Tale Of Unknown: Hero From Zero
10. Dead One Grows a Thousand
Seeing Tifania and the others coming, Riyan was completely shocked. He strongly believed that no one had come to his aid, but his faith in it was lost instantly when he found all the disciples who were summoned with him as heroes in this world coming.
"What are you doing, you idiot!? Get out of there!"
Riyan gasped at Gilbert's words trying to hold [Gale Burst] [Chimera] with Typhania. He immediately ran towards where Typhania and Gilbert were standing, then joined them. The disciples looked surprised to find Riyan carrying a sword with an unflinching breath.
After Riyan was safe, Gilbert and Tifania took off one of their skills, [Holly Aegis]. Once removed, the blue laser belonging to the [Chimera] shot out to destroy the labyrinth wall. The floor trembled as the labyrinth wall roared the sound of abundant rock piles. Of course, everything that the disciple was there was again startled with the [Gale Burst] destructive power of the opponent.
"Riyan!"
Tifania immediately approached Riyan who had been fighting against the monstrous monster with a very panicked and worried expression. He immediately checked if Riyan was injured or not. Riyan, who was getting more attention from Typhania, felt a killing from the crowd of disciples.
"I'm okay, just calm down."
Turning his head towards his opponent, Riyan said that to calm Tifania down. Gilbert, Johan, as well as some disciples who had the ability to fight at close range drew swords, while the disciples who excelled in the field of magic prepared both of their hands and began to concentrate mana.
"Listen to me! Those who feel strong resist this monster, who feel weak run first to the back!"
Hearing that, the disciples who were in the very back row started running one by one leaving the passageway as quickly as possible. Tifania immediately encouraged Riyan to run, but somehow Riyan held back her body. Of course, Typhania was surprised to find that Riyan's body did not move following the impulse he gave.
Moments later, while avoiding Typhania who was about to push him once more, Riyan advanced with the sword he was holding. So fast, Typhania had no time to stop it, not even ten seconds, Riyan had passed the ranks of Gilbert, Johan, and the other six people who were in front ready to dispel the [Chimera].
Seeing Riyan lunging straight ahead, Gilbert and the others were shocked, especially Typhania.
"Hey, you fool! What are you doing going forward!? Get back here!"
"Whisper!"
While shouting back at Gilbert's words, he dodged the vertical attack from the snake's tail [Chimera]. Quickly, he swung his sword from the bottom up, splitting the head of the black snake that was the tail of the monster. As a result of Riyan's actions, the head of the [Chimera] tail snake was cut off from his body.
OH!!!
Getting a fatal attack, the four-legged giant monster roared in pain. Black blood gushed from his snake-shaped tail bathing the sword and part of Riyan's body, but it seemed that Riyan did not care. With a body filled with thick black liquid, he advanced and thrust his sword into the front foot of the [Chimera] once again.
AGRR!!
His opponent immediately realized the moment he felt something tickling on his front leg. He threw Riyan backwards with just one swing, but Riyan had time to pluck and deflect him using his sword so that he was not hit by a direct attack.
Crashing backwards, Riyan did not fall. He stuck his sword on the ground and tried to stay standing because he kept retreating due to the reaction of the monster attack. A few seconds later, he stopped right in front of Gilbert. Everyone who witnessed Riyan's action a moment ago could only be astonished by the wide-eyed look.
Who would have thought that Riyan, who was the weakest human, turned out to have a fighting ability that could be said to be great, maybe even equivalent to Gilbert, if only judged in terms of sword arts?
Not wanting to waste much time, Riyan pulled out his sword from the ground and drained mana into it, then swung the sword horizontally forward.
"[Where Slash]!"
Zwunggs!
A blue-colored wave shot out from the air slash path of the Riyan sword. The wave flew straight as fast as a bullet hit the body of the [Chimera], more precisely its neck. Receiving the attack once more, the monster roared back, but Riyan gave no chance to him to rest or roar.
"[Where Slash]! [Slash] Mana! [Where Slash]!"
Because swinging the sword while exerting the skill many times, finally the parameter where Riyan belonged again reached zero. Gilbert and the others were taken aback by him who exerted a similar skill [Slash] that was generally possessed by a knight class person.
[Mana Slash] was one of the skills that Riyan had developed from [Mana Manipulation]. This skill requires a large amount of mana that is flowed into an object or body part, then released in the form of a wave curve where it is like a skill [Slash].
