Cosmic Ruler

Chapter 66 Ruined Kingdom

Jake, hearing her, grinned happily and then, together with Liliac, entered the city gates.

Clang! Clang!

"Well, there are zombies," Jake said, looking at the two soldiers attacking him, and nodded. With a flick, he destroyed them.

"They are even weaker than the non-awakened," Jake said.

"They might have been non-awakened when they were alive; becoming undead usually makes you weak," Liliac said.

"I can agree to that," Jake nodded, remembering his Night Avatar; it is weak as a baby.

"Can you tell what kind of kingdom it was?" Jake asked as they entered the city through the gate.

"Given there were zombies, it's probably related to them," Liliac said.

"Wow, even undead have species discrimination," hearing her, Jake shook his head, finding it amusing.

"Which place doesn't?" Liliac shrugged, and then both of them walked on empty, destroyed paths.

"Somehow it feels bad," Jake said.

"It's normal to look at it that way; no one wants to see a destroyed city," Liliac nodded and said.

"Hmm," Jake mumbled.

Soon, they reached the guards' quarters.

"Why are we here?" Jake asked, looking at the once-big building now covered with trees and holes.

"For the Key fragment," Liliac said and then told Jake to be ready.

"Key fragment? So, the Key to the treasure is located in different places?" Jake nodded and asked.

"Yes, it was a common tactic in my time," Liliac nodded and then pointed at the top.

Jake looked up and saw many pairs of blue-blazing eyes looking at him.

"They look like humans but with different skin color and blazing eyes," Jake said.

"Higher forms of zombies, they are Hell blazed zombies, undead with immunity to flames and dark elements, plus with their high regeneration, they are formidable foes," Liliac said, and Jake cursed his luck.

"Then what should we do? I can battle them and kill them, but with no advantage, it will take time," Jake said.

[And someone wanted a challenge] Nexus teased him.

"I want a challenge, but here a treasure is at stake," Jake replied.

[Yeah, yeah,] Nexus laughed, and Jake ignored him.

"Hmm, if you defeat all of them and get a key without losing more than half of your life, I will give you a gift," Lilac said.

"Okay," Jake nodded and then equipped his Shadow Reaper blade. He even equipped Hell Knight Armour, which he found in the stash of Liliac, and entered inside.

{Event Dungeon discovered}

{User won't be able to escape unless he clears the event dungeon or dies}

Jake looked at the notifications and then steadied himself.

As he took another step, the empty dark room lit up.

Jake looked at the single opponent and looked at the new notification 'So, it is like climbing a tower.'

Jake nodded and then dashed to the simple zombie and killed him with a punch.

"A similar rank is not an opponent," Jake mumbled and then walked to the stairs that appeared after he killed the zombie soldier.

Climbing the stairs, he reached the next floor and again killed his opponent easily. This easy climbing happened until he reached the 10th floor.

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Arriving at the floor, he looked at the giant zombie and then, without minding its size, he went for the head.

"Oh," Jake jumped back as the giant zombie made a grabbing motion.

"It responded to my attack," Jake mumbled.

"But isn't it only a rank higher than me?" Jake thought. Given his current combat power, a C- rank won't even know when he died, yet a C- rank zombie anticipated his attacks.

The giant zombie opened its eyes and looked at Jake with its red flame eyes.

"Hell blaze zombies are blue flame, so what is this?" Jake mumbled as he dodged the acid spit of the zombie.

"What a disgusting opponent," Jake pinched his nose as the vomit smell assaulted his sense of smell.

Jake then brought out his sword and used Dark Slash and killed the zombie...?

"What?" Jake struggled as he is now held in the palms of the half-split body.

"I split it vertically; does it even make sense? He is still alive?" Jake mumbled as he used Shadow Step to get out of the Giant zombie's grip.

[And it's so gross] Nexus.

"I know," Jake said, as this guy's innards are literally falling out.

Suddenly, the two split parts came together and joined back.

"Now, it's no longer gross," Nexus said.

"Well, whatever," Jake said and then, using Dark Slash, he chopped the giant zombie into many pieces and...

