Suspicious Skeletons

Much later that day, another group of undead invaded the dungeon. This time, there were three zombies and two skeletons. The skeletons were a new addition and Violet had to wonder how they had gotten in. The entrance had a door that would require someone to open it in order for them to enter the dungeon. Yet, the zombies had never destroyed the door to get in and the skeletons definitely seemed like they lacked the muscle mass to do such a thing.

Of course, the zombies didn't exactly seem to be much better off. Sure, they could repeatedly smash into the doors in order to destroy them and, eventually, move on to the next room. However, they were still rotting corpses with relatively little strength. It was because of their lack of skills, strength, etc. that they were still considered beginner [Monsters], even despite their only weakness being their heads.

After failing to easily kill a skeleton, Violet quickly switched strategies to deal with the zombies first. The skeletons couldn't be cut into easily due to their body being made entirely from reanimated bones. There was no flesh to cut into and they were way too difficult to kill. Even when she managed to remove an arm at the elbow point or a head from the skeleton's shoulders, it didn't seem to harm them. They just reattached the lost part the first chance they got.

That made Violet feel frustrated, so she decided to concentrate on the zombies that she was more familiar with. Thanks to the fact that she had faced off against the zombies numerous times now and the fact that she had been improving her sword skills, this took no time at all. Well, it did still take some time to bash their skulls in after she decapitated them and it was never easy to face off against multiple enemies at once.

When Violet turned back to the skeletons, one was being repeatedly smacked into a wall by her slime while the other was practically committing suicide by bashing itself into her door. While skeletons in the games Violet had played with Lee had the ability to wield weapons, these ones were more realistic and didn't have that ability. So, it could only damage its own bones, causing cracks to appear as bits crumbled away.

Looking at the one being engaged by the slime, the situation was similar. The slime had managed to knock the skeleton over so many times that it had now been backed into a wall. Each time the skeleton was knocked into the wall, it was forced to climb back up and the force from the impact with the wall was causing its brittle bones to slowly fall apart.

Violet sighed as she shook her head. She must have been panicking at seeing the new monster for her to not even have thought about the fact that blunt damage was commonly the best way to dispatch of such [Monsters] in video games. it would seem the same was true here as well.

However, Violet didn't have a club or hammer right now. She only had her sword, which would be rather dangerous to use as a blunt weapon. She'd be liable to cut her face if she tried to bash the hilt of her sword into the skeleton. Plus, Violet didn't exactly have a scabbard for her sword, so it wasn't like she could just put it away and use it like they did in the mangas she used to read.

Violet looked down at her feet and lamented the fact that she didn't even have boots. The purple flats she was wearing were made from cloth, so she'd be just as well off trying to kick the skeleton to death barefoot. While it was certainly an option to just kick the skeleton into the wall repeatedly, she doubted that was a smart idea. It would just give it the chance to attack her, digging its sharp bony fingers into her arms, and leaving blood to trail down them and onto her dress.

Violet sighed as she sat down to wait for the skeleton to slowly die. If her slime ended up dying to the skeleton, she'd have to step in, but she wasn't in the mood to deal with it right now. By the time David arrived for the day, her slime had killed off the first skeleton and was now working on the second. David looked at the bizarre scene as he asked

"Did you get a second floor while I was gone? I've never heard of skeletons as contractable [Monsters], though. How strange."

Violet looked up at him with a rather annoyed expression as she replied

"No, I keep being attacked by the undead. At first, it was just zombies, but now it seems skeletons have been thrown into the mix. I killed off the zombies a while back, but I don't have a proper weapon to take care of the skeletons, so I've just been waiting on the slime to finish it off."

Taking a closer look around the room, David noticed that there were indeed zombies off to one side and a pile of bones and dust laying on the ground near the first. He sighed as he walked over and kicked and punched the remaining skeleton to death. His armor easily protected him while giving his attacks more power. So the skeleton was quickly put out of its misery.

Turning back to Violet he asked

"Do you need a moment to freshen up before practice? You're kind of covered in blood and gore, which I doubt is comfortable."

Violet was surprised that David wasn't complaining about the scene being too graphic for his young daughter. However, that also made sense to some extent as well. If she was going to be an adventurer, she'd likely end up seeing worse throughout her life. Still, Violet couldn't help but feel it was a scene she'd rather the young girl not have to see.

"Yeah. Could you step out for a bit while I clean up around here? I'd rather get rid of the monster remains as well."

David nodded, quickly exiting the dungeon with his young daughter. It was rather strange to hear there were undead entering the dungeon. Most were incapable of entering the dungeon by themselves and they didn't exactly tend to be free-roaming [Monsters]. Even contracted [Monsters] didn't tend to stray very far from their dungeons. That only left one possibility...