The Archangel of Death - Chapter 118

118: The proposal of life and death 118: The proposal of life and death Chapter 118 I slowly approached the two undeads guarding the end of the stairs and entrance of a corridor.

They weren’t attacking me even when I got close enough to them for my skill ‘High heal’ to work on them.

Still, it was good for me so I didn’t mull over it.

I prepared the holy bombs but I didn’t prepare any of my skills.

After observing the undeads on the first floor, I discovered that although these guys are technically dead, they can somehow feel the effects of light particles or anything holy and attack.

Right now, the smell of the holy water was being contained by the exploding vials but the use of any of my skills would land me in trouble.

I needed to land the first strike.

When I was close enough, I pulled out five, and a half of my holy bombs and prepared to throw them.

I intended to throw them exactly in the middle of both of them for maximum damage.

Of course, if it explodes, it would hurt me too but I have a shield for that.

[Celestial guard] Just as I threw the bombs, I used the skills and the undeads turned their heads to me.

I hurriedly reinforced the shield but it was already too late, by the time the bombs exploded, they had also landed a hit on my shield which broke and I was thrown away with my innards shaking like crazy.

[HP -901] My eyes widened at the amount of damage I had been delivered.

I didn’t use the ‘High heal’ because, for one, it would take my MP, and two, it wouldn’t heal me very fast.

I used an HP recovery potion and an MP recovery at the same time.

Just in time, another notification appeared in front of me.

[HP 27743000] [HP 26192900] The damage the five bombs had delivered was sh*t.

Still, they were slow so my frenzy of ‘Magic canons’ began.

They were too far for my ‘High Heal’ and I wasn’t very keen on closing the distance between us.

But they didn’t share the same view.

[HP 25113000] [HP 23082900] The rain of my ‘Magic canons’ that depleted all my MP barely did something.

The effect of the magic bomb ended as well and they launched themselves at me.

They were too fast for me to dodge so all I could do was hold it.

I used the ‘Celestial guard’ again and reinforced it while I prepared the skill ‘High heal’.

I firmly planted my feet on the ground so as to not be thrown away again.

As expected, the shield fell under their combined attack and the damage delivered was even greater this time.

[HP -982] My HP was already half because of the soul damage, if it had been just a little stronger hit, I would have died.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to use a potion as I used the ‘High Heal with all of my remaining MP pointing at both of them.

The effects of ‘High heal’ slightly healed me too but not that much since it was not aimed at me.

But, it restored my health enough to bear a minor explosion.

I pulled all the remaining holy bombs and exploded them right at the spot, just in the middle of all three of us.

The shards of the holy bomb seeped into my skin but it wasn’t much of a damage given my defense.

Still, my HP was already quite low so in that small window, I used both MP and HP recovery potions.

My MP and HP didn’t fill up in a second so I had to move away from the undeads who were writing in pain on the ground.

[HP 9813000] [HP 7602900] To be honest, I had done quite a bit of damage on these guys but I wouldn’t have been able to win if some circumstances didn’t match.

I was out of holy bombs and my MP and HP were at a risky stage to close the distance between us.

Although it was a perfect opportunity to attack them, if in the midst of their pain, they decided to ignore the pain and hit me with their spears, I would die on the spot.

[Skill ‘Invisibility’ has been used] I felt a little nauseous as my surroundings blurred for a bit before returning back to normal.

Now the thing was, since my level was low compared to the undead, there was a chance it might not work hence why I lowered their health as much as I could.

As expected, while my MP and HP regenerated to the full point, these guys were over the effects of the holy bomb and ‘High heal’.

They stood up and began to look around.

I was ecstatic to know that it worked on the undeads.

They couldn’t see nor sense me.

I closed the distance between us since I was running out of time.

I was still careful but I didn’t use the ‘Celestial guard.’ No matter how good the effect of invisibility was, my level was still low compared to these guys.

If I use anything light-based, they might feel it with their sensitivity to light and such.

I pulled out the dagger of Desaant from my inventory and my set target was the one with the higher HP.

I could deal with the other one with ‘High heal’ but the effect of a critical strike would only activate with a physical attack and I didn’t want to waste it on a chance.

I got behind the one with the higher HP.

They were still looking around, trying to locate me.

[Skill ‘Critical strike’ has been activated] [Your next strike would deliver double damage] I didn’t wait even a bit after that message and stabbed my dagger into the chest of the undead.

Since these guys were already dead, they had no critical spots which meant even if I were to deliver the same strike in its leg, it would deliver the same amount of damage.

[HP 143000] Fu*k.

It was still alive and just as it felt me, it attacked me but I couldn’t afford an attack from such a short distance.

In desperation, I did what I didn’t want to do.

[High heal] [HP 03000] The undead in front of me died but the other one felt my presence and bashed into me.

