Chapter 101: Bone Golems

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"GRUOOOOHHHH…!"

A huge behemoth composed of over a hundred skeletons emerged from the underground, and then another, and then a third, a fourth, and a fifth!

Huge golems composed of many fallen skeletons appeared; one of them was already quite the work, but five was another thing completely.

"More Bone Golems?!" Hilda said, while sighing in exhaustion, that her hammer was still burning the face of a zombie.

[The Cosmic Throne {Queen of the Underworld} laughs at your feeble attempts to stop her Army of the Dead!]

[Before she finishes consuming Thor's Divine Essence, she will make sure to destroy that city and consume the souls of all the pitiful mortals inside.]

[No matter how many undead you slay, more will keep coming endlessly!]

"Bitch, she's bluffing now."

Anna knew very well that what Hel was saying wasn't the truth. Despite being an all-powerful constellation, she was still within a mortal vessel, and she couldn't exude all the power she actually possessed.

Therefore, being able to summon an infinite amount of undead was impossible, as she didn't have an infinite amount of energy either. As strong as Sara's body could have been, it still could not simply hold as much energy as her Constellation sponsor could.

["That death woman's clearly bluffing! However, her army is still rather large… Most of the small fry is already almost gone, but she's now using whatever was left out of them to make the last stand!"]

Anna nodded at Gram's words as she glanced at the distance, her golden eyes glowing brightly through the augmented vision of Eyes of Truth. She immediately noticed that her brother and Henrietta were constantly fighting Undead while rushing towards Hel.

Hel wasn't particularly fast either; she was rather slow. It must be taking a lot of toll on her mortal vessel to manage all the undead she's controlling while running away and retaliating against her brother and Henrietta's attacks.

"They had yet to catch her; this is not good. If we take too long, she'll get away with Hector, and we'll be missing another strong hunter in our city!" Anna felt resentful.

"GRUOOOHH!"

[The five [Giant Bone Golems (A Rank)] have noticed your presence!]

[For having killed many Undead, two Death Knights, and the Lich, they have set you as their primary target.]

The giants made of bones glared at Anna; this time they weren't the small B-Rank Bone Golems, but the Giant Bone Golems, an A-Rank monster that was over twenty meters tall!

However, to Anna, they were still just huge piles of bones. Especially with the power of her privileges activated, such as the privilege of [Death's Little Sister]!

The closest Giant Bone Golem swung its tremendous bone fist downwards, attempting to smash Anna into smithereens.

BAAAM!

However, through the speed boost of her [Little Rabbit's Fearlessness] privilege, she was able to avoid the incredibly powerful and fast fist!

"GRUOH!"

"GRAAH!"

"GROOH!"

Three more Giant Bone Golems stepped forward, swinging their gigantic arms, trying to catch Anna with them. But thanks to the privilege's effect, she was as swift as a rabbit when running away from their predators!

BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!

"You've tried to hit me enough; let me do it back to you now!" Anna smiled, her body coated with a slightly pink aura, which she transferred into her sword and dagger.

[The Effect of the [Aura of Protection (C Rank Privilege)] has been activated!]

[An Aura of Protection is already set within your body, reducing all damage taken by 30% based on your Charm Stat.]

[You've coated your weapons and magic with the power of the {Aura of Protection}, your Attacks and Defensive Skills and Spells, have been enhanced by +15%!]

[Additionally, while using Aura of Protection on offensive Skills and Spells, there's an added +15% to either provoke [Shock] [Charm] or [Confusion] on a foe for a couple of seconds.]

"Let's put this new Privilege to good use!" Anna leaped over the enormous skeletal arm of a Giant Bone Golem. As she felt the bones making the arm begin to move, several skeletal arms and hands tried to drag her down. "That's not going to stop me… {Sunlit Arc}!"

SLASH!

Anna unleashed a spiraling sword attack by spinning in midair; the slashing power was so powerful it quickly cut down all the bones that got in her way, effectively slicing through the Giant Bone Golem's arm entirely!

The Bone Golem gave out an annoyed roar, moving its other arm and aiming to squish Anna like a mere bug with it! However, it simply ended up hitting its own arm as Anna leaped forward, reaching his head.

"Now… Let's steal some of those Death Knight moves. Was it like this?!" Anna smiled, fusing the effects of Twin Cutter, Sunshine, and Sunlight Blade together. "{Holy Decapitation}!"

