute.

Elijah's expression was getting paler, they hadn't spent two hours in this place, but his life was already being threatened in many ways.

From what he couldn't help but look at Arthur this boy seemed quite familiar with this area and the monsters.

*shiiii

"What?!"

Suddenly something broke the air and mercilessly attacked the duo directly...

*Bommm

The attack was so great that it dispersed a part of the mist and also the aura of death increased, causing the scattered mist to return and thicken...

"Ha....Ha...that was close..."

About a kilometer away, Arthur dropped down as Elias followed.

They were both quite afraid of that last attack, although Elias couldn't see what it was, Arthur did.

What attacked them was a <<Death Ball>> a very strong magical blow used only by high-ranking Undead.

Fortunately, he didn't hit them otherwise Elias would have died and Arthur would have had problems with his shields...

"Thanks...."

Elias had already lost count of how many times he thanked him today, again Arthur saved his skin, although he doesn't understand how it happened even so his hair was still on end...

"Don't worry, as long as you stay close to me, nothing will happen..."

Although he said this Arthur was quite nervous inside...

(Thank you Divine body...)

Likewise, he did not forget to thank his wonderful Divine body...

[Divine Body: Fortune Shot]

[Passive Characteristics:

---Fate and luck will protect its user, the wearer is unable to be hurt by surprise attacks and ambushes]

From the moment he saw his cousin Ludi evade the attacks by sheer luck, Arthur has been curious and searched through all the Divine bodies and found this one.

Although at first glance it seems weak, due to the effect of this Divine body, Arthur did not hesitate and woke him up and until now he was satisfied with his decision, since thanks to his luck effect, he has been saved from ambushes, truly a divine body. marvelous...

And a few moments ago due to this effect, the <<Death Ball>> didn't hit them.

Elias of course didn't know anything about this, but still, he couldn't help but sigh, since he felt so useless and afraid of that attack.