"Boom!" The shockwave arrived, and the flaming skeleton staggered violently from the impact, the flames on its body scattering for a moment.
Then the General Goods Merchant let out a roar and charged into the skeleton with his shield.
Empowered by the True Word Spell, his collision was far more powerful than before. The flaming skeleton had just taken a shockwave head-on, and its body was swaying.
A heavy impact rang out, and the skeleton was sent flying into the wall.
The Forbidden Book Merchant also completed his spell. Numerous shards of ice circled around his staff, then shot toward the flaming skeleton in unison with his movements.
At the same time, Gagnor drew his bow and nocked an arrow, letting several drops of blood fall onto the steel arrowhead.
"Whoosh—" The bowstring thrummed, and the Enchanted Steel Arrow struck the flaming skeleton's skull with tremendous force, propelled by six clusters of Swift Breeze.
With a crack, the arrow pierced through the skeleton's skull and pinned it directly to the wall.
The others immediately launched a concentrated assault.
However, as an undead creature, the flaming skeleton was clearly not easy to kill. Although it had endured their attacks in turn and the flames on its body were nearly extinguished, it still struggled and broke free from the wall.
This time, it fixed its gaze on Gagnor, possibly because the arrow that had pierced its skull had caused it great pain—although undead creatures might not actually feel pain.
Watching the swaying flaming skeleton, Gagnor did not dodge. Instead, he took out a spell scroll of Yemen Healing Spell and charged forward.
For ordinary creatures, holy-light healing spells could be used for treatment. For undead creatures, however, the effect was precisely the opposite.
The spell scroll tore open, and holy light shot