Hero Route 2

At first, Vitor didn't expect these humans to last so long.

He heard Anyi's words, but in his opinion, it was just a trick to scare them.

He had been human before.

He saw through this simple psychological tactic instantly!

That's why he initially estimated that these humans could last at most 10 minutes.

After all, this was a large defensive formation, requiring a large amount of mana to maintain.

And the continuous attacks of the skeleton soldiers would also consume the opponent's mana.

Time passed second by second, minute by minute. For undead creatures, time was worthless.

They lived for thousands of years, these few dozen minutes meant nothing to them.

But…

After the 10 minutes Vitor had predicted passed, every minute felt excruciatingly long.

Break it!

Break it, damn it!

Why isn't this defensive formation breaking?!

This anxiety lasted for nearly twenty minutes, then he suddenly thought of a possibility…

Was it possible that these humans were taking turns supplying mana to the formation, maintaining it in this state?

If it was a single human, their mana would be quickly depleted, no matter how much mana they had, they wouldn't be able to sustain a defensive formation for so long.

They must be taking turns replenishing the formation's mana!

That's right!

This is a psychological battle!

There are only two outcomes to this psychological battle—

The humans run out of mana and voluntarily dismantle the defense, that would be his victory.

But if he actively appears to break the defense, then he loses!

Winning the battle, but conceding psychologically to the humans!

As a proud Necromancer, how could he concede to humans?!

Consume!

Wait!

They like to drag things out?

I have plenty of time as an undead!

He didn't care about a few dozen minutes, he didn't even care about a few dozen years!

But this thought was unintentionally shattered after Ariana annihilated the remaining 8 Class 3 undead…

He had been observing and listening to their conversations.

Assuming there were three mages among them, and the formation had been maintained for two hours, they should have already depleted their mana.

Their apparent lack of concern and sleepiness couldn't hide the fact that they were exhausted.

But…

Why could they still unleash such powerful magic to kill those 8 undead?!

Judging from the mana sensed, it even far exceeded the maximum capacity of most humans!

He had died in his previous life to break through the limits of human mana, but this young girl easily demonstrated superhuman strength…

Theoretically, there are ways for living humans to break through their limits!!

Didn't he die in vain?!

「Master… two hours.」 The Skeleton Mage quietly reminded him.

「Shut up!

Two hours, do you think I don't know it's been two hours?!」 Vitor roared.

The Skeleton Mage cowered behind.

If Vitor still had a body, he would definitely be biting his nails and frowning, agonizing over what to do next.

Was that the humans' final attack?

Was it possible that they had used all their mana for a decisive blow?

His identity hadn't been revealed yet, the opponent didn't know of his existence.

Was it possible that they considered these undead as pawns controlled by someone behind the scenes?

So when the undead leveled up, they used a large amount of mana to launch an attack…

…It's slightly possible!

Ah, they had consumed more mana!

Even with more mana, these few humans couldn't last long!

At most, they could still kill the Skeleton Mage!

So he made a decision again—

Wait!

Continue to wait!

Wait for them to deplete all their mana resisting the Skeleton Mage, and the formation will collapse!

Wait for the formation to break, when they are surrounded by skeletons, then he will leisurely appear, giving these humans the greatest fright.

The desire to survive, ignited by fear deep within their souls, will make their souls the most valuable at that moment!

The result is…

Ariana slept soundly.

There was no need to fight anymore.

For now!

She had said she wanted to sleep beside Anyi, but Anyi used his slime sword to create a "water bed" for her, and she fell asleep without any fuss.

Why is there such a comfortable bed?!

And Miruku fell asleep on the floor, not enjoying the comfort.

Layton claimed he was resting with his eyes closed, using his shield to prop himself up against the slime Barrier.

Snoring loudly.

But this was all part of Anyi's plan.

Because…

It was so boring here!

Restoring their stamina and mana was fine at first.

But after all the food was eaten, and their stats hadn't fully recovered, there was nothing left to do.

What else could they do?

Sleep!

Anyi also felt bored, but he wouldn't relax to the point of sleeping in enemy territory.

For him, waiting for prey to fall into a trap for days or even weeks wasn't a problem.

Similarly, Karen couldn't relax either.

Before becoming a hero, she was blind, she couldn't see, weak, helpless, and pitiful.

But now, she was everyone's eyes, she had to observe everything around her.

No one could guarantee that the enemy wouldn't appear, nor when they would appear.

For example, right now, three people in the team were resting, which was their weakest moment.

What if the enemy launched a surprise attack now?

If Karen also rested, the consequences were unimaginable.

She had to stay awake, she had to be everyone's eyes.

Even though she was also extremely tired.

Time continued to pass, neither side willing to compromise.

Neither Anyi nor Vitor.

Vitor was waiting for them to run out of mana.

But Anyi was waiting for Vitor to lose his patience.

Judging from the opponent's actions, Anyi knew that the opponent was a specific type of Necromancer—

[Necromancer: King of Bones]

Before encountering this boss, a large number of skeleton soldiers would appear.

After the skeleton soldiers were cleared, and the heroes watched their health points drop to zero, turning into "corpses"…

These skeletons would stand up again and attack the heroes again.

These skeletons didn't have health bars, they could regenerate endlessly. No matter what kind of attacks the heroes used, normal attacks or large-area magic, they would get up again.

Normal heroes didn't have Lv99 slime swords, so they would see countless skeletons surrounding them, and eventually, they would be overwhelmed.

At this point, the boss battle would officially begin!

A Necromancer would appear, saying something like "Feel the fear of being consumed by death!", then unleashing an unavoidable attack.

The damage from the attack wasn't high, it was just a plot-driven health deduction, you could recover by using a small health potion.

Ah…

The heroes actually didn't need to do anything, just wait for the skeletons to overwhelm them, saving mana for the boss.

This was Anyi's current strategy.

The boss would show up eventually, it was just a matter of time.