Chapter 66: Undead Duo (2/2)

With that Albert prepared to end this fight immediately. He took another stance and used a skill. °Demons Aura° A faint golden aura could be seen around him as he intercepted the undead's charge. Keeping his blade in its sheath he swung it forcefully and the black knight reacted quicker than expected and raised its shield in an attempt to block the attack.

However Albert simply used more force and the large imposing figure of almost 8ft was sent flying, slamming into a wall at the far end of the room causing a large bang. The room was reinforced with magic runes yet Tyler still felt like the room shook from the impact, he wondered if he had any spells that could restrain such a creature but someone else had intervened before he could.

”Spirit Bind”

Erin said after she was done healing Jarret and aqua blue illusionary vines appeared from within the walls and bound the monster in place. No matter how it struggled the monster could not escape the seemly fragile binds. Albert made a sigh of relief and everyone in the room turned to face the second undead in the room.

It hadn't made a move the entire time, even though Albert was secretly keeping an eye on it, there were still plenty of chances for it to strike.

The undead mage made several rough movements and the sound of cracking bones could be heard causing Albert to take a fighting stance, yet the undead creature did not move. It turned its flame-lit gaze at each of them before landing at Tyler and it immediately averted its gaze. Tyler was annoyed, this was the second time they had ignored him and he was no longer having it. He decided to see how strong this one was personally and test his spatial skill while he was at it.

Taking a single step something that shocked even him happened, a hoarse and odd voice that didn't seem like it belonged in the land of the living reverberated in the room. ”I... T-this one... cannot... win.” Everyone's eyes went wide as they stood rooted to their spot. ”This one has no choice but surrender.” It spoke again and Tyler was sure of it, the mage undead could speak.

”A Lich.” Those were the only words that escaped Albert's mouth as Tyler slowly processed what a Lich was. A powerful undead magic caster that was rumored to be a commander type that leads other undead in battle, they possessed strong offensive magic attacks and could continuously cast a single spell without limit. For ordinary lich, the spell varied but was usually the tier one spell Fireball and Tier 2 spell, Arcane beam.

'Wait wasn't this what we were hoping for? if it can talk then it is quite intelligent right, so we can communicate.' Tyler glanced at Albert and he understood, he quickly composed himself and spoke. His words seem to drag the girls from their daze and their shocked looks turned to curious gaze.

”What do you mean by surrender?”

”This one has judged its current situation and knows it can't win against anyone here.”

”Does this one have a name?”

”This one has no name as this one has just awakened from the void.”

”What do you remember before waking up?”

”This one remembers only hatred for the living and the infinite darkness.”

'I guess it really was far-fetched to think they would remember being alive when they tend to only hate the living.' Tyler realized something so he decided to ask a question himself. ”Do you not feel any hatred towards us right now, how are you able to remain calm?”

The lich turned its head to look at Tyler only to immediately avert its gaze before speaking wearily. ”This one was born without a master so this one has decided to preserve its life and seek only knowledge. This one also knows it's unwise to offend its source.”

”Source?” Albert said confused and Tyler was just wondering how the lich knew about him, did they share a connection, or was an undead without fear that much of a coward.

It wasn't rare for an intelligent undead to get along with the living for personal gain like knowledge or to satisfy a particular curiosity, but even Albert hadn't heard of an undead that wanted to preserve it's life. ”Perhaps, it's a result of the circumstances surrounding it's death, it may have been able to resist some of the mental influence of your spell before he died.” Rain chimed in trying to provide a possible reason.

The lich must've been a magic caster when it was alive so they all thought this was an acceptable answer, and Albert thought the same after the girls filled him in on what happened. The only problem now was what to do with the undead duo. One of them was unreasonable and the other was a coward that could not be trusted.

Tyler sighed and left the rest to Albert, there wasn't anything he could do, at least not yet.