Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

Chapter 815 707: Total Collapse

The General frowned; he did not feel the enemy's attack hitting him.

And Bonona had anticipated it.

"You are already dead; the delayed attack will eventually manifest on your body."

She was referring to the rules on the General, where all previous attacks on him had no effect.

However, they manifested on him after some time.

Meaning the attacks on him did not disappear; instead, the damage was delayed.

Depending on the severity of the attack, the delay time varies.

The greater the damage, the shorter the delay time.

This is the specific rule that Bonona has deduced from the confrontation.

Hearing Bonona's words, the General turned a deaf ear.

With a leap, he raised his longsword and slashed towards the position where Bonona stood.

Bonona pushed off with both feet in mid-air, transformed into an arc, landed in the distance, and dodged the attack.

During this time, she did not shoot even an arrow while airborne as before.

Because her Magic Power was already running low, she needed to save a bit of energy to sustain her actions until the damage from her attacks manifested on the enemy.

Yet, as soon as she landed, a Qi Blade appeared before her.

With both hands, she raised her bow and arrows to block the attack, but a chasm reappeared on the bow arm.

"I am already dead? No, once you die, naturally, I will come back to life."

The General gripped his longsword with both hands and fiercely slashed at her.

The immense force sent Bonona flying.

She quickly got up, holding her bow, and her hands were visibly trembling.

A massive chasm appeared on the bow arm.

At this time, Bonona stood up, wiped the wound at the corner of her mouth.

With a calm expression, she looked at the approaching enemy General.

"It seems your chance is gone."

A crimson mark appeared above the enemy's head.

The delayed attack finally landed on him.

The General's longsword was only half a meter away from Bonona's neck.

He maintained a posture as if about to slash Bonona, his eyes wide open.

Only half a meter, just a little closer.

He shouted in his heart, but the longsword slipped and fell to the ground, embedding itself diagonally.

He then fell to his knees, hands feebly pressed to his chest.

Immediately after, he collapsed beside his sword.

The sparkle in his eyes vanished.

After confirming the enemy's death, Bonona sat on the ground, gasping heavily.

A signal flare appeared in her hand, fired towards the sky.

A burning flare shot straight into the sky and exploded.

This signal meant she successfully eliminated the enemy, and reinforcements were unnecessary.

She then pulled out three potions from her Space Equipment and gulped them down.

With three potions, she swiftly restored her Magic Power, Physical Strength, and healed her wounds.

She looked at the corpse half a meter away.

In the final moments, she confirmed the enemy's remaining rule.

It should be a recovery rule, where killing those who caused him harm would restore those damages.

This rule, paired with his other delayed damage rule, was incredibly perfect.

As long as there is certainty of defeating the enemy within a set time, one could attack without reservation, forsaking all defense.

The last arrow Bonona shot was also the consolidation of the only rule she mastered.

It was a sure hit.

As soon as she fired the arrow, the enemy's heart was pierced by it.

If not for the enemy's delayed damage rule, he would have died instantly.

And Bonona herself wouldn't have been in such a dire state.

As the person in charge of all Lantern Territory's affairs, she contributed significantly when eradicating the Ogre Territory.

Yet, like other non-Explorers of golden rank, she only obtained one rule.

This was severely disproportionate to her contributions.

Her contributions should have rightfully granted her two rule blessings.

The Mist's compensation, naturally, was the single more powerful rule she received, which suited her better.

If one wanted to comprehend it independently, the difficulty would be higher, requiring more time.

Thinking of this, she retrieved a golden Magic Stone from her bosom.

"Lucky, thanks for your contribution,"

Bonona said, then stood up and approached the corpse, resolutely pulled out the sword blade dug into the ground, and tossed it into the Space Equipment.

This sword undeniably appeared to be a golden-tier equipment, and she wouldn't waste it.

Then she flipped the body over, checked for any other valuable equipment, stripped it all off the corpse before leaving it.

She headed towards the region where the tents were located.

As for respect for strength, digging a pit for burial, Bonona had no such intention.

She left only a small spark, burning the enemy's corpse.

Let his ashes seep into the ground, continuing to guard his former country.

...

At this moment, within the enemy's central tent.

The Lantern Knight Order had already taken control of the central area of the campsite.

All enemy soldiers had dropped their weapons, kneeling with their hands on their heads, accepting the binding from the soldiers.