Imitating the Death Knight's lethal {Decapitation} sword technique and mixing it with holy energies and Yang Ki, Gram suddenly exuded a tremendous Sword Aura, growing as large as a pillar of over ten meters.

The attack hit the Giant Golem's neck directly, and with all the buffs Anna was stacking together, the power easily ignored the huge giant's defenses, making his entire head burn into ashes by the impact of the holy light alone, revealing beneath a huge magic crystal.

"Go!"

Anna threw her Dragon Tooth Fang and her Glacial Wolf Fang Dagger towards the Magic Crystal, keeping the golem moving, both daggers piercing it seconds before overflowing with Mana and unleashing explosive magic attacks of fire and frost!

BOOM! BOOM!

[You have slain [Giant Bone Golem (A Rank)] x1!]

[You earned 100.000 EXP]

[Level Up!]

The Bone Golem crumbled into pieces, and Anna quickly let out a beam, combining her Super Beam of Love privilege with her Sunshine Skill to unleash a huge explosion that escalated off her Charm Stat for damage.

BOOOM!

Not only the bones, which were the materials Hel used, were instantly turned to ashes, but the other three Giant Bone Golems harassing her had parts of their bodies blown up.

"Oof, need to recharge." Anna sighed in exhaustion, having already emptied most of her Mana while her Ki was midway through. She took out three MP Potions and drank them one after another, the bottles dropping over the angered Giant Bone Golems and annoying them even more.

[You've consumed [Mana Potion (C Rank)] x3]

[Your Mana has been greatly restored.]

"Come on, guys, is that all you've got?" Anna smiled, getting slightly cocky. "I need as many levels as possible if I'll have to help my brother stop that, Hel, so you better move!"

FLASH!

Like a flash of bright light, Anna landed on the head of another Giant Bone Golem. This one attacked differently as he exuded a Phantasmal Aura, trying to engulf Anna with hundreds of phantoms making up the golem's soul.

"{Summon Friend}!"

[You have Summoned [Violet] and [Shiro] through the effects of the [Summon Friend (C+ Rank Privilege)]!]

[All Stats of Summoned [Friend] Title bearers have increased by +15%, their HP and MP Regeneration Speed by +50%, and their Skill Power and Effects by +100% for 10 Minutes.]

Shiro and Violet immediately appeared at her side, as the small Foxbit instantly felt shocked at being thrown in the middle of a hundred phantoms, desperately unleashing a flash of bright light from his small body!

The bright light purified the phantoms, making them disappear into nothingness. Anna smiled as she leaped over Violet.

"Thank you, Shiro! You're a real love!"

"KYUH!"

Shiro was really pissed off by being thrown in there but followed Anna as Violet led her across the huge torso of the Giant Bone Golem until they arrived at the golem's head once more.

"Now…! {Holy Decapitation}!"

From Anna's sword, a slashing blow was unleashed, generating a huge explosion that turned the Giant Bone Golem's head and half of its torso into ashes.

[You have slain [Giant Bone Golem (A Rank)] x1!]

[You earned 100.000 EXP]

[Level Up!]

The magic crystal instantly shattered this time, only giving Anna the time to aim for the other three attacking her with their huge fists! The gigantic fists flew down towards her like meteors, but Anna conjured a barrier of celestial energy, which shattered but bought her a few seconds to bring out the Bastion Shield, now reinforced with all its Durability at 100%.

Three fists hit the bastion shield at the same time, and the majestic sword gifted to her by the God of War, Ares, shone with bright red energy, exuding a powerful eruption of power.

[The [Bastion Shield] has taken a large quantity of damage, and the [Bastion's Fortress] Ability has been activated. User's DEF has increased by +20% and all foe's ATK has decreased by -15% for 5 Minutes.]

Despite still being a rather low-ranked Shield, it had the amazing effect of enhancing Anna's DEF stat even more while decreasing the ATK of a foe! She quickly unequipped the shield as the buff stayed. The Giant Bone Golem already felt weaker with her Death's Little Sister Privilege, but with this debuff on top, things only became worse!

"Let's see…!" Anna smiled, her eyes glowing bright red. "{Celestial Mode}!"

