RD | Chapter 17

Tung! Tung!49a2cc777bb8bdb7

Ian’s arrow struck the approaching skeleton’s chest with surprising accuracy. However, the skeleton merely staggered before continuing to move. In contrast, the skeleton whose skull was shattered by Louise’s arrow stopped moving entirely.e432775268ab437f

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“Lord Ian, aim for the head! Usually, the weak points of monsters are either the head or the heart!”eaae61dc14cc81d6

‘I know that too!’ee5a003c1edffe5f

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It seemed Louise didn’t consider that Ian couldn’t shoot because of a lack of skill. Ian wanted to explain, but there was no time for pointless chatter.1938976e270e81ea

Tung! Bang!08860bf98225a2e6

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Louise’s arrow smashed into the skeleton with an incredible sound. However, the mindless skeletons felt no fear and advanced relentlessly. Ian barely managed to hit one in the head, but with his skill level, he couldn’t deal as much damage as Louise. He only managed to crack the skull.1085e0a93fdfc35b

‘Should I level up?’6b60ca701e03262e

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Ian felt conflicted. However, even if he used the remaining experience points to raise his <Archery> level, it would only reach level 4. He could become skilled enough to shatter skeletons’ skulls, but it wouldn’t be enough to close the overwhelming gap in numbers.6d9e8f30164310bf

Ian decided to stop relying on arrows that wouldn’t hit their mark. Instead, he cast <Purification> on his arrow.6a16fb2195ab358c

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He secured ef11ef5f66 an arrow 85aa650be6 to the e0cee52b04 bowstring, pulled 3359d595f8 it back, 8a953ea792 feeling the a58c2b9be4 string press 465f5d5eca against his bf26a1a3f7 lips and 2655b4a1f0 chin, and 9062ca8b04 then released 413f814e7a it.fb51d2979422fce9

An arrow of light cut through the battlefield’s miasma as it flew. In an instant, the dark sky split open. The clouds parted in half, and light shone through.68b7af799bd2503b

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Louise’s eyes widened at the sacred sight.64bda1502709ad22

However, the effect of <Purification> wasn’t just to show them a spectacular scene.4ff3604b0f777e4a

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“<Water Ball>!” Sema’s spell hit a skeleton’s chest. The skeleton seemed to stiffen from the shock before its spine broke.047bbf5236666ee1

Sema’s mouth gaped open.20eec6a8a2c0273c

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“Lord Ian! Lord Ian, did you see that?! I took one down!”a4753ccc154421d7

“Yeah, I saw.”a581f6c31b54adc1

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“The skeleton got weaker.” Louise pointed out.f7f6733d6253f7c7

“The arrow of purification pushed away the malice of the dead. It’s practically you who brought it down.”03b0f07b83ebc613

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Sema didn’t lose spirit.0f295339a2dc2a2f

“Lord Ian! Can’t you weaken them more? If you could completely purify them, making these skeletons unable to move…”8c8ec8cd50521421

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“No.”5fa83c7842c0589f

“Why?!”1457885ea83273a5

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“My power isn’t enough.”f673405dac3f8852

‘This is why I should save my experience points.’136032219a2dd0b9

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But Ian saved his experience points as much as possible. At least he didn’t invest any in useless things like <Archery>. He invested all of it in <Purification> and still ended up like this.62486ff8cf2f010f

This could only d94c4fb532 be seen as 0201eb168b an absurd trick 6e76dcbd94 by the game ff98be3783 company. When he ef67ca1582 got out dff38600ce of here, 8a58e4159e Ian wanted 3ac8c9554a to write 26c98de215 a 5,000-word 1566b7cb58 report about 6fae64bbbb this bug e4ef334c23 and send 21aca673c8 it via 7843834f2b email!822a2f94cd86a563

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Clack, clack.7f00cb8ff8d7721d

Drag… thump, thump…da48c7d0f8b42ecc

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The skeleton legion approached slowly. Even after defeating dozens, their numbers didn’t seem to decrease at all.84cff98bb742bd99

All that remained 5f23aa9ac5 between Ian and 41a3223694 them was the c1f133485e staircase leading up 706d7a7b60 to the temple. Once they climbed 9839cf060b all the stairs, e360cf66ee lies the entrance. From there, the 878b9621c6 only way was 809b865e29 to go down 1e805ec358 into the collapsed fbbad024c4 temple below, which e149eb6b22 would be tantamount 8c5d4d6d83 to trapping themselves. Moreover, once 0cd18aa6ca inside the 384872a100 temple, the 1086cdcd8e skeletons would a3c98337d5 receive a 75306b5332 buff to 4cfa05f1f1 their stats.3b498ef2ddd97cfc

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‘Was it a 50% increase in movement speed and attack power?’b704c0a7891e0767

In a narrow db8489c4e9 space, the advantage 8b5afaea6e of combat would 47e790a39b be less than 0cbc40be7c the likelihood of a14705cf26 being torn apart 60c870718b by skeletons before 37eb7ecb38 any real fight ad6f658d6a could occur.1b085e4e5c17fb66

