Chapter 87: The Rise Of A Lich (1/2)
Chapter 87: The Rise Of A Lich
"You, Death Walker, will now ascend to a plane of existence beyond any mortal, beyond anyanythe end of the Ritual She clasped her hands together and held thee swathes of crackling green energy surrounded his astral body in a spherical reen eyes flashed brightly, and a chord of swirling green energy manifested between Aldrich's spiritual heart and the Phylactery in his physical body The Phylactery's purple orb started to oscillate rapidly, baring countless glowing blue lines of ical inscription weaved into its surface
One by one, these inscriptions faded away, breaking off into flecks of bright blue dots
"As a h the currents of death You waded waist deep in the infinitely vast strea your head under for it was forbidden a mortals to do so," chanted the Death Lord, and as her words echoed through the Necropolis, more and more inscriptions faded from the Phylactery
As the Phylactery lost its inscriptions, it began to open up physically, baring mentations that clicked and clacked as they slowly slid open like pieces in a puzzle box
"But now, you will nohat it means to truly be a part of this stream To not be afraid of what lies below, but to e rivers of death without drowning, no, to breathe it in, to let it becoht
You will knoer And you will know eternity"
The tether tying Aldrich's spirit forlow, and that hen he felt hi into the Phylactery His spirit body began to grow ever more transparent as his essence funneled into the orb
The Death Lord paused, waiting for Aldrich's spirit body to fade away entirely into the Phylactery When it did, Aldrich found hiain as his Phylactery started to close up, returning into its spherical shape
The black circuit shaped streaks all around his pale body were still present, but he did not feel any stronger Any better than before
"So what, that's it?" said Aldrich He held his hands near his face, seeing that his body was the say
"No, not at all" The Death Lord ss She put a hand on the hip of her silken green dress as she flitted out a forked tongue with strangely seductive air "This is simply the process to tether your soul into your Phylactery It is once you leave the Necropolis and return to your realm that you will truly ascend
When all the power that you have a tidal wave of strength
Oh, hoonderful your strength will be, how terrible your aura will be, how much death you will spread - I truly, truly anticipate it with allheart"
"So that's it? You want me to kill for you? To spread death?" said Aldrich
"What? You think ry spirit? Of course not," said the Death Lord "No, my dear, what I want from you is merely for you to actualize your potential"
"What do you mean by that?" said Aldrich
"All will be made clear in tihed "I jest It would be so easy to end this with a mysterious line like that, no? But in all honesty, I am simply bored I am trapped here in my realm, severed in its own pocket of space ti else other than you
You are reatest source of entertainment So do your best not to die and end this show early"
The Death Lordmotion with her hand, and a portal opened up behind Aldrich, leading out into the real world He floated towards it, and even if he tried to stay, he would not be able to resist the pull of the portal
"Wait, this power I'an Aldrich He knehat Liches could do in the gaame mechanics translated perfectly to real life
"You will find out," said the Death Lord "I ae your company Nay, as I have said before, I like it But there are those that need you"
"Need me?"
"Yes This arena blocks your connection to undead under you from outside its walls But, let's see, you've received no less than eight distress signals that these arena walls have intercepted I assume you are direly needed," said the Death Lord
"What? An attack?" Aldrich immediately perked up in battle readiness as his mind raced to think about how this had happened He had planned very thoroughly with Casimir about how to take down every conceivable threat that would co unique teaest threats on hand, and the Trident Elite squadron stationed in Haven Other than thenificant threats until at least a day later when reinforcements came
Had reinforce?
Was Valera alright?
"Your o Those that rely upon you should still be intact" The Death Lord waved Aldrich away "Now go Receive your strength Test it upon those that dare to strike against you And when the tierly at Aldrich in pure, battle-crazed desire Her crown of glowing green shards flared "Take this heavy crown of death fro what she said, but before he could respond, the portal sucked hi but darkness
Then, as Aldrich perceived the real world, the beginnings of color and shape for the walls of the Red Circle's dance floor, it hit him
The power
It washed over hi under, co, his consciousness and body buffeted and crashed every which way and that by power His vision turned a bright green, and he felt al pulled apart at the seaiven moment, if he lost control, if he let hiht be scattered into atoms
But, almost as soon as the power hit hiht green around hihtless in this darkness, without any physical form, just his basic consciousness, but here, he saw the very fa across a status screen
But where before the letters hite and gold and styled as if they belonged to a fantasy gareen, the font shaped like thin, bare bones scratch marks
And there, he saw the rewards he had reaped pouring in -
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