The difference is the use of the mana is very far away. If [Slash] only requires a minimum of 3 mana points, then [Mana Slash] requires a minimum of 7 mana points. This very significant difference was what made Riyan reluctant to use his skills.
Indeed [Manipulation Mana] was a skill that was labeled as a disadvantageous skill, but it was all due to its overuse of mana. If the user wanted it, then [Manipulation Mana] could make anything for which payment was worth it, even weapons alone could.
With a breath of breath, Riyan exerted [Appraisal] to his opponent.
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Name: Chimera
Race: Hybrid Monsters
Grade: Crusher
Level 76
Life: 29780/38000
Life: 6520/7800
Physical Strength: 1500
Magic Power: 1200
Resilience: 440
Attribute: Darkness, Explosion, Fire
Skill: Dark Force, Gale Burst, Fire Breath
Condition: Rage
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Seeing the change in the status of the [Chimera], Riyan was surprised. Indeed the parameters of life and mana are reduced, but somehow other statuses rise by several hundred points, except for the resistance which is also reduced.
'Ehm, status condition? I've never seen it, but it seems to explain if something unusual happened to the status owner.'
At the thought of that, his body suddenly felt convulsions for a moment and his strength began to fade. Riyan finally fell to his knees with a sword stuck to the ground vertically. The time limit for the use of temporary status enhancing pills, had been exhausted.
'Damn it, the timing is just right.'
There was nothing he could do but complain in his heart. His stamina was depleted, at the moment he could not move freely for a while. His sweat poured out profusely from every pore, his hands and his entire body trembled, but his spirit had not worn off at all. His eyes focused on one thing, the monster, [Chimera].
When Riyan was unable to move, Johan and the others darted forward with their swords each passing him which was running out of steam. Seeing this, of course he was surprised. Johan and the others intend to challenge that monstrous monster? Who is not surprised?
"Johan will be his main attacker, the others open a path for him!"
""Ready!""
Hearing Gilbert's direction, they immediately split into two wing-like halves with Johan in the middle. Not until there, Gilbert again shouted the next direction.
"Which has the advantage of being a magician in the back, blind the monster's eyes so that Johan and the others can land a single blow!"
""okay!""
Some of the disciples in the back row did not escape as soon as they saw Riyan's action. It seemed that they were unwilling to lose, let alone by the weakest disciple among them.
"Tifania, heal this jerk!"
"Stop calling him a jerk!"
"Just do it!"
After he finished giving directions, Gilbert stepped forward to join the close combat disciples. But before entering, he had time to give his regretful gaze to the exhausted Riyan. Riyan understood why Gilbert saw her that way, so he chose to ignore her.
The disciples who formed the wing formation on Johan's right left held back and repelled the [Chimera] attack. Johan and Gilbert waited for the right moment to attack using their strongest attack. Behind them, two shadows followed, carrying swords.
"You know, Graham, Hendra."
"Originally you know, there are also many monsters in front."
"Cleaning the escape route is harder than you think."
"That's it. It's not time to fight, you three."
The two people who have just joined Gilbert and Johan are Graham and Hendra, one of the six strongest heroes summoned from another world. They chatted as if in a relaxed situation, for some reason. Riyan smiled wryly seeing the four of them talking without concern for their dead lives.
""[Celestial Fire]/[Grinding Water]/[Wind Disk]/[Aero Razor]!!"
In that instant, the disciples with the superiority of magic from behind, compactly launched magic together. Their magic shot straight into the eyes of the [Chimera] and was on target.
GRAAA!!
The monster roared again and felt a tremendous pain in both of his eyeballs. The students who cast the magic smiled with satisfaction. Gilbert also pursed her lips.
"Now!! [Vixion Slash]!"
"[Bull Slash]!"
"[Dynamic Clash]!"
"[The Single Assault]!"
Zraatts! Zraatts! Craacks!! Draakk!!
ALFIE!!!
A huge explosion accompanied the supreme attack of the four heroes that hit the monster. The other disciples immediately ran backwards dodging the blast wind that could blow them to unexpected places. Really, the attacks from the four teenagers were incredible.
The dust that fell blocked the vision of every creature that was there. Gilbert and the others were still standing upright in front while covering their noses and mouths to keep dust from entering. The few disciples behind took advantage of this chaotic situation to escape.
