Chapter 17: VACUUM BEETLES
"Hey Neo, are you sure this will do" Tony's question makes everyone stop their work to hear my answer
but Tony wipes the remains of vomit from his mouth and keeps saying "I don't want to doubt you friend, just look this way, isn't it cruel to do this?" Pointing to the pile of bodies in the middle of the village there were two small mountains of bodies
they were all villagers at one time his question makes me sigh and look at the mission
(01:00 for the arrival of the horde)
I wipe the sweat from my forehead and speak to them out loud "Of course it will do, although this is cruel it is necessary to do it, not for you it is for our families" throwing a pair of arms on the road, one of the boys tells me "Why don't we use those carts to load them faster
He smiled at her, I love that kind of thought "we can't do it, because those wagons will be taken away so that people can move faster and no one is left behind, besides the trip won't last two or three days they need to think about that" young people nod their heads
the questions kept coming "because we have to look for coins if there is nowhere to buy something" I grab a pair of legs and throw them "because at the end of their trip they will arrive in the city and they need to buy some things to survive"
time kept passing, while two kept moving the bodies, one was looking for food and the other looking for silver or gold coins, he distributed them in several bags, I felt that it was time for them to leave
The young man who was looking for food, little Andrés came screaming "I found something, I found something, it's at the boss's house" that caught everyone's attention. They stopped working with no alternative. front carry your shields "
the boss's house is big enough for more than ten families to live together, on the way little Andrés tells us "he was looking for food in the stores and there are a lot of them, and there are more things" everyone's curiosity was ignited
just by looking at the warehouse it was obvious that it would be something big, its warehouse has two floors it is made entirely of solid stone, it is also sealed, that's right, the place is sealed, not closed, when you close a place you put a padlock or a chain , but the site has several iron chains and more than 20 boards crossed barely let you see the door as well as its windows
Only the second floor is normal, although each window and door has a chain, they are not as many as on the first floor, when we peered through the cracks were shelves and shelves of swords, shields, bows, arrows, spears, halberds, daggers, daggers and bags
but what Andrés says puzzles us "this is the smallest warehouse of the three, there are two others, behind the house and there is also a steel door between the bushes
We all were left with our mouths open, to confirm I asked the stupid question "Steel doors" Andrés just shakes his head to confirm
we run to the place where there are indeed two steel doors, on the ground, in addition to two more warehouses
A single steel sword costs between 20 to 25 gold coins and those doors measure between 8.2ft to 11.4ft (2.5 to 3.5 meters) the problem is how thick is the door and how heavy is it?
How much will those doors cost and what will they be hiding in them
when looking at the other stores in one there is food and in the other there are leather bags but we cannot open the doors having to return disappointed
with no other option I tell them "let's finish passing things to the door and before leaving seal the exit doors
I tell them "I will stay to ensure that the traps are useful for something, they need to do the same in the other villages" they all nodded and prepared their withdrawal, they left me a horse for my escape
Tony asks me "Hey Neo, how will we know you'll be fine" I point out the boss's house "
I'll set them on fire when the horde arrives before I escape, don't wait for me, just do the same in the other villages "with nothing more to say, the boys left for the exit to seal the door, leaving the horse tied outside ready to escape.
