Chapter 5: Grilled Ribs Over Charcoal
To be honest, a naked teenager running around near the beach at night was a very embarrassing sight. If this were to happen in a city in his previous world, someone would have called the police and had him arrested as a pervert in no time!
But fortunately, this was a different world, and it was in a completely uninhabited area.
"ka.., ka., ka ..." The skeletons' mouths opened and closed rapidly, following closely behind.
Jia Zhengjin was running at top speed as if he was in a marathon. He was scared to death!! He ran desperately on the grass near the house, occasionally looking back at the skeletons chasing him.
Among the skeletons, there was one that was quite unique, with a head completely different from the other skeletons, this skeleton resembled an animal walking upright, with a long tailbone behind it.
As Jia Zhengjin ran, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. The number of skeletons seemed to be the same as the number of bodies he saw on the beach during the day! Could that unique skeleton be formed from the lion-headed beast-man's body he saw on the beach?
But why did these bodies turn into skeletons at night? Why didn't his body, which was originally one of them turn into the body of a skeleton? Was it because he was reincarnated into this body and a body wouldn't turn into a skeleton if it had a soul inside it? What was the principle behind the transformation into skeletons?
His mind was filled with doubts, unable to understand the situation.
Although the skeletons moved slowly, seeming like they would never catch up to Jia Zhengjin. But they never got tired, and no matter how fast Jia Zhengjin ran, they still followed closely behind.
Jia Zhengjin's energy was limited. Strictly speaking, it should be called stamina! Continuous running caused his stamina to decrease rapidly. With only 100 points of stamina, he might not be able to hold on until dawn.
If he had a long-range weapon, he could easily use a kiting tactic to eliminate the skeletons one by one based on their speed! The basic bow and arrow could be made with three pieces of lumber and three plant fibers. But he didn't have the materials to make arrows! Any arrows required feathers, and Jia Zhengjin didn't have any feathers in his backpack. And in the middle of the night, with a dozen skeletons following behind, he didn't have the opportunity to search for feathers in the dark forest.
what about using close combat? Trying to fight them with a dagger? Even though the skeletons were slow, if they surrounded him, he wouldn't be able to handle it! That would just be giving them his head on a platter!
His stamina was constantly dropping, he couldn't let the skeletons chase him for too long. Without long-range weapons, he couldn't kite the skeletons; and with too many skeletons, he couldn't defeat them through close combat... Jia Zhengjin summarized
Jia Zhengjin was in a difficult situation now, no matter what, the skeletons would catch up to him anytime. It was very dangerous!
The only weapon he had was a dagger, which was useless. His only source of light was a torch, which had no effect on the skeletons. The skeletons were not beasts, and they were not afraid of the torchlight.
However... not being afraid of the torchlight didn't mean they wouldn't be harmed when being set on fire! In a moment of crisis, Jia Zhengjin's brain was working quickly. Using the torch to ignite the skeletons was impossible. Bones were not very flammable! And with a dozen skeletons, it wasn't possible to calmly hold a torch and slowly burn them.
Jia Zhengjin came up with a good idea!
He saw the abandoned crumbling room that he had given up on. Although the skeletons had damaged it beyond recognition, it still had about half of the lumber used to construct it left.
If he could set the room on fire and lure all the skeletons over, Would these mindless undead creatures, driven by instinct, walk into the flames on their own?
Although the torch might not be a very effective weapon against the skeletons, a large fire burning using the room's remaining lumber should be able to kill these skeletons, right?
Setting a wooden room on fire was simple. Jia Zhengjin had a torch in his hand, and his backpack was full of logs and plant fibers that could be used as kindling.
As soon as he thought of this, he quickly changed his direction, luring the skeletons back to the heavily damaged room.
As he ran, he took out the logs from his backpack and placed them around the room, trying to place as many logs as possible around the room. Then he scattered a large amount of plant fibers around the room, running around the damaged room and spreading them as he ran.
As he continued running, the skeletons followed slowly behind.
Jia Zhengjin rearranged the lumber remaining from the room making it ready to be set on fire, then, while the skeletons hadn't caught up, he stopped and used the torch to ignite the large amount of plant fibers around the room.
When the torch touched the plant fibers, they ignited. Although they burned for a very short time, turning to ashes in just a few seconds, the large quantity was still very effective. A huge fire blazed and quickly grew stronger!
After the flames rose, Jia Zhengjin suddenly thought of a problem. How was he going to lure the skeletons into the fire? Did he have to run through the flames barefoot? He would be burned to death before the skeletons!
The only advantage he had now was that he could temporarily put away the torch. The fire illuminated a large area, making it possible to navigate without the torch.
Looking back at the skeletons catching up when he stopped to rest, Jia Zhengjin suddenly had another thought.
Although he couldn't lead the skeletons into the fire, he could let the fire spread out, which could still burn them! With the fire so strong now, any logs near it could quickly catch on fire.
Jia Zhengjin had plenty of logs in his backpack.
Before the skeletons caught up to him, he set off again, taking out a log from his backpack and placing it near the flames.
The log didn't take long to ignite, and the flames quickly consumed it, spreading outward. He quickly placed another log next to it, repeating the process, using logs to build a wall of flames extending behind him.
The skeletons didn't avoid the flames, foolishly climbing over the wall, and charging straight through. This tactic was effective, and a wave of them fell!
Seeing the results, Jia Zhengjin's morale soared, luring the skeletons to continue chasing him, and then, pulling away a certain distance, he quickly created another burning wall of flames extending from the fire, allowing the skeletons to pass through the blazing flames.
Watching their health rapidly decrease in the flames, he could see the hope of victory!
He was already very tired, with over half of his stamina consumed. But he persisted in creating the walls of fire.
...............................................................................................
[Message]: You killed a skeleton and gained 10 experience points!
[Message]: You killed a skeleton and gained 10 experience points!
[Message]:...
...............................................................................................
The good news kept appearing, and the skeletons didn't turn back. Jia Zhengjin could bypass the walls of fire and stand behind them to lure the skeletons. The skeletons, on the other hand, charged through the fire, chasing him directly. Their health was rapidly consumed by the flames, and they began to fall one by one!
Check out Building a New World under Novels in cherrytranslations.com to read more chapters or go to Early Access Plans to access chapters before they are released.
תגובות