Free Web NovelChapter 167: Chapter 100: Pale Elegy: Only I Can Touch My Little Mouse
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In an instant.
The tremors inside the mine ceased.
After flickering a few times, the crimson light on the Totem Pole rapidly dimmed, as if it had never been lit at all.
The darkness overhead, which had seemed to connect to the endless Abyss, silently dissipated along with that once-unrivaled will.
The will of that Abyss Demon Lord... actually fled just like that?
Hog’s huge Gnoll eyes went wide, the crazed, savage grin on his face frozen solid.
This was his trump card, the key to turning the tables! It was the "Wrath of the Ancestors" he had summoned by sacrificing all his loyal subordinates, and it was stared out of existence in a single glance?
It didn’t even say goodbye.
It wasn’t just Hog who was shocked.
Lynch was stunned, too.
His mouth hung open as he stared blankly at the elegant, pale phantom holding an umbrella before him, his heart pounding wildly.
’It can do that?!’
’Uh...’
’I, Lynch, swear I’ll never secretly curse you out again~’
’From this day forward, you, the great Lady Pale Elegy Victoria, are my mother.’
’My *real* mother~!!!’
However, after staring down the will of the Abyss Demon Lord, Pale Elegy Victoria seemed to have no intention of lingering. She simply turned her head slightly and gave Lynch a faint glance.
It was as if she were merely checking to see if her "little mouse" was still alive.
Immediately after, the elegant, umbrella-holding phantom dissolved into motes of cold, white light, which then collapsed inward, transforming into a small ball of frigid energy that reattached itself to the depths of Lynch’s soul and fell silent once more.
The being whose fleeting appearance had terrified the Abyss felt like nothing more than a hallucination.
Lynch let out a breath, feeling both excited and somewhat relieved.
Clearly, Pale Elegy had noticed that the little mouse she was watching was being bullied by a superior foe, so she had appeared to back him up.
In truth, her reasoning wasn’t hard to understand.
Even if Lynch was just a "toy" in her eyes, one worthy of only an occasional glance, he was still a toy that *she*, Pale Elegy, had marked as her own.
’Who the hell do you think you are, some Abyss Demon Lord, to touch my toy?’
’As the old saying goes, you have to know who the owner is before you beat their dog... ahem, that’s not a great analogy. I take it back.’
’Anyway, that’s the general idea.’
Since Pale Elegy had already asserted control and scared off the enemy’s backup, Lynch and the Gnoll Chieftain Hog were now back on an even playing field.
Lynch couldn’t be bothered with any more chatter.
He gently waved the skull-topped Magic Staff in his hand forward once more.
"Attack!"
"ROAR—!"
The Undead Army, which had fallen silent at the arrival of the powerhouse, began to charge again, surging toward Hog, who stood alone in the center of the lair like a general with no soldiers.
When fighting an Elite Monster, Curses always come first.
"Weakness Curse."
"Pain Curse."
Lynch and the skeleton mage acted in perfect sync, raising their magic staves almost simultaneously to each cast a Curse on Hog.
Of course, the effects were so-so; it was better than nothing, but that was about it. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Hog was a Tier Four powerhouse, with extremely high health and resistance. Even though their curse magic had reached the Tier Two level, it could only weaken him by about ten to twenty percent, and the duration was short.
Such was the frustrating reality of tier suppression.
But even so, in a life-or-death battle, that could be the decisive factor.
Leading the charge was the Purple Zombie, Bloodfang. Its three-meter-tall, burly frame surged forward like a siege engine, and it began trading blows with Hog, warhammer swinging.
It was the only one in the entire squad even remotely qualified to be a front-liner, the only one that wouldn’t be critically injured by a single blow from the enemy.
At the same time, a small, dark figure appeared by Hog’s side like a phantom.
It was the loli Vampire, Esther.
Her crimson eyes gleamed with excitement. The bat-like wings on her back vibrated faintly, and she moved so fast she left only an afterimage in the air.
She didn’t fight Hog head-on. Instead, like an annoying yet deadly mosquito, she circled his massive body at high speed, launching surprise attacks.
"SHHNK~"
Her sharp nails raked across Hog’s lower back, sending a spray of blood and a few tufts of gray fur flying.
The wound wasn’t deep, but the paralytic poison it carried sent Hog into a rage. He swung his axe backhandedly, only to slice through empty air.
Esther had already dodged away with ease.
She licked the blood from her nails, a satisfied expression on her small face, then began to circle again, looking for her next opening.
The Skeleton Assassin, Bone Shadow, also performed well. She hid in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to rush forward and backstab Hog with her Poisoned Dagger before quickly retreating to prepare for her next strike. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
However, the most dazzling performer in this group assault was Lynch’s new "son"—the Tier Three Skeleton Bow and Arrow Guard, Gu Youji.
It stood in a safe position, protected by a large number of Skeleton Soldiers. Its Soul Fire was calm and steady. The motions of drawing an arrow, nocking it, and pulling the bowstring were smooth and stable, possessing the rhythmic grace of a master craftsman.
"WHOOSH~"
A pale bone arrow tore through the air, taking an incredibly tricky angle to bypass Hog’s blocking arm and embed itself deep in his muscular shoulder blade.
"SHLICK!"
The arrowhead sank nearly ten centimeters into his flesh. The death energy it carried exploded, numbing Hog’s shoulder as blood gushed out.
And that wasn’t all.
Gu Youji’s firing speed was astonishing. The fletching of the first arrow was still trembling when the second and third arrows were already loosed one after another.
"WHOOSH! WHOOSH!"
One arrow aimed for Hog’s eye socket, forcing him to turn his head to dodge, while the other took the opportunity to strike him in the thigh.
