195 Death Laws (1/2)
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The face of the Devil Prince turned somewhat blank as he heard Old Lee call him by his name.
Silence permeated the underground district, it was then broken by the melancholic tone in the Devil Prince's words: \”It has been a while since someone called me that. Sometimes I even forgot that that's my name.\”
\”Unfortunately, that name has no power over me anymore. All I want is to destroy, and destroy I shall!\”
Alastair's aura flared. A thick aura of death and decay rose in a form of a pulsing black flame that covered his entire body. All of a sudden, the dead were seemingly roused by his power and they crawled back to life. Needless to say, the dead weren't resurrected, all they were now are mere shells of their former selves, they turned into mindless beings that seek only to devour the living - Undead, if one should call them.
The Golden Knights who watched this scene grimaced in disgust. It didn't matter how many times they've seen him do this, the eeriness and hair-raising feeling still remains.
Whether it is Old Lee, Leona or Morel. All them lived for several decades, and their knowledge were vast. They have seen records about the mystical power of Death Laws.
Laws in particular are very demanding. It requires time, patience, creativity and luck to gain even the slightest chance of enlightenment over them. It only makes sense since comprehending Laws is comprehending the force of nature, manipulating Laws is similar to manipulating the force of nature. This is why it is imperative for Knights to seek enlightenment over them since the road ahead of them will only get harder, seeking and taking every opportunity to strengthen themselves is vital for their survival.
Laws are divided into stages, it differs depending on what Laws one gained comprehension into. Taking the Devil Prince for example, he gained enlightenment over Death Laws.
Death Laws are divided into several stages; Erosion, Requiem, Plaque, Decay, Erasure.
It had to be known how difficult it is to gain even the slight understanding in any type of Law, much less entering these stages. One could spend their entire lifetimes seeking for a chance to be enlightened and not receive it, but somehow in this remote place, a Lesser World incomparable to the Divine Realm, somehow someone managed to reach the second stage of Death Laws; the Requiem Stage.
It is precisely the method on how Alastair managed to have control over the dead. While the main advantage of the Requiem Stage of Death Laws is absolute control over the souls of the dead, humanity's ingenuity allowed them to create a technique that could also control the bodies of the dead.
Some call it Impure Rebirth, while some call it Necromancy. And this is the specialty of the Devil Prince. It allows him to summon Skeleton Soldiers, Undead, Ghouls, Ghosts, Specters, Wraiths and etc. This is what makes him terrifying, so long as he is surrounded with Death, he'll never run out of soldiers to command and willing to die for him.
Seeing the army of the dead running towards them without any concern about their well being, the Golden Knights spurred into action.
Just like before, Morel raised his hand and manifested numerous Wind Spears. As he waved his hand down, the spears flew in blinding speed and impaled the mindless undead in place. Despite the impalement, the undead feel no pain at all, they scurried and tried to extricate themselves from being rooted into place but found out that they can't. No matter how much they struggled to free themselves, they couldn't move an inch from their positions.
This is exactly the outcome that Morel wanted, he knew that his techniques had little to no effect in this undead so he thought that rooting them in place should be enough. He looked beside him and smiled, he saw Leona's sword producing a horrifying heat once more.
It didn't took long before she snorted and slashed horizontally. Suddenly, a sea of fire seemingly manifested and incinerated the ground as well as the undead who were trying to get to them.
The Undead screamed in pain, the smell of burning flesh became evident in the underground district. Due to the intense heat that Leona's attack had, it didn't take long before the undead became ashes that scattered on the wind.
The collaboration of the two Golden Knights were enough to stop the potential danger from becoming a serious threat. Of course, this left a bad taste in Alastair's mouth. Even though he purposefully allowed some of him men to die so that he could use them, it only took a few moments for these people to deal with them.
The Devil Prince's more specifically threatened by Leona. The heat contained in her flames are just overbearing. Normally, his undead should still press on even after receiving lethal damage, this is due to the Death Laws, it allows them to remain and cling into the realm of the living to do his bidding. But if someone would literally burn them to ash, then not even his Death Laws could reconstruct their bodies.