Judging from the traces around, these soldiers seem to have surrendered without much resistance.

There are very few corpses on the ground.

Quite a few enemies are even receiving treatment from the Lantern Knight Order's medical staff.

After all, once they surrender and this country falls into Kane's hands, they will be Kane's citizens.

They are all precious population.

Abby said to a captain nearby, "If these people who surrendered didn't show resistance, don't harm their lives. The territory is short of people right now."

After speaking, she turned to the Lantern Knight Order's deputy commander, Mark.

"Mark, take half of the soldiers and block all the fleeing enemies, preferably capture them alive."

"Yes, Commander."

Mark nodded, then called on 1,000 members of the Lantern Knight Order to chase in the direction of the enemy's retreat.

Earl Halphes, wrapped in bandages, rode over on horseback.

"Why do you need me and my men to act as bait when you're so powerful?

With your strength, you can annihilate them all at a favorable cost."

His tone carried hostility.

He thought Bonona and the others made him act as bait to let him die.

It carried obvious malice.

Otherwise, there's no reason to do this.

Preventing his rebellion, preventing him from being a false defector, preventing him from being an internal spy.

All these are impossible, he might have thought so before.

But now he doesn't think so, for after seeing the strength of the knights before him, he knew.

Abby, Bonona, and the others were not afraid of those concerns he had.

He and his soldiers were like infants in front of these knights, helpless.

Unless they dislike him and want him dead.

Otherwise, he really couldn't find a reason.

And such a presence, if it wanted his life, he didn't think he would live long, so he directly voiced his doubts.

Abby looked at him, then indifferently pointed to the Intelligent Core silently following him.

"This thing has been projecting everything happening here to distant lands. At least tens of thousands are watching this war."

"And we are the enforcers of the Mist's will."

Abby seemed to be talking nonsense, but had actually answered Halphes' question.

After hearing Abby's words, Halphes also nodded and then said nothing more, returning to count his surviving soldiers.

He came here to question not to seek an answer, nor really to demand an explanation.

What he wanted was Bonona and their attitude.

As long as they are willing to give a reasonable explanation, Halphes had gotten the answer he wanted.

They didn't intend to kill him.

As long as this possibility is eliminated, nothing else matters.

Before long, Bonona also arrived at the camp area.

As soon as she stepped into the area, she felt a slew of Healing Skills affecting her body.

Her appearance certainly didn't look good now.

Her Armor was almost completely shattered, riddled with wounds, covered in a layer of blood.

Even the Longbow in her hand was full of gaps.

The messy emerald green hair was matted with blood scabs.

Her appearance made everyone around think she was on the verge of collapse, and without a word, they used various extreme recovery skills.

Then her wounds instantly healed.

Finaris even thoughtfully cleared all the dirt off her, handing her a Silver robe.

"Thank you."

Bonona took the robe, removed her tattered Equipment, and threw them into her Space Equipment.

Abby and others also came over.

"You won the victory, but it seems this victory didn't come easily."

Bonona smiled, "A hard-won victory is worth savoring, isn't it."

"Hahahaha, do you want to take a break?"

"No need, organize the remaining soldiers. Leave those who need to guard the captives, while the others continue to advance."

Upon hearing Bonona's orders, the others immediately nodded and began reorganizing the soldiers.

After all, their current location is just on the edge of the enemy territory.

They have just nearly dismantled the enemy's military force here.

Many cities, noble territories, and the capital have yet to be conquered.

They haven't liberated the suffering civilians yet.

Only a small step of victory has been completed.

Now is not the time for them to linger here.

From Halphes, they learned the enemy nobles hadn't managed to relay the message back yet.

Even if they had, the enemy wouldn't have time to organize defense.

Now is their golden opportunity for a full-scale attack.

Otherwise, once the enemy organizes defenses, they would have to spend a long time eliminating them one by one.

Bonona doesn't want to waste time on a tower defense game of cat and mouse.

Halphes will return to his territory first, then take his officials and one by one take over the noble territories destroyed by Bonona.

At least maintain basic order.

As the native noble of this country, he should be able to stabilize the civilians in a short time to prevent riots.

Waiting for the follow-up personnel of the Lantern Bell.

With the Intelligent Core in the sky, the victory here should have already been communicated.

Kane should already be organizing government personnel to come over for the territory's reception.