when the boys leave I have to prepare, I go to the top of the houses in front of the entrance, waiting for the horde of Zombies to arrive
At this point, I want to say in my defense, that I have never seen or fought against a horde in my romantic thoughts I thought that it would be between 5 thousand or 6 thousand zombies in small periods of 100 in 100 like any video game, that excited me of course have idea
The echo of shooting and shooting until the arrows run out
I had the idea of raising a quiver of arrows at different points to move to different places without running on the floor, it is serious suicide but my whole perspective changed
just by listening to the sound of the footsteps they looked like ants gnawing on the leaves but they were only footsteps the trees move at times and at others they just fall to the ground
* crack, crack * * crack * * PAM *
the first tree fell in the distance that made me pay attention because then another falls
* crack, crack * * crack * * POOM *
then another and another, their entrance was very noisy and their footsteps were still being heard, when at last the first Zombies appeared and came out of the forest, I knew that the strategy was effective because all the Zombies that came out arrived at the entrance of the village, one after another ran towards the pile of bodies
but the noise of footsteps became louder and louder, having to look at the mission counter which left me speechless
(00: 15 for the arrival of the horde)
that meant that the horde has not yet arrived, but looking ahead more and more zombies leave the forest and arrive at the entrance until it becomes a river of zombies
a big river made of zombies
stop wasting time, I hang my quiver of arrows on my back, I take out an arrow and without aiming I just released the arrow towards the river of Zombies that crowds in front of the pile of bodies
🏹 * SHUZZ * 💥
* PUU *
[21] Zombies Slain
🏹 * SHUZZ * 💥
* PUU *
[22] ..... [23] [24]
🏹 * SHUZZ * 💥
* PUU *
[45] Zombies annihilated my fingers are starting to turn red from pulling the rope, the worrying thing is that they keep coming and going Zombies and enter the village, the mountain of bodies is almost disappeared
The sad thing about all this, the amount is overwhelming, one to two dead Zombies mean nothing, more crushed Zombies die than ..... that's crushed
A very evil smile was drawn on my face, and then I concentrated my mind on a small vine on one of the doors of the house
that gets up and slides down the road, like a worm in the middle of the torrent of Zombies entangling one's foot, throwing the Zombie in the middle of the road dying crushed
but that caused others to fall and also die crushed by the others who come behind making a chain reaction like when dominoes fall on the table, but that did not stop them the flow of Zombies only divided the current
to the sides of the village
it will be at least between 6 thousand to 7 thousand Zombies arriving I see that my arrows have finished the dead Zombies counter is greater than my arrows receiving my rewards
🔔
* Ding *
[your "precision" skill has increased to level 3]
[your "control" skill has increased to level 2]
[Control of vines and greenery capacity 1/2]
but all that joy left when looking at the following information
(00: 05 for the arrival of the horde)
at that moment the earth began to vibrate and vibrate, a drum was heard in the distance
*PAM PAM*
*PAM PAM*
but the sound kept increasing and increasing when looking at what was coming made me gulp and without waiting another moment I run, towards the only house that will resist that wave of people, rather that sea of Zombies
(00: 04 for the arrival of the horde)
*PAM PAM*
🍑POV by ELEONOR 🍑
on the top of a mountain two magicians were playing cards while a lady of an excellent bearing had a cup of tea that had the same value as the robe of any magician who considers himself respectable behind the lady were five knights waiting for their orders
That lady was neither more nor less than the sovereign of these lands who heard from a very reliable source that something great was cooking in her lands and was curious to know what was happening
when they heard the sound of the drums, announcing the arrival of the Horde at that moment even the magicians stopped playing and looked towards the sound
one of the magicians returns to see the lady and asks her "my queen, the idiot of the Linch is sending the golem what their orders are" the lady did not speak, but it was the other magician "blind you do not see that it is a Trained troll, he is advancing with his war drum "
the magician snorts several times towards the other magician showing his bad mood but does not correct him and saying in his defense "obviously I knew, I am only testing your knowledge Malzahar"
but the response of the Magician Malzahar was a very concealed smile that when the Magician saw it he released a series of insults
"Hairless bastard, mangy dog, ungrateful bald, bird's egg, vulture's head etc. etc. etc." When he is taking the second breath of air to continue with his insults, the queen returned to see them and the magician by magic I close my mouth
With a very soft voice I say to my knight "Flame prepare to kill that Troll, Malzahar, block those disciples of the Lich that do not make another curse and you 4 exterminate those stinking wolves and all those zombies"
We will see who dares to enter my lands again after this, I will show them who I am
when they were about to leave for battle, a war kite announced the arrival of a cavalry making us more attentive
"TUUUUU"
Seeing their black armor on those fire horses, they clearly look very intimidating, this makes me set off my alarms
when they see who my knights arrive, they return to see me as asking for instructions but my answer is simple "send all those knights of death to hell" before finishing my words a series of howls overshadow the sound of the war horn someone else was sticking their noses in this
seconds later a series of howls are heard in the western forest
"AAAUUU"
when it appeared only a black spot can be distinguished, which run between the trees under the last rays of the sun all were werewolves with their very impressive physiques
that entrance they made made me be silent, I closed my eyes and told them "retreat, let's go to the kingdom, something smells bad here" they prepared me to leave when the sound of the drums stopped beating
I returned to see and know what was happening, taking a big surprise making my mouth thunder "Michs, what the hell" the troll's body had disappeared but looking more closely it turned out that the stupid had fallen "interesting, very interesting, let's go"
in the dark a pair of red eyes looked up at the mountain "Damn wolves screwed up my plans, kill them all. Nobody gets out of that valley alive.