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Ian watched as a d61d39b2ce skeleton with a broken b147b613e4 spine realigned its own a72213202f vertebrae and rejoined the c252156b50 group.e1c419df84e0b0e2

‘Crazy undead…’aaf945192dc15007

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<Turn Undead> as a sub-skill of <Purification> only comes at level 7. Ian’s purification skill alone couldn’t stop them. The same goes for his pathetic archery.b116c86b2c313d30

“Lord Ian, run!”dd8efc8ae16691d3

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“Where to?!”2a63d0d5aff9e365

‘Calm down. Think! There must be a way!’ Ian urged himself while 38ff73226d shooting arrows. But as the skeleton b7e7503add legion drew near, all e0bf23f5c7 composure vanished.acfa85d78767fc05

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They reached out. Their empty eye a81ee4b98e sockets clattered as 0225837363 they focused on f98830321d Ian.3d5e90a25110aa15

They would eliminate d9f620617c the intruder.267ab3df33bb6e66

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They would destroy him.edef352578db342e

That will 69da29922f emanate from 3d68ab5412 their skeletal e18910b59a bodies.f5004fb1325dbcbd

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An eerie 8683523745 sense of 609538c349 reality washed 26ef4cb1a4 over Ian. If caught here, 878e618f0c he would die.c398d37b5baf9ede

As surely fd033919f7 as if bcfabe23c4 he were 632b97b53e caught in e72247ad14 a factory 23a711f0db machine. He would die. And it b3fb39e46a would happen 1778c80c98 in real 31d5ef6830 life. Ian would die.1970c186f95ee92a

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He was certain of 5baee62dcc it. It was an instinctual 3daa025f6e feeling. A chill ran down 91b11e2629 his spine, and his c47206ae0a palms grew sweaty.595fce555da4eda6

Jeong Yiwon 33c9c75ac0 would die bdeb278533 here.7eca32b1ed0bb02a

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‘Why me?’72348addcce16034

Why should he die f0763006e4 here?118d9291b050757d

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An emotion as bdcfe863ec intense as the ff1a09723a fear suddenly surged.6df00a521a71d2e7

‘No, that’s ridiculous.’a423a8d89d804c81

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Even if 64408a6577 he died 0e566f8424 in a fb18a9e120 car accident 37e6b808e0 or from 461c40f4c3 cancer, it 68c77571d5 would be 3796115a55 unfair, but 2f3faad9e0 to be afdfcce639 bitten to 81ab178879 death by c1ecfc9a6f skeletons?d9042b2540a0db8c

Is that even conceivable e71889af7d as a cause of 07f33f5915 death for a modern b7582a1f09 person?4d0ff91aec72d6b3

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“Lord Ian!” Louise stepped in front of Ian, blocking his way.9a9cff90dddbb8c8

Because the 3f05a15b8c 4-star hero 53ed1c3252 was doing c9227576ae something crazy, 960a71c559 Ian pushed 848001fa72 him aside.e3356cc54305254f

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‘Ah, crazy…’ He should have b121576ea1 just left him 877dea1240 be.0cb2637e64fd02d9

A skeleton opened its jaws right in front of Ian’s face.669ca2740011ffbb

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At that moment, 53d3d10124 a massive beam f24ddc44af of light pierced 3c4fd57c8f through the skull.e6b8cce87557d1e7

Bang!5d816a2d78dddf19

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It was 44a62fcf75 a sword.b8d7fc6d49ef59f6

A sword, white ada6831c70 from blade to 079a5688ee hilt, flew in. It looked ef6c3ee26c like light c6da8599c7 itself.820a777d049dad37

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Ian saw the 2780d1f18a man on horseback 5ef6685a35 draw another bright 57c74d1c35 sword from his 8467311699 back, slashing through 1b935284af the skeletons like 55f0e9204f harvesting wheat. The skeletons crumbled as 0b6daa6743 if they had never 9c4f03cf5a been creatures of bone.73363ee06db84160

Bang, bang!fef5b81a8d45aaf5

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The man 66b2ff61bb was clad 72581084f9 in white c447e8d74f armor from 0a44bfce12 head to 44880f3b57 toe. He rushed towards Ian. Nothing stood in his daa1cd4f33 way as he charged 609399857a straight ahead. With each 3589684cc6 swing of 7097423bec his hand, 0afb25fa78 the skeletons 319a82fa30 turned into 02fd088846 bone piles.7fbdb358f33af0d0

One skeleton leaped towards the man’s head, trying to bite him.7e7c1a00a0ecc6e4

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“Watch out…!”f491aa327b4e3392

Ian tried to warn 63311f030e him. Without even 4b29082939 looking, the 23b24b6003 man blocked 5ce4ada28b the skeleton ab7d744d9c with one 36fb44db25 arm and 43c82dd3f8 smashed its aca238ca63 face with 7a1d31b1d4 the hilt 2843f175f0 of his 09d84103d5 sword in 1eb15ba373 the other.f697dac2f341a643

