Cheat Awakening

Chapter 267: Chapter 267. Ultimate Attack!

The battle continued, with Myne and Alban doing their best to crazily attack the undead. Despite their efforts, the unlimited numbers of the undead prevented them from completely getting rid of the threat. They had come quite far from the house where the battle began, but it still wasn't enough as they are nowhere near the Alban hideout.

Velvet, who initially didn't want to burden Myne and had repeatedly requested to be put down so she could join the fight, soon realized how naive her thoughts were. The undead suddenly went berserk for some unknown reason, changing their fighting style dramatically. Even Myne began to struggle to eliminate them all near him.

"WAAAAAAAAA..."

"What was that sound?"

While Myne and Alban were focused on clearing the undead along the way and hurriedly trying to reach Alban's hideout, a loud scream from multiple women caught their attention.

"Damn it, this is the sound of our doom! Quickly, make haste. We need to get into my hideout as soon as possible. It seems like we are making too much noise, which attracts the attention of vengeful spirits. That's definitely not good news for us," Alban spoke with a horrified expression.

He covered his battle axe with black flame and slashed at the undead horde in front of him, clearing a significant path for everyone.

"Are those vengeful spirits really so powerful? Old man, tell us something about them, so at least we can prepare ourselves when they come. An encounter with them seems unavoidable for now unless your hideout is right in front of us, which doesn't seem so," Myne threw hundreds of fireballs at once while yelling loudly so Alban could hear his voice amidst the noise.

"There's not much to tell about them, as I haven't had many interactions with them myself. I only know things I've read in records or seen from a distance when I tried to enter the Tower. Just remember a few things: normal physical and magical attacks have no effect on them. The only way to deal with them is spirit attacks.

Never let them touch you, as their entire bodies are filled with dense negative energy enough to freeze that body part of yours. But I think that will be the least of your worries if they really touch you because once they do, you'll instantly fall into a trance and be processed by them."

"The first thing they do upon entering your body is to break all of your bones, inflicting unimaginable pain to weaken your spirit, making it easier for them to take full control, and if this doesn't work then you will face your greatest fear and love one dying most horrific way until you not broke apart. By the way, in your spiritual world, one hour outside can be many years inside.

Once they accomplish this task, they proceed to consume your life force. According to records I've read, in 98% of cases, their plan succeeds, and there is no chance for the unlucky victim to see the next day Sun."

"Kiddo, you better use all your strength and get rid of these damn undeads. We need to break free from this encirclement before those damn spirits arrive here," Alban said, making an ugly face as he buried his axe in the ground. He began chanting an incantation in a strange language.

Soon, black flames started gushing out from every part of his body, creating a literal inferno that only lasted for a few seconds before forming a black cocoon around him, hiding him from everyone.

The undead, like mindless beasts, poured onto Alban's black cocoon, attempting to smash it and devour the living creature within. But despite their efforts, not even a scratch could be made on the cocoon before they were incinerated by the intense heat of the black flames.

Myne and Velvet were dumbfounded by this turn of events, unable to comprehend Alban's actions.

"Is he trying to hide in that cocoon? Is it really that powerful?" Velvet asked with doubt written all over her beautiful face.

"I don't know, but it must be very powerful; otherwise, Alban wouldn't have created it right after hearing the Vengeful Spirits' cry. Maybe he got scared out of his wits and now needs a place to cry in fear?" Myne replied jokingly to ease his own inner fear.

He leapt high to assess the situation, catching a glimpse of black dots rushing toward them from the north before the crows attacked him again, forcing him to land.

"Things don't seem quite right. What should we do now?" Velvet, on Myne's back, asked with a hint of fear and nervousness in her voice.

"I have a skill, a very powerful one, but there's a bit of a problem with it. This skill is a double-edged sword with a very wide attack range, but it doesn't discriminate between friend and foe. I can protect myself with my defensive skills, but I fear you might not be able to handle it and turn into charcoal when I activate it..."

"Forget about it. Plan B: if there's no movement from Alban in the next 5 seconds, you'll move from my back to the front so I can protect you more carefully and we're going to fly over all those undead. Dealing with those crows is much easier, although their numbers are triple that of the undead. F*ck where are all these damn crows coming from?"

Listening to Myne's crazy plan Velvet gulped down her saliva nervously, she couldn't fathom what kind of insane skill he possessed that left him lacking the confidence to control it even slightly.

