[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-423":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846276,2449,"Chapter 425: Slaying","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-423",423,"\u003Cp>\"No, you won't!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screamed the bald warrior as he came at me, while the necromancer smiled with mirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She isn't thinking of me as a threat, unlike the bald warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attacked me from behind. It was swift and reached me in an instant, when my speed suddenly increased, and I dodged the attack, surprising the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I used the full speed of Wild Dash and the top of activated Soldier's Run. The speed skill from my Solider Class, while pushing my body hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which gave me a boost in speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had truly considered myself cursed, and the feeling hadn't vanished even now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing, that reinforced that belief further in me is that I didn't get the class when normal people do. I didn't get it at fifteen, I had got it at eighteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made me push myself hard. Depends on my body alone to face those monsters, always ready to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn't the only one hiding my speed. He, too, was doing the same. He increased his speed to follow me but found himself slower than me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step I took me further away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he appeared, I had never considered him a genuine challenge. It was the necromancer I had feared and were wise to do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had attacked me again, with Bone Spears, and behind them was a grey wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attacks reached me quickly, and I reacted without stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I used the Wild Swing to defend against the Bone Spears and let the other be defended by my armor and Survivalist Protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had activated its full power, which barely let the Bones Spears touch me. They didn't even dent my armor when they crashed against me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't have time to take joy in successful defense when the black wave hit me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was weak when it hit me as 75% of its power, had been taken by the Survivalist Protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill is all-encompassing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It defends from physical attacks, but also elemental, shamanic, and mental attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had been warned by Colonel Azalea to never speak about my skills to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had called them inheritance skills when I informed her about how those two skills feel different from the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't even know their names or color; the names appeared in the past three months. When I learned to read, before that, they were in the form of feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had turned out, some ancestor of mine had been a very powerful powerhouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Lv. 50 at least and these two skills are from them. It's the reason, they are so powerful and will become more powerful in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grey wave hit me, and the fear in my heart amplified suddenly. Just like, it used to when looked into the eyes of Grey Eyed Owl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a deep breath and controlled this fear and turned back to the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a see-bone wall appeared directly in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I activated the Lion's Strength and swung my ax with everything, I had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud bang rang out and my ax tore through the bone wall, and I moved forward. Only to be attacked by the special undead right after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are four special undead. Two zombies and two skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing them, I grinned as the Rhythm of Wild spiked. The special undead are powerful, as powerful as the warriors of Mid-Lv. 20.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to finish them before the warrior behind me catches up, and the necromancer puts a distance away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already started to move away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she had enough distance between us; I could forget ever reaching her. She will swarm me undead, that I will never be able to reach her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I used the skill. It's not an offensive skill, but more useful than one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the last skill; I received from my main class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Predator's Gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I activated the skill, everything became clear and faintly slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see the specks of dust and alarm in the eyes of the mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shining staff and the Dark Bolts released from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I focused my eyes on the special undead and saw them coming at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see everything about them clearly. Including their speed, which is fast, but to me, it is faintly slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Colonel Azalea. It's because this skill is processing the information fast. It is also the reason why I get a headache when I use it for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved my ax toward the zombie, which attacked me with a long sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its attack is fast and powerful. Have a finesse, that couldn't be seen in normal zombies. It is acting on the memories of a person, it used to be before turning to undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It has all that, but it is also dumb. Dumber than the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I moved forward, till its sword was inches away from my heart and moved left, before swinging my ax toward it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ax moved like thunder, reaching its neck in an instant. Which is being protected by the thick metallic band covering it whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed the enchantments of the ax at full power and used Keen from Soldier's Class on the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pachack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ax cut through the metal like butter, before reaching the Zombie's neck, which offered no resistance to my ax's blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head flew into the air, but I didn't have a chance to celebrate as the three undead came at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't dodge the two attacks and instead moved toward the skeleton with a ramming shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped aside and dodged, before swinging my ax at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Khat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head flew high, while I moved forward and toward the zombie attacking me with a spear. I had dodged it before decapitating the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head flew high, and I moved forward toward the necromancer, not before receiving the wound on my back from the warrior who had caught up to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ran toward the target and a warrior chased me, with the last special skeleton, but I didn't care about them. My eyes are fixed on the necromancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mirth had vanished