The Gamer's System

Chapter 123: The Conjurer

A harsh wind ran throughout the stronghold. It was cold, but not the normal type. It's the same type of coldness you'd feel when visiting an underground burial site, with hundreds of corpses being housed. And, this is as accurate as it could get.

With the barrier's controls damaged as it is, nothing stopped Zeke's poison from spreading and being contained at the same time. From afar, one would see the mass of violet color that formed a dome. It swirled in a counterclockwise direction and, although nothing could be heard outside the barrier, there were actually a lot of screams and cries for help that occurred.

"Look at all of you, dying without my consent." Zeke said to himself, walking around leisurely even the more problematic soldiers, those who has a higher resistance were down for the count and, Zeke could see their veins protruding as if these are about to burst out.

"Don't worry, you'll still be serving someone. But not that lousy king of yours." Zeke continued, seeing all the blue tongues of fire that came out from the dead bodies of the soldiers. Yet, he didn't collect these because, finally, the generals came to greet him.

The two came out practically unharmed from Zeke's poison and he somehow knew why. From his [Analysis] he could clearly see that, the remaining generals are now in their [Primal State]. He isn't sure if the two could see him already but, Zeke was able to clearly observe them.

"Of course you'd get serious from the start." He thought to himself, realizing that he caused the death of all living creatures within the stronghold. 

One general had a weird weapon on both hands which seem to be oversized gauntlets, or they could also be shields. He wasn't entirely sure because of the structure of the weapon. So his [Analysis] gave the answer for him. Together with the weapon of the other general.

"So that's called a shield basher and, the other one is using a double crossbow weapon." Zeke said and, at that moment, the generals finally recognized his presence.

"Who dares infiltrate our domain?" One of the generals said. It was weird because, Zeke could see that his [Chaos Poison] still had no effect on them. 

"The five second immunity from transformation should've been over minutes ago. Just what is going on here?" Zeke thought to himself. As far as he knew, there was no being on Mythos who ever developed a resistance to [Chaos Poison], meaning they have probably adapted to the poison upon transforming. These were the thoughts of Zeke as he raised his hand, as if he was in school.

"That would be me." Zeke said, as if it wasn't' obvious enough with him being the only one left standing.

The generals wasted no time and immediately executed their attack, with the melee general making his way to Zeke while the other general already fired a few arrows toward the gamer. Zeke dodged the first by creating conjures which used heavy shield while he allowed the other general to pass through, opening his arms out wide as if saying that "you can attack me freely."

This angered the general because he was taken so lightly. And so, he decided to add a little speed boost to the attack, making him appear right in front of Zeke five seconds shorter. Yet even this was not enough as Zeke escaped through [Shadow Dive] teleporting to the farthest [Conjure] which he owns. He wanted to simply keep on running until their timer runs out but, Zeke needed to actually fight. After all, he's not sure if he could easily use this kind of strategy on every instance. 

"Deception." Zeke began, releasing a massive amount of mana which then turned into copies of himself. Any opponent would have a difficulty figuring out which one is real because, the mana signature of all Zeke's are the same and, not only this, they have a certain amount of mana which they can use. 

Although the skill is strong, there is a certain limit to its usefulness. That is, the clones can be easily destroyed. In fact, it only takes one decent hit to destroy a clone formed through [Deception] and so, Zeke programmed them to only use [Shadow Dive] and, only on moments when they are about to get hit.

This confused the generals of course. But what made them even more so were the bullets that came for them. Zeke had a lot of these already charged and, he didn't plan on saving up his ammunition.

He continued raining down the bullets on the enemies but, to his disappointment, the melee general actually had a decent defensive ability. The double crossbow user stood at the back of this general as a shield was made. Four shield shaped mana were also created, circling around the two generals.

Zeke's bullets weren't able to get through because of this. But he also noticed that one of the shield-shaped mana shatters every time his bullet successfully makes contact. 

