hotmtlnovel Chapter 601 Nookie's New Rank And Abilities
Chapter 601 Nookie's New Rank And Abilities
'Oh? The little imp evolved! Way to go, Nookie!'
Shye was ready to step in if the little imp needed help. He hadn't anticipated that his Necrollin Puppeteer would evolve into a Necrollin Master Puppeteer—a hidden blessing within the danger little Nookie faced.
However, Nookie wasn't so little anymore; it had grown to the size of a child, standing about four and a half feet tall, though it didn't resemble one at all.
Its limbs were now disturbingly long and thin, and its face resembled that of a sinister demon as if it had crawled straight out of a horror story.
It looked like something that would haunt one's nightmares, appearing if they went to sleep without praying for a guardian angel's protection.
"You'll all pay for destroying my precious Bambee! Even if you try to escape now, I'll hunt each and every one of you to the edges of the world!"
Nookie roared, its voice resembling that of ancient, unholy witches. The sound sent chills down the adventurers' spines, made their hearts tremble, and caused their skin to crawl.
At that moment, only a few of them didn't regret their choice to embark on this random purge mission posted by multiple guilds.
There were initially twenty-five of them. Now, only ten of them remain. The operation was an absolute disaster.
Yet, they couldn't retreat even if they wanted to due to multiple reasons.
First, there was no way they could back out now after suffering such losses, or they would be the butt of jokes amongst the adventurers of Roddentrodge City.
Secondly, they knew that Necrollins were intensely vengeful creatures; thus, even if they chose to retreat now, this one would likely hunt them to all corners of the world, just as it had vowed.
They didn't dare take the risk, as they preferred a peaceful daily life, facing danger only occasionally during quests, rather than living in constant fear of a sudden attack by the vengeful Necrollin.
They knew they had to kill it now, or they would be forced to live in fear forever—especially since the cursed Necrollin seemed to have evolved into some kind of variant.
Unfortunately, they didn't have Shye's appraisal skill, and they couldn't be certain about what had happened to their monstrous foe.
They could only fight on.
After a few more minutes of intense combat, footsteps sounded, those of humans, causing Shye to feel alarmed as he was worried for Nookie.
He decided to intercept the adventurers' reinforcements, thinking that it would be too much for the recently evolved Necrollin.
However, before he could even stand up, Zeth stopped him.
'Master, there's no need to help the little imp. I sense no life from the bodies of the reinforcements.' The duchess said, momentarily confusing Shye.
Then, a few more milliseconds later, he realized what was happening.
'The reinforcements were Nookie's!' He inwardly exclaimed, finally seeing one of them up close sprinting at full speed.
They were indeed the corpses of the fallen adventurers they saw on the way.
However, what puzzled Shye, or at least made him doubt what was happening, was that some of the corpses were found more than a kilometer away from their current location.
'Can Nookie now sense the locations of corpses more than a kilometer away and control them?' He pondered.
If so, then his Necrollin should at least be...
'Appraisal!'
[Name]: Necrollin Master Puppeteer
[Creature Rank]: S
[Creature Type]: Dark/Void
Shye didn't focus much on its attributes as the Necrollin Master Puppeteer's strengths lie in its ability to control multiple high-ranked corpses and how smoothly they could do it. The ability to sense corpses was merely a rather imbalanced bonus.
'Hoh, as I thought, it is now an S-ranked creature...'@@@@