We finally ran into the undead swarm⊠and their boss, the Ghoul Head.
The undead swarm was made up of one of the most common monsters in [Magic World], the wight.
Itâs a monster created when impure mana attaches itself to a rotting corpse, making it come to life.
There are roughly thirty here, but all of them are wights and no other types.
For now, that was reassuring to know.
In [Magic World], a more problematic monster blending in among the swarm happened a lot.
And the boss was a Ghoul Head.
âWUOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!â
Itâs an enormous green zombie head with legs and thick arms attached to it.
Its appearance might look comical at first sight, but the way itâs misshapen only amplifies the disgust and repulsive feelings it inspires.
ââŠthe bludgeon in its hand is not an unusual Item either.â
I was relieved after I checked the Ghoul Headâs bludgeon, just to make sure.
Monsters like that may have an OP as hell rare item on them sometimes.
In the game that can be chalked up to as a prank from the developers, but in this world it wonât end with that.
Like hell I want to get wiped out by a rare event like that.
âAlright, Teil, Paul! Come with me and keep the small fry away from me! The rest, reduce the number of wights as much as you can!â
After saying that, Goutan readied his axe and charged in.
The Red Mage, Teil, and a swordsman apparently called Paul followed him into the fray.
âŠ..thinking about Goutanâs haphazard instructions, I canât help but feel uneasy.
Well, Iâll just be here, cutting down on the number of wights around.
With my current level I donât want to tangle with the Ghoul Head, and I would just get in Goutanâs way anyway.
âLetâs just quickly get rid of the hanger-ons of that huge face,â I said to the adventurers around me.
âY-you want to charge into a large group of enemies like that? Although those are just wights, if they attack you from your blind spot, then you might get hit anyway. With Goutan-san here I thought he would scatter them for us, but apparently he intends to keep on the bossâŠ.,â one of the adventurers said to me, looking somewhat uncertain.
Ah, so thatâs why they were looking so half-hearted about itâŠ
This must be the first time they came up against such a large group of monsters.
To compound that, the monsters are undead types with ghastly appearances and the commander just charged in without giving any orders worth mentioning too. Itâs no wonder at all that they would start to hesitate.
We have seven people here.
However, I would like to move independently.
âYou should split into two squads of three. If you cover each otherâs backs, then you should have no problems against wights. I will be moving alone to divert the attention of the enemies to decrease the number of wights heading your way as much as I can. That should be fine.â
âG-got it, weâll do thatâŠâ
There were no adventurers that objected to my words.
Although on the way the others looked down on me just like Teil, but when they saw me being calm in this situation, they mustâve thought they could rely on me.
âIf you see anything unexpected about to happen, then notify the others immediately. Iâll come to help too.â
I charged into the group of wights.
Since I went at it alone I was immediately surrounded by wights, but the wights are simple low level monsters to begin with.
Furthermore, the movement speed of most undead type monsters are slow, and their attacks have a large wind-up.
â[Parry]! [Parry]!â
I kept minutely moving around, parrying the attacking arms with my sword and destroying their postures in turn.
Iâve already learned the wightsâ attack timings in [Magic World] perfectly well.
And I also possessed enough skill with the sword to be able to make best use of my knowledge of [Magic World].
In this world, the personal power of the head of the family has a direct effect on the influence the household can wield.
Even if itâs former now, I used to be considered the next head of a Count family.
Fending off attacks from a bunch of wights is nothing at all for me.
âGoodâŠ. The [Parry] is working even better than I expected.â
The Skill to ward off attacks, [Parry].
Although itâs a powerful Skill, since you need to perfectly grasp the timings of every enemy attack, without sufficient knowledge and skill you wouldnât be able to master it properly.
Depending on whether you can master [Parry] properly can greatly influence how useful others view the Heavy Knight class.
Using [Parry] I break up the wightâs posture, then I hit it with my sword to [Disarm] it, which lowers its attack power.
And after that I block its attack with my armor, which leads into a counter as usual.
â[Rampart Reversal]!â
The wightâs attacking right arm simply blows off and sails off in an arc.
ăYou have gained 11 experience points.ă
ăYou level has increased from 12 to 13.ă
ăYou have gained 1 Skill point.ă
NiceâŠ.!
I would like it to keep going up just like that.
Fighting a group with appropriate levels like that is quite efficient.
This Guild request was an excellent catch from that point of view too.
One after the other, I dodge and ward off the attacks, then use [Rampart Reversal].
In no time at all I was responsible for the broken remains of almost ten wights.
In [Magic World], the larger the level difference was between you and your opponent, the less experience you gained, but even so, I was able to raise my level quite a bit.
ăYou have gained 4 experience points.ă
ăYou level has increased from 15 to 16.ă
ăYou have gained 1 Skill point.ă
Good, good. Itâs going well.
With this I had ă5ă Skill points in the bank.
Iâm looking forward to the time I will use these up.
With the number of wights around me greatly decreased, I used [Status] to check.