"Found it," Jake crushed its core, killing it completely this time.

"No wonder it didn't die earlier; it was hidden in his heart," Jake thought as he crushed the core.

[Well, at least you got to know their core hiding location] Nexus.

"Hmm," Jake nodded and climbed the stairs.

By default, everyone's core is in the center of their body, but in rare cases, the core can change location, like in this Giant zombie's case.

[Maybe it was intentional] Nexus said as Jake countered another Giant zombie, two at this time.

"Only one way to find out," Jake said and then thrust his sword into the heart of both the giant zombies.

"I guess you were right," Jake said as the giant zombies fell lifelessly on the floor.

[They are undead in the first place; altering their body is easy compared to living] Nexus.

Jake nodded, and then up to the 20th floor, he encountered different kinds of giant zombies, like poison, flame, and other elements.

"I am sick of them," Jake mumbled as he stepped on the 20th floor.

[Then your wish is granted] Nexus said.

Jake looked at his opponent and saw a lean and slender zombie standing still.

"He is powerful," Jake said.

[At least your senses are not dull] Nexus nodded in approval.

Jake looked at the slender zombie and then attacked with his fastest magic, Dark Bullet.

Ten dark beads formed around Jake and attacked the slender zombie with lightning-fast speed.

Jake smiled as those bullets reached the slender zombie, but his smile stiffened as those bullets passed through the slender zombie.

Jake hurriedly ducked as... whoosh... sound tickled his ear.

Looking upwards, he saw four slender blades attached to slender arms swinging at where his head was moments ago. 'It was an afterimage,' Jake thought as he used Darkness Blast to create distance between him and the slender zombie.

As dust settled down, Jake looked at the appearance of the slender zombie and thought 'Freddy?'

The slender zombie is like a zombie version of Freddy.

Freddy, the iconic horror character, now transformed into a zombie, stands before you as a grotesque and menacing figure. His once-human form is now decayed and twisted, with patches of rotting flesh clinging to his skeletal frame. With hollow eyes and those blades for fingers now looked rusted.

[Wow, it seems like Freddy got reincarnated too] Nexus amusing voice reached him.

But Jake wasn't in the mood to joke as this slender zombie is Ripper, a zombie that has long poisonous nails capable of melting even hardest materials and speed, three times more then a ranker of the same rank should be.

Jake readied his Shadow Reaper and then used Dreadful Aura.

A malevolent aura formed around Jake's Black Knight persona, and the Ripper visibly flinched.

{Aura effect, enemies' abilities -50% for 5 seconds}

Dreadful is a debuff multi-target skill. Using this opportunity, Jake dashed using Shadow Step and used Dark Slash.

But despite being weakened, the Ripper parried his sword with his own blade-like nails. Jake, in a swift motion, tilted his blade and lunged, and the tip of the blade was slightly inserted into the Ripper's chest.

At the same time, the aura effect ended.

The Ripper smiled, sensing his power coming back, and looked at Jake with his hollowed eyes. But Jake smirked back, and the Ripper sensed something, but it was too late. Various dark spikes came out of his body and riddled him with holes.

"Phew, it worked," Jake smiled as he looked at the defeated Ripper. Earlier, he used Darkness Blast the moment his blade was inside the Ripper's body.

[But it won't work again], Nexus's voice poured cold water on him.

"Yes," Jake nodded.

This tower is learning after all; earlier, when he killed a zombie in a particular way, the next same zombie would dodge that attack.

[If there are more Rippers, then you better change strategy], Nexus said, and Jake nodded. After making a possible strategy, he moved to the next floor.

Jake smiled in relief seeing the next opponent.

[Now, there are only Hell Blaze Zombies left], Nexus said.

Jake nodded and then, looking at the Hell Blaze Zombie, he walked forward. The still zombie moved and looked at Jake with its blue flaming eyes, and then vanished...

Jake jumped upwards as a zombie engulfed in blue flames bulldozed by. Seeing he missed his target, it looked at Jake, high in the air, and then attacked Jake with flame breath.