🍑-END of ELEONOR's POV-🍑
The wave of Zombies is so big, that the village began to fill in a matter of minutes my arrows fly over the crowd hitting a zombie no matter where my arrows go it was safe to kill one or two Zombies
the numbers kept on and on rising, this was terrifying more than 200 thousand Zombies in a single area the single figure was terrifying had to get their attention to stop and move forward
a fabulous idea, to be able to stop them, but you realize that it is almost impossible to do it and more when they are led by a Troll that carries a drum
* PAM-PAM * 💥
* PAM-PAM * 💥
the beat of that damn drum makes the earth rumble, just like my heart with every beat I hear, making me panic
I started sweating all over the place, I bend over my head enlarged, the sound was even in my thoughts, my whole being trembles, I felt that my head would explode at any moment, without thinking about anything other than getting away from that damn drum beat, that makes my heart tremble
I started running with all my might, reaching the warehouses where that steel door was and without thinking twice I hit the doors with my fists
* POOM-POOM * 💥
listening to a very different sound, my mind relaxes, feeling that those blows are working I give another two blows
* POOM-POOM * 💥
That had very good results coming back to reality, to my bad luck the horde concentrated even more in the village, the Zombies were looking for the sound that broke their harmony and to raise the level of difficulty to this, the Troll also enters doing his I challenge with a shout
* WOW *
I had to do something to distract him because I'm sure I could never hurt him while walking towards the steel doors
I shoot him an arrow
🏹 * SHUZZ * 💥
* PUU *
his answer came seconds later
* WOW *
The Troll is very angry entering near the warehouses almost running, while I hide between the trees I put a trap with a vine to make him fall but the strength in his legs tears off the vine with a single blow but he stopped a bit
having to make my best bet, get out because I'll only get one chance to do this, I run to the door and hit it
* POOM-POOM * 💥
having his attention I shoot an arrow that hits the Troll's chest
🏹 * SHUZZ * 💥
* PASS *
the arrow hits, but does not bury, it only bounces this makes it even more enrages the stupid Troll and without thinking it runs towards me is like seeing an elephant do its charge
* ZASS, ZASS, ZASS *
I hang the bow on my back and put my hands to the front, controlling a vine in each hand, forming a half circle and burying the other end as deep as I can in the ground
when I see the Troll get stuck in the vine, I don't stay, I run away with everything I have, hitting the zombies that get through
left stroke
¨PAM * 💥
hit are right
* POMM * 💥
I throw myself on a group of Zombies, but before I fall on them
💥 * BOOMM * 💥
behind me a roar is heard followed by a cloud of dust, I do not stay on the ground I climb between the trees and without making any movement
the first thing the Troll does is shout his challenge
* WOW *
As he has no answer, he looks for me everywhere, when he does not find me, he begins to beat everything, zombies and the drums fly out, the monster is as big as an elephant, its blows can be heard throughout the village and make the ground rumble
* BAM * 💥
* BAM * 💥
when he sees the vines on the ground he grabs them and throws them
* FUZZ *
the vines fall near the door I take the opportunity and move them over the doors, bury them over the openings, move them from one side to the other
the Troll approaches and with a single blow erases them completely
* BAMM * 💥
But two extraordinary things happen, the first, that nothing happened to the door and the second, the Troll got so angry that he turned red from the fury of not having destroyed the doors
* BAMM * 💥
* BAMM * 💥
he gave two more knocks on the door and when he saw that nothing was wrong with them, the Troll got angry and released a shower of blows, over and over again
in his fury he tries to pull them off by not achieving anything, he keeps hitting with everything he has
* BAMM * 💥 * BAMM * 💥
Seeing that the Zombies continue to gather in the village, without advancing at all, that makes me breathe a sigh of relief, the bad thing is that I stay on top of the tree
the zombies keep piling up and the Troll bangs on the door as if his life depended on it until he gets tired he practically starts panting on the door
I slide another vine behind him and put it on the door this takes it as a mockery and releases another rain of blows
* BAMM * 💥 * BAMM * 💥 * BAMM * 💥 * BAMM * 💥
the door begins to give way due to all the blows received, it begins to bend, this excites the Troll and with both hands he hits the door