[Warning] [Damage critical] [HP below 2%] I didn’t focus on this and pointed my hand at the undead who had so conveniently offered itself to me.

[High heal] [HP 7602900] [HP 5612900] [HP 3992900] [HP 2102900] [HP 1322900] [HP 782900] [HP 02900] It finally died while my HP was restored to the 5% percent mark under the effects of ‘High heal’ that used all of my MP.

I lay on the floor, hurriedly using an HP recovery potion.

I almost died but I didn’t forget to do the most important thing and that was to keep myself alive.

[You have defeated a B+ rank enemy x2] [You have received a C+ dark mana stone x2] [You have obtained 200,000 coins] [You have obtained 200,000,000 EXP] [EXP 427,880,000490,000,000] I remained on the floor, my eyes fixated on the last notification as fatigue overtook me despite my full health and stamina recovered due to the Achilles’ armor.

My eyes closed and I drifted into slumber for who knows how long.

I again woke up in the same space, my head banging like someone was banging it with a stone, and from a literal and personal experience, it wasn’t a good feeling.

I stood up despite the heavy headache and observed my surroundings.

Seeing that no one was there, I decided to head down the stairs.

After coming down the stairs, I left the dungeon.

It was too difficult for me to kill the undeads on the second floor with my current stats.

I managed to close the gap by quite a bit in regard to EXP.

Besides, there was another way to level up waiting back at the castle for me if Rose had executed my orders properly.

===== By the time I went back to the castle, my condition had improved to the peak condition.

I was a little fatigued but the refreshing walk through the land of death was bearable enough.

I entered the city and couldn’t help but think how desolate the city was.

I have two appointments right now.

One, the citizens would be gathered in the plaza of the castle by evening, and two, dealing with the bandits.

Just as I reached the castle, I saw a few of the guards from the Hayez estate keeping a few people covered in wounds in check.

No doubt those were the bandits.

They noticed me and hurriedly knelt to convey their respect.

One of them came closer to me who seemed like the leader of this squad and introduced himself, “Captain of the third knight brigade pays his respect to His Highness, the fifth imperial prince, and the third crown candidate, Adrian von Deus Lux.

I My name is Ellsworth and I am happy to be of your service.” The word count would have been a lot shorter if he had just said, ‘Reporting for duty, Sir’.

I nodded and asked him to stand up.

“Have you got all of the bandits?” I inquired as I observed the bandits numbering almost a thousand.

There were a few C ranks among them with the highest at C+ but other than that, there was no one noticeable here.

Almost 80% of them were in the D and E ranks.

“Yes, Your Highness.

Although these are just lower-ranked ones.

The leaders are inside the castle, under the strict surveillance of the silver knights.” Ellsworth reported to which I nodded and headed inside.

I entered the plaza of the castle to see about two hundred people, kneeling on the ground with their hands behind their heads and about twenty of the silver knights keeping watch over them.

I also saw Max and Rose standing close to a person who seemed to be like the captain of this squadron of silver knights.

He was also the first one to notice me.

He bowed slightly as he said in a monotonous tone, “I greet His Highness, the fifth imperial prince.” My title count this time was way too short.

The reason was that this man didn’t respect me yet.

Although he was here under the orders of the first elder, the silver knights didn’t serve the princes or anyone else except the emperor himself.

They were here but his short introduction also held another meaning.

I was free to order them around but it was up to them whether or not they would heed my orders.

As for Rose and Max, Max fell on his knees to greet me with all of my titles while Rose worriedly came closer to me to inspect if I was hurt in any place.

Rose was slowly forgetting all the decorum and acting more like a wife.

I liked that.

[Your party member Maximilian Specter is now level 152] Can’t say I was impressed.

I left Max at level 141 and in six months, he had only managed to raise his level by eleven.

Given that his talent was even worse than Laura’s, it was understandable but if he was resistant to killing under the teachings of the emperor, then it was all worth it.

“Well, Max.

I have a task for you.” I said to Max who nodded and replied, “Anything you need, Your Highness.” “I will get back to it in a little bit,” I said because, before that, I had something to do myself.

I walked towards the bandits who were on the ground, helplessly awaiting their fate.

I began with a simple introduction, “Hello bandits of the verdant plains.

I am Adrian.

Your judge, jury, and executioner.” “I have a simple proposal for you.

Beat me in a one-on-one battle and you can leave here alive.

Lose, and you die.

Simple enough, isn’t it?” I relayed my proposal which not only caused the bandits to exchange glances, but even the silver knights weren’t so sure of my proposal.

These bandits ranged from B- to B+, making them a formidable enemy for the current me.

however, there was a difference between an undead who didn’t fear death and a human who was in a pinch.

I will begin with the B- ones first.

“So, let us choose, ennie meanie miney mo.” I chose the weakest one among them with a mo and ordered the silver knights, “Make a room.

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