But this time instead of being stubborn and overestimating her own capability and suggesting some kind of stupid idea like leaving her behind and unleashing his ultimate skill after getting further from her, as she could handle undead for one minute or so, Velvet descended from his back, move her stiff body a bit, and clung to Myne from the front like a koala before bestowing upon him a deep kiss to boost his morale.

"Sorry for being a burden on you. Maybe without me, your chances of surviving in this ghost town might increase dramatically," Velvet said with a guilty expression.

Myne responded with a light chuckle not before stealing one more kiss, "Without you, I might have already become a ghost lady's plaything. Let's not talk about surviving; don't forget how many times you've saved me from those illusions in the past few days..."

"Kiddo, stop you lovey-dovey couple chit-chat and move your ass here. I'm about to create some big fireworks, and if you don't wish to become a permanent resident of this town, then better not leave a one-meter area of my axe."

Interrupting Myne's good time, as if waiting for this precise moment, Alban screamed. Then his entire body was ablaze with black flames appearing in front of both of them again, surprisingly not singeing even the corners of his clothes. After issuing orders to Myne, Alban, without waiting for a reaction, shot into the sky like a missile, leaving a trail of black flames behind him.

Although Myne initially wanted to scold Alban with some good words, seeing him hurtling into the sky made him instantly realize that something big was about to happen. Hastily, he ran toward Alban's axe, simultaneously blasting away the undead surrounding it.

Gritting his teeth as if enduring immense pain, Alban, having reached 50 meters in the sky, gathered all his energy in his right fist and punched upward with all his strength. A ray of black energy shot from his fist towards the black sky at an astonished speed.

Upon reaching around 200 meters in height, as if encountering an invisible wall in the sky, the black energy struck the empty space, breaking apart and spreading in every direction in a suspicious circular shape. The circle only halted after spreading 100 meters in diameter. However, the spectacle did not end there.

The black energy, now forming a complete circle, began to move in a strange manner, creating peculiar symbols and lines within the circle. Eventually, an evil-looking hexagram with a giant, ominous close eye in the middle took shape.

As the hexagram completed its formation, Alban, like a deflating balloon, lost momentum and descended from the sky with a troubled expression. Blood clots were evident in the corners of his mouth and eyes, indicating that he had clearly overexerted himself.

"Damn it, I know this perverted old geezer is useless. How the f*ck does he use his final attack in the middle stage of the battle when the result is still unknown?" Myne cursed loudly, tightly hugging Velvet. He then leaped high with all his strength, grabbing Alban by the collar and putting him on his back.

Alban, now finally looked like a real old man with a weak, fragile body, tired eyes, white hair, saggy skin, wrinkles on his face, and powerless to do any heavy work. Moments ago, Alban was full of energy, kicking undeads like humanoid monsters. After using his ultimate skill, instantly turned into an 80-year-old grandpa.

"Old man, you are really useless. Who the f*ck becomes like this after using his skill? And are you confident that your attack can completely annihilate all the undeads? What if it doesn't work properly, then who the hell going to save your old ass?"

After landing on the ground, Myne instantly started complaining to Alban. Surprisingly, this time Alban didn't talk back; instead, he raised his trembling hand and pointed at his axe.

"My axe... give it to me quickly..."

"See, Velvet? I told you this old man is very selfish. Next time, we better ask for his bombs in return for giving him our food.

Giving food to him for free seems like a total waste of resources to me, especially in this place where there is no option to buy food." Myne, with Velvet hugging him from the front and Alban on his back, complained like a little child, taking advantage of the opportunity that Alban couldn't talk back.

Quickly, he picked up Alban's axe, which surprisingly was so heavy that Myne couldn't move, even though he had all his enhancement-type skills activated.

"Put me beside it, children like you couldn't play with adult things. You better play with your little wife and leave those heavy things to my old shoulder, hehehe." Finally seeing Myne making his own joke, Alban, who regained some energy, immediately teased him. Even Velvet couldn't help but chuckle a bit. However, seeing Myne looking at her with a poker face, she gave him an apologetic kiss.

Although Myne was very irritated by being played by Alban, he sighed helplessly and put him beside his axe.

As soon as Alban touched his axe, a black flame suddenly covered all three of them, creating a black cocoon around them. Surprisingly, the cacoon was transparent from the inside, allowing them to see everything going on outside. Myne was even more shocked when the hexagram slowly rotating in the sky finally started making movements.