Dungeon [3]

"Primary Tantra: Undead Kobold"

This is the primary 'Tantra' the undead kobolds have and its ability is like what its name suggests, they are undead.

This gives them unlimited stamina, as these kobold skeletons never get tired.

"Secondary Tantra: Rage"

This is the secondary 'Tantra' the kobold skeleton king had, this allows him to increase his power the angrier he gets.

...

As the fight continued, just as Munda stopped the attack, Arya and others went into action both The Shastra Dhari, Arya, and Anaya jumped straight at the Kobold Skeleton king while the Astra Dhari, Setanta, and Muniya stretched their bowstring and attacked the joints.

This was the strategy they used against all the undead till now by targeting their joints to defeat them. As the kobold skeleton king is also an undead skeleton, they decided to use the same strategy.

Anaya attacked the lowest part of the spine that connects the hips and spine, while Arya attacked the joint at the neck.

Though their attack and delivery were great, the skeleton king's defense was stronger. So it didn't have much effect and The kobold skeleton king noticed two of the enemies were able to attack him

Made him very angry at how they attacked him, he roared and his hollow eyes suddenly had a dark red flame lit in them.

This confused everyone, and then an arrow hit the head of the skeleton king and attracted everyone's attention. The one who shot this arrow was none other than Setanta.

"I think he will use his secondary Tantra, so get back," Setanta told Arya and Anaya to which they agreed and jumped back.

In the meantime, Munda was back again and the Skeleton king too once again put his club on his shoulder jumped again, and attacked Munda's shield.

"Aahhhhhh" Munda screened after talking about the attack and was thrown away double the distance from the previous attack.

"His attacks are stronger than the previous attack." He shouted informing his party about the skeleton king's power.

After Understanding that he is stronger now they have to think of something or they will die.

Suddenly Arya said something.

"Guys, Do you believe me? I think I have a way but I will need your full trust and support in this."

This question caused others to frown, as how can he ask if they trusted him or not but also found it reasonable as they just met a day ago.

"Go on, I trust you." Setanta was the first one to support him.

"Me too."

"You got this."

"Do whatever you want."

"....."

Everyone else accepted him even the quiet Muniya showed a thumbs up.

"Ok, so the thing is I want you to distract him from me for a few minutes," Arya said to them.

They agreed and started attacking the Kobold skeleton king.

Munda and Anaya started their hit-and-run tactic as they attacked the skeleton when it was about to attack them, and then Setanta and Muniya showed him with arrows. Distracted by the arrow he was not able to attack Munda and Anaya.

This continued for a few minutes, till Arya was ready.

Arya after telling his teammates that he needed time started concentrating inside himself.

He started recalling the time he used to train till he fell with fatigue. Back then he used to feel that something was inside of him, an energy of some sort.

That feeling increased after entering the trial but he didn't find the time to concentrate on it.

But after knowing the basic knowledge about the world from Setanta, he had a guess this was his 'Jiva'.

So, He started focusing on the sensation he used to feel, the thing that he felt when he killed those Zombies, goblins, and that kobold.

Then suddenly he felt it, it's something he can't define. But this feeling, Only one word can describe it orgasmic. He focused and made that energy to concentrate on his weapon.

"I am ready," Arya shouted to tell his party members that he was ready.

They after listening get ready to distract the Zombies one last time so Arya can attack him.

Munda banged his shield with his fist creating a sound to attract The Kobold Skeleton king, just as the skeleton turned towards him Anaya attacked him very swiftly in a few joints, while Setanta and Muniya shot many arrows.

This causes the skeleton to use his club to defend against the arrows. At that moment Arya knows this is the moment.

He ran at the fastest speed possible after reaching the skeleton he jumped a few feet in the air and then thrust his spear directly at the neck of the kobold skeleton king.

"Yaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh"

The skeleton king rotated at the last moment and tried to use his club, but that was already too late and the Spear reached his neck

*Booommmmm*

An explosion took place causing Arya to be thrown back and rises a dust cloud around the skeleton.

Noticing all this everyone had their breath stopped as to what would be the outcome.

When the dust settled they saw someone standing in the dust which caused their heart to almost stop.

But then saw that it didn't have its skull and a few seconds later. The rest of the skeleton falls.

"Yeeeeeereeee" Munda was the first one to celebrate, but then remembered about Arya so started looking towards him.

Everyone noticed Arya was sitting on his knees and was coughing blood, they ran towards him to check his condition.

"Cough-cough I am fine." He reassured him

This causes the other two to get relief, but Setanta has something else in his mind.

"Yoo, what was that attack though?!!" Munda asked in anticipation, though he was the one to ask everyone else to want to know what that attack was.

"Well, even I don't know. I just felt like I should do something like this."Arya replied why rubbing the back of his neck and was ashamed of this.

"Nani-??!" That's what all the other four said.

"How can that be, you just felt it?!," Anaya said.

"Well, ever since I came here. I felt I had something inside me, so I just focused on this sensation and used it to concentrate on my spear. As Setanta said it's 'Jiva' so maybe it's a concentrated Jiva attack." Arya tried his best to explain the situation.

This causes everyone to get shocked. Why not what Arya just did was something only an apostle could do, though his attacks were not on their level but still a concentrated attack of 'Jiva' is not possible.

"I think you are a genius of control," Setanta said to Arya while nodding to himself as if thinking something.

This made everyone nodd too and see Arya in a new light.

This confused Arya even more about what they were saying. So he turned towards Setanta and asked.

"What's that?!"

Now everyone knows Arya doesn't even have basic knowledge about the world. So they didn't get that shocked and just waited for Setanta to explain.

"You know there are many ranks in humans. Like we who are in the first trial, are Initiates."

To which Arya nodded as he knew this.

"The next rank is the Apostle rank, So one of the major differences between Initiates and Apostles is the application of 'Jiva'. The initiates can only use it passively while apostles can use it Actively."

This answer caused Arya to get shocked as he realized what he did just know was truly shocking.

But this realization caused a smile to bloom on his face and he tightened his fist, thinking he was one step closer to the secret his parents held.

...

After resting for a while they turned towards Setanta as if asking what they do now. To which he just shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, all I know is that we will receive a reward, how that I didn't know. Well let's just roam around this room and if anyone finds anything they will contact everyone else "

They agreed to this arrangement and started checking the room.

Arya went towards the throne after reaching the stairs he climbed and found a passage behind the throne.

"Hey Guys, come here quick."

He called everyone else to tell out the passage.