The Demon Lord Reborn
Chapter 06: Zombies II

While still running, Astaroth saw a wooden branch that had just fallen from a tree close to him. Without a second thought, Astaroth picked up the wooden twig using one of the snakes on his body.

“Death!” Said the Zombie who was ready to land his death fist into Peace's face. But before everything happens, Astaroth throws a wooden rod towards Zombie which makes his focus divided, between punching Peace's face or avoiding a wooden rod that will cause pain to his body.

After considering that, Zombie decided to focus on landing his death fist onto Peace's face. With passion and fury, Heavy Punch managed to land on Peace's face well.

Instantly Peace's face was battered by the Zombie and spit out a little blood from his nose and mouth. Peace was immediately bounced away after receiving the death fist. But fortunately, his body was still held back by a tree that instantly made the tree fall.

Unfortunately, as a result of Heavy Punch also impacted the Zombie, its Mana was drained into 20 which made it unable to issue any more moves, he said, and the bone of his right hand was instantly broken after punching Peace's face which turned out to be very hard.

Amazingly, Zombie still did not lose his vigilance, as he instantly turned his body towards the log, and instantly smashed it using his clenched left hand. After the Zombie destroyed the log, Astaroth suddenly appeared from behind the log and prepared to stab the Zombie's eyes using a wooden twig.

“What?! It turned out that the large log was just a diversion?! Just be right! My left hand is still not ready to use, meanwhile, my right hand is still sore and broken, I should do in anticipation of this attack? Perhaps the only way is to receive the attack of the wooden branch, after all the wooden branch is unlikely to injure this great body of mine.” The word zombie from the heart.

Unexpectedly by Zombie, Astaroth jumped at him then stuck the wooden twig into Zombie's eye which left his right eye injured. Afterwards, Astaroth retreated by jumping backwards. While enduring the pain, Zombie removed the wooden twig from her right eye. Luckily, with Skill Grow he could regenerate his right eye to normal again.

“Damn you! I didn't expect you to stick that wooden twig in my eyes... I'm sure, that fedora-hat guy is still fainting and almost dead, so, while he's still fainting, I'll fight you with focus, the Smart Snake race!” Zombie said while still enduring the pain in his eyes that never disappeared.

Furious, Zombies attack Astaroth with a move that makes Zombies hit the ground and make sharp rocks underground out. The sharp rock was like following Astaroth wherever he dodged. But fortunately, Astaroth had time to climb a tree that made the sharp stone could not reach it.

“Sucks... The Intelligent Snake Race, the first race created in the world of Vanaheim to build a civilization, is indeed very annoying. Outstanding speed and agility is the pure talent of the Intelligent Snake race, so, my Taiak Stone style that only consumes 25 Mana cannot keep up with your speed.” Said the Zombie with annoyance.

While slowly climbing up the tree branch, one of the snakes on Astaroth's body suddenly released poison into the Zombie's head with an amount that was not small. Luckily, Zombie managed to avoid it by simply moving his head to the right. Because it missed, the poison fell to the ground which immediately made the ground melt, followed by the rocks under the ground which also melted.

“Hah...? Incredible poison, although the poison quickly disappeared, even in a matter of a few seconds.” Zombie said as he looked towards the melted ground in surprise.

“Oi, Zombies! Watch me here! Ever since you hit Peace, I've been really upset. How dare you hit my only friend... As a result, feel the pain of this poison of mine. You will suffer and die slowly after being exposed to my poison that can even negate your regeneration. Feel!” Astaroth said with annoyance that slowly flew from the tree branch.

Suddenly, all the snakes on Astaroth's body became active, and the one inside the robe slowly came out while opening his mouth. And this is the ultimate skill that makes the snakes remove poison from their mouths towards the zombies. The speed of the poison was as fast as light, so there was no chance for the Zombies to dodge it.

“Sials... It seems like it is my destiny... If I had the Wizard's Destiny Skill, I would have changed this fate. Father, mother, wife and my two children... Goodby. I will go from this world, the world of Vanaheim forever.” Said the Zombie who had resigned.

Toxic Hell rained down on Zombie's body with a poison that made his body stop regenerating and slowly melt away. Even so, his consciousness had not disappeared and only the pain he felt.

“Astaroth... I can't believe a coward like you has such a great skill... Approximately, what is the name of the Skill, yes... Emerald.” Said Peace who was leaning under the tree while smiling with a face that was still battered. Peace added, “Oh, yes... After death, players and monsters will go where?” to Emerald.

[I'll answer it. Astaroth had an A-level Skill, the Poison King, obtained from a level 5 snake monster that allowed him to extract and manipulate poison as freely as possible. Meanwhile, if players and monsters die, they will come back to life in the world of Vanaheim, but everything will start from the beginning. Especially for monsters, all their memories in their previous lives would disappear.]

“Oh, so, yes... Thank you for your useful explanation, Emerald.” Peace said as he woke up and confirmed the position of his federal hat that had been chaotic when hit. Afterwards, Peace approached the Zombie body that was almost completely melted, and left only the part of the head that would slowly melt as well.

Astaroth stopped flying and fell in the bushes, he went straight to Peace afterwards and said, “How? I'm strong, aren't I? At that time, I did not dare to fight back against Bile for not having the motivation to fight... And I'm scared too, hell.”

[On notice, Astaroth was able to fly due to the Fly Skill he obtained after killing the level 1 bird monster, Strix.]

“Oh, I get it... Astaroth, I admit your actions just now were great, but we don't have to celebrate the fight for too long. We should go to the shelter village as soon as possible.” Peace said slowly as her face improved.

...[.Status]...

...Name : Astaroth...

...Age: 129 years...

...Race: Intelligent Snake...

...Skill: Poison King, Fly, Adaptation, Eternal, Grow...

...Weapon : None...

...Level 37's...

...‹ ›...

...Inventory Statistics...

...[.Exit]...

After that, he immediately pressed the Statistics button and decided to increase his Agility by 7 times.

...[.Statistic]...

...Fragment :0...

...STR :1 [+]...

...AGI :37 [+]...

...VIT : 1 [+]...

...MP :100 [+]...

...HP 100...

...« ‹...

...Status Inventory...

...[.Exit]...

“Yosh, done. Then, it's time we continue our journey to the village of shelter.” Astaroth said as he walked into the trees, followed by Peace.