"Riyan!"
In the middle of it, Typhania reached where Riyan was kneeling. When he arrived, he was very worried as soon as he saw the condition of Riyan who was kneeling trembling. Not knowing what the cause was, the panicked Typhania extended her hands to Riyan and deployed one of her healing skills.
"[Heal]!"
From the palm of his hand, a small golden white light came shining down on the entire body of the man covered in the thick black liquid. Riyan was a little surprised, he did not feel his body getting any better at all.
"You all right, Riyan?!"
Tifania brought her face closer to Riyan and asked that along with an overwhelming panic. Riyan was again surprised, but he kept his composure and just nodded slowly to answer the question from Typhania. Hearing the confident-looking answer from Riyan, Tifania heaved a sigh of relief.
OH!!!
The [Chimera] auman sounded again. The dust that a few seconds ago shrouded the entire view, had now vanished was blown away by the roar of the destruction classy monster. The entire disciple was terrified as soon as he saw the creepy eyes of the creature.
"Riyan, can you stand?"
"I'll work it out."
Riyan tried to stand up helped by Tifania pulling her right arm. His entire body was trembling, especially his legs. Even so, the look in his eyes did not look discouraged. Inadvertently, Tifania saw the eyes of Riyan emanating fighting spirit within, so she was stunned for a moment.
"Tifania, can you recover my energy?"
"Eh?"
Staring at the opponent, Riyan asked Tifania to recover her strength. Typhania was shocked upon hearing that unreasonable request of Riyan. For some reason, it feels like Riyan still wants to do something, even though the status he has is very low.
"Riyan, are you serious? You want to fight again?"
"Yes." Yeah."
Typhania was even more shocked when she heard the unexpected reply coming out. Disagreeing with Riyan's words, Tifania raised the volume of her voice.
"That's enough, don't force yourself more than this! With your current status, you'll only make things difficult for Gilbert and the others."
Riyan only sighed heavily not replying to Typhania. He pulled his arm held back by Typhania and stepped forward. Tifania could not believe what she saw, a Riyan Klaint, the owner of the worst status of the worst, advanced step by step who was cut into pieces due to exhaustion.
'Is he really Riyan?'
Typhania could only watch as Riyan staggered towards the place where Gilbert and the others were fighting against the monster from the fifth floor of the labyrinth. Since the [Chimera] was able to move again, inevitably Gilbert and the close combat disciples faced him from various directions. Different from Riyan, it seems that Gilbert is more dominant in attacking directly than in stealth.
"[Status]"
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Name: Riyan Klaint
Race : Human
Class : Residents
Level : 6
Life: 24/24
Where :2/5
Physical Strength :0 (+4)
Magic Power :0 (+6)
Resilience :0 (+12)
Attribute : Hamp
Skill: Appraisal, All Zero, Distract, Nothing Eye, Mana Manipulation, Comprehension, Auto-Counter, Mana Shield, Mana Burst, Mana Slash
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Seeing her status returning to normal, Riyan clicked her tongue. He was not satisfied with all this. He wanted, at least a little, to do something. Unlike his friends, when dueling with the [Chimera], Riyan seemed happy, rather enjoying the fight.
It appears Gilbert, Johan, and others are getting exhausted and overwhelmed in the face of every monster attack. The large front legs he lay to and fro creating a strong wind, even the backward attackers made.
Overextended by Johan, Graham, Hendra, and his friends, Gilbert is caught off guard. This opportunity was not wasted by the [Chimera]. The monster exerted its [Fire Breath] skill towards Gilbert. As a result of his negligence, Gilbert panicked instantly and used [Holy Aegis] reflexively. But the monster's fire breath was stronger, prompting Gilbert to hit the wall with his shielding skill.
""Gilbert!!""
All the disciples who witnessed it instantly screamed hysterically, but not for Riyan. Riyan was quite surprised to see someone as powerful as Gilbert being knocked down just like that, even after wearing [Holy Aegis], a high-level defense skill of the light attribute.
[Holy Aegis] was a rare high-level skill from people who had light attributes. Indeed [Holy Aegis] was a skill, but a magic version of this skill also existed. The difference is the form, the use of mana, as well as its strength. The skill version has a larger shape, less usage, and four times more power than the magic version.
