Chapter 33: Ghastly Preparation (2/2)

The Alloy-wing Eagle was an oversized eagle sizable enough for Aldrich to cos were rey sheen and yet still being pliable enough flap and h the air

Aldrich had the eagle fly up in a test run, and it ed to lift him off the air quite easily It could even seat Valera, too, he guessed, but anyht for it uncoether "My on, but it will do for now I hope there are dragons in this world - seeing you ride upon that majestic mount did awe me so"

Aldrich remembered his old mount froon, the strongest undead mount there was

"There doesn't have to be," said Aldrich "Reons in the later ones Which is actually why I needed to meet back up with you

It's time to clear our first Trial Quest"

Valera squealed in delight before she regained her co her bone shi+eld firo!"

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Aldrich took all of his undead, including Fisk, with hinificant perin was free to use for now He commanded the Evileye to move out to Blackwater and scout the can, Aldrich looked around at his ever-growing and incredibly varied undead army He pulled up a list of theion Lvl 15

Zombie (Adam) Lvl 3

Zombie (Elaine) Lvl 3

Zo-arle) Lvl 8

Zombie (Red Carapace Great Centipede) Lvl 11

Evil Eye Lvl 7

Evil Eye Lvl 8

Skeleton Rogue Lvl 7

Skeleton Archer Lvl 7

Undead Geist Lvl 17

Undead Dynamite Girl Lvl 12

Undead Fisk Lvl 3

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Aldrich waved his hand forwards, bringing the skeleton archer kneeling before him

"You've done well for me But now, it's time to rest" Aldrich released control over the archer, dis it into piles of bones that then crumbled away into dust

"[Create Undead]" said Aldrich Before accessing the Trial Quest, he wanted to be as strong as possible He intended on resu undead that matched his current level at 10

It was not possible to cast spells in the Nexus, so he needed to create them now

However, he only had 17 mana, and Create Undead cost 10undead once he got into the Trial Quest if he could

Aldrich knew exactly everything that happened in the Trial Quests because he had played through thele secret pathway and hidden piece of loot there was As a result, he knehat units he needed to use as well

Because of this, Aldrich summoned a Ghast for it had incredible utility in the First Trial

A cloud of s around a single, stony grey orb, The orb cracked and chipped, sloughing off chunks of rock until it sculped itself into a floating skull of rock Dark s an aura of strangely cold smoke

[1x Ghast Lvl 10 created]

The Ghast could not attack What it was actually useful for was its ability to generate an aura of smoke around it that obscured undead within it Obscuration was different froh to the smoke could see the undead within it, but outside a certain range, the obscuration functioned like invisibility

It also had an active spell known as the [Spirit Boundary] It would root itself in place and its snificantly enhanced resistances to eleained both a [Stone Flesh] passive that made them extra resistant to physical force

"Huh?" Fisk tapped his visor as its red glow sputtered and turned off, leaving the it just a dull piece of red tinted glass He looked down at his eye-phone where he had been playing a gaoing on!? I was close to breakin' my damn record!"

"You dare to amuse yourself like this in the presence of the master!?" Valera clenched her fist but Aldrich raised a hand, preventing her fro his head in

"Wait," said Aldrich He looked up at the Ghast floating above him and sent it closer to Fisk The closer the Ghast went, the more Fisk's phone malfunctioned until it eventually just turned off

"I see," said Aldrich In the lore, Ghasts were known to be restless spirits that appeared when torave markers were destroyed or stolen They became like spiritual tombstones that provided a boundary of solace for undead that had their graves desecrated

Thus, it obscured undead within its boundary fro the undead the privacy they deserved in their afterlives

Evidently, this also y that had ca whether auditory or visual

Aldrich had not used the Ghast beforehand because it was so squishy Only at level 10 did it gain decent durability in the form of a passive known as [Sturdy] that allowed it to survive a single fatal blow But this new, unforeseen ability, an ability that was only known in the lore and had zero gameplay implications, was useful beyond measure here

In the modern world where almost every corner of civilization had some form of surveillance

Aldrich noted this down for later Anyti a Ghast with him

For now, there was the Trial Quest to worry about He put a hand over the Sign and the light fro Aldrich and his undead