Tale Of Unknown: Hero From Zero

18. Completion

Amidst the rubble, Riyan stood upright with a body covered in a thick red liquid. Luctas, who saw this, smiled happily and returned to prepare to continue the fight. Even though his opponent was only a human of a status far weaker than his, it seemed like he would not hesitate to rule Moarleth, his summoned animal, exert all his strength.

Shortly after getting up and declaring that he would continue the fight, Riyan tried to run with all his might. But let alone running, even walking was difficult to do by him. His right leg broke so much that he walked as fast as he could with the help of his sword, [Glayster].

"Are you sure you don't want to give up, Riyan Klaint? Your condition is already terrible and unworthy of fighting."

Hearing that, Riyan's steps came to a halt. The view that looks towards the ground, now staring intently at the creator as well as the ruler of the labyrinth. His gaze was not a look of bloodthirst or hatred, but rather a look of eyes filled with the spirit of life. Perhaps right now, Riyan's body was not his, but belonged to his will to survive.

"You lose a leg or a hand, it doesn't matter to me, as long as I survive."

Luctas smiled cynically with Riyan's reply.

"That means, your life's desire is far greater than your body's burden. Do you want to be an undead like me, if that's what you want?"

As the words entered the ears and were processed in Riyan's brain, he gasped. He did not expect that the phrase would come out from an undead who had lived for more than two millennia. A moment later, the emotion he rarely displayed ignited and came out.

"I want to live, but I won't be an undead!"

The words surprised Luctas who asked the question. It was rare for someone like Riyan to refuse an invitation to become an undead. If considered from the profit side, the undead have a fairly satisfactory advantage. Infinite mana, [Negative Sense] skill, [Summon : Undead] skill, cannot die due to age factor, and several other things.

Not wanting to waste any more time, Riyan kicked the floor using his healthy left foot and darted forward. Because the [Overload] was active since earlier, he was able to jump to close the distance. Luctas was surprised to see that Riyan, who was in such a severe condition, was able to move so quickly.

"Moorleth!"

"Graao!"

The undead dragon set his front legs and raised his body so that it was like standing with his two hind legs to dodge the attack from the impending Riyan. Instead, the young man smiled at the reaction of his opponent. I don't know what she's thinking, but it looks like Riyan has a plan.

Zraakk!

In an instant, Riyan stuck his sword on the floor and tried to stop his speed. Because his right leg was broken, he used Glay as his right support. When his momentum reached the ideal point, he jumped upwards, more precisely to the head of the Moarleth.

'What does he want to do?'

When Luctas was confused, Riyan reached his highest point, right in front of the dragon's right eye. No need to linger, he raised his left hand and exerted one of his skills, [Manipulation Mana]. The mana coming out of his body slowly gathered in six different places, then formed six small transparent blue swords.

'Until it can create a weapon from nowhere, as expected of it.'

At that instant, the six swords were thrust towards Moarleth's last sense of sight. Having no time to react, finally the sword hit its target. The dragon roared in pain, but what happened to his master was the opposite, Luctas smiled happily.

"Graaah!!"

Because of the pain, the two torn wings belonging to Moarleth was stretched unnoticed. His roar rattled the entire contents of the labyrinth, even the air shook as well. Riyan who managed to sheathe his attack instead of directly retreating, he intended to give one more attack.

"[Where Burst]! [Holf]!"

Once again, a ball of mana formed in the palm of his left hand, but this time a little different. The ball that was in his left palm right now was not an ordinary mana ball, but rather a colorless mana ball. The mana ball was created from the combination of the [Mana Burst] skill and the empty attribute base magic, [Holf].

The ball where he shot directly into one of the dragon's nostrils and of course into the dragon's lungs through the throat unhindered, because it is small compared to its large body. Moments later, Moarleth's roar came to a halt and his body fell.

When Moarleth fell, Luctas had already descended from the head of his summoned animal. He was surprised and astonished to see Moarleth, an undead dragon with a high status, could fall just because of the small mana ball from Riyan whose status was nothing in comparison. Luctas turned his gaze towards Riyan who had just landed on the floor violently using the [Mana Shield]. He was stranded on his stomach on the floor because he could not use both feet perfectly.