In the midst of that panic situation, once again, the [Chimera] attacked, this time with its tail whose snake head had disappeared. The close-combat-type disciples slammed into the back as soon as they got a sweep from the monster's tail. They were lying with expressions and moans full of pain.
Riyan clucked again, the disciples were frightened and panicked, while Typhania spread her arms forward in panic and fear.
"A-[Heal Area]!"
On the floor, a large white magic circle 20 meters in diameter with itself as the center. The magic circle was twinkling in place of the injured disciples. Typhania became a little panicked knowing that the strongest hero among them had been hurt to such a great extent. Their points were reduced to 200 points. Fortunately, Tifania responded immediately.
"How's this? We can't run away at all."
Complaining that, Riyan made a bitter expression. He still accepts that he will be the victim of the ferocity of the terrible monster, but not for the many lives of his friends. Gilbert and the others slowly retreated, but the weapons remained in hand.
The disciples were again filled with fear, and so were Gilbert and Typhania. When the situation was controlled by fear and panic as the [Chimera] walked closer step by step for them, Riyan tried to calm down and think of a way out of this situation. A few seconds later, he got a way.
'Right as well, there's that way.'
On his lips, there was a faint smile.
'That is the only way for everything to be safe.'
After sighing once more, he finally straightened his face. He took the status-enhancing pill from his pocket and swallowed it. At that instant, his body felt lighter than the previous one. He checked his status to see if the pill actually worked.
"[Status]"
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Name: Riyan Klaint
Race : Human
Class : Residents
Level : 6
Life: 24/24 (100)
Size: 5/5 (100)
Physical Strength :0 (+4) (100)
Magic Power :0 (+6) (100)
Resilience :0 (+12) (100)
Attribute : Hamp
Skill: Appraisal, All Zero, Distract, Nothing Eye, Mana Manipulation, Comprehension, Auto-Counter, Mana Shield, Mana Burst, Mana Slash
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'I actually wanted to keep this, but what could I do, the situation forced me to wear this. Sorry general, I cannot keep my word.'
While saying that inwardly, Riyan walked slowly through the bodily urges of the disciples that were in front of him blocking him. No one realized it, until he stood in front alone. With an old sword, he rested on the ground of the vanguard like a leader. Gilbert and the others are surprised to find Riyan there, especially Typhania.
A serious aura emanated from his entire body, making all the disciples dumbfounded, Gilbert was no exception. It was invisible, but the air around him felt so depressed because of the magnitude of the aura. The [Chimera] stopped petrifying, until it finally let out its ear-slashing roar.
GRAAA!!
All the disciples closed their ears, except for Riyan. Instead of closing his ears, he smiled as if looking forward to moments like this. His spirit rose, along with his aura which made the air even heavier.
"Sorry, but from now on. I will accompany you to play!!"
Riyan leaped forward in the wind while shouting that, with the sword he drew forward. The disciples were again surprised to see Riyan's reckless action, their eyes completely wide-eyed. Moments later, Tifania woke up.
"Riyan!! Back off!! Back!!!"
As a result of Typhania's frantic cry, Gilbert and the others were also conscious. Suddenly they became panicked and annoyed to see Riyan who kept running towards their opponent. The disciples shouted to stop him, but all of the voices were only considered a passing wind for Riyan. Irritated of not being ignored by Riyan, Gilbert ran after him with his sword.
"Riyan! Get back here now!!"
Gilbert and Riyan's speed was very different, so Gilbert could travel a quarter of the road that Riyan had traveled in just 3 seconds. But as Gilbert reached a closer distance, Riyan turned around and raised his left hand towards Gilbert.
"[Mana Shield]"
Zwunggs!
Once his particular shield was formed, he immediately pushed Gilbert using his own homemade skill. Gilbert did not expect this, finally he could not respond and crashed backwards. In the air, his body pushed firmly until it reached the ranks, Johan caught it.
He widened his eyes to see what Riyan had just done to him.
'What does this mean, Riyan!?'
On the other hand, Riyan just smiled. Not a wry smile or anything like that, this time the arch on his lips was looking sad. Seeing his smile, Tifania finally realized what the man was actually doing.
"Don't do that, Riyan!!!"
He immediately set his foot forward intending to catch up, but his body was restrained by Graham so that his movements suddenly stopped. The entire disciple's gaze, was currently fixed on Riyan alone. Even so, Riyan did not reply to it all and turned his body back to face forward.
