Chapter 441: Answers Between The Sand (4, 5) (1/2)
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(Part 1)
”A gate that has two guardians, one that lies and one that tells the truth?” Illindar verified what Jon asked about
”Yes, that was intitted statue of Azura telling you to go there”
”Indeed”
”Why are you the one who gets to see a big titted Daedric Prince in your dreaht now?”
”Yes”
”Focus! Do you know any place with that description?” Jon asked with an annoyed face
”Of course!” Illindar answered naturally, ”Nearly every Redguard know about that”
”Oh!” Jon didn't expect such an answer
”The Tale of Cyrus, the Hero of Stros M'kai It speaks of a ainst the I the Tiber Wars in the late Second Era This h thick and thin to rescue his sister only to find hi a Necromancer from the Sload He then assisted his sister to becoht Tiber Septiotiations” Illindar said
”I know of the Tale of Cyrus the Redguard” Jon nodded
And how could he not, Cyrus is a protagonist of one the Gauard” Jon ame but he didn't play it so he wasn't really that expert on the detailed story of Cyrus
”So, what does our gate guarded by two guardians have to do with Cyrus?” Jon asked
”The oal of Cyrus was the rescue of his sister She was sold by the Sload Necromancer to the Daedric Prince Clavicus Vile and her soul became trapped in his realaate you are seeking The Gate of Wish”
”Is that so? Still, the realoal”
”I know but you are the one who asked More to that, the Gate of Wish is said to exist in many places and one of them is here in the Alik'r Desert but no one knohere it is”
Jon pondered over the inforiven
”Do you have any more information?” Jon asked
”No, but there is a book called [N'Gasta! Kvata! Kvakis!] that ritten by the Necroht The only problem is that the book is said to be extremely rare and forbidden Only the Richest Collectors and some Necromancers in the world have it…”
While Illindar was explaining, Jon took out a book from the Cube Illindar walked closer to see the content of the book
” Unless you already have a copy”
”I had that book for quite a while but I didn't really read it before It is written in the Sload Language and it is not really a popular language nowadays I have a dictionary for that around here somewhere” Jonon reading the [N'Gasta! Kvata! Kvakis!]
”For an explorer, you are really self-sufficient Where do you get these books, tents and food from?” Illindar asked
Jon looked at hiic!”
After a few hours of reading the book and checking the dictionary, Jon cae to a certain extent
”The book speaks of techniques about Necro to me anyway but I found out about those Gates of Wish” Jon said
”Do tell”
”The Gates of Wishdeals with Mortals and tricking them into extre side of fate Still those Gates of Wish can practically take you to any place in the Universe as long as you wish for it and choose the right way… not the Mundus, not Oblivion, not even Aetherius… the Universe This is already too broken to be true” Jon explained
”I don't understand the extent of the Universe but does it extend beyond Far Shores?” Illindar asked
Far Shores is the Redguard Afterlife arde
”Far Shores is just another part of Aetherius The Universe extends beyond that” Jon confirmed then continued
”The Gates of Wish is practically two Gates guarded by two Daedric Guardians, one always tells lies while the other tells truth As the Gate of Wish is actually two, one of theo and the other leads to certain death”
”You are not planning to go through that, are you?” Illindar asked
”You are not entitled to dome, Illindar Just lead me to the destination I provide you” Jon declared his intentions
His iven directly by Azura, is to reach the location known as the Abyss
The Abyss is not really an unknown reales may have heard about it and Jon was one but as knoas merely just myths Some claim it is a Daedric Realm but Jon believes it is a realed on to the Abyss, there is no point turning tail or showing regret
'Nefertiti, does your network have any location on a Double Gate guarded by Two Evil beings somewhere across the desert?' Jon asked via telepathy
Nefertiti didn't reply for a while until she reached out to her contacts then came back with an answer Jon took the answer to Illindar
”Coo to that place? It is bad news” Illindar couard would back down from an adventure” Jon said
”Back down my ass! This place is filled to its brim with Undead and Mummies, some old Necropolis that was cursed lies there The Citadel of Ebonaro out of the perimeter but no one actually ventures in”
”I see That's interesting!”
”OneThe sand of that place is called the Dead Sand, no living can walk on it”
”Like Quicksand?”
”It is Quicksand but cursed to s you noout of nor special but the Dead Sand nuic No one can survive it other than the undead”
”Fine, take e of the Dead Sand”
Jon had to at least go to the place and check it out
After a day, Jon found the so called Dead Sand area It wasn't only the Undead that crawled over it but erous too assassin Beetles and Giant Scorpions were merely a starter of the show as the antic race of ants with the size of a dog
Toover the Dead Sand seeicka above it was clearly unstable and very dangerous to navigate through Also, there was a large cloud of sand stor death
”As you can see, this place is hopeless” Illindar said
”Indeed, I never ier zone to exist It is as deadly as a blizzard stor over the mountaintops in Skyrim” Jon nodded
”If that's the case, then let's head back already We have been going around for a week by now”
”No need I have an idea”
Jon started su a number of Atronachs froe on the Dead Sand
Nor body parts on a rapid base and disintegrated fast Potent Atronachs were a bit more resilient but had the same fate as the normal ones Greater Atronachs were resistant to soicka was being drained rapidly Flying Atronachs couldn't maintain their positions and fell frouessed as y in the Dead Sands is powerful and can destroy anything other than undead Still, there were secret passes between the sand that resembled a maze To cross the head on with the ic
Or one can just use Necromancy
Jon ai
”How is going, Wrath?”
{MAAAS… TAAAR!}
”I told you not to speak, didn't I?” Jon was annoyed by the loud voice of the Sin of Wrath, Odokuro
During the past few redients to enhance it Now, the foura shade of red on its normal brownish color
[Wrath / Bone Samurai Odokuro] <sin>
- Howl of Wrath
- Raise Undead volving>
Fro better
On the other hand, Illindar was dead silent
”Please, don't iant fro Isles and now it servesto admit the fact that he is a necromancer in front of a member of the Citadel of Ebonarm
Illindar nodded in silence as he watched Odokuro move forwards by Jon's instructions Despite its size, the Bone Sae of the dead sand
With a deep grunt co and reacting to the Undead Energy, Odokuro raised his blade and stuck it in the Dead Sand
{RAAAI… SEE!}
(Part 2)
”” ””
Nothing was felt at first but a second later, the world rumbled and the Dead Sand !” Jon suddenly became excited
”WHAT IS HAPPENING?” Illindar, on the other hand, panicked
”Look”
Jon pointed out at the Dead Sand in front of Odokuro Just like that, hundreds of undead were round
The undead started to line up in packs in front of Odokuro and Jon walked beside it He held up [Pride] and cast 'Necrostruction', the spell that lets him reform the undead
[A/n: Necrostruction was before Necro Construction but I found that ical in both looks and actuality
The packed up undead started to shatter, fall, then get joined up together
Odokuro was raisingtheenerations and now they are being used to invade the place To turn those ere buried under the sand to the tool of invading it, this was a perfect exa on this place
In a minute, Jon was done with the construction
”Necrostruction, an absurd spell indeed Now that I think about it, was this the sa Moses had when he split the sea by the power of the Lord?”
The bone path Jon created on the Dead Sand felt like splitting the sea indeed All those undead were now broken and put back together for such a dreadful work of Dark Arts that made the hearts shi+ver
It needed a lot of power and strength and thankfully Jon didn't lack both