Chapter 53: Rotten Bones Archbishop
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Lancaster underground sewers, Rotten Bones Church hideout.
Ugart felt the situation was somewhat off.
As the archbishop of the Rotten Bones Church, his body had already been converted into skin and bone, making him look like a skeleton with a layer of rotten black skin on him. He had lost all the senses he had as a human, but now he used the blessings of the evil Rotten Bones God to emulate his former senses.
Ever since he stopped being a human, this was the first time he felt disturbed.
Around six days ago, the originally silent underground sewers were plunged into chaos.
In the east, the Swamp Fishmen which had migrated into the sewers from some time ago and refused to leave started croaking and screeching, a sign that they were about to undergo another migration. From their cries, he could tell that they were panicked and angry, and also a little scared. It sounded like they were about to flee rather than migrate, and he had no idea what made it so that they had to leave in such a hurry.
The tyrant of the south was a hundred-year-old Berserk Armored Alligator that was roaring in rage after being woken up from hibernation. To Ugartâs memory, no resident of these sewers would have the guts to attack this monster, even he would have a hard time against it. In theory, even if there were some small fry that didnât know of its horrors and provoked it, they would have probably become its feed in a few minutes. However, the Berserk Armored Alligator hadnât calmed down ever since it started going berserk. Every time it started to calm down, it seemed to be enraged by something once more and repeat the cycle. The loud bellowing rageful roars of the monster had already become somewhat hoarse, but the unknown influence that was enraging it seemed to not have given up.
Originally, the rat hordes that moved endlessly around the sewers were the loudest sounds heard every day, like a machine that kept on creating noise. Somehow or another, this noise machine stopped even making the smallest sounds from one day, as if the hundreds of thousands of Hogwash Rats had suddenly disappearedâŠ
Of course, just these minor changes hadnât affected his cold dead heart.
The real thing that made him uneasy was the fact that the believers under his command were disappearing.
This disappearance wasnât that of traitors.
As the archbishop of an evil cult, he had experienced the betrayal of believers under his command before, to the point where their hideouts would be exposed by the traitors so he had to bring his remaining followers to roam until they found these sewers that served as a passable hideout.
He had mixed in some of his most trusted subordinates in within each and every team to prevent the same thing from happening. Even so, none of the teams of believers or even their Black Corpseflies that he had sent to investigate the abnormalities had returned to the hideoutâŠ
âZaccarah.â
He made his way to the foyer of their hideout and called his right-hand man, one of the three black-robed bishops of the Rotten Bones Church. âTell our believers in Lancaster it is time to kill the hundred infants that our Lord has chosen, and to send their hearts and marrows to me!â
âBut your Excellency, if we do so we might lose the support of the nobles who had supported us in the shadowsâŠâ Zaccarah replied worriedly.
âDonât mind them, theyâre just a bunch of pigs that have fats for brains. When the time comes you just have to feed them enough Rions and theyâll shut right up.â Ugart replied in a dismissive tone. âPutting that aside, something has been wrong with the underground sewers as of late, so Iâm going to have to go on with our plans for the possession ceremony. When our Lord appears, not even the ascetics from the Brilliant White Church could stop us!â
âAs you wishâŠâ Zaccarah bowed and prepared to leave and send the message.
At this moment, the main entrance of the hideout that had been renovated to look like an underground courtyard was broken into violently from outside with a resounding crash, and from the ashes stood the silhouettes of several youngsters.
âHoly sh*t, there really was a hidden level in here! There werenât any signs of it from the outside!â The youngster that stood at the front exclaimed as he carried a broadsword, seemingly the culprit of the break-in. âEdward, if it werenât for you being so cautious as to check out the large unoccupied space in the map, probably no one could have noticedâŠâ
âJoe, donât let your guard down, there might be a hidden boss!â The young man known as Edward said calmly with a strangely shaped staff in his hand.
âThereâs someone thereâŠWith HP bars! Somethingâs written on there, Rotten Bones Archbishop and Black-Robed Bishop, one is Level 30 and the other is Level 25⊠I think weâve found the boss room!â A skinny boy who was holding a bow and arrow shouted.
âAccording to the system, these bosses have special reward systems. If we cause 1% of damage to the Rotten Bones Archbishop we will get 200 AP, while weâll get 100 AP for 1% done to the Black-Robed Bishop!â The girl who was standing behind them all informed the party.
âI see, well how can we leave these bosses unattended? Miss Jessica, help me heal while I try my hand!â In the party, a middle-aged man who was the eldest and had the least amount of hair said excitedly.
âSword SkillâSlippery Slash!â He shouted, dashing forward with odd footwork into the courtyardâthe long sword in his hands held in front of him flashing with a bright white light as he slashed toward Urgat!
But before the sword even had the chance to touch Urgat, the latter raised his crooked fingerâan obsidian light shooting out from it towards the manâs heart.
The manâs shocked expression froze on his face before his entire body turned into a bunch of speckled lights and disappearedâŠ
âMiiissteeer Maaarniiiiâ!â Joe who was a warrior too mourned the loss of Marni, drawing his voice comically long.
âI-I hadnât even had the chance to cast a healing spellâŠâThe young girl stood there not knowing what to do.
âHe really fed them just like that huhâŠâ Edward sighed and face-palmed. âThankfully I already spent most of my AP just now. Everyone, letâs test this boss out!â
Seeing the youngsters want to duel him to the death, Urgat emotionlessly clapped his bony hands and from the hideout came more than ten high-tier Rotten Bone believers.
âF*ck, he can summon lackeys, thatâs so unfair!â Gou Dan grumbled.
The high-tier believers were not as emotionless as the archbishop was as the corruption on their heart wasnât as heavy as his, so when they heard his words they could not help but frown. Who was this small fry that looked like a peasant wearing leaves (equipment) to call them lackeys?
Even though the situation was extremely unfavorable for the intruders, Urgat was shocked at how none of them chose to flee and how they all fought to the death. Even that girl who seemed the weakest never uttered a plea of surrender while Gou Dan was killed immediatelyâŠ
Urgat thought that the ones that were causing the chaos in the underground sewers were these people, but from their prowess, they were too weak.
He furrowed his brow, feeling that things werenât as simple as it seemed.
Just then, a few unfamiliar voices were heard from outside the hideout.
âOh? Somethingâs wrong with this wallâŠâ
âOho? Itâs a hidden level!â
âA hidden level! Lemme see if there are any goodies!â
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