'Well, it turns out. be noticed it.. it's so fun.'
Being noticed like this, Riyan felt very happy. If the current situation was not a dangerous situation, perhaps he would shed tears, but now tears would only be a hindrance. His steps were getting steady, his heart was getting more confident, his body was getting stronger, his confidence was increasing.
The [Chimera] deployed [Fire Breath] to him, but Riyan was able to avoid that easily. He took some stones from the floor and threw them to the ceiling.
"[Distract]!"
As soon as the stone hit the ceiling, the [Chimera] turned his gaze to where the sound was coming from. Making use of this opportunity, Riyan stuck his sword as deep as possible on the front foot of the monster to gain more mana. He felt he could save his friends with this, which is why he risked his life.
At the same time, there was a hysterical cry from Typhania far behind. Her tears fell while repeatedly saying the word 'Don't!!'. Gilbert widened his eyes not believing what he saw in front of him. Riyan just smiled hearing the hysterical screams from Typhania.
After a few seconds, the [Chimera] was aware of Riyan sticking a sword at his front foot. He swung his leg to push Riyan, but Riyan moved first to the bottom while slashing the monster's leg.
Riyan who was standing right under his opponent's stomach, his body was filled with veins that protruded out like they would explode at any moment. The pain returned to his body, this time much more terrifying than before. While enduring the pain, he raised his left hand upwards and focused his mana there.
Despite the terrible pain, for some reason, Riyan smiled there. The disciples were silent at the expression he showed. Riyan's current expression really looked very satisfied.
'Thank you, all of you.'
Looking at Typhania, he uttered it in his heart. After being satisfied, he turned his head up and exerted the only skill that could injure this destructive class monster.
"[Where Burst]!!"
BLAARR!!
The blue ball that had formed in the palm of his left hand, now exploded towards the stomach of the [Chimera]. The explosion was so big, but Riyan did not budge from where he was standing. His left hand was slightly tilted to the left, so that the gigantic body of the monstrous creature was raised and crashed diagonally. When the monster fell, the labyrinth floor shook.
Riyan made a small celebration in his heart, but there was no time for it. He immediately ran towards the fallen [Chimera] and re-deployed the second giant [Mana Burst].
BLAARR!!
Once again, a huge explosion sounded intense, covering the whirring of Typhania's hysterical sound. The creature's body shifted and approached a large hole in the wall. No one noticed that there was a big hole there due to the [Gale Burst] lion-headed monster, except for Riyan. He saw that and had time to check what was there, then use that for this plan.
"Yahhhh!!"
Zleebb!
With all his might, he pierced the stomach of that [Chimera] and sucked his mana. He looks so exhausted. Even so, he did not give up. After feeling enough, Riyan pulled out his sword and leaned back where he had thrust the sword earlier.
"Ohokay!"
Riyan coughed, but not an ordinary cough, a lot of blood came out of his mouth. This was the result of consuming the second status enhancing pill. This pill was not the previous one, it was much stronger, with terrible side effects. If one were to swallow this pill and his body was unable to withstand his multiplied strength in an instant, then that person would be crushed.
Tifania's cry grew so much that she saw Riyan spewing blood. Hearing Tifania's voice, Riyan turned her gaze to those who were watching her action from a minute ago. No one can move so scared and surprised.
"Thank you..."
After saying that accompanied by a smile that adorned his face, he pointed his left hand down and exerted a gigantic [Mana Burst]. As a result, the floor of this labyrinth once again shook violently, then finally a huge crack stretched out in front of his feet. The crack was widening and widening, second by second.
Moments later, the part of the floor where Riyan and [Chimera] were located collapsed, landsliding downwards. Gilbert and the others were about to make a move to help Riyan before then, but it was too late. The bodies of Riyan and the monsters that inhabit the fifth floor of the Hexaphilia labyrinth, have fallen into the darkness of the abyss behind the hole in the wall.
"ROYES!!!!!"
As her body was airborne, Riyan heard a loud shout from Typhania. She smiled, her tears flowing. This was all he could do for them, to keep everyone safe. The only way to escape from a destructive class monster like [Chimera] at their current level.
'Congratulations, enjoy your life as long as possible, for your sake. Conquer the demon king who will rise in the future, for the sake of this world. I support you all with this life. Dead one, growing a thousand.'