from her eyes, replaced with the alarm. There is now only fear in her eyes as she tries to run away toward the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The big group had already appeared between her and me. I will have to cut through them to reach her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pachck Khat Pachak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ax moved as I cut through the undead without losing a moment. Getting closer and closer to the necromancer with every step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to get her before she goes too deep into the undead or someone comes to support her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had pushed myself with everything I had to after her. Cutting through the undead and every attack she launched to stop me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom Boom Boom\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead began to explode, with their flesh, and bones would come hurling toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Covering my whole body with the gore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It smelled extremely bad, but I bore it and chased after the necromancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I broke through another Bone Wall and now, there is a less than five meters distance between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sup Sup Sup!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the rhythm spiked in danger. I saw three Bone Spikes materializing and coming toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are not Bone Spears, but Bone Spikes. They are shorter and thinner, but feel more powerful and have grey energy covering them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were extremely fast and appeared in front of me like, they had teleported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ax clashed against one, while the other two went at my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They crashed through my defensive skills. One clashed against my armor, cracking it, while the other pierced through my stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't go inside completely in but is deeper than I like. I desperately hope that it didn't injure my internals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to remove it and drink the potion, but I didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved toward the necromancer. I never stopped, I moved even with spikes coming, despite knowing giving the opposite force to spikes would harm me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, I appeared in front of the necromancer. She was waiting for me, with her most powerful spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die, orc!\" she shouted, and the crystal on her staff shone brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn't finished her shout when I felt the ghostly hands around me. They felt cold and made all the hair on my body rise up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's so different from the woman who had frozen me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt the dark frost covering me, slowing my movement, while the necromancer retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I can't let her get away!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know, if she got away, this time, I won't be able to chase her again. Instead, she will attack me, from the distance and kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cannot deal with a mage while fighting the warrior, who had once again reached me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I roared and leaped forward, harnessing every ounce of strength I had from my body and my skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Avoiding the saber of the warrior, which was less than an inch away from my neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leap took me to the necromancer, and I swung my ax at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, I didn't make the mistake of stopping attacking. She is no warrior, but a mage who should be killed without wasting even a fraction of a seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rhythm roared in my heart, like it had never before outside of the forest, while the necromancer watched in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She might be scared, but she showed her experience in reacting quickly. She cast one defensive method after another around her and the bone wall between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ax crushed through the bone wall and went for the other defensive spells behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enchantments on the ax burned with their full power as they moved forward. Cutting through one defensive spell after another before reaching her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at her terrified eyes, which were more scared than any monster, I had seen as the blade of my ax touched her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She understood she was going to die and was terrified of it. Which strikes me strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are people who practice the death magic. They should be more understanding of it, instead of being terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe Kalsar's is right; the better understanding of death makes them more terrified of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pachack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the head flew up, and I heaved a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bastard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard the curse from behind and turned to see the bald man attacking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped forward toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instantly understood what I was trying to do and retreated, but it was already late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouldn't have come so close, but in a bid to save the necromancer, he had ended the road for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dodged the saber, not fully. It cut through my arm, but not too deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a price well paid, for the clear swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved to retreat while bringing his saber forward, but he was slow, while my ax was much faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pachack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ax reached for his head and cut through it like butter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw his head flying through the air but didn't wait till it fell down. The undead begin to gather around me. I had to go back to my circle before the undead swarmed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first I did was to remove the spikes sticking into me and apply the potion to them before drinking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope, no internal organs are damaged. If it is, it will affect me heavily, which I don't want, before the battle is over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I threw away the potion bottle and sped toward the circle, toward my company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved, cutting through the undead, and nearly reached the circle, when the rhythm spiked with danger, like never in this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made all the hair on my body stand up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't have to turn to my left to see, that I had been targeted by a powerhouse; someone of Lv. 30+.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had been targeted by them in the last battle and barely came out alive through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on thebelow to read20Advanced Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>",2038,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","749234cb18ad1c2a014ac7eb5c2638ec1d18aaa026f6908f94197e1797d113b0","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-424","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-422",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]