lv 1 skeleton

chapter 24

I walked out of the termite nest and headed towards an empty spot by the lake.

'Alpeon, what about Ian and Gwyn?'

'They are asleep.'

'Oh right, it's nighttime isn't it?'

While in an undead's body, I failed to sense the passage of time. Days and nights held little meaning to me. Well, actually at first, daytime was a bit troublesome, but since I had gained the golden blessing from the nectar, there was no longer any difference in my eyes.

In the distance, saw the Golem Matilda talking with a group of strangers.

'Is it them?'

I opened up their status pages to learn the skills of my new visitors.

'Rank G... how suspicious. They must be using Decoy or a similar skill.'

If their rank was a least E, I would be able to accept it, but G... that was the same rank as my Avatar. Of course, it was still possible for it to be their real rank, but I estimated that they were either stronger, or at the very least the same level as Matilda. After careful consideration, I decided to go ahead and greet them despite not having the full picture of their stats and skills. I was simply confident in the progress I had made as an ArchLich.

'Alpeon, have everyone back up about 100 meters.'

'Yes, my Lord.'

"Hello, fellow Reincarnators, welcome to the Pit!"

I opened up my arms and gave them a friendly welcome, like an ambassador NPC in a game.

"Matilda, Is he...an AI or something?

"King.are.you.joking.around? Could.you.speak.normally?"

I was standing up with my arms open in an awkward position.

"Oh...do you guys not have any sense of humor?"

"Hmm... I heard he was a former student, but judging by his jokes he feels more like a senior."

The woman wearing a full set of platinum armor came over to greet me with a small smirk, holding her helmet in one hand. From the Status page, I knew her name was Lorina.

"Oh Lorina, did you not like my joke?"

"You quite the strong undead, how many humans did you have to harm?"

"I have seen humans die in the Catacombs, but it's been quite some time since I've met one."

Giving Lorina a quick glance, I used Death Stare to test her out. I was hoping to get a measure of her true strength.

"Hmm... seems like you're not worth the trip here."

She easily kept eye contact, showing me a confident smile.

'No effect whatsoever?'

Clearly she wasn't Rank G, otherwise just that quick glance would have put her in a critical condition. Since she didn't seem to suffer at all, it became clear to me that no part of her Status page could be relied upon.

"Roslin!"

The little vampire had just arrived from behind.

"Lorina!"

After a short sprint, she leapt through the air and into Lorina's embrace.

"I was worried!"

"No, it's okay I'm fine."

"Roslin.Are.you.okay.now? Were.you.treated.well?"

Standing upon the shoulders of Matilda who had just spoken, were the other two strangers, each with different sized swords. they stayed silent, with their eyes closed during most of our greeting. When Roslin arrived they took a quick look before closing their eyes, clearly uninterested.