Chapter 182

Dio quickly calculated using his super speed, and two hundred and fifty remained, which means his trap succeeded.

He pulled his sword from the ground to prepare for the fight.

This trap can only be used once, so the rest will be resolved more directly.

"Επικαλούμαι το κρύο της θλίψης του ποταμού Κωκυτός!"

(I Summon the Cold of Wailing from the River Cocytus!)

He had no intention of being surrounded and killed.

Then Dio went on the offensive to conjure intense fog that passed over the feet of the skeletons like a wave and froze the feet of those in front of the attack.

They outnumbered him, and the first spear finally reached him to strike his eye.

Dio didn't run away.

Instead, he moved forward while cutting through the skeleton's middle without trouble.

Then he saw a second spear coming straight for his stomach.

He leaped over the spear and the skeleton when he hit the ground, then spun his body to cut off its head.

"Επικαλούμαι το κρύο της θλίψης του ποταμού Κωκυτός!"

(I Summon the Cold of Wailing from the River Cocytus!)

Dio created an ice wall three meters high and one meter wide in front of him to defend himself from the other spears.

These spears managed to penetrate the wall but got stuck in it.

He didn't have time to make the wall thicker, but it was enough to grab his shield and place it in front of his body.

The ice wall broke as more spears hit his shield with a spark. Dio advanced with his shield in front of him and struck the skeletons.

"BOOOM!"

Dio easily broke several skeletons in front of him using only his shield and body.

They approached to surround him as he looked around.

"BAAANG!!"

The divine energy explosion wasn't just to eliminate the skeletons nearby. The purpose was actually to remove those who were already dead around him.

They were starting to confuse him, and he created space by destroying them to avoid being surprised.

The next wave was wielding swords, which was perfect for him.

For the next few minutes, he gracefully swung his sword in all directions, and with each strike, many skeletons fell to the ground.

In the end, there are so many scattered bones on the ground that he is literally walking on them now.

While holding his sword, Dio's hand glowed with gray ectoplasm.

"Σηκωθείτε!"

(Rise!)

This energy became a mist that separated from his hand and entered the bones on the ground.

A few seconds later, the dead returned to life with bodies, and ten skeletons were resurrected at his command.

This is a small necromantic spell that is different from the skeletons he summons, which are already alive.

These were resurrected with his own energy.

It's a simple spell, and Dio didn't want to delve too deeply into it. This is especially true now that he is aware of the risks after seeing the memories of his enemies.

This was the first time he cast this spell, and he now had ten new points of view of the skeletons.

Unlike true necromancy, where life is given to something and enslaved, he turned these skeletons into puppets.

They have no will and cannot move without his direct control.

"BANG!"

"BANG!"

Dio didn't have time to get used to ten new points of view. There were four swords that hit his shield because he stopped for a second.

The ten skeletons behind him attack when he gives them mental order.

Unlike ordinary skeletons, Dio's has grown faster and wilder while fighting with violence that lets him kill his enemies in front of him almost identically.

"So, let's finish this, guys!"

Dio shouted at the skeletons.

Unlike his first attack, Dio relaxed more during the fight because his skeletons protected his weak spots.

He even tried a few spells and improved them as the fight continued.

Dio only received a few minor injuries, and small cuts healed in seconds.

They mostly happened because he wasn't paying attention during his spells, which is something he needed to work on.

Dio thought about what to do while sitting on a small pile of white bones in the middle of the battlefield.

The ground was truly covered in bones, most of them intact, except for those exploded by his spell.

The rest could be useful.

The last two skeletons he brought back to life were below him.

Dio left them activated for so long to test his limits, and with the small amount of energy he spent using the spell that gave them life.

He got the idea of ​​creating a personal army, and it really seemed possible.

Dio really couldn't do this by summoning skeletons from the underworld because it's a huge energy waste.

This material would save a lot of energy if Dio used it to build this army.

Dio would only have to spend on their summoning, but that wouldn't work if he had to share his point of view with all of them.

He had to give them a certain autonomy and also ensure absolute control over them.

Dio spent almost a week working.

It took a whole day to separate the skulls that were still whole from the ones that had been destroyed.

The rest of the time was spent trying until he succeeded.

After that, he began assembling his private army.

It turned out that only two hundred of the thousand bodies were reused.

With two hundred skeletons under his command, he was so happy that he couldn't help but let out a villainous laugh.

It still wasn't a perfect army. There were problems and obstacles to fix.

The main problem is the lack of intelligence and speed of the skeletons.

The only thing they can do right now is be a disposable army.

Their lack of speed also limits their current usefulness.

It would take a hundred years to explore the entire underworld if he took them with him.

The obstacle was that he still hadn't found a good way to move so many at once from the Underworld to the mortal world.

However, the cost of summoning these specific units is lower than expected.

Dio tested this without summoning those under his command.

He can summon at most ten skeletons, but the maximum becomes twenty-five by summoning his own.

The good news is that he'll be much more relaxed and safe with them protecting his small mountain.

Dio gave them a mental order to march in order, which had already been "programmed" into their heads, so they wouldn't get lost.

The destination was to the left of the territory.

The Fields of Asphodel are ten kilometers from his base.

He was in charge of a small army of skeletons who all had the sign of the golden pitchfork on their foreheads and eyes that were glowing gray and red.

Dio was tempted to find some skeletal horse to ride and felt like a general.

He spent a small fortune creating this mark, and it was incredibly ridiculous how easily he found it.

It took them about ten minutes to walk at their fastest to get to the forest.

It should only take him five minutes to get back to his base. He could summon them because they are in the Underworld if he needed to.

Now, Dio has returned to Earth to continue his journey around the world.

...

After a month of wandering the Earth and getting into trouble, he thought it was time to continue his exploration of the Underworld.

Dio just randomly chose a direction and walked ahead.

The land he walked on continued to be dry, empty, and dead, with no sign of any rivers running through the Underworld.

Things were getting worse as he found no living or dead souls along the way, and gave the impression that he was stuck in a dead desert.

But unlike the desert, there was no sun or heat here and just dead land.

It was only two weeks later that he found some signs of life.

The valley was full of life and trees between two mountain ranges on the left and right.

There was no river or liquid passing through this place, but just the sight of grass and trees.

Before launching into this adventure, he looked at the mountains on the sides.

They were indeed big, with even snowy peaks stretching for kilometers and so wide that he immediately remembered the gates he passed through.

These mountains are much larger, and without the valley cutting through the middle, it would take months to cross the mountains.

Then he continued his walk through the valley.

...

It took him less time than he thought to reach the end of the valley.

It was really an enjoyable trip, where he found several promising types of plants and more jewels.

There were no incidents.

Until now.

The valley's exit was almost close to where the two mountain ranges on its sides converged.

The dark rock slowly closed in on all sides and made the path look like a door that was only partly open.

Then Dio confidently walked towards the exit while imagining an incredible view on the other side.

As soon as he stepped inside, a fist appeared and hit his face.

Dio flew twenty meters back and lost two teeth. He didn't count them on the ground, and they were soaked in the blood he spat out.

It was a powerful punch, perhaps the most powerful he ever received because his head was spinning and ringing.

"You finally arrived, cursed be you for making me wait so long!"

A voice greeted him.

It was a loud, cold, and proud voice.

Dio's vision hadn't recovered yet, and he couldn't really see who was in front of him.

He just knew that it wouldn't be easy.

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