The road from the city to the sunken citadel became slower because now Sebastian was not following the footsteps of someone trying to be at the pace they were going, but still this time he had the opportunity to collect all kinds of plants in the forest which appeared in a catalog that he had bought at the store.
A thick book with leather cover that explained the types of plants and their effects with and without being mixed in a mortar with a pestle, to get the maximum benefits possible, in addition to the secondary work [Alchemy] It increased and it offered an increase in the bonuses that these plants and prepared potions gave.
The forest in which Sebastian was, had a small portion of the plants that were in the book, but there were also plants rare or very difficult to get since some of these were born and grew in very hostile areas.
As Sebastian walked in the forest he read the book letting his skeletons protect him and kill any creature that dared to attack him, but this time none of the creatures had to be completely dismantled, he only had to remove his intestines in order to save the bodies in his inventory to process them later.
A plant that caught Sebastian's attention had the same appearance as a sunflower, but its seeds caused a small explosion that currently caused 200 points of contact damage against any surface and that small seed Sebastian could start making objects in his mind which would help a lot in the future, if he would continue playing the game.
Most of the plants in the forest had an appearance very close to those of real life, but with some small differences although these were almost not noticed giving them a quick view.
"This is very similar to a tulip and this one is like a rose, I think that when creating such a big world the creators of the game did not have much time to think about the flora of the world." Sebastian said in a low voice, reviewing the plants he saw as he moved through the forest.
Without leaving any plant behind Sebastian continued moving while his skeletons killed hostile creatures to deliver to Sebastian after gutting but luck to Sebastian his inventory in the ring was quite large, the ring in question had 50 slots that allowed 99 units of the same object, so putting 99 bodies of 30 different animals was not a problem, although he had to moderate everything he took from the ground and Sebastian was no exception, so he ordered his skeletons to kill only creatures of a good size.
Sebastian in the forest strangely found himself alone with a pair of giant cobras and with several groups of players who fled as soon as they saw him as he looked more like a boss circling in the forest surrounded by skeletons.
All the players who came across Sebastian's huge group of skeletons simply turned around and walked away from him otherwise Sebastian had no reason to stop the players fleeing from him and his skeletons.
Sebastian's problem in calling the skeletons is that he had to stop to recover his lost health to invoke them again when the time was up, but that served to take into account not to force himself since his fight was against a dragon on which with a single attack could kill him.
The creature, more hostile than Sebastian found at the moment was a wolf with red fur and a horn with the appearance of a ray which had the same size as a polar bear, without a doubt a strange creature but did not put much fight, since one of the dragon-slayer skeleton crushed the wolf's head with its shield.
"And people complain about police brutality in the world I can not imagine what they will say if this big guy is going to hit them with his shield." Sebastian said in a joke observing the disaster that the dragon-slayer skeleton did.
After a long hour of walking Sebastian finally arrived at the huge crater with water where the so-called sunken citadel was located and the castle was still in the exact same place as before, although now the water strangely moved as if something was swimming in it. what Sebastian this time decided not to swim and use the boat, but to his surprise the boat was not.
"Well, it was expected, it's time to improvise." Sebastian said looking around.
Unfortunately for him, the boat was not there so it was time for an improvisation and decided to use the skeletons to be able to do everything faster and avoid losing more time.
Sebastian ordered the dragon slayer skeletons to cut some trees which were later cut in half and joined by rope that Sebastian bought in the market, but what he had to do now was wait for the skeletons to disappear, so he could cross the water alone and make them reappear in the chamber where the dragon was.
10 minutes later...
Finally, the skeletons began to disappear one by one leaving only Sebastian which allowed him to push the improvised boat into the water to reach the sunken castle, although he did not know that he was being followed by someone this time.
A soldier wearing a metal armor along with two sorcerers who followed from a safe distance the steps of Sebastian who was now in the castle.
"Let's wait a bit, and then we'll follow, we do not have to hurry, those skeletons are extremely dangerous and I'd rather go home in one piece and not in pieces." A sorcerer with a white beard and a dark red tunic said.
"Let's wait awhile, anyway, the dragon will do the job, and we can get the heart of that adventurer, everyone else in the forest is very weak, it's not worth the effort." The soldier in metal armor said.
"You're right time is our friend and the dragon is an enemy of the adventurers so the confrontation will end in the murder of that adventurer, even, so I wonder how he is able to summon so many skeletons." The other sorcerer without a beard and a blue and red tunic said.
The atmosphere among the 3 mysterious followers only became more confusing as they tried to find out where Sebastian got the help of those skeletons which did not require a body to be called to combat.
Sebastian, on the other hand, found himself where the elevator that had been knocked down by the dragon's arm had previously been, but now he was fully ready to go down and climb back, taking a rope from his inventory. Sebastian took out his bow and tied the rope in an arrow against a corner which would hold it to be able to rise again, but to avoid feeling worry Sebastian shot 3 more arrows on the rope to be able to fix it correctly to the wall.
Each arrow that Sebastian shot was tripled making the wall had 6 arrows nailed in it.
"Honestly, at this moment I think that the person who created this arch was a sadist." Sebastian said preparing to go down.
The second encounter Sebastian will have with the dragon required his complete concentration and reflexes to be able to kill it and avoid dying so the skeletons and servants would play an important role in that fight as well as the clones that the bow created.
Sebastian went down the hole until he found what appeared to be the ropes that held the elevator and one of them that seemed to be still hooked to the remains of the elevator.
"Heavens, I fell from so high? It's a miracle I did not die by the height." Sebastian said to himself observing the remains of the elevator that were on the edge of the abyss from which the dragon came.
Sebastian again found himself in the suffocating darkness, but this time he was ready to fight with light, so he took from his inventory some torches with oil that he bought in the market and lit them with a fire stone which was usually used as an object of camp.
Sebastian placed the torches every certain distance to create enough illumination to allow him to see the dragon, but he was unable to know when it would appear so his last thing to do was wait.