Chapter 79: The Gaming Strategy
Kahn felt every inch in his body resonating with the magic this undead Lich was casting. As if he had an intimate connection towards this element of reality.
So far, he hadn"t seen a single person, even some top-tier mages use Dark Magic ever since he came to Flavot city.
"Is this magic forbidden in this world?" he asked himself because if what G.o.d of Darkness told him was right.. Anything related to him was wiped off from the face of the planet because of what Kahn"s predecessor, the 8th Hero did 300 years ago.
Only undead and demonic monsters would possess this type of magical element to them because of the natural & inborn affinity. No human like Kahn should have any resonance with this magic. He now remembered the system once telling him that he had one of the highest affinity to Dark magic and Dark elements in this world because he was chosen and his body was created by G.o.d of Darkness. And that"s why all his physical abilities and skills he gained from absorbing monsters and merging skills were all pitch black.
This was the only reasonable explanation he could accept.
Kahn then activated Hunter"s Intent at full capacity and felt the aura of the undead Lich. From the pressure alone, Kahn was certain that the Lich was at least a Lord rank undead.
Then his gaze shifted to the monsters that surrounded this figure.. 8 giant skeletal creatures, some had 4 to 6 legs while some of them had walked on 2 feet and all of them were equipped with makeshift weapons made of tusk-like bones.
Around this Lich, the 5 spellbooks that floated in the air were emitting a red glow and a tangible thread was connected to all the monsters and the skeletal army that was about more than 500 undead soldiers.
"d.a.m.n.. I"m so screwed here." cursed Kahn as he found no way to defeat this enemy.
Because his advantage in numbers was gone. Even with 4 Lord rank monsters at his side, he couldn"t possibly take on this army. And since they were all undead.. His toxin fog won"t work on them either.
He couldn"t use Divide & Conquer trick here either because the numbers were so big that even if he were to create a diversion like he did with the Nymph floor boss, the Lich wouldn"t send its entire army to fight against only 50 or so enemies. Plus, he felt like the Lich would definitely have some way to command and see through these undead just like Kahn could.
And to make it hard, the undead warriors surrounding the Lich seemed no weaker than his generals who hadn"t gone through Evolution. So he literally had no advantage or any viable strategy to take out this floor boss. Plus he hadn"t even found a way to see the strength of the Lich or its fighters.
As for using the Mana bombs that could wipe out everything in 500 meters radius were out of the question because they were inside a cave.. He would be buried alive under the ground if he used that. And since the place itself was an enclosed s.p.a.ce with too many tunnels.. He couldn"t call out a certain snake either. Kahn was truly out of options.
"All of these things are undead.. Nothing but bones and no flesh or blood in them. I can"t even absorb their abilities or create more subordinates to face off against the Lich." said Kahn as he contemplated his chances.
[What if I kite them?] thought Kahn. It was the only and most effective plan he could think of.
Leading your enemies into a trap and then whittling down their numbers one by one till only the main boss is left was called Kiting in gaming terminology.
Kahn who also had a lot of gaming experience in his teenage days was very well familiar with this strategy when playing many RPG and Adventure genre games. Because if he dared to fight this floor boss and its army altogether, there would be only one outcome.. Total annihilation.
Maybe then this Lich would turn Kahn into one of its puppets as well. And his zombified body would clean off the Lich"s shiny white bones.
Kahn shook his head quickly and buried that thought.
[Then Kiting it is..] he spoke inwardly and walked away from the open grounds and dashed towards one of the tunnels that appeared narrow for many to enter together. This way, the number of enemies that could enter inside them at once would be limited and Kahn could slowly finish them one with the help of his subordinates.
After finally finding a tunnel that led to a ground big enough to carry out a small battle and had the advantage in height and attacking the enemies inside an enclosed place, Kahn ordered Oliver to attack and bring small groups of undead towards their direction.
He presumed that killing in small numbers won"t easily catch the attention of the Lich which was busy creating new monsters for the first few waves at least.
"Let"s hope reading those RPG novels and playing the games actually proves useful.." said Kahn as he prepared to face the skeleton soldiers.
Oliver had reached the exit of the tunnel and shot few arrows at the group of skeletons, instantly attracting over 10 of these skeletons. Kahn who was looking through Oliver"s vision also noticed one thing..
That these creatures followed the sound and only got alerted when something noisy happened in their closer proximity. He commanded Oliver to lead them by the nose with his unending supply of pole extension arrows and bring them to their designated tunnel.
"Only if this world"s setting was similar to a game.. I could"ve farmed a lot of free EXP and gain a lot of equipments they dropped as loot." said Kahn as he cursed his luck of being thrown in the world with the wrong setting.
With his Divine Abilities.. He could"ve benefitted a lot if there was an Experience Points setting to level up and even an Attribute allocation system.
"Come here, you b.a.s.t.a.r.ds. Let"s see who has a bigger bone."