A few seconds before hitting the ground, Riyan deployed the [Mana Shield] so that his body would not clash directly with that hard stone floor. He did not use both feet to land because he knew that one leg would not be able to hold his weight. That's why he made this dangerous quick decision, the slightest mistake of his body would be destroyed.

'Did it work?'

In his severe state, Riyan tried to see his opponent's state from his face down position. When he saw Moarleth, the undead dragon lying on the ground motionless, his heart cheered in delight. He didn't know what to put on his expression at the moment, knowing his impromptu plan had worked.

[Holf] is the basic magic of the vacuum attribute. This magic can create a vacuum that puts heavy pressure on all beings. This magic is also one of the magic that is difficult and rarely mastered due to attribute issues.

Amongst all attributes, void was one of those rare and unwelcome attributes. Most of the owners can not cultivate their own attributes and end up being a failure, that's the origin of why empty attributes are so shunned and disliked by many people.

One of the reasons why those with hollow attributes could not cultivate their attributes, was because of the lack of magic and skills. The magic and skills of the void attribute were very few when compared to the other attributes. Fortunately only a few people have the empty attribute, so it does not become a meaningful problem.

"[Record]"

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Name: Moarleth

Race : Undead

Grade: Eater, Crusher

Level 442

Life: 58360/128500

Where : ∞/∞

Physical Strength: 7900

Magic Power: 2600

Resilience: 7200

Attribute: Darkness, Fire, Explosion

Skill: Fire Breath, Dark Force, Gale Burst, Strength, Iron Scale, Dark Spear, Spear Claw, Sharp Scale, Death Song, Gain Aura, Black Sky, Evil Eye, Quake Stamp

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'Eh? His life parameters... reduced to about 70000 points?'

Riyan was surprised to see the impact of his attack just now. Yes, he himself was surprised. Wh why? Because his attack was only the result of unplanned sudden thinking. Somehow he thought of the attack, which was obviously a combination of [Mana Manipulation] and [Holf] was incredible.

When the hollow ball goes into the lungs and breaks in there, the air pressure is bound to change and become chaotic. Luckily Moarleth's lungs didn't explode so he was still in this world. Although the undead were a dead race, their organs still worked like living beings in general.

"Well, this is the first time I've seen Moarleth fall since I turned into an undead and my calling animal."

When Riyan could not believe what he saw, Luctas took his attention away from the undead dragon. The grandfather-looking undead sat on a chunk of stone rubble from the ruined entrance while looking at his summoned animal. But strangely, instead of an angry or hateful expression, on his face was a happy and relieved smile. Riyan was confused with the master of this labyrinth.

"Hey kek, is the fight over? If it's not done, I have to get up again."

"No, you don't have to get up. The fight is over and you're the winner. Rest there first."

Riyan was a little surprised to hear the words of his interlocutors, but he knew that those words were not a lie or anything like that. He relaxed his body and placed his head on the cold stone floor. A few minutes later, the young man fell asleep from exhaustion even though the pain was still lodged in each of his cells.

Luctas turned his gaze to Riyan who had fallen asleep in a place not far from him. He smiled with satisfaction at the sight of Riyan not giving up, despite the significant difference in strength between them. Luctas will not attack Riyan in a cowardly manner, as he says that the opponent for Riyan is Moarleth, not himself. Luctas is a man who upholds promises and sayings.

"Huh, what a wonderful boy, I almost died again."

"Oh Moarleth, are you awake?"

"Yes, that's it."

Hearing the sound, Luctas' attention was turned to Moarleth, who had regained consciousness from his stupor. He got up and walked over to the animal, and sat down beside his large head on the floor. And for some reason, the two of them looked at Riyan at the same time.

"He's great huh, Moarleth?"

"This boy is no ordinary human boy. Riyan Klaint, I won't forget that name."

"Hehehe, we're lucky this young man came at the right time."

"Yes, it's time we go."

They both chuckled while talking about the conversation. They were still looking at Riyan without taking a single glance, while chatting. Even so, none of them intended to attack the human secretly using cowardly means.