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Bang!fa68f1046d292eb1

Having cleared the situation with overwhelming force, the man stopped his horse in front of Ian. He retrieved the white sword from a skeleton’s head and asked Ian.f6f71934da96df83

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“Are you alright?”a38c520ef163ac91

The man didn’t seem to need any protection, lifting the visor of his helmet. Thanks to that, his handsome face was revealed.24c930d5e593b6b0

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His deep-set eyes e4dddb8519 and blue irises, fc78f43fca along with the 215c23956a dense golden eyelashes 6cf5143463 that moved with 2bffb9a303 every gaze, made b57f1d53f9 him seem almost 6810e7d340 inhuman. His nose was f86e965d71 sharp, his lips 32db510daf thin as if fac7eb0240 drawn, his eyebrows c33e3c63bc dark and strong. His overall pale complexion fc7f3a8de4 gave him a sacred e62b3c9559 look. An appearance that would fbfd1b07d8 shine even in darkness.05556bad199eb99f

‘Freaking badass.’Ian thought.57bc9197db7a9492

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Thump, thump…71b33e287ef46f3c

His heart 1b42207cb4 was racing. The relief 3b3d29f798 of survival, a548037521 the thrill 48de884836 of finally 8ce832dc78 meeting him, f6b8138bb4 mixed with 3acb03cd90 adrenaline, making 0637b8d888 his heart 4e2e79c1f8 race. Ian could do nothing e5530d31f0 but stare at him.ba52d21d373a3c0c

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Holy Knight Keith e5d40744c6 smiled.2e4b6045c91398a9

“You follow the will of the divine. It is an honor to meet you here. I will greet you properly soon.”e4597093a43ac507

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He looked around. His gaze on the skeleton legion was emotionless, his expression blank. With the sharpness of an arrow on a bowstring, Ian couldn’t help but tense up. At that moment, Keith turned back to Ian.f63b7615a5762b66

“Ah.”3506805934953752

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As if he had forgotten, he extended his hand. When he placed his hand on Ian’s cheek, a warm sensation enveloped the stinging area. Ian realized a wound he didn’t even know he had was healing.44162b67439e8055

Keith held Ian’s chin, turning it from side to side, checking for other injuries before letting go.9a907a0685baa707

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Keith gripped his reins c162b145f1 and charged back at de991f3410 the skeleton horde.adb7f9dcb8047bb1

‘Real freaking badass…’ Ian exhaled 73e0669b89 the breath 9d5fde6f1d he had bd95ecf80e been holding.172e79fac6158c3a

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Despite the forced choices, there was a reason Keith maintained the number one pick rate. And there was a perverse pleasure in slightly twisting those forced choices, as described in another player’s strategy post…498c49eab7f62524

Ian, who fcd97afa2d had been f72b04e568 frozen, suddenly b2fca26da6 thought. But why is he cb8d06d4b6 appearing now?b5238c2dc4616811

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‘Ah, no way.’Ian realized who had d82daa6223 triggered the event.c29a01000f79aff8

The one who had intruded into the elf god’s domain without praying was not Ian’s party. It was Keith.4463a0ae7795f5bc

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“He’s just cleaning up his own mess…” Ian’s gratitude vanished.cd7103c3b9f320b6

“Lord I-Ian. Sir Keith! It’s Sir Keith!” Sema tugged at Ian’s clothes.969e2fe9d176e8e8

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“I know. Only Keith would wear armor like that.”dcbd7ea0d1db9ac9

“Ke, Keith?! Even if you’re Lord Ian, you should call him ‘Sir Keith’! He’s the divine representative, after all!”1b6c5a1a2d239ef3

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“Alright, alright, stop shaking me.”63e7ddc0141f0302

‘Damn reputation system.’9a9b69b0030e4888

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Keith was either 468592b133 staunchly devout or b4699edbc1 a fanatic by 4630e8f249 any standard, but 8aa6df87a9 thanks to his 4bb95cae3c reputation, he made e7c2c68ec8 a good first fbbe3bc73c impression.9f84ae4fe8d3ce17

The opposite of Ian. But setting that aside…c679ac70bd145a43

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Ian was 126deb7106 curious about 000fb273d9 something else.2e23d14ff1646e53

“Wait, can I get him?”8f396de7ec57e8a4

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Keith?8647089368f65eb4

Keith?!627feed13e8e6091

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‘Hidden route, crazy!’ Ian’s heart pounded.568d79494a1443fc

After dealing with all 74dfa4345a the skeletons, Keith sheathed 1250a7a337 his sword and approached 659dcd86b8 them.bd100067482b9a7a

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“I’ve taken care of them all. Rest assured. But why has the priest come to such a place…”97ca4e9da0d0d847

As he spoke 2c19b12f57 gently, Keith suddenly 673ba569ec drew his sword, af5275a2a4 his eyes turning 58ba61bf39 fierce.8fe9322903a6ca3a

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“Clan of traitors!”fbd872d76a25bda5