Chapter 43: The Death Lord (1/2)
Chapter 43: The Death Lord
Aldrich braced hi the fa to a different location It was a brief s shi+fted in a blurred instant No longer was he in the dilapidated underground study of Fler'Gan
Now, Aldrich found hied perfectly rey stone layered with dusty white ash stretched out everywhere, building up apillars
Atop each pillar stood es, and by their spiked armor and skull patterned vestments, it was apparent that these were practitioners of the dark arts Hanging froreen, nearly black banners etched with a coat of ar of a skull attached to a bare spine
The throne rooh that it could fit two football stadiums inside of it at the very least
And at the very end, in the distance, was the throne A throne of bones Bones of every kind Huon - if it was a creature that once lived, its bones were here, fused together to form a seat of honor for no less than the Death Lord itself
"Master…is that it? The Lord of Death?" said Valera, and Aldrich nodded both in understanding and relief
He could sense that all of his undead ith hi behind him They had thankfully all been transported here with hierous"
Aldrich said this because the Death Lord seemed to be sentient as well And if it could think for itself with all its iiven to it not only by its level 100 status and the iaerous threat that Aldrich could think of
Far et that Not even the Protectorate, the top 10 heroes across the entire world, were as erous? Than that foul thing already was?" Valera weakly leaned against her shi+eld, still heavily dah, master We have barely triumphed over the first trial quest And we are now to face the Death Lord? The final and twelfth trial?"
"To think ould face the Death Lord now -," Fler'Gan tre forth the greatest extent offorth a single ember before a wildfire"
"Yeah, that arot me feelin' real small Like I'm just an ant lookin' up at a massive steel-toed boot," said Dynamite Girl
"W-ill this end already!?" said Fisk in a panic
"Gehhh…" The Geist hid behind Valera and Dynamite Girl like a child, but because it was so massive and muscled, it looked ridiculous in its efforts
Aldrich reht
The 12th Trial Quest for the Necromancer class was the final and hardest one A Necroe it and even then, they had to fight it with a full party of eight fellow heroes These heroes caether, but every single hero was level 70 at the minimum
And all of that to face just to face the Death Lord and its army
Lore wise, the final trial quest was meant for the Necromancer player to defeat the Death Lord and usurp its vast power, taking away one of the evil Gods supporting the Howling Dark Defeating the Death Lord also destroyed all of the enslaved liches under its control, eli Dark's final army
In other words, Aldrich was horribly, horrendously outmatched
"WELCOME TO MY ABODE, DEATH WALKER" The Death Lord's voice booh the entire hallway
It stood up with the heavy clanking ofbeherey, spiked arly horned helmet The Death Lord's ary - the very saaps in the armor
The armor's torso was shaped like a pair of aps in those metal bones that inside was not a flesh body, but just an orb of pure green, flay
The Death Lord juth of the hallway in a single leap, standing right before Aldrich with a heavy crash
"SO? DEATH WALKER? HOW DOES IT FEEL TO STAND BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF A TRUE MASTER OF DEATH?" said the Death Lord as it stared down at Aldrich
"I wonder what you're still doing here alive," said Aldrich, not intimidated in the least "Last I remember, I beat you and absorbed your soul"
"HAH! I REMEMBER THAT TOO," said the Death Lord "BUT I AM BACK AGAIN! AS STRONG AS EVER BEFORE AND YOU, MY LITTLE DEATH WALKER, ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT YOU WERE AND YOUR FRIENDS? YOUR FELLOW HEROES? GONE
AND YOUR UNDEAD LEGION?"
The Death Lord waved an arm towards Aldrich's undead "WHAT HAS HAPPENED? THIS IS WHAT YOU BRING FORTH TO CHALLENGE ME? PATHETIC"
The Death Lord turned around dismissively and crossed its arms
"You dare to call host that hides in this realm of yours!?" said Valera
"OH, IT'S YOU AGAIN, THE 'LADY' KNIGHT WHO ONLY KNOWS HOW TO THROW A PUNCH!" the Death Lord turned to Valera and looked her up and down/