HP: A Sociopath Gamer In Magic World [ Chapter 111: Earth Shard! ] (Patreon)

"So, they're immune to fire huh? Switch to the non flammable potions," I calmly told them.

Like a well-oiled machine, they followed my instruction and sent their next volley of potions at the undead.

The results this time were much better. Acid seemed to be just as effective as before, melting them into piles of goo. Others were hit with a shrinking potion, causing part or their whole bodies to become severely disproportioned.

A few unlucky ones became frozen statues when a sub-zero potion exploded near them, only to be shattered from the rushing mob at their back.

The ones that seemed to have the most effect however were those hit by the glass orbs filled with holy water, causing them to explode in a flash of white light. Good thing I decided to take over that church when I did.

Pointing the end of my staff at them I called forth a [Mana Bolt]. However, unlike my usual [Mana Bolt, I continued to feed it magic turning the normally blue ball a dark purple. I charged it for 10 seconds by which time it had grown to the size of a beach ball.

"Mana Bolt!"

The highly concentrated magic sphere met the group of zombie's head on, disintegrating any body parts it touched before detonating when it was right in the middle of the cluster. The explosion killed dozens and caused a mushroom cloud to form where it had hit.

"Charles, I've successfully snuck inside with the spiders. We'll start disarming any traps and disabling their defenses whenever you're ready."

I was just about to give the order when I received a new message.

[You sense danger.]

Looking around it took me a second to see what it was.

'You have got to be kidding me,' I thought with a deadpan expression when I saw the sky darken as thousands of arrows were launched from the towers.

Slamming the end of my staff on the ground I summoned a large shield to cover myself and my dolls.

'Hermes get rid of the archers,' I told him.

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Hermes:-

The black bird didn't need to be told twice as he began to take out half the spiders from his own inventory.

"Destroy any machinery you see and kill any undead you come across," he ordered.

He stayed just long enough to see them skitter away before he flew to the right tower and gave the other half the same instructions.

Going outside, he was just in time to see a volley of giant flaming boulders be sent in Charles' direction.

'Oh, I better do something about those catapults,' the spirit thought.

'Hermes, there are catapult-'

'Yes, I see them. I'll take care of it.'

Flying up the side of the large tower he discovered where the boulders where coming from and saw a group of undead loading a metal catapult.

"Bombarda!" he yelled.

The spell exited his mouth and hit the catapult dead center, causing it to explode and blow the zombies away.

"One down."

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Batting away another flaming rock with a spell I refocused on the zombie horde, which had grown considerably larger in my distraction.

Looks like I would have to break out the big guns. Reaching into a pouch I retrieved an elemental shard.

[Earth Shard-Rank: Special

Description: A piece of crystalized magical energy. Channeling magic through it allows you to have control over the specified element: 20 grams.

Effect: Can control 1 cubic foot of earth per gram. ]

Channeling magic through it I pictured what I wanted to happen. The ground underneath them bulged before tall stone spears skewered them from below, sending some in the air and trapping others. The whole image was very Vlad the Impaler.

The ground around us was a sea of black as the shafts of the arrows stuck out of the earth like blades of grass. Luckily it seemed that the amount was starting to dwindle.

[Your level has increased by 1.]

The amount of undead also seemed to be lessening.

After ten minutes the arrows stopped completely and the last of the zombies was killed.

"Hermes, status report."

"We were able to clear out all of the zombies but we did lose some spiders. I'm currently in what appears to be a large ritual chamber in the left tower."

"Okay, continue exploring but pull back if it looks too dangerous."

We continued our march.

Once we were only a few dozen feet away, gates at the foot of the towers opened up to reveal an army of armored skeletons. They numbered somewhere between 300-400 total and armed with different melee weapons.

Using [Observe] on one I found out that they boasted a small resistance to magic and slashing attacks.

The dolls formed into a long line facing the charging skeletons with a gun in each hand.

"Fire."

A storm of bullets crashed into them before they could even make it halfway. Shards of bone littered the air as the small metal slugs easily tore their way through their body.

It was honestly pitiful just how incompatible the dungeon seemed to be next to my skill set. Against anyone else, I'm sure it would have posed a real challenge, but to me it was little more than an inconvenience.

[Your level went up by 1.]

Once the final skeleton soldier disappeared I was left with a small field of loot. The snatch bears were quick to collect everything.

Before we got any closer, I sent one of the mob dolls to scout ahead, a good thing too as a purple barrier sprang up when it got to the doorway, disintegrating it on contact.

"Hermes, there's a barrier outside the door."

"I see it, hold on, I think I know how to turn it off."

I waited for a minute before receiving another message.

"Okay, it's down, I'm going to finish deactivating the rest of the traps."