"After the wound heals, I'll ask him to kill us. I've been inside this dungeon all by myself."

"Yes, I feel that way too."

Luctas lifted his face and looked at the ceiling of the dungeon he had created himself. He took a deep breath, then exhaled it. He felt very relieved and happy to know that he was leaving this mortal world soon.

"Really, 'they' are really terrible."

***

A few hours after the end of the fight, Riyan finally woke up from his stupor. He immediately pushed his body up and sat on the pedestal where he lay. When his eyes opened, Riyan found himself in a small room that was quite dirty and messy. A second later, he realized what his seat was. Yes, a dull soft mattress.

"Where is this?"

The question was automatically thrown from his lips. Before fainting, he was in a room that contained nothing, except a throne made of stone. But when he woke up, he was in a room that he did not know who belonged to. He was also confused and curious. At that very instant, a shadow figure entered into the room he occupied.

'This.. undead!?'

Seeing the shadow figure who was a zombie-type undead monster, Riyan suddenly kept his distance from him. But very dear, suddenly the pain attacked every cell of his body so that it made him speechless. Realizing the condition of his body that is not possible to fight, he raised his left hand and pointed it at the zombie.

However, the undead monster placed a tray on top of which was a pill and a glass of drinking water on the table. Riyan's intention to launch [Mana Burst] disappeared in an instant when the zombie came out of the room after fulfilling its task.

'What's going on? Why don't monsters seem to attack me who is this weak? Undead pula.'

According to the book, the undead was a wild monster that attacked all the living things that were before him. Due to this, Riyan was confused and his head was filled with strange thoughts. A moment later, he realized something that he should have been thinking about earlier.

"Don't let this room belong to Luctas, and then the undead is his magic."

He got up and walked towards the exit, but what power could not move due to injury. He groans when he intends to stand or move his body, especially the legs. Realizing that, he was forced to resign and lay himself in bed, but his vigilance was not at all lowered.

The dust was seen flying while he was lying down to rest his body. Riyan knew how severe the injury received by his body was, because he had already seen it for himself. In addition, he is able to feel the disruption of flow where in certain parts that can be interpreted physical damage as well as where, of course, the case this time is physical damage.

"Oh, are you human?"

Hearing the voice, Riyan immediately opened his eyes which started to shut and turned towards the door. There was an old grandfather-looking undead, none other than Luctas. Although it is called a door, there is only a door frame and two pieces of cloth to cover the condition of the room like a door.

Riyan lay down again with a sigh of relief without replying to Luctas' words when he saw the undead entering the room. Not bothering about it, Luctas approached him with a pill and a glass of drinking water that the zombie had brought.

"Hey, get up and drink. This is the rest of my healing pills when I was alive."

Luctas thrust both his full hands at Riyan. The young man obeyed his words and got up and took a healing pill. A moment later, Riyan felt his body become a little better than before.

"Don't feel happy just yet. The pill did not have much effect on severe injuries like broken bones or such, but rather leaned more towards life status and puncture wounds. It takes a long time and a large amount of time for your bones to fully reconnect."

"Yes, I understand."

Riyan nodded softly agreeing to Luctas explanation. As Luctas said, Riyan's broken bone was not in the leg, but several ribs were also broken and his left collarbone was fractured. He understood that an injury like this was not something that could heal instantly.

"By the way, can I ask for my reward?"

"Huh? A payoff?"

"of course. I've defeated your summoned animal, even to the point of being seriously injured like this. Actually you didn't say anything about this sudden fight either, it's only natural that I ask for my reward as soon as possible. After all, there should be no fight. What if I die? My reward will never be earned, and you're breaking your own words."

Getting a reply at length from Riyan, Luctas was speechless to defend himself. After a few seconds, he realized what was conveyed by Riyan. He also regrets his actions and words. On the other hand, Riyan wore a smile that left an evil impression.

"What matters now is that you need to rest first. As for the reward I will surely give you."

"Hold your words, creator of the labyrinth."

After that, Riyan stayed inside the room until his injury recovered. It takes quite a long time, but at least his body can move as usual. Fortunately Luctas still kept his equipment and equipment while still alive, so the healing time it took was not until a month.