"Okay then how about this." Zeke continued, activating two skills at the same time. One accelerated his bullets while the other created two exact copies of the attack with a deduction on damage by [50%].

They would've easily countered the attack of course. But the problem is that, Zeke continued changing directions using [Shadow Dive]. And since there are multiple copies of him around, the generals didn't know which one they should be attacking.

"We don't have much time left." The crossbow using general said and, the other general nodded in agreement. 

Zeke knew that the two would probably use their trump cards at that point. And he didn't allow them to have things their way. He had to make sure that no life-threatening injury would come to him and so, he released a mass of blue mana.

This surprised both generals who now knew which of the copies is the real one. But even before they could make a move, Zeke raised his left hand, as if taking the soul of the ground itself. The air wailed with all the souls of the dead and, for a moment, the generals were at a loss on what to do.

It wasn't because they weren't trained for battle. It also wasn't because they are weak. They couldn't; move because, for some reason, whatever Zeke performed hindered all their senses and numbed all the veins on their body.

The gamer closed his eyes as the amount of mana intensified. Adding to the ski he is channeling; Zeke also had a lot of passive skills backing him up.

[Lucky Gambler]

[Master Necromancer]

[Soul Trapper]

[Mana Manipulation]

All these skills were already at their maximum levels. And it is through these skills that Zeke was able to have a higher chance of succeeding whenever he conjured. And at that moment, the gamer's crimson red eyes gleamed like a predator's. And, unaware of it himself, Zeke was also covered by the blue flame like mana, making him look like a [Conjured] monster himself.

The generals began fighting against their body's response to what is happening. What they witnessed was the same sight experienced by the [Skeleton Goblins] to which Zeke first demonstrated the skill to.

The tongues of fire glowed so brightly that, even the generals could see them. They heard the cries of all the dead mixed within the cold sharp wind and, this swirled around in a raging blue color.

It didn't take more than two minutes for all of this to occur. And after the mana finally burned the brightest and strongest, Zeke gave the command which would begin the fight.

"Conjure"

Soldiers came up from where the soldiers lay. The sound of steel armor and weapons could be heard all around. The other conjures of Zeke were already present and, hit the ground with their weapons. Bow, sword, shield, staff, lance, and spear, all hit the ground simultaneously as the creatures awaited the birth of their new comrades. 

They all had blue flames surrounding them and, helms that looked different from that of Glade's soldiers. They all had the same yellow glow on their eyes and, everything about them just seemed underworldly eerie.

At that point, the generals were finally able to break free from whatever it was that was binding them. They began making their way toward Zeke but, the gamer had other things planned. 

With his whole army of [Conjures] being present, they all made their way to protect their summoner. With each advance made the generals, they found a [Conjured] creature blocking their path. And, every time they destroyed the creatures, these just kept getting summoned back up from the ground. As long as Zeke supplied mana, there was no end to the number of [Conjures] which would appear.

Zeke didn't finish with just this and proceeded to merging once again. He merged over and over while the soldiers relentlessly attacked the two generals. Zeke didn't let up and made sure that they've got themselves busy with the existing [Conjures]. Although they kept decreasing, the value of those present are as useful because, they kept getting stronger with each successful merging.

"I need something as strong as Samael." He said to himself, continuing the process no matter how many times it failed or shattered his [Conjures]. He has a lot of stocks left after all and, Zeke wasn't afraid of using these all up. After all he, still has a lot of enemies which he could destroy and, thus, more conjures which he could summon.

Then, a large blue flame finally lit up. A [Conjured] creature went out of the flames and into the open, showing features similar to Samael but, much slimmer. On its hand is a weapon which had a handle on the middle and blades on both ends.

"Ah there we go" Was all that Zeke said after the [Conjured] finally came out. The generals recognized this new enemy and, with the weaker [Conjures] unsummoned by Zeke, there was nothing standing in their way from finally finishing their targets.

"Okay. Now let's fight."