Chapter 21: Vampires I
After spending a few mana points, Rhodes lit the torch he had prepared in advance, handed it to the walking corpse on the side, and retreated to the side of the passage.
In the burial chamber, Rhodes arranged a total of two walking corpses. A man dressed in iron armor with a broken iron shield in his hand stood at the entrance of the passage. The other is in its original state, inside the burial chamber. At this time, both walking corpses had torches in their hands.
Through the spirit imprint, Rhodes manipulated the walking corpses and began to set the tomb on fire.
The walking corpse took the torch and walked to the coffin at the end, and sent the torch to the coffin, and the flame suddenly rose.
Without stopping, under the control of Rhodes, the walking corpse took the torch and limped to various other positions, the flames ignited all the way, and finally came to the armored walking corpse, igniting the wood piled up in front of the passage.
At this point, all the wood placed in the burial chamber is set on fire. The burial chamber was already on fire.
The death energy in the tomb was expelled a lot under the burning of this flame.
Rhodes continues to control the walking dead. After setting the entire tomb on fire, the walking corpse walked through the sea of fire, placed torches on top of the coffin, and began to set the coffin on fire.
At this time, the entire coffin began to shake violently. The sleeping undead creature inside the coffin awakens.
The feet of the walking corpse were charred black, and a strange smell of a mixture of rotting corpses and charred things came out. Even so, the nature of the undead creatures allowed the walking corpses to set the coffin on fire according to Rod's control. The high Constitution stat prevents the walking corpse from dying in a short period of time.
Bang! Bang!
Inside the coffin, there was a heavy crash. The undead creatures inside also sensed something was wrong and wanted to get out of the coffin.
Rhodes tried to get the walking corpse to open the coffin, but it didn't work, and the surface was visibly nailed.
During the preparation of these days, Rhodes also observed this coffin many times, and there were no special marks on the coffin, and there were no patterns around it. Rhodes didn't dare to touch the coffin directly, for fear that the undead creatures inside would notice.
It was only at this point that Rod allowed the walking corpse to try to open the coffin. This is also to release the undead creatures inside the coffin as soon as possible, so as to avoid the meaningless consumption of the air in the tomb after the flame is ignited.
Bang!
As the walking corpse tried to push on the side of the coffin, a hand slammed through the burning coffin board and came out, and was then burned by the flames on the coffin board. The hand hurriedly retracted, and a dull thud sounded again from inside the coffin.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Rhodes manipulated the walking corpse and stabbed the burning torch directly through the hole where it was knocked through by his arm.
The struggle inside the coffin intensified, and the walking corpse seemed to use a lot of force to press the torch.
The flames caused a lot of damage to the undead creatures inside, and the coffin began to shake wildly, and then it cracked directly, and countless bats flew out of it!
"Vampire ......"
Seeing the bat flying out of the coffin, Rhodes immediately understood the identity of the undead creature in front of him, a vampire!
Bat transformation is one of the vampire's signature skills.
According to Rod's idea, no matter what kind of undead creature is inside the coffin, when it comes out of the coffin, the walking corpse in front of it will rely on its own body, drag the undead creature inside, and trap it in the sea of fire.
However, the appearance of bats made the walking corpses trying to drag down the undead creatures to no avail. The walking corpse waved the torches in his hands wildly, trying to attack the bats.
The number of bats is abundant. But as the walking corpse swings the torch down, the bats are able to quickly split a path and avoid the walking corpse's attack with precision.
Ignoring the walking corpse with torches, the bat flew towards the back of the burial chamber. The swing of the walking corpse did nothing, and he tried to catch the departing bat forward, but because his feet were burned and nearly melted, he lost his mobility and could only stay in the fire to die.
After confirming the type of undead creatures, Rhodes did not bother with the walking corpses left in place, but exited the passage of the tomb chamber and released several large wooden blocks from the spatial ring at the same time, blocking the entrance to the tomb.
Rod walked towards the rear, and at the same time used the spatial ring to collect the large wooden block that had been reserved for the side.
Inside the burial chamber, the walking corpse in iron armor set fire to the stacked wooden blocks behind it, as well as all the wooden blocks placed on the ground under his feet.
Since all the wooden blocks stacked on top of each other were set on fire, Rhodes could not do it alone, and could only do it by relying on the walking corpses left inside.
The bat rushes up to the Ironclad Walker, who throws the torch on the ground and raises his shield to protect his head.
In the blink of an eye, the walking corpse was covered with bats, which embedded their claws into the corpse's body and tore at the flesh of the walking corpse. The walking corpse didn't react, just followed Rhodes' manipulation and blocked in front of the passage.
Quite a few bats crashed into the iron shields of the walking corpses, but to no avail. Since the walking corpse is surrounded by a stacked flame barrier, the bats cannot attack the back of the walking corpse, and can only bite the legs of the walking corpse.
The fire inside the tomb grew larger, and a puff of black smoke shot out. Many bats fell into the sea of fire and disappeared directly into a cloud of black mist, leaving no corpses behind.
For a time, quite a few bats fell.
Finally, before the walking corpse falls, the bats begin to gather in front of the walking corpse. As a large cloud of black mist poured out, the figure of the vampire emerged.
The vampire was right in front of the walking corpse, still following Rod's instructions, with his upper body completely shrunk behind the shield, completely unaware of what was happening.
Unfortunately, due to the obstruction of view, Rhodes was unable to command the walking dead. If Rhodes could see the inside of the tomb, he would immediately have the walking corpse raise his shield and charge at the vampire, stopping it by ramming it, and he could delay for a while.
The flames instantly scorched the vampire's legs, burning upwards along the vampire's nearly rotting clothes.
The vampire rushed straight at the walking corpse, pushing with all his might towards the iron shield that the walking corpse was holding. The strong strength attribute allowed the walking corpse to resist without any resistance, and crashed towards the rear of the ignited wooden block. It was supposed to be a barrier to keep away vampires, but at this time, it was pushed by vampires and hit the walking corpse.
Under the influence of the vampire's powerful force, the entire body of the walking corpse smashed into the barrier. The flames scorched the backs of the walking corpses, making sizzling sounds. The walking corpse knocked the stacked wooden blocks into a gap.
At this time, the vampire itself was not feeling well, and his feet were constantly burned by the flames.
Since the walking corpses were still in the way, the gap wasn't huge.
In order to prevent the flames from continuing to burn, a large black mist erupted from the vampire's body, and the original figure disappeared, and a large number of bats rushed out of it, passing over the walking corpse and flying towards the gap.
The walking corpse only felt a light thrust in front of its body, but with its intelligence it could not understand what was happening, and just held up its shield and remained in the sea of fire.
Seeing the pieces of wood that had been knocked apart, and the large number of bats flying out from behind, Rhodes knew that the first barrier had been breached by vampires.
The bats regrouped at the front of the hall, and the vampire had just appeared, only to see Rhodes' back exiting the hall.