By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 13 [Parts 1 to 8] by Roy

Author:Roy
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 8, Episode 8: First Brush with the Undead

As Sever had warned, our path through the valleys became more difficult as we progressed after our lunch break—it was an endless winding stretch of cliffs that seemed to never change. Without his guidance, we could have easily lost our bearings. The farther we progressed through the valleys, the more frequently we encountered monsters. Most of them were smaller and easily chased away, but that still warranted caution. Even a small monster could kill you in a moment of complacency, not to mention that fighting on unstable terrain was dangerous on its own.

That being said, being on high alert all the time would’ve been more taxing than productive, so we made sure to relax when we could. All while keeping a watchful eye out, of course. Eventually, I felt a strange presence and noticed the stench of rotting flesh.

“Do you smell that?” I asked.

“There’s an undead ahead. A zombie, most likely,” Sever predicted.

Sure enough, after twenty seconds or so of waiting, a rotten corpse turned the corner and came into our view, shuffling in a meandering manner. From what I’d read about them, Undead monsters preferred nighttime and dark locations, but could withstand daylight. They could also move as fast as an average person walks, but they were far from agile. Compared to most other monsters, they weren’t considered much of a threat, but they did leave an unpleasant stench in your nostrils.

“Let’s go over the characteristics of the Undead,” Sever said, then darted to the walking corpse and slashed it into three pieces with his halberd, through its shoulder and across its waist. “That was just a normal cut—no magic. Not very effective. It’ll regenerate soon enough and continue attacking.” And indeed, the pieces of the zombie were crawling towards each other already to reconstruct the body. “Most Undead monsters can regenerate, so taking them on with only regular weapons—especially blades—is inefficient, though not impossible. If you really need to take one out without magic, the fastest way is to pummel it to a pulp with a blunt weapon. However, some species can withstand even that. Attacking them with magic is going to be the most straightforward solution.”

At this point, the zombie had merged itself back together and started to approach us again. This time, Sever cast Wind Cutter to slice the zombie in two at the waist. Although the zombie began regenerating, the process seemed slower than before.

“As you can see, magic slows its regeneration, making it easier to take out. The theory behind this is that Undead monsters are powered by Dark magic, and any spell cast against them scatters some of the Dark magic. Some forms of magic are more effective against them, some less; the most effective is Light magic,” Sever continued. “You said you can cast Light magic, didn’t you, Ryoma? When the zombie’s all regenerated, try hitting it with Light Ball.”

I did as instructed. “Light Ball!” The ball of light flew straight from my palm to the zombie’s chest.

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