I Became A Zompirewolf

All the bones scattered around the cave were now fulfilling their use. Within moments, Bone Goliath towered over the Behemoth. Unlike Ashton, Atlas or the behemoth did not ignore the goliath and immediately attacked the skeletal beast.

'Really? Is size the only thing this fucker is intimidated by?' Aston shook his head.

[Unleah your Kraken! He'll undoubtedly be afraid of that.]

'...'

Ashton ignored Astaroth's remarks and jumped on Atlas' back to try and cut the tree off while it was focused on the Goliath. With a swing, Balmond was lodged deep within the tree. But just like the behemoth, the cut healed as soon as Ashton took the sword out to swing again.

Even after being dead, their vitality was more potent than most living beings. Not to mention that absurd damage reduction. Even if Ashton was to activate all of his genes, he might not be able to take the tree down in one blow.

"Tch, gotta come up with some other plan." Ashton grunted as he jumped back, "There has to be a way to get this bastard's regeneration down. If we can't then things are going to be quite troublesome."

[There are two options for you. Either you miraculously manage to one-shot the beast and the tree. Or... never mind, I forgot Raphael's subspace is occupied with that bastard.]

"Damn it! Raphael would have been the perfect counter for the Behemoth."

Just like Raphael had reduced Beelzebub's HP to 1% instantly, he could do the same with the Behemoth. It would have made Ashton's life a lot easier. Unfortunately, only one being can be held inside Raphael's subspace and since they were not planning on killing Beelzebub any time soon, Ashton could not throw Atlas into the subspace and get rid of him there.

"Did you hear that? Something is coming."

While the behemoth was being kept busy by the goliath, Ashton turned around to see the walls of the cave were shaking. A horde of undead was coming his way. The tree must have done something to call forth everyone who had consumed its fruit. It had to be some sort of precautionary measure to ensure its survival.

"These fuckers! They were so scared to even live around here, but look at them now." Ashton smirked, "Fine by me. You're not the only one who can call out an army."

[Alright, do it. It's not like I can stop you or something.]

"Thank you~"

Suddenly, a portal opened behind him, and out of it came the wraith wolves. They might not have enough strength to kill the undead, but it was also true the other way around. As long as the wolves successfully managed to keep the undead busy, Ashton would be able to deal with the tree along with the undead.

The wolves caused a stampede, destroying the undead over and over again. It didn't matter how many times they healed or bit into the wolves, the undead could not stop them and soon were overwhelmed by the wolves.

Ashton had created an impenetrable wall. No matter how hard the undead tried, they weren't getting anywhere close to the tree or him for that matter.

Had the tree been a sentient being, its frustrations would have been on a whole different level. After all, it was supposed to be the unconquered ruler of the trial zone, and yet Ashton was deadset on making a bitch out of it.

A sudden explosive sound took Ashton's attention away. The Goliath had just slammed the behemoth down. It was weird, the bone behemoth wasn't supposed to be this strong. The only reason Ashton had summoned it was to take the punches that were thrown his way. Yet, the Goliath was holding on his own against the behemoth.

"How is he so strong? Is it because of the bones?"

[Hm... it could be possible. Since there were a lot of Precursor's bones scattered around, the Goliath could have received some sort of a buff.]

Watching Goliath fight the Behemoth fired up Ashton's fighting will. He wasn't going to let his pets steal the spotlight away from him. He once again jumped on the behemoth's back, wanting to sever the tree once and for all.  But unlike the last time, he didn't make the same mistake as the last time.

"I have been wanting to do this for so long!" Ashton excitedly mumbled before covering Balmond with Seraph's flames.

<Balmond is absorbing hellfire from Seraph's crystal...>

<Absorption successful.>

<Balmond has obtained [The Element of Fire].>

As soon as those notifications appeared, Balmond was surrounded by black flames. Ashton wasn't sure what would happen before he did what he did, but he was delighted with the outcome. Balmond had learned a new skill, just like Ashton had hoped for.

At the same time, Goliath slammed his elbow on the behemoth's head, causing it to collapse. The creature tried his best to get up, but goliath kept pounding his face. It had started feeling like Goliath had some sort of grudge against the undead behemoth.

Whatever it was, Ashton was happy as hell, because Goliath was making his job easier. He once again lodged Balmond straight into the tree. While his strength still wasn't enough to sever it in one strike, the flames bought him enough time to hit it again before the tree could heal itself. The process repeated over and over until the tree was on the verge of breaking.

Ashton felt the trial had gotten a bit too easy as time progressed. He wasn't complaining about it, but couldn't keep a weird thought from popping up in his head. A nagging feeling that destroying the tree wasn't going to be the end of the trial.

[Keep those thoughts in the trash where they belong and keep chomping the fucking thing down!]

"Right!"

Ashton shook his head and put all his strength into the last strike. The tree came falling down, at the same time as the behemoth. Along with them, the rest of the undead collapsed as well. The trial was over...

"Something's off..." Ashton did not celebrate even for a second, "The confirmation did not appear yet. The trial is still going on!?"

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Beginning the second phase of the trial.

Objective: Retrieve the lost equipment of the Grim Reaper from the Evolved Behemoth.

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