Chapter 184: Complete Overhaul (2/2)

When my powers are yours, this Throne Rooion and, of course, a Throne That is what this will be" The

Death Lord tapped the enor out the sound of wood hitting glass "By interacting with this Throne Shard, you may access those spaces you known as 'Trial Quests'"

The Throne Shard glowed, e reen in front of Aldrich Within each portal, Aldrich could see snippets of dierent scenery A e swathes of storm clouds here, and eerie abandoned ruins there

These were all snapshots of the environments in the Trial Quests available to

Aldrich Specically, Trial Quests 1, 2, 3, and 4, though, of course, Aldrich had already cleared the 1st quest

Aldrich inspected the portals and the Throne Shard, wondering how to interact with them "This Throne Shard is akin to an extension of your oill," said the Death

Lord "Sihts to it, and it will fulll your wishes"

Aldrich nodded and willed the Throne Shard to show hireen energy crackled outwards as Aldrich established a connection with the Throne Shard for the rst ti sensation in his mind, but it quickly passed, and when it did, he felt the Throne Shard linked to his lowed and released its deep hu seven more portals: the rest of Aldrich's Trial Quests "H o The portals for Trial Quests 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 were lled out with green, not revealing ithin hih enough level to access them

But Trial Quests 11 and 12 were completely blacked out "Those nal two Trial Quests are not available to you," explained the Death

Lord "After all, originally, they were intended to seal uard and myself But since we are here, those Trial Quests are merely empty space now" "Empty space? Why can't I access them, then?" said Aldrich "They possess the same level-based restriction as with the other Trial Quests," said the Death Lord She shrugged "I suppose once you reach those levels, you e of soht Aldrich The two nal epic shons staged in the ultra endgauard and Death Lord respectively were now reduced to just storage "And where's the Wellspring, Goddess, and blacks seater? Why would you even wonder of its presence? Those waters would rejuvenate lesser undead, but to the likes of us higher undead, it is nothing more than foul poison," said the

Death Lord "I would have destroyed it outright, but, there was stillthat I found a waste to discard

Thus, I had it refashi+oned into so for you, Usurper"

The Death Lord tapped the Throne Shard proudly with her pipe "You turned the Wellspring into the Throne Shard?" said Aldrich "Precisely!" The Death Lord laughed "And that ugly drawing of that even uglier Goddess, I broke into raw ic and infused into the throne as well

There was surprisingly little to use in that scribble of a shell, though, but then again, I should not be surprised that a Goddess that relied upon the th herself" "I see," said Aldrich "And the blacksmith? He was quite useful to me" "Sindri was but a slave to Amara," said the Death Lord "He too was a siht to shatter it and free hi of hi and healing?" said Aldrich "You called that crafting?" The Death Lord was oended "Rolling the dice over and over again for this treasure and that? No!"

The Death Lord placed her pipe in her ers In response, behind the Throne Shard, another portal opened up Athrough it

A giant stepped out with his face covered in a helarbed in protective metal and thick cloth that indicated not a warrior's ar tools like a hammer and a drill like item were skewered into the esh of one of his arth of his other ariant carried a sizable anvil in one hand and an inactive, cylindrical furnace in the other Despite his iently set down the anvil and furnace on the oor before turning around and waving to Aldrich "Hullo My naiant's voice was surprisinglyroars that

Aldrich's own undead giant could let out Bors sounded positively friendly, on the contrary "Bors is one of ers!" declared the Death Lord "Any work he produces here will be of the nest quality, and no longer will you need to rely on luck for your s wants

Instead, Bors will listen to your requests and work to meet them directly!"