* BOOMM * 💥
now the blows are heavier, they make the door finally give way, the Troll manages to open the door with pure blows, but when Troll is getting up, a werewolf flies from the inside scratching his chest and throat
the Troll defends himself and hits the werewolf
* BAMM * 💥 🤸♀️
He sends him flying in one fell swoop, but things are not over when the Troll grabs his throat and tries to breathe another werewolf comes out of those doors but this time the Troll is ready and hits him with a ball in the air
🖐 * PAMM * 💥 - 🏃♂️💨💨🤸♀️
returns it with a single blow from where it comes, you can hear the blow when the werewolf falls inside s turn the zombies attack the werewolf who falls outside tearing his body apart in a matter of seconds
meanwhile the Troll falls backwards gasping for air this unique opportunity must be taken I prepare my bow and point it between the Troll's fingers
🏹 * SHUZZ * 💥
the first one fails his fingers are thick
🏹 * SHUZZ * 💥
the second hit him in the chest but the arrow bounces
🏹 * SHUZZ * 💥
* POW *
With the third he managed to hit him making him choke on his blood until he gargled, gushing blood and making gargling noises
"Gagaga"
I do not agree I keep shooting until he is completely still receiving good news
🔔
* Ding *
[your "precision" skill has increased to level 4]
[you have discovered "critical hit"]
Critical hit you have a 20% chance to exert a hit at 200% of its capacity these hits will be random
but all of this is overshadowed by another much better skill
🗨 [3rd special mission]
The horde
Development: challenge as many Zombies as possible until dawn without escaping from the village
Reward: Epic Pest Control Skill
[pest control skill]
pest control: it can control small species of insects this ability can evolve at the moment it can only control a single species when its mental capacity is greater, its control will improve
of the four species available please choose only one
A) .- weaver worms
B) .- immortal cockroaches
C) .- void beetles
D) .- gluttonous locusts
All the options are very good each one has advantages and disadvantages but one thing is for sure if I choose the immortal cockroaches, women will hate me to death
weaver worms: a unique species of worm, which makes strands of threads from the material that these special worms eat have a very limited life you have to choose carefully the type of material they will consume because when they stop eating they will automatically starve to death
Immortal cockroaches: a kind of cockroach difficult to kill even for experts these creatures have a special habitat where organic waste must abound as long as the waste exists, cockroaches will never die
this made my face wrinkle but hey we continue with the next species
Vacuum beetles: a very special species that ingests large amounts of any material and stores it, the better the material it eats, its capacity increases, the greatest advantage of this species is to plant eggs in organic matter
Gluttonous Lobster: a species that only eats organic material and reproduces as it eats destroying all types of vegetation, this species is considered a pest, whoever makes use of it will be considered the enemy of the races, mainly elves and beastmen.
Without thinking twice, I select the void beetle, it is the only more decent option and at this moment it does something very useful to me
> 1/1000 vacuum beetle
When choosing the beetle, it appeared under a stone, it was small, black, half 2in (5cm), it climbed one foot reaching my hand, it bit my finger and consumed a drop of blood, then it flew towards the Troll entering through one of his ears
the little one started eating or so you hear
* CRACK-CRACK *
It looks like he was eating ice as if it were a snack, but the Troll's face deflated moments later the noise stopped after five minutes the noise continued
but his counter had changed
> 10/1000 vacuum beetle
after a while more his counter changed again and the Troll more deflated
> 100/1000 vacuum beetle
When they finished the Troll there was only his skin but all the beetles came out under this skin and the most interesting thing was that they ran the zombies up his feet and entering his ears that drove them crazy after five minutes the zombies fell to the ground like potato sacks
but this time the accountant
multiplied by 10
> 1000/1000 vacuum beetle
this would be a scary thing if these beetles weren't mine those 1000 beetles finished the zombies in less than five minutes and ran for more
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
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