Chapter 18: Chosen Undead (2/2)

There, Aldrich could choose from a wide selection of power na them his Chosen Undead that could level up and even wear equipment A lifetime companion that essentially served as his 'other half', co for all his weaknesses if chosen well

Aldrich activated the [Nether Binding Arip It shattered like brittle glass, and the purple gem shards floated in front of him They started to form a circular orbit and within thisobt, swirls of spiraling darkness for a portal

The trees around Aldrich swayed and groaned The grass and flora around the portal started to wither and die and cru options to appear in a list in front of him He already kneho he favored He had the ion This was the choice he played with in the game and the one that best cohter and tank, but he wanted to see if he got a other options as they ame, but they had more utility in the real world

Hadar of the Golden Bone was a skeleton with, as his title suggested, golden bones dressed in trench coat and top hat as, for all intents and purposes, a aenerate Coins rapidly and increase Coin rewards

He even had a nifty coin toss attack where he would literally shoot coins at people and deal da the player lose ahly plentiful, aenerally also sucked

But noith Coin so scarce, maybe he was useful

Justeaze the Eye was a Wraith that possessed incredible clairvoyance spells that could scope out areas and battlefields before exploring theame, this was not that useful as Aldrich already personally explored every area, rendering her ability to scout redundant

But now, it was an incredibly ability to have for utility

Gorgoth the Many was a floating ball of corpses and skeletons that could spa like a second Legion Necroaenerally low leveled, but perhaps su him for the potential to form a massive army to clear out Variants en masse was useful in the real world

Options Options So many options And yet -

"Huh?" Aldrich cocked his head as he stared at the portal By now, he should have received a list of potential Chosen Undead to summon from the Nether, but he did not

Instead, the portal began to crackle with bolts of lavender energy - a signal that a Chosen Undead had been chosen already

Aldrich stepped back, wary at this sudden change

After all, this was not the gaame lore They had their own names and personalities Who was to tell whether they would be hostile or not?

Whether the one that e terrible that Aldrich had to fight, not ally with?

Aldrich had his undead gather in front of hi as they readied to defend him

From the portal, an enorure wearing this armor was easily twoout heavy, clicking thuds as the sizable arht behind all of those steps Pure, raw, physical power that prouaranteed to find theround

The knight did not wield a weapon, but instead an enorrey er than its already sizable fraht stood still as the portal closed behind it It stared directly at Aldrich Tension rose in the air

Aldrich immediately kneho this was

"Are you…are you Valera of the Iion?" said Aldrich hesitantly It looks like his Chosen Undead had been chosen for hiaood choice, to be sure, so he could not complain

What he ary of hether Valera was hostile If she was, Aldrich had little guarantee he could beat her She was a Dullahan Death Knight warrior specialized in defending and , and she started out at level 10 - noticeably higher than Aldrich now

"Master…ly feh her full-face helmet

Aldrich did not hear any hostility in her voice, but he kept his guard up "Yes It's me Do you potentially…remember iant cross-shi+eld, and it thuauntleted, spiked hand to her breastplate "We went through so ether! So many trials! So many lives and deaths!"

Valera looked down, and her voice was pained "But then, after we defeated the Howling Darkness together, you disappeared I-I had no idea what had happened to you For three hundred years, the longest three centuries of one Lost forever"

"Hm," said Aldrich It seeree The main objective of Elden World was to beat back the evil entity known as the Howling Dark, and once that was done, players according to game lore 'retired' and lived a peaceful life with the world returned to peace

Of course, in-ga areas or re-challenge bosses and events, but other than this, the 'story' of the ga past it was 'non-canon' content

Aldrich had finished the o Before he even came to Blackwater This was likely when Valera had lost le year that had passed was a hundred years in Elden World ti a new life in a new body Oh, ain!" Valera rushed forward using the warrior skill [Dash], turning into a blur as she slaed him "My dear, dear ood to see you too, Valera," said Aldrich with a wheeze as he suffered crushi+ng dae

Okay then Valera washi, was definitely a possibility