["Huh?! You're using my Celestial Mode with mobs?!"]

"Weren't you the one so worried about me fighting A Rank Monsters?" Anna sighed as Gram overflowed with celestial energy, encompassing her body and giving her a boost to her defenses and holy attribute damage.

Anna swiftly moved forward, slashing Gram and her Wolf Dagger against all three of the Giant Bone Golems, a combination of {Holy Decapitation} and {Sunlit Arc}, followed by the {Twin Slashing Sunlight Blade} technique, which generated a dual wave of slashing sunlight energy.

All three Giant Bone Golems were thrown onto the floor. One of them perished in the instant as it had its chest blown out into pieces, while the other two tried to stand back up, only for Anna to finish them off as their weak point was revealed.

"You lack technique and speed compared to the Death Knights," Anna said, blowing the two Giant Bone Golems to smithereens with two powerful Charm Stat-boosted Sunshine Beams.

[You have slain [Giant Bone Golem (A Rank)] x3!]

[You earned 300.000 EXP]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

Anna quickly stored the rest of the bones, which could become valuable materials, inside of her Inventory, as she joined the rest of her friends, rushing across the battlefield and giving them some support.

She helped Dan Baihe deal with another Lich by blasting the skeleton's head with a beam from afar, healed the reckless Kevin and killed a weakened Death Knight that was about to overwhelm him, saved Annabelle's swarm from being completely destroyed by a group of Skeleton Magicians led by a third Lich, and lastly, joined with Hilda, as most of the Undead except a few dozen scattered small fries were dealt with.

[You and your Party have slain a large quantity of Undead.]

[You earned 765.000 EXP!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Your Level has increased to Level 29!]

"We're almost there!"

Anna quickly dealt with the strongest and most threatening Undead and made sure there were no more "materials" of sizable quantity for Hel to summon her annoying golems, as she swiftly reached her brother's side, who was being attacked by three Death Knights at once while Hel was getting away.

Henrietta was fighting against two Giant Bone Golems herself, having her hands full. Both were already exhausted after their battle against the Dawn of a New World, and Anna's arrival there was like a salvation to the two.

"Anna! You're here!" Anna had never seen Jack be so happy for her to arrive in such a dangerous situation.

"Let us help you with this too!" Anna said, leaping forward and swinging her sword Gram. Two Death Knights were forced to step back as she unleashed her newest Holy Decapitation technique against them, the very impact of her attack making the ground below tremble.

BAAAM!

"Hey, have you seen Eckert and Dimitri anywhere?!" Hilda wondered.

Hilda and everyone else had lost sight of the hired Hunters, only to realize they suddenly caught up to Hel and stepped right in front of her, stopping her escape.

"Stand still, girl, or I'll blast ya." Dimitri pointed his gun at her.

"Hahh… We've finally caught up to her! This damn woman!" Eckert roared, his eyes glowing bright red, preparing a laser beam.

"You pests! Can't you leave me alone, mortals?!"

[The Heroic Cosmic Throne {Heroic Dark Dragon Slayer} is looking at the malicious ruler of the underworld with hateful eyes!]

[The Heroic Cosmic Throne {Youthful Gunfighter of the Wild West} is looking forward to this fight with a maniacal smile.]

[The Cosmic Throne {Queen of the Underworld} grits her teeth in anger!]

[Several Constellations have decided to judge The Cosmic Throne {Queen of the Underworld} for having violated the {Rules}!]

[The {Higher Ups} have agreed with the rest of the Constellations and have decided to administrate a proper {Punishment} to The Cosmic Throne {Queen of the Underworld}!]

[The {Administrators} have issued a Brand-New Quest: {Defeat Hel's Incarnation}!]

[The Cosmic Throne {Jester Filled With Lies} sighs.]

"Well, now, things were getting even more chaotic…" Anna sighed. "We'll need more than this to defeat her, though. Hey, Isis, do you remember our contract? You said I could access your treasury every time I reached max level; I already did once, isn't it?"

[The Cosmic Throne {Lady that Soothes the Souls of the Death} laments the fact you've remembered that part of the deal…]

[She agrees, nonetheless, and has decided to grant you temporary access into her Treasury!]

[You can only choose one Treasure.]

It was as if Anna had waited for this moment this entire time; the trump card to defeat Hel